#the future bits of course

[teacupballerina]

these random outfit doodles single handedly altered the course of my entire modern/live action AU @sorrowsdaughter

#the future bits of course #samurai jack #ashi #sorrow's daughter #doodles #arts #jashi plot completely overhauled in a good way

[tervaneula]

Wholesome or fluffy hc; i can imagine whenever Usagi or Leo gotten exhausted and they were next to each other, one of them surprise the other with a kiss (cheek or lip kiss) and say " i needed some energy from me so don't mind if i do "

Imagine it like a phone getting recharge type of way.

AHHH HEADCANON TIME!!

Yuichi is the smoochier one of the two, Leonardo prefers hugs.

...does not mean that he doesn't love giving or receiving kissies, though. Yuichi is very soft all over, after all.

#that recharging thought is so sweet though aaaaa why can't i have the energy to draw them cuddling like aaaoOOAUOAUHSGDHGD #kissing on the lips is very intimate to me I tend to reserve it for special moments and of course I'm projecting this bit onto Leonardo lol #rottmnt #rottmnt fanart #samurai rabbit #usagi chronicles #leoichi #yuichi usagi #usagi yuichi #nqk adjacent #tervdraws #peepaw leo #peepaw yuichi #future leo #future leonardo

[ace-and-ranty]

See, the decision to do away with the romantic undertones of Annabeth and Luke was correct(TM), in my opinion. It is, at best, a boring, basic writing decision, and at worst, hella creepy.

But Annabeth's crush in the books was a quick way to establish they have a connection. A lazy way! Mind you! We gotta establish girl loves boy so let's have her have a crush, despite their relationship being explicitly planned to be familial! Lazy. Cliche. Kinda creepy. But it does do what it means to do, which is to quickly tie Annabeth to Luke.

If you're gonna change that to screen, which you should, you have to do it all the way. You can't just tell me they are like siblings, you gotta show me. Annabeth gets a gentle moment of goodbye with Thalia. Why not Luke? Where is the scene where he is walking after her as she packs, shooting instructions or reassuring her she will be okay or asking if she has her toothbrush? Where is any scene of them at all? They never get five minutes to talk. How do you want me to believe they love each other like family?

#pjo show crit #I continue to bitch about the PJO show #'cause it's fun #and it was the PERFECT time to set up a call back for the future. #I bitch a lot about the show using plot beats too soon #but this WOULD be a good time to antecipate their dynamics a bit. #You could easily have a moment of Luke reassuring Annabeth she will do great #and he will be here when she comes back #'You promise?' #'Of course I do. We're family.' #BOOM. the book fans are sobbing.

[distant-velleity]

not fully colored bc i dont have that kind of time, but. sorry i love the luxe couture fits too much to not do them an absolute injustice

at least santiago’s makeup is fire in this sketch

#my art #twst oc #santiago parro #headcanons #i had such a vision for the sleeves #they were originally going to be the same lace material just ruffled #but i thought it was a bit much so i just kept the lace #just imagine his shirt is red like jamils and the vest is green~ #oh and of course he has dramatic coattails too #maybe in the future ill change this but it is what it is

[my-fancy-hat]

Most romance novels follows an scheme of what love should it goes, how people have to meet and follow a certain path and archetypes to correctly fall in or out of love, that what's makes this kind of stories predictable and boring to some people, but what about love that evolves? love that exists despite the desire for romance/selfishness? what about friendship? family? what if we choose to love ourselves too? to love the path we choose? I think that what Ao no Flag is majoritary about, romance as we know in a love triangle it's just the surface the tip of the iceberg of what this story is about, series of choices where we pray for them to make us happy, to make our loved ones happy, because we want to be brave about the things we love.

The four cour characters are put in one of the most troublesome and chaotic times of every person who had access to the system education can experience: final year of high-school, the deadline between childhood and adulthood, to accept reality on how it approaches us, the fear of rejection and failure of what we are of what we do. Many people incluided me had wished to have been more wise, more patient, more accepting yet strong about our chosen path, and that's what Ichinose, Touma and Futaba had to learn and eventually guided them toward their happy end. Not just that, but the experience many queer people had to endure avoiding the social suicide of showing to the world who we are, this ilustrated with Touma and Masumi's characters, and (subtly yet quite importantly) Ichinose. How can I exists in their world if I live like this? will my parents accept me? they will still think about me as someone successful and worth of their last name? will they disown me? hate me? will my best friend who I am in love with reject me in disgust? It's so easy and understandable to succumb to a hatred that you think you deserve, because at the time it was less painful to play along lying to your loved ones about this secret than "revealing the truth", they deserved to know yet you failed, and this loneliness is what you get. If this is how the enviorment wants you to feel, then isn't it expected that the individual would desire for freedom of it? that's what Touma wished for his future to be, not concrete answer more than to exists without regrets.

The desire for romance can be rightfully observed by its selfish nature, to own the right, the demand for them to love us back, but it can be the exercise to accept ourselves as well. Touma wanted to show Taichi his heart without fears, despite if he would love him back or not, in doing so, he would be walking toward the ideal happiness he dreamed of. To openly love is the call for the indifferent cruel world to see in us the desire for goodness, that in this place can exists kindness too.: Touma most than anything, wanted for Ichinose and (by extention) Futaba, to be happy, to share their 1000+ points of best friend power and make everyone happy. That is, the core of love, to wish the best for your dears, and see them smile.

But accepting and not to, can be actually be the same. Masumi had to constantly fight with herself, with the inavility to change what she can't, to live with the fabricated idea of what she is supposed to be and what she is supposed to do, and what other people would react about it. That's why that, even if I have my reservations about her ending, I find it really meta for Masumi end to end up in a het marriage, making us conclude that at some point she gave up on Futaba, but paradoxically, accepted herself and her reality by coming out as bi. Us readers expected and rotted for her to confess to her crush and end up in similar terms like Touma and Taichi did, but this ending make us putting the lesson she learned though her character arc into practice: what people may think or not about our decisions, is their problem, not ours. Life can be so treacky and unfair, but no matter the circunstances, we can still find and make our place. We deserve it.

A friend or a lover, what is the difference if you just want to share our happiness with them?

That's how you humanize your characters, by expossing through them the good, the bad and the absurd, to tell a story in each how the circunstances molds them, but to oppose what damage us is quite a brave thing to do, even if it's our own mind, and that's what Futaba character speaks to me. The desire for wanting to change, to (once again) accept and not-to-accept. She's a weakling, clumsy girl loaded on self-hatred for her unability to live just as the others do. The fear of have reached your maximum potential and there's nothing else for you to do about it, that you born to live like this for the rest of your life. But she sees in Touma an example of hard work and due to her admiration (mistaked at first for a crush), wants to prove herself that life can be something else. To break our self-stablished limits and see what's beyond, to surpass your limits and try to understand what scares you. To be confident enough to think you have the right to live too. Failure reafims the truth that you are better off muted; what bother trying if it will end up in misery anyways? but the beauty of humankind is the unbeatable hope that things will change, to not give up, and without noticing, we'll feel blessed for have born in this time, in this place.

This as a result inspires Taichi's way of viewing life without him realizing too, just as how Touma's pure-lover heart expeled his sincere feelings ever since they started talking again, to the point to even sacrifice his leg and career for Ichinose: How can I exists and make it up for such people like you? what can I do? It's easy to fill your heart with resentment for the things you couldn't live, to feel prideful as consolation for a lonely life you didn't choose, as the left overs. But what we think makes what we are, if you keep on your days thinking you exists for the things you believe you deserve, to live in the imaginary unbreakable rules you made for yourself, then nothing will change. Touma, Futaba and Masumi changed Taichi's life forever, in the driving force of his spirit to pursue a better version of himself, to live driven by the desire for freedom, for love, and not care of what other people may see this choices.

That's why I think the final chapter is such a piece of art that makes the pay off so satisfying. What tortured him when Touma confessed wasn't that his best friend was gay, or that he lied to him about the nature of their friendship (he didn't): it was the though of losing him, so he chose both options at the end (if the analogy can't be more in the face). But as Yorkie said, it part of the course of life to most likely break up with your first gf, more less if they go to different universities, so them going their separate ways wasn't a surprise, but what made me happy about it that they still ended up in good terms and respected each other deeply for what they lived together. The surprise though comes from the actual realize of which POV we're following at the end, that reveals that Taichi had become Touma's husband. This is where I think Ichinose teach to the audience the lesson he learned from his former classmates, where he reaches for Touma above the lines that divides panels, to reach his husband's hand, the hand he shouldn't hold, and walk together toward home: he surpassed his own limits, his barriers and knew where his happiness lied.

A lot of queer people had *the realization* in their 20s (me included as nb), finally giving an explanation of all our past behaviour. I know before-hand most people got shocked for Ichinose to get reveal as bisexual, but isn't the story already gave us an idea this would happen eventually? when Futaba and Ichinose confess to each other, it's Touma's (and Masumi's) heartbreak that it's on spotlight overlaying their conversation, how Taichi and Touma hand-holding is such a central element for the story telling (literally it ends with them holding hands), and much more? Even Futaba suspected it before himself realized years later.

(it happened twice that when Taichi thinks about Touma what crosses his mind is his well-build chest/cleavage area like, ok)

But what makes the different between friendship and love? can a boy and a girl be friends? can a gay boy have male friends? can I be friends of someone I love and viseversa? can I forgive and maitain what we have? The only certainty I have right now, in this moment, is that I love you so much. I'm so happy to have meet you.

This got too long so to grap my final thoughs and make myself more loose right at the end, I'm so happy for have read this story FULL BLIND OMG I was so conviced that no one would end up together lol the only thing I knew of it is that it talked about queer drama and, textually: "had the ending it deserves". It genuinely made my perspective on some things change for the better. I actually loved so much how this story handles with such maturity a pretty much easy-target for comedy and bitter angst (bury your gays) the premise of "bff is gay and in love with the main character since they were kids". Not only that, but not picking sides of "who deserves who" taking leads between Touma vs Futaba, is quite refreshing for the genre: it humanize and treats fairly each member of the cast, giving proper space for them to explain themselves (worth mentioning Mami I loved her character so much you have no idea). Most of the drama in romance comes from missunderstandings or the lack of dialogue, when everything can be solved if the characters can actually sit and talk their feelings and thoughts out! and Ao no Flag is a masterclass on this manner. The explanation, exposition and introspection of every character struggle, the script, monologues, are so compelling and to the bone, I can't choose which interaction of the cast is my favorite. The pay-off is spectacular because we can actually follow each person train of thoughts and choices in which these end up in, with the faith that this path will make themselves and his loved ones happy, because even if we aren't certain about anything we do, we'll still find meaning in the absudity of destiny (or the lack of it?).

#alot of people search for a babysitter. a father or a mother replacement for a partner. but what about a friend? #passion fades eventually with the course of time but friendship is forever. i want to become my future husband's best friend.. #shi so good it made me rethink the concept of marriage #anyways sorry for the long read i hope i made sense!! #tl;dr: i loved this manga sm the ending was a bit rushed but made 100% sense i recommend it so hard #taichi&touma ichinose made me giggle and kicking my feet at my shift (i'm a butcher) like🩷🩷💕💐💐💥💥🔥🚑🚑🪦 #what a work of art #hope it gets an anime adaptation i may just explode #ao no flag #blue flag #reading

[variousqueerthings]

I think it's also interesting to see how things change depending on the time in which they're being engaged with. so I see things about rose today that point out that she's written to be 19 when she meets the doctor and that's a big age difference (which... I understand the point is it's a big age difference because billie piper was 23 and eccleston was 40, and then dtennant was like 34/35 when he started which isn't so big of a shift but anyway the optics I get what people are getting at, but also I think it does oversimplify a lot of what's actually going on in the written dynamic, anyway-)

and also that the rtd run's Themes start coming together properly around s3 (although they are present from day one), and in some ways at this point, because nu!who has been running for... fuckn. actually quite a few years, which is wild to me as someone who started watching as a kid, and I wonder if classic!who fans felt the same way about their show and anyway -- she shifts from being Literally The First Companion You'd Seen For 17 Years (not counting the movie and fan things and the sketch) Who Was Defining A New Era For A New Generation to... a companion

comparable to other companions, comparable to the rest of the show

we sift through the writing to see what worked and what didn't (in our opinion), and we know how the ten-and-rose storyline Really ends, and how the ten storyline ends (sort, of because now that doctor and donna are Back), and we know what happens afterwards, and we talk about tenrose with a 2020s eye, and rose is "just" one of the people that travels with the doctor, one of several, and notably the one who gets most of the sunshiney doctor that buries a lot of the (wonderfully portrayed) angst of the latter half of the rtd show, and doesn't have as much lore as everything after that, so the story is "just" more simple overall

and to me she's kind of incapable of being just that. doctor who was still a risk that first season, it wasn't a done deal that it would have legs at all, never mind that it would continue for as long as it has. rose was created to be the Face of what nu!who was, moreso than nine/eccleston, because even with the extra angst and the eccleston gravitas, we know the doctor, the doctor is established, it's not actually the doctor that needs to sell what the new show is going to become and what the Feel of that new show is going to be (I mean, partly ofc, but-)

rose was doing so much heavy lifting and she succeeded! she was the face of who before dtennant or any other doctor or companion of his era and subsequent eras. she was created to appeal to a demographic of girls who wanted someone relatable in science fiction, because rtd wanted this to be for the girls, and billie piper came into it off the back of being a popstar and it changed her entire trajectory (for the better I think/hope -- there's a lot of bad shit in billie piper's past and I'm always sending her a fond thought)

nine/ten-and-rose were It! not calling it romantic or platonic or any secret third thing (haunting the narrative), but simply It! that's why it has so much staying power as a ship (which, my opinion on shipping has been somewhat *eh shrug* in later years, but in early-days when that was how you engaged with dynamics that got to you, of course it was going to be massive). it's so hard to properly describe how "for the time in which it was made" that this dynamic was written for, and how successful it was. it was rose that breathed doctor who -- and the doctor's character -- to life, as much as herself

she sets the stage for everything that comes next, both within and without the show proper

and I'm always so pleased that rtd at the time was thinking about what was needed to create this character and he opened with a shot from a girl on the estate with messy hair, clumpy eyeliner, and a minimum wage job, and went "that's the girl who's going to go on the adventure of a lifetime, that's the girl we're seeing the story through and relating to, because that's what girls (and uh... those who were girls at the time - and their parents and the boys) should be seeing."

I know rose isn't the first working class companion including classic!who, but she set the tone for nu!who and her family and background are important to why she is who she is, and is explored

"I've got no A-levels, no job, no future-" said the girl about to see the universe

she was very much for teenagers, and so she reads differently when you're an adult watching it back (much like those "teenager saves the world," novels you loved as a kid), but that's why she's 19 at the beginning. that's why she's billie piper (who does a perfect job). she was there to bring a new generation into this story, and it was perfect. and then she grows up. and we grew up. and she had adventures and it was brilliant and she survived and she made a life for herself. that's her story

#doctor who #dw #rose tyler #of course 2005 who is a simpler story #and of course rose is basically still a kid #because it was (is?) for the kids who were going to be taken along for a much much bigger story over a longer space of time #when i started watching i didnt know what a dalek or a timelord or a tardis was #and i didnt know what sort of adventures dw was known for and ofc nobody watching knew where it would go #it was brand new -- rose in my head is always that brand newness #before you get to the more complex narratives of martha and donna #and the more in-depth lore of s5-onwards #there was a girl on an estate seeing the future stretch on and on -- and then she embraced the future and grew up #and it wasn't all happy all the time of course and the ending may have been quite bittersweet but that's also growing up #it's a growing up story that isn't depressing! crucially! #and yeah it includes falling in love with an incarnation of a near-immortal alien and getting with that alien's other human self #and also inhabiting some element of a godlike being/self that maintains an eternal connection with said alien in some way #it's a bit fanfic-y for good reason #i cannot overstate how much she means to me Because i saw her as a kid and she made the future seem possible #long post

[b4kuch1n]

more sk8. I think the cindereki stuff is extremely stupid but I am not immune to trying to conceptualize a princess gown in any setting

#sk8 the infinity #kyan reki #hasegawa langa #renga #if ur wondering yes the first gown I uh. pulled? from the brothers grimm version's idea #which I do prefer to the perrault/disney version. specifically bc there's no fairy #there are three balls happening on three consecutive nights and each night cinderella gets a gown and accessories from a tree #growing on her mom's grave #(the version I grew up with (translated to vietnamese) actually wrote it to be her dad's grave instead I literally dont know why) #and the wording is like. ''rain gold and silver on me'' or something like that? which is why all of the dangly bits in that design #(dont worry about the rest of the brothers grimms version. thats not important. dont think about it its not in the room with us) #also in this post: future!renga bc of fucking course. who do you think I am. who do you think I am #I see a character I love I immediately try to imagine a good future for them it is Simply my ways #ft. the lethal combo of being three kinds of queer + adhd + a teen #may just be bc I myself don't go to college lol. but I can't really imagine reki going to college. he'd get apprenticeship somewhere #like immediately. on sight. some uncle in nago would snatch him up a sentence in #I waffle on langa but him just getting out of the biggest shock of his life + severe depression would Not let go of his loved ones #so tbh I can't imagine him leaving okinawa either. at least right after high school #langa has the advantage of not giving a single shit about ''his potentials'' so he'll be chasing life's pleasures for a hot second thank you #also I believe in reki speaking at least passable conversational english thank you. he's trans and gay in asia #he's just also the kind of guy who has to think for a hot second to remember which way the written number 3 faces #''nailed the logic just plugged the wrong number in several times'' kind of guy #while langa's the ''doesn't understand the fundamental concept of puzzles'' kind of guy #man. this is like having two homunculi implanted in my brain. welcome boys come join leon pokemon #talk to each others while I do my job ok? thank you #that said. the comm queue should be finished up soon #(funny thing to say about three comms I know. but I will say it anyway) #and I'll take a few days break to unclench my brain and then get back into it #every day I learn new things about the dip pen. its great #okay. nap now tho. anything else can wait

[astarlightmonbebe]

i'm only at the beginning of li tongguang's descent into obsession (eps 17-18), but already it's both hurting and hitting. hurting, because we know li tongguang's capabilities, and his level headedness, and the potential he has, that he seems to throw out due to this obsession. hitting, because when you think about it, the obsession storyline and characterization does make perfect sense. obsession like that is a double edged blade, which can turn from love to hate, childish belief and joy to embittered rage in a second.

on one hand, it's painful to watch ltg's childlike desperation when faced with ruyi again. we want to grit our teeth and think of him as idiotic, unable to take a hint. but the reality is that it's a completely normal response to be expected from him. i mean, it's a dream come true, to see the person you 'love' the most in the world to be whole in front of you. it's probably what he could only dream about, especially being the one to apparently find her bones and bury them.

on a deeper level, ltg's initial reaction is very much a manifestation of his inner child, almost peter pan-like in the 'child that never became an adult/grew up' way. by that i mean to say the desperate urge to please, the constant worrying, and the oscillation between hot and cold moods are all so indicative of someone who grew up in an insecure/unstable environment, usually with volatile or simply unavailable authority figures. from what we can gather, he had no father, his mother wasn't in his life ("she doesn't want him around, nor can she bear for him to be away, so that's why he's like that" per empress zhaojie's words to ruyi). the one authority figure that entered his life to offer some semblance of guidance was ruyi, and even though it's clear that she held care for him, she was also a twenty year old assassin used to training subordinates, not children. her mentorship style is clearly so different when you hold ltg and yang ying side by side, and we know from ruyi's own mouth that she doesn't consider herself to have taught ltg well, and wants to remedy that through/with yang ying (i'll probably make a whole different post comparing this and the affects of this after watching some more episodes lol - there are bullet points in the drafts). so even though ruyi was his authority figure, she was still an emotionally unavailable one who couldn't meet ltg on the level he probably needed at that time in his life, and which no one probably ever did. hence his up and down reaction and actions.

it intrigues me, too, because i think, in a very subtle way, ltg is very much a character foil to ruyi in that he reflects some of her worst attributes, or more accurately represents the sort of person she was, or at least acted like (yuan lu's comment about how ltg has ruyi's gaze was meaningful outside of the jealousy arc - to me at least). i saw someone make a really interesting comment on how ltg's devotion to ruyi parallels ruyi's own devotion to empress zhaojie, which i'll also probably comment on more later.

obviously, ltg's obsession stems from an issue much larger than ruyi herself - she just happens to be the unfortunate target of it. and, clearly, i know his descent into it will be ugly, if understandable. i understand ruyi wanting to leave that part of her life behind, but also - to think that maybe many of the issues faced in future eps could have been avoidable if she'd been upfront with li tongguang about her identity early on.

#star stumbles #a journey to love #一念关山 #cdrama #my thoughts #li tongguang #eps 17-18 #sorry if i jumped from one point to another this is just a stream of consciousness #and by that last sentence what i mean is that if ruyi had acknowledged him #and then told him something like 'i'm on a mission right now so don't do this or that' etc #even without explaining her situation. i think he would have been much more toned down #of course there is a chance it would have fed his delusions but really anything she did would do that #but not acknowledging him is worse in so many regards #especially when he has a whole thing (elephant in the room sized issue) about abandonment and acknowledgement #his future irrational behaviors are a child demanding to be seen/heard #which is like. embarassing! because we know his potential we saw it but now he's just reduced to this #but i think it's true to the sort of character and story he has. which is the sad part. #ok...i had one more thought but i've forgotten it twice now so uhhh #onto ep 19 in a bit. i will be cringing through it #yeah but i just can't get over his personal reaction right after leaving in ep 17 #because that is EXACTLY how children with emotionally abusive/manipulative parental figures act #the anxiety about pleasing them the dread you messed it up the desperate urge to fix it.... #it's really sticking with me #honestly some have argued that ruyi was abusive and i don't combat that but it's out of pocket #for the time period/context lol. also not really the point if that makes sense

[the-acid-pear-art]

Save a cowboy, ride a huge fucking sausage today 🏜️

(i will hopefully get around to making more Peppi pin ups in the future-)

#my art #artists on tumblr #pizza tower #pizza tower peppino #peppino spaghetti #TUMBLR PLEEEASE PUT THIS ON THE MAIN TAG OR I'LL CRY AND THROW UP #had to post this twice but anyway uhhh horniness encouraged etc etc #OKAY ITS ON THE GODDAMN TAG i feel normal again anyway allow me to ramble about this 🥰 #it took me way to long to get to this and honestly this might be hands down the most complex background I've ever done #and pretty one for that matter #might implement that in more future stuff #i honestly hope the lust within me when i made this can translate well to the viewer MSGSKSHDKDHD 😭😭 #i honestly get so stressed by art i lose that feeling #btw the original sketch did NOT have the best and i had given pep nipple piercings... what could've been 😢 #next one i make will be a pin up of the rocket because of course it will be #dont hold your breath tho #also yeah i got a bit silly w this LineArt i love experimenting w that shit lmao #BIG FAN OF IT TOO GOTTA SAY #anyway i am pleased w this and i hope yall are too etc etc

[mintjeru]

going back to my roots: chiluc real and in my game rn

open for better quality | no reposts | ID under the cut

[Image description: A digital sketch of a conversation between Diluc and Childe and two screenshots of Childe's splash art and the 10-pull he came with. The sketch depicts Diluc holding Childe, an arm under one leg and the other around his back. Childe looks down at Diluc, back facing the viewer, and places a hand on his cheek. Their conversation reads: "I'm home!" "Took you long enough." "You could just say you missed me ♡" "The Traveler skipped out on Albedo's constellation to bring you home, you know. I felt bad, so I was considering giving them one of my own..." "That might have made it worse, firefly..."]

#childe #tartaglia #diluc #chiluc #genshin impact #genshin #fanart #myart #doodle #wish diary #thank you childe ajax tartaglia for not making me drag you home #i started at 75 pity on 50/50 and had a really good feeling about yesterday #luckily he behaved and came home at 81 pity as he should #of course i wished at the peak of dragonspine bc [gestures vaguely] #silly guy has 3/10/9 talents and he did a funny little 204k on melee burst last night #gives him headpats. i guess #i didn't get any of the 4 star characters which i was a bit sad about but it's ok i save for the future

[iinmysights]

dunno if i’ll finish her but here’s the og img and the aftermath of a trace -> mild shape/positioning/component edit -> color palette fix

ripclaw may not actually exist in transformers prime like i tricked myself into believing when i started my rewatch but she’ll forever live on in my heart </3

#transformers #transformers prime #tf #tf prime #tfp #predacon #ripclaw #transformers ripclaw #Ravage.txt #Ravage’s work #moondust #this all started bc i woke up with such genuine disappointment that the tfp in my head wasn’t real 😔🤌 and then i remembered that i always #hated how sunken-in her head is in the mold (seriously wtf girl’s collar is too high) and from there… a sparkling was born #BEHOLD!!! POINTIER. WAIST STILL SNATCHED BUT NOT QUITE SO PENCIL-THIN. SLIGHTLY BETTER WING SIZE. VISIBLE UPPER ARMS. TOOTHIER. MY BELOVED #NOBODY POINT OUT THE MISSING INSIGNIA I KNOW IT'S FUCKING GONE SHUT UP I FORGOT ABOUT IT #anyway 😗 it's lowkey giving future pfp vibes so i might finish her up just for that teehee :3 i wanna see her kiss ratchet on his forehead #so bad fr (<- pictures her size as being about twice his height) #augh or her interacting with the kids. in my heart she hated them from the start a bit more than arcee and ratchet but quickly got a soft #spot for raf and spends her days lounging around ratchet as he works while raf sits on her and does hw or asks questions abt her experience #(since she's an og predacon. of course. naturally. im sorry i just frown too much at the cloning it doesn't feel Right in my brain. she #likes the other two fine enough but she's defo got a favorite :]) #ANYWAY BYE I GOTTA DO SOME PSYCH HW REAL QUICK IT'S DUE TOMORROW NIGHT

[scramble-crossing]

Twewy acoustic

10/10 FANTASTIC album! Your ocean, Voices, and Breaking Free were the highlights for me :] Voices especially! I never really payed special attention to that song before but man...it's so good

I kinda wish we'd gotten at least one more fast-paced song but maybe that's not in the acoustic spirit? Idk I'm not much of a music buff. Shibuya Survivor, Unpainted, bird in the hand, or Storm would've been really fun to hear though! Or yknow what fuck it. We're Losing You. Don't ditch the screamo vocals just throw in a guitar player and listen to them hang on for dear life in the background I'm sure that'll sound great

No Twister? Really? We got a twewy album WITHOUT a millionth Twister remix?? I'm shocked

It's So Wonderful didn't really feel super different to me (I think mostly because what I always remember best of it is just the opening riff) but I like it on there anyways. Feels right yknow?

Calling though. It did feel just a smidge unnecessary to me. There's already been a ton of great Calling remixes and this one's just kind of...eeeeeeh. It doesn't really stand out against the crowd.

Disconnect Me I'm a huge fan but where did you come from. I swear to god I've never heard this song before in my life it's driving me crazy trying to remember it

Get that Final Fantasy song out of there right now THIS IS OUR MOMENT!!!!!!1

So...no Transformation?

#I actually don't care about Transformation not being on there it's just for the bit #of course they're gonna prioritize the neo-original songs! it would've been cool but alas. I will live #I hope we get more acoustics in the future! I don't know how likely it is but I'll hold out hope! #or even just any remixes in general. Final Remix that thing!!!! #and while you're at it please please please put Emptiness And anywhere. just anywhere. #neo-remix deja vu + emptiness and I'll always long for you.....

[etrevil]

they are not doomed by the narrative, they doom the narrative

#their very existence changes the course of the story #them meeting? opens up to a whole can of worms #them having their first fight? #leads to sooooo many future fights that slowly increase in collateral damage and feelings to each other #them separating for a bit? ohohoho #the world is sad #everything continues on #but even the stars are weeping for their growing distance #they reunite with a hand near their neck? #start of a blossoming relationship #this started as skk and ended up as orv lol #bungou stray dogs #bsd #omniscient reader's viewpoint #orv #add more pairings that seem to match #dazai osamu #osamu dazai #bsd dazai #chuuya nakahara #bsd chuuya #soukoku #bsd soukoku #skk #kim dokja #yoo joonghyuk #joongdok #the gays win #shitpost

[despairforme]

Who is gonna make him laugh like this?

#[ nnoitra's genuine non-evil smile is like the most wholesome thing in the world ] #[ i CRY i love himmmmmmm ] #[ been busy AGAIN rip ] #[ i'm painting my future art room!! so excited ] #[ i picked THE prettiest yellow for the accent wall and i'm obsessed ] #[ it's actually one of our guest rooms but i'll be using it for my future oil and acrylic paintings ] #[ and my watercolours of course ahaha ] #[ anyways! i'm very excited and AS USUAL i'm in a v good mood! ] #[ enjoying a relaxing morning before i jump back into painting the walls ] #[ gonna do a little bit of writing! :D ] #[ hope you're all doing good and thank you very much for your patience! ] #despair for me. ╱ in character.

[aroaessidhe]

2024 reads / storygraph

Stuck In Her Head

short contemporary YA coming-of-age set in Hong Kong, following two teen girls who are friends

one is a musical prodigy but has lost her passion and wants to explore different possibilities for her future

the other is passionate about music but dealing with mental health & family issues

the latter develops a crush on the former, who is aroace, and they have to re-navigate their friendship, while working on a music/coding competition project together and dealing with their own issues

#aroaessidhe 2024 reads #stuck in her head #Hm this had a lot of aspects I found interesting but didn’t quite live up to what I wanted it to be #I definitely love reading YA set not in the west - this is set in Hong Kong - and I liked that a lot! #And of course we always need more YA about friendships rather than being romance focused (though this has an unrequited aspect of that) #This is written by 17yos which is cool! though it does show in the prose a bit. There’s a lot of ‘the girl’ ‘the teen’ instead of their nam #Or like informing the reader of info in slightly awkward ways - one visits the other’s house and says “is this the first time I’ve been to #- I feel like there are better ways to tell the reader this. Like that’s not something you wouldn’t be sure about right? #This made it feel like their friendship was quite tentative - school friends who’ve known each other for years but only really #started hanging out properly recently - but the text says they’ve been inseparable for years. #It definitely tackles a lot of things from burnout and perfectionism; losing passion for your talents; parents divorcing; depression #I just think some could have been handled with a bit more depth/nuance; with more space and introspection given to them #especially their main conflict about one having a crush on the aroace and then she pretends to reciprocate bc the other is suicidal and the #the other finds out and gets mad and it's......weirdly drawn out but also barely explored in depth also? idk #definitely anticipated it to be a bit like this because it's written by such young authors it's expected that they're still perfecting thei #I think teens who prefer shorter books & are looking for this sort of thing would still enjoy it for sure. I'll def look out for future boo #bisexual books #aroace books

[theedwardianone]

So I got into the new military men ship. Intended as a quick little drabble to try an find their voices and instead I ended up with 17k of soft, introspective fluff

I would very much like to blame thank @journen for pulling me into this ship with her beautiful art and then screaming with me about them on discord, enabling me even further.

Chasing Ghosts and Dreams

Rating: Explicit

Relationships: John "Soap" MacTavish/Simon "Ghost" Riley

Characters: John "Soap" MacTavish, Simon "Ghost" Riley

Additional Tags: Getting Together, Soft Simon "Ghost" Riley, Soft John "Soap" MacTavish, Power Bottom Simon "Ghost" Riley, Simon "Ghost" Riley Bakes, Let them be soft and domestic, Babygirl Simon "Ghost" Riley, Mutual Pining

Summary:

Hoping to hell and high water that he had been interpreting all those little signs correctly, that he wasn’t about to fuck up their friendship, Soap slowly brought a hand up to rest on Ghost’s chest, clearly telegraphing his movements, not wanting to spook the man, fingers splaying wide. He made sure to only put it there where Ghost was covered by his undershirt, not daring to touch his bare skin.

He could feel the rise and fall of Ghost’s chest, feel the way his heartbeat seemed to spike at his touch. Ghost didn’t move, allowing the point of contact.

“I-,” Soap swallowed, mouth suddenly dry, before he continued in a near-whisper, “I really want to kiss you right now.”

In the loaded silence the words sounded like a gunshot.

Ghost’s chin ducked down in a small nod.

Soap's stomach lurched with anticipation. Digging in his fingers a little into the fat and muscle of Ghost’s pecs, Soap used his grip to anchor himself just enough that he could push himself up onto his toes and then he was pressing a gentle kiss to the balaclava, right there where he could see the faint swell of Ghost’s lips beneath it.

#soap x ghost #soapghost #ghostsoap #ghost x soap #ghoap #cod #call of duty #cod mw2 #simon ghost riley #john soap mactavish #soap #ghost #has this title which I picked as a bit of a joke now inspired me to title every future fic something with the word ghost(s) in it? #of course it has!! #myfic #mywriting