#this time

[liorlen]

the wizard of waterdeep

#gale of waterdeep #gale dekarios #bg3 #baldurs gate 3 #almost posted this with song lyrics but the demons didn’t win #this time

[sheep-turtles-and-pizza]

Choose the movie wisely please, that child has trauma.

#fee art #rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rise of the tmnt #comic #rottmnt leo #rottmnt casey jones #spoiler alert: it was Donnie #But he meant well #... #this time

[a-little-unsteddie]

sleepless nights

written for @steddiemicrofic’s december prompt, pine. not sure if it makes sense at all, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ i think it does and i like it.

wc: 508 || prompt: pine || rating: g || tags: semi-nonverbal!steve, insomniac!steve, pre-steddie

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Ever since July, Steve often found himself unable to sleep. It wasn’t every night, but it was definitely more of them than he’d ever care to admit. He would lay in bed, staring at the unchanging popcorn ceiling, willing himself to fall asleep, to close his eyes and let sweet unconsciousness take him.

Those nights, it didn’t matter how much Steve wanted it, sleep eluded him. So, instead of laying there uselessly, he would get up and pull on some clothes, grab his bat, and head outside. To the forest.

Mostly, he didn’t pay attention to where he was going, Steve would just wander the woods. He lost himself, most of the time. Zone out, listening to the sounds of the woods around him, letting it soothe the anxiety that more monsters lurked around the pines.

This was one of those sleepless nights.

He couldn’t remember how long he’d been walking, but the moon was high and bright in the sky, casting the forest in a dim light. The steady crunching of the leaves beneath his feet helped him focus on nothing at all, instead letting his attention wander.

“Harrington?”

The sudden voice startled Steve badly enough he prepared to swing at the intruder before logic caught up and he was able to stop himself.

“Woah, woah, woah!” the voice continued in a panicked tone, which Steve thought was understandable, given he was definitely about to swing his nail-studded bat at him.

A figure came into focus in front of him, first the wild hair, then the Hellfire shirt, and Steve knew exactly who had found him.

“Munson.”

“Whatcha got there, buddy?” Eddie asked, voice concerned. Steve blinked slowly and glanced at the bat.

“…a bat.” he explained uselessly.

Eddie hummed, all high-pitched and whiny, “Yeah, bud? What for?”

Steve pondered this for a moment, “..monsters..” he settled on.

Eddie didn’t look relieved at that answer, and held out a hand, “Why don’t I take that from you, sweetheart?”

Steve blinked, looked at the bat, still poised for a swing, and slowly lowered it into Eddie’s hands. The metalhead immediately looked more relaxed, but still concerned about Steve.

“Let’s get you somewhere…not here,” he said, gently trying to coax Steve with him. Unable to really fight back, and not really wanting to, Steve followed his lead.

“What..” he tried speaking, but his voice got stuck in his throat. Eddie looked at him curiously, so he tried again. “Why…in the woods?”

“Nothing important,” Eddie assured, “at least, not more important than getting you out of here.”

“Like your voice,” Steve mumbled, suddenly feeling the exhaustion that had been hidden behind the fear, the unending anxiety that something was still out here.

“Do you?” Eddie asked, effectively distracting Steve from his thoughts. “Luckily for you, I do too.” he said jokingly, before starting to talk about anything that came to his mind. He talked about his band, the nerd club the kids were also in, his uncle, anything to keep Steve distracted.

At least until they got to his trailer.

#steve harrington #eddie munson #pre-steddie #this almost ran away from me #but it didn’t! #this time #might write more for this prompt bc i like it #steddie #steve x eddie #steddie microfic #prompt: pine #unsteddie writing #sleepless nights

[the-east-art]

I love that Sif always moves to help Odile when they’re really high up at the end. Naturally this is where the animatic I made ends - I wanted it to be more or less when it finally sinks in for Sif that they are, indeed, trapped.

#isat #isat spoilers #in stars and time #in stars and time spoilers #this time #I know they’re spoilers #definitely

[unmaskthewriter]

Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You {Arthur Morgan x GN!Reader}

Summary: Arthur realizes he’s in love with you.

A/N: As suggested/requested by @photo1030 . I apologize for the delay as I’m packing for travel and also I just got into Read Dead online for the first time all while completing RDR1 (first time) and RDR2 (second time). I know you suggested a different song/title but I couldn’t stop thinking about Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You by Frankie Valli. also did just watch Jersey Boys this weekend so that could be why. Anyways, despite it all, I hope you enjoy.

Warnings: none, just pure fluff as requested <3 except for Karen threatening to commit violence on Sean 👀

Word Count: 650+

It was nearly evening as Arthur returned from the bank robbery in Valentine. As the sun sank lower in the sky, it created a beautiful array of colors on the water. He approached the savings box behind Dutch’s tent, placing half his take into the box. Micah sat with Bill and Javier at a table, talking them into yet another round of Five Finger Fillet.

“You’ve taken nearly all my money!” Javier whined.

Mary Beth and Tilly were sitting in their tent, working on laundry and clothes that needed mending. Karen was sitting alongside Sean around the campfire, a bottle of whiskey in her hand.

“Ah, c’mon lass, just one kiss!” Sean leaned closer to Karen, pointing to his cheek as she looked on, disinterested.

“Only thing you’ll be getting is this bottle over your head if you don’t quit your beggin.” Karen warned, taking a swig of the whiskey. Sean only laughed.

“Where would I be without ya, Miss Karen?” Sean questioned, to which she rolled her eyes.

“Dead, hopefully.” She mumbled, looking away from the Irishman.

“Oh, don’t play at that, lass. Ya know ya love me.” Sean teases the young woman.

Arthur ventured throughout camp in search of you. On a typical day, you were often around the campfire either listening to Javier’s music, or talking with the girls at their tent. He wandered out to the lake, leaning against a tree at the edge of the wood line. He lights himself a cigarette, taking a long drag as he watches on.

You were standing in the water, barefoot, with your pants rolled up to your knees. Jack sat nearby, making a necklace with small, coral flowers. Too focused on the line in the water to realize Arthur’s presence, Jack giggled as he looked at Arthur. The gunslinger only held a finger to his lips, smiling softly as the cigarette dangled there.

“I know I’m not quite the fisherman as I talked myself up to be. It’s okay, you can laugh.” You tease unknowingly. Arthur’s heart skipped at the sight, something he didn’t think possible. Prior to this evening, Arthur always believed he’d belong to Mary, even if she had moved on and married someone else her father approved more of.

Though now, seeing you there in the water while the setting sun reflected off of you and gave you this wonderful glow… all thoughts and dreams of Mary vanished in that very moment. All he could feel in this moment was a strange swelling of his heart when he looked at you. Now, Arthur never considered himself romantic but in this moment, doing something as simple as fishing and barely doing that gave him this light, fluttery feeling in his heart, a feeling he hadn’t experienced in quite some time. As you stepped out from the water, you turned to see Arthur standing there.

“Oh!” You held a hand over your chest, startled. You relax as you put the fishing rod away, “Didn’t see you there. How’ve you been?” You ask as Jack stands and gathers the flower necklace he had made.

“Good… was wondering what you were up to. See you’re teaching him all you know about fishing.” Arthur teases as he steps forward, putting the cigarette out beneath his boot. A blush creeps across your face as you look away, trying desperately to avoid his gaze.

“Don’t think I know too much on the matter, Mr. Morgan.” You admit shyly. Arthur’s lips part to speak, only to be interrupted by the child.

“Let’s go, I’m hungry!” He insists, now standing between the two of you, “Can you swing me?” He questioned excitedly. You look to Arthur who nods to you in return.

“Anything for you.” You ruffle the boy’s hair. Each taking hold of the child’s small hands, you and Arthur swing Jack gently between the both of you as you return to camp, like one happy family.

#red dead redemption 2 #arthur morgan #rdr2 #red dead redemption #arthur morgan x reader #fluff #no angst #this time #rdr2 fanfic #jack marston #tilly jackson #micah bell #mary beth gaskill #javier escuella #bill williamson

[winterxgardener]

Amanda: Hey, are you okay? (to Shayne)

Shayne: I.. am..

Amanda: (proceed to look at Courtney)

Courtney: Do you want me to tickle you?

#I am back to my regular programming #I am not delusional #this time #shourtney #shartney #courtney miller #shayne topp #amanda lehan canto #smosh games

[kasimova-dariia]

Me thinking about my mercenery OC Anne interacting with AW2 characters if she ended up in the Dark Place.

#also thinking to redraw anne x zane with alan x zane cuz it fits so perfectly #love how anne x scratch turned out she probably didn't make it out alive #this time #kasimova's art #alan wake #alan wake 2 #Anne Murphy #anne #mr. scratch #tom zane #thomas zane

[thenightling]

For a few years now I have seen news sites take seriously the "Hot Take" that Nightmare before Christmas is "about cultural appropriation" and "Why you shouldn't try to appropriate a culture you don't fully understand. This theory kind of ignores that the soundtrack has a closing audio that indicates that Santa had come to like Halloween and now both holidays had a little of the other in it. Not only that but when Tim Burton has been asked about this interpretation he usually just shrugs and says "No, I just got the idea when I saw a store window changing over it's Halloween display to Christmas." Remember, the story did exist before the film. Tim Burton's poem was not just three or four lines, it's an entire story that was published as a children's book with illustrations.

"Or perhaps it's really not as deep as I've been lead to think." - Jack Skellington in Nightmare before Christmas. Anyway, what am I building up to? Well, in 2011 Tim Burton and Danny Elfman released a special, actual music box (far out of my own price range) that contained a small flash drive containing folders of every single song Danny Elfman had ever composed for Tim Burton, including unreleased songs. This song here is "This Time." It's a rare, unreleased song from Nightmare before Christmas. I view it as an early prototype of what would become "Making Christmas." There is a high chance that this song was originally intended to be the end credits song for the movie but Disney nixed it. It has more of a rock edge than other songs used in Nightmare before Christmas.

PS. Yes, I know Henry Selick directed Nightmare before Christmas. You REALLY don't have to tell people any time anyone acknowledges that Tim Burton wrote the poem / short story that became the film.

Note: This is called "This TIme." Not to be confused with "In Time" which is a more recent and officially released Danny Elfman song. Now, here is the unused Nightmare before Christmas song.

#Danny Elfman #Tim Burton #This Time #Nightmare before Christmas #Youtube

[therobotmonster]

In honor of he who died and rose after three days in the grave and now grants life ever lasting to his followers I thought it only right I got into the spirit once. So Dracula, this one's for you:

Just look at it.

You have what appears to be (and is) an accountant being menaced by boobalicious vampire women twice his size, so he's got Ethan Winters beaten to the punch by 34 years. But don't be fooled. One glance into his 30-yard stare and its obvious why only Mr. Weems can stop these sinister She-Vampires:

Weems is dead on the inside yet still living, where the she-vampires are animated from within with life, while dead.

He is their antithesis.

So yeah, a pile of jank with a fun name crossed my path, and now you all have to hear about it. If you're not hitting 'J', you have no one to blame but yourself.

Released on a scad of systems, but mostly the ZX Spectrum and the C64, The Astonishing Adventures of Mr. Weems & the She-Vampires is a sort of 'Gauntroidvania'. It's also trying to push the limits of how titillating a pre-NES era game could be, though the C64 port's interface missed that memo.

The hacked c64 version was the one I played, but giantbomb had a lot of gifs from the ZX verison that I've upscaled for demonstration purposes.

The only bit of story is from the back package. Weems wants to feel something, so he's decided to take on the Great She-Vampire or die in her buxom grasp. Fair.

This game is not recommended for people with epilepsy, dignity, or in general.

Mr. Weems has a garlic gun to defend his ever-dropping blood supply (vampire hunter is an odd professon with anemia) and destroy the baddies...

All three of them, which are all introduced on the first screen!

You've got bats, they pop out of pots and attack you.

The manual says these guys are Frankenstein's' monsters, but they're clearly the giant from Twin Peaks trying to warn you that you've bought a dud.

On the C64, the lesser she-vampires are clearly based on Dracula's brides, whereas on the ZX, they're more like ghosts with big naturals.

Which means that to get both kinds of vampire babe from the secondary cover, you'd have to buy a cassette for your c64, and and for your ZX. And I don't mean a cartridge, I mean a, Cassette tape.

If you manage to stalk your way all the way to the end and find the gear you need to destroy her, the Great She-Vampire awaits:

There's no boss fight, but there is a 1 pixel nip, at least on the ZX spectrum.

From there you book it back the way you came, only every screen now has a she-vampire chasing you in a murderous rage. Make it out, and you win. Or maybe you didn't, because just like the Dungeon of Fear and Hunger, you can never really escape Mr. Weems & the She-Vampires.

Only Weems increases the immersion by truamatizing you, the player. Mr. Weems is fine. You don't have to worry about the Weems.

So...

Is it a good game?

Not remotely, but that isn't the point in the slightest.

It's temping to say this is the Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies of video games, but that's not quite right. Weems has promise and ISCWSLaBMUZ doesn't make promises. It issues threats.

Mr. Weems has the charm of a concept that's all potential and zero execution. A dead-eyed accountant gunning his way in a Gauntlet-esq blitz through a vampire-babe infested castle is a fun idea, more-so with all the secret passages and 'gather items and backtrack to the boss' aspect. It's just everything else that goes wrong.

I mean, who doesn't want to hunt the Great She-Vampire to her penthouse for a good staking, I ask you?

#the astonishing adventures of mr. weems #retrogaming #zx spectrum #commodore 64 #Mr. Weems #she-vampires #vampires #bad games #80s #twin peaks #dracula #transylvania 6-5000 #geena davis #weird obsessions #jank #so bad its good #I swear I'm not fucking with you #this time

[galactic-cumslut]

bleed magic

this was originally titled heavy metal heart but anyways here’s some evil!rick bc i love men who are totally irredeemable,, i hope it’s not obvious i didn’t know where i was going with this..bc i didn’t

rick is a mean dom, slave/master dynamics, afab reader, lots of degrading, cockwarming, exhibitionism , he just wants to show off his power be frl

you liked to think you had an ounce of pride in your body. it was just a thought though. in reality you had none left. he made sure of that.

“c-c-come to me pet. on your knees immediately”. he had said,long legs spread on his throne. his eyes bore into you daring you to refuse him.

instantly you fell to your knees, awaiting your next command.

“what an obedient slut, look at me a stick out your tongue”.

you wanted to resist. anyone could walk in at any time and see you in such a vulnerable state-being used by your lord. the teasing would surely kill you if the sheer embarrassment didn’t first.

a sharp smack to your face threw you back into reality. you hesitated. one thing rick doesn’t stand for is hesitation, once he gives an order he expects it fulfilled immediately.

“are you de-deaf or something, bitch? or do i need to s-spell every little thing out for you, jesus christ you’re stupid. tongue out. eyes on me”.

fear overcame you and you did as you were told. you expected him to insert his fingers inside your mouth but instead he leaned down and spit directly onto your tongue.

“swallow”. he commanded.

as shocked as you were you quickly swallowed. if wanting to be hit again.

rick seemed pleased with you eating up the fear in your eyes.

“there we gooo, all it takes is a little discipline with you huh”? he stroked your cheek gently and you willing lean into his touch. “you just want to be a good little slave for your master hmm”?

rick was almost never gentle with you so of course you were quick to answer. eager to receive more praise. “yes sir”.

“of course you do my darling little cum slut. on your feet at once”.

he offered you his hand as to help you up from the uncomfortable position between his legs.

“i’m going to explain what’s going to happen and you’re going to listen closely”.

you nodded, almost eager to hear what he had up your sleeve.

“the council is coming for a visit very soon and since you’re my most obedient servant you’re going to be shown off. it’ll asset dominance as well as keep attention on me”.

again you nodded, unsure of what he meant by his words. usually he didn’t allow the council anywhere near his lair. ‘what could have changed’ you thought.

“you have one job y/n. you’re going to sit still and stay quiet. your only duty is to look pretty”.

———————-

“welcome council of ricks. i trust you have all been briefed about the reason you are here”. rick bellowed , addressing the six other versions of him sitting in his court.

you in the other hand were in another world of bliss, sitting atop his cock infront of so many men.

less than an hour ago you were worried about someone walking in on you and your master. oh how things have changed. the many eyes locked onto your body-it gave you a feeling of power.

the feeling of his cock twitching inside you was enough to have you drooling. you did your best to sit up straight and smile.you didn’t want to disappoint your master after all.

as if he could read your mind he bucked his hips up slightly causing you to gasp in a mix of surprise and pleasure. “be a good girl infront of the other ricks and you’ll get a biiiig reward”. he whispered in your ear, nipping at your lobe.

“shall we conduct business”?

the group became silence and focused their eyes on rick…or they tried to as you stole their attention away from whatever brining speech rick had planned up.

“i understand that you’re all infatuated with my newest plaything” he started, a crazed grin spread king across his face. “give me what i ask and she is all yours”. fuck his speech, you were a much better bargaining chip.

#uh ohhh #my kinks are showing #i’m a crazed maniac #when it comes to rick at least #i hunger for his attention #like i’m out of my mind over him #i’ve lost it #it’s official #my tags are going to get worse from here #so enjoy normal tags #THIS TIME #WAHAHAHA #that’s my evil laugh #rick sanchez smut #rick sanchez x reader #evil rick #evil rick smut #evil rick x reader #rick and morty #smutty blurb #smutty drabble #esha writes

[jamminvroomvroom]

what really fucking irks me about people plagiarising (yes, fucking plagiarising! that’s what it is!) works that us writers pour our time and heart into is the shitty notes like “all work is credited! let me know if you want it taken down” as if they’re doing us a favour.

do. not. steal. people’s. work! it’s not rocket science. i don’t want your credit! it means nothing to me without my permission!

#i’m so angry! #as far as i know my stuff hasn’t been stolen #THIS TIME #but so many of my incredible moots are having their shit stolen and plastered all over wattpad #i just do not get it #jas rants #anyway #writing things

[gin4kerosene]

Stigmata be upon yee

#g-gay SEX!?!!! #hai guys its me back with another art #this time #frankie airo #uhv edition #in bexless we trust #unholyverse #my chemical romance #frank iero #mcr #yippee #ignore the hands are backwards idc #i do i cried

[onejellyfishplease]

Guess who's back on their bullshit?

✨moi✨

...anyways have another poll

All these suggestions were given to me by @sapphirefrost1 , they even gave me links for each of the insects! (srsly tho, check out what an Orchid Mantis looks like, they are so pretty!!)

#This time #I SWEAR #im not turning one of these into an au #im being serious #i already have so many #(cries) #rottmnt #rottmnt donnie #im bored okay #and this is fun lol

[vigilskeep]

i still laugh about when you walk into nathaniel in act 3 because i had noticed the ‘grouchy fereldan archer man with half up half down black hair with braids and also was robbed of his noble inheritance and also (in my playthroughs) has an animal companion’ similarities but i don’t think it really registered until he was there and keir was getting that speed of light whiplash

#at least in my finished playthrough he was a warrior so technically the archer similarity was not there #but man. #i dont even know if *i* think n/anders was a thing but i sure as hell know *keir* does #which was so funny #also Deserved frankly i put in so many anders jealousy triggers keir can cope #this time

[rakiah]

LeoVil single dads fic update!!!! Cant believe it’s almost coming to an end. This fic consumed me, I’m going to stare at your wonderful art some more

YYEEEEES I’M READING IT 💕✨

Have to stop after the Vil/Epel cooking time because of travel/run away Paris before the burning BUT NOW I GONNA RESUME MY READING <333333

I really love Dad Vil understanding his mistakes x3

#twisted wonderland #vil schoenheit #epel felmier #Just the two of us #LOOK #THIS TIME #I DIDN’T DELETE IT BY OVERWHELMING BEHAVIOR #well yes I had to doodle something tsch

[skyrayroost]

Another piece from a while ago, Featuring @architect-lumicent 's gentle giant.

#subnautica #subnautica below zero #subnautica oc #subnautica fanart #yes thats Tia again from my previous post #she's saying hello #her sense of self preservation is questionable #but she'll be okay #THIS time