#tortle writes

[its-tortle]

Hi Luisa! Hope you’re doing well!! ❤️ From the prompt list, how about 23? 🥰

hi galks!! thank you for this <3 sorry it took so long

23. "Just pretend to be my date"

In retrospect, Bucky has no idea why he thought it would even be a good idea to come to this thing. He doesn’t know the groom that well, he doesn't know the bride at all, and his positive response to the RSVP was really mostly just because he had a pathetic lack of plans and was a glass or three of wine in. Also, he had foolishly hoped that the guy he had gone on two semi-pleasant dates with would turn into a boyfriend by the time he had to attend yet another one of these stupid weddings. But Darrian or Dorian or Darryl had turned out to be a tool, mostly, and they hadn’t even made it to their fourth date, so now Bucky is an itchy suit again, nursing his fourth glass of champagne and watching the happy couple -- couples, really -- spin around the dancefloor in their own little world of blissful oblivion. Bitches. 

He suppresses a sneer -- because he should be happy for them, really he should! -- and knocks back the rest of his glass. 

He hates himself a little bit, maybe, because he’s being the grumpy asshole in the corner he vowed to never be, but he’s just really sick of tinder matches that result in having to answer to how many siblings he has and what his favorite movie is only to end up at every wedding alone.

It’s not his fault his ex was an asshole and he’s gotten kind of bad at letting people in. 

And he’s fine most of the time, he really is, except suddenly it’s getting hard to convince himself of that because Brock is here, somehow, and he looks way too put together in his crisp suit and he’s laughing at something with a blonde hanging off of his arm and Bucky’s skin is crawling. He wants to run. He wants to grab another flute of champagne from a passing waiter’s tray just to throw it in Brock’s face. He wants to scream.

Mostly, he finds he just wants to show Brock that he’s better off without him, even if he still has to remind himself of it sometimes. He wants to seem cool, and handsome, and put together and over it in a way he can’t bring himself to totally be. He hears what sounds like an echo of a pop princess in his head sing “nobody actually happy and healthy has ever felt so desperate to prove it” at that thought, and maybe Maisie is right, but dammit, he just wants Brock to see that it’s his loss. 

Bucky is a catch. Brock is just some dude.

Except Bucky is the one sitting sourly in the corner while Brock is charming the pants off of the audience he’s amassed.

Bucky refuses to stand for it.

“If looks could kill,” a voice muses suddenly from beside him, and Bucky almost jumps with the surprise of it. 

His gaze follows the voice to a figure sitting at the table to his left -- and what a figure it is. The man is around Bucky’s age, with golden hair and blue, blue eyes, and shoulder’s the size of a fridge. Somehow, miraculously, he almost looks graceful despite it. With the bump in his nose and little waist Bucky can see under his tapered suit, he looks like a Greco-Roman statue. 

Bucky stares.

The man raises an eyebrow.

“Sorry,” Bucky blurts. “I’m not- I don’t usually stare like that. I’m not a serial killer.”

The blond chuckles, but it doesn’t feel mean. “You sure?”

“I mean-” Bucky feels himself sink deeper into his awkwardness, even as he tries to backpedal. “I’d kill him maybe, but he’s an outlier.”

The stranger laughs again, and Bucky feels a little too proud of himself for it.

He steps away from the column he’s leaning on to take a seat beside the stranger at the table and hopes he isn’t being presumptuous. A pretty smile lets him know he doesn't mind.

“So what’s his crime?” the stranger prompts then. “Is he a high school bully? A shitty coworker? An ex?

“The latter,” Bucky admits. “And obviously it looks like he’s here only to rub into my face that he’s thriving.”

“I don’t know,” the stranger muses. “It kind of looks like he’s balding a little bit.”

Bucky lets out a startled laugh and decides he likes him right there and then. “Fucker deserves it.”

“Didn’t end well?” the stranger guesses.

“Absolutely not,” Bucky scoffs wryly, finally feeling somewhat like he’s regained his footing. “He kind of- oh shit, he’s coming over.”

And like that, his footing is gone. Sure enough, Brock seems to have spotted them across the dance floor and is cutting his way through the crowds with that pretty blonde still hanging off of his arm.

Bucky turns to the stranger in a panic. “Fuck. Can you- Can I ask a favor?”

The stranger frowns. “Sure.”

“Just pretend to be my date,” Bucky blurts. “For like, a minute until he goes away.”

Bucky expects the stranger to protest, to scoff and call him ridiculous to even suggest it, but instead he just gives Bucky a subtle nod and adjusts his seating so his (glorious) thigh and (beautiful devastating) shoulder is bumping into Bucky’s. Bucky presses back in thanks.

“James, darling,” Brock jeers when he approaches them. “How nice to see you made it.”

Brock might have been ruinously impossible to read, but even Bucky can tell he doesn't mean that. If he does, it’s just to rub his composed-ness into Bucky’s face. That’s not a word. Whatever.

“You too,” Bucky manages to grit back. “You look good.”

“You too,” Brock replies, but the moment of hesitation before it speaks volumes. Bucky wants to scratch his eyes out. 

“Still working at the shop, then?” Brock asks. Bucky just about jumps out of his chair.

“Yeah,” Bucky manages. His smile is so fake it's hurting his face.

“But he’s actually just started a new project!” the stranger cuts in all of a sudden. “Haven’t you, babe?”

He’s perfect, beautiful, a knight in shining armor. Bucky could kiss him.

Instead, he just smiles and looks back to Brock. “Oh, yes!” he confirms, like he only just remembered because fun new projects happen to him all the time. “I’m restoring this gorgeous 60s Corvette. It’s Tony Starks, actually.”

Brock looks almost impressed, and Bucky wants to leap with joy. He isn’t even lying.

“That’s so cool!” the blonde on Brock’s arm says.

“Congrats,” Brock comments, though it falls a little flat. “Who’s this?” he asks after a moment, gesturing to the Adonis of a stranger.

“Oh, right,” Bucky asks, like this isn’t an orchestrated part of the interaction. “This is my boyfriend. Darling, this is Brock. He’s an old friend.”

Brock’s face twitches like Bucky hoped it would. The ‘old friend’ bit always works like a charm -- Bucky’s been on the other end of it.

“Steve,” his fake boyfriend, Steve, introduces himself. “Pleasure.” He holds out his hand to shake because apparently Bucky looped a gentleman into his con.

A gentleman with a lame white boy name that Bucky somehow finds endearing when it melds itself to pretty blue eyes and a crooked nose.

Brock shakes the hand with a poorly disguised grimace.

“Right well,” he says after another short moment of awkward silence. “This is Emily.”

Emily gives them a dorky little wave that’s almost cute. Bucky notes that she wasn’t allowed to introduce herself and reminds himself not to hate her. She’s just Brock’s next victim anyhow. 

She doesn’t even get the girlfriend label. Classic.

“Nice to meet you,” Bucky says as earnestly as he can.

Another silence stretches between them. The band has just started playing a Smiths song at a wedding, for some reason.

“Right, well,” Bucky’s knight in shining armor says before it can stretch too wide. “It was so nice to meet you both and I hate to interrupt, but I’d love to ask my best guy for a dance?”

He looks over at Bucky with a questioning glance, and Bucky takes the bait gladly. “Yes! Of course. Please excuse us, this is our song.”

If either Brock or Emily are perturbed by their song being Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want by the Smiths, they don’t show it. Bucky internally pumps his fist.

Steve loops his arm through Bucky’s as he leads them to the dance floor, and Bucky curses himself for noticing how solid and warm his arm is. He smells like a warm July evening.

When they reach the floor, Steve loops the same arm around Bucky’s waist and loosely holds his hand in the other. Bucky glances at Brock and Emily over his shoulder and makes a short moment of eye contact with Brock until Steve spins him around and Brock is well out of sight.

“Sorry,” Steve says suddenly, quietly. “I just thought we might want out of that situation.”

Bucky waves him off. “No, thank you. For that and for- the whole thing.”

“Sure,” he responds easily. “He seems like an asshole.”

Bucky’s eyes crinkle at the corners. “He is.”

His beautiful knight-in-shining-armor Adonis stranger is even more beautiful under the twinkling lights of the dance floor, if that’s even possible. His hair falls into his face like a golden curtain. His eyes look like the stars.

“But really,” Bucky says. “You were amazing. I owe you one.”

Steve’s starry eyes crinkle at the corners. “No need. It was fun, honestly.”

Bucky tries to find a way to say that he wants to owe Steve one, wants the excuse to see Steve again, when he beats him to it.

“But, um,” he utters, looking suddenly a bit nervous. Bucky admires that he’s still smiling, that he looks unapologetic about his nervousness. He’s brave, Bucky realizes, and it makes him a little warm. 

“If you wanted to owe me one,” Steve ventures, “you could.”

Bucky can’t help the incredulous little laugh that escapes him. Steve isn’t real. He can’t be.

“Dinner?” he asks.

Steve nods.

When Bucky enters his number in Steve’s phone a moment later, he enters his name as Bucky :) before he can think better of it.

Steve frowns when he takes it back. “I thought your name was James,” he questions.

“It is,” Bucky says quickly. “Technically. But Bucky’s a childhood nickname and I just- I like it better.”

Brock always laughed at it, said it was juvenile and Bucky couldn’t expect anyone to take him seriously with it. But Steve just smiles. 

“Me too,” he says.

Bucky doesn’t mind the next wedding he attends so much. It’s hard to when Steve is holding his hand and clumsily spinning him around a dance floor and making him choke on his drink with laughter. 

And when Brock shows up dateless, Bucky’s too happy to even feel vindictive about it. Mostly.

#here you go!! #sorry bucky is sad and salty. i projected too hard #but i hope you like it anyway :) #should i post this on ao3? idk #i guess i'll see how its received here first #stucky #bucky barnes #steve rogers #marvel #tortle writes #stucky fic #stucky ficlet

[melonishus]

Casmos - [watching Aralaia argue with a giant] What’s she doing ?

Noxle - Arguing with Memnor. He won’t come to pride

Casmos - …

Noxle - She has a point . He’s the god of pride. Guys lazy ….

#aralaia the tiefling #casmos the aasimar #noxle the tortle #had to write something for the dnd characters and pride

[honestlyvan]

your post about bladelore was really interesting, do you have any thoughts about the designs of the ferronises?

(message from future Van as I edit this -- Beware Ye Of The Unmarked Asspulls in this answer. Also SPOILERS THROUGH THE END OF CHAPTER 7) Yeah, like, I'm kind of two minds about them? I definitely think the way they take on similar features to a big source of cultural trauma (Faced Mechons for Keves, Sirens for Agnus) of the two kingdoms supports the idea that ether is still a kind of collective memory, the way it was presented in XC2. They're weapons of intimidation, first and foremost, built to bolster the forces and make them more comfortable taking risks and choosing fight over flight, to feel like they've got something dangerous backing them up, but I also feel like they're subtly designed to reinforce the sense of hopelessness that is instrumental to the war working as intended. Z wants everyone to give up, the goal is to make everyone into Moebius and arrive at a kind of heat death of the universe that way.

From a practical perspective, I don't think the Ferronises are a new development in the war.... but I do think the war was probably initially fought without them, with everyone just under the one Big Flame Clock at the Castle. But we now that people do figure the war out, and if everyone was concentrated together, they'd just figure it out quicker, so eventually the amount of people fighting in the war necessitated they get split up and scattered across Aionios to stop them from seeing too much of the big picture to work it out like Alexandria did. So, basically, I'm taking the long way around to say that I think Flame Clocks preceded Ferronises, and Ferronises were conceived as extensions of Levnises, and are probably historically represented as such.

I think there's also a certain amount of incentive for Z to keep growing the scale of the war as more people became Moebius and started requiring Things To Do in the Eternal Now -- a lot of the Consuls in the game are or at least appear to be pretty new to their jobs, or at least have enthusiasm for it, which could be a ramp effect to embracing the true Endless Now of Not Doing Anything Ever Again after they get their petty victory or revenge or whatever it is that drove them to become Moebius in the first place. Maybe Ferronises were initially built to allow the Consuls to spar amongst themselves, and then as they got bored of that, new Consuls would take over.

Which brings me back around to the actual designs of the Ferronises -- lots of animal motifs to go around, but off the top of my head nothing really seems to match up that strongly with its Consul, other than maybe the miko outfit on Mu paralleling I's design. One that really leaps out is R with her fox design placed alongside the very scorpion-y Colony 11. Since there's a limited amount of Consul Titles to go around, if the ramp theory is correct, the Ferronises may be designed to spec by their original Consuls, but as they are now they're more like.... tabletop RPG factions, they all come with their own "playstyle" so to speak. Hell, depending on how circular you want to see the timeloop as, maybe colonies tend to have the same commanders over and over in a cycle, which would bring some periodic consistency to the game of war.

During the events of the game, we may actually be in a lull between campaigns, with a lot of consuls electing to not play, leaving Z to having to pull up a bunch of new Moebius to fill the seats around the gameboard, because if the war cools off too much, the people of the Kingdoms are gonna start asking questions again.

#van's answers #Xenoblade Chronicles 3 #What do I even tag this at? #does this fandom have some kind of established Moebius Meta tag? #Xenoblade 3 spoilers #anonymous #long post #man I hope this is even remotely what you wanted to know about lmao #I CAN go into detail about some of the Ferronises if you want!! I promise!! #I just started writing and realised that I've never really talked about The War(tm) before #when it comes to the Ferronises themselves I really wish we'd seen more of them out in the field #I'm still salty that Lambda wasn't a part of the final attack on Origin like c'mon #you're telling me Isurd wouldn't feel like he owes the gang a life-debt. Really. R e a l l y. #Anyway if you want to know my opinions on the VISUAL designs -- I like that Lambda is a tortle :] #Also my friend pointed out that Gamma looks like a moth and I can't unsee it now

[poetry4brokenhearts]

Welcome to my not-so-mid-life crisis

sup

I write sad romance poetry- or as my friends like to call it- broken hearted poetry. I occasionally write prose. (I will do requests)

normally super super busy but it should be getting better soon. (But isnt that what they always say?)

i've always wanted to meet friends but outcast go brrrr so yea

Welcome to my not-so-mid-life crisis

(fyi i have no clue what im doin so any tips r great :)))

(My friend drew that for me :D)

#poetry #poems and poetry #what do i put here #say hi #plssss #tortle #poetry4brokenhearts #turtle #art #poets on tumblr #writing fiction #writing blog #creative writing #long reads

[thunder-evermore]

Ya know what.... I think I've been lurking long enough, why not give this tumblr thing a try-

Hello hello, I am Thunder and I like to draw! Ya might know me from Deviantart, buuuuut with the state of that site currently... Think it's time to move elsewhere-

Mostly just cause I'm still fairly proud of em, have some tortle redesigns I did last year as a treat! <3

I'm probably gonna change them up a little bit later on for... r e a s o n s . . . But enjoy my first attempt!

#rottmnt #save rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #I have been obsessing over tortles since the movie #It's almost problimatic like I CANNOT STOP DRAWING EM OR WRITING ABOUT EM #This is not a cry for help

[dragon-spaghetti]

✒?

#drag replies #ask game #I never realised how many k's were in your username til now ajsjs #writing it like 'oh another one??????' #also we now have another fandom in common #time to draw some tortles

[somanywords]

come play with me?

link <3

hiii friends i was procrastinating on writing so i decided to start a random tag game ;) no pressure tags for anyone else who's bored and also @voylitscope @wllipt @blurglesmurfklaine @smfstump @greyhavensking @tessabennet @hipsterdiva and @its-tortle!

#tag games #picrews #off to go write now...

[little-0tter]

Hello! I saw that your requests were open from your Emmet & Ingo headcanons post, and I was wondering if you could write some more headcanons for Ingo, but from Legends of Arceus? Curious to hear what difference you'd think that would make ^^

~ @littlest-tortle

Gladly!!!

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Caregiver:

☁️ Warden Ingo ☁️

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☁️ While he doesn't remember what caregivers or littles are, he falls into the role of caregiver easily and naturally.

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☁️ Works well with littles of all ages but has a preference for littles on the younger side.

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☁️ VERRRRYYY protective! Hisui is a dangerous place, especially for a little! He's ready to fight at all times when you're around with him.

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☁️ Very strict, too, especially with daytime schedules when you're little. You have to stay near him at all times, and if not with him, you're with Lady Sneasler.

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☁️ You get to ride in Lady Sneasler's basket. That's right, you get basket privileges! (Or you get put in there if there's danger)

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☁️ Unfortunately, there isn't a lot of little gear in Hisui, and Ingo doesn't remember a lot of the things that were used for children at that time. He might be able to talk to some parents in the Pearl Clan about any child supplies they may have or recommend.

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☁️ If you are lucky, you might be able to find some things that fell through a new rift, like a teether, or a fidget or two!

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☁️ Yes, he will pick you up and carry you around, and it's fairly easy for him, too! Surviving in Hisui is rough, and he adapted well.

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☁️ A lot of your time when little is either spent in the walls of the Pearl Clan or in Lady Sneasler's cave.

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☁️ Get in the Sneasel pile. You're one of the kits now >:3

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☁️ Ingo now stocks Poison heals and such, just for you!

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☁️ He carries some Berries with him as a snack for you when you guys are adventuring together.

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☁️ Naptime is HUGE, especially if the kits are involved! You end up in a giant cuddle pile each time :)

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☁️ Ingo is fairly low energy, but he is good at playtime and keeping up with even the most energetic littles! He is a little stiff with the more imaginative games, though, but after a few games, he gets into the roles pretty well!

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☁️ Akira/Ren end up being your babysitters or older siblings when you have Ingo as a caregiver, it's near automatic.

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☁️ Unfortunately, he won't allow you to wear his cap or coat. But! He'll allow you to wear his Pearl Clan tunic!

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☁️ In all, Warden Ingo is a great, very protective caregiver! His main goal is to keep you safe and happy when little ^^

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I hope you liked this!! Requests are still open :3

#pokemon legends arceus #pokemon #pokemon ingo #ingo pokemon #warden ingo #pokemon warden ingo #age regression #agere blog #little space #sfw age regression #sfw agedre blog #sfw agere #sfw littlespace #pokemon agere #caregiver headcanons #age regression headcanons #age regression caregiver #caregiver ingo #caregiver warden ingo

[taylorverse-grammys]

I've got a blank space, baby!

Submissions for the Hellsite Grammys is now open📬

Here's how you can submit:

1. Click the ask button

2. Write down the full name of the song you would like to nominate

3. Please note that you can only submit one song, so choose wisely

4. Send the ask!

💌I would really appreciate if you reblogged this post so that more people find it. The faster I get 32 entries, the faster we can begin the competition

Tagging my mutuals and some people who I think might be interested

@radio-demons @faeruine @thesunandstarss @thesongofvillains @imthatweirdratinthecorner @bazkrekker111 @nine-frogs-in-a-trenchcoat @swiftie-as-a-coursing-river @swift-of-crows13 @petrichorandarson @sunflower-on-fire @ketterdambitch @ketterdam-snack-bar @sleepless-crows @fandomynerd @number-0-iz @its-tortle @itsashleighh @i-like-it-when-men-beg @maroon-book-dragon @beetrootsoupdragon @the-diary-of-a-moody-teenager @seriouslyalexanderlightwood @iknowitwontwork @lee-says-things @veescorneroftheworld @lynsstrange @tinyexpertcoffee @grishaverse-chaos @squishy-lemons @kingofmyborrowedheart @friendship-bracelets-anon @radio-demons

#taylor swift #music #polls #the eras tour #hellsite grammys

[youhavenoideahowmuchihatethis]

when u get this u have to put 5 songs 🎵 u actually listen to, publicly. then, send this to 10 of your favorite followers (non-negotiable, positivity is cool) ✨  

Thank you for the tag @tessabennet ❤️❤️❤️

These are 5 songs I enjoy recently

Now let's see if I can get 10 people together, but as always if you see this feel free to participate

@its-tortle @estelior @estrellami-1 @musette22 @dontcallmebree @circaclementine @not-withoutyou @andrea1717 @livingoutload @oh-i-swear-writes

#Spotify #tag game #music

[only-drink-to-get-drunk]

hi loves!! <3

everyone keeps doing little introductions at the top of their blogs, and now i wanna :] so here we are!!

hi, i'm fae (or spectra)!! pronouns are they/them. i am 16 (only one year until i'm a dancing queen, then it's over for u bitches). i am a very neurodivergent fucked up chaotic insane lil mess (bsc /ref) — personally i think that makes me lovely and fun, but who really knows (not me, that's for fucking sure).

okay. so. i am: + a falafel (don't ask) + a certified matchmaker (i married @thesunandstarss and @squishy-lemons in the grishaverse swifties server) + a wedding officiator (officiated their wedding (also proposed for them)) + professional spammer + coleader and most active member of the oomens eyeball cult + the best nickyname maker + the best knife wife ever (@lee-says-things this is where u agree honeylee) + ingenious word maker upper + deranged chaos awakener + writer + poet + songwriter + musician/composer + artist take everything in this list as you would a resume. when i say everything i mean the last five things. im not good at them but i do them so i am a Professional Doer of them.

my other blogs: @faeruine // writing, poetry & art shit @tears-on-the-letter // ur here. tada. @a-crisis-of-my-faith // fandomy shit. main fandoms are the grishaverse, throne of glass, the marauders, dead poets society, etc @of-light-and-darkness study blog @defective-angel (why wont it tag??) lil journal and quotes and aesthetic shit idk i like music. music is amazing. my fav artists are: + maisie peters (thank you @its-tortle) + taylor swift + lauren aquilina + victoria carbol + nf + phemiec + jessie paege + sabrina carpenter + three days grace + finneas + hayley kiyoko + skillet + thousand foot krutch and other artists. feel free to send me asks, messages, tag me, talk to me, etc :] please do not be creepy tho or i will block you <3 also im sorry i sometimes take eight years to respond to asks, i like to think its a part of my charm and mystique

btw my tag for my dumb lil comments and rambles is #faerambles so block it or follow it or ignore it, whatevers :]

enjoy the chaos.

#faerambles #my silly little intro

[serpentineshine]

Letters A, K, J, and P?

Yippee! Thank you tumblr mutual starredforlife <3 Oh boy, D&D NPC time, this post might be a bit of a long one… I may not be the best explanatory writer right now, but I tried. :’)

Alba Elûmoine (World Setting: Trita, Deltarra, Other)

A is pretty easy since Alba is a beloved recurring NPC of mine. Alba Elûmoine, or stage name “Alba Alabaster”, is a Tiefling with Ice Devil heritage. He’s a cleric, usually of a setting’s moon goddess (Selûne, Deonora, etc.), and is legally blind. He’s typically soft-spoken, polite, and pleasant to talk to, but can be stubborn and brazen if the situation calls for it. Born to be sassy, forced to be classy.😔 It depends on what setting he appears in, but he typically works as a courtesan and often attracts clients wishing to keep their identity a secret(in his early life he makes a lot of extra money blackmailing clients who think he is more blind than he actually is). In settings where he is older and more wealthy he’s an avid collector of magical and historical artifacts and will often hire adventurers to fetch things for him. Love this guy, he’s so fun, I think I’ve had him as a character since maybe like 2018, maybe 2017? Thankfully he’s been very beloved, so I was not short on finding art of him. <3

My most recent sketch of him is with a werewolf, I thought you’d appreciate that info :)

Khovid Va Otsukimi (World Setting: Deltarra)

This is my warning and reminder to all GMs and OC creators to say your characters names out loud, or mid D&D game you might accidentally end up with a character named Covid, even though it’s not spelled the same way... Khovid Va is Elven and a shopkeeper in the city of Ebon'rana. His shop is called “Glasshopper” and he specializes in selling magical weapons. He’s mute and has a large horizontal scar across the front of his neck, as well as a scar across his left cheek by his mouth and right eyebrow. He can do that cool thing where he can write upside down and does that at his counter to communicate with guests (and show off). His fun trivia and secret lore is that he faked his own death and ran away from his noble family in the Feywild because they wanted him to basically become the next leader of the Autumn Court and he couldn’t take the responsibility. Khovid Va is his full first name! He just has a two-part first name. Yes, I created him in 2020, no I did not realize at the time that I named him Covid until it was too late… I don’t have many drawings of him, but here’s a very small old sketch of him.

Jortly (World Setting: Deltarra)

I actually have very few NPCs who have names starting with J so this took me a sec, but then I was reminded of Jortly (thank you hedgie). Jortly is a Tortle monk and a son of one of my player’s characters. Think about combining a turtle with one of those stretchy blue sticky hand toys and that’s basically Jortly. He talks like he’s so worried all the time and his catchphrase is “Oh gosh”.

Phonoko Silverscribe (World Setting: Trita)

Archivist Phonoko Silverscribe is one of the three head mages of the Harmonic Circle Mage’s Association, and right-hand to the High Mage. He’s an older Aarakocra gentleman with a bit of a nervous demeanor. He and his team are in charge of magical archival information for the association as well as he basically keeps everything in order for the other two top archmages. There’s more to him as well, but I have a couple of my players following me here who are playing in this setting right now, so I can’t reveal too much at the moment, he might be a more relevant character at a later time. :)) this drawing and design of him is by @hedgehogofspades!

Oof ok wow that took a while, thank you for the ask!

#jo’s covid q&a #d&d #d&d 5e #d&d art #dnd npc #Deltarra #Trita #dungeons and dragons #dungeon master #oh mr archmage bird I am thinking about you #Alba is the superior Angel Dust trope character #ogh getting all this together was harder then I thought #sorry for any mistakes I might try to edit later

[the-slowest-turtle]

my hand was the one you reached for...

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called Ijapa by @book-girl4eva | called Mel by @dafantasyqueen | called Tortle by @tinadablackthorn | called Tutu by @sleep-can-wait (🩰👯‍♀️) | called Aamai by @loife1m | moots | masterlist

Hobbies: reading, writing, singing, tennis, hanging out with friends, listening to music

Music: Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Tate McRae, Sabrina Carpenter, Alec Benjamin

Fandoms: Aru Shah, Keeper of the Lost Cities, Wings of Fire, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Heroes of Olympus, Kane Chronicles, The Lunar Chronicles, The Hunger Games

Ships: Aruden, Sokeefe, Percabeth, Solengo. Kaider, Mindy, Hirynne, Tiana, Everlark

Personal Tags: #turtle talks, #turtle rants, #turtle answers

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[fluffytriceratops]

Kris and Raph bein' cutiepatooties.

i've missed my babies sm, i've been neglecting raph and kris dfgdkjfghkfjgh they need more love! <33

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(if you would like to be tagged in my future tmnt oc content, lemme know and i'll happily add you! and if you would not like to be tagged, but find that you are tagged, please let me know as well and i'll stop tagging you. ^^)

i'm sending all the love and virtual hugs to you! love you guys!! ^w^

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Sometimes Raph get's fidgety and impatient when waiting for Kristina to give him attention. She works a lot, and sometimes she'll spend hours writing or doing research for random things.

He'll usually linger around her, eyes jumping from her laptop to her face. Trying to gauge how much longer she's going to take.

After a while, Kris might notice his angsty behaviour. (she thinks its sweet) and stop her work so she can spend time with him. Enter happy tortle churrs.

Sometimes, however, she won't notice and he'll get fed up and just- grab her and take her to his room or the couch lol.

Kris' used to this behaviour because someone always has to pull her away from her work. Like Donnie, she's a workaholic. If it's not Raph, it's one of her other friends hehe.

I also like the idea that if Kris is ever in her head about something, or her attention is drifting because of a random thought she's had, Raph will notice and gently tap her as a tiny reminder/to help bring her head out of the clouds.

I imagine she's sitting on the couch, Raphael pressed against her side and Leo's across from her telling her about an episode of his favourite show.

Her mind's drifting off to another topic of which she adores- and Raph starts to notice the far off look in her eyes. So he gently reaches over and taps her knee/thigh twice.

Kris immediately blinks, snapping herself out of her thoughts and flashing her bf/hubby a grateful and nervous smile before returning her attention back onto Leo. <3

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[jazzythursday]

Tagged by @aphroditestummyrolls for belated end of the year questions. Thanks for thinking of me! 🥹💖

Tagging @stormkpr @waterloou @sparrowmoth @its-tortle if you feel so inclined

What is your favourite thing you created?

I’m going with Cutting Loses for this one, because it’s the first wesper thing I posted on ao3 and the fic I go back to reread the most. It’s also a really solid example of my favourite way to write Wylan’s inner monologue and characterisation.

Which work are you proudest of?

Everyday, Just a Little or a Little Bit—My baby, my child, my 40k love letter to wesper. And I am so so close to finishing it!

Is there anything you are proud of that you achieved this year?

For writing, I’m really proud that I completed all the wesper week prompts earlier in the year. I loved participating and I feel like it helped a lot in developing my writing.

And something I’m proud of outside of writing—I’ve always had a really hard time meeting people through fandom, but finding mutuals on here through wesper and talking to so many wonderful people on discord is something I’m so proud of getting to experience. (And Mutuals reading this, just know that you make my little corner of the internet so much brighter, and even though I’m not the best at reaching out I’m always happy to chat abt anything 💖)

Did you explore anything new this year? (A new way to be creative, a trope you didn’t write before, or an idea you hadn’t thought of earlier, etc.)

Writing Wylan and Jesper as neurodivergent—and exploring my own nurodivergence through writing—is completely new to me, but it’s something that I’ve really enjoyed and want to continue this year!

Which work gave you the most difficulty?

The 4th chapter of Everyday has been a big challenge, I think just because I had a clearer direction for the first three and I always knew where I was going. Because 4th is after the original arc I planned, it’s been harder to nail down what I want out of it. I kept fighting on myself about which sections were too long and what needed more, and feeling too tired/busy/stressed to make decisions about it before winter break.

What was your biggest creative challenge this year?

Probably not letting perfectionism and low self esteem stop me from writing? Getting myself to actually write, and then edit, and actually post things—feeling like my writing is actually worth beta-ing and caring about as much as I do, etc. I go through periods sometimes of not being able to even look at my drafts without feeling overwhelmed, and so not falling off the wagon completely even through my accidental hiatus the last few months has been a real challenge.

Which work brought you the most joy?

Hmm. As far as fics go I want to say it’s Everyday? Buts it’s also brought me the most stress lol. I think what’s really brought me the most joy is just talking to people about my fics. Getting feedback on ao3 and on all the drabbles I’ve posted on tumblr throughout the year.

Which of your works do you think people should check out?

All of them if they want to! But Everyday, Just a Little or a Little Bit, Cutting Losses, I Need to Leave (Please Stay), and Careless is The Fall are all personal faves of mine.

Do you have creative plans for next year? Is there anything exciting you’re currently working on?

SO MANY (if I can find the time and energy) that I’m really excited to get to! Even once I post the last chapter of Everyday, there’s still so many moments and scenes and ideas from it that I’ve wanted to expand into one shots. To name a few: an expanded scene from the end of ch 2, Jesper’s pov of some of ch 3, and an outsider pov with the bookkeeper from ch 1 (he has a name and his husband has a name and they both have backstories 🤗)

There are also still a lot of wips in my docs that I’ve been neglecting. The wylan whump fic, jealous jesper, multiple post-ck things, jesper character study, and so many more.

Lastly, any words of wisdom or anything else you would like to share?

Write what you want to read, and chances are that it will find other people who will be so happy you wrote it.

#jazzy writes #wesper #six of crows #shadow and bone

[aphroditestummyrolls]

I have been tagged by my most dear @flowercrowngods to do this fun little game!

The rules are:

1. Make a 24-hour poll with the title of your current WIPs

2. Write as many sentences as you have votes for the top fic

3. If you finish that fic, start on the next one (If you get a lot of votes you can switch to word count instead of sentence count)

4. Tag some people. I think the “rules” are 10 but I’m only gonna do like, 5. As per my custom.

Tagging: @liggytheauthoress @maddielle @non-un-topo @its-tortle and @the73rdpostscript

This is your mission, should you choose to accept it! Have fun ❤️

#tag games #six of crows #crooked kingdom #shadow and bone netflix #wesper #wylan x jesper #jesper x wylan #the old guard #joenicky nickyjoe #dinluke #star wars #the mandalorian