#whole shards

[griseldabanks]

Take Me In book trailer!

That's right, folks! The time is almost upon us! I'm planning to start posting the giant Captain America fic I never shut up about on May 3, 2024.

If you haven't read any of my Whole Shards series, or want a refresher before the latest installment begins, feel free to check it out now!

Please reblog and/or send to anyone you know who might be interested, and I hope to see you there ;)

#captain america #whole shards #take me in #book trailer #(this is my first time attempting one - go easy on me lol ^^') #steve rogers #bucky barnes #sam wilson #ocs galore #brooklynbros #foxholebros #Youtube

[novelmonger]

Heads Up Seven Up

Rules: post the last seven lines you wrote! Then tag others!

Tagged by @kraytwriter

This worked out perfectly, because the last seven lines I wrote are all text messages:

I miss you. I can't believe you're gone. I keep looking around to find out where you are, and then I remember. And I wish I didn't. This is somehow worse than when I thought you were dead. I love you. I love you. I love you.

Tagging @rainintheevening, @authortobenamedlater, @sailforvalinor, @bunnyscar, and anyone else who wants to share.

#tag games #whole shards #take me beyond #captain america

[dawning-skye]

Heart of Fire

#that whole shard sequence was so cool #Fearne is my favourite magical girlie #critical role #fearne calloway #fearne #bells hells #campaign 3 #cr c3e80 #my art

[quaranmine]

i love watching hermitblr users make like meta or strategy posts about decked out but truthfully it just glides smoothly in one ear and out the other for me. i don't know stategy or cards or shards. im just here to watch my blorbos turn a corner and run directly into a ravager and die with a silly scream <3

#i'll probably pick it up as i go though sfljdslfjslk #but for now i just read the posts with amusement because most of the whole #card balancing and crowns and shards and whatever is going right over my head #hermitcraft #the tension is real though it's SO fun to watch them play it #this is also NOT to underplay the serious work tango went into all this and balancing it ofc

[toastysol]

I'll never forgive the in-game fans for naming their ship jorry

#cyberpunk 2077 #silverdyne #i mean. jorry. seriously? #this whole shard is just hilarious #i love the dev who wrote this #the whole quest is great

[strwberri-milk]

Just thinking about Abysswalker Rafayel,,,

Thinking about how he's got you pressed up against the wall, blunt and gloved fingertips digging into the sides of your body. You can hear the stutter in his breath and the way it settles against his mask, desperate to escape. You'd tease him if it weren't for how insistently he's pressing his lips to yours, the phantom sensation of them against you. His tongue traces the shape of your lips over the leather as your mouth hangs open, bringing your arms under his and holding onto his shoulders tightly.

He's right here in your arms, so close yet so far. You wish that his overly complicated clothes would just disappear but it's almost like they aren't even there with the heat radiating off of his body. He's kissing you so desperately and your lips haven't even met yet. You make the mistake of looking into his eyes, drowning in the desire and yearning he can't act on.

#from the garden #love and deepspace #love and deepspace rafayel #rafayel #rafayel x reader #this man gave me a mask kink im acc so mad /lh #im so fucking tired praying this is coherent #its such a bitch to farm materials for five star cards i just want to have enough myth shards to do his whole story at once good night

[rychuart]

Thinking about Shard today

I still need to pick archie back up but the leadup to the reboot felt like reading a car crash in slow motion and when it hit I lost all momentum lmaooo

#shard the metal sonic #archie sonic #sonic the hedgehog fanart #sth fanart #sonic fanart #metal sonic #sonic the hedgehog #re car crash i still can't get over that they just killed all the echidnas off screen. the whole species #and they weren't allowed to say julie su's name or show her but they still tried vaguely to make her death have impact #so fucking funny #anyway i love robots

[havendance]

The thing about the Escobar invasion is that it is complete and utter destruction. It is razing to the ground and salting the earth. It is a nuclear level solution to the problem that Ezar faces. It is a plot to arrange the death of an unwanted heir and future for Barrayar that results in the death of thousands of others and the question is, is it justified? Ezar thinks so and he is the emperor. His word is law. How many will die because of a doomed invasion? How many will die under the rain of a mad emperor? How many will die in a Barrayaran civil war? There is a price of blood that paid with any path, and it's only a matter of picking one. Is there a way that it could have been avoided? Who knows, but this is Barrayar.

And then there is Vorkosigan's role in it. He is loyal and he is honorable and Ezar uses up every bit of that. He pushes him to the breaking point. If he were going to live longer, perhaps he would've considered going about it a different way, but Ezar is going to die and he will have no more use for him. He will not hoard his resources, he will use them, even if it means that they break.

And Cordelia who sees the truth but cannot speak it because to speak it would be to ruin everything. Lives rest on her silence. Many have already died to prevent the deaths of many more and will she ruin that?

#vorkosigan saga #shards of honor #i am just obsessed with the whole thing #carthago delenda est

[cosmereplay]

Source: Discord user AshDasher from 17th Shard server, reposted with permission.

#cosmemes #stormlight archive #rhythm of war #row spoilers #kaleshwi #leshwi stormlight #kaladin stormblessed #id in alt text #described #cremposting #there's a whole month of these on the 17th Shard discord and they are all bangers

[howcouldtheyletmebeanadult]

So...

holy shit this conversation, i have. so many thoughts.

i'm like, 80% sonic is gonna face some kind of betrayal from either dread or nine

#nine because he is the most important variant obviously so his betrayal would hit harder #also because he wanted to use a shard to create his own perfect world. and sonic needs them to fix his #also also because it's likely fixing sonic's world would make the shatterverse dissappear #and with nine having researched the shards i find it likely he could be the one to find out about the consecuences of fixing the cristal #and i doubt he would be a fan of the whole dissapearing to instead become a part of someone else thing #plus he was the one named during the conversation about the people from the shatterspaces #and in the trailer for s2 we had images of him implying he would meet the other tails #i'm not saying he's gnna be EVIL but he might be against sonic at some point #and in the case of dread #WE the audience know he's selfish and only cares about himself and his treasure #but neither his crew nor sonic found out about that #i find it unlikely they would just let him get away with using people like that #so at some point he's gonna have to do something that outs him as the ruthless person he is #plus he is OBSESSED with his shard. why would he let sonic keep it #we know the council gets hold of his shard at some point #so maybe they loose it on their first appearaence this “season” and then he cooperates to get his shard back #but when the moment comes to let sonic have it (after recovering the shard) he steals it or something #sonic prime #sonic prime season 2 #sonic prime spoilers #sonic prime season2 #sonic prime s2

[griseldabanks]

Let Me Count the Ways ask game

Requested by Princess of Words from the Fig Tree Discord server

Fandom: MCU Characters: Steve and Bucky (and Sharon) Prompt: "No, I don't care what 'they' think."

Please note this is an AU. I tried to make it work for both of my main AUs, Worth a Thousand and Whole Shards. Basically all you need to know is that Steve and Sharon are married, and Bucky lives with them.

“We have a problem,” Bucky growled.

Steve looked up from the crossword puzzle he and Sharon were working through together in the paper at the kitchen table. Sam always laughed at them and said they were like an old married couple, but...well, they were a married couple, and at least one of them was pretty old. Besides, it was fun.

A brightly colored magazine slapped down on top of the newspaper, and Steve found himself staring at his own face. STEVE ROGERS: TROUBLE IN PARADISE OR POLYAMOROUS THREESOME?! The main photo depicted him walking through a crowd somewhere, holding Bucky's hand. After a moment, he remembered that day, when they'd all gone to Coney Island. He'd grabbed Bucky's hand so they wouldn't lose each other in the crush of people heading towards the Cyclone.

Down the side of the front page were smaller headlines, like No heterosexual explanation for this! and The Open Secret of Captain America's Queer Lifestyle. Quirking an eyebrow, Steve took his arm from around his wife's shoulders and reached for the tabloid, beginning to flip through it. “Oh, apparently I'm bisexual,” he said mildly. “You learn something new every day.”

Sharon laughed, but Bucky's expression was stormy as he dropped into a chair across the table from them. “That trash is all over the place,” he growled, jabbing a metal finger at the magazine. “I could hardly turn around without seeing our faces everywhere.”

“Well, that's hardly new,” Sharon said reasonably, putting a calming hand on his arm. “You're probably always going to be in the public eye somewhat, and it's not always going to be positive.”

Bucky pulled away from her, leaning back and crossing his arms tightly. He sat there, looking uncomfortable for a few moments, before awkwardly muttering, “I can...move out. Today, if you want.”

Steve looked up in surprise from a cursory and not particularly relevant overview of public opinions of homosexuality in the 1940s. “Move out? Why?”

Except for when Bucky had gone off to war before Steve, and the stretch of time when Bucky had been captured by Hydra and didn't remember who he was, Steve and Bucky had lived under the same roof since Steve's mother had died. Even after they'd been reunited and Bucky was stable enough that he could have managed on his own, neither of them had even questioned it. Of course they were going to live together.

Now Bucky scowled at him. “Do you really need me to spell it out for you?”

“You can't let something like this scare you away,” Sharon scoffed, flipping through the magazine to a page plastered with photos of her. “Look—they're actually trying to call it incest!”

“What?” Steve laughed, craning his neck around to look at the article. “How do they figure that?”

“Because the love of your life was my great-aunt, obviously.”

“Peggy and I never went on a single date! And that wouldn't even—“ Steve gave up, groaning into his hands.

Sharon nudged her shoulder against his. “This is the part where you're supposed to say I'm the love of your life, dear.”

Before either of them could continue, Bucky burst out, “So none of this bothers you? The things they're saying?”

“Well, they're certainly being very rude.” Sharon picked up the magazine and walked over to the recycle bin, dropping it in with a satisfying flump.

Steve shrugged in answer to Bucky's question. “We know it isn't true. So does anyone with enough of a brain to not believe everything they read in a tabloid.”

Bucky still looked troubled, tapping a finger against his metal arm. “You don't think it would be better for me to move out or...something? Just to make it clear they're wrong?”

Steve wondered if that 'something' included things like holding hands as they'd done in the picture on the front page, or the dozens of other ways he expressed his affection for his best friend. Wouldn't they have a field day if they knew how many times we've slept in the same bed.

Aloud, he just said, “It sounds like they've already made up their minds. Not much we can do about it now.”

“So you don't care what they think?”

Steve rolled his eyes. “No, I don't care what 'they' think. I never have. And neither should you.”

Their eyes met, and Steve wondered if Bucky was also thinking about the days when he'd been skinny and beset with a whole laundry list of handicaps and ailments. Back then, there were plenty of people who'd said he was nothing but a drain on society with nothing to offer in return. Not worth the effort it took to keep him alive. Better off dead. Some people had even said that to his face.

But two people in his life had made sure he never believed that assessment of his worth: his mother and Bucky. Especially Bucky. Because if someone like Bucky still thought it was worth it to go out of his way to keep Steve around...he must really be worth something.

“Exactly,” Sharon said, taking her seat again and lacing her fingers through Steve's. “You can move out if you want to, Bucky,” she added, holding out her hand to him as well, “but do it because you want to, not because someone's never heard of friendship before.”

Slowly, Bucky's arms unfolded and he let Sharon take his right hand in hers. “I, um....” Clearing his throat, he averted his gaze. “If...you don't mind, I'd like to stay here...for now.”

“I don't think we mind,” Steve laughed, “do we, darling?”

“Of course not!” Sharon said with a bright smile. “If this is what a threesome is, I want it to stay like this forever.”

Steve and Sharon both started laughing, and this time, Bucky joined in too.

#let me count the ways #captain america #worth a thousand #whole shards #steve rogers #bucky barnes #sharon carter #staron #sorry this was supposed to be focused on steve and bucky but sharon insisted on being included too #the white tree #hopefully someone will enjoy my not-so-subtle jabs at some of the sillier takes i've seen on these relationships ^^'

[novelmonger]

First and Last Sentence Tag Game

Rules: Post the first sentence of any unpublished work (can be a chapter), and the last sentence of any unpublished work (can be a chapter).

Tagged by @sailforvalinor

Okay, not a chapter but a scene from my Captain America WIP, Take Me In.

First sentence:

The jury filed out.

Last sentence:

Maybe it would be best if they just stayed suspended here forever.

Tagging anyone who finished writing a scene today.

#tag games #captain america #whole shards #take me in

[septembermonologues]

also speaking of EP 86. Will never be over how Fearne shot up when Imogen said Orym called Dorian and how Ashley whispered 'he didn't answer' after the convo Imogen and Orym had before they slept. She's worried about the blue boy too....Fearne and Dorian best friendship come home the kids miss you

oh absolutely, absolutely. i constantly think about how much she's gone through since dorian left and like. thats his girl! he loves her so much! she loves him so much! and he would be such a good shoulder for her to lean on

#especially with that fucking shard. he would have been there to back her up when it felt like no one was listening to what she was saying #but anon trust and believe that i can have and will talk endlessly about how much i miss his friendship with each of the hells #its my favorite thing in the whole world #k watches cr3 #bell's hells #dorian storm #critical role

[whatudottu]

A long overdue art response to a boneless joke, Tetrax makes a very excellent first impression by accidentally severing Gluto - his new pilot - from one of his tendrils. Don't worry, he's fine-

After trying for hours to find a petrosapien hand reference I meanwhile am not so... *grins*

#tetrax shard #gluto #gluto ben 10 #ben 10 #fanart #don't look at the lack of 'shading' on tetrax's grabbing hand #i was too focused on making gluto's bubble patterns #i think i like coloured lines for petrosapiens it makes the sketchy lines work #the only characters that didn't translate well from the lineless to the 'i don't give a shit' binary linework #but with gluto here you think i'll be colouring all lines in (the answer is no) #it just that protosts also have coloured lines so it makes it look like it's a whole thing #not that you should take that as fact i do whatever the hell i want #like whatever this editions use of a background is i don't have a damn clue :)

[shardofsun]

Just got to the first big Jarthur divorce moment, I feel like I’m having the true Malevolent experience now

#shard rambles #malevolent podcast #the whole fandom’s talking about episode 41. meanwhile I am on episode 8 #having a great time tho. i love it when men have something really wrong with them

[topaz-mutiny]

I don't usually get mad at Tal's characters or Tal himself for their shenanigans but,

I think I'm going to make an exception and be mad for a little bit.

#critical role #that whole scene did NOT feel good #I spent three weeks anticipating a cool scene with this fire shard #only to have the scene just... not feel good #no one seemed investedly upset they seemed genuinely upset #imo the best part of this episode was Fearne and Orym's morning talk and I guess that will have to fucking tide me over #cr spoilers #critical role spoilers #c3e77 #the problem with watching things Live #Taliesin Jaffe #Bells Hells