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I love a character raised to be a weapon as much as the next guy. But what really gets me is a character raised to be a shield. Who can’t fathom being needed—or even being wanted— beyond keeping others safe. Who believe they are alive only to insure someone doesn’t die. no matter the cost. Characters who self-sacrifice not because they think they deserve it, but because no one else does deserve it, and it’s their job to protect.

Characters who’ve been told that’s why your important. Your worth something because this other person/ thing is important, and you are here solely to keep them safe.

Bonus points if it’s not a legitimate job they’ve been given. Maybe at one point it was, but now that they are free from it, they haven’t given up that mentality. No one is forcing or asking them to do this, but they need to. They need to in order to be deserving.

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some lettering exercises with billy joel's 'vienna'

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lining up the inspirations for Liminal and ngl this does in fact go hard

[ID: Four images of covers of various media, in order: The first X-Men movie, Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi, Zeroes by Scott Westerfield, Margo Lanagan and Deborah Biancotti, and The Girl Who Could Fly by Victoria Forester. End ID.]

(also x-men feels lightly redundant bc Shatter Me was also inspired by xmen but hey four is a good number)

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sexual knifeplay is indicative of weak character. I could never get aroused from being stabbed because that would mean that I failed to parry it

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new tumblr game. put in the tags a GENUINE flaw your fav(s) has. cant be something like "too kind" or "loves too much" like something genuinely bad messed up morally wrong they are or have done

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Costume design by Riccardo Tisci, Givenchy’s creative director, for a ballet of Maurice Ravel’s 17-minute composition Bolero, based on the Spanish dance, a collaboration between Marina Abramovic and Belgian choreographers, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Damien Jalet; photographed for Dazed & Confused July 2013

Speaking of his initial costume inspirations, Riccardo Tisci said, “I wanted to create something very strong, very sexual. And very me. I was inspired by romance. The skeleton design is very dramatic but the nude colour of the fabric has a sense of romance- I wanted the dancers to feel naked. For me, the skeleton balanced death and beauty. I decided not to use materials associated with classic ballet, such as feathers and beading. I wanted to keep it minimal but also strong, because the bolero is about jealousy and intensity. I began with the black cape, because it has been key to my career. I imagined the men and women turning in the cape. I imagined the moment they would remove the cape, and underneath would be a nude catsuit in illusion tulle embroidered with a lace skeleton. They shed several layers as they dance, just like the lifecycle of animals or flowers losing their petals. They became these moving skeletons, strong and fragile at the same time.”

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so clearly i have some behavioral issues

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Adygea Mists by I Can Win

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i actually kinda like it when a character getting better includes them becoming weirder and less polite and more confusing and strange. no more "domestication" i wanna see the weird guy be weird!!!

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“mold is gross!!” “mold gets people sick!!” maybe for you. my mold loves me. we share germs & we arw in love ❤️ he livws on my water bottle and i take him everywhere with me. i am dyinf. for unrelated reasons

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more rings anatomical edition

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people are always like "Oh a vampire wouldn't get horny while drinking someone's blood, that's like getting horny while eating a sandwich" and like man have you never had a really good fucking sandwich?

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by Thimo van Leeuwen

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'sorelle fontana evening ensemble, 1954, worn by ava gardner in "the barefoot contessa"' in high style: masterworks from the brooklyn museum costume collection at the metropolitan museum of art - jan glier reeder (2010)

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Saiid Kobeisy fall 2015 rtw

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[ID: A page of inked traditional drawings showing the original character Blake Moreau from the chest up. Blake is a thin man with short, wavy black hair, full lips, brown eyes, and a roman nose. He wears earrings and a v-neck open shirt. He is referenced from Tom Ali and Nicky Champa. In one drawing he cocks his head with a neutral expression, in another he looks off to the side with a frustrated look, in another he laughs brightly, and in the last he looks disheveled, and glares at the viewer. The next image is a closeup of the drawing of Blake looking off to the side in frustration with a pinched brow and parted lips. Text beside him reads: "oh, there he is..." The last drawing is a small pencil sketch of Blake making a disgusted expression and looking off to the side. End ID.]

according to my calendar, today is my boy Blake's birthday. so happy national slut day everyone! make sure to thot it up in his honor 🙏