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The Noppera-bō (のっぺらぼう), or faceless ghost, is a Japanese yōkai (legendary creature) that looks like a human but has no face.

New Armor concept for Mikoto

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sidestep is actually hilarious

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This lovely sidestep sheet is from @unitedrussia

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The reality of Anathema isn’t particularly fear inducing 

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*record scratch* *freeze frame* yup, that’s me. you’re probably wondering how I ended up in this situation.

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sidestep: a vodka for me and uh… he’ll have a juice box. herald: sidestep i’m 24! sidestep: herald: i can buy my own juice box

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sidestep walking into hq like ‘what up, i’m here to ruin chen’s day!’

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simmer

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back practice turns chen practice _(:3」∠)_

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pre heartbreaker Stella sure was….. a thing

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a little flystep thing because certain people are enablers. scribbled on my phone in one setting so this is pretty rough

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“i know all your weak points,” you taunt, because it’s true. because taunting is easier than being genuine.

“no,” says daniel, the wrath of a thunderstorm building behind his eyes, “you don’t.”

all at once the world is upended. your vision blurs through his face, sky, the ground and then pain shatters through your front as you’re slammed into the gravel. warnings gleam in the corner of your vision as he pulls your arm back and twists.

just like you taught him.

your own laugh surprises you. he’s gotten so much better that it’s exhilarating. you hadn’t thought that someone else’s success could taste so sweet but it does.

the way he turns you over is swift, utilitarian, practiced. you can’t see what he uses to bind your wrists together, but whatever it is, the nanovores will make quick work of it. for now, though, there’s no stopping him from reaching under your chin and breaking off the latches of your helmet.

not that you would if you had the choice. success means reward, as you’ve always espoused during your training sessions with him. rewards had meant stories of the good old days. then dinner. then kisses.

this reward, you muse, he might not find as much to his liking.

hot wind slams into your exposed face but that’s nothing compared to the avalanche of emotion running rampant in daniel’s mind: jagged shock, the familiar bitterness of denial, a twinge of pleading, sour-sweet. you laugh again.

disbelief has turned his grip almost slack. tsk tsk. he’ll have to do better next time.

the nanovores have had time to work their magic. you snake your other arm up and clamp down on his forearm, using him to pull yourself up so you’re a breath away from his lips.

“i told you, didn’t i?” you murmur. “i know all of your weak points, danny.”

you give yourself one kiss. one breath. one moment of letting yourself have what you want.

and then your elbow slams into his gut, and you’re free.

this is a familiar scene. it’s not the first time you’ve had him gasping on the ground.

it won’t be the last.

you reach down to pick your helmet back up, catching a glimpse of your reflection in the shattered glass of the visor. your smile is fractured, repeated, over and over in between each crack.

“you’ll get it next time, danny,” you say, the familiar words of encouragement taking on a bitter twist. you can tell how hard it hits him even without the telepathy. his eyes are wide with hurt. “i believe in you.”

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Full offense but your writing style is for you and nobody else. Use the words you want to use; play with language, experiment, use said, use adverbs, use “unrealistic” writing patterns, slap words you don’t even know are words on the page. Language is a sandbox and you, as the author, are at liberty to shape it however you wish. Build castles. Build a hovel. Build a mountain on a mountain or make a tiny cottage on a hill. Whatever it is you want to do. Write.

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fic writers are always looking for literally every opportunity to spoil their works. screw the finished product! i wanna tell you right now what’s going on!

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villain monologues r a love language

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i don’t know who decided that happy endings were boring but i wanna fight them. happy endings make all the bad shit that characters go through worth it, there’s nothing boring about that.

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i know full well that the whole point of the game is we’re becoming a villain and i am STILL reading every scene with Ortega like JUST STOP AND GET MARRIED WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS WHEN YOU COULD BE KISSING

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hhhhh i finally finished this art of my baby