#; it isn't in my blood ( self )

[liauditore]

Equally Invalid

[vaguely-concerned]

lucanis' last question when interrogating zara's corpse -- whether illario also asked her to kill caterina -- is so telling. because if illario had done that, I actually do think lucanis would have killed him. (his standards are predictably wild and hilarious in a dark sort of way. listen I can forgive you for killing me that's fine understandable even but there's a limit to everything illario.) which is why he saves that question for last: it's the one thing he really does not want to know the answer to. because if the answer is yes, it's going to need action from him that would be so psychologically catastrophic that nothing the ossuary could do to him would compare, that would have been the end of him too, I feel, even with rook and the team there to try to catch him or pick up the pieces. I love how if you pay attention you can trace out the underlying hurt/logic already here, before it gets spelled out in inner demons. the logic lucanis' brain operates on is very sad and very consistent the whole way throughout the game.

[orb-weaving]

Summer child, your uses have always had their limits.

[fuckmeintheassandplsjustshootme]

New blades are great, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't miss the ache that comes after cutting with a dull blade

[shirogane-oushirou]

Out-of-Control

* . ⊹ a villain!ren moodboard

💜 🩷 💜 🩷 🧬 🩷 💜 🩷 💜 * . ⊹ div

so like... there's this guy infected with a hivemind organism... smile... twirls hair twirls hair...

so much of v!ren's aesthetic is just Villains Hot... this was all doc!ren initially, when i first dreamed him up almost a year ago, but the dream had a couple of "plot holes" that i wanted to fix. and before i knew it, i had a complete story with Themes and Motifs in place of "hehe supernatural eye glow hehe evil laughter hehe weird creature goo" :( so obviously i had to bring it all back as an AU and silence the part of me that needs everything to make total sense. 👏🏻✨

he's also VERY much my exploration of some of the symptoms of my various illnesses. he was even a parasitologist in the original dream, and i thought that was a little too on-the-nose so i changed it KJSNDFKJN ;;;

[spanishyumejoshi]

Nickname for rayman: rayray

Nickname for ramon: sexy edgy boyfriend rara

[agayconcept]

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[corpcuffed]

@howthesleeplesswander || cont.

There it was. There was that immediate devil-may-care response with a generous helping of cockiness that had to be one of the most irritating things Wally had ever had the misfortune of dealing with. But . . . strangely—? This time, that typical annoyance didn’t quite bubble to surface level. He was used to this. He had—damn it all—become used to this.

And so, an infuriatingly charming smirk and flippant remark rolled off Wally’s shoulders without more than half a thought spared to them, because—

The idiot flinched. And for some reason, Wally felt that like a prick in his chest he couldn’t—wouldn’t—explain.

“Being so irresistible has its downsides after all,” he murmured distractedly, his attention skirting over the obvious growing stain of crimson near Ken’s shoulder. “You’d lose your head if it wasn’t attached.” Exasperation steered the shake of his own head, weighed a prolonged silence while Wally deliberated. And then, with a pivot toward the door, he said over his shoulder, “Stay here. And try not to bleed all over your perfect office, idiot.”

He walked out without waiting for an answer. And came back mere minutes later, this time with a small case in hand.

Said case—a medical kit, upon closer inspection—thunked a bit too hard on Ken’s desk, a noise that made Wally briefly jump despite it being entirely his fault. His fingers fumbled briefly with the latches. “Sit down, you oaf,” he ordered, pointedly not meeting his gaze. “And, yes, this will be easier if you remove your shirt; don’t get ideas.” —right now, at least.

[redlyriumidol]

Mad respect to fade hawke-leavers but that could never be me 😔🫡 I'm simply too weak to do a thing like that to my beloved Isabela and Varric....I simply do not have faith that whoever you leave behind will ever return like they were pretty clear about the fact that they'd probably die and it's been 10 yrs... I left Alistair too, sorry to him as well very sad etc but I don't regret it at all lol

[gentlethorns]

you know what? i'm gonna say it. i miss being seventeen. not for the "glory days," bc they weren't, by a country mile lol. if i had glory days i'd say they were in 2020. but i miss the electricity, the constant undercurrent of euphoria and deep plunging black. i miss the fight i had. i was literally known for being scrappy. i was self-destructive and coping poorly, but goddamn if i didn't burn bright and long. it took me until my twenties to finally start to fizzle out. does the candle with its wax melted down to the base of its glass cage miss when the wick was lit?

[songsofbloodandwater]

"We generally perceive time as a linear construct—it moves in one direction — forward. Perhaps though, the spirits of the Otherworld, being free of other mortal laws might also find themselves free from the forward movement of time. This means they could, in theory, see past or future events at will."

—Death's Head: Animal Skulls in Witchcraft & Spirit Work (2022) by Blake Malliway

[orchideae]

1) Opens up drafts with my head empty, ready to be flooded, not knowing where I'll go. 2) 30 seconds later: Okay but I will go feral any day of my life over Perilous Trail, and the fierce dichotomy of Xiao and Yelan. While they're far from being 'the same', they both view themselves as soldiers in one way or another (it's a very difficult word to use for Yelan, so I'm using it very liberally and very loosely), they have both suffered losses on the 'battlefield' and carry the burden thereof in their own ways. And yet they stand so firmly in opposition throughout the entirety of that questline up until the very end of the 'the end of the line' conclusion of the quest. Yes, I know that she offers him her gratitude in its aftermath and it is genuine, but she still never agrees with him and the decision that he made moments earlier. It simply 'worked out' because of Zhongli's interference, he's the only reason it worked out. And it's because of that, that she doesn't give him a hell of a hard time (obviously she can't go down there, but imagine the inner frustration of severe extents; when you condemn someone who you can't even see anymore). In the same way that she would do to anyone who would sacrifice themselves for others, but in this case, I think it's 'beautiful' that it's to Xiao; the one who seems most adamant to do so (which honestly, fits into the contract that the Yakshas chose to sign with Morax; 'the ultimate sacrifice' to protect for Liyue; 'for Liyue', and Liyue has always centered itself around its people), the one who everyone reveres (and so does she, as she notes in her voiceline, 'if I ever have the honor to fight alongside') and respects for good reason, she stands against him, because in that moment, regardless of his status, he makes a call that she considers wrong. And he doesn't even... fight her on it very fiercely, and that's what actually hurts me the most, it's as if the following line hit the nail directly on the head?

"Besides, if you were really so determined to end it all, you wouldn't have given us the opportunity to share our opinions."

[eyes1nthewoods]

can my brain not convince me i have rabies and am going to die please. like can it not do that.

[theood]

Sorry to beat the dead horse I live in lately but I'm so tired. A break from social media probably could help. If I figure out how else to occupy my time doing absolutely nothing. It's what I say every fucking day. Just wish I had friends. People my age around here to talk too. Even younger. Anything. I'm so fucking lonely. I love everyone I talk to online, I have meaningful connections with so many of you but I also haven't had meaningful conversation IRL in idk. Years probably. I haven't seen any of my old friends because we moved and I had to isolate myself because no one really wanted to hang out with me or could get here. And I really don't do anything, I can't be stressed. I can't be depressed I can't. I can't. I can't. Just like every adult in my life says. I don't know. I just wish I could actually see it's going to get better. Be better for me

[articskele]

Maybe it's just me but. Rom reminds me of those quiet moments where time stands still and you're just Existing without a care in the world

The sky at dawn and morning dew. Looking out the window, up at the moon. When everyone else is asleep

You are alone swaying to a silent melody, and just for a moment, your head doesn't ache and your eyes don't feel heavy. Just for a moment, everything is right.

She reminds me of the Minecraft end poem, and something about the gameplay and music feels right up her alley ouo

Rip Rom you would've loved Minecraft