#<- working title for now

[mistyjessart]

My OC Gabrielle from a medieval story I’m writing for NaNoWriMo this year. Can’t wait for her to experience the emotional turmoil of realizing you’re a lesbian Ɛ:

ft. style explorations for an assignment, bonus points if you can guess them all (one is an indie artist)

[words-with-wren]

@chrumblr-whumblr day five: forced to obey

Fandom: Original work! Love this poor boy <3

Word count: 790

late to the party but here it is! shall try do today's one tonight.

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He waited in the shadows, head bowed, breathing even and steady. He wasn’t sure how long he stood there, watching, waiting for his mistress’ attention, but it didn’t matter. This was his purpose for the moment, to stand, to wait. 

Finally, she waved him forward, a lazy gesture once the last of her other commanders had exited the room. He stepped forward, head still bowed, and dropped to one knee in front of her. Waiting once again. 

“Report,” she said. Her focus was split, half her attention still on whatever paperwork had been brought her earlier. It didn’t matter. 

“Mission accomplished,” he said. Head still bowed, he reached into the satchel at his side and withdrew three rings--seals that had up until a few hour ago been on the warm hands of the king of a small country. He held out one hand, the rings tucked neatly onto his worn hands. 

There was still blood on his hands he realised belatedly. He had come straight to report. He waited with bated breath as she glanced up, leaning forward to snatch the rings free. When she didn’t respond to the blood, he allowed himself a small exhale of relief. 

“Good,” she said, and he felt a rush of…something. Happiness? Pride? Relief? He wasn’t sure. All he knew was that his hands were still bloody and his head was still bowed. “Now remove the heir.” 

“Heir?” he asked, unsure of who that would be. He was only told enough to achieve the next mission, he was not aware there was an heir. 

“Yes,” she said, unbothered by his question. “We need a power vacuum, that can’t happen if there’s even one direct relative alive. The heir is his nephew, shouldn’t be too much of a challenge, he won’t put up much of a fight.” 

“A child?” he asked, something shifting in his gut. 

“Yes. He was sent away to stay in the country, the manor won’t be well guarded. You’d best move quickly though, otherwise he will be moved.” 

“I-” His voice caught in his throat, the image of a child flashing through his mind. Young, innocent, wide eyed. He hadn’t seen a child for a long time. 

His hands were bloodied. A child. 

“My assassin,” his mistress purred, and he lowered his head further, aware he was about to look at her. “Is that hesitation, I sense in you?” 

“No,” he said immediately, something tight and uncomfortable in his gut. Assassin was one thing but… a child? 

He hadn’t thought about life before for a long time, but now he did. He thought of rolling seas, of laughing friends, of the bright and shining eyes of the young cabin boy on the ship. A friend. 

A family, once even. 

Osric shut his eyes, not wanting to see the blood on his hands. 

“Regardless, remember what is the consequence of disobedience.” 

His mistress’ voice called his attention and he looked up at her, eyes still lowered. She waved a hand and an image appeared, a flickering vision of something somewhere, far out of reach. 

A young woman, wild curly hair framing her face, dark eyes and tanned skin, the faintest hint of a frown on her face. 

Oz’s heart stuttered at the sight of her, at the sight of his own face reflected in her’s. He hadn’t been allowed to see even an image of her for years. 

“Izzy,” he whispered, an unconscious hand reaching out towards his sister. 

His mistress flicked her wrist and the image of Izzy vanished. His mistress leaned forward, fixing him with deep, dark eyes. 

“You know what will happen. You agreed,” she said softly. 

He stared down at his hands again, stained with blood, remembering that day. Remembering the fear, the roaring heartbeat in his ears. His hands had been bloodstained then as well, but with his sister’s blood. And he had been desperate to do anything for her. 

“She is alive?” he asked, his voice rough, unused. 

“For now. For as long as you do what you agreed you would do. I don’t want to break out arrangement.” 

He lowered his head, knowing it was best not to meet her eyes. She was right--he had sought her out. The blood on his hands were his own, hands only worthy to become more bloodstained. 

“I will do as you command,” he said, voice even, emotionless. 

He was a willing assassin. He had chosen this life, he could not choose another path. 

Izzy’s blood had never fully washed out, only been covered by other. And maybe that was better because she was alive and he was only ever meant to be a weapon, wielded by others. 

A sword did not feel guilt for the blood it shed. 

[parisoonic]

'We go together!' 🤝

[willyhoos]

you, and what little remains of your brother.

[redkehlchen]

Once again attempting to work on my comic and thought it might be good to make a short plot summary.

And well.. technically it’s a story about the importance of aromantic visibility- /hj

Nothing would have happened if Eloisa just knew about it! 😔

[nematode7]

I apologize in advance about the person I’ll become when this game comes out

[lisondraws]

All the time in the world -

Newmann Secret Santa for @pomeplanetary with some married and happy lovers!!! I really hope you will like it :'D

[mobius-m-mobius]

- Loki S01x01 - Glorious Purpose - Loki S02x06 - (contrapuntal poem credit to @too-bees-poetry)

[astranauticus]

Director of the False Last Act

[that1notetaker]

I just think it would be so interesting for these two to share headspace for a limited and illuminating amount of time. (They're so gay/in sync with each other that even if one was feeling gay feelings for the other neither of them would be able to tell the difference. Huzzah) Katsuki: LET ME OUT OF HERE Izuku: *OFA embers elevator music playing in the background* Class A: I'm not sure if this will fix it or make it worse

[hballegro]

"It's more than something. It's everything."

s8e11 "Life Time"

painted screenshot. cannot give a time estimate, i lost track long ago. still gouache brush, my beloved, with blur tools to fade edges and so on

i have to go to the zoo now and will be making the version with the clock later [i cannot express how long ive been battling with hawkeye's face, gamers]. background went very fast like i said it would lol

version 2 [as in, w/ clock] will probably be done later today, and i will edit this and add it when that happens [and prolly make a separate post too, for celebration purposes, and will link them]. i will also compile progress pics for that post. they are terrifying early on lmao

"A lot of very touching songs came outta that war" previous painting

"It was pink, and perfect, and I tossed it in the scrap bucket" previous painting

everyone say thank you to bj to being a perfect painting subject today he was very polite and he looks about how i wanted unlike SOME PEOPLE

that was me to my sibling last night, and i stayed up til 1:10ish and still didnt finish the final pass over hawkeye's eye. everything else took like 5ish minutes

also everyone say thank you to margaret and nurse kellye for also being perfect and lovely and pleasant to work with

photo used blatantly stolen from this post thank you again @remyfire i owe you my life

update edit;

clock back

[sysig]

You're still standing off to the side. Somehow, center stage has shifted from under your feet without you realizing, and you're standing in the wings, performing to no one.

Starring Role (Patreon)

[elzorton]

Knight of the Red Moon

[akolnoix]

Chain of Pronouns

A Partial Re-Translation Patch for Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories (GBA)

Kingdom Hearts is a tricky series, where the details really matter. As such, it’s a shame that some interesting elements of Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories did not make it into the official English release (and, from what I know, none of the other language versions). So here we are!

So What’s Changed?

The most important changes in this patch are, as you might’ve guessed from the title, pronoun related.

There is a section of the game, from the beginning of Twilight Town to a certain point in Destiny Islands, where Sora (and the NPCs in Destiny Islands) inexplicably change what pronouns are used to refer to Naminé. The official English release does not convey this element at all despite how much emphasis the game puts on this aspect, and thus loses any potentially significant implications of it.

As there’s no perfect English equivalent for あいつ aitsu, (a very informal/rough pronoun that is technically gender-neutral but leans toward masculine connotations, and is a strange way for Sora to refer to Naminé or Kairi), there are two versions of the patch.

“they” version. This is the one I recommend , as I believe it best conveys the intended experience; where there is a noticeably strange shift in language, but in such as way as to be fairly easy to write off as unimportant to the casual player.

“he” version. This one tosses all subtlety and ambiguity out the window and feels less natural, but conveys the masculine possibilities of the original that the other version can’t. Pick it if you’re feeling very daring.

Then, in the final stretch of the game, jp Naminé uses gender neutral terms in a way that seems potentially relevant, due to the pronouns situation stated in the previous section, and she is talking about two distinct people in her final conversation w/Sora, not just one. Both elements were lost in the official release.

Other Changes

Tweaked some word choice/phrasing for dialogue to more clearly convey repeated motifs (if you’re familiar with the jp terms used, 大切な / に taisetsuna/ni is generally denoted with “precious,” and 大切な人 taisetsuna hito with “dear”) as well as references to other parts of the game (primarily between Hollow Bastion and the floor 6+7 interludes)

They don’t call Sora the Keyblade master anymore, as this was sort of an impossible to predict localization misstep with the original release. (How were they supposed to know that jp script would start using the English phrase "Keyblade Master" as a distinct concept like 10 years later?) I did this just for fun.

This project was primarily built upon the contents of the essay “‘That Person’ How a Pronoun Revealed the Heart of a Story”, and would not exist without it. Read it after you finish the game (or before, if you want), it’s fantastic work.

Special thanks to this gba khcom quote generator and this transcript (both of which saved me SO much time and effort) as well as all my friends, whose excitement and input were invaluable.

Don’t want to actually play the game? You can watch one of the cutscene compilations on youtube! [he version] [they version]

[loudn0isesart]

SO!!! THE GANGS ALL HERE!!! I'm so tired hdhdhxhchch this took me like so long for what.

(I love them they're so stupid)

I may be insane

[donutdrawsthings]

Maybe if I walk far enough, it will stop following me