#[ i got lost in my drafts

[air--so--sweet]

I found out from the production designer's website and an interview he did that the basement kitchen is actually the 'kid's lounge', a space the siblings created for themselves.

And I've been obsessed with it ever since because I feel it gives us more of an idea about what the umbrellas childhoods were like.

Because, okay there's the slightly extravagant things like the pool table and foozball table, but most of it is very simple. A hifi system and a collection of cassettes and CDs (I bet Luther was only allowed have a record collection as part of his special treatment as Number One), what looks like board games and some toys in what used to be the butcher shops fridges and there's another toy next to the hifi system that looks similar to some of the ones we see in Five's room.

And in the scene where Allison and Diego fight Cha Cha we see art supplies as well.

These are just basic things most kids would grow up with but the umbrellas had to create a secret place, away from their father, to have them. It's just desperately sad.

But I also find it kind of beautiful that they worked together to make a place for themselves and I like to imagine the process of it coming together. Them scavenging furniture from the unused academy rooms. One of them finds the table in storage room, or the attic maybe, and then over the next few weeks they manage to take chairs from different rooms until they can all sit at the table together. Coming home from Griddy's one night (sneaking out became a lot easier once they had a separate entrance that their dad didn't know about) they spot an armchair and a sofa left out on the sidewalk and they don't look in too bad a condition so Five jumps back with the armchair while the others carry the sofa home (Five was still getting the hang of jumping with objects, the sofa was still a bit too big for him to manage). Grace catches them stealing food to take downstairs one day and she mentions it to Pogo (who knows about the room since it's right next to his own room, but he chooses to turn a blind eye) and suddenly there's a fridge in the room and Grace makes sure it and the cupboards are always fully stocked, even after the kids are gone (we see Five make a sandwich here when he comes back from the apocalypse). Hargreeves never interacts with Grace much and doesn't pay much attention to the food orders she makes as long as she stays in budget so some extra loaves of bread or jars of peanut butter won't catch his attention.

And Hargreeves never found out about the room because There's no reason for him to go to the basement, the only things in the basement are Pogo's room (so telling that there are 42 bedrooms in the academy but Pogo is relegated to the basement) and a utilitiy room. Viktor's cell is also in the basement but it's accessed by a separate elevator so Hargreeves wouldn't pass the kid's lounge to get to it.

You can tell how important the space was to the siblings as well because of how they use it in adulthood.

It's where they all go when Five returns and where they hangout when in the academy (we see them in the living room too but mostly for family meetings).

When Viktor comes to invite the others to his concert he comes through the butcher shop entrance.

It's where Klaus gathers his brothers when he tells them that he spoke to Reginald the night before.

And, even when he was the only one left living in the academy, Luther ate breakfast there.

It's the only part of the academy they feel is truly theirs and theirs alone. It's their safe place.

[mochiiniko]

apologies for the ramble but: if the living tombstone ever makes a fnaf sb ruin song. if "this comes from inside" was a message to long-time fnaf fans. i like to think a sequel to that would be a message to newer fans in some way, the ones who don't feel nostalgia towards the older games but still loves them and wants to keep the spirt going

you think that youre alone, but we are waiting for you every night

heya, i just wanted to say thank you for this ask! ive been wanting to draw something based on it since last year im sorry it took so long 😭 as someone who got dragged into the fandom when security breach first released, your ask really resonated with me

while i didnt exactly grow up with fnaf (my earliest core memory was like. playing the fnaf 2 mobile demo and laughing my ass off after getting jumpscared because i understood absolutely nothing) i still adore the franchise and the community and i cant wait to see what the future has in store for the silly freddy game :]

[skeletalroses]

NEAR DARK is on Tubi!

I disappear into the woods on the other side of the continent for a week and my favorite rare movie comes out on free streaming? This is an unprecedented chance to catch an underground classic with no effort on your part! Go watch this gorgeous, weird vampire western/road movie immediately.

Do you like The Lost Boys (1987)? This is its gritty redneck cousin.

Do you like Aliens (1986)? This is the Aliens cast except now they're sexy evil vampires.

Do you like It (2017) and It Chapter 2 (2019)? This is that director's favorite horror movie.

Do you like women's film history? This is the first solo project of the first woman to win an Oscar for best director. She also co-wrote it and the female gaze is strong.

I've been evangelizing about this movie for years. If you love horror, vampires, me, or anything I stand for, go watch it; it is worth your time for the delicious bar scene alone. You have not seen Bill Paxton until you've seen him in this role. Come join our tiny fandom. We crave new blood.

EDIT: Looks like it's on Pluto too!

[kithj]

some stories are written precisely to elicit strong emotions from the reader INCLUDING negative ones. some stories and characters are meant to be upsetting, they are meant to challenge you and make you uncomfortable!! when a story makes you feel Big Feelings sometimes you are meant to sit in those feelings and ask yourself why! fiction is a great space to explore these emotions in a safe environment. you, as the reader, are meant to think critically about the art you are enjoying and that includes asking yourself questions like why has the author presented their art in this way and what are they trying to tell me. and then you get to have fun picking it apart and figuring it out and deciding what, exactly, the art means to you.

[ratatatastic]

every new paul lore drop we get we just learned hes just been the worlds punching bag ever since he was a wee lad

[ayilings]

(wip) what do you know about toxic yuri

[bloodbruise]

Rosestarkiller taking care of virgin james🤗

all the mutuals posting ab virgin james lately thank u for giving me the opportunity to speak on it 🤭

to me, a big part of james' personality is this easy self-assurance. he's always so unapologetic, unashamed to be honest about what he wants.

so he's not even embarrassed when he comes in his pants from just their hands on him. it's just so much. he feels high from it, can't believe what he's seeing, touching, feeling. there are kisses and palms running down his body, a flat chest under his own palm—three of them, actually. evan is licking into his mouth and barty is biting at his throat, he's groping reg's waist. it's the noises too—whimpers, sighs, and giddy laughs—all of it has him over the edge within minutes.

that drives them downright insane, barely holding themselves back from completely ruining james. but reg is gently stroking his bicep, asking, "what do you want to do, baby? we can stop if it's too much."

james shakes his head though, speaking so fast he's almost stuttering, "i can go again, fuck- please, just let me eat you out." he's so eager, almost moaning the words. so barty talks him through it while evan pulls at his pants, sucking off the sticky mess until he's hard again before reg rides him into the mattress.

[nox-in-a-box]

Hi! I’ve got a drawing request! You don’t have to do it if you don’t want to. If you want, I’d like you to draw Cedric inspired by a fairytale princess of your choice. I’m in a fairytale mood right now and my birthday is on Monday.

Happy Birthday! I decided to draw him as Rapunzel!

Cedric lives in his tower, longing to go out and go on adventures and do important things, but is stuck inside doing mundane tasks instead.

[kindahoping4forever]

Bts of the boy EP visuals via lamajamakeup

[underatedwords]

please enjoy 22 year old carlos competing in a charity ski event

ft. franz tost running through a flag 🤭

[gojonanami]

Bringing househusband gojo to your work party <3

he would be so excited to go to your work, while you would be both excited and nervous — you knew others would find your gorgeous and charming husband to be a prize, one that they would want to take. and you knew you had nothing to worry about — but watching your husband wear his best suit and press sweet kisses to your lips after you got dressed did little to ease you.

and you were right — all of the others were fawning over satoru, playfully (and not so playfully) chiding you for not bringing him to the office. you liked to keep work and home separate—so you only had a few pictures of satoru you kept in your office. but while the others fawned over him, he was too busy gushing over you — talking about how wonderful you are, how caring you are, how lucky he was — and he ended off his ramble with pressing a sweet kiss to your head.

and your insecurities ebb away, as you pull satoru into your office and once behind closed doors, you press a sweet kiss to his lips. and he’s only grinning goofily, “what was that for, sweetheart? Not that I’m complaining?”

and you chuckle, wrapping your arms around him as you wonder how did you get so lucky? and you only shake your head, “I just love you so much,” you murmur, and he wraps his arms around you, pressing a kiss to the top of your head.

“not as much as I love you.”

[7roaches]

very old nd very recent nm art in no particular order

[drautistic]

saddest little eyes in the world

[kuch-toh-garbad-hai-daya]

Really should've studied English

so yeah, I have my English pre-boards next Monday and it has come to my attention that I have barely given the subject more than 24 hours the entire year.

Not ideal, but this also happened last year. Anyways, I have finally decided to pick up Flamingo and speedrun through it.

Starting with the very last chapter of poems, I managed to make some notes in an hour. This was my first time reading it and god was it a ride. Like HOW does a three paragraph poem takes an hour??

Also, I used Jen for Aunt Jennifer.

[wouldtheybecomeafearavatar]

Can I ask—what’s the difference between “by coercion” and “unawareness/conditioning”?

Yeah, sometimes I wonder if the wording is a bit confusing. As it's put in the intro post:

Yes, by coercion: they would go through with it, but only if threatened with a loved one's life or something along those lines.

Yes, by unawareness or conditioning: they wouldn't realize until it's too late or would be raised to be an avatar, unaware their way of existence is not normal.

To explain a bit further (spoilers for several character arcs in TMA):

Coercion means the character would be forced or manipulated into it by someone or something. It requires a degree of awareness of what is happening (otherwise they'd go under unawareness).

Robert Montauk being forced to work for The People's Church of the Divine Host to get his wife back could be an example, though I'm not sure he ever achieved full Dark avatar status.

Basira would have ended up in this category if she'd continued to work for the institute long enough to become an Eye avatar, as Elias forced her to sign the contract under threat of Daisy's life.

I'd probably put Martin in the coercion category too, since he was going along with Peter Lukas and The Lonely to potentially save Jon.

Conditioning means that the character was groomed into it by someone from a young age, or born to be an avatar. It should be noted that this only applies to people or beings who under other circumstances could have made a different choice. A being that came into existence as an expression of a Fear would be manifestation instead.

Agnes Montague is kind of the defining example of this category, though members of the Lukas family being raised into it also count.

I think Gerry Keay could be another example of this. Eye avatarhood specifically wasn't a foregone conclusion for him, but he never really had a chance at a normal life. Willingly may be more accurate; he didn't choose to get involved with the Fears, but he did choose The Eye.

Unawareness is pretty self-explanatory, though I would point out this doesn't mean that the character never realises they are transforming. That (strictly speaking) wouldn't actually work, since becoming an avatar does require an active choice at some point. In this case it's more that the character doesn't realise until they're at the point of no return and the choice they are making is between death or becoming an avatar. If they refuse once they realise it'd be "go along but stop before transformation".

Jon is an example. Coercion could also be argued, given that Elias was definitely pushing him to go further and further using the (false) threat of the Unknowing, but I think Jon was too unaware of how he was being manipulated to go in coercion.

I think Michael Shelley would also go into this category. He was manipulated into it by Gertrude, but he had no idea what was going to happen. His case is a bit of a strange one in general though, I'm not sure he even had any affinity for The Distortion to start with.

At the end of the day, these are just my opinions and you can vote however you want, but I hope this helps answer your question! (Sorry for the essay)