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[geezmarty]

happy wyllstarion wednesday! here's a short comic I drew for a server gift exchange 🤍❤️

[erbezdiez]

Brother dearest

[xysidhequeen]

Since Danny opened up his trauma to Jason, did he ever comfort Danny whenever he had nightmare of his parents doing things on him?

Jason has comforted Danny after and during nightmares. Not all of them, he doesn't catch them all.

Sometimes Danny's nightmares are loud. Sometimes they're ice crackling out from him in waves, covering his room and the hallway and Jason just knows. He busts through the ice and the doors between him and his hurting king, melting the ice with his flames until he can finally get to Danny and wake his frozen body and remind him he's safe, he's whole, he's alive. Sometimes his nightmares are deafening, they're a Wail shattering walls and ceilings and everything around him. Sometimes Jason has to push his body one slow step at a time into the middle of a hurricane, bleeding and hurt but not half as hurt as his screaming friend.

But sometimes Danny's nightmares are silent. They're quiet because screaming didn't help. Screaming made it worse. Noise brought their attention back to him. Pleas and cries and screams made them angry, angry he was using their son's voice, their son's body. So sometimes Danny is quiet, locked in a silent prison of his own mind and the only way Jason can tell is if Danny didn't pull his aura entirely back into his body and he's able to feel the pain.

Danny has gotten better about locking his aura down as his mind slowly realizes he doesn't need to anymore, that he doesn't need to be in survival mode and he can make the subconcious decision to ask for help because he knows it'll come.

But sometimes the fear is stronger. And on those nights, Danny is alone.

[todayisafridaynight]

So Allegedly Infinite Wealth is 100 hours... not that you can't already spend that long on the games if you really want to, but I'd say it's the first time that could be said to be the base experience rather than a time only hardcore completionists are likely to get.

Yokoyama was talking at length about wanting to make the game worth the price tag since the team is incredibly conscious about the value of the players' time and money. They essentially feel they owe players ten times what they paid, so they're aiming for "an enjoyable 100 hours, but also an unforgettable 100 hours."

If they pull it off, I personally think it'd be 100% worth it and not just a "well other studios are doing it so we can get away with it too" price hike... I'm at least happy to know that's not the intent, and I'm intrigued to see how everything pans out and what the ratio is between story and side content

oh yayaya i saw that article this morning!!! 100 hours is actually so unfathomable to me in terms of an rgg game- i mean y7 was At Minimum around 45~50 hours but when i think of other RPGS that easily dip into 70's and 100's of hours, i'm not too surprised to see LAD start to climb towards those numbers now. it'd be such a jump in rgg's terms tho, so i'm TRULY curious to see where the nearly doubled gameplay hours comes from..

i really appreciate yoko's respect not just to RGGS but also to its customers: they want to make a great product, but they also don't want to sacrifice what they want to do to do that in the process

[relicsongmel]

gently taking my younger self by the hand and telling her "it was never a skill issue babe. it was the fucking zoloft"

[rowlfthedog]

i thibk muppet top surgery scars are just like. normal stitches bc yknow. felt

I WAS ACTUALLY JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS. Ok so I wholeheartedly believe that Muppet Surgery can be achieved with supplies from Joann Fabrics. Do you guys know that Teddy Has An Operation video? Classic YouTube? If they aren't entirely just foam and stuffing in-universe it's probably a little bit like that. Kermit drinking milk and blowing out a candle and saying "think about this, friends"...Froggy You Perplex Me...

[giggly-squiggily]

Fjdhdhdndm I’m the same anon from before and I have to do it XD this is for @magma-queen <3 you both literally FEED me amazing Hardenshipping content ☺️

I must request the same headcannon I asked about last time, where Maxie has a ridiculously ticklish navel and Archie decided to “poke the bewear” too many times until he actually gets him and he accidentally knees him in the chin 😭 and he’s like “babe I’m so sorry but what did you expect?? I’ve told you so many times.. Let me get a bandage” 🤣🤣

KLJRKJEKJRJKEKJR YES!!! God I love Archie, and I love Hardenshipping, so this is perfect! :D Thank you for the kind words! I've gotcha covered, friend! @magma-queen Our silly men are at it again!

CW: Blood, Injury

Oh how Archie loved risks.

Sailing the sea in hopes of finding the legendary Kyogre? Sign him up!

A detour to his destination that could result in calamity if one wrong turn is taken? You already know he’s going.

Opening himself up to a magma man in hopes that he’d have his heart? That one was the scariest but his most favorite risk of all.

Of course- nowadays  his habit of taking on every risk presented has been broken. He was older, more responsible now- and with Maxie in his life, he didn’t want to do anything that would leave them both hurting.

That didn’t mean he completely gave up on taking any risks.

Cue today. The setup? Maxie asleep on the couch, arms folded across his chest and glasses askew. A picture of pure calm. His clothes were casual- a sweatshirt and pants, both wrinkled from his tossing and turning. His stomach was exposed, and there, Archie’s sights for maximum chaos sat.

“Maxie…” he waved a hand before his husband, checking if he was truly asleep. Yep. Excellent. His eyes trailed down his body until they landed on his stomach, focusing on his belly button. Poor Maxie- he was so ticklish there! One poke and it was like he was in a Mario game- flying out whatever spot he was in with a high pitched cackle. Many times Archie poked him there for funsies.

Today, he was gonna do it again.

“Hey…Maxie!” He doubled over to get a better look at his face, finger jabbing the spot with devilish accuracy. Oh what a look on Maxie’s face-

BAM!

“Shit-Archie!” Maxie cried out, scrambling to sit up as his husband hit the deck. Groaning in pain, the sailor rubbed at his aching chin, tasting blood. He bit his lip it seemed. “Oh my god, Archie, are you okay?”

“Hehe, I poked the Bewear one too many times it seems.” Archie laughed in pain, smiling sheepishly up at Maxie as the redhead checked his lip, tsking. “Is it bad?”

“No, you’ll live. Archie- what the hell? You know what happens when you do…that!” Maxie flushed, waving a hand towards the direction of the couch. Shaking his head, he reached around them, grabbing a tissue off the table. “Here, hold this. I’ll go get some ice.”

Archie did as instructed, watching Maxie head off. His lip ached, and his jaw hurt like hell, but it was so worth seeing Maxie’s face when he tickled him awake.

Some risks were worth taking in his book.

Send me a headcanon and character(s) and I'll write a short 300-500 word dabble for it!

[deregirls]

My secret is I went to my first fet night recently and saw people having sex and it was AMAZING 😍 excited for more of that…

YOOO NICE I hope u had fun and will continue to!!

[allinmymincl]

DRIVE - IN, A GRAPHIC NOVEL BY DREW KENT COMING LATE SUMMER 2023

earl's drive - in movie theater in cleveland, ohio was forced to close down after the mysterious death of an employee on the premises in the early '60s. it reopens over six decades later despite stories of ghosts and disappearances and rituals involving powers that should never, ever be approached by humankind. the grand reopening still manages to draw quite a crowd ... including a figure who sheds dirt from his gravesite with every lumbering he step he takes through rows of parked cars, rotten fingers clinging to a rusty exhaust pipe and a lone impulse propelling him forward : to kill.

the debut graphic novel by artist and writer drew kent is set to be released late summer 2023 and will be available in ebook format and wherever graphic novels are sold. preorders open now. / @nepofminspo

[volosdarling]

NSFW TEXT UNDER THE CUT

I STARTED RAMBLING ABOUT SNEO TO MYSELF AND THEN THIS CONCEPT WAS BORN:

[whatudottu]

It’s been a while since I’ve drawn traditionally, and I’ve drawn fucked up radiative deer (prypiatosian-B) locked in combat with another significantly less opportune fucked up radiation deer being eaten by radiotrophic spider fungus: full bloom form (the colloquially named prypiatosian-C)

Yada yada that one deer found with a decapitated enemy locked antler to antler, something something my pre-established prypiatosian-B headcanon where they - in dire need - dissolve their solid radioactive bones for more energy, the skull would be the very last thing to be eaten because it is the one collection of bones that actually protects something. You know a B is desperate when you see them smash their head against another or like the zombie virus deer, against a rock, in an effort to eat up the radioactive material spilling from the seams.

[zoruathemageknight]

I sometimes forget I can just. Post whatever the heck I want, so I can plague my blog with my children. Here’s my most developed D&D character elaine! An anxious tiefling wizard/sorcerer that I’ve been beating with the weirdgirl stick because I don’t want to make her TOO much of an ‘uwu shy girl, must protecc’ type of character. She was always a bit odd (has a love for spiders and horror novels and aims to be an established monster researcher), but now I had her haul around a severed bear head because she wanted to feel the fur’s texture.

I’m working on an updated ref (still a WIP), and I wanted to draw something (left) based on an old doodle when the character was still new (right)

Might post more of her if I end up drawing more campaign stuff

[gnawd]

you want something that lasts  

NAME. julien jules gray . NICKNAMES. julie , jule . AGE. verse dependent but typically written at twenty four ( permanent ) BIRTHDAY. february 23rd. BIRTH PLACE. new york / nj area . LANGUAGE. english / hebrew / polish . IDENTITY. unlabeled , they / he + homosexual . CULTURE. jewish , irreligious / non observant . SPECIES. vampire ( turned ) , human previously . OCCUPATION. none , student previously .

HEIGHT. five foot seven . EYES. blue , unmasked + wide , candid . HAIR. brown , waving + curling often a little past the ears . SKIN. fair , prone to burning , with faint freckles + various moles . rosy + flushed when freshly fed and pale , sunken when gone too long without .

PIERCINGS. stud located on the right ear lobe ( high school ) + usually bars through the nipples ( twenty ) . TATTOOS. all brothers' birth dates located on upper left arm ( eighteen ) + delicate lily above mother's name in hebrew on inner left wrist ( seventeen ) + lucky you tattoo'd on their right ass cheek ( eighteen ) + small outlined heart on their right inner thigh .

ARC ONE : 𝚒 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍 .

the baby of four , all brothers ( aaron as the oldest , jonah + micah as the twins ) . a grueling 18 hours of labor resulting in jules . fussy and needy from the start their father would say , during one of numerous emotional outbursts in their younger years . prone to them , jules was considered a difficult child with greater emotional needs , sensitive , and outbursts when overstimulated . chayah , as an elementary art teacher with larger exposure to neurodivergent children , did her best to be patient and understanding with her youngest , but the same compassion was not given by their father . daniel could not understand his child's sensitivity and often took out his ire on them for being too soft .

their high school years are troubled , struggling with a lack of attention span that tarnishes their grades and tumultuous relationships . jules is a common presence in the school's principal and guidance offices . aaron being the eldest and quieter , more understanding of their siblings tried to shield them from their daniel's vitriol , resulting in an altercation that would push chayah to divorce daniel while jules was in late high school . the rest of the family cut daniel off , aside from micah who always maintained a strained relationship with jules . eventually at seventeen they pursue the desire to move out and finish high school on their own , no longer wishing to be a burden on their mom .

* it's during hs that jules starts fitting themself into the wrong crowds and begins finding distractions in self destructive behaviors to cope . very limited / heavily plotting required interactions . an additional note is that jules has undiagnosed adhd , autism , and depression .

ARC TWO : 𝚒 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚍𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 .

university drags them a state , a city away . still close to home but far enough , wide enough to breathe . generalized education until they figure out what they really want ( social work , child protection law ) jules basks in the personal , guiltless freedom of letting themself go with no one over their shoulder to worry in the meantime . seeking value in touch , desire , avoiding the consequences and trauma of a childhood burning . desire almost as good as acceptance in their eyes . jules has a tendency to fixate and lose themself in others , or whatever distraction takes hold . this results in a series of unhealthy relationships , leading into their last partner as a human : alex .

alex is a philosophy major that shares a psych 101 class with jules and the two gradually enter a relationship that , admittedly , jules is not as invested in as alex . he's sweet to them in a way they're not used to ( re : jules is not a reliable narrator and if asked , most would describe alex as controlling and possessive ) which has them shy away from his authenticity . however , alex fights a genetic illness that will gradually degrade his body and mental state . seeking to stop this decline , alex obsesses over immortality . jules becomes used to his odd hours and erratic behavior over the last three months of their relationship , culminating to the moment of their death . a picnic in the park , the dark side in the late night , a romantic little anniversary outing thrown together by their boyfriend . a proposal : jules had brushed off his fascination with extending his life but here , it's offered . an offer jules has no interest in accepting . less about alex and more about the terrifying concept of eternity , nor do they believe him until it's jules being viciously fed upon , gutted , after an attempt at breaking up .

* selective / plotting required interactions .

ARC THREE : 𝚒𝚝 𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 .

they remember , over the course of a few days . after clawing out of their own casket a week later , pushing through layer after layer of fresh laid dirt . clarity only following the first of their blunt teeth tearing into the poor groundskeeper . then their name , from the gravestone clearly their own . the rest in time . their death . and then realization : there's nothing to go back to . they're dead , they were buried . jules' family taken care of everything from their life before , the kind of shit you do when family passes . what do you do ? going home out of the question . show up and say hey ! guess what ! not actually dead but kind of definitely dead and i have a whole new diet now and i don't know if that's dangerous for you or not ? no . there's no . . . rule book for their new life but it seems like the better choice they could make . to let them grieve . set them free of them .

jules spends the next five months on and off the streets , in the occasional shelter or motel , or squatting in abandoned spaces until they're able to accumulate enough money ( often off the stolen money of their meals ) to get a new place . it's an incredibly hard time for them , adjusting to their new reality , grieving their old life and connections , processing the loss of it all alongside the physical transition of their new being . their teeth , for one . new , sharper ones take place of the old and the process is an uncomfortable , painful month . learning how long they can go without feeding . their amplified senses are overwhelming ( increased input for hearing in particular , smell , and touch ) and especially not having a safe , regular , or private space to decompress and cope makes a majority of those months unbearable . this does lead to several instances in which jules discovers if they die again , they don't stay dead . this varies from hours to days depending on the intensity / way of death .

following the acquisition of their new space and a slightly better hold on vampirism , jules comes to realize they have too much time on their hands . their old goals and desires unobtainable , for the most part . the empty hours burrowing under their skin in a way they can't shake . it's hard to be that miserable with no out . this pushes them back into old and further self destructive coping mechanisms . sex , people , getting into trouble in the face of their new lack of mortality . they settle into a care free attitude of no worries that's more of a mask than anything else . preferring not to make long lasting or deep connections , never sitting still or staying in the company of most for very long .

it's during this period that jules meets sammy watkins , their first experience in their new life with a being that's other . their mutual realization of the others' permanence hooks them without a second thought for the consequences . sammy a creature enthralled in havoc and corruption and jules , eager to please and desperate to hold onto something that won't ever leave . they're typically in an on and off relationship , jules retreating back to sammy when they inevitably find their heart broken for falling for something ephemeral or simply too difficult . it's not a healthy dynamic . * if our muses are engaged in a relationship , it's typically during their off period or in some plotted out discussions may form before meeting sammy .

* most interactions fall within arc three after they've gotten their own place + post meeting sammy .

ARC FOUR : 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚎 ?

honestly , there is no set arc four . yet . i think arc four varies heavily on muse dynamic for jules and a lot of their main character exploration takes place during arc three with their main point being navigating their present . jules cannot even begin to think about a future direction with most interactions . in their primary moment they're lost and aimless , without purpose . for the rest of eternity , in their mind . it results in a long avoidant phase without outside influence . the future is terrifying for jules , and too unknown for them . subject to change ofc but ! this is where that's at .

[relicsongmel]

Bro check out my battle scar it looks sick as hell (re: my work injury + bonus Chelsea cameo)

[otsukare-katsukare]

im thinking about hangman's missing lower thirds and making myself sad

[captain-ultimat-doggo]

Humans entering space and realizing we are so small. We are mice compared to these giant races with their advanced machinery and technologies and experiences beyond us- except that we're humans. And our engineers dive into the new tech and once we learn the principles we also soon realize how Inefficient everything is. Their "microchips" are the size of cars, their storage drives are basically buildings, and they somehow store less data than ours. So, human companies take advantage, and tech starts rolling out. Massive and there's a lot of wasted space so that it can be managed with larger hands/pincers/claws/tentacles, but also so much more efficient than anything the galaxy has seen before.

Human technicians start hopping ships and upkeeping the general maintenance, the stuff that most aliens put off or don't notice because they never access the crevices of their ships. As human companies become more popular and lead the tech world in everything from warp cores to game stations ("it's so compact! How are the graphics so good?" Says a 60' tall grimbleback, holding a new VR headset that has all of its components included because it's so BIG by our tech standards), soon many things have accessibility ports for humans to be able to use as well. This means that these shiprats hoping ship to ship cause such a huge improvement in everything running smoothly, and there's a huge downtick in pests on ships because those "pests" are not only big enough and aggressive enough to bite a pitbull or a person in half, they're invasive to so many planets and humans hate nothing more than dog killing planet overrunning monsters.

All the while, from the Aliens perspective, humans are an elusive race that don't fraternize much with them. You almost never see a human as most places aren't exactly safe for the little things to run around in. They do export so much stuff though, and the custodial staff at the Central Galactic Outpost insists that there's more humans around than any other race if you just know where to look.

And sure it's somewhat known that some of the little daredevils hop ships and help out in exchange for room and board, usually without permission, but that can't be that common, can it?

Maybe your ship is running better this cycle ever since you stopped at the last station, that just means that tuneup was better than you thought. And maybe for some reason that program you were working on last night is finished when you wake up, but you're so tired maybe you finished it before you passed out. Somehow that faulty light in the galley has fixed itself as well, which is odd, but maybe the Engineer finally got to it. You'd know if there was someone else on your ship.

Right?

... You leave a little bowl of berries out as a thank you, just in case. You're not sure what humans like but you've heard they have a sweet tooth.