#|| don't be discouraged from trying!

[sixth-destroyer]

❥ - One for Champa, one for Vados, if you gottem? :0c

❥

Champa

Hooooh, boy. If anyone knows me at all, they know what an incredible sucker I am for Champa and Vados. And, yes, I am aware that that is an odd one to go for--or too obvious. But way back when, when they were first introduced close to ten-ish years ago, it was irrevocably my OTP. Now, I am aware that canonically, this would never happen. Toriyama himself stated that, and I am paraphrasing, "the angels are dispatched by the Omni-King, and therefore would not be that attached to their God of Destruction" This was after Toriyama's partner suggested that Marcarita and Belmod could be implied as a couple, based on the Joker and Harley Quinn. That was quickly shut down. But does that stop me? Of course not. There is no one that gets under Champa's skin quite like Vados. And given the scene where Champa was erased in the ToP, and the quick frame of Vados bowing as he was erased, there is implied that she, despite the teasing and nagging, did somewhat care for him. Now, this was well after my brain had developed rot over these two, but it does make me feel validated. After thousands of years, you cannot tell me that something has never occurred, not with the way they interact. That's a long time to spend with someone you "hate". And of course, I'm a sucker for slow burn, and I'm sure that after the ToP, some... conversations needed to be had. What was said, we will never know. To this day, I have not met a Vados that has stayed, ship or not, and so I will just hold this ship as a fond what-if. And no Vados I write with will ever be forced into it. Ever. But this ship does hold a high priority in my depiction of Champa, even if most of the time, he is written having unrequited feelings for her. Although you will never get that out of him and live.

Vados

Now, I have, as above, stated my OTP for her. But I also believe Vados isn't so clear-cut as to simply fall for someone over looks or abilities. If she fell at all, that person would have to be pretty special. Now, I fought for years over the whole Vados/Hit pairing, because I felt it was just stupid. But there is merit, a small modicum of it. Although I'm not sure where I'd begin dissecting it. So, for Vados, I leave her open. She is potentially open for developing a ship with any character, although as an angel she is most likely refrains from showing open interest. You can try, though.

[phoenixcatch7]

Bingqiu is so funny to me like,,, you have sexy man turned into an idea of a tumblr sexyman and uh, some guy that watches instagram reels bc “he could never be a TikTok user”

Asdfghjkl that's exactly what they are. No wonder they're so popular on tumblr XD. Sqq is that one reddit user who swears every week that he's leaving this toxic hole for good and you know you'll find him mere hours later arguing pedantry on some incredibly niche sub reddit.

And he's somehow gay married to a guy who underwent an irl sans verse swap with his evil version. Who is his 'I can fix him' blorbo. His poor little meow meow. Lbh would have an aesthetic tradwife account, you know the ones where there's some scandal about them actually being insanely rich and in some weird marriage? That's him. His recording room that looks like an offshoot of a small cosy traditional cottage is actually a renovated spare room in his palace quarters.

They're that one meme about their braincells cancelling each other out. They're so stupid I love them.

Thanks for the ask :D!

[thyredwarden]

fic where varric becomes obsessed with fade. but like, so much.

[leupagus]

My fellow voting Americans!

Please remember to check that you are still registered/remember to register to vote if you've recently moved or become eligible to vote. The primaries are coming up soon, and the general will be happening on November 7th. Yes, 2023 is an election year — because every year is an election year — and you never know what important propositions, local politicians, or even amendments might be up for election.

Anyone who needs help registering can drop me an ask anytime; I'm a literal expert on this stuff, and nothing brings me more joy than getting people involved in the electoral process.

If you can do even more (volunteering for a cause/politician, signing up to work elections, even running yourself for a local town council/school board seat) that is awesome, but the bare minimum for being a good citizen of this country is voting. So make sure you're ready!

[massiveladycat]

lowkey nick davis has been through SO much trauma

EIGHT YEARS OLD: • trained violently by his father • tried to run away with his mother • witnessed (or at least was aware of) his mother being mesmered to forget him TEN YEARS OLD: • forced to be oathed to selwyn kane • sel got more of lord davis's praise & attention (nick didn't) TWELVE YEARS OLD: • left the lodge EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD, LEGENDBORN: • went back and accepted being the scion of arthur because he wanted to help bree • attacked by an uchel and hellhound • immediately after the trial for the pages, he is attacked by a hellsnake • sel was actively letting his bloodlust take over nick after nearly ambushing bree (william notes he literally had to fight sel's influence to heal nick, and nick's already stated he hates feeling like he wants to hurt bree) • gets forced to wield Excalibur, but bree wields it instead EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD, BLOODMARKED: • nick gets kidnapped by his dad and his dad's kingsmage • max would've killed nick if his dad didn't take the blow, and nick beheads max • ran away because he was grieving and in shock • finds bree possessed by Arthur when he comes back • watches sel sacrifice his humanity • sees bree and sel literally teleport away

tracy deonn when i catch you tracy deonn. count ur fucking days

[lynaferns]

Hey- about your recent post regarding the ability of patience - that put things into a different perspective for me, and i thank you. I have been trying to draw for maaaybe 4ish years, and progress seems to always have weird times of super fast improvement, and then times i feel nothing changes. And i see artists my age that started the same time i did, and i get so discouraged, but now i realise the patience thing. Just like everyone's brains are different

Glad I helped :D

And don't worry about the "suddenly improves faster and then stops improving", that's very normal.

To improve you have to walk a lot of hills up and down (2022 was my best year for art and then 2023 was the worst and I felt like I was stuck), sometimes you just need to get up from drawing and do other things like watching a new movie/show or maybe go on a walk, take a closer look to the world around you, it may inspire you.

But most importantly, take your time. Art should not be rushed.

[daz4i]

it's so hard being a person who needs to be the best at everything when you are slightly below average at best at any given department

[trees-can-draw]

Hm.

[softpine]

do insurance companies pay if the cause of death was suicide? why is elaine worried about the gun if matt said he thinks austin brought him to be witnesses to an accident? kind of hard for the company to rule out suicide if a gun is involved, am i missing something?

actually this is a common misconception! most life insurance policies do payout in the event of a suicide, but only if the person took out the policy years prior to their death (usually at least 2 years) and as long as the death did not occur during the commission of a crime (ie. suicide by cop). the insurer may try to contest it even if everything was above board, but luckily the family can dispute it. i've seen this happen first hand and it's so messy but in the end the insurance agency did payout, so it's definitely possible

so for austin, no matter how he dies, his family would get the payout for the original life insurance. but for any future policies he might take out (or if he modifies the original policy) the cool down period restarts, thus suicide would not be covered and any accidental death would be highly scrutinized. so even though austin was well past the cool down period when he jumped off the bridge, it's just easier to get the payout for an open and shut accidental death case, which is why he wanted someone there to witness it

as for the gun, elaine doesn't necessarily believe austin was going to do anything with it, but something clicked for her and that's all i can say for now!

[camellia-thea]

i'm still thinking about the conversation i witnessed last night :/

[acoyote]

insulated

[marypsue]

think it’s important to differentiate between “I don’t understand what this film/show/novel/poem/etc. was trying to say here, but I want to try to” and “I don’t understand what this film/show/novel/poem/etc. was trying to say here, and that means it’s bad, I’m done thinking about it now”. 

[unweavinglies]

It's been a while, hasn't it?

[fauxfroot]

god i hope i don't come across as like. condescending lmao

[villain-in-love]

I wish I could enjoy drawing again. It's terrible how something I used to love now feels like torture.

[mod2amaryllis]

my albino kribensis died tonight :( I'm still looking into it, I'll put like test details and stuff in the tags, I'm so at a loss....i found him probably minutes within death because i check on them so often. was going around saying goodnight to tanks before lights out and found him. super super bummed. it was barely more than a week but i really liked him...