#“especially the lies”

[urghblergh]

I recently started watching DS9 and to no one's surprise became obsessed with these two idiots. 🫠

[poisonf0rest]

♱⋅── angst. just rafayel completely breaking down the first time you tell him you love him (aka the fifty-third time he hears those words from you for the first time, and the fifty-third time he's asked you to marry him)

The first time you tell Rafayel, he doesn’t believe you.

“Do you really mean it?”

His voice cracks, just a little, and when he looks at you like that something aches deep inside your chest. He’s tense, almost frozen, and you realize he’s bracing himself, waiting for the wave to crash. Waiting to wake up alone again.

“Rafayel, my love, my silly fishie,” you coo, your voice soft and steady as you pull him closer, cupping his face ever so gently between your palms. “I love you.”

For a moment, he just stares up at you, a flicker of disbelief before his resolve shatters. A sob slips past his lips, broken and raw, and he’s leaning into your touch like he’s afraid you’ll vanish. He’s curling himself closer,  hands finding the curve of your hips like they were always meant to be there, clutching tightly as he almost falls into your embrace. Even then, his gaze never leaves yours, doe-eyed and pleading, as though he can’t quite believe this is real.

“I love your eyes,” you whisper, brushing your thumbs along his tear-streaked cheeks. “The way they hold all the depth of the ocean and all the love in the world.” You lean in, pressing a delicate kiss to each eyelid as they flutter shut under the warm caress of your touch.

“I love your nose,” you continue, your lips ghosting over his skin. “Even if it is prettier than mine.”

Rafayel laughs at that, something choked and almost breathless, his lips curving into a smile even as tears continue to fall. You pepper kisses around his nose bridge, a special, dramatic one at the very tip, and his laughter softens into a shaky sigh.

“I love the way you laugh,” you giggle back. “The way you smile.” You give him a chaste peck on the lips, pulling back just enough to see his face. He chases after your lips, a desperate, instinctual movement, and you give him a lopsided smile. “I love the way your voice sounds. I could listen to you talk for hours, you know that?”

“You already do.”

“Mhm,” you nod, already leaning back in for more. “I do.”

You barely finish the words “I do” before Rafayel closes the distance, his mouth crashing into yours. There’s no patience in his kiss, no restraint—just a deep, aching need. Like he’s terrified you’ll disappear between his fingers. You comfort him the only way you know how, letting him take as much as he wants, responding with equal fervor, your hands tangling into his hair as you pull him closer. 

Your tongue sweeps across his plush bottom lip before you nip it, tugging between your teeth, just enough to have him groan and let you in. Rafayel immediately pulls you up onto his thighs, close and closer still, and soon the slick, wet sounds of the kiss are covered only by your breathing and moans.

“I,” you begin between kisses, laughing when Rafayel groans in protest and drags you back to his mouth. “Also love,” another kiss. “Your— ah, Rafayel, let me finish.” You’re gasping out, half for the chance to talk and half simply for air, Rafayel kissing you like the need for breathing is secondary to his need for you. It might as well be, for him. 

His eyes are glazed and bleary with unshed tears when he finally pulls back, his lips swollen and red, his chest heaving. He looks at you like he’s never seen anything more beautiful, like he’s scared to even blink. The sight of him, lovedrunk and adoring, has you smile like an idiot once again, your hand coming back up to cup his jaw, wiping at a tear falling from his right eye. 

“I love your heart, Rafayel,” you whisper, combing your fingers through his hair. “The way it never seems to have a limit on its love. The way you feel so wholly, so unashamedly, so fiercely.”

A broken sob escapes him, and he’s crumbling, his forehead dropping to your shoulder as his body shakes. You loop your arms around his neck, tracing gentle circles and hearts into his back, his ribs, holding him close as his tears soak through your shirt.

He cries like he’s finally letting go of centuries of grief, of lifetimes spent loving and losing you. You hold him through it all, pressing soft kisses to his temple, across his face all over again, whispering sweet promises as his tears flow freely.

When his voice finally stops shaking, Rafayel lifts his head, his eyes red and swollen, skin streaked with tears. Yet, beneath it all, buried beneath centuries of pain, there’s that same strength that’s made you fall for him in every lifetime. This strength to feel such pain, such loss, and still choose to hope. Still choose to love. 

Rafayel’s voice is hoarse, words trembling as he finally speaks again, saying,  “Marry me.” 

Your heart skips a beat. But Rafayel is already there to catch you, his hands shaking as they cradle your face, eyes searching yours like he’s waiting for the world to fall apart again. “Please... marry me.”

Again, there’s that pang in your chest. You lean in, brushing your lips against his in the softest, most tender kiss you’ve ever given him.

“Yes,” you promise. “Again and again, in every lifetime.”

Rafayel’s face crumples, and then he’s kissing you again, his tears mixing with yours as you lose yourself in his arms. And this time, when you say “I love you,” you feel the weight of every past life, every goodbye, every vow broken by time.

This time, you promise forever. And this time, Rafayel believes you.

♱⋅── Fun fact, I cried writing this and I cried re-reading this-- please don't perceive me. This was also written to Wiege by VIVINOS and Wildflower by Billie playing in the background on repeat, which only made it hurt so much more.

[demaparbat-hp]

Izumi of Jang Hui died young. She was sixteen and unwed. A kind child, protective and lonely—thus unfit for this world.

Izumi of Jang Hui was murdered. The Painted Lady was born out of hatred and grief. Her skin is painted red with the patterns of her scars. Her home is the river where the Dark Water Spirit dwells—he who found her, drowned and beautiful.

Build shrines by the river and pray for her good will. Harm her land or people and pray for mercy.

[asterixer]

I refuse.

[lucabyte]

Different standards

[silvykinesis]

SorikuWeek Day 7: Simple & Clean(free day)

Nomura I’m begging you, let them hug and let Riku repeat those words back to Sora when they reunite.

That’s a wrap though! I’m so happy I got to participate in SorikuWeek this year, I had so much fun drawing them and seeing everyone else’s art too!!

[egg2bones]

fantasy au. witch uraraka x changeling toga ITS SO OVER

toga sees ochako looking for ingredients in the town nearby her forest and approaches her as a human. they become friends :) and then

[lemonlimestar]

(princess bubblegum voice) timmyyyyy

some loose redraws of tim panels i enjoy to cope with… whatever the hell is going on in batman rn

+ closeups :^)

[alien-bluez]

gothcleats week ended long ago but it's okay because i care they

[jewish-microwave-laser]

i feel like we can say both "i'm glad more hostages were brought home safely" and "i wish nobody got killed in the process of bringing those people home." it's not even self contradictory, it's saying "i don't like when people get hurt" yk

[urghblergh]

Julian's neurospicy ass putting itself into weird positions to relax feat. his favourite pillow. 🤲

Ref 1

Ref 2

You're scales are beautiful, Darling.

If you say so, my dear. <3

[dysfunctionalupsidedown]

Hm. Will Byers may fear a lot of things, but lying isn't one of them.

[renshengs]

大梦归离 fangs of fortune names + titles masterpost

brought to you by @mengyan and @renshengs <3

*note: this is only for what we consider as main characters, or recurring side characters! if you need clarification for a character that isn't here, send either of us an ask!

common terminology:

daren 大人 (suffix) — gender-neutral honorific often translated as Mr. or Ms. (e.g. Pei-daren = Ms. Pei)

xiao 小 (prefix) — little (e.g. Xiao-Jiu = Little Jiu)

jie/jiejie 姐姐 (suffix) — older sister (e.g. Wen-jiejie)

ge/gege 哥哥 (suffix) — older brother (e.g. Xiao-Zhuo-ge)

didi 弟弟 (suffix) — younger brother (e.g. Bai Jiu-didi) 

“A-�� 阿 (prefix) — added before a single character of someone’s name/address, to indicate affection, familiarity, closeness etc (e.g. A-Heng, A-jie)

“er” 儿 (suffix) — added after a single character of someone’s name & is an affectionate term used by someone (often older) whose relationship to them involves some kind of caregiving; can be romantic or platonic (e.g. Wen Xiao’s foster father calling her Xiao’er)

common mistakes:

referring to someone with only one character—in chinese this is generally considered odd (e.g. Zhuo Yichen as “Zhuo”) and is not recommended unless done in-story (e.g. 蜚 Fei’s name just being Fei).

referring to a character by only their surname (e.g. Pei Sijing as “Pei”). chinese names put surnames before given names. (to call her by just her given name, use “Sijing”.)

referring to a character with a 2-character name by only their given name (e.g. Bai Jiu as “Jiu”). since his given name is only 1 character, it can’t be used on its own. using just the given name generally only works with 3-character names (e.g. Zhao Yuanzhou can be referred to as just “Yuanzhou”).

NOTE 1: calling a character by their given name usually implies closeness and informality. generally it is more common among chinese-speakers to use each other’s full names or their surnames combined with a title.

NOTE 2: to call a character by their surname or 1-character given name, you add on a prefix or suffix (e.g. Xiao-Zhuo or Xiao-Chen with Zhuo Yichen, Wen-jiejie or Xiao-jie with Wen Xiao)

NOTE 3: jiejie, gege, didi, (+meimei, what Wen Xiao called E’shou) are not just addresses exclusive to those of blood/familial relation! they can be used to address anyone younger/older than you and also be used in a flirtatious manner (e.g. Wen Xiao’s “Pei-jiejie” is very different from Bai Jiu’s “Pei-jiejie”)!

characters!

name: Zhu Yan | Zhao Yuanzhou [朱厌 | ��远舟]

abbreviation: ZYZ

nicknames/titles: Great Demon (大妖 -> Da Yao), Stinky Brat (臭小子 -> Chou Xiaozi)

who uses what:

Wen Xiao: Zhao Yuanzhou, Da Yao, Zhu Yan (early on), gege (once)

Zhuo Yichen, Li Lun, some minor characters: Zhao Yuanzhou, Zhu Yan

Pei Sijing: Zhao Yuanzhou, Da Yao

Bai Jiu, Ying Lei: Zhao Yuanzhou

Ying Zhao: Chou Xiaozi

name: Wen Xiao [文潇]

abbreviation: WX

nicknames/titles: Baize Goddess (白泽神女 -> Baize Shennü), Wen Xiao-xiaojie, Wen-daren, Shennü-daren, Wen-jiejie, Xiao-jie, Xiao’er, Archivist Wen (文典藏 -> Wen-diancang)

who uses what:

Zhao Yuanzhou: Wen Xiao, Wen Xiao-xiaojie (early on)

Zhuo Yichen, Pei Sijing: Wen Xiao

Bai Jiu: Wen-jiejie, Xiao-jie

Ying Lei, Ying Zhao, Zhu Yin: Shennü-daren

Fan Ying: Xiao’er

minor characters (often people who aren’t close/are lower in position): Wen-daren, Wen-diancang

name: Zhuo Yichen [卓翼宸]

abbreviation: ZYC

nicknames/titles: Xiao-Zhuo, Xiao-Zhuo-daren, Zhuo Yichen-daren, Xiao-Zhuo-ge, Zhuo-daren, Xiao-Chen, Zhuo Xiao-Chen, Commander Zhuo (卓统领 -> Zhuo-tongling)

who uses what:

Zhao Yuanzhou: Zhuo Yichen, Xiao-Zhuo, Xiao-Zhuo-daren, Zhuo-daren, Zhuo Xiao-Chen (once), Zhuo Yichen-daren (once)

Wen Xiao: Zhuo Yichen, Xiao-Zhuo, Xiao-Zhuo-daren (rare)

Pei Sijing: Zhuo-daren, Xiao-Zhuo (very rarely), Zhuo-tongling, Zhuo Yichen (once)

Bai Jiu: Xiao-Zhuo-ge, Xiao-Zhuo-daren, Zhuo-daren (once)

Ying Lei: Xiao-Zhuo-daren

Li Lun: Zhuo Yichen

Zhuo Yixuan (ZYC’s brother): Xiao-Chen

Fan Ying: Zhuo-tongling, Xiao-Zhuo

Tiandu citizens: Zhuo-tongling

minor characters: Zhuo Yichen, Xiao-Zhuo-daren, Zhuo Yichen-daren

name: Pei Sijing [裴思婧]

abbreviation: PSJ

nicknames/titles: Pei-daren, Pei Sijing-daren, Pei-jiejie, A-jie, jiejie, Pei-jie

who uses what:

Zhao Yuanzhou, Zhuo Yichen: Pei Sijing, Pei-daren

Wen Xiao: Pei Sijing (once), Pei-daren, Pei-jiejie, Pei Sijing-daren (once), jiejie (once)

Pei Siheng: A-jie, jiejie (occasionally)

Bai Jiu: Pei-jiejie

Ying Lei: Pei-jie

minor characters: Pei-daren

name: Bai Jiu [白玖] / implied to originally be named Situ Jiu [司徒玖], after his father’s surname, and took the name Bai Jiu after his mother, Bai Yan

abbreviation: BJ

nicknames/titles: Xiao-Jiu, Little White Bunny (小白兔 -> Xiao Baitu), Bai Jiu-didi, Bai-daren, Bai Jiu-daren, Xiao Bai Jiu, Tu’er (Disciple)

who uses what:

all characters: Bai Jiu

Demon Hunting Bureau squad, Zhen Mei, Wen Zongyu: Xiao-Jiu, Tu’er

Zhao Yuanzhou: Xiao Baitu

Wen Xiao, Pei Siheng: Bai Jiu-didi

Bai Yan (Bai Jiu’s mother): Xiao Bai Jiu

minor characters: Bai-daren, Bai Jiu-daren

name: Ying Lei [英磊]

abbreviation: YL

nicknames/titles: Little Mountain God (小山神 -> Xiao-Shanshen), Shanshen, Shanshen-daren, Little Ying Lei, child

who uses what:

all characters: Ying Lei

Zhao Yuanzhou: Xiao-Shanshen, Shanshen (once)

Wen Xiao, Zhuo Yichen: Xiao-Shanshen, Shanshen-daren

Zhu Yin: Little Ying Lei

Ying Zhao: child

name: Li Lun [离仑]

abbreviation: LL

nicknames/titles: daren, Boss (老大 -> Lao Da)

who uses what:

almost all characters: Li Lun

Ao Yin: daren

the pagoda spirit: Boss/Lao Da

name: Pei Siheng [裴思恒]

abbreviation: PSH

nicknames/titles: A-Heng, didi

who uses what:

almost all characters: Pei Siheng

Pei Sijing: A-Heng, didi

[luriart]

Every time Li Yu complains about the "fish-scamming system" this appears in my mind

[sanjosesharks]

[deimcs]

[VARRIC] Let's just try not to do that again. Bianca hates being turned on her friends.