#( from start to finish )

[tampire]

Lara Croft at the beginning and end of the Core Design Era

[xseekingsaturnx]

one of my favorite things about nya is that while she was hiding her samurai x identity from the ninja, she would actively alert them to a situation with the serpentine, gasping and alarmed...

only to then intentionally BEAT the ninja to the scene and deal with it herself. and then laugh at them, like "haha pathetic puny losers."

she is so mean for that and i love her.

[nerdybluephoenix]

Three drawings I made I am simply proud of

[shvedskiycukor]

Серія робіт, які можливо ніколи не будуть закінчені

[amethystina]

I was wondering what you think Yo Han was thinking during the scene before going to the event with Ga On. Like the scene in the dressing room and car, because do you think in his head he is considering what is to come, or is he instead distracted by interacting and observing Ga On?

Ps I love your works on ao3, they're so good! And congrats on your recent work, it's amazing to finally be able to finish a project after a long time instead of moving on

In my mind, Yo Han was focused entirely on Ga On since I think that whole thing, from start to finish, was all about Ga On.

At the time, Yo Han was still pretending to be allies with everyone and he would probably have gone to the event regardless. And, most likely, it would have been a formality in his eyes. Show up, pretend you're happy to be there and keep up appearances, congratulate everyone on their brilliance, then go back home. He must have done the same several times during the years he slowly but surely convinced them of his loyalty and, eventually, to let him have the Live Court Show.

In short, this is far from the first event he's gone to with these people and I don't think he really thought all that much about what was to come in regards to his own performance. He could probably do it in his sleep if necessary.

But, instead, he chooses to bring Ga On and, clearly, Ga On is Yo Han's main focus that night. Partly because this is when he introduces Ga On to the true depravity of the rich class, but also keeps testing Ga On's reactions over and over and over again. And it starts in Yo Han's closet, testing the boundaries, seeing how well Ga On follows orders, how much Yo Han can push before Ga On pushes back (and enjoying the hell out of dressing him up like a pretty little doll). And it just keeps going, seeing how Ga On reacts to Yo Han's cars, how he reacts to the socialites, how he reacts to the dinner, how he reacts to the blatant show of corruption, how he reacts to Yo Han publically (albeit non-vocally) scolding him when he steps out of line, how he reacts to Yo Han yanking the steering wheel on the drive home.

That entire night Yo Han is hyperfocused on Ga On and his behaviour and reactions since that, more than anything, is Yo Han's objective. The event itself is boring — something Yo Han has done hundreds of times already — but taking his new sugar baby out for a test drive? Now that's exciting.

(Pun entirely intended, by the way — in all possible ways)

Because Yo Han just keeps pushing and pushing and pushing, giving Ga On more and more to react to. He's even framing himself as one of the villains — pretending to enjoy himself, laying it on thick just to rile Ga On up even more. And it's all for Ga On's benefit. Because Yo Han wants to see how he'll react, and show him the truth of this world they're living in.

This is all about Ga On.

So yes, Yo Han is definitely observing Ga On very carefully, but I wouldn't say he's distracted. Because, to me, it looks like Yo Han's main objective was to observe Ga On. To bring him to this event, throw him into this new, unfamiliar world, and see what happens. While Yo Han usually plans everything in minute detail, he also has moments when he instigates a situation and just watches it unfold. Usually when he's still gathering data.

Or is too curious not to.

But he still maintains enough control to keep things within the parameters he's set up, like when he yanks Ga On away from the table when he's getting too heated (and I will never not find it hilarious that Yo Han does this by grabbing the scruff of Ga On's neck. I've said it before and I'll say it again — Yo Han treating Ga On like a disgruntled, disobedient kitten gives me life). So it's not like he entirely lets go of control, but he is willing to give Ga On some room, since this whole thing is about observing Ga On's honest reactions.

This early in the drama, Yo Han is still getting a feel for Ga On and who he is as a person. And, I mean, Yo Han learned a lot about Ga On that night. The fact that he's a prude and (hilariously enough) able to kick Yo Han out of his own walk-in closet. He likes expensive cars even if he tries to hide it. He knows how to drive. He's awkward in social situations and too polite to firmly state his boundaries if he gets too overwhelmed (so Yo Han has to do it for him and literally save him from getting mauled by socialites). But Ga On is also fearless enough to speak up in a room full of people so powerful he should be shaking in his boots. He's so righteous and good that he'll stand up to just about anyone — and only gets more angry when he's scolded for it.

And that's just to name a few. Yo Han definitely picked up on a lot more than that and, in his eyes, probably had an incredibly productive evening. Especially since Ga On doesn't even seem to have realised that he was Yo Han's main focus that evening. He was too busy feeling disgusted by the rich. Which, undoubtedly, was Yo Han's secondary objective. What better way to start convincing Ga On to switch sides than showing him just how depraved their opponents are? Ga On may still think that they're Yo Han's allies at this point, but I bet he never forgot that night. And that it no doubt helped convince him to go with Yo Han later, once he found out that Yo Han was actually against them.

So, again, an incredibly productive night for Yo Han! :D

And one he no doubt enjoyed immensely. If nothing else because he got to spend hours just calmly observing and analysing Ga On, to his black little heart's content. Just imagine how much fun he was having ;)

So yeah. Something like that?

Thank you 💜 I'm honestly so relieved to finally be getting this fic out of the way. It's been weighing on me for literal years and I don't like to leave things unfinished. And it'll make me feel less guilty going forward, since I have one less unfinished WIP starting back at me from my folders!

Thank you so much for sending this question! I realise I might not have gone too much into detail on Yo Han's actual thoughts during the scenes you mentioned, but I hope that's still okay.

[arts-butthound]

"Uncle Tello?"

Should I make the rest of the gang?

[illiana-mystery]

Undertaking Betty (2002)

[dappledpaintbrush]

My whole life like in general

[brew-berry-a-trash-artist]

Doodles I made while watching uhyeah’s charity stream yesterday. I don’t have twitter and I’m not on their discord so I couldn’t send it in

[diavolaangelica]

I may never do this again... but here I am starting only with my base and contour.. then I took pics as I progressed. As you can see, my skin is not perfect.. I do have scarring from teen acne and chemical burns on the one side of my face that looks darker and more hollow. Also, my eyebrows are barely there, no thanks to family genetics... As for my eyeliner, I did even it out by the end of it all, but this me.. 2 months away from turning 50 yrs old. 👀... 😁😍❤️🌹

11/09/2023

[cementcornfield]

56 hell yeah!!!!!!! there you go evan!!!!!

[theone]

Played the new doctor who episode and i was like "this feels like an older episode from the earlier seasons..." and then the credits come and it was written by Moffat 😂

[pure-jeff-ward]

welllll, whoever thought that any of the messages that I've received over the last three hours was rude or inappropriate or downright mean - me included - did not just experience the post I got in my inbox 🤣🤣🤣 thank goodness for @brbraisingcain and @buckyytorres for your timing bc if I didn't figure out the block anon option then.... hoooo boy, let's just say everything else was MILD in comparison lmaooooooo.... now if only I could bleach my eyes then that would be the icing on top of the cake! alas, we can't have it all, so we must be content with what we can do :)

[epickiya722]

I don't know what it is exactly about these two...

... that I like them together as romantic partners so much that I continously think of fic ideas for them back to back...

[initiumseries]

Sometimes I randomly remember The Flash is over, and I'm grateful.

[duskyalleykat-blog]

... my partner told me I wasn't allowed to get on the computer tonight, as I have a stack of library books I hadn't even started.. jokes on him because that also means I don't sleep if it interests me enough.

In other news, I've finished 1 of the 4 books, and it only took me 3 and a half hours.

I was pleasantly surprised by this book. It takes place post covid, in a small Midwestern town. At least 3 characters are LGBTQ+, and it's slipped in there so casually that when the male love interest is being flirted with by a male customer, it was so nonchalant that when I read that part I verbally went "oh that's really nice".

Also the spicy scenes aren't pages and pages long, but cover what's happening in a way that provides a good start for the reader to picture what's happening.

On a scale of 1-5, I'd give this a solid 4. I plan on checking out the next book in the series, and once I've finished the series, I'll probably end up purchasing them for my own library.