#*this was reeeeeeeally hard

[lunalycana]

The illustrations for Chapter 1 of my fic "Compassion For The Heartless". These were really fun to make!

( CW: Blood, Injury )

Synopsis:

Infinite has returned from Null Space. Whether it was fate or just pure luck is yet to be seen. They know they should have left him where they found him, but Barry's heart is just a bit too big to leave a person half dead with no help. An empathetic heart easily outweighs the logical mind, but they also just can't afford to leave another injured person hanging.

[jeju-tangerine]

actually the scene of the 5 finalist ladies and the guys in their babyblue outfits standing in front of The Family and looking mournfully at the seemingly idyllic scene before them.. bonechilling actually. ready set love is secretly about the horrors of heteronormativity and the patriarchy ?

[delicateartisantrash]

Fanfic Scene Sketch

Nova, always thinking ahead. There’s a soft side somewhere under her cold armor.

she’s supposed to be very aloof, but i keep ending up with writing her during scenes she is, for contextual reasons, less aloof. Partying with the other Seekers might have contributed to this one.

please pardon me yeeting through a bagillion typeface styles in my doodling

[skrunglebeasts]

In your opinion, how do you keep a protagonist as engaging/interesting as an antagonist w/o making the latter seem too flat/boring in comparison?

anon, ive been sitting on this forever because ive thought about this a loooooong time and the simple truth is this is very hard to do

unfortunately, theres nothing you can do about making an antagonist less interesting. you can make the most boring, flat, one-note, mwahaha im going to kill people because i love kicking baby animals piece of shit man, but the moment you make the mistake of making him conventionally attractive, hes going to have people who love sleazebags flock toward him. i say he because this sort of character is always a guy people love guy villains. thats all there is to it but hey, the fun part is trying anyway, right? the challenge comes from the fact that we spend a lot of time with the protagonists of whatever story we end up with. familiarity breeds exhaustion or indifference with that in mind, regardless of how you go about, the main thing that you need to make a good protagonist is you need to feel REAL REAL strongly about them and their place in your story. you can love this blorbo or hate this little bastard, but you have to feel it. it doesnt matter if other characters have their own separate stories and having stories about other characters that have nothing to do with the main character can even help flesh things out and make the audience appreciate the main character more! at the end of the day, the bones of the story have to be built with the protagonist in mind. if you dont like those bones and feel nothing about that character, its going to become very obvious to the audience youd rather be writing about someone else additionally, you can go the ryoko kui method and make EVERYONE a little bit of a freak, which i highly recommend i dont have a solid formula for you at the end of the day, but i do think you need to approach any story with a real level of sincerity that you channel through your focal point character. everything else will fall into place

[matt0044]

Regarding the "Does RWBY like women?" poll (yes, yes it does BTW).

You know... the whole poll debacle reminded me of something.

RWBY helped me expand my media diet by telling me that just because people hate something enmass, it could just all be bullshit coupled with mob mentality.

Instead of hatedoms getting me to think:

"Damn, I don't even wanna be associated with that show based on the rage it inspires."

My more skeptical brain is like:

"Okay, so why is it reeeeeeeally hated? Is it reeeeeeeally bad or are people going along with the crowd because critical thinking is too much of a burden in this capitalist hellscape?"

Because bad media literacy is in part a result of the fact that most geeks and normies alike aren't out to be legit critics but rather just want to enjoy the thing, gush about the thing and so forth. They can't exactly articulate their reasonings why like they're trying to get an A+ in Therapy Studies.

And THAT is how the YouTube Video Essay and Angry Critic scene takes off.

We dunk on the Nostalgia Critic (often for VERY real IRL grievances) but his catchphrase: "I remember it so you don't have to" is something many who'd come after would take to heart. These video maker people are taking about a thing you like and are explaining it in a way you not only agree with but makes you feel vindicated.

Be it for love... or for hate.

Because hatedom circles like the RWDE looks to video essays that reassure them, keep them from doubting their stance on the thing and how they enforce it.

With the burden of actually seeing the thing and thinking hard taken off of them, people can confidently say things like "RWBY prioritizes Jaune" despite not looking at any potential evidence in the show that might contridice it.

Which is why this is a call for everyone to question the popular opinions.

Does Jaune Arc reeeeeeally get that much narrative importance at the expense of the main girls?

Was Jaune reeeeeeeally a self-insert?

Was Ironwood reaaaaaally derailed in his character arc?

Was Adam reeeeeeeeally representative of the Faunus?

Was the Faunus reaaaaaally offensive?

And of course...

Was Monty Oum reeeeeeeeally the only one who's vision matter to the show above all else?

Ask yourself these questions and do the work to back them up. If people are giving you responses that contridict you, responses that take evidence from the work itself more often than not, then try to do the same in turn.

Think about that show or movie being panned? What if... you actually like it?

Not everybody is a critic... but we can at least try to.

[soraka-in-warhammer40k]

I'll have to apologize to the Black Library writers for when I ever thought they wrote crowds of imperial citizens as totally retarded dumbasses incapable of even the basic logic and it felt really obvious and over the top.

Meanwhile in this election some people did not vote because they did not like how, by their opinion, violently the current administration handles the situation in Gaza. Their inaction directly strenghened the only other candidate who's long-standing opinion on the subject is "just genocide those fuckers already I don't give a shit about them".

Meanwhile a bunch of men of color were so appalled by having a woman be in a superior position to them, they voted alongside the crowd that waved "mass deportations now" signs while looking directly at them making no secret who they want gone.

People in general were mad about things getting more expensive - so they voted for the person who explicitly promised to make every imported good more expensive by 10-25%. You just can't make that shit up.

So every time a Black Library author tries to satirize 40k's humanity as this disgusting mass of stupidity, ignorance, and pure unbridled hate that would have them kill themselves for the chance to even cause mild discomfort to someone they were taught to despise, they will have to try reeeeeeeally hard because oh boy the bar for our species just dropped to being a tripping hazard in hell and it will be hard beating THAT as a writer.

[anonymoushouseplantfan]

It's so hard keeping up with Harry's courta cases, but ... Is this win even a win?? Did Harry reeeeeeeally lose the case!? Because it's not like he was actually going to pay for his security, had the judge ruled in his favor.

If memory serves right, this is how it all went down... -

1. Harry made a big deal about RAVEC decision to take away his RPOs after the trial separation from was over in 2021.

2. Then Harry said how unfair this was and there was a conspiracy against him, because he had already offered to pay for security during Sandringham summit.

3. Then he accused Ed Young of conspiring against him and said he had told Young he would pay for security and Young did not forward that request to RAVEC.

4. RAVEC said it makes independent assessment of each case and that Young was a liason with the BRF, not a deciding member.

5. One of the deciding members was Priti Patel, and she was offended when Harry suggested she/RAVEC had been imflueced by the palace in this decision.

6. Priti Patel and met police (I think?) came forward and said the Met police is not for hire and Harry's offer is stupid.

7. Then home office said Harry had never actually made the offer to pay, either in writing or verbally to anyone. Not even Ed Young (who had notes from Sandringham summit, I think?)

8. Then Harry said he had intended to pay, but didn't actually say it to the home office. But if the option was available he would totally pay. Basically, future faking.

9. Then at some point he also said that he didn't actually have the money to pay to hire met police, but if and when he did have that money he would totally pay.

10. But the met police again said, dude you can't pay because it's not even allowed.

11. And then today the judge said, yes dude the Met Police is right, you can't pay because it's not allowed. And I can't make a new rule up for you. So, no you don't have to pay for anything at all.

I'm confused as to why this was a court case? Like, could someone sit Harry down, give him a sandwich and a fanta and make him understand that you can't pay the police to protect you, it's already their job. And that if you need protecting they will do it anyway.

..

Why is Harry so dumb?

It’s all pr. His lawsuits are just publicity stunts.

[liaas-rant-space]

its reeeeeeeally dissapointing how i have NEVER heard people talk about stars and raindrops.

like??? sleeping on it sooooo hard ☹️

its SUCH a good song. like i ASCENDED hearing that song bro 😨

AKKDJSJDJAJHDJAHDHS

anyway stream stars and raindrops by seungmin ‼️‼️

[plentifulbounteee]

I dont think I have the skill necessary to write fanfiction so heres my thoughts on Dick and Jason and how I would write them if I could. Okay here goes nothing.

12 year old Jason meets batman the traditional way (by getting caught trying to get his tires off the batmobile) and now he is suddenly in a world of abundance and comfort. Jason is now the son of a rich and powerful man and that causes some insecurities to flare up. He is distrustful and suspicious of Bruce initially. Jason doesn't realize that Bruce-still reeling from Dicks absence- saw tiny Jay trying to jack his tires and all he thought was "this is a small child with no home and no one to take care of him...hmm I have a home and my nest is empty, must have small child". Doesn't see that for the first few months Bruce sees an echo of Dick in all the little gestures that Jason makes (his head tilts when he's confused, his eyes sparkle when he's excited, his nose flares when he's irritated) but over time Bruce sees the ways that Jason is not Dick (he's quieter than Bruce would expect, he'll find Jason the library before he finds him in the all purpose gym, Jason hoards food like hes preparing for a war)and now he has to learn to parent a child who is "not Dick" which would be easier if Bruce would allow his heart to do the thinking for him in this one regard. There's trials and tribulations, but overall, Jason eventually feels safe and cared for, if not especially loved in the Wayne household (not that Brice didnt love Jason, he is just reeeeeeeally bad at communicating his feelings). After some time, Bruce starts training Jason to become Robin, and Jason takes to it easily and with joy. Cue the "robin gives me magic" vibes.

*Enter Dick stage left*

Dick is already Nightwing, so his visits are sporadic, but Jason can tell when he's at the manor because the atmosphere changes. There's tension between Dick and Bruce that Jason doesn't wholly understand and having Dick around is a double-edged sword. If Dick isn't dismissive and almost outright cold to Jason, he's full on yelling and fighting with Bruce. Their fights get so bad that it triggers Jason's anxiety to the point of needing to hide somewhere "safe" in the manor (usually his favorite nook in the library or at Alfreds side in the kitchen). It's weeks of this before, one day, Dick bangs his hand down on the table from frustration at something Bruce says when Jason flinches hard enough to drop the cookie he's eating. Right as they both turn to him, Jason is already out of his chair mumbling an apology before almost running out of the room. He can barely take having Bruce's stare in normal circumstances, but having both the Batman and Nightwing glares on him is too much. Dick stares after him, guilt churning in his stomach before he stands to go after him, ignoring Bruce's stern call of his name.

After looking for almost a half hour (he even tried to ask Alfred, only to receive an unimpressed eyebrow arch as a response), before he finds Jason curled up in the furthest corner of his nook, staring out the window and ignoring Dicks approach. Dick isn't shy by any means by he's almost bashful as he apologizes to Jason for seeing him like that and how he's been allowing his feelings about Bruce to get in the way of them being brothers. He explains what Robin means to him and how Bruce didn't have the right to take something that was Dicks birthright and give it to another, especially without Dicks knowing. Jason understands, and the brother bonding begins.

Even with things still being tense with Bruce, Dick's attention is Jason's favorite thing outside of being Robin. Dick smiles easily, teases and jokes with him like a big brother would, helps with homework, gives advice when asked, but what gets Jason is Dicks tactility. It's hard not to notice when Jason is now used to head ruffles, shoulder pats, and the occasional hug from Bruce. Dick would grab him around the waist and swing him around as a greeting whenever he comes by, would lean into his side as Jason makes them sandwiches for lunch in the kitchen, would run his hand through his hair as he passes behind Jason sitting on the couch, would lay his head in Jason's lap as Jason reads curled up in his-now their- nook in the library. It's a level of warmth Jason hasn't had since his mother and he basks in the attention.

Dick is busy running Bludhaven and the Titans, but he tries his best to make time for his Little Wing. Within the first week of meeting the Titans, Jason never wants to go home again. They all spoil him relentlessly, much to Dick's dismay:

(Donna keeps picking him up and flying him around the tower "Donna please that's too high, are you sure you're holding him securely? Lets maybe fly over this mound of pillows I totally didnt erect in my paranoia. Hmmm? What do you mean I'm mothering him how dare you he's just a baby-Jason I know you're 14 don't yell at me I'm only trying to keep you safe, Donna you said no loopty loops you promised"-Roy helps him make his own trick arrows "Jason this one shoots acid, whyyyy did Roy let you make this, HOW did you make this? Nvm no you can't take it with you, do you want B to kill us both? Yes you can have it back whenever you come to the tower UNDER SUPERVISION, no you can't make one that explodes, Jason I swear to god..." - Wally challenges Jason to way too many eat offs as not-so-well hidden attempts to put meat on his bones "16 wally. 16 freaking Chilli dogs are you clinically insane? No no I don't care if they're his favorite, he's puking his guts out in our bathroom and I have to take him to that gala with B in an hour, Jason hush you're still going, oh youre dying? well whose fault is that Little Wing? Wally I will literally kill you if you say I'm a mother one more time"- and Garth makes sure that the sea life know and recognize Jason as their own "Garth! Garth where is Jason? What do you mean he's still playing with the whales it's been 2 hours and 42 minutes since he's been on land, Garth he's probably a prune by now tell em to bring him back, stop mocking me are you mocking me, I'll eat a fish stick right now don't play with me bring him back NOW") but Dick wouldn't have it any other way. Having people love on Jason the way he deserves is all Dick wants for his little brother.

Over time Jason improves as Robin and Dick softens enough that his relationship with Bruce starts to improve as well. He goes out nearly every night with Bruce and Batman and Robin are an iconic duo, but inwardly Jason feels his best self is when he's under the tutelage and careful eye of Nightwing. There is a level of freedom that Dick allows Jason, his opinions are accepted more readily without fear of judgement or shut down and rapport comes easily, barbs and jokes flowing readily between them.

But that's not to say that Dick isn't a tough mentor because he is. First protege of Batman and Dick shows it in his ability to lead and his serious approach to heroism. He lets Jason have more freedom, but he also reigns him in with gentle/firm words. He listens to Jason's opinions, but he also offers rebuttals and will shut down an idea if it's too dangerous or reckless. Jason, being sensitive to criticism and with a Batman sized chip on his shoulder, tends to bite back more harshly than he should and sometimes it evolves into arguments that start out as a simple back and forth but turns to hurtful barbs being thrown at each other. At the end of the day, they're a 14 and 19 year old and sometimes they act like it :

"I totally had that guy Wing!" "Little wing he almost shot you, you can't just jump out like that you need to be more careful!" "Be more careful Jason, Be less reckless Jason, be more like Dick Jason! It's never good enough for you is it? The golden boy is always right huh?" "That's not what I said, you're acting like a spoiled brat!" "Whatever Dickface I don't need to take your shit" "Language and don't forget you little jerk, you came to ME remember?" "Oh round of applause for the good Samaritan everybody! Dickwing the savior helping out the street trash like a good boy! Make sure you dont let the street rat do too well or daddy bats might not ever love you again" "Yeah and maybe I'll just leave the 'street rat' right here and go about my business since you've got it all figured out right?You've been Robin for not even a year and almost got shot in the face tonight, but yeah you're a professional. Maybe next time you won't have Nightwing or Batman to save you, you'll just be a smear on the road and a bad memory" and sometimes it leads to them walking away from each other, both upset but too stubborn to apologize first with wounds festering...

But there are times where the apology consists of this: Jason will wait until dark and everyone is in their rooms for the night before making his way downstairs to bake Dick's favorite cookies. He'll make his way back upstairs and after knocking quietly and hearing Dicks soft reply, he'll enter Dicks room and silently place his offering on the nightstand by Dick's bed, Dick watching without comment. After, they'll just stare at each other, Dick's eyes measuring while Jason stares back, defiant even in his apology before Dick's face breaks into a small smile and he picks up a cookie and everything is forgiven.

Or this: Dick will wait until he's calmed down enough to finally make his way to Jason, who has holed himself in his room (the library is neutral territory, a place where no arguments or disagreements are allowed) to sulk. With all the audacity of an elder sibling, he will open the door without knocking and then full on tackle Jason on his bed which always leads to angry wrestling-Jason screaming bloody murder meanwhile- which leads to not-as-angry tickling which leads to cuddling in whatever sprawled out heap they end in. Jason will huff and call Dick annoying but he melts into the embrace every time.

It's through these encounters that they strengthen their bond into something damn near unbreakable and they become inseparable. Whenever Dick visits the manor, he beelines for Jason immediately, regardless of if hes there on a mission for Bruce or not. Whenever he's with the Titans, he's checking his phone for any texts or calls from his Little Wing:

"Dude your son is fine" " Shut it Wally" " Whose son? Oh, Dick? Are you still tracking his field trip?" "He's not my son, mind your business, and yes I am because he refused to tell me where he's going on this mysterious field trip-" "Gee can't imagine why-" "Donna you said you were on my side-" "and isn't it concerning that there is a side to be on?" "Guys please!"

Jason soaks up the attention like a flower first introduced to the sun. One of the first things he tells the few friends he makes in school is about his big brother. "Yeah did you know Dick could be in the Olympics? That asshole can do a quadruple flip with his eyes closed and bring home the gold but noooooo he doesn't want the publicity" "Chess? Nah I'm good but you should see my brother play, he's always one upping those old guys at the park, he's so good". He does this to Bruce too which totally doesn't make Bruce a little jealous. "Hey Dad, I'm going to see Dick this weekend" " You know you could stay home sometimes, we could watch one of those movies you like Jaylad" "No can do old man, Dick finally agreed to let me spar with Donna I can't miss it" "You're really leaving me just to go spar?" "To spar with DONNA, B there's a difference" "...if you want more advanced training I can maybe call wonderwo-" "Hold that thought B, Dick is calling- Sup dickface miss me yet? Yeah yeah I know what to bring, MOM, I'm not a baby-"

And that's the other thing that develops. It started as a joke between them, something that the Titans started way back when Jason first started visiting.

Jason calls Dick "Mom".

The jokes and the teasing over the years finally solidified into this thing between them. Jason doesn't say it often, and sometimes it's just a thought in his head, but for all intents and purposes, in his heart of hearts, there is no one more deserving of the title than Richard Grayson. There will be times where Dick is seeing Jason off to bed and as he ruffles his hair and kisses his forehead, Dick will hear a quiet "night mom" before Jason turns away to head off to his room. Times where Dick will finish saying something that'll have Jason's eyes rolling but a fond "okay mom geez" will tumble from his lips. Times where the nightmares stray a little too close to home and Dick is holding his bruised heart in his hands, vulnerability broadcasted in the way he holds himself so tightly-too tightly- to let anyone else ease the hurt but Jason squeezes through the cracks of stubbornness and frigidity with a soft "it's okay mom, I'm right here, it's okay" and will hold Dick til it passes, even if it takes all night.

These are moments Dick holds close to his heart, moments he hoards earnestly and tenderly. By this time Dick has learned about Catherine Todd, about Jason's love of his mother and how it endured almost everything,even Willis, but her drug addiction. Learns that "mom" can bind Jason in ways nothing, not even the approval of Batman, can. Learns that he holds something more fragile and volatile than a bomb and even more devastating. Luckily, Dick is the type to hold on to things, to people, so now when he hold his Little Wing he sometimes hears the echoes of 2 screams and a hard thud on a cold circus floor and thinks "this time my grip will be infallible".

[semisolidmind]

I wish I could ask this off anon, but I can't bring myself to...

What does Uzu think about specifically, when he thinks about Emi in a not-so-innocent way? 😳

Gottagothanksbyeee!~💨

hooh boy. prepare for horn-dog-ery (ha).

(18+ only ahead. back off kids >:[ )

he spends a lot of time looking at her legs and ass when they walk together. slows down so she'll go ahead of him so he can stare openly; Emi isn't all that thick, but she does have a bit of extra softness in the tummy, thighs, and hips area. he wants to squeeze her, get his paws on her.

Uzu wants very much to get his mouth on her too, even though he knows it'd be scary for her. those teeth of his aren't just for show, so he'd have to be reeeeeeeally careful. regardless, Uzu is fixated on eating Emi out. he just knows he'd be able to lick her for hours...

Uzu, despite no longer finding joy in terrorizing Emi in a serious way, still has a perverse set of fantasies that include overpowering her and reveling in her fear. he imagines going into a feral fit and taunting her, pinning her to the floor of their house,, flashing his teeth or his knives and making her cry, wants to lick away her tears while he promises a fuck she'll never forget. tearing her clothes off her, laughing while she screams....

he has control over himself, but...he imagines going feral on her a lot. he'd have to be almost completely gone to actually, truly force himself on her.

Uzu wants Emi on hands and knees. he wants to tear her panties off and press his muzzle to her, lick her till she's ready. he wants to hump her like the animal he's based on (he may or may not be able to give himself a knot).

he wants her to ride him. wants to lay back and keep a hand on her hip while she bounces on him. he may thrust up real hard when she slows down, just to encourage her...

and idk what else. he's nasty tho, he's down so bad ;)

[red-dye40]

please give us the director's commentary for "IT'S NOT A FETISH THING." i loved that fic so much!!!

i live to please you anon (thank you!!!)

because it’s a one shot we’re gonna do the whoooooole thing :)

There’s a Bub’s Burger Boy piggy bank just kind of sitting on a crate in the corner–arguably the most unsettling piece of decor here.

i can’t even begin to tell you how much research i have put into determining what reverend meat is (like is he a ceramic figure or like a molded plastic or what)—based on my research ☝️🤓 there plenty of variances of big boy burger figures made by funko NOOOOW but back before like the 2000s almost all the collectible figures of the boy were actually rubbery piggy banks and i cross referenced a bunch of actual banks listed on ebay with the very few rev meat appearances and kinda settled on him being a late 80s variant (which i think lines up well with the timeline) 🤪

also fun fact @margaritaville gave me that exact piggy bank for my birthday this year :)

“So. It’s been a while.” She tries again. “Yes.” “Still killin’?” “Mmyep.”

i have such a deep fascination with nny as a side character and i have a profound fetish for the times in which he is completely disinterested in his killin thing

Nny feels a small twinge in his brain; a little shiver of something that makes him sick and overwhelmed. He presses his fingers hard against his temples to try and relieve some of the sensation.

this headache thing iss nny constantly remembering the pain associated with the head trauma devi caused him the night of their date, and the subsequent overwhelm is him realizing He Is Horny For It but doesn’t know how to proceed. later, when devi gets the same headache, it’s kinda the opposite side of the same coin.

Last month I bought a wholesale box of gas station hot pickles and stuffed them full of the white goo inside Twinkies, and I ate the whole thing in one sitting.”

this was originally a line of dialogue in ancaux!

“Nny… what you’re describing sounds less like a cause for alarm and more like a cause for… just living your life like a normal person. It feels like you don’t allow yourself that luxury, and it’s making you insane. Maybe also pregnant? If you just let yourself, y’know… eat good food, have some hobbies that aren’t murder-based, maybe make a friend that isn’t presumably that Burger Boy you can’t stop looking over at–maybe you won’t be such a raging lunatic all the time? Or, I don’t know, it could be a nice start??”

i imagine devi suffers from the virgo disease of needing to problem solve everything—like she can’t help it, even when it’s for someone she absolutely detests. it all seems so simple to her, like just stop being fucking crazy!!!!

though i never stated this ANYWHERE in the text, i placed this fic a few months after nny’s phone call apology, and in that time devi’s taken some good care of herself, less full of rage and more just like. wow that guy is so fucking sad and pathetic. i would love to fix him or maybe just tear his guts out.

There’s something extremely unprepossessing about your victim willingly offering themselves up to you. She unenthusiastically grabs him by the wrist. Turns his arm over.

i reeeeeeeally wanted this whole part to feel. almost boring, definitely awkward. consent is obviously good and communication is good and also what i think a lot of ppl maybe don’t realize is sometimes this negotiation grinds things to a halt and devi was really hopin she could just roll up and maim this fucker.

Devi can tell that, behind his hands, Nny is blushing hard again. She can’t get enough of this power dynamic.

i also have a fetish for absolute maniacs melting into a puddle because a hot girl has the upper hand and is kind of making fun of them for being a sniveling brat

“You are so incredibly fucked up.” She tells Nny. He kinda chuckles.

i really like this little exchange honestlie :) i think it must be kinda fun to share the full scope of his “”””hobby”””” with someone who won’t immediately run away and maybe even on some level appreciate it. like devi’s disturbed, yeah, but she knows she can best nny so she’s not really scared of him, and she’s about to use all this stuff on nny so rn she’s kinda into it? maybe that only makes sense to me but :)

His finger dislocates like nothing, right at the base, and he feels a gross shooting pain run all the way down his wrist. The air is still thoroughly knocked out of him, so he can only wheeze and kick his legs. Devi gives the same finger a little twist and a little tug. She’s almost hoping it’ll come right off and maybe sound like a cork popping when it does. Instead, little blood spots begin rising to the surface right at the point of tension, forming quick and easy bruises that swell his joints. She feels satisfied with that–she releases the forceps, but keeps her grip on his hand so she can move right along to the next finger.

i rewrote this part soooooo many times. originally i wanted devi to slowly saw off his fingers, one at a time, and she was gonna be talking a lot more doing it. there was a though that this fic was actually gonna be one in a series of three, and with each installment the violence was gonna get worse and worse and more and more blatantly horny. so i pulled back on the amount of gore and made devi talk a whole lot less bc she’s just so focused on “making it feel good”. eventually tho the second installment turned into sexual trauma clip show and became its own thing, so i sometimes wish i made this part grosser. but i also think i’ve read it so much i’m completely desensitized to it.

His mouth is a mess of spit and blood and mucus. Tears are streaming down his face and he’s moaning, kind of laughing, fully blushing and heaving.

I HEART FLUIDS!!!!!!!

Then a huge barbed hook, mounted at the end of a pole almost as tall as her. She starts to pull it down. Out of the corner of her eye she can see Nny deflate a little.

pssst! it’s the hook nny used to cut mmy open!

“Show me where.” She orders. He nods again. With a weak and shaky hand, he points down to the lower part of his abdomen, not quite in the middle but presumably far away from anything vital. Devi takes a breath. Sidles up a little closer. Her left hand, harsh but tender, grabs the back of his head. She pokes the tip of the knife right where Johnny had pointed out. And it’s a risk, but he holds out his hand under Devi’s to offer to guide her along. She thinks about it. Takes another breath. Moves to wrap her left hand around Nny’s fingers, around her hand holding the knife, and the two of them go for it.

when i was writing this i was like “ugh this is too sweet for them” and really was scared it felt out of character, too shippy, etc. but i also do think devi would not want to actually kill someone, not even nny, at least not in this narrative. the cover art i made for this fic has a screenshot of a google search that says something like “places to stab someone that won’t kill them but will still hurt” which is truly what i searched in order to figure out where she could stab him.

His face drains of all color. His eyes kind of roll back in his head. Something guttural sounds from the back of his throat. His grip on Devi’s hand lessens, and all at once his arm drops limp at his side.

death gurgle as a metaphor for cumming

THATS PRETTY MUCH ALL I GOTTA SAY ABT THAT!!!!!! thank you again for ur kind words :)

[wisecrackingeric-2]

hi eric its me ian

do you like pokémon because i’ve heard you like pokémon and i. i really. really like it too. please. i’ve been a fan since i was little and have played at least one game out of each generation please can we talk. i. ough. i need to know your faves regions pokémon characters the like

@eggo-tistical HELLO HELLO HELLO IM SOSOSOSOSOSO SORRY ITS TAKEN ME S O LONG TO ANSWER THIS IVE BEEN BISY ALL DAY BUT I AM CURRENTLY RUNNING AROUND IN CIRCLES VIBRATING OVER THIS ASK OH MY G O D POKÉMON IS MY SPECIAL INTEREST I LOVE IT SM (I’ll keep all of this under the cut just so I don’t clog up peoples dashboards BDBSBSBSBSH)

OKOKOKOKOK so first things first the region/generation IIIIIIIII was introduced into was Gen 6 aka Kalos (yes I am young HAHSWBWHEH) and oh my G O D I have. SOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH NOSTALGIA FOR THAT GEN. I replay X&Y AAAAALLL THE TIME just cuz I love those games S O DAMN MUCH?????? Like the design of the region is so pretty and the Pokémon designed are so unique and the music is so,,,,,, mwuah perfect. Nuzlocke comics also got really big around that time so that’s how I was introduced into Nuzlocking and HOOOOOOOOOO BOYO BOY

I AM A M A S S I V E NUZLOCKER. I LOVE NUZLOCKES SM. THEYRE MY FAVOURITE THINGS EVER if I’m not writing an essay over Luis you can GUARENTEE I’ll be doing a Nuzlocke. I got into them cuz I ADORED the storytelling aspect and all the creative comics but I’ve stuck around cuz I just LOVE the problem solving/mathematics part of them?????? I love all the insane strategies and statistics runners come up with and I can easily just watch multi-hour Nuzlocke runs for days on end

But going back on track kinda but also on the subject of Nuzlockes my absolute FAAAAAAVORITE region/generation is EASILY Gen 4 and Platinum. In 2020 I started my first ever Nuzlocke of Platinum and tk say that singular playthrough impacted my life in a way I can’t even describe would be a MASSIVE understatement. I played it through some REEEEEEEALLY TOUGH TIMES and it was such a consistent constant for me I still go back to that save file and just. Walk around with my Pokémon. And reminisce. It was also just my first ever Pokémon game EVER (if you don’t count Pokémon GO BDBSBSHSH) so I hold it very near and dear to my heart <<<33

My starter was Turtwig and I called him Boba Fett and now Boba Fett the Torterra has stuck with me through every single game I’ve played- I’ve transferred him all the way up to Scarlet & Violet and I love him SO much he unironically means the world to me. Torterras my favourite Pokémon ever I have SO many plushies of it n stuff <<<<<333 if I can find a photo of Boba Fett the Torterra I’ll post it

I also R E A L L Y love gen 5. Like all the designs of the Pokémon are SO COOL and Unova is such a fun region to go through and the STORY?? THE S T O R Y ???????????? I really love how they were kinda aiming for an,,,, older audience with it????? Unova just goes so hard

But I think if I had to nail down my number one favourite Pokémon game EVER right alongside Platinum it would be Legends Arceus. LIKE?????? THE STORY???????????? THE ENVIORMENT????????????? THE MECHANICS??? THE ART STYLE??????? ALL THE LITTLE BACKGROUND NOISES????????? OFS SUCH A GOOD GAME I think right alongside like. Resident evil 4 it’s probably my favourite game of all time it’s so stunning I replay it ALL THE TIME

I’m also semi into shiny hunting!!!!!! I’ve only ever really done it on scarlet and Violet but my favourite shiny hunt I’ve ever done was for shiny Mabostiff aka my other favourite Pokémon alongside Torterra <33 ut was right after my dog had passed away and he looked EXACTLY like Mabostiff except he was golden so I went out of my way to shiny hunt one in his memory <<<<<<33

I also really love competitive Pokémon!!!!!!!!!!! Have I ever actually PLAYED competitively??? No but I can tell you everything there is to know about it!!!!!!!

Uhhhhhhhhhhh what else uhhh,,,,,,, Torterra and Mabostiff are obviously my favourite Pokémon but I have plenty of other faves too. Like Flabebe, Sylveon, Hisuian Decidueye cuz it looks like my irl pet chickens, Meganium, Wingull, Jirachi, Delphox uhhhhhhhhh there’s probably more but my brain is soupy soup BXBSBBSBSJS

But uhhhhhhhh I think that’s it!!!!!!!! Someday I would LOVE to make a long-running Nuzlocke comic based off of my first ever Nuzlocke with Boba Fett the Torterra, and as long as the 3ds doesn’t completely shut down next year I’m planning on doing a Nuzlocke of the OG Red & Blue Games And HOOOOOOOPEFULLY Making lil mini Comics to go along with it if all goes to plan!!!!!!!!!! :DDD

[mermaidsirennikita]

Any suggestions for good novella audiobooks? Or novellas available as audiobooks? I want to be consumed by lust while I deepclean my apartment but I don't wanna wait for six hours of lead up lol

Oh sure, I listen to a lot of audiobooks!

Generally speaking, if you want an audiobook that gets to the point FAST I'd recommend Sierra Simone. She's always gonna write the hottest book on the block that's also a great, well-written story; and it doesn't matter if it's an audiobook or not, you'll get into the sex quickly.

Books I know she has on audio that are also novellas:

Sanguine. Actually a short story and it's FREEE in audio. M/m, a vampire is on vacation or something and a former vampire hunter/priest knocks on his door. Heat and surprisingly adorable romcom shenanigans ensue.

Salt in the Wound. Not free in audio, but it is a legit novella and it uh does not fuck around. The beginning of her Lyonesse series, it focuses on a poor little rich girl who likes to Fight and wants to be a nun, except oops her dad wants her to marry the Dangerous Older Sex Club Owner/Maybe He Kills People guy. Obviously I love this series, and it's some of the hottest shit you'll ever read/listen to/whatever.

Her Ivy Leavold series is a trilogy of novellas that essentially amount to "what if Jane Eyre was REEEEEEEALLY REEEEEEEEEEALLY sexy. The Molly O'Flaherty series is also made up of novellas and is in audio. Pretty sure The Chasing of Eleanor Vane (heroine is engaged to a loser but wants his uncle/guardian) and The Last Crimes of Peregrine Hind (m/m, highwayman kidnaps a dandy for Revenge) are also in audio. They're short, they don't fuck around, but they do FUCK.

She also has Supplicant in audio, which is a novella about a woman who gets left at the altar by her fiance (who was also her professor) and basically ends up back in his orbit a few years later. Angsty, but also like, VERY quickly gets down to business lol. And of course, because it's Sierra Simone, they study people who do rituals and shit together and have a lot of worship kinks.

Alexandra Vasti's Halifax Hellions is a series of standalone historical romance novellas, all in audio now, definitely sexy and hilarious. You have In Which Margo Halifax Earns Her Shocking Reputation (brother's best friend, roadtrip romance in a bid to stop the zany heroine's twin sister from eloping with the wrong man, virgin hero who's wanted the heroine for yeeears); In Which Matilda Halifax Learns the Value of Restraint (my favorite of the three, the twin is interested in BDSM and draws erotic art of the hero who finds out and is like WHAT, growly stern man and horny heroine shenanigans ensue); and In Which Winnie Halifax is Utterly Ruined (heroine is a farmer who accidentally ends up pretending to be married to the hero, except they're kinda real married now?).

Tycoon by Joanna Shupe is in audio; it's one of her first (maybe the first) Gilded Age books, and it amounts to the heroine ending up in a fake married (or engaged? It's been a while) situation with the hero on a train as she tries to evade Criminals.

If you wanna dip your toes into fantasy, Ruby Dixon's The King's Spinster Bride is delightful. The heroine is a spinster princess and the new king of the conquering nation (who knew her when they were younger) shows up like "WE'RE GETTING MARRIED". Lots of voyeurism, pussy worship, all that good stuff. But intensely sweet, too?

And if you wanted to try Immortals After Dark... it does kick off with a novella... The Warlord Wants Forever. In which Myst the valkyrie gets captures by vampire Nikolai, bloods him (which in Kresley's world, for vampires, means essentially sexually reawakening them, as Kresley's vampires can't get it up because their hearts don't beat... and then when they meet their "Brides", a term that is genuinely gender neutral btw, their hearts begin beating and they are hard until they can get off while being touched by said Bride) and then leaves him with the boner from hell for

FIVE. YEARS.

So understandably. When he finds her. He is a bit upset.

Kresley's audiobooks are among the best because they're narrated by Robert Petkoff, who is INCOMPARABLE. He will give you 75 different accents in one book, PLUS the most INTENSE orgasmic moaning I have ever listened to in an audiobook.

(Shoutout to Lothaire, in which he had to be like "ELIZAVETTAAAAAAAA" a million times. Because while there isn't a single Kresley hero who doesn't screamgasm, Lothaire is a special one.)

[captmickey]

Noticing the “Open” sign on your shop, I mosey in to talk.

- Favourite act of Three Adventurers?

- The secrets to bear in mind when mapping out a comic page?

- Creativity is most fun when ________.

- Share a behind the scenes moment from your art/writing. (I blank out if asked questions like this, but maybe one will come to mind while answering another question?)

- If you were a fan creating a favourite quotes page from your works, what would be some of the quotes you’d collect?

-How far can Link’s ears toggle? What is the range of those things?

(Pick and choose any of the above!)

1 - Favourite act of Three Adventurers? Ooooh... hmm, I feel like it'll change as I go further down the line, but so far it's a tie between acts 5 and 7. Five because it forced me to get creative with how to distinguish the boys when they're one person (and I'm sorry, but I love Effie so much and I miss her as well as Giggle). Seven because I really did try to do better with pacing, I got to explore more with Guybrush within 3adv, how all of ya'll reacted towards Mako (and me clapping my hands like a seal with each week), and because I FINALLY got to do the cool action shot I've been dying to do since I started 3adv- which was Graham shooting the ice arrow as he's shot out of the water.

2 - The secrets to bear in mind when mapping out a comic page? DO. NOT. CLUTTER. LESS IS MORE. I have to scream that at myself and then go "Can this panel, if it's not working for the page, be pushed to the next page? Does it add anything? Can it be scrapped? Can a different panel be scrapped or even merged?" and go from there. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but I try to make my panels cohesive and not a jumble of too many panels. Also reeeeeeeally helps to have the speech bubbles easy to follow and lead the eye. I read it somewhere once and it kinda lived in my head ever since.

3 - Creativity is most fun when ________. When you do it for yourself. I know it's more appealing and even rewarding when others respond or give feedback (I'd be a liar if I didn't admit of being guilty of wanting it), but it's super important and critical and even liberating when you create things for yourself first. I read somewhere, I think it was Alex Hirsch or Rebecca Sugar (or both and I'm combining the two) how when they made their shows, they did it as a something that they wanted to see and refused to budge for the fans, so I take that to heart when I make things. It might not be everyone's cup of tea, it might even anger or frustrate or have them throw a fit how it's not what they want... but when I'm making things for myself, it becomes way more fun and I don't feel so pressured. I even might surprise myself with what I'm able to pull off and that, as a creator, is so much fun.

4 - Share a behind the scenes moment from your art/writing. I have too many, ha ha. But one in particular was how I recently broke out of a writer's block of sorts of Act 8 of 3adv. Mainly I was on my way to work and honestly it was just.... a very ridiculous Looney Tunes-esqe kind of scenario with Guybrush that made me burst out loud in the car that I had to share with my sister (she is the only one that knows the entire spoiler for all of 3adv and tragically the one I bombard for feedback) and she, bless her so much, slam-dunked with an even dumber idea that made us both laugh super hard and things began to click so perfectly that I got to writing again after um... actively avoiding it. So when the act drops, and you see a joke that seems almost TOO cartoonish.... I apologize in advance.

5 - If you were a fan creating a favourite quotes page from your works, what would be some of the quotes you’d collect? You're really making me go through my works aren't ya? Ha ha, lets see.... off the top of my head that is posted and not, y'know, a WIP. From Act 7: The pirate’s jaw tightened slightly before he gave a smile that dripped with venomous resentment. “I did, actually. In fact, I’d say I thought it rather well considering you were more focused on beating me up both physically AND emotionally! Wow, who’d a thought a simple pirate such as myself could do such a thing!”  From Perspective: Number Two slammed the final nail in the coffin as Number One bursted out laughing, unable to contain himself. Did that boy really bring that in and thought it was a ticket? Who was the trickster that convinced him it was one?! The other guards laughed alongside him, but he simply had to leave the Theater out of fear that he would appear to be more unprofessional than he already was, laughing the whole way out.

From This Can Be Explained: “Okay, so don’t freak out–”

“Guybrush, there’s a dead body on the floor! How can I not freak out?!” Link shouted. From Sea of Adventurers: “Although… you two made it very clear that the seas doesn’t run in your veins.”

“How so?” Graham asked, sounding somewhat insulted, even though it was the truth.

“You two screamed the entire journey from where you initially washed up to this town when you witnessed the kraken and sharks.” The Pirate Lord explained. “You also crashed your ship repeatedly into the deck, anchored in the wrong place and at one point managed to set it on fire.”

There are more quote that I'm blanking out on... but I am curious what ya'lls favorite quotes are.

6 - How far can Link’s ears toggle? What is the range of those things? Pretty expressive! But mostly it goes up and down, not back and forward. I think I showed its range?

But yeah, it's rarely super high up but it does perk up when extremely happy, twitches when he hears noises and droops when annoyed, scared or bummed. But by default his ears is like.... juuuuuuust partially up, always listening. I ah........... realized it became canon when it happened in Breath of the Wild. So of course I made it canon in 3adv.

[jennifermoriarta]

Why were you so strange to your crush?

aaaarrghhll. Blarghl. When I get a crush on someone, like I did with her, my head gets waaaay ahead of itself, imagining all kinds of romantic and sexual scenarios that aren't necessarily what they want. And somewhere in my head, I'll know that's not what they've said they wanted, but I want the fantasy my head is offering to me so badly that I'll bullrush past the hesitant, reasonable part of my brain telling me to slam down on the brakes or at least slow down.

To put it simply: when I have a crush, I'm in la la land, you know?

In the case of this crush, she was someone who put out nudes and liked getting thirsty asks on tumblr. I found her wildly attractive, and she was receptive to my sexual advances, both on anon and in DMs. But like, I don't have as high a sex drive as she does, and what I really crave is romance. So I took the go-ahead on thirsty, dirty DMs as a go-ahead to say all kinds of romantic things as well, even though she never said them back. I fantasized about us being in a relationship, a real relationship, so I asked for things that are beyond the scope of a simple friends with benefits arrangement. Expected them. Wrote to her as though we were already in some kind of romantic relationship where I got to send her hugs and kisses and cuddles and ask to watch movies with her and all sorts of other things which --

Reading it now, it's reeeeeeeally obvious how far my brain -- how far I -- had taken things beyond what's cool in an online FwBship. The only thing I can say in my defense, really, is that she never really... refused my more romantic, pushy comments. But that's not an excuse. I should've brought my brain back to reality: I'm one of many women flirting with her, and should treat her as a cool friend that I occasionally do sexy things with, because that's all I ever was to her.

But erm... that's pretty much it! Being blocked suddenly really stung the night it happened, but I've mostly recovered. I still occasionally flashback to what I did wrong and feel embarrassed and ashamed and sad I made her sad, but it's getting better. I'm sure that in a week or so I'll be back to my chipper old self!

I'm flirting with another girl on tumblr now, and I'm trying to use the humility I gained from this whole experience to try and reign in my overimaginative brain, as well as be more honest with the person(/persons possibly in future) about what I want: romance, with a little bit of sexual RP on the side.

It's erm, hard, just because I'm still new to this whole flirting thing? And a lot of times it's just easier for me as a fairly empathetic person to just try and mirror what my prospective partner wants than to feel comfortable talking honestly about what I like and what I'm interested in. I'm so scared of driving people off, you know? Of getting back to square one.

But it's a learning process! And I'm hoping that this'll be the last time I have to learn this particular lesson.

I dunno if this ask was sent by the girl herself or one of her friends, but either way, I hope she's doing well.

[notsp1derman]

other musings: i was wrong about the one piece live action, and i'm kinda glad i was

this is a follow up to my post expressing my fears about the live action that came out this year. Yeah, I know I am late to the party. Uni is hard okay???

Despite changing my opinion later, I can't blame myself for thinking it would be trash lol ,,,, after seeing various great anime being desrespected by their (especially western) live action adaptations (I AM LOOKING AT YOU, DEATH NOTE.), of course I would fear the worse for my favorite series.

But congrats to production!!! I'm glad to admit I was wrong, because it's amazing that something I adore so much get the love it deserves by its cast, crew and audience. It's so cool to see new people appreciating the anime and the manga coming from the live action; there's nothing more rewarding than sharing the same love for something with other people.

Of course, I can't say that I reeeeeeeally enjoyed the live action, but that was expected for me, personally. Nothing will ever come close to the feeling of reading the manga and appreciating Oda's artstyle, or even watching the anime and its beautifully animated fight scenes. There were some things that irked me, like wardrobe choices (as a brazilian I will always be disappointed Luffy doesn't wear some kind of havaianas lol), characterization, CGI and the pace of the story, but I found myself more willing to ignore them.

Overall, I still loved the casting and think they were amazing at their jobs, as I was expecting before. It's lovely to be able to continue sharing my love for One Piece with friends new and old to the series because of the live action :)