#A Thread of Grace

[bookcoversonly]

Title: A Thread of Grace | Author: Mary Doria Russell | Publisher: Ballantine Books (2005)

[vagueconfusion]

we can thread the needle time and time again

(source, found and posted on tumblr by @blue-lollipops-and-ice-clouds here)

[cursed-nyxan]

heyy I finally played the new dlc so I may or may not have collected all the new ads. honestly, i'm not sure i found all of them so feel free to add any i may have missed

A date with Death ads here

let's start with those visual novels we've already saw. also sorry for putting two ads in one pic, but tumblr only lets me post 30 images per post

The Divine Speaker

The Sun and the Moon

Dreambound

The last rose

The Inn Between

Heart Agency

and also we have some newly featured visual novels ❤️

Amelie

A week to remember

Banishing You

Blush blush

Cage of Roses

Camera Anima

Canvas Menagerie

Cinderella Phenomenon

Drăculești

Emblems: Sunless Vow

Imperial Grace

Of Sense and Soul

Our Life: Now & Forever

Reanimation Scheme

Save the Villainess

Snow White Ashes

SPEAKEASY: Last Call

start;again

The Elevator Game with Catgirls

Threads of You: Beyond the Bay

[fyblackwomenart]

Bloom by Grace Awe

[becquerel]

DELTARUNE CHAPTER FOUR STARTED!!!!

[im-not-a-l0ser]

Do they wear a watch? (NPMD)

Richie: Obviously we're starting with him, and yes, he does wear a watch. He used to have a sailor moon watch, a Pokémon watch, a few more anime, but now he just has a black and blue, waterproof digital watch, since those ones were too fragile (ie, people kept breaking them)

Ruth: She has a watch but it's broken. She wears it every day and constantly forgets it's broken.

Pete: Absolutely he does. He has a waterproof analog watch that he has to stare at for at least 30 seconds to read, but he does have it.

Steph: She doesn't have a watch, but she will yank Pete's wrist to read his.

Grace: She generally doesn't wear a watch, but she does wear one to church so that she doesn't have to pull her phone to check the time.

Max: No, but he for some reason keeps looking at his wrist as if he does. Like, he'll pull up his sleeve and everything, and then realise he doesn't wear a watch and has to pull his phone.

Shapiro: She absolutely wears a watch. No explanation needed.

Bailey: He used to wear a watch, but the strap broke after a rough kerfuffle.

Jason: He wants one but forgets to buy one

Kyle: He thinks watches are stupid

Brenda: She has a smart watch

Stacy: She thinks watches are ugly

Solomon: He wears a watch, and so does Miss Tesburger. They make sure they're synced up every week.

[secondstar-acorn]

sure hatchetfield is full of eldritch horrors but it’s also full of soulmates

paul and emma

duke and miss holloway

steph and pete

linda and gerald

grace and murder

[okthisway]

the best thing that has happened to me in blighted treviso playthrough so far

[thepersonalwords]

May the light of God's love lead us always through the valleys.

Amy E. Tobin, Still, Love Remains: God's Crimson Threads of Grace

[aliusfrater]

people referring to sam's change in opinion regarding flagstaff, stanford, ruby, or any other instances that which dean considers betrayal as his 'growing up' or anything adjacent to maturity never gets old wrt identifying them as uncritically adopted patriarchal perspectives of sam's personhood in favour of pondering sam's arcs as portrayed as portrayed to the audience. be critical of dean's perspective and MORE IMPORTANTLY!!! sam's adoption of it. i am genuinely begging you

[janetfraiserspenlight]

Thinking about Sam’s hallucination Jack saying, “I will always be there for you. No matter what. Believe me.” In grace, and then she thanks him in threads, and he asks for what, and she says, “for being here for me.” And he just goes, “Always.”

And you can see the look on her face when he says it. Like he literally just confirmed that he’ll always be there for her no matter what goes on between then, who’s she’s with, anything. He’ll be there.

I think about that a lot.

[kociamieta]

would u maybe consider adding some of ur ancients to artfight too? 🥺 i like them all so bad and i would love to draw them when the time comes

I can’t believe there’s anyone else out there who enjoys drawing ancients, damn . who do you all want me to add .

[shisasan]

[becquerel]

i just dont think i like looking at him like i just dont at all. yet he reminds me of crashbox. this whole chapter feels like crashbox really. hi rouxls. love you rouxls.

[cassidyamber]

looking at the imitation art and seeing how many versions of characters are depicted in each.

two versions of the same character: damon, eva, toshiko, ulysses, mark, diana, wolfgang, jett, cassidy

one named character, other faceless characters depicted: desmond, ingrid

one named character, other characters implied but not depicted: eloise (she looks like she's being chased by someone or something offscreen)

more than two versions of the same character: wenona, kai, grace, jean

alone(?): cara

[simplegenius042]

Music Monday & OC Picrews

Tagged by @inafieldofdaisies

Tagging @noodlecupcakes @imogenkol @direwombat @josephseedismyfather @voidika @raresvtm @socially-awkward-skeleton @adelaidedrubman @josephslittledeputy @cassietrn @g0dspeeed @aceghosts @cloudofbutterflies92 @derelictheretic @icecutioner @shallow-gravy @strangefable @statichvm @carlosoliveiraa @wrathfulrook @starsandskies @ladyoriza @la-grosse-patate @thewanderer-000 @omen-speaker @alypink @shellibisshe @skoll-sun-eater @afarcryfrommymain @strafethesesinners @turbo-virgins @florbelles @minilev @justasmolbard @yokobai and @chazz-anova + anyone else who'd like to join.

Music for An Old Ballad of Chance and Ember Hearts, A Radioactive Calamity of Love, Bombs & Gore and The UnTitledverse, and this OC Picrew for The Silver Chronicles.

I've probably done this already, but I'm just gonna say it again; when I listen to "The Other Side" (specifically Hugh Jackman and Zac Efron's duet), I can only ever think about Joaquin Cobalt convincing a very much alive Malcrum Darling in the TWDG universe into joining the newly founded Omniscient Rule in the titular The Omniscient Rule (of The Omniscient Rule saga), after being tasked by the firstborn Eldritch, Amari the Apothecary. Joaquin at this stage doesn't know the exact details of the "sins" Malcrum beats himself up over (only getting vague hints from Malcrum and Amari himself) and rather points out to Malcrum that, from what he's learned, the latter had no control over his situation at all, and that the blame for being physically and psychologically forced to hurt those he cared for laid solely on Edward Carmine's shoulders. This is the first time where Joaquin's black and white view of the world actually adapts a little; he doesn't believe Malcrum is in any way guilty for the actions he committed against his will, and believes (well, not really, Joaquin doesn't actually think it applies to Malcrum here, but knowing the other won't let it go...) Malcrum to be way more worthy of redemption than the man behind their and others victimization. This is essentially how it goes down:

"Right here, right now I put the offer out I don't want to chase you down But I know you see it You run, with me And I can cut you free Out of the drudgery and walls you keep in So trade that typical for something colorful And if it's crazy, live a little crazy You can play it sensible, a king of conventional Or you can risk it all and see

Don't you wanna get away From the same old part you gotta play? 'Cause I got what you need, so come with me and take the ride It'll take you to the other side 'Cause you can do like you do Or you can do like me Stay in the cage, or you'll finally take the key Oh, damn, suddenly you're free to fly It'll take you to the other side!"

"Okay, my friend You want to cut me in Well, I hate to tell you, but it just won't happen So thanks, but no I think I'm good to go 'Cause I quite enjoy the life you say I'm trapped in Now I admire you And that whole show you do You're onto something, really, it's something But I live amongst the swells And we don't pick up peanut shells I'll have to leave that up to you

Don't you know that I'm okay With this uptown part I get to play? 'Cause I got what I need And I don't want to take the ride I don't need to see the other side So go and do like you do I'm good to do like me Ain't in a cage, so I don't need to take the key Oh, damn, can't you see I'm doing fine? I don't need to see the other side!"

"Now is this really how you like to spend your days? Whiskey and misery and parties and plays?"

"If I were mixed up with you, I'd be the talk of the town Disgraced and disowned, another one of the clowns!"

"But you would finally live a little, finally laugh a little Just let me give you the freedom to dream And it'll wake you up and cure your aching Take your walls and start 'em breaking Now that's a deal that seems worth taking But I guess I'll leave that up to you!"

Next song is for A Radioactive Calamity of Love, Bombs & Gore, especially regarding Ortega "Ore" Brantley and Marissa "Ress" Bishop sibling relationship and the companions they keep. Ore is the oldest sibling, and he's been around a lot longer in post-nuclear war America. Where Ore was raised on the moral ethics of his mother, Tiffany Brantley, a Responder who helped revived the Fire Breather division, Ress was raised on the values and expectations of the Bishop Crime Family, under her mother, Leslie Ann Bishop, alongside her nephew (who would become the future Mr Bishop). Its growing up under their respective mothers that shapes which companions they take; Ore usually (with exception to Courier Ryder) trusts morally upstanding individuals who choose to do the right thing (such as Tycho, Marcus and Fawkes), though given his experience in the America's wastelands, he also understands that people don't hold much of a choice in doing whatever they could to survive, given the unspoken rule of "survival of the fittest", so he's lenient or even sympathetic to those who don't necessarily align with his moral compass but are still helpful or even practical to have around (like Katja, RL-3 and Joshua Graham). Meanwhile, Ress picks people who are often rebellious or even troublesome outcasts in some way (Charon, Veronica, Boone and Piper being prime examples), however, she's open to allowing "goody-two-shoes" to join her crew and despite her demeanor, is willing to act as a deterrent for those naive or inexperienced (Star Paladin Cross, Alph & Amata, Gannon, and Preston). Ore and Ress often butt heads due to personal ideals conflicting, however, at the end of the day, the bonds of family and the thirst for patricide is what drives them closer together. Also helps that this revenge quest gives them an excuse to make many friendships with their companions, and especially for Ress by the events of Fallout 4, where she enters a relationship with Piper and becomes a trustworthy and reliable adult figure for Piper's little sister, Nat.

"We are, we are Not your ordinary fami-mily But we can all agree that we are, we are Close as close can be

So it don't matter what it looks like We look perfect to me We got every kind of love I feel so lucky indeed They can keep on talking It don't matter to me 'Cause we are, we are family We are, are, are, are, are (We are!) We are, are, are, are, are (We are!) We are, are, are, are, are (We are!) We are, we are family, family, family We are, we are family

So what? We don't look, we don't act We don't walk, we don't talk like you do So what if we hang just to hang? Ain't no shame We gon' do what we want to

'Cause we come from everywhere Searching for ones to care Somehow, we found it here We found us a home!"

And last song for the OTP of my original trilogy, An Old Ballad of Chance and Ember Hearts, Jade Smith and Jasmine Rafiq. These two are introduced in the original work Wings And Horns as one of the pairs of soulmates that Archangel Metatron and Cadet Azriel come across, and subsequently protect them from Xiang and Jezebel Ba'al's campaign. However, once the New Gods ultimately decree the Soulmate System as unsustainable and abolish it, causing all ties soulmates had to each other to suddenly disappear, Jade and Jasmine have some of the stronger reactions, especially when seen in their first WIP, as they redefine and rekindle their relationship without a soul mark to define them as such, re-exploring the depths of their relationship again as they become the first human explorers of the Omniscience/Multiverse. And I thought this song to be well suited for both:

"Tell me what you want, what you like, it's okay I'm a little curious too Tell me if it's wrong, if it's right, I don't care I can keep a secret, can you?

Got my mind on your body and your body on my mind Got a taste for the cherry, I just need to take a bite

Don't tell your mother Kiss one another Die for each other We're cool for the summer (Ha!)

Take me down into your paradise Don't be scared 'cause I'm your body type Just something that we wanna try 'Cause you and I We're cool for the summer

Tell me if I won, if I did, what's my prize? I just wanna play with you too Even if they judge, fuck it, I'll do the time I just wanna have some fun with you

Got my mind on your body and your body on my mind Got a taste for the cherry, I just need to take a bite

Don't tell your mother Kiss one another Die for each other We're cool for the summer (Ha!)

Take me down into your paradise Don't be scared 'cause I'm your body type Just something that we wanna try 'Cause you and I (You and I!) We're cool for the summer

We're cool for the summer We're cool for the summer

Shh, don't tell your mother Got my mind on your body and your body on my mind Got a taste for the cherry, I just need to take a bite Take me down

Take me down into your paradise (Don't be scared!) Don't be scared 'cause I'm your body type Just something that we wanna try (Wanna try!) 'Cause you and I (You and I!) We're cool for the summer (Take me down!)

We're cool for the summer (Don't be scared!) 'Cause I'm your body type Just something we wanna try 'Cause you and I (You and I!) We're cool for the summer

We're cool for the summer!"

And finally, this picrew for characters from The Silver Chronicles, including those from Far Cry (Silva's Hope & Old Dusk), Bloodborne (Hematophobia: Fear The Paleblood) and Elden Ring (Weave The Threads of Blood & By The Gold of Grace). Enjoy!:

Deputy Silva Omar (Silva's Hope [FC5]) | Captain Ezekiel (Old Dusk [FCND])

Silva and Ezekiel celebrating pride month at different points in Hope County. One is more enthused than the other.

Couldn’t find a golden locket for Silva :(

Huntress Caroline Jäger | Hunter Tobias Jäger (Hematophobia: Fear the Paleblood [Bloodborne])

If Caroline and Tobias could rate Yharnam from a scale of “Pleasant visit” to “Not worth the trip” they’d give it a solid “Shit’s fucked!”

Very disappointed that Tobias can't have his Abraham Lincoln beard.

Chiwa | Selke the All-Seeing Mage (Weave The Threads of Blood [Elden Ring])

On the left, you can see Chiwa’s reaction upon being told (by Varré) that she’s got to fight like 9 and a half shardbearers for a queen she’s never worked for, and on the right is her future consort Selke gatekeeping the future cause she’s whimsy like that.

Forgot to make Chiwa's freckles more obvious.

Logan the Vagabond of No Renown | Nylah, Hero of Lyndell (By The Gold of Grace [Elden Ring])

Logan has chosen to become a prime example of how NOT to handle Frenzy Flame (at least according to Shabriri. And Nylah is definitely (not) paying attention to Ranni’s very secret plans.

Can't decide which scar for Nylah is better looking, and which one could accurately show being struck by Death Lightning.