#AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

[vaguely-concerned]

WAIT WHAT CANON GARASHIR WHAT WHEN HELLO??????????

[botanikos]

Stolas,

If you ever need a place to rest, you will always be welcome in my home. You need not earn your keep, if you're thinking that; I won't expect anything from you. In my eyes, you remain our prince, and I will gladly do my duty. You have lost a battle, but the campaign goes on. You need not walk this part of the path alone.

This is not the end.

Forever is a long time. You will one day be returned to your proper station and powers, if you still wish it when the time comes. Never give up on yourself.

Yours,

Vepar

[For the Prince Nevermore verse]

Stolas sat upon a small bed in a nearly empty room. On the small bedside table rests the tiny plantling he swiped from his gardens. Across the foot of the bed was simple black tailcoat, discarded in a rumpled mess. He groans into palms, eyes burning with tears that would not stop. Everything was over. HE was over. . . . The hotel he sat in now was tucked at the furthest outskirts of the city. It was cheap enough that it wouldn't put a dent in his now meager and limited finances, but it was a roof over his head nonetheless. Dread begins to creep in, drowning him in waves. In the frenzy of it all, Stolas had forgotten his medication. A part of him begs to turn back, to fetch that one thing, and maybe steal a final glimpse of Via. But he knows better. It wasn't safe to do so, and there was already enough damage. He wouldn't open the wound wider.

Slumping down into the mattress, Stolas curls in on himself. Slender arms wrap tightly around lithe frame, trembling as he allows himself to cry. Even in privacy he does not make a sound and instead stifles the sobs by biting onto feathered arm. A knock causes his breath to hitch and he wonders briefly if he hadn't been able to keep quiet — if someone had heard and was there to complain. The thought is jarring, reminding him of Stella's sharp criticisms whenever he sang or let slip his emotions. Wiping his eyes, Stolas takes a shuddering breath and recomposes himself. Though he must still appear a mess, at the very least, his countenance was impassive. Or so he hopes.

Opening the door only a fraction, he is greeted with a letter. Hesitant fingers reach, plucking it from its deliverer with uncertainty. ❝ Thank you. . . ❞ His words are strained, and the two of them depart. Stolas shuts the door, resting his back against it as he opens it, curious as to how it came to find him.

The words penned to him bring the sting of fresh tears to his eyes and a warm weight in his chest. With it, however, comes the doubt. Of course, Vepar would reach out. . . But what has he done to deserve such kindness, such generosity? That was it, wasn't it?

Was he deserving of his help?

Whether or not he accepts the invitation is unclear. He cannot decide so soon. He would not move into anything with haste, but it was becoming clear to him. . . . He needs a plan. But fuck if he didn't want to just rot. And drink. And maybe, just maybe let everything continue to crash and burn around him. What was the point, after all? What good was he without his powers? And Octavia. . . . Stolas clutches at his chest before dragging himself back to the bed with Vepar's letter in hand. He curls onto his side, looking out the dingy window in despair.

He'll figure it out tomorrow. For now. . . . For now he's going to close his eyes and let himself fall into a fitful sleep. Because it was the closest thing to peace, even if he was haunted even in his dreams.

[engagemythrusters]

me: im going to try romancing halsin this time. im so darn curious about what happens in a romance with him.

gale: *does his little piont* SPOT ON

me: oh my god i cant do this

[dragonpyre]

Cool art, cool aus, just an overall cool person. Glad to of followed you 👍

I JUST SAID I would cry if someone did this!!!!!

[koumouby]

Hey

The price of college fees skyrocketed ;_;

Commissions will be open soon .d

[fluffyfangirl]

I need to scream somewhere because my sister (who'll join me) is not AWAKE BUT THEY ARRIVED

[kawaiialeisha]

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Don't worry, I'm not dead, I just forgot about my social media for a moment, but I still got some art to share!

I got inspired by this picture of Animal!! LIKE ANIMAL LOOK SO GROOVY SOOO I DECIDED TO DRAW WALLY LIKE THIS

the I REEEALLY love THIS CHARACTER FROM MUPPETS THANKS HEHRHSJEJHE

[bistaxx]

WE ARE SOOOOOOOO BACK TRIPOIERS-

[handlewithcare-delicate]

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[inkybirdy]

Y’ALL

I’M GONNA LOSE MY MIND I’M SO HYPE

[purplecowboywombatgoth]

THIS IS AMAZING!!!!!!!! im actually freaking out, its exactly how i the scene plays out in my head. youre so talented, its crazy. thank you for this!!!

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[turian]

having such a terrible time with this project because a) i can't think about shit that isn't fallout and b) i need to record things but there are people listening to shit without headphones and there has been a great deal of working from home lately

[technopathicredhead]

not gonna go on anon bc i want you to know you’re such a sweet mun and super fun to write with! 💖

Anonymously tell me how you feel about me. I can't reply, I just have to read it and post it.

[zorosangell]

⛥ﾟ・。 protector: chapter eighteen

synopsis: " you were supposed to stay a crewate, just another back to watch, " he tightened his hold, " i didn't even notice the change until i woke up one day and realized i'd take a bullet for you "

cw: violence, gore, fighting, mature themes, profanity, MAJOR/MINOR ANIME SPOILERS, follows the plot of the anime, slowww burn.

a/n: reposting from another account

You landed the four of you at the top of the mountain, dropping the boys and letting Vivi carefully slide down your back.

"My life just flashed before my eyes," Usopp mumbled to himself, curling into the fetal position on the ground.

"Whatever. We're here now, I guess. Now we just gotta find Luffy," Zoro stated, giving the place a quick once-over.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" a familiar voice shouted, the sound of it drawing closer.

"Is that—?" The four of you look up in the sky to see your captain heading for you at top speed, with no sign of slowing down. 

'That was quick.'

"LUFFY?!" you exclaimed, wide eyed.

"Huh? (y/n)? Zoro? Usopp?" he asked, crashing into the three of you.

The force buried the three of you in the snow, but Luffy was quick to jump up, laughing as usual.

"Why'd you do that, ya moron?!" Zoro shouted, popping his head out of the snow.

"I should wring his rubbery little neck..." you grumbled to yourself, standing up and dusting off your coat of snow.

"I didn't recognize you guys at first. I thought you were more of Big Mouth's guards coming to fight. I'm really surprised you guys came all the way up here," Luffy smiled.

"I'd expect it from you two. But Usopp, aren't you a little scared of doing things like climbing mountains Usopp?"

"Ha ha! Yeah, right! Whenever there's a towering peak in front of me, I get to climbing!" Usopp bellowed, jumping up from the snow and puffing out his chest proudly.

"But let me tell you, scaling that mountain hand over hand was no picnic."

"Don't believe his shit for a second. I flew everyone up here," you scoffed, smushing away the liar's face.

"(y/n)!" Usopp groaned.

"Are Nami and Sanji alright?" Vivi asked, stepping forward.

"Yeah, they're just fine," Luffy assured.

"What the hell were you doing on top of the castle just now?" Zoro asked.

"Oh, I was beating the crap out of the king," Luffy answered.

"Who's the king again?" you asked, turning to Zoro.

"Not important now, I guess," he shrugged.

"Oh, Usopp! You gotta meet my new friend! He's a reindeer!" Luffy beamed, tapping Usopp on his shoulder.

Usopp lifted his goggles.

"A reindeer?" he asked, skeptically.

You turned around, only to see this small little reindeer hiding behind a tree, standing on two legs with a hat on.

"HE'S ADORABLE!" you squealed, slapping your hands on your cheeks.

"IT'S A YETI! SHOOT IT!" Usopp screamed.

The poor thing went wide eyed and quickly ran away, weaving through the trees.

"YOU IDIOT! YOU SCARED HIM AWAY!" you and Luffy shouted in unison, smacking Usopp upside the head.

"He's not a yeti! He's my friend! Now I gotta go get him back, ya jerk!" Luffy groaned, breaking into a mad dash after the creature.

"You better bring him back safely, Luffy!" you called after him.

After tracking down the reindeer, who you learned from the witch lady to be Chopper, late into the night, you decided to sit down with Zoro and Usopp and let Luffy do the rest of the work.

But he lost the reindeer about two hours ago and still hasn't found him.

"C'mon, Luffy. Why don't you just give it up? We've been tracking him forever and he still hasn't come out," Usopp suggested.

"He's not interested in becoming a pirate. You're just gonna have to accept that," Zoro sighed.

"No, that's not true! I want the reindeer to be a pirate with us!" Luffy dismissed.

"Just because you want something doesn't mean it's gonna happen!" Zoro exclaimed.

"I know that....but I really wish he would come," you pretended to sniffle, allowing a single fake tear to roll down your cheek.

"Not you, too!" 

Just then, Chopper showed himself, standing before the four of you.

"Reindeer Guy!" Luffy smiled.

Right then, Vivi and Nami had also dragged Sanji out the castle.

"Hey, you're gonna come on our ship and be a pirate with us!" Luffy exclaimed

"I can't," Chopper denied.

"Sure you can, Reindeer. It's a whole lotta fun!"

"I can't! I'm not a human, I'm a reindeer! I have antlers and hooves, don't you see? I even have a blue nose!" Chopper shouted.

Everyone went quiet, the wind filling in the silent tension.

"Okay, maybe I do wanna be... a pirate. But I can't ever be one of you. I'm not human, I'm a monster! I can't be your friend, and I can't become a pirate on your ship! You see?"

'Poor guy. What did these people do to him?'

"I just came to say.. .thank you. I appreciate you asking me to join your ship. That was really nice. I'm going to stay here for now. But if you wanted to, you could stop by here again—" "SHUT UP! LET'S GOOOOOO!" Luffy interrupted.

And Chopper started to cry.

"Most people don't make friends by telling them to shut up," Zoro grumbled.

"Jerk..." you huffed.

After allowing Chopper to say goodbye to the old witch lady, he came running back outside, with the woman chasing him with a flail, about to attack.

He managed to dodge it and take you all in a sleigh in his reindeer form, and run across this suspended rope, making it look like you were soaring through the air in a flying sleigh.

When you landed, and managed to make it a good ways into the frozen forest, the sound of cannon fire made Chopper stop and turn around to check the commotion.

Only to see beautiful explosions of pink snow from sky, looking like sakura leaves.

Chopper wailed, happily crying waterfalls as the cloud of pink made the mountain look like one large cherry blossom tree.

"It's beautiful," you softly smiled, looking up at the sky

Zoro turned to you, his breath hitching as he got a good look at you.

The snow falling around you made you look magical, the little white halo in your hair only making you even more ethereal.

Not to mention the brilliant pink light that was bathing your every feature.

It reminded him of how his chest felt when he saw you in Syrup Village.

You were beautiful.

But not only that, you were strong. 

You were smart. 

You were caring.

You were tough.

You weren't afraid to speak your mind.

You were able to keep him on his toes.

You annoyed the ever-loving shit out of him.

You've given him more bruises on his head than he can count.

You pissed him off nearly every day.

But you also made him feel tight in his chest.

You made his cheeks light up when you walked past.

And you made him worry to no end.

'Shit. What the hell is happening to me?'

"Yeah, it sure is," he agreed, not taking about the flowers at all.

[angelofconsang]

Y'ALL, WE HAVE TO SAVE THIS PLANET, ELEPHANTS LIVE HERE.

[djcarnationsblog]

Y'ALL HEAR ME OUT, HEAR ME OUT- (this is gonna have so many of my 2003 hcs in here and I do not apologize in advance/aff)

I GOT A 2003 LEOSAGI IDEA BUT IT'S A LITTLE LESS ROMANCE AND A LITTLE MORE-

LITTLE BROTHERS IN THEIR GREMLIN MODE

I feel like Leo was NOT subtle at all with his crush, and all of his brothers could tell. And so Usagi got invited over a lot more because EVERYONE wanted him over

(Leo did not sense the impending doom in this decision until it was too late)

So you see, there is the younger sibling way of law (imo), where the younger siblings are obligated to be gremlins to their oldest sibling, ESPECIALLY around the oldest sibling's crush.

And these motherfuckers DO NOT DISAPPOINT-

There was a time where Leo and Usagi were having pleasant conversation, y'know? They were chillin', it was all fine and dandy.

And then in the motherfucking distance you hear an approaching;

"aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH-"

CUE MIKEY AND RAPH FUCKING BODY SLAMMING LEO INTO THE GROUND AND JUST START WRESTLING THIS MOTHERFUCKER, NO RHYME OR REASON BESIDES THE FACT THAT LEO'S BEEN TALKING TO USAGI AND THEY HAD TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT-

Usagi is just blinking rapidly off to the side, and Donnie just walks up beside him sippin' on some apple juice and just goes "Yeah, this is par for the course."

There was another time where Donnie and Mikey were hanging out with Usagi, showing him cartoons and shit.

And then all of a sudden Leo just bolts past the couch, running for his goddamn life with Raph hot on his trail with the most shit eating grin ever-

And when Mikey asks what's up, they turn around to witness Leo just parkour his fucking ass onto the wall-

and so now he's just climbing up as far as he can go while Raph is following him from the floor, calling after him and calling him all sorts of things while Leo's just yelling at him like "STOP!! SHUT UP!!! RAPH!!!!"

Now Mikey is losing his shit, Usagi is wondering how he got up there so easily, and Donnie?

Donnie's gettin' ideas dude. He's gettin' ideas.

So watch as this purple motherfucker grabs one of Mikey's stress balls, aims for it-

and just starts yeeting that ball at Leo.

Now Raph is losing his shit as Leo's trying to fend off this fucking ball that Donnie keeps pelting at him, and Usagi's like "Why are you throwing that at him??? What are you both doing??"

Donnie's response? "It's the younger brother in me. I gotta listen to it."

So now Mikey starts fuckin' with Leo and starts shouting "BURN THE TURTLE!!! BURN HIM AT THE STAKE!!! HIS NINJOSITY IS A SIN UPON THIS WORLD!!!"

Donnie turn to him like, "why the hell do you know about that???"

And then RAPH turns to him like, "Comparing Leo to a witch? That is an insult to the witches, Mikey, apologize."

So now they're ALL ganging up on Leo, who's yelling at them and clinging to dear life on one of the pipes on the CEILING howdidhegetthere-

And Usagi's in the back, muffling his chuckles because this is actually funny as fuck-

Poor Leo though.

Adding onto that scene, we have Raph be like, "Why are you up there anyways??? Aren't you scared of heights?"

Leonardo immediately defending himself in the wrong way by saying "I WAS A CHILD RAPH, I HAD A CHILD'S MIND IT WASN'T MY FAULT!!"

Usagi latches onto that SO quickly bro like- "You? A Ninja? You used to be afraid of heights?"

All three of the gremlins start laughing and Leo's sputtering to deflect like a motherfucker.

"Now-now here's the thing with younger brothers, Usagi, they lie all the time-"

"EXQUEESE ME???"

"NOW HOLD ON THERE, DUDE-"

"WHOMST THE FUCK IS LYING HERE?!?!?"

Raph rats out Leo so fast by recalling him being afraid of heights until like, he was five. And then Donnie IMMEDIATELY backs up his twin (yes I fw the hc of them being twins sue me-) by going "He was afraid until he was six. I counted."

Leo here though? Gotta defend his pride here bro-

"You know what, here's another thing about siblings-FUCK YOU BOTH-"

Y'ALL THEY AAAAALL STARTLED AT THAT BC LEO HERE DON'T CUSS MUCH UNTIL HE REALLY WANNA INSTILL THE FEAR OF GOD INTO YOU-

Mikey makin' that their cue to gtfo like "NOW WE GOTTA SKEDADDLE, NOW WE GOTTA GET THE DIDDLY DARN FUCK ON OUT OF HERE-"

The way they all ran for the hills the moment Leo dropped from the ceiling was GLORIOUS

(Leo will forever be proud of making Usagi laugh until he snorted.)

(Even though he had to kill some lil' bros to do it)

And so imagine when they get together, right?

Oh god, oh no, oh shit-

That ^^^ is exactly what goes through Leo's mind when he tells his brothers, because he KNOWS just what they're gonna exploit and fucking HOW-

Because here's the thing.

They're all turtles. They still got basic turtle instincts, no matter how much more human they act than turtle, it is IN THEIR NATURE TO BE TEETLEZ AND THAT WILL BACKFIRE SO HARD ON LEO THAT HE FAILS SUCCESSFULLY???? SORT OF???

Like, here, look-

Imagine the amount of shit they would spill to Usagi about Leo, not only regarding things like his love language and shit, but also about basic turtle love language.

One of those being the fact that turtles will tap/slap their mates on the face to show affection. Albeit for the turtle boys, the slaps would be pretty gentle and shit.

Usagi? Found this hilarious.

He did this the first time he came to visit as Leo's official boyfriend. They were all excited to see him (and excited to see if he'd go through with it, cuz c'mon, who doesn't want Leo blackmail?) and Leo's just happy to see his bby again cause Leonardo 'I LOVE YOU AND I MISS YOU AND YOU ARE GORGEOUS AND EVERYTHING I COULD EVER WANT AND NEED IN MY LIFE' Splinterson is what some may call a 'Raging Homosexual'

So they greet each other with a hug, all's well and they're happy to see each other.

And then Usagi taps him on both of his cheeks with a mischievous lil' smile.

THE WAY THIS MOTHERFUCKER SHUTS RIGHT THE FUCK DOWN-

OH THIS POOR POOR BOI, OH YOU POOR THING

FUCKING SUFFER

The way his hands were flapping like crazy almost the entire day afterwards was honestly the most adorable thing Usagi had ever seen.

And it felt nice when Leo shyly tapped him back. It was very cute-

There's also the thing where like, apart from not being fond of most touch, turtles and some tortoises definitely don't mind shell scratches or neck scratches.

You can easily tell how Usagi got his ass trapped under an eeping Leo on the couch. He didn't even have the heart to try and move the bitch, they both just fell asleep there.

Mikey got his well deserved $20 out of their bet.

NOW I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE SO RIP RIGHT THERE, BUT LIKE, Y'ALL SEE THE VISION RIGHT??? TRUST ME, THESE LITTLE SHITS WOULD DIAL UP THE LITTLE SHITERY TO A TWELVE

Leo wants to hate them, but like, they sorta helped him bag a bad bitch so he can't ENTIRELY complain