#Almost killed myself

[a-dumb-sarcastic-bisexual]

Like the majority of society I’m obsessed with Nimona

And I rewatched it a million times and one thing always sticks out to me 

There are moments when Ambrosius is surrounded by light like a little protective bubble 

That keeps him away from the man he loves more than anything 

[castielsprostate]

the confession scene but it starts with castiel saying, "i'm out of minutes, dean,"

[timeforsomeimprovising]

[mariigoldzz]

Maysilee the girl lost to time. Maysilee the girl so important to the story but very few characters will remember her in the end. Maysilee the girl who's entire generation was nearly wiped out. Maysilee peacefully slipping away from all memory along with her arena. She will not go down in history books, she's not important to the mockingjay narrative. But she was always there.

Maysilee, the true "ghost girl." of panem

[captainkirkk]

✩ WEEKLY MONTHLY FIC ROUND-UP ✩

The fics I’ve read and enjoyed for the month of January. Reminder: This list features any and all ratings and themes. Please look at tags and warnings on ao3 before reading.

DC

Our Bodies & Other Fine Machines by SilverSkiesAtMidnight

He has never argued with a punishment, not since he was a toddler, if then. Surely she’ll listen, surely she’ll see this is too harsh, that he wouldn’t be disrespecting her like this if he was simply sulking over not getting his way. He needs that food, needs to be able to eat enough if he wants to be Robin.

He’s been hungry before, but back then, it never mattered if he was a little weak or dizzy. It never risked his life or the life of his partner when he was a kid.

She turns, sighing softly and pursing her lips. She reaches out to pat his cheek, and for a moment his heart soars hopefully, and he barely restrains himself from leaning into the rare bit of contact and soaking up his mother’s touch. “Oh, Timothy,” she tuts. “This is for the best. And honestly, I think it’s wise for you to cut down a bit on the snacks. I’d hate to have to listen to anyone tittering at the next gala that you’re getting chubby.”

And without another backwards glance, she turns and heads upstairs, leaving Tim alone and frozen at the bottom of the steps.

Day 6 - TOUCH AND GO bruises | touch starved | hunger

Screaming In The Dark (While We All Play Our Part) by WakingNightmares

The boy makes a choked off noise, but slowly, with trembling hands, he pulls the hood of his hoodie down. “I… I… I’m… Robin.”

Immediately, Oliver steps back, pulling the knife out of his bathrobe pocket.

Robin. There’s no way this boy is Robin. Logically, Oliver knows that ‘Robin’, protege to the greatest serial killer in American history, is young, but there’s been sightings of the boy for over a decade. The young man standing in front of him is Roy’s age. Robin, with over thirty suspected kills of his own, can’t be this scared, frightened looking thing standing in front of him.

Dick's kept his promise, and finally escaped with his brothers. Now he just has to figure out what comes next.

Cats and Communication by InkpotSprite

Damian wants to befriend Tim, but after their difficult start, Tim is more guarded than ever.

Then Dick says something that changes everything.

"Treat him like an abused cat."

And Damian does.

Clone Wars

one step back and to the left by sithlordbinks

Cody’s mouth is dry, words stuck in his mind. Which perhaps is a good thing considering in response to I think I may have you, all Cody’s brain is providing him is please do.

And it’s then, Cody realizes, that with the most inconvenient, embarrassing, unprofessional timing ever, he’s hard.

Kriff. Fucking kriff.

or: cody thinks he's doing Real Great at the friends with benefits thing with his general. spoiler: he is not…and somehow this saves the entire galaxy

The Hunger Games

17 Last Words from Hunger Games Tributes That Are STILL Echoing In Our Heads. Yes, Still. by ghostwriterofthemachine

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! We can’t wait until we can say Happy Hunger Games in earnest (only another month!), but in the meantime, we are celebrating the best moment of Games from years past. Make sure you also check out our list of the most iconic final showdowns and our favorite post-victory moments. What’s on the plate for today? Glad you asked! The Games are all about triumph, but they’re also all about tragedy (which makes those victories even sweeter). Today, we’re looking at 17 final moments from Tributes that we are still thinking about. To make it harder for ourselves, we could only pick one from each Games (so if your favorite didn’t make the cut, that could be why!). Some made us scream, some made us cry, and a few even made us laugh (you’ll see!). Read on! 

A listicle from Capitol Buzzfeed.

SVSSS

FW: FW: FW: FW: FW: FW: FW: FW: FW: On My Time as a Student Under Shen Qingqiu by Margo_Kim

On the desk in between Yue Qingyuan and Shen Qingqiu was a printout of the email. Shen Qingqiu refused to look at it. If he tried very hard, he could pretend it wasn’t there. When the email had hit his inbox this morning, Shen Qingqiu had read it and reread enough to have it memorized, as he tried to comprehend the meaning of these words arranged in this order. The second that comprehension dawned upon him, he’d deleted the email then promptly tried to forget everything about it.

He wasn’t being very successful on that front.

The message, written with the extraordinary eloquence that Shen Qingqiu knew Luo Binghe was capable of, had been sent en masse to the entire faculty and student body. It stated two main points. Firstly, that Luo Binghe attested that Shen Qingqiu had never slept with, assaulted, molested, groomed, or was in any way inappropriate to him during his time at Cang Qiong Academy (thanks for the endorsement, Binghe!!). Secondly, that Luo Binghe was announcing this because he intended to marry Shen Qingqiu and did not want even the whisper of false impropriety to stain his Shizun’s name. 

Original Works

Inheritance by Juna_R

Rulin discovers the house his cousin had left him came with three magical “dependants”. And they haven’t been fed since the day of the funeral.

[frosteaart]

For @intotheelliwoods 2al panel redraw event!

[click image for higher quality - textless version and original reference under the cut]

panel source

[nex-kyit]

Finished reading Dungeon Crawler Carl. Man.....

Bonus Donut sketch below + some rambling that I don't think is worth its own post.

Finally, after all this time my years and years of drawing warrior cats is finally coming into use. Hm, I'm still not sure how I feel about Donut in the first piece, was looking at the wiki and it turns out shes black, orange AND white. Ah well, not used to drawing Persians, but I'm statisfied with this as my first attempt. Hardest part is getting the expression. When making WC art, I tend to anthropomorphise the face for expressions, but I tried to go a bit more realistic here. Not sure if it worked well here or not. As for Carl... yes I know he's missing a tatoo or two. I'm on Donut's side here, he has way too many.

[llegato]

a redraw of something from 2020

the original version + the 2022 version

[sabo-torao]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SABO!!!

Sabo Week Day 7 - Sabo Day

i'm so so so glad to be able to celebrate my specialest little guy properly this year!! i care about him immensely, maybe even too much. he's got me in a grip for sure.

if i was a bit more confident in my phrasing and wording skills i would turn this post into a proper, cringy lovemail, but thankfully for you, i am not, so i'll let my own existence be the testament of my love for him instead.

[fishareglorious]

Jessica is on the chat, she's just too busy asking Blonney what 'gay' means.

[crossbackpoke-check]

blessed be (lorscher bienensegen) | telling the bees (wiþ ymbe)

"Bees" [remixed, abridged], Claudia Emerson // "Letter to Someone Living Fifty Years from Now" [remixed. abridged], Matthew Olzmann // "Letter to my Great, Great Grandchild" [remixed, abridged], J.P. Grasser | Len Redkole, Nina Weiss, Brian Babineau, Christian Peterson, Mitchell Leff, Dave Isaac, Megan DeRuchie

[mleprae]

Tiny ref for O'nekataniel (name meaning 'Great white one in craeumlic) one of the protags of Godpox alongside Ser-law-kauléth that still needs a ref, desesperately

One of the many macrophages (or Great swallow wings as they are called) in the body, O'nekataniel teams up with a virus she was meant to destroy to aid her in a fight against a cancer cell

yes, back paws are meant to be a bit bigger (they mostly walk on two) but i dont think i translated it well

explaining a bit the 'cell' anatomy in godpox

The cells are all living beings inside the space leviathan that are actively working to keep it alive, different from other organisms who are inside Tikíkí merely to breed and colonize

Cells are often referred to as 'Wardens' or 'True angels', though wardens is usually reserved for the cells of the immune system

while I'm explaining a bit of the anatomy of a warden/immune cell, keep in mind these can be applied to other organisms too

Orange: this is the 'Gene sac' the gene sac contains all the genetic information of an individual, unlike other life forms, angelical beings cells do not have nuclei, a specialized organ is used to produce all the protein that the body needs, this may sound like an optimzation nightmare, but keep in mind that these things are not meant to live for more than days. The cells of wardens are not specialized, rather they are extremely receptive to outside information, the gene sac continously provides information to all the cells for them to act a certain way, it knows how many cells it needs to do x task and momentarily cells can be easily reprogrammed to do something else, this means that they can change fairly easily, these entraces on their sides are meant for other wardens to transmit informations. These informations are read by the gene sac which them is transcripted to the body, unfortunately this can be taken over by bad actors, and its how virus can hijack a warden.

Yellow: the digestive tract of a warden, it runs through the gene sac so that useful proteins and other chemicals can be used, if not, they're stored in the golgi complex

Purple: golgi complex, stores proteins produced by the gene sac and captured by the digestive tract

[acevity]

man this company IS pretty lethal huh.

i am full of a lot of thoughts about them in lethal company. so many. like pomni being a designated ship bitch bc not only is she good at it but they cant trust anyone else on comms. zooble dipping out all the time via death just to avoid having to do anything ever. and also being stolen by the lootbugs and baboon hawks CONSTANTLY. they gang up on jax to lead him to snare fleas just to shut him up, otherwise he shouts and attracts the eyeless dogs. god.

[pop-roxs]

[mollysunder]

I notice a lot of people (rightfully) complain about the Black Rose arc coming out of nowhere. I think the bigger problem was the Glorious Evolution arc. Once Viktor shows up in space with white hair, his and Jayce's story and the Anomaly practically bulldoze any grounding the plot has to the rest of the cast. It was so beautiful, but just as unnecessary in its execution too.

I firmly believe s2 should have stuck with with Act 1 with 3/5ths to 3/4ths of its runtime and keep that trajectory. Would that have made s2 infinitely better? No. The writers have weird priorities that bias them against actually examining the implications of their story. But they would have been forced to keep the cast together and are less likely to send them off to alternate timelines/pocket dimensions to learn lessons that didn't need to be learned in alternate timelines/pocket dimensions.

[boxfullaturtles]

i know @rottmnt-residuum makes their own glorious memes. but i got timed out of Splatfest and my pizza isn't here yet. what else am i supposed to do with my time?