#BUT they do pack a punch :)

[science-lings]

I think we forget that Ryunosuke is funny actually

[stuckinapril]

It’s crazy how powerful understated confidence is tbh like I have never looked at someone who was very cool & sure in their choices & truly judged them for it. I’m no saint & I have been skeptical ab things before, but the minute someone’s like “yeah but it’s the right choice for me” “it’s what I think is best for me specifically” “I truly believe in this decision” all my misgivings melt away bc truly nothing can stand in the face of silent, assured confidence. And obviously convincing others to see your pov isn’t the point, but I’ve always found I’m far more impacted by that than I am by anyone who feels the need to justify their choices or seek constant validation from people who don’t understand their specific circumstances. I am obsessed w understated confidence

[shiryawashere]

her face body language and general demeanor in this scene make me feel such intensely sapphic emotions i want to bite off my own hand about it

[levaagrace]

Anyway, Jon and Ford would beat each other to death.

[aster-draws]

so... very important question. In Better Halves, are Danny and Tim kisses going to become a lot more common now that they've had their first real one? Please, for the love of god, don't make them wait 10 more chapters.

lovingly, an anon that needs to see them fuck nasty

Okay fair question! Yes, kisses will be (relatively) more common now, but I don't count this as their first 'real' kiss- although arguably it should be- the first real kiss is somewhere in chapter 34? Ish. More or less around there.

Look. I said slow burn and I goddamn MEANT it. it's gonna be nearly 200k before they Approach the idea of it not being fake anymore (despite the fact that it never really was to begin with). they're. complete unmitigated disasters.

and as for them fucking nasty (with understanding that was likely meant to be somewhat sarcastic). Currently the plan is to keep it at a teen rating. But. obviously aspects of this have gotten away from me in the past. Keep an eye on the rating because. Idk there are gonna be moments and that's all I'll say. (if i write them, i'll change the rating as I do, so hopefully with a good few chapters before hand. or maybe I'll post an alt version with the ma content? idk we shall cross the bridge when we arrive to it)

For your reference though, here's how many kisses are in each chapter i have completely written (this may depress you) (also below a read more for the spoilers aspect of it all.)

chapter 20- 1 kiss (on cheek)

21- 0 kisses

22- 0 kisses

23- 0 kisses

24- 0 kisses (somehow oh my GOD)

25- 1 kiss (on lips)

26- 1 kiss (on lips) (also the first Proper kiss since chapter 19. imo)

27- 2 kisses (1 on forehead, 1 on lips)

28- 0 kisses

29- 0 kisses

30- 0 kisses

do not let the amount of 0's grieve you, for most of those the boys aren't even in the same state (or country) so. not chapter 24 tho that's fucking miserable yearning i won't lie

[atlaskrr]

You know what artists who overly feminize one character in an mlm pairing thank you. Whenever im scrolling through the tag and a relative takes notice i can always just say its some random ass het ship. The one thing this is good for.

[incorrect-hs-quotes]

Sollux: ii contaiin multiitude2, and iif friightened, ii can eject the multiitude2 from my body at over 1,200 meter2 per 2econd

[ninjaaa-go]

Jesus christ, I forgot how dark season 4 of tmnt 2012 gets

[th3e-m4ng0]

your robots in clothes art (it's wonderful and im happy to see it and the kitties are adorable), but orion specifically. he looks so so stupid (positive). how can a man's helm be that big and his body so itty bitty. someone should put him in a soup. that's gonna be me. ill put him in a soup.

HELP ME ORION FLAVORED SOUPSDFSDFSDJKF 😭😭😭😭 ahhahahah 😭😭😭😭

[desire-mona]

i experience gender euphoria by adjusting my fanny pack and pretending its my balls

[qilingxiong]

chanting at my reflection in the mirror trying to convince myself that short fic has its place in fandom and the fact that nothing i've posted in the last few years has been longer than perhaps 2k at most is not failure as a writer

[anghraine]

Other tangentially related gaming thing: my bff J agreed to yet another run of Mass Effect to help me decompress/distract myself/maintain the even keel that's kind of required by the whole situation, but also difficult as an intensely anxious (if usually composed!) person.

For context: our first Shepard, who romanced Liara, was about as squeaky-clean Paragon as possible to be while still murdering the fuck out of Kai Leng. I had a blast with that one!

Then, we constructed a whole tragic arc for our second Shep, a somewhat older woman with maximal emotional scars (survivor of Mindoir + butcher of Torfan) and a lot more capacity for ruthlessness (we did every Renegade choice we could square with our consciences—no space racism but lots of space murder).

We decided she'd start to find love again with Kaidan, only for him, like everyone else in her life, to die (at Virmire in this case). Then she would experience a more mature and profound love with Thane that would be very gentle and fully reciprocated, yet bittersweet given that they both know he's dying soon. We had the idea that this initially harsh, ruthless Shepard coming to love Thane and diverge from her previous path of bloody vengeance would be really endearing, especially when the dying Thane wants the prayer read for her rather than himself, and then the rapport between Shep and Kolyat would also have this extra pathos, and killing Kai Leng would be even more satisfying.

(It totally was: our Shep was a Vanguard so there was a lot of punching involved, and then J indignantly went "this is for Thane, you fucker" as we stabbed KL.)

Anyway, the storyline did mostly work out, apart from any degree of nuance being rewarded by the game locking us out of cool dialogue options at particularly critical moments. Still, she was super enjoyable and I liked how we got her arc to weave into Thane's despite a bit of underwriting at times, and the idea of Shepard as this ultimately tragic figure who just keeps on living as her loved ones die over and over and over (we chose Destroy to underscore that fate!).

This time, we thought it'd be fun to go for a Shepard who isn't quiiiiiite as squeaky-clean as the first one, but more of a Paragon type than our tragic Shepard. Basically noble, but with more of an edge. She's a survivor of both Mindoir and Akuze, so she's seen some shit, but she's still quite young (we wanted her to be fresh-faced, pretty, yet also visibly scarred and managed all three :D). We particularly wanted a more youthful, impetuous Shepard who is less straitlaced and less world-weary than the previous ones for the Garrus romance, which after all these years, J has never done! And he's played both male and female Shepards to see how most of the romances play out, but not Garrus's specifically.

We thought it'd be especially fun for this Shepard to be a full Adept and for her to be basically a good influence on Garrus's unfortunate cowboy cop ways (we just shout out "RED TAPE!!!!" as a household joke at this point). But we didn't want her to be an elder mentor figure to him or an incredibly noble icon he'd revere so much as for them to be Reaper-fighting bros who help each other grow as people -> FWBs -> whatever happens in ME3.

So we've started our new run with our very attractive scarred Shepard (J: "I think it works for her, she's probably into scars"; me: "I bet Garrus is"; J: "Oh, for sure!") and it's a really nice distraction. Though now I'm thinking about the ME/P&P AU that's been percolating through my brain for upwards of seven months >_>

[laurasbailey]

is it weird that the bells hells party dynamic might be my favourite

[croziers-compass]

New Sexuality: Doomed Arctic Explorers Gender Identity is now based on your positions aboard the ships.

[keepofkandrakar]

w.i.t.c.h. as genshin impact

both have been on the brain recently and let's be so real: w.i.t.c.h. could fit in the realm of genshin i bet so thanks to picrew i made the w.i.t.c.h. girlies. i didn't do elyon or orube since i wasn't sure which of the visions would suit them best but if you have any recs lemme know :)

WILL VANDOM:

Electro, 5-star (all w.i.t.c.h. girlies are 5-star), Sword, Monstadt

IRMA LAIR:

Hydro, 5-star, Bow, Natlan

TARANEE COOK:

Pyro, 5-star, Catalyst, Sumeru

CORNELIA HALE:

Dendro (could also be Geo), 5-star, Claymore, Fontaine

HAY LIN:

Anemo, 5-star, Polearm, Liyue

Elyon (and Caleb) would DEFINITELY be Khaenri'ahn - long-lost kingdom in shambles, unknown whether it's still existing? Talk about Meridian-core lol. Orube would be Inazuman - she's kinda giving Kujou Sara vibes??

That's all i got tho have fun with that.

[hyp-fixator]

Old design

Vs new design!

Not a lot of difference in concept but I do feel like the new design has more of that personality now that I let the lore sit for awhile!