#Day 1: Heal

[r-aindr0p]

the possibility of throuple rugjamidia has captivated me

Ok ok wait though I have to share the vision I have with these 3 !! Been thinking about how Jamil did "quit" his job as a treasure guardian for a life of peace but he still can't chill in his pond for five minutes because of the other two idiots, they just keep coming back....

This is only part one ! Part two is still cooking in the microwave

Hopefully he'll get the blue thing back on his feet and have them go away once and for all (lmao no)

[nottivagos]

CALLING ALL SINGLETONS! ARE THOSE LONELY NIGHTS FEELING LONGER THAN USUAL? THEN THIS AMAZING GETAWAY IS JUST FOR YOU! Come join us on a Singles Cruise tour around luxurious Europe for a week!

Introducing... Singles Cruise AU : DR3

Being freshly out of a divorce is awkward for anyone. The wedding ring still tight on your ring finger as you stand in the port, nervous about the adventure you were about to embark on. You didn't understand why your friends wanted you to go on this little week away, you thought you were coping fine with your rather abrupt divorce until now.

Then Daniel came along. Divorced for over a decade, he was looking to rekindle that flame that burnt deep inside of him whilst he was with his ex. However, being a CEO of a rather large corporate business, ‘settling down’ hasn't exactly been his strong suit. He's no stranger to these little week-long getaways, and is pretty friendly with the staff aboard, so he's gained a reputation for being a heart-throb and player with many of the ladies on deck.

What makes it any different for you?

Divorced CEO!Daniel who notices you nervously waiting around the cruise foyer after boarding the ship. His thick Australian accent noticeable whilst he flashes a large smirk on his face when he introduces himself almost instantly, obviously taking a liking to yourself, before offering you a handshake which lasts a little second too longer than it should've.

Divorced CEO!Daniel who's physical image has stayed unchanged even after his divorce. Linen shirts that fit his figure ever so easily, face cleanly shaven, with maybe a little stubble visible. His hair isn't unruly, it's nicely trimmed and styled, despite the harsh gales you could sometimes experience on the boat’s outside deck.

Divorced CEO!Daniel that just has to be your neighbour on the cruise. He greets you every morning from his balcony as you lounge on your own, cup of coffee in your hands whilst you watch the world go by as the boat sails on. He's taken an interest in you, the ring still on your finger peaking his interest first, before the small talk becomes more casual as the holiday goes on.

Divorced CEO!Daniel who becomes more friendly with you as you start to open up to you. On a day when you're in port, he spontaneously tells you that he's booked a wine tasting experience that he wants to take you on. The whole experience is magical, making you feel alive again in some way, as his arm wraps around your waist uninvited but welcomed by you at the end of your shared day not at sea.

Divorced CEO!Daniel that despite his divorce being due to him prioritising work over his ex, doesn't prioritise work over you. During the duration of the getaway, you have his full attention, watching as his eyes light up or when he lets that iconic laugh fall from his lips as you tell him about yourself over a coffee or something more strong at one of the cafés or bars on deck.

Divorced CEO!Daniel who steals a kiss from you underneath a romantic sunset after a lovely meal in the cruise’s most luxury restaurant on board. He makes sure that you're treated like a queen, before taking a stroll with you hand in hand around the deck, before sealing the night with a loving kiss that you just melt into, the ring around your finger (which is quickly discarded the next day) not even serving as a barrier between you both.

Divorced CEO!Danny who's quite the exhibitionist. He's got the staff wrapped around his finger, so who is he to not break a few rules with you? One late night, you both share a hot tub on deck, sipping cocktails as the sun sets on the sea after a long day sailing. He swims closer to you, hands coming to grope your bikini top whilst he kisses your neck, stubble grazing the skin, murmuring how beautiful you looked all evening— how you were teasing him. Before you know it, you've melted into the hot kiss, his tongue deep in your mouth, suffocating your moans as his calloused fingers are pumping deep into your cunt whilst under the water.

Divorced CEO!Daniel who gets off to the sight of you desperate whilst he's on a business call. On one lazy morning, he'd invited you into his cabin, to which it had escalated dramatically. You were soon hopelessly riding his cock, whining and whimpering into his neck, pleading eyes coming to meet his stern own, as he had his phone pressed snugly to his ear, talking about costs and other business things you didn't understand whilst drunk on the sensation of his cock splitting you open. What didn't help was the cruel smirk he flashed before answering the person on the other end, unbothered by you struggling and begging for a release.

Divorced CEO!Daniel that doesn't mind letting the whole cruise know who you're owned by. If anything, he's proud that he's created a bond with you. (Yes, he's definitely even thinking of proposing), as love bites and bruises blotch your collarbone and exposed skin when you're forced to wear your flowy, revealing summer dresses when it's warm. His arm wrapped snugly around your waist as he pressed more kisses to your neck, especially over the marks on your skin, smirking as he does so, feeling accomplished by the marks he's left behind.

Divorced CEO!Daniel who is definitely an ass man. He loves grabbing it at any given opportunity, especially when you're not expecting it, watching you squirm, face flushing with embarrassment or when you gasp slightly whenever he pinches, grips or slaps it without any warning. But Divorced CEO!Daniel who's also a tit man. He loves playing with your boobs, cupping them with ease in his palms, watching you moan as he toys with your sensitive nipples, rolling them in circular motions with his thumbs whenever he's got you alone in his cabin.

bon voyage, my dearest followers! like the singles cruise au? fancy sending me an ask in my ask box so divorced ceo!danny can be brought to life even more! - notti <3

[somegrumpynerd]

Okay I know I'm the most biased person about dadmare, but you can't honestly tell me that if Cross started to mention the way xgaster treated him and his brother as children - the way an adult bullied and belittled and abused them - that it wouldn't make Nightmare see red

[gaysolangelo]

you don’t know how much i was physically shaking when runaan was brought back, i was breathing hard and on the brink of tears MY RUNAAN I WAITED SIX YEARS FOR YOUR SAFE RETURN 🥹

[grison-in-space]

Yesssssss I'm told that I can come pick Tilly up whenever I want so I'm gonna shower and go get her in a couple hours

Apparently she sends her love, which I understand to mean she sends her complaints

[odetojupiter]

jean kevin and neil all being 19 when they officially leave the nest feels significant somehow

(kevin being 19 when he runs, jean being 19 when renee takes him, neil’s fake age being 19 when he leaves after christmas and his real age being 19 when he leaves after riko is shot and he’s officially pardoned by ichirou)

[shikai-the-storyteller]

It's taking me ages to write this chapter because every time I look through old VODs / notes to check something, I come across moments like this that make me want to lie down face-first on the floor:

[Context: Pac commits to the idea of taking the Happy Pills so he can create a cure. He's about to write a note to Cellbit to explain his plan.]

Pac: If Cellbit puts himself in this position, it's worse for everyone, because Cellbit is smarter when it comes to coming up with strategic plans, so he is the thinking mind of the Favela Five group, so if he no longer has the mind, he’s not capable of solving this whole problem, you know? But if I put myself in this position to help Cellbit so he can get the cure... You understand? It's better if I'm the bait. Right? I can't- I can't carry things alone guys, I've already lost Mike [...] if I lose Cellbit and I alone had to carry things, I won't be able to. But I think Cellbit can manage better. He is more independent, and he has Roier. He has a husband. I'm trying to– to be lucid here, understand? That's all.

Date: September 11, 2023 || Timestamp: 03:10:10

[divkazkdovikde]

okay, so we all collectively went "oh thank fucking god" today, that the wdc battle is finally over??

[typhoonboom10]

For valentines day, I made something for my true love: terrible video game valentines cards with the comic sans font /silly. Feel free to use, please no credit. Actually, don't use them, you probably will get rejected.

[teyrnacousland]

I think it's fun that different characters give a different time period for how long Rook was in the Fade Prison. Both because everyone's perception of time is different (and gets weird when you add grief to the mix) and because it means we can headcanon how long it took each specific Rook to get out of there based on how well we think they'd have managed their regrets

[kirby-the-gorb]

[sistersorrow]

Back in July, I had a problem: I had finished Nona the Ninth and realised I had no idea when Alecto the Ninth would come out

I didn't feel like picking out a new novel to read every 10 days or so, so I decided I'd pick one very long book and hope it tided me over until a release date was given

So on the 19th of July 2024, I started reading Worm, and a bit over three months later, I read the final line of the final chapter on October 23rd

I have had many thoughts about this book while reading it, and since I haven't had access to the internet for the last two week, I've also had many thoughts after reading it, mainly thoughts where I was drafting this post (despite thinking about my draft for five days, now that I'm finally writing it, I can feel the whole thing fading from my mind)

TL;DR: I genuinely think the ending didn't happen

Yes, the whole "It was all a dream/purgatory" angle is very cliche, but it's a very common theory in the Worm fandom for a reason (one of those reasons being Wildbow jokingly saying Taylor's in purgatory)

For me, that reason is that Taylor is way too okay with the state of her life after Golden Morning

Throughout the book, Taylor has a consistent pattern of behaviour where she sees a problem or has a goal, decides on a means of realising that goal/fixing the problem, with anyone who attempts to get in her way being treated as part of the problem, allowing her to more easily justify using ever escalating acts of incredible violence to terrorise them into either helping her or getting out of her way

Taylor, by her own admission lives for conflict because for her things make the most sense when she has a very clear target to oppose and doesn't have to think past the near future because in the present the target is actively trying to kill her, and there are people who simply refuse to listen to her when she talks about ways to deal with the problem

Her, I dunno, ascension(?) to Khepri is just that pattern of behaviour taken to its logical extreme: the problems are Scion and people refusing to fight Scion or not working together, so she resolves the issue by resolving the issue of their free will and makes them fight in concert to bully Golden Space Jesus into killing himself

Despite the Speck arc being 174 pages of Taylor's brain being formatted by a fragment of an alien god as it remove any aspect of her personality that doesn't either facilitate acts of violence or think of new ways to commit acts of violence, Taylor has never been more herself than in that moment, hell, when she finishes scouring the multiverse for capes to turn into superpowered people puppets for her slave swarm and faces down the most powerful being to walk the earth as she realises she's beginning to forget where her mother's grave is, she stops to think about how nice it is that everyone is finally working together for once, just like she always wanted

The kind of person who does that to herself and others simply is not going to be able to adjust to civilian life, where she's going to continue to be exposed to the systemic failings that frustrated her into being Skitter in the first place only now without the tools or resources she used to effect change back on her Earth

At best, Interlude: End Taylor would be horribly depressed, and at worst feel like she's been placed in her own personal hell

For this reason, I genuinely think Contessa realised there was no coming back from what Taylor had become and decided to end her there, with the final interlude being a dying dream cooked up by her shard or something just before their connection was fatally severed, and honestly, I'm completely fine with that cause it feels like a natural conclusion for her arc, even if dream theories are always a bit contentious

[mcacomulada]

ok so, the other day i was watching a drawfee episode and they did a challenge where they redrew each other's childhood art, so i redrew this comic of a friend of mine:

Oh my god, my hero academia amirite,

[aacetrainer]

Random DND character idea: cleric with separation anxiety. They cannot go anywhere their god cannot see them

[runefactorynonsense]

Melotober - Day 6 - Garden

It's good to mix in a few flowers, as well. They're useful down in the clinic...

[luna-the-cretar]

I NEED the Krew to actually TALK about what happened in episode 46. (Spoilers under the cut)

And I don’t mean them mentioning that it happened but “it’s all fine now because they’re alive!” Because I imagine that shit scarred all of them, one way or another. Frost especially.

I don’t care HOW the conversation happens, but it does need to happen. They each need to have that closure, rather than letting those thoughts and feelings swirl in their minds for all eternity. And I don’t just mean in fanfic or whatever. No, it needs to happen sometime in canon, when they have a moment to talk about it in-depth (so probably post-canon, all things considered).

I just…I need Frost to tell them how it felt, watching as all his friends fall around him, and how he couldn’t do anything. I imagine he still gets nightmares about it, especially for the first few nights after the fact, and I imagine he wakes up from those nightmares and probably goes and cuddles up next to Gricko (after making sure he’s breathing. Even if, logically, Frost KNOWS that Gricko is alive and breathing—he’s snoring, shifting around, whatever—he still needs to check. Just in case), as if to confirm to himself that, yes, they’re here. Theyre alive. He’s not alone.

I need Torbek to talk about how he feels like he’s not good enough in battle. How he kicks himself for not being able to control the Witchlight better, for not being able to bring out the Other. Because maybe, just maybe, if he was somehow able to bring out the Other in that fight, maybe they would’ve had a chance (they still wouldn’t, it would still end the same, and Torbek knows it deep down, but he kicks himself all the same)

I need Gricko to lament about how he thinks he’s not a good enough healer. He’s supposed to keep his friends from dying, and he couldn’t even do that right. Maybe if he had gotten to Gideon sooner, maybe if he had realized that Gideon was already long gone before he pumped his last spell slot into him. How he regrets that Hootsie wasn’t spared. Maybe if he had told her to run sooner, faster, maybe, just maybe, she would’ve made it out alive. Maybe. Or, at the very least, he wouldn’t have had to hear her yelps right before he fell unconscious himself. He’s supposed to be her father, he’s supposed to protect her. But he didn’t. Couldn’t. Just like he couldn’t protect his friends.

I need Kremy to tell Gideon how it felt to watch his best friend, his husband, get ripped apart before his very eyes, and being unable to stop it. Unable to help in any way. How he couldn’t imagine ever living in a world without Gid. After all, what’s the point of living when your reason for waking up each day is long gone? Someone else could pay his debt, surely.

I want Gideon to lament about just how useless he feels. With the mixture of being unable to help Twig in episode 41, turning into a stupid useless dancing mushroom (where he was the slowest because he traded the rhythm in his step away, and his friends had to help push him along), losing some of his fire (sure, he gained it back, but for several hours he felt colder. Weaker.), and then being the first one down during the Jabberwock fight? He’s supposed to be the strong one, the fighter, yet time and time again his friends are the ones protecting him. Keeping him alive while he keeps throwing himself into danger. He could’ve killed the Jabberwock, surely. With the help of Torbek, sure, but it would’ve died! It just got the jump on him, is all.

I just…I need them to talk, when they get the chance to. They deserve that much. To reassure themselves and their friends that everything is okay. They’re alive, and they’re not going to just abandon each other. Not again. Even if they feel weak, or useless, or like they could be so much more if they were just better. They all know now what it feels like to lose their family, their best friend, the love of their life, their everything. And I don’t think they’ll ever let themselves or each other experience that again. Not for a very long time, at least.