#Defs roll with it

[cicero-the-assassin]

Looking at her slightly disappointed face, he can't help but wonder how long she's actually been 'on the job'. Were all those meetings by chance like he'd thought? Hardly anything happened by mere coincidence. Or was she really sought out because she'd been seen with him more than a few times?

He's frowning slightly now as he thinks it over. Those red eyes staring almost through her.

He supposed most people could be bought. Shame and dignity seemingly were becoming a bit more of abstract concepts in this day and age.

"I don't need you to track him. I can do that myself."

After all, he could just smell him on her after a meeting.

"You can just tell me who he is-"

And fuck off.

"And then quit following me."

Lucio would say he had nothing to hide, but his blood sport just couldn't be exposed. Nor did he have much interest in killing her at the moment. Even for food.

He knew this person paying her must be human. Otherwise he wouldn't be so stupid as to have a human girl follow him around. All vampires were great observers, and even better scent followers. Most vampires he knew would just come to him and negotiate with him. If not attack him for what they wanted.

No vampire would be so stupid as to play such a dull trick on him.

"Since money is your only motivator- we can discuss price. I'll pay you more than he is that's for sure. Especially for only just a name. Though- falling through on contracts doesn't look good on you, does it?"

She didn't like the way he talked to her. Unlike usual, he talked down to her, didn't seem to respect her or take her and her work seriously. But was that all that surprising when she was the one who was practically backstabbing him and stalking him for a job? Probably not, but Aya didn't see that right now.

Besides, she couldn't suppress a slight twinge that made itself felt in her chest when Lucio turned his back on her. So that was it then. They parted ways, because by accepting this job, Aya had ruined everything else between them.

No more meetings in nightclubs where they fooled around, danced and flirted. Getting closer.

Until he suddenly decided against it and turned to her again. With a really unusual question that she hadn't expected.

“What…? She blinked in surprise, forgetting her anger for a moment. “What do you have in mind? Tracking down the guy who hired me?”

Aya would have been willing to talk to him more in depth about the whole thing if only he'd let her, but now there was a whole other issue at hand.

[elizabeths-storytime]

Some thoughts about how Team 10 does their hair

[ryuzumisama]

The Pale Elf

[linolinoing]

🥰 or 😈

[fishm0ther]

More art for @midnight-mourning for the latest chapter

Of Confused Spirit

[yesloulou]

Drive to Survive Season 6, Episode 2

[eroticlamb]

rick savage of def leppard , unknown source

[mfdragon]

The Campaign

Just a fun little in-between moment cause I wanted to write some DnD stuff.

The way I see it, they’ve continued their old college campaign but Maddie updated it to include some 5e rules. The boys however kept their old character sheets, so they’re a little outdated but they hold sentimental value to them.

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(Weirdly enough, trying to come up with names and classes for them was real difficult, cause DnD for me is very personal and I put a ALOT of care to my own characters. So giving Vlad and Jack their own characters felt like I was overstepping? Maybe it’s cause in their own world Vlad and Jack might as well be DnD character lol)

[skippingthroughfields]

these days a lot of romance in books, TV, and film leave me a bit cold, which sucks as a lover of romance. there has to be something ~interesting there for me. I've been watching the day of the jackal and it's pretty entertaining so far. but the one thing I haven't quite been able to wrap my head around is jackal's love for his wife, nuria. the show clearly wants us to believe he truly loves her, even if he can't shed his assassin skin and lies like crazy to her. he spies on her. he dreams about her. he thinks about her constantly. even more so than the baby which I (and the show apparently) regularly forget exists.

the chemistry between eddie redmayne and ursula corbero isn't necessarily the issue even though it is middling. ursula certainly does the best with what she's got, which isn't much. but I always struggle when shows place us in an established marriage or relationship and tells the audience how much the two characters love each other, without really being convincing of why they go to the lengths they do because of this love. the jackal is a sociopath with a hundred different faces (though we spend quite a bit of time with him in his true face). he has no qualms whatsoever about killing innocent people to accomplish his objectives. that's established within 20 minutes of the very first episode. so what does it take for this murderer-for-hire to fall in love? why should we be so convinced of this cold-blooded killer's love for his wife? what is it about her that made him fall in love? and vice versa? the show doesn't even try to make us second guess this love. on some level, I'd be obsessed with a suave killer brought to his knees by a woman to the point where he starts a family with her. the deception, the two separate lives, the cat and mouse of it all. but everything about them is spectacularly bland.

throughout the series nuria is constantly questioning who she fell in love with. but who did she fall in love with? in episode 7 we get flashbacks of their first meeting, at a restaurant where jackal is a regular and where nuria works as a waitress. she's hot and vivacious and effortlessly charming. he's a mysterious loner who seems sweet. jackal takes a shine to her and later asks her on a date, to which she immediately says yes. and that's it. that's pretty much all of the flavorless context we have for their relationship. we're simply supposed to believe they fell in love with each other. she doesn't even make him work for the date. there's no push and pull there. she's not even a calculating golddigger or anything, just completely guileless. our favorite sociopath fell in love because she's just that charming? our charming waitress falls for this boring and rich-looking foreigner and that's it? and then we're told that she's completely trusting of him up until the ~turning point. ok. I don't believe the show is trying to pull wool over our eyes. they very much want us to believe there's love there. but there's just nothing convincing me of why these two characters love each other. this failmarriage is of no interest to me.

otoh, the connection jackal has with zina is compelling and sexy. this mysterious corporate shark archetype of a woman who dared to meet an assassin in person. who went to bat for this assassin even when her bosses were not convinced he was the man for their goals. who broke into this assassin's temporary lodgings and withstood his menacing energy. who wasn't afraid to yell and put pressure on this scary assassin. I'd be more obsessed if the actress was better at acting and there was actual chemistry between her and eddie. alas.

otooh, there is ALSO serious messy romantic potential with bianca. also a sociopathic liar. also a married woman (who we're also supposed to believe loves her husband. lol.) with a child. a woman who will do anything to catch jackal. a woman who has no qualms about using innocent people who get killed in the process (even if she does feel some degree of guilt about it). like the parallels are allll there. but she's black and we all know how that goes. in another series jackal would be intrigued and also as obsessed with this mi6 agent who somehow always finds him. sigh.

[cheaptaxidermy]

SUCKERS !!

featuring prompts from people on twt and my own doodles. would probably be better to post these individually but thats too much work

[midnighteclipze]

Did the cinnamon roll meme with the gang uwu

[doubletalkingmaeve]

If you’re a 50+ year old rockstar, ditch your partners and date me instead. I understand the signs of a stroke, I got us both.

[whaliiwatching]

HI i am neurotic over ur art . its so lovely and the style is everything 2 me <3. i love ur unmasked noir so much . he is so silly . hope ur having a great day :-D!!! ty for sharing ur funny spiders with the world

thank you!!! they are listening to anarchy in the uk

[heavymetal]

#truth

[b1adie]

OHHH FUCK YES

[f80vyxx-m3]