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hopkinrx · 1 year ago
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Facial Degloving: Causes, Important Symptoms, Treatment, and Recovery
Facial Degloving: Causes, Important Symptoms, Treatment, and RecoveryIntroductionWhat is Facial Degloving?Causes and Risk FactorsSigns and SymptomsDiagnosis and AssessmentTreatment ApproachesMultidisciplinary ApproachRecovery and RehabilitationPotential ComplicationsLong-Term OutcomesPrevention StrategiesPatient StoriesAdvancements in TreatmentSupport SystemsExpert InsightsConclusionFacial…
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tangytangy · 2 months ago
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the seasons pyro fics have my entire SOUL in its grasp right now.. this is from summer/winter, and ive also attached my interpretation of this pyro’s facial scars/wounds! i headcanon/suspect that pyro received minimal medical attention until their first dispenser interaction, which could only heal the major infections festering, leaving their face heavily scarred.
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and im sure they have nondescript hand and body scars, but shhh i havent decided those placements yet ^_^
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oonaluna-art · 1 year ago
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Skinning the children for a war drum Putting food on the table selling bombs and guns It's quicker and easier to eat your young
A few months back, I made this piece as a cover art for my fan fic, Our New Hope. I was proud of the work, and then I was left with a bit of a conundrum. I wasn't sure if I should share the original piece. I decided to go with the censored one, as that seemed like the safer option.
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sufferu · 21 days ago
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hey bro I been catching up on your fanfics and tumbler ,
so your basically completing scratching out Subaru an emelia’s relationship?
why?
Is it because you want to help him get over his dependency?
but then the follow up question is
he genuinely loves her and he’s been waiting for her all this time and she wants to love him
are they ever going to have that relationship,
or are you set on the Julius and emelia path,
sorry for the randomness :)
God I haven’t even WRITTEN that twist yet and it’s already getting so much backlash. I’m so cooked.
I’m gonna say that I think I’ve actually already answered most of this in previous asks lol. You can check out my [julimilia] tag for previous posts of that nature, or the [back to zero if] tag for posts about the fic in general.
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emo-eyemakeup-evildude · 11 months ago
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also can we talk about the juxtaposition of season 2 Lucia perfectly healing after severe physical injuries vs season 3 Kirsi appearing far more injured than she did at first because boy howdy
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isamajor · 7 months ago
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June of Doom : Day 1 to 5
Yay, @juneofdoom is here ! Time to write more whump drabble with Skyrim Custom-voiced Followers ! ♥
1 . “Help me.” 
A squad of Thalmor was after them and they had separated to better outrun them. Gore had headed towards Peak Shade's Tower, hoping to camouflage himself in the dense vegetation. A trap was also hidden here and it was only when his foot landed on it, that he realized too late what was happening to him. Then the intense pain of the jaw closing on his calf. He fell and curled into fetal position, biting the ground so as not to scream and be spotted by his pursuers.
Shortly after, footsteps approached him. It wasn't a Thalmor. Gore whispered “Help me.” (102)
2 . “It didn’t have to be this way.” 
It had been stronger than him. Set foot again at the embassy, without consulting the Dragonborn infiltrating there, nor his other companions who were waiting in the rocks not far from the building.
Although Taliesin knew every nook and cranny, he was still flushed out by his former colleague, the chief torturer, Rulindil. When the Dragonborn saw them talking, they have the vehement feeling of having been utterly double-crossed and betrayed. They confronted the two Thalmors.
“It didn’t have to be this way.” , pleaded Taliesin. He was trembling, torn between affection for his old and new comrades. (99)
3 . “Well, well, well…”  
Having hidden his camp between the lake and forest, Kaidan sat by his campfire, oblivious to the danger that awaited him. The sound of a spell startled him, and before he could react, a powerful paralysis spell struck him, causing him to fall motionless. As Kaidan struggled against the invisible force that held him captive, a voice echoed through the trees, cold and mocking.
"Well, well, well... We finally got you.", taunted the Thalmor wizard leading the ambush. Trapped, Kaidan's heart was beating with anger at being ambushed by the Thalmor, who must have been tracking him for a long time. (102)
4 . “Does that hurt?”     
Lucien's breath caught as his foot pressed on the pressure plate. He barely had time to react when iron spikes burst from the ground, impaling his leg. A strangled yelp escaped his lips as he collapsed.Inigo rushed to his side, eyes wide with worry.
"Does it hurt, my friend? How much?"
Lucien panted, trying to control his breathing and tears, unable to answer. Inigo's expression hardened and he began to examine the injured leg.
“Our friend must have some healing potions in their bag.”
Lucien nodded weakly, hiccupping, squeezing Inigo's hand as he tried to focus on something other than the pain. (105)
5 . “It’s not as bad as it looks.”    
Remiel winced as Xelzaz gently cleaned the wound on her face. The bite from the skeever had started to swell, turning an angry red and oozing pus. She felt tears prick at her eyes, not just from the pain but from the fear of disfiguration.
“It’s not as bad as it looks.”, Xelzaz said softly. He applied a poultice to the bite, the coolness providing some relief.
“The swelling will go down soon. This poultice will draw out the infection.”
Remiel sniffed, trying to muster a smile. “You’re sure?”
Xelzaz nodded firmly. “I promise. Just rest and let me take care of you.” (100)
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chopper-base · 1 year ago
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Plan 99
Day 7 of @tbb-appreciation-week
I will be posting the days I missed. I just need to get my shit together.
MAJOR SEASON 2 FINALE SPOILERS
Summary: Tech finds himself alive but in the empires hands. Extremely injured and alone, he can only hope his brothers managed to escape as he fights to escape with the help of a brother long lost.
Prompts: Fix-it, nightmare
Warnings: A lot of blood, body disfiguration, nightmare, graphic character death in nightmare, non-consensual body modification, trauma, major injury
(Pls let me know if there are other tags I need to add!!!)
Chpt1 | Chpt2
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Chapter 1
"Plan 99."
Tech had calculated every possible outcome to his current situation, and in every one, his team, his brothers plummeted to their death. He knew there wasn't a scenario that he made it back up to the rail car. He knew one way or another, he was going to fall. He made his decision without a second thought; he wasn't going to let his family fall with him. The fear in Wrecker and Omega's voices was prominent, weighing heavily on him.
"Don'tchu do it, Tech,"
Tech knew under Wrecker's helmet, he was watching him, his eyes pleading. He knew the realization was setting in on his brother as Tech raised his blaster, "When have we ever followed orders?"
Everything seemed to slow as he pulled the trigger, the blast hitting its mark, severing the connection between the railcars. The line kept him tethered to the plummeting car, Tech now free falling, his eyes glued to his brother's armored form growing smaller and smaller as he disappeared into the fog below. Wrecker's devastated scream burned into his mind as the wind whistled past him, the reality of his situation finally fully hitting him. He reached up, turning off his com, not wanting to hear Omega's desperate cries.
Tech always knew death followed the batch everywhere they went. Always sitting in wait, ready to take them and yet, they always found a way back. They always found each other again and they never let the fear of death stop them from completing what they started. But as the ground below grew ever closer, Tech found himself fighting the fate he had accepted merely seconds ago.
The rail car above him was just waiting for the solid ground, waiting to crush the pilot under tons of metal and machinery. Tech reached down, disconnecting his line, trying to position himself away from the car. It was then that Tech finally looked towards the ground, the fog clearing enough for him to see the dense forest below him. Through the mess of branches, he noticed a river, flowing heavily between the thick canopy. He managed to change his trajectory enough to put the river below him but between him and the water was still a whole lot of tree.
He didn't have time to think of how to slow himself down before he hit the first branch, snapping harshly against his thigh. There wasn't time to regret not having armor on his thighs before he was hit by another branch crashing into his side. He never felt the third as his consciousness was ripped from him, leaving his limp body to crash through branch after branch.
Tech awoke seconds later to a burning in his throat, a freezing blanket seemingly wrapped tightly around him. He realized in fear that the burning was water, forcing its way down his throat, filling his aching lungs. The rushing river around him made it almost impossible to tell which was up. He began to kick, swim as hard as he could, hoping to reach the surface. Excruciating pain shot down his right leg the moment he tried to move it. Biting the inside of his cheek to keep from inhaling more water, he continued to kick through the pain. His hand broke the surface first, his head quickly following. He coughed, trying to force the water from his lungs and trying his best to keep more out as the rapids pushed his head below the waves once more. He fought to get his head above the water once more, spotting the edge of the river over the white water rapids that continued to beat down on his already aching body.
His foot brushed against what he assumed was the river bed, trying to use it to push himself towards the shore. The river's rapids began to calm, making it easier for the pilot to swim closer to the edge. He finally began to feel the solid dirt of the river bed as he half crawled half dragged his way out of the river, collapsing in a heap of drenched armor.
He pried his broken helmet off his head, unable to stop the agonizing scream at the burning in his eyes and the sharp pain shooting down his arms. His limited vision was swimming, white spots dancing across what he could see. He started to notice the lack of vision on his right side and it wasn't long before he realized he couldn't see anything out of that eye. He slowly reached up, his finger brushing over his goggles. He let out a pained hiss as his finger met the broken lense, finally realizing his problem. The lenses had shattered and had pierced into his eye.
He pulled the goggle strap over his head, carefully pulling the broken goggles away from his face. He let his arm fall, dropping the goggles falling beside him, trying to breathe through the burn in his chest.
"Well isn't this interesting," a voice called, bringing Tech to turn his head lightly to where it had come from. "Here I thought we were coming to collect a body. This is quite the surprise.”
The next few hours became an unintelligible blur as what Tech assumed to be TK troopers moved him from the river bank onto a transport. His chest burned with every shaky breath he stole of the ship's recycled air. He wasn't sure when it happened but eventually, a mask was placed over his face, breathing becoming ever so slightly easier. Every shaky breath left a painful rattle in his chest, his own wheezing echoing in his mind. There wasn't a single word spoken around him that made sense in his head. The voices sounded as if they were underwater, the slight rocking of the ship causing more nausea to set in. He couldn't bring himself to open his eyes, every movement causing blinding white pain to stab through his eyes. He opted to focus on his breathing, trying to steady the painful intake of oxygen to his burning lungs. He had long forgotten about the pain in his limbs, all his focus on trying to stay awake; to stay alive.
The noise around faded to almost nothing. The hum of the engine vibrating through the ship was the only thing that kept Tech from slipping into the darkness that called to him. Tech didn't know how long he lay there, unable to feel anything but the stinging in his lungs and the cool air that he forced in. Tech couldn't even flinch when a hand landed on his shoulder ever so briefly, his body refusing to respond to any command. The engine must have been shut off at that soothing vibration Tech had been holding onto so tightly vanished. The stretcher he was on began to move, and Tech wished so badly to know where. The air around him became colder, leaving the pilot to hold on to that chilly sensation as he fought to keep that sliver of consciousness. He wasn't sure if he was truly conscious. He couldn't hear a single thing, his eyes refused to open, his burning lungs were the only thing he knew to be true. That question was quickly answered as several hands appeared over his body, moving him. The stretcher beneath him disappeared only to be replaced with a hard surface. Something touched his neck, something he couldn't place. He felt as his last remaining sliver of consciousness began to be torn away from him. As much as he tried to fight it, the darkness enveloped him, swallowing him whole.
"Don'tchu do it, Tech."
Wrecker? Tech looking around him, greeted only by darkness.
"TECH!"
Omega? Her screamed echoed in his head. He turned again, searching for his sister but all he was met with was her terrified screams. He called out to her, his own voice all too loud. He turned one last time to be met with a sight that left him biting back the bike in his throat. Omega's small body lay before him, blood pooling beneath her, staining her blonde hair a dreadful shade of red. He ran towards her, only to realize he wasn't moving. No matter how fast he forced his legs to go, she never got closer. Her eyes were locked on his, terror written on her young features. He couldn't do a thing as he watched that bright light leave her eyes. He watched her body fade away as her name escape his lips in the form of a broken scream.
"Tech."
Another voice echoed around him. He whipped around only to be met with a pair of broken eyes. Crosshair stared at him, unmoving. Blood was streaked across his black imperial armor. A shattered helmet lay discarded at his face.
"I thought we never left our own behind?" Crosshair's voice cracked, broken as he stared at his younger brother. "...why? Why did I get left behind?"
Tech's voice caught in his throat, any hope of an explanation was left to the wind.
Crosshair stared at him, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, leaving it to dribble off his chin. "You abandoned me."
Tech couldn't even bring himself to cry, watching as his brother broke before him. Those once sharp eyes now held nothing but pain. He too began to fade, leaving Tech to reach out for him, his mouth open in a silent scream that never came.
The ground beneath him seemed to fade, leaving Tech to plummet down. A painted sky of red formed above him as he fell. Clouds of a sickly gray dotted the bloody sky, staring down at him as he fell. His back hit something solid, leaving him trying to scramble back to his feet. He froze as he noticed the scene that surrounded him. His squad, his brothers lay scattered around him. Their bodies bloodied, disfigured in all the worst ways. Their glazed eyes were all pointed at him, driving daggers into his soul.
He fell back to his knees, blood soaking through his blacks, staining his white armor red. His eyes fell on the small body between his brothers. Omega's limbs were bent in directions they should have never been able to, blood flowing freely out of her mouth. Her eyes. Those young innocent eyes stared right back at him. Her mouth was open in a terrified scream that never came. The scene around him began to vanish, leaving Tech to stare at where his Vod'ika once lay. He opened his mouth, a broken screaming echoing around him. He screamed until he couldn't, leaving him to curl in on himself, sobs wracking his body.
Why couldn't he have saved them? Why wasn't he able to save his family?!
Tech's eyes flew open only to be squeezed shut immediately at the pain that flared through his entire body. He wasn't sure how much time had passed, only that he felt too much all too quickly. His entire body seemed to spasm as pain ripple through his chest leaving him wanting to scream only to choke. Something had been shoved down his throat, forcing him to breathe. Tech was able to force his eyes open again just enough to see light. He was floating. Something was suspending him from above and it was then Tech recognized the cool liquid that was surrounding him. He forced his eyes open a little farther, recognizing the transparisteel of a bacta tank surrounding him. He stared at the blurry room before him, unable to place how he ended up here. His vision was limited, leaving Tech to focus on the confusion of his whereabouts. His vision on his right side seemed… wrong. Colors seemed to register differently on his right side which led to more confusion. He attempted to move his hand towards his face only to be met with pain rippling up his body in excruciating waves. His entire body felt as if liquid fire had been pumped through his veins. He choked around the tube in his throat, wanting nothing more in that moment than to be able to scream. His chin fell against his chest, his eyes screwed shut. He fell limp, letting that karking tube push and pull air from his burning lungs. He pried his eyes back only to wish he didn't. He had been stripped of his blacks, leaving him feeling exposed. But what had him forcing back the bile in his throat was his leg. His right leg was gone, leaving a metal prosthetic in its place. The skin around the prosthetic was red and swollen, the tortured nerve endings leaving him to stare in what could only be described as horror. He forced his gaze away, trying to assess the rest of his body. His entire body was littered with scars, some he recognized from previous missions, and some that clearly were still healing. The pain slowly subsided as did what consciousness he had. He only caught a glimpse of a person entering the room before he found himself fully enveloped in the darkness.
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duskydrawings · 2 years ago
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Doing concepts of my armored zombie lady!!! She needs a bandaid
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felsjustart · 1 year ago
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Lighting Practice- TW; Disfiguring Scars & Nudity
Parsley has been through quite a lot in our campaign at this point:
An undead took her eye in some of our first sessions, a vampire crushed her still-beating heart, an Ulitharid cracked open her skull and ate her brain, Graz'zt took her down with his acid soaked phantasmal sword & she ultimately had her soul trapped in a soul jar by the first season's BBEG. She's been lucky enough to always have Alojzia, her Auntie Alice and Corellon themselves to help her heal, recover and undo the accumulated physical damage, but I've always wondered what Parsley would look like if all that damage wasn't healed- if she had to bear all the scars of everything she's been through. The filename for this piece is simply "Damage" and was a great experiment in different scaring types on dark skin & extreme/harsh lighting.
I did this back around Halloween and made a gif of the soul jar flickering. TW; flashing gif below the cut!
TW: FLASHING/FLICKERING GIF
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stories-of-the-multiverse · 10 months ago
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((Starter fore @remnantsouls ))
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Charlie winced when of course, she felt no pulse from the body she was checking. Poor guy bled out before she could get to them...
She sighed as she stood, holding onto herself.
Alright, don't give up now, Charlie. The moment you do, whatever survivor there is is done for for sure!
She jogged forward, eyes briefly scanning the bodies as she passed.
There has to be someone, someone she could help. Someone she could give at least another year!
Someone that-!
She stopped dead in her tracks when she saw an inky black trail among the crimson. And she felt her blood go ice cold.
An unfortunate truth was, an average of ten percent of victims of these genocides were Hellborn. Those that could not afford to live in the other Rings, or even in Hellborn only settlements like Imp City. Either the Exorcists couldn't tell the difference, or didn't care. Perhaps a mixture of both.
Demons are demons, after all...
And it looks like she might find another example of this statistic...
Uneasily, she followed the trail into the alley...
"... Oh my god...!"
Another fun bit about the Exterminations? Most Exorcists were notorious for playing with their food. Not just in chasing their targets, but finding increasingly cruel ways to end their lives.
And taking literally an arm and a leg from them...?!
Charlie rushed to the incubus's side, hurriedly checking his pulse.
Still alive...!
"Ca-Can you hear me?! I- H-Hold on-!"
She took out the kit she was carrying, bandages and guaze being snatched up as she hoped the empathic link with her goat bois would bring them here.
She started with the shoulder, putting the gauze over the bloody socket and hurriedly winding the bandage over it while being careful maneuvering his remaining arm out of the way.
If it weren't for the threat of the blood loss, she would have cleaned the wound first. Infections were a bitch down here. But right now she had to do something about the bleeding.
She hoped her hands were steadier than she felt...
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whataboutfractions · 2 years ago
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honestly i’m kind of pissed with myself that the one piece of writing i have addressing the physical, practical grotesqueness in mighty’s method of death is some isekai shit that makes net zero sense out of its original highly specific context
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seaofserene · 2 years ago
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Sits there with her arm twisted in a very obviously unnatural way. “ What ? What are you staring at ? ”
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petpetisy · 3 months ago
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Can You Sue Someone for Their Dog Attacking Your Dog in 2024? Answer is really Shocking!
As a pet owner, seeing your furry friend attacked by another dog is heartbreaking. But, you might be able to take legal action against the dog’s owner. Dog bite laws and liability can be tricky, but knowing your rights is key to keeping your pet safe and protecting your family. Table of ContentsKey TakeawaysDifferences Between Human and Pet InjuriesStrict Liability vs. Negligence…
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Guess who’s thinking about this again!
Also I reached the tag limit so just know there’s very gore ish stuff in there
Huh? Oh yeah yeah I'm fine I'm just thinking about the Sad Man's Parade appearing behind the Erasure group and throwing them into the concrete, constantly making more doubles and growing in mass, meaning that as they were falling on top of Eraserhead and Monoma, the ever-growing weight of doubles on top of them made them hit the ground even harder and definitely should've been enough to kill them but it didn't because the writers decide if they live or die and that's their only saving grace
#it’s just so insane to me#they should be DEAD. reasonably that should have KILLED them.#part of me really wishes we got to see their injuries. they don’t look that badly injured in the anime but we can make them WORSE#You have no idea the things I am thinking#the twice clones wanted to stop them because they are heroes but also because they were getting in the way of shigaraki#okay I’m about to talk gore so be careful#just just just the twice clones absolutely FUCKING TTHR#UP#monoma and manual getting brought down and Manuel’s got a bashed in forehead and a broken arm#nasty break it was absolutely on purpose. gotta break the heroes in any way they can right?#monoma has a severe depressed skull fracture#bloody sight and fukidashi and Kaminari are having to witness and deal with it#you know what? might fuck him up a bit more- crushed ribs#no mercy for these guys#they are actively bleeding out and dying and there’s no proper medical treatment for them bc no one expected this AT ALL#there’s no way to save them and the students just have to try their best to help the#them*#they are going to die. there is no denying that. these two are going to die in their arms and the best thing they can do is slow the process#fight back the tears and help as you feel their pulses slow. be a hero and extend their lives even if it’s ten measly minutes#you wanted to be a hero? now you know what it’s like. now you get to experience what it’s#like to fail as one and have someone die in front of you#you can try to help but the suffocating tie you’ll be wearing to their funeral is distracting you#as you comfort their limp bodies with your arm you question what color flowers you should give them. anything but red should be fine. you’ve#seen enough of that color#what will you say to their coffin lid? no one can stand to have it open because they’re too disfigured to look at#say your last goodbye while they can still hear you because they will not live to see the stars at midnight#woah guys#went kinda crazy there sorry#tw gore description#gore description
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snowande · 1 month ago
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Horny thoughts
(Male x female)
Side quest 1
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Imagine you got isekai to a fantasy world, and the people's there have magic and power.
Imagine that you got a healing power, but the way your healing powers is odd, the person that you heal have to drink your saliva, sweat, tears, blood or any kind of liquid that came out of you, that includes your essence.
Imagine that your essence can regrow a human limbs back if they drinks it.
So when the people's in your village's brings a wounded hero.
They ask you for your help, because the hero have been saving their village for 6 years now, so they want to return his favor.
Of course you said yes, you thought the hero just have a minor injuries or not that bad conditions.
Oh you were wrong, Dead wrong.
The hero have both of his arms cut off, he got it when he trys to stop his mortal enemy. He said to the hero that he cannot weild his sword anymore and won't bother his destruction.
Surprisingly he is still alive, even after the blood loss.
You know your salivas won't work, so you tried with your sweat, tears and blood. It didn't work, so you think what else is liquid that the hero can drink.
Ah the only liquid that you didn't try is your essence. You didn't know will it work, you never try it but how do you tell him that he have to drink your essences.
The hero shockingly said yes, to drinking your essence.
So you mounted his face with your pussy and let his tongue drinks that liquids, making you moan a little but you stay professional.
Then you look at his disfigured arms, it grows back really fast then your other fluids.
When you about to get off his face, out of the blue. He grabs your thighs and brings that pussy to his mouth again.
He licking and sucking the the essences out. Even pushing his tongue inside, making you shaking and try to hit his hands to let you go. Because your job was done, yet he won't let go.
Then his right hand begins to touch you expertly, knowing just how to press, stroke, and rub to make you gasp and writhe with pleasure, holding you upright as he manipulates your body like a master puppeteers.
As you climax, your pussy spasming and gushing with juices, he open his mouth to catch every drops. He continues to stimulate you until you're squirting continuously, finally he let's you go.
You drop to the floor, legs shaking and wet. The hero looks down and grin.
The hero was amazement at his both arms regrow and his past injuries vanishes, replaced by taut, unblemished skin.
Then the hero put his clothes and armor back on and pat your hair and he said he will come back to you when he's hurt.
And finally he leave your tent, leaving you behind in the tent a mess.
You hope he won't come back.
oh he will come back to you, but he will bring you with him, whether you like it or not :)
This was supposed to be a really short post, but i made it longer for some reason.
I write this when feeling lil horny lol
Hope you enjoy my first post♡
The picture is from Pinterest [Misaki ! ¡]
Tags @nymphea0
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prince-geo · 1 year ago
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literally pleased with almost all of the new atla trailer except as per usual, Zuko's scar, idk why studios are so scared to commit to the intensity of the thing, its supposed to be shocking and obvious and textured and the first thing you see... that's the point, Zuko is supposed to struggle with feeling like it defines and brands him before finally coming to the point in his journey where he defines it.
Hollywood/big studios are known to hesitate or straight up avoid properly and honestly and unapologetically showing people with disfigurements/disabilities/facial differences etc. with the realism they deserve. Which is a shame in general for representation and humanization but ESPECIALLY in this case as its minimization actively harms it's narrative purpose as well
I promise making the scar more intense (shrivel up the ear a bit, make it intrude in his hairline, make his eye in a permanent squint due to nerve damage, for god sake REMOVE THE EYEBROW IT WAS BURNED OFF) will not make Zuko "ugly", (the actor is incapable of looking ugly and also the implication that scars make people too unappealing? yikes) but will actually do the character and his journey justice, not to mention really show Ozai's brutality, another essential narrative tool. Especially when he's bald like hello??? It should be even more stark and intense when he doesn't have hair to distract from it and cover his ear!!!
When transitioning from 2D to live action, of course some visuals are up for interpretation but that usually involved ADDING detail because the constraints of having to stay on modeling frame to frame is gone, not minimizing, removing or airbrushing. Doing Zuko's scar right to me is absolutely essential and I'm disappointed they seem just as as scared to go there as I thought they might. It doesn't have to be gory, if you've ever seen burn victims in real life or in pictures or even cosplayers/artists who are skilled in realistic burn makeup you'd know its possible to balance realism with humanity. It's possible especially with their resources to avoid the "scary Halloween makeup" route while not holding back on the brutality of the original injury.
Budget is definitely not an issue, or "scaring the kids" considering this remake is likely aiming to go a lil darker in tone than the cartoon (which was already super dark with its target audience of nickelodeon 7 year olds so no excuses) Audiences SHOULD be unsettled and upset when they see him but not because he's hard/disturbing to look at but because we are human and do not want to imagine someone doing that to a child.
It's a deliberate choice out of the all too common fear/hesitation to allow someone who is destined to eventually become a protagonist and is meant to be sympathized with to be "too ugly" while this hesitation is very rarely applied to straight up villains (again we come back to media's historic villainization of facial deformity). It's a trend that's always ticked me off in fanart too. The boy's face was melted, for gods sake. Zuko was always portrayed as an attractive boy in the cartoon (fire nation girls fawn over him) even with the intensity of his scar which is something I've always admired! People exist with scars similar to Zuko's in real life, and should not only be permitted to be represented as good guys and/or as attractive when their scars are toned down to be "palatable"
Like I said there's more that I loved than didn't love about the trailer, that can be a whole essay on it's own but I needed to get this very specific vent off my chest because it missed the mark so hard and stands out like a sore thumb in comparison to all the other visuals that hit the nail on the head to me
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