#Drafty

[brokenmusicboxwolfe]

Tinsel really gives a glittery visual to a drafty house! Very pretty…no wonder I’m cold.

[avkamfher]

I'm re-learning that my house is pretty drafty.

Unfortunate since it is uhh. . .cold.

[lunian]

i just think these 2 kisses are neat for no reason, yeah :)

[red-roka]

Captivated

[redwiccanrobin]

This hug wasn’t in the script. In the script, it was only written for Debbie and Lip to embrace Ian. Not Mickey. But, Noel just pulled Cameron in. Cameron just went with it and hugged him back.

This kiss wasn’t scripted. It was just meant to be a simple embrace. Cameron just made the decision to pull Noel closer and give a soft kiss to his head. And Noel just let it happen, didn’t react to it.

I love these moments. They’re tender, soft, loving. It also shows this level of trust and how comfortable Noel and Cameron were with each other. Sometimes they understood the characters better than the writers did. I think some of the reason that Gallavich works so much is that it’s Cameron and Noel. They’re great actors and they developed this chemistry that you could feel while watching. They put in care, they loved portraying these two and their love story. And that’s an amazing thing.

[sweet-bazzle-bean]

Ed listing "Orgasms" as one of the pros of living is of course hilarious, but him knee-jerk answering "Warmth" is going to haunt me to my grave.

[total-drama-brainrot]

nowen playing up the world's funniest bit post world tour (assuming the og cast stays on playa des losers whilst roti is being filmed) and just not telling anyone they're dating. abusing the "best friends" card to get away with increasingly more pda until someone cracks.

it starts off with owen carrying noah around on his shoulders like a neck pillow for a whole day. no one bats an eye; noah's lazy and owen's too altruistic for his own good, nothing strange about buddies carrying their friends.

and then the two of them just start randomly hugging whenever they want. people brush it off when owen's the one doing the hugging, until noah just walks up to his loving bf and clings to him like a koala unprompted. probably takes a nap like that too. but everyone politely refuses to address their mutual clinginess because it's whatever, right? nothing outlandish about friends hugging.

one day, during one of the casts' shared meals, someone notices that noah's missing and points it out. noah's head pops out from owen's shirt collar, revealing he's sat with (on) his chubby buddy underneath his shirt. eyebrows are raised, but it's overlooked.

later on, noah smacks his massive forehead on the corner of a door or something and owen rushes over to kiss it better, then peppers his whole face in kisses to "heal his boo-boos". people are starting to question how platonic their friendship is, but remember that owen's just kind of like that sometimes as a disaster bi and let it slide.

but after this incident the two of them get more comfortable playfully kissing each other in public and everyone is too awkward to outright ask if they're /srs or /j.

they start calling each other increasingly ridiculous pet names- escalating from things like "little buddy" and "big guy", to the classic "honey" "babe" and "dear", to outlandish stuff like "my little rotisserie chicken" and "my darling malewife whom i love dearly" and "panzerkampfwagen viii maus". no one knows what to make of this.

it isn't until heather gets fed up with everyone's hesitance to address the subject and corners the two for answers (she strikes me as the type of person to be super direct when asking for tea to be spilled) that the pair turn and nod sagely to each other. owen explains "we're married for tax benefits." noah laughs so hard he passes out.

[suffer-my-displeasure]

Story time with Snape in the astronomy tower

The cover for @snapecelebration’s 2023 calendar - How to get it

[ashenmind]

the girl? to girl to girl? pipeline

[k4vehrtz]

teacher ! reader who’s into tattoos n’ megumi who (without much thought) suggests that you stop by his old man’s shop thus leading you to meet tattoo artist ! toji for the first time because this man does NOT attend parent–teacher meetings let’s be honest

[slavonicrhapsody]

did the Volcano Manor existed before Rykard?

I think it’s quite possible! The existence of the Serpent-Hunter essentially tells us that there has already been a concentrated effort to hunt down the Great Serpent:

“Weapon that serves as both greatsword and spear. Thought to have been used to hunt an immortal great serpent in the distant past, it manifests a long blade of light when facing such a creature. When their master's heroic aspirations degenerated into mere greed, his men searched for a weapon with which they might halt their lord.”

We also know that Mt. Gelmir’s ancient serpent-worshipping civilization died out a long time ago…

“Curved sword fashioned in the image of an ancient serpent deity and tool of a forgotten religion practiced on Mt. Gelmir.”

…so we have to ask ourselves, what happened to them? They may very well have been purged by the Golden Order, who created a weapon specifically to destroy their serpent god. The Golden Order considers the serpent to be a traitor to the Erdtree, so it makes total sense that they would have carried out a purge against serpent-worshippers in such close proximity to the capital… and maybe erected a fortress around the volcano to ensure the serpent god never returned. The question is, was this hypothetical conflict the reason why serpents are considered traitors (and the Golden Order was simply doing what it does best — eradicating any civilization that might pose a threat to their own), or did the Golden Order already despise the serpent because of a different reason? (we might find out in the DLC… looking at you, Messmer)

Anyway, I can see this fortress over time becoming less focused on hunting the Great Serpent, as it doesn’t seem like it resurfaced for an extremely long time, and more focused on being used as a dungeon where criminals and heretics were sent to be imprisoned and interrogated. What better place to send prisoners than a long-abandoned castle on top of a volcano? Unfortunately for the Golden Order, the guy they made Praetor, though being very good at his job, also happened to really enjoy committing heresy himself.

Volcano Manor also has some architectural details I find interesting; they might not actually be intended to imply a timeline, but I feel like mentioning them nevertheless: Volcano Manor is a Gothic-style castle (at least the outside is; the inside is actually pretty Neo-Classical), but it’s always struck me as inspired by 19th-century Gothic-revival palaces more so than genuine Gothic fortresses from the Middle Ages... the scale of the Manor, with its many intricate spires and chimneys and massive walls covered in windows, reminds me more of the likes of Neuschwanstein Castle and Hohenzollern Castle, which were built by 19th century nobility as luxurious showpieces… you know what, maybe that’s why it’s called Volcano Manor rather than something like “Volcano Castle”!

This idea seems to go against the idea that Volcano Manor is extremely old, but at the same time, this is a video game, so historical architectural styles can’t technically be used to prove or disprove a theory. Also, castles can be rebuilt! The current Hohenzollern Castle was built right on top of the old castle after it fell into disrepair. Who’s to say Rykard didn’t take on an entire remodeling of an old castle to meet his own architectural tastes… it’s certainly in character. I’d also bet that he added that giant mechanical bridge that we raise up out of the lava:

Anyway, tl;dr I think it makes a ton of sense for the fortress to have already been there, but if it was, Rykard probably did some remodeling.

[silvr-skreen]

HE LIVES!

[sb-essebi]

WIP Tag Game

Thank you so much for tagging me @softest-punk !

Sooo I've tried not to talk about it because I'm famous for starting fics and never finishing and publishing them, but since the Sandman season 2 teaser I've been working hard on a nice dreamling throne sex PWP... I've got a lot written so hopefully I'll finish it soon-ish. Have a snippet!

(unsafe for tumblr. obviously.)

Dream’s words, spoken so heatedly, so earnestly, made Hob’s mouth go dry. Made him swallow hard when his gaze met Dream’s and he found his friend’s eyes black as night, twin stars burning hotly in place of pupils. So strange, so alien, and yet Hob could read them still, could see the eagerness and wanting and fire in them, the passion. He kissed Dream’s parted lips, hard and simple, arching into his touch, just happy to have found a match for his hunger in the single most important being in his life, arms wound tight around Dream’s neck and knees snugly bracketing Dream’s hips to keep him close, keep him there, keep him Hob’s. Dream kissed back with a fervour that might have frightened a smarter man, one hand on the back of Hob’s neck like an iron brand, every bit as possessive as Hob, and the other so playful on Hob’s cock, uncaring of Hob’s frustrated little sounds, of the needy jolts of his hips, obviously savouring those reactions along with Hob’s body, light clever fingers often just petting, just running along the length of him, toying with the foreskin, cupping his balls, blindly learning the shape of him.

I've been so distracted lately I've no idea who's been tagged already! Let's try @avelera @issylra @blueberrymffn and @wordsinhaled

I'd love to know what you guys are up to if you wanna play!

[boilsyouroil]

Eclipse, violently shaking; Solar help me I cannot see I am shaking too hard

Solar; *Sighs*

Solar; *Grabs Eclipse by the hood to lead him in the right direction*

Solar; It's probably because of the cold and the drink you just chugged, next time don't drink iced Red Bull in 30° weather

[redwiccanrobin]

Hearing that a gay man was in charge of the “who’s the man and who’s the woman in this relationship” argument between Ian and Mickey honestly makes the conflict even worse. It almost felt like it was made to virtue signal to straight audiences rather than provide a realistic look into the life of a gay married couple living on the South Side. And, on top of that, it just doesn’t make sense for them to be worrying about this kind of stuff.

I could see Mickey potentially trying to look at their relationship through a heteronormative lens due to his trauma. He had a father who didn’t just say off color remarks about gay people every now and again, but was full blown aggressive in his homophobia. He beat Mickey to a bloody pulp when he came out. He told Mickey that he would kill him if he married Ian. Then, on his wedding day, the man pulls up with guns ready to fulfill that promise. If it wasn’t for Ian’s siblings, Kev and V, and the kids Ian met through Trevor, there would not have been a wedding. So, I can see internalized homophobia trying to frame he and Ian’s relationship as one would do an m/f couple. But if we were going the route of in character reactions, Ian would probably tell him it’s a stupid thing to be concerned about.

And speaking of Ian… why the fuck would he care? This argument was brought up because Ian’s coworkers decided to ask him what his role is in his marriage. It obviously bothered him about it greatly as he brought it up to Mickey which commenced in them fighting over it. But, like I said, this doesn’t make sense. Ian has always been very comfortable with his attraction towards men. He’s always been very comfortable with being gay and wanting to be in a gay relationship. In terms of internalized homophobia? It never seemed like it was this big stressor in Ian’s life or thoughts. So why would he be trying to put his marriage in a box that he knows doesn’t fit?

[dist4ste]

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