#I DID IT YALL

[galacticjonah]

Official character art for CR has been on my dream work list for a long time and now it is real. Thanks for all the love already, I gave it my all ❤️

[askstormscall]

Upon safely reaching the island’s shore, the pair shed their forms to their true form. Feeling relieved, both Lugias stretched their wings, checking to see if everything was intact. While she missed the flowy dress, she would always prefer the radiance of her feathers above all else. 

Mo’o held their gifts carefully. “I will place them somewhere safe.” 

As she swam away, Mariko’s gaze lingered on her departing figure. “I have to thank Mo’o for taking us out tonight.”

“So do I,” Raiden replied. 

The words of the Magi, of the Goomy were pressed deep in her thoughts. Her brother seemed lost in his thoughts as well, his eyes elsewhere. “Brother, I want to be as perfect as you are but I don’t think I ever could,” she started slowly to gauge his reaction. 

Horrified, Raiden shook his head. “Why would you ever think that, Mariko?!”

“You’re strong! I want to be as strong as you are! I want to be as brave as you are! You have always protected me but why can I not do the same for you?!” 

“I never want you to be in the same position as I!” He shouted. “I want you to be safe. I want you to be free.”

“This.” She swept her wing over the shores, “This isn’t freedom, brother. I feel… stuck. I want to do more. I enjoyed it when we traveled from island to island and saw the world. I want to be like you when you chased away the dangers.” Her brother was relentless, a pillar that refused to be toppled over by violent storms. She too wanted to rise and be a pillar as her brother.

I hope you aren’t envious of me… 

“Not once was I envious of you, sister,” he said. He looked her straight in the eyes, unwavering. “How could I be? You were safe beneath her wings while I was forced to fend for myself.” A difficult time in the young Lugia’s life. He was only fortunate that his father had taught him the skills to do so. “Your safety was all that ever mattered to me. But I see what she has done to you. She made you feel as if you were inadequate. I failed my promise to our father. To keep you safe, even from her.” He hissed at the end, a twitch to his tail. “Brother…” She knew not to say. For all these years he had always acted as a protector between them. This evening was the first of many moons since she had seen him relax his guard. She didn’t know of this promise. She clenched her jaw. She still knew very little of the exchanges between her brother and father. She always knew they were close but she was kept a distance by the warding wing of her mother. “You needn’t concern yourself with the likes of them,” Mother’s words cooed in her ears. A sweet voice, a swiping brush of the tail to corral the young Lugia to the shore as she watched her brother and father play in the open waters. “We must practice on your lovely voice. I see you have a gift like no other like my mother’s! You need to develop it further.” A look of longing from the young Lugia. 

If only she were wiser back then to hear the beguiling notes in Mother’s voice. The venomous murmurs when it comes to her brother. She would only recoil and shy away from the idea of Mother ever thinking such a thing. Of course, she loved him. What kind of mother could not? But as she remembered, Mother always condescendingly spoke of her son. Was any of it remotely positive? It was always a sharp note of disdain that would cut deep. 

“Wasting his time with the Lapras again.” A sneer. “Why is he not harnessing his gift? Where is the discipline?” A covetous look towards her daughter. “I will not have him tarnishing her.” 

She lowered her head, “It was my fault…,” she croaked. “I should have seen it.” Tears trickled down her face. “You were always alone in this, weren’t you?”  Her heart broke at the thought of him enduring this alone. 

“Mariko, please,” Raiden said, voice pained. “You don’t need to cry for me. I did it because I wanted to.” His ever-fragile little sister. His gaze grew shuttered.

“Don’t tell me that!” She bumped her head against his, startling him. “Because who did?! Mother-” 

His expression grew dark. “She is no mother of mine. I don’t know how much you remember from back then but to call her that would give her more respect than she deserves.” 

—

A piercing look of disdain. With a large sweep of her tail, she whipped him aside and away from his dear sister. Keep away from her, unspoken words from a mother who rejected him when he wanted nothing more than to be accepted. Pleading sounds for a young Lugia to play and show the sparkling waters to his younger sibling. 

He was forced to retreat to the shallows, chasing the fish through the coral reefs; the only place he felt safe, at home. 

“Surely father was there for you.”

Raiden looked out towards the sea, his attention on the waves washing against the shore. “When he could, Mariko. Not always.” He understood Father’s responsibilities but it never made the ordeals any less painful to deal with. He struggled to understand. Why did Father allow this? 

Deep impressions in the Elder Lugia’s eyes, “You are young, my son. When you are older, I hope to take you and your sister away from here but you are still too small. You both are. It is not safe with my strength alone.”

With his might, it should have been enough. He closed his eyes. How wrong I was to think that, he thought. 

“...It’s been so long since I have seen him, Raiden,” Mariko spoke, quietly. “I sometimes wonder if he is still out there.” 

“Do not say that,” he snapped. He struggled to rein his tone, nudging his sister softly. “I’m sorry.”

“You didn’t mean it,” she whispered, doing the same. “At night, sometimes I hear you calling to him.” A forlorn sound, containing hope and prayers. There was a pause before she spoke again, “Will you consider what I said earlier? I want to see what this region has for us.”

“I will try.”  Already his gut went against him, wanting to ensure she stayed. But he could see what this meant. A cage and he was no warden. The door should always open for her. 

“Brother,” her voice cut through his thoughts. “Will you sing with me tonight? Mo’o wants me to perform the song but… I was hoping if you would add your voice to mine?”

A blink. “My voice has nothing to add to yours,” he said. It was a bitter pill he was forced to swallow at a young age. He lacked the healing ability that… Asami coveted. “It might hinder the song,” he whispered. 

She puffed out her cheeks. “Nonsense! What if I say you will ease the burden?” A look of concern from Raiden. He always knew the song of healing would take a bit from her. No matter how much she tried to shrug it off, she often basked in the sun to rejuvenate herself.

“If it will help you,” he was quick to say and she smiled so bright it almost chased the night away. 

A chorus pierced through the night. A symphony of broaching storms in harmony with a promise of the sun breaking through the horizon. A perfect melding that caused the waves to surge and the new life to break across the sand.

Thank you, brother...

You're welcome, Mariko...

Artist: https://x.com/sacrednanners?t=AxfenDib0nllgL9xrIymFw&s=09

[stupidrant]

they call me champion of the boopnar from boopunheim

[barkingandrotting]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Dead Poets Society (1989) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Steven Meeks/Gerard Pitts, Todd Anderson/Neil Perry Characters: Steven Meeks, Gerard Pitts, Charlie Dalton, Richard Cameron, Todd Anderson, Neil Perry (Dead Poets Society) Additional Tags: fluff to heal my sad heart, Fluff, Sexuality Crisis, Friends to Lovers, Mutual Pining Summary:

Just some fluff involving Meeks and Pitts before anything bad happens.

[schibi12]

Guess who just graduated?

[lucarihoe]

Safe to say to SWEAT tour is a steamy success! 🥵🔥

[genderlesssnake]

Pirate river mermaid Lyceum? River is very confused. Mermaids are ment to be dangerous. This one just keeps flirting

I spent way too long on this, but I also left this ask in my inbox for way too long so i guess it balances out.

And I got this one fairly recently, so apparently we love sirens

[fruityfroggy]

She’s HOOOOOMMMMEEEE

[sidesteppostinghours]

hello! pulp here, this is my fhr sideblog. i draw and occasionally write, but most importantly, i go on analysis rants that would make tumblr consider a word count limit. have fun scrolling through insanity 👍

List of my main tags under the cut:

General Tags:

FHR - (Almost) All things FHR Art - Others art that I like Writing - Others writing that I like

Character Tags (+associated ships) :

Sidestep Ortega - ChargeStep Chen - SteelStep Argent - ArgentStep Herald - FlyStep Dr Mortum - MortumStep

Main Sidestep Tags (+associated canon ships):

Caine Lynzal - The Retiree Comittee (Ortega/Caine/Chen) Cyrus Becker - Fire on a Summer's Day (Cyrus/Daniel) / Electrical Fires (Cyrus/Ortega) / Love, Heroics, and Other Failed Passions (Ortega/Cyrus/Daniel) Cecilia Rider - Run Rabbit (Cecilia/Argent) Cynthia Garcia - Past Grievances (Cynthia/Ortega) / The Fruits of Labor (Cynthia/Mortum)

My Stuff:

Pulp speaks - General talking tag and rants Pulp draws - My art Pulp writes - My writing

[gracetoldmeto]

Good ships are always made of the same two parties...

the one who smiles with their FACE

AND

the one that smiles with their EYES

[crucifycorii]

after a whole year

i finally..

convinced keith/ @k31t8 go continue contagious ink

[novelroyalty]

What- Me updating the fic before the end of the month? Impossible!

[mingus-archives]

Chapters: 2/? Fandom: The Sandman (TV 2022) Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Dream of the Endless | Morpheus/Hob Gadling, Dream of the Endless/Hob Gadling, Desire of the Endless/Unity Kincaid (background), Eleanor | Hob Gadling's Wife/Hob Gadling (past) Characters: Dream of the Endless | Morpheus, Hob Gadling, Desire of the Endless, Death of the Endless, Lucifer Morningstar (Vertigo Comics), Unity Kincaid, Lucien | Lucienne (The Sandman) Additional Tags: Okay guys get ready for this one, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - A Korean Odyssey, Basically mixing Sandman characters into A Korean Odyssey, I'm being silly with it, Dream is a deity that ends up in a contract with Hob, Hob is cursed, Hurt/Comfort, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Angst with a Happy Ending, Dream is Son O-Gong, Hob is Jin Sun-Mi, You don't need to have watched A Korean Odyssey to get this, but the references will be there if you have, none of the og characters from the kdrama though, Alternate Universe - K Drama, original Sandman plot points all fucked around for story purposes, Hob meets Dream while he's imprisoned Summary:

Hob Gadling is cursed, has been since birth. He sees demons and monsters and lives a life alone on the road. But when he fucks up a deal with the Devil King Lucifer herself, he ends up paying the price for it and somehow everything gets much worse.

Now he's forced to live a life of immortality and all supernatural creatures are attracted to his blood. Hundreds of years later, everything comes to a head when the reason he fucked up comes back to haunt him looking just as attractive as he did the first day they met.

[aswordfight]

⚠️ IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT ⚠️

[honnojis]

bunch of dandadan stuff i've drawn/pixeled lately! figured i'd compile it all in one post rather than posting all of them separate lmao

[eriochromatic]

you're not alone, look at my shadow I'm behind you like a ghost