#I love that chapter btw

[nicholas-wolfwood]

Straight to Video for Midvalley once again!

Send me ‘Straight to Video’ for your muse to find and watch a tape containing one of my muse’s memories.

Tape Begins

The camera's tilted at an odd angle, but the destruction of the shoddy buildings was clear, as well as the wall of rubble separating the priest from anyone else. He called to the others, but suddenly froze, looking up in alarm.

Standing on a grate above him, Midvalley took a breath, unleashing a sonic wave the likes of which few had ever seen. Windows shattered, the ground almost seemed to shake, but the worst hit was the target.

Chapel.

Wolfwood hadn't even been able to scream, choking on a mouthful of blood as his eyes rolled into the back of his head and he collapsed. Motionless.

"Rest in peace, Chapel." Midvalley muttered, glaring down at the figure below. "Sorry. Didn't mean to kill you so quickly." There was a part of him that felt despair, seeing the motionless figure down below, but it was overtaken by anger, and determination.

He quickly left the area, trying to silence that lingering sense of pain and guilt. It's what a traitor deserves. It's what CHAPEL deserves. He made his bed, now he can go die in it.

He didn't get far however, when the distinct noise of a launcher reaches his ears, the Hornfreak turning around in shock when he saw the rpg blast into the sky. He was still alive?! HOW?! He could hear Chapel stumbling down below. He wouldn't have the element of surprise if he attacked again... He retreated.

It had been hard, seeing Chapel again. Knowing what he had to do. They'd agreed early on that having to kill each other was a possibility, but like this... Even just SEEING him with that monster made disgust curl in his gut (or was it something else?), and he certainly had mixed feelings on the damn cockroach having survived his attack. The guy was a real pain in the ass.

He must have gotten far enough now; the Hornfreak slowed to a walk. He had to find Gauntlet.

A movement behind him had Midvalley whirling around, the gun hidden in Sylvia activating just in time to hear the click of a familiar pistol against his head. Damn.

Despite the business of a gun in his face, Chapel's grin never faded, and the familiarity sent anger boiling in the Hornfreak's gut again, but he didn't move. He could see Chapel's eyes unfocused- he HAD gone blind- but his aim never wavered. Despite the apparent standoff, it was easy to see who had cornered who.

"Gotcha, Player."

Tape Ends

[tadfools]

You guys are commenting on the fics you read right? You’re at least leaving kudos on the Astarion smut and the pairs that have less than 20 fics for them too? You’re bookmarking stories you really like that are still being updated and ones that haven’t been touched in over a year right?

You know that even the smallest interactions are like cocaine to fic writers right? You understand how important a string of emoji hearts left behind on a chapter at three am is right?? Right????

You’re treating AO3 like a community and not a content factory….right?

[spikeplate]

old ldr doodles under the cut 🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶 plus some stuff i COMPLETELY forgot to post from a magma w @cacaocheri )

(Love, Death, and Rollerskates by @spadillelicious )

[artepti]

Fanart for @purble-turble 's DKR/TIme Travel AU! Read it here or look at their art for this AU here!

I always pictured Wukong looking downright terrifying when he found out his successor had been kidnapped, so I wanted to try my hand at illustrating it. :]

[kulai]

DAY 24: First Date

check this out on twt ! based on ch16 of "between the shadow and the soul" on ao3. ANOTHERR heavy recommendation!

[branwinged]

"dragons plant no trees" gets thrown around a lot as fact, but i think the veracity of that claim is still up for debate in the books. because dany (like bran and jon and many others) is a narrative symbol of hope and rebirth within the series because of her connection to dragons and fire, not in spite of it. this is because dragons in asoiaf have a much more expansive narrative function than simply 'nuke metaphor'. the 'exclusively weapons of war' image they have acquired breaks down immediately if you recall that the first thing dany does with them is begin dismantling an unjust status quo. she rallies the unsullied at the gates of astapor with cries of dracarys! dracarys! freedom! <- dragons as a symbol of hope and freedom for the persecuted. and obviously they've been built up as an oppositional force against the others. we're told when the last dragon died summers became shorter. in that respect the dragons, or more specifically, fire which is warmth which is passion—very much embodies life against the numbing, deadening threat of eternal winter that the others represent. but fire also consumes, which simultaneously makes dragons agents of destruction, or as adwd shows: the monsters who eat little girls and leave behind their bones. but when dany found herself chained to a false peace which effectively undid her cause in meereen, it was the dragon that rescued her and reignited her fire to fight back—which is to say that dragons represent a wealth of contradictions within the text and this is likely something grrm means to parallel with the others to some extent, by questioning their apparent narrative role as the one true evil. because i doubt the series is gearing up towards a spectacle-esque battle wherein our heroes get to practice righteous, easy violence on a monolithic army of monsters. that feels like it would undo a lot of asoiaf's preoccupation with investigating violence against socially acceptable targets, even if said target is ice sidhe. and this binary between a one true good and a one true evil, i.e. melisandre's philosophy ("if half an onion is black with rot, it is a rotten onion. a man is good or he is evil.") is not something the story takes as given.

instead there's this exchange between bran, jojen, and meera in asos: "but you just said you hated them." / "why can't it be both?" / because they're different. like night and day, or ice and fire." / "if ice can burn. then love and hate can mate."—and i think it's talking about reconciling two conflicting ideas. because the dream of an eternal summer is just as unsustainable as the threat of eternal winter. i think the battle for dawn is more about questions of seasonal harmony. the first line from agot's summary says, "long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons out of balance", so it's not totally out of question for the series to end with that seasonal balance restored once more. and that question of balance and how it can be achieved then works as a metaphor for a bunch of other things. because asoiaf at its core is very interested in exploring big contradictions, like love and duty? how do you keep all your oaths without betraying someone you love? how can one hope for a just, rightful ruler in a world where the systems in place can never allow such a thing? how do dragons plant trees?

you cannot frame dany's arc as a binary choice between planting trees or embracing (dragon)fire. because the fire is hers, it is a part of her, that's who she is. and her character has always existed outside of rigid dichotomies. at the end of agot she had two options, resign herself to a life of seclusion as a widow or die with the last of her family in that pyre, instead she performed a miracle. presently, i think grrm means to explore necessary, revolutionary violence with her arc because you cannot deal with institutional slavery by simply negotiating with slavers like she does in adwd. and the consequences thereof because she's also been set up to be more reckless with dragonfire in the future. but i think there will be an eventual reconciliation there, between her dreams "to plant trees and watch them grow." and her role as the mother of dragons, as a revolutionary figure. because if ice can burn, then maybe dragons can plant trees. they'll learn how to.

[bamsara]

Hey

is solar lunacy discontinued?

Nah I just stopped sharing the chapters publicly because people were being weirdly hostile about my update schedule, so rn the only people who's seen the updates is myself plus one other person. I'll prob continue to wait to share the writing tbh until I feel like its chilled out more

[flowergirlmiwa]

[elizabethzoopzoop986]

I hate this fucking manga how am I supposed to have a life and write essays about shit when I sit down start to think and all that comes to mind is some gay little toilet freaks istg it’s a hard knock life

[coffehbeans]

So you're telling me there was a manga that had all my favorite g/t tropes and I didn't know about it???

Even the megalophobia trope I'M-

[seagreenstardust]

“When toxic behavior is portrayed as romantic, it’s problematic. When problematic behavior is portrayed as a character flaw for a character to work through, it’s good storytelling.”

Katsuki Bakugou, my friends.

His behavior was problematic but never once portrayed as romantic at the same time. Katsuki said and did awful abusive things, and he also chose to be better when he was given the chance. If you’re still hung up on chapter 1 Katsuki now then I don’t think you’ve been reading the same story I have.

I can’t speak for everyone, but I’m not shipping Izuku with an irredeemable abuser. I’m shipping him with his most important person. His narrative foil. His childhood friend who made awful mistakes and then made it right when he saw he was wrong. The person Izuku looks up to and strives to emulate, despite their past struggles.

Bakudeku is so good because of how flawed these boys are, and how hard they’ve worked to get over it, and how much they matter to each other after it all

[spammiamm]

Hhhhhgghh

Redrew this one cg of them cause I really like both of them okay

I ALSO really like ishimondo if you didn’t notice…

[mars-ipan]

say "ahh"

bonus version under the cut bc i couldn't decide if the neon was too much

[romanaxe]

Old man gossip

[myokk]

Eloise🥹💓

[clockworkreapers]

And then we found you. The child with the broken brain. The one insanity couldn't touch. Tales From The Gas Station Vol 4