#I'm baaaaack

[themarcus404]

📀

[angelnicknelson]

every heartstopper hug -> 2x03: nick and charlie

[bluebelly-sun-serpentine]

September 9th, 2024

A light halo of fog diffusing moonlight, sunset in the southwest

[ninsletamain]

I just wanted to put them in a container. No, I won't explain how they got there.

[mxmooniper]

FAE BOY SUMMER

[jungkookverse]

hey, it's the love of my life ❤️

[c0nfused-c0ffin]

My Muse (Yan!Artist Headcannons) Pt.1

CW: The beginnings of a stalker

Art is something magnificent. No two beings can view the same piece and agree with the meaning. You may say stalking is bad or murder is horrific and those that commit such crimes should be jailed...but they view stalking as an honor. A way for them to show love to their muse. Don't you love their muse?

Artist never had the time to talk with other people. They either were being pulled around to do projects requested by professors, peers, or parents or they were at local parks and museums on the search for a new subject for their pieces.

Artist who would rather daydream their life away instead of dealing with the struggles of socializing.

There was something about walking around the park in the morning that felt like home to Artist. The way that the sun hits the leaves in a way that paints their face with a warm autumn orange, or how the rows of flowers smelled a tad sweeter after an evening of rain. The park was no different than a painting one may find hanging alone in the museum, waiting to be recognized. Sadly, however, no one would look up from their device to notice the beauty of the details. The strokes of greens blanketing the canvas with yellows and oranges provide that feeling of home. Oh, how Artist missed the feeling of h-

Artist bumped into you and immediately mutters a quick "sorry" and dashes off to the nearest building for they don't want their social battery to drain any further than it already has.

You watch as Artist scurries off to the bathrooms at the park. Your hand was raised out to them lazily, wanting to give an apology, but a part of you couldn't muster enough energy to call out to them. You shake your head and rub the back of your neck slowly. Your eyes do not tear off from where the stranger once stood for a minute until your eyes glance downward to a planner on the ground. Quickly you scoop it up and search the cover for any information it may spill. Artist whose heart was pounding in their chest. The light of your eyes, how shined with curiosity and concern. "That color was so", Artist clutched their shirt as they slowed their breathing, "wonderful." They lean back onto the restroom wall and let out a heavy sigh. Artist forced their way to the door and opened it ever so slightly. They studied where you once stood, a smile creeping upon their face. "You're just so perfect."

[buttercupsfantasy]

[antispopausandstuff]

update on my hiatus!

.

hello, everyone!

hope you guys have had a good few months!

so, like i mentioned in my previous post from january, i was going to be on a hiatus to decide whether or not i wanted to keep this account and keep it active. these few months were good for me, i think, and i am definitely glad i made the decision to do this.

my current decision is that i will be staying and making this account more active again, but with yet another makeover. i don't think i'll be trying to make full-blown rewrites anymore, as it's not in my best interests and i genuinely do not have the energy to even try to fix the mess spop is.

instead, i'm going to make this an account of a variety of aus, rewrite snippets ( or even some fics of rewriting whole episodes every now and then ), and a bunch of other stuff. critiques included, of course. this will be more fun for me and, hopefully, kick in my creativity and motivation to create art again ( i haven't made a whole lot of anything these past few months, so oof ).

i definitely won't have this account be active forever, i know that much. there will be a day where this account will 'die', essentially, but i decided that it won't be today or anywhere in the near future.

so, yeah, here to stay and i hope you guys will have fun with me!

going to change my username as well, again ( sorry 'bout that ), as i don't wanna mislead anyone and, like i said, this is no longer going to be about full-blown rewrites or anything like that. this account is now mostly just for fun and what-ifs.

in short:

i'm back!

and have quite a lot to catch up on.

[bottom-lexa]

Tarnished but so grand

Clexa au

Chapter 47

The breakup was turning point in both their lives; Lexa on her way to having a baby now and Clarke making waves at work. It has been two weeks now since they broke up and Clarke's friends have noticed something is going on, so they are asking some questions. After that it's onto Lexa at her first prenatal appointment with a new doctor, making the pregnancy feel all the more real. And we wrap it up with Clarke talking to her bosses about her plans for the new wing in the museum.

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[rainflare60]

Ok, real talk, I absolutely love Varney's design. (Castlevania)

Before I knew the whole twist within the series concerning him. I was absolutely head-over-heels IN LOVE with Varney's design, voice, and overall scrunkly vibe.

Loving his design made me self conscious about my fashion choices, but I admit that certainly now; I can't deny my admiration of fingerless gloves, overcoats, and neck-wraps.

Related (reply in tags): What was your favorite thing about the Castlevania series?

[runawaycatwalker]

Part 20. Questioning Trustworthiness

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Rena Furtive hesitatingly approaches a fragile-looking Ladybug from behind.  In the distance, Catwalker is leaping away across the rooftops.

Rena Furtive: Hey. I didn't hear all of that, but you look like you need to talk.  Your room?

Ladybug: Okay.

Marinette tiredly sits down in the chair by her desk as Alya looks on.

Marinette: I've always known that keeping identities intact would require some sacrifice.  But sometimes it's more important to be honest than keeping a secret at all costs.

Alya: Like how you told me you're Ladybug for your own sanity?

Marinette: Right.

Marinette leans her head downward, hands grasping her knees.  Alya squats in front of her and places her hand on Marinette’s.

Marinette: Catwalker though?  He doesn't understand that.

Alya: What did he do?

Marinette: Adrien found out Catwalker's identity.  But instead of telling me, Catwalker just manipulated Adrien into running away from home so he couldn't leak it to Shadowmoth.

Marinette swivels her chair so she can place her elbows on her desk as she puts her hands on her face. Alya rises behind her, holding up a hand.

Marinette: And now Adrien is fending for himself all alone and I'm never going to see him again and it's all Catwalker's fault!

Alya: Did Catwalker give any other reasons that Adrien needed to run away?

Marinette: Sort of? He said Adrien wouldn't talk about it.

Alya: Nino was the last person Adrien spoke to before he disappeared.  He didn't get details either, but it sounds like Adrien's father did something terrible to him.

Marinette raises her hands in front of her, her face full of despair.

Marinette: Then why couldn't Adrien have asked his friends to protect him?  We actually care about him!  Catwalker doesn't!  He just tossed Adrien away like he was garbage and then acted like nothing happened!

Alya raises a hand and cocks an eyebrow, trying to offer an alternative explanation without offending.

Alya: Catwalker doesn't strike me as someone who devalues others.  He was nothing but kind and empathetic when I talked to him—

Marinette: You talked to him?

Alya: I... thought he should know about Rena Furtive.  So I could alert him to an ambush if Mayura ended up targeting him too.

Marinette leans back in her chair and drags her hands down her face.  Alya turns away, conflicted.

Marinette: Nghhh... You should have told me you were going to do that...

Alya: I'm sorry. I knew I should have said something earlier, but...

As Alya wrings her hands, Marinette rises to put a consoling hand on Alya’s arm.

Alya: You've just been so overwhelmed after losing both Chat and Adrien... I didn't want to burden you with even more things to worry about.

Marinette: I get it. You were trying to be a good friend.

Alya and Marinette grab each other in a hug that they both need.

Alya: By keeping you in the dark?  I made Chat vulnerable by doing that!  I should have realized I was making the same mistake by not telling you.

Marinette: It wouldn't have made a difference.  You're right: We should have told Chat about Rena Furtive.  And if you'd asked me before tonight?  I would have given you permission to tell Catwalker what Chat should have known all along.  He seemed so perfect, I never thought that he could be so untrustworthy.

Alya gives a determined look.

Alya: I still think it's possible that Catwalker's actions are just a misunderstanding instead of being an issue of trustworthiness.  He questioned me about your identity rules.  I had assumed he was looking to find a way to bring Chat back, but in hindsight?  I bet he was secretly more interested in learning how your rules applied to his and Adrien's situation and what you'd think was crossing the line.

Marinette throws her hands in front of her petulantly.

Marinette: It should have been obvious that keeping everything he did a secret from me was crossing the line!

Alya raises an eyebrow and holds up a photo of Adrien on which “Call Marinette if you see Adrien +33 653257” has been written in red marker.

Alya: Are you sure you're not holding Catwalker to unreasonable standards because the line he did cross involved Adrien?  Messing with the boy you love doesn't automatically make someone evil, you know.

Marinette clenches her fists in front of her, looking haunted.

Marinette: It's not just about Adrien.  I didn't let myself think about the implications before, but...  When Nathalie was akumatized, Catwalker got teleported to his mom.  He claimed his identity was intact despite that, but...

Cut to a flashback of a miniature Multibug looking up at Catwalker as he clenches his fist.  A close up shot of his fist shows that there are only two pads remaining on his miraculous.

Marinette (voiceover): ...after I fixed everything, his ring's timer was counting down, even though I never saw him use his powers during the battle.  What if...  What if he Cataclysmed his own mother to protect his identity?

Cut back to Alya grabbing Marinette’s arms and looking directly into Marinette’s eyes.

Alya: You don't know that's what happened, Marinette. And even if he did do something like that, your Lucky Charm would have fixed it, same as it's always fixed whatever Chat destroyed.

Marinette: It doesn't matter that the physical damage got fixed, it's the fact that he did it at all!

The image of Chat Noir with a the biggest, friendliest, most genuine smile as he holds up a rose, his tail poking out behind him in the shape of a heart.

Marinette (voiceover): Chat has far too good a heart to ever purposefully hurt anyone, he'd sooner sacrifice himself than leave someone else in harm's way.

The image of Catwalker with a small, tempting, vaguely sinister smile as he holds a hushing finger to his lips, his ponytail poking out behind him in the shape of a snake.

Marinette (voiceover): But all the evidence I've seen shows that Catwalker would justify hurting the innocent—even his own family—to cover up his mistakes.

Alya looks away and rubs the back of her neck.

Alya: I guess Catwalker can be kinda shady when hiding things.  He did manage to steal my phone number without me noticing—

Marinette: He what??

Alya: He called me to help you guys detransform without Mayura seeing.  Yeah, it saved you, but it was still an invasion of privacy.

Marinette raises her hands and starts pacing away.

Marinette: And these are just the wrongdoings we've managed to find out!  Catwalker could be secretly working for Shadowmoth for all we know!  And I can't even do anything about it since Mayura is blackmailing me to keep Catwalker instead of tossing him in the trash like he deserves!

Alya looks at Marinette resolutely and points to herself.  Marinette sweeps her hands to each side of her in refusal.

Alya: We don't know what he 'deserves' since we still don't know the reasons behind his actions. Let me do some digging.  I'll find out what sort of person is really behind Catwalker's mask.

Marinette: No! You already know I'm Ladybug, you can't risk learning who Catwalker is too!  No one can know both identities!

Alya: I'll get a proxy I trust to investigate on our behalf.  The proxy won't try to find out his identity, but if they do, the risk will be minimized.  You and I won't be exposed to anything we can't know.  And if it turns out that Catwalker isn't worth the risk, then we'll replace him.

Alya places a hand on her chest pleadingly.

Alya: I know you don't trust Catwalker anymore, but can you still trust me to find out the truth for you?

Marinette softens.

Marinette: I do trust you, Alya.  You have my permission.

Cut to Alya in her bedroom as she places a call on her cellphone.

Alya: Hi, Nino. I've got a lead on Adrien, but it's something I can't get involved with directly.  Would you mind doing some secret detective work for me?

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[bluebunnyears-08]

Why New Yolk Is NOT Nine's World And How We Were Wrong About Nine

Ok, I'm back!!!

I'm feeling a little better and I want my mind off some things so here I am! And my first order of business is to address a certain belief that I've been tired of seeing around here.

There's a belief that New Yolk is Nine's world or centered around Nine, but I strongly disagree. Nine's world ISN'T New Yolk, nor is it about or centered around Nine, not in the way you think.

The Grim is Nine's world.

My reasoning?

First, let's look at the color scheme.

New Yolk has very strong themes of red and shaded hues, the only lights being from electronics. Red is the most prominent theme, which is Eggman's main color, and there is no other color to be found, showing it's only his dream and his idea of a perfect world, and nobody finds this world to be paradise, not to mention they are actively fighting back.

Now let's look at the Grim.

It is a very different color scheme. Instead of harsh, strong hues of shades and red, it has a soft lighting of blue and orange. Orange is Tail's main color, but it's not all there is. In fact, there's only one shade of deep orange sandy desserts that seemingly goes on forever, but the blue above has multiple shades; dark blue, baby blue, turquoise, sky blue, and midnight blue at the top, dotted with multiple white stars. There are small silver crystals, seven present on the screen, which I think it's obvious what that represents.

This is Nine's world because it fits his ideals of a perfect world. One where it's just him and Sonic, and the Grim reflects that extremely well, having no buildings, no plants, no water, just nothing but the two of them, together.

Stating that New Yolk is Nine's world because there are machines and he lives there and is centered around him because he's the most we see from and in New York is completely overlooking his entire character in general.

Nine deviates from the other variants due to his views on the world he resides in and his goals. While Thorn, Dread, and the Egg Council all strive to protect or are relatively happy in their respective worlds, Nine could care less about New Yolk when given the chance, not to mention he was nothing but miserable there.

Thorn, Dread, and the Council all want something within or based around their worlds, Nine goes out to find a new one, traveling the Shatterverse to find a new home.

While the others wanted something unnecessary or unimportant, Thorn wanted to protect a jungle that didn't need to be protected, Dread wanted the shard out of greed, and the Council wants power and control, Nine wants something understandable: A home.

Some people say it's Nine's world because he gets to use his mechanical skills better, but did he want that or use those skills for fun or sport? No. He used it for survival against the harsh dystopian world he lived in.

Now let's go onto the next topic, the belief that New Yolk is centered around Nine.

And I very strongly disagree.

New Yolk is not centered around or mainly focused on Tails. Now hear me out, he may be the most we've seen screentime in New Yolk but that doesn't mean he's the focus of it.

I have multiple explanations for this. My first one is that each main Shattered focus is the main conflict of their world, AND has the results of their own actions affecting others and the world.

The Egg Council built a dystopian world where they are in control, Thorn has a Jungle that she thrives to protect, and Dread is the captain of a loyal crew. But New Yolk is a dystopian world where only the Council are happy, everyone else is jaded, miserable, and depressed, Thorn was fiercely protective of the jungle, but in her extreme ways, lost her friends, brandishing herself as a monster, and Dread a captain who never cared for his crewmates, making his old ones his enemies, and merely using his new ones, all for a shard.

The Grim hasn't affected anyone, yet. I think they're saving that exclusively for SONIC AND NINE.

Another thing is that each main focus in the Shatterspace of their originals' main ideals is the main conflict. New Yolk is Eggman, Boscage Maze is Amy, and No Place is Knuckles. It's clear Nine is going to be the main conflict in the Grim, which we have yet to see alongside Rouge's world.

Not to mention, the other variants loved or seemed fine with their worlds, but Nine hated his. AND what the other variants want is attainable and they can find peace and redemption without the unnecessary things they want, but because of what NINE wants, he CAN'T and what he wants is what he CANT TRULY HAVE. And before you might mention how if Nine is a shard of Tails then he'll still attain it, but no, not really. That's still Tails, Nine is dead, nothing but a trait once more no matter how you look at it.

Most importantly, what Nine wants is to be WITH Sonic, while the other variants didn't care about the hedgehog, either attacking him or using him in the end. Unlike them, Nine cares immensely for Sonic after getting firmly attatched, and even after he got captured he STILL SHOWS CARE FOR HIS WELLBEING.

Now I know some of you are stating that Nine is the main relationship focus of New York, and I can't agree with that, but that doesn't mean Sonic's relationship is centered around Nine in JUST New Yolk. My thought?

Nine and Sonic's relationship is anywhere. Not just in New York, it's in the Grim too, and in the void. It's EVERYWHERE.

People forget that Nine is the ONLY varient who figured out how to use the crystals, and it was presumably to FIND SONIC. Unlike Rusty who went under the Councils orders, Nine CHOOSE to do so. He choose to go into the great unknown to find his friend.

Another thing. Rebel said Sonic was gone for WEEKS, making her and Knucks believe that Sonic ditched them. But Nine did not react the same way, which on means one thing:

NINE NEVER GAVE UP ON SONIC.

He spent WEEKS building a mobile just to find Sonic, he spent WEEKS on his own with faith in the only person who gave him kindness, he showed nothing but undying loyalty and faith that Sonic was alive. Which denies another theory that Nine isn't loyal. Sure, not to the others, but to Sonic, it's rooted permanently.

WE WERE WRONG ABOUT WHAT NINE REPRESENTED.

Nine isn't Tails's need for emotional support. That's just one of the things that come with what he truly represents.

It's because of what he is that he's morally ambiguous.

Nine is TRAUMA, Nine is SELFISHNESS, Nine is PAIN, Nine is UNBREAKABLE LOYALTY, Nine is FAITH AND CARE, Nine is INDEPENDENT but EMOTIONALLY CO-DEPENDENT at the same time, Nine is AGONY but also SWEET EUPHORIA.

Nine is HELL but also PARADISE.

Nine is LOVE.

And What Takes Place Out of Love Lies Between GOOD And EVIL.

And the Grim, the creepily beautiful, the empty but still enough Grim, his TRUE WORLD, reflects this PERFECTLY.

[labxnairs]

AINE NOELLE model, 1999

[lxndmineprince]

me when I'm doing ok. I'm recovering. I've quit selling myself and I'm focusing on healthier outlets

my mom:

[saralynnx]

Oak Hill

“Settled on the side of Wright Mountain, Oak Hill is little more than a hamlet you may drive through if you accidentally got off the Interstate too early, but for the people who live there, it’s home. For years, rumors of a secret pack of werewolves have been spread around the area, and many locals are sceptic of the Sims that live there. A suspicious string of deaths over the past 15 years only added to the suspicion of the townspeople. However, if you look past the surface, you will find a town that deeply cares about each other and the future of their little community.”

Oak Hill is by @aondaneedles and is a hood I’ve loved since it was released last summer! I think it’s a perfect little hood for easing back into my return, and I plan to play it through this summer at least! <3