#Mercy for the Diaz brothers!!

[kaboomthepossum]

The Diaz Brothers Drawing

Hello there tumblr besties! Today I finally finished the 7th item in the continuous saga of “Kaboom drawing TMG songs for fun”

This drawing.. oh my gosh I have been to hell and back to create this - I have never in my life drawn a pine tree before, this was a huge struggle. I was pretty pleased with it in the end though! :D

I hope you guys like it too :)

[hope-ful-assassin-of-zeno]

Hear my rivals on the western wind

Hard to know who might or might not be your friend

Work by the plutonium light

Forbidden rosary prayers all night

[clingyduofan]

mercy for the diaz brothers! - a c!crimeboys web weave

call them brothers, regina spektor / steven berkoff, the fall of the house of usher / rabbi joseph telushkin, jewish literacy / antigone, jean anouilh / how i survived bobby mackey’s personal hell, lincoln / icarus, the crane wives / the lament of eustace scrubb, the oh hellos / always gold, radical face / a brother named gethsemane, natalie diaz

[ticklishraspberries]

Etiquette Lesson (Alex/Henry)

Summary: Alex finds purposefully disrespecting the crown funny, so Henry quizzes him on proper royal etiquette. (I just watched the movie and WOW, I certainly felt every possible human emotion during it!!! This was based on an anonymous prompt and written in a 1am haze, so I hope you enjoy it! P.S. I have no idea if the little royal factoid I included is true, but I read it in like 5 articles so fingers crossed I wasn’t lied to!!!)

Alex Claremont-Diaz is many things: A son, a brother, an activist, a bisexual icon. He is also a fucking menace. At least, according to Zahra, June, his mother, and most recently, Henry.

“I stand by what I said at the wedding,” the prince says. “You need a serious lesson in etiquette.”

Apparently it’s  not appropriate to try and seduce your boyfriend in the bathroom of a charity dinner, or so Henry claims.

Alex grins. “You could teach me a lesson any time,” he practically purrs.

Henry’s cheeks are pink and he clearly has to wrestle with his instincts to keep it in his pants and not teach Alex that very lesson right here, right now.

“When we’re back in our room,” Henry replies, straightening his suit jacket. He gives Alex a wink and slips out of the bathroom before his partner can protest.

The rest of the dinner is agonizing for them both, desperate to get their hands on one another.

Once they reach their hotel room, though, Alex is already unbuttoning his jacket and tossing it to the floor before the door has even shut all the way.

“You are a menace.” Henry points an accusatory finger with one hand, while the other makes sloppy work of his tie.

Alex flashes a grin. “And you love me for it, Your Majesty.”

Henry takes two steps forward and pushes him against the mattress, mischief sparkling in his blue eyes. “How many times must I remind you, that title is reserved for the King?” he asks, pinning Alex’s hands.

“But it’s so fun to call you by the wrong honorifics, baby.”

“Alright, here’s how this is going to work: it are going to answer my question, and if you get them right, you can do all the things you promised to do to me in that washroom. If you get it wrong, however, I’m going to punish you. Understood?”

Alex lets out a breath. “How exactly do you plan to punish me, Your Majesty?” he asks, fanning the flame.

Henry chuckles, leaning down so that his lips brush Alex’s ear, making goosebumps rise on his brown skin. “I’m going to tickle you until you beg for mercy, obviously.”

It’s not the answer Alex was expecting, and he flushes, immediately beginning to squirm. “Oh, baby, come on, you don’t—”

“We can always just go to bed, if you’d rather not take the risk,” Henry cuts him off.

Alex knows that's Henry’s way of reassuring him they don’t have to do this. That if Alex hates the sound of that, they can pretend it was never said and move on. They’ll probably even still fuck if he taps out now, because they are both half-hard and a little bit tipsy.

But Alex hates backing down from a challenge, and he supposes there are worse punishments Henry could have suggested…

“Deal,” he finally says.

Henry grins down at him in the sexiest way possible and Alex has to bite his lip to keep from whining.

“What flower do royal women traditionally include in their wedding bouquets?”

Alex blinks at him, disbelieving. “Are you serious? Why the hell would I know that?”

“Are you giving up already?” Henry asks, resting his fingers on Alex’s belly.

“No, no, wait—Uh, lilies?”

Henry’s fingers start moving without warning, scribbling up towards Alex’s ribs. “Want another guess?”

Alex has already begun giggling like mad, the anticipation and champagne in his bloodstream making him twice as susceptible to the ticklish touch. “Violets?” he guesses between laughter. 

Henry clicks his tongue with mock disappointment. “No, sorry love. I’ll give you one more guess.”

He’s scratching at the spot between Alex’s top rib and the hollows of his armpits, and the First Son is a cackling mess because of it. “Fuck, I don’t—Uh, tulips?”

Henry shakes his head. “That’s too bad, dear. Clearly you need to read up more on my country’s traditions. I’ll have Shaan put together a file for you,” he teases, leaning in to pepper soft kisses across Alex’s neck, and sneaking a cheeky nip to his collarbone for good measure.

Alex kicks his legs, his laughter bubbly and joyful and absolutely adorable, as far as Henry is concerned. He’s known that Alex is ticklish since the third time they hooked up, and he got his head crushed between the American’s legs after touching his inner thighs too softly.

“Baby, c’mon,” Alex gasps, scrunching up his shoulders in a lame attempt to protect his neck.

“Begging already?” Henry asks.

Despite the desperation in his laughter, Alex shakes his head, defiant as ever.

“Suit yourself.”

Henry quickly grabs at his hips, squeezing in a way that always makes him turn to jelly. The squirming and kicking stops as Alex becomes boneless on the pristine hotel sheets, his laugh breathless and wild and beautiful.

“Okay, okay, I’m begging,” he babbles. “Please, baby, no more.”

Henry stops immediately, running soothing palms up Alex’s arms, pressing soft kisses to his cheeks. “You are such a brat,” he mutters.

Alex snorts between gasps of air. “You never told me the answer.”

“Hm?”

“To the question you tortured me over? What flower is it?”

“Myrtle,” Henry replies.

“What? How was I going to guess that? That’s not a flower, that’s a ghost from Harry Potter!”

Henry laughs. “Maybe I didn’t want you to guess it correctly.”

“You set me up, you dick!”

Alex is on him in an instant, fingers finding the curve of Henry’s waist and digging in until the room is filled with laughter once again.

Alex might be an absolute menace, but Henry supposes he can be one as well.

[chloe-caulfield94]

Why Parting Ways is not a good ending to Life is Strange 2

On my first playthrough of Life is Strange Season 2 I got the Parting Ways ending, which is the Diaz brothers splitting up at the border. Daniel, having helped Sean cross into Mexico, stays in the US and surrenders to the cops chasing them.

My initial interpretation was that the split-up was caused by Daniel not being able to trust his big brother that one last time, losing faith in Sean's dream of living together in Puerto Lobos. I never subscribed to the "Daniel is annoying" belief. On the contrary, I always found him to be a troublesome, yet well-meaning, good-spirited and very cute kid, sort of like Clementine in TWD Season 1. But his refusal to follow his brother that final step really stung me.

Now, having thought about Parting Ways some more, I dislike that ending even more. Because it proves that Daniel has learnt the wrong lesson.

Throughout the game, Sean and Daniel are seen by others as criminals and freaks. Even though their only crime is being two brothers who love and want to protect each other, they are "not normal". And the cold, unjust, hateful world trying to separate them and crush them is supposed to be "normal".

The good lesson for Daniel to learn would be that no matter what he does, he will never please that cold, unjust, hateful world. He will never satiate its appetite for suffering and misery, no matter how much he sacrifices. He will never cease to be a freak. So he should focus on forging his own path through life, with the people he loves at his side. He learns this lesson in the Blood Brothers ending. If he has to fight to forge this path, so be it. But it would be his and his brother's.

In Parting Ways Daniel learns the wrong lesson. He concedes that he indeed is a freak. That he has done something wrong. That the people chasing him were right to do so and he needs to surrender to their authority. And in that ending, even though he does everything "right", exactly the way he was "supposed to", he remains branded for life. Confined to house arrest in his grandparent's home, wearing an ankle monitor, under surveillance. A caged animal. And the most heartbreaking part is that it's a cage he chose. A cage he believes he should remain in.

I can't help but see parallels between the endings of Seasons 1 and 2. When Chloe hands the butterfly photograph to Max, it's a sign that she has finally been broken by the world and she now believes she doesn't deserve a future and should die. Likewise, when Daniel abandons Sean at the border, it's a sign that he has let himself be convinced by the world that there's something wrong with him. That the right thing to do is to forfeit his future and surrender to the tender mercies of the system. Unfortunately, unlike Max, who can tear up the photograph, Sean is powerless to help his little brother that one last time.

[txttletale]

album ask: transcendental youth by tmg

best song: in memory of satan. what a beautiful heartrending song. the instrumentation on this adds so much--i understand why so many people prefer lo-fi mountain goats but the brass/wind on this song is one of the reasons i'm glad that they went full-band.

my favourite song: harlem roulette. some of darnielle's best songwriting in that song. as someone who like, thinks a lot about, like, the passing down of information & the weight of history -- "four hours north of portland a radio flips on / and some no one from the future remembers that you're gone" is a line that really affects me

my least favourite song: this si the easy answer but like many others i don't particularly like the weird vocal effects on 'until i am whole'. i don't hate them as much as some other people but like. they definitely make the song worse.

most overrated song: i mean to be clear i think that 'spent gladiator 1' is an incredible song in which darnielle aptly conveys a powerful message. but i think it's a powerful message that he conveys better and more compellingly elsewhere.

most underrated song: i really like counterfeit florida plates and it seems like a song basically lost to TMG history. it's so evocative. it tells such a story and with such... not only sympathy, but also respect for its subject. which is what darnielle has always been best at.

banger of bangers: the diaz brothers. holy shit. it is so imoprtnat that we have mercy for the diaz brothers. the jordan lake sessions version is even better btw.

overall rating: 10/10. incredible album. top 10 all-timer material for me for sure

[pizzawendell]

Cops and robbers, strictly bargain line

Spent the wet night tracking visions through the pines.

Draw my arms into my hospital gown.

See the sky open up and rain down,

Rain down.

Mercy for the Diaz Brothers.

Mercy for the Diaz Brothers.

[elimoskowitzs-wife]

Hawk x fem!reader diaz

Warnings: kissing,swearing, fighting,blood, stitches,threats I think that's it

It was the school fight after Sam kicked tory onto some stairs and you jumped to her

You punched sam and Sam punched you back you kicked her in the face

The next thing you know you turn around to your brother Miguel being kicked off the balcony his scream broke your heart

Miguel was laid unconscious on the ground you run down the stairs to him begging him to wake up crying your eyes out

You hear the security guard say they needed an ambulance you was still sobbing shaking his arm

Sat next to Miguel's head was his best friend hawk who was your boyfriend. The security guard tried pulling you away and you was screaming at them

Once they got you off you sprinted up to were robby ran followed by hawk trying to stop you

'yn babe come on Miguel needs you by his side' hawk chased you

You was holding one of your arms while speed walking 'I'm gonna kill him' you get pulled into a hug by hawk your arm had blood on it

'it's OK baby I've got you let's go back down' hawk held you in his arms

You all get to the hospital and you got stitches on your arm you was sat in the waiting room in great pain sat with hawk once you saw Miguel get rushed in you sob

You was aloud in the hospital room because your a family member but you couldn't bring yourself in you'd get to the door and break into tears seeing the medical supplies and hearing the beeping

When he was aloud visitors you went in with hawk the nurse said you could speak to him and he'd hear you but wouldn't be able to respond once the nurse left, you sat on the chair next to Miguel

'miggs where do I even start man please pull through I promise if I find him ill go to juvey for what I'll do I miss you so much Miguel It shouldn't have been you, you showed mercy I've slept in your bed for the past 2 weeks so when your back it'll smell of perfume I even cleaned your room I love you so much your my brother' your voice breaks seeing him sleeping his chest rising and falling

'el serpientie it's hawk we all miss you dude wake up soon' hawk looks at you crying putting his arm over you

You and hawk left and was working on a welcome home Miguel sign and was cleaning his room for when he comes back if he dose was running through your mind

Your mum called you saying Miguel was awake you and hawk finished pinning the sign up

You both got your motorcycle helmets on and you got on your motorbikes and sped to the hospital almost getting in a car crash

Once you got to the hospital you both signed in and sprinted ti his hospital room he was in you hadn't even taken your helmet off

'miguel' you hugged him headbutting him with the helmet and he winces

'ow idiot' he laughed hugging you back laughing at you and hawk panting for air from running

A few days later

You and hawk walk down the recovery ward and see Sam in his room and you clench your fist 'why are you here bitch' you snap 'if it wasn't for you Miguel wouldn't be in the hospital but your a whore' you roared at her

Miguel and hawk rolled there eyes at how argumentetive you got

You went back to hawks after being at the hospital making out his hands on your waist yours on his shoulders the television in the background you heard the news of the miyagi dos helping Miguel with money for the surgery

That's when you smirk and message one cobra kai member to meet behind the garage

You and hawk was leaning against your bike kissing when two cobras walk over

'you two stop making out we get the money and leave' one tall brunette one said

'I'm getting a hit on one' you say putting the goggles and glass down on your helmet

You rev your bike up and go to the car wash hawk took the money and you kick Nate in the face and flip over him grabbing him on the ground then bike off

[pazak-thion-brady]

This came out long before Life is strange 2 but it fits fucking perfectly.

Mercy for the Diaz Brothers. Awoooooooo.

[mongeese]

Man they played First Blood AND Cry for Judas AND Source Decay AND Foreign Object AND Clean Slate AND Mercy for the Diaz Brothers AND Up the Wolves. Win for lesbians who love violence and double win for me specifically

[chongotheartist]

"Mercy for the Diaz Brothers"

- The Mountain Goats - The Diaz Brothers

[malinaa]

there's something lyrical about your writing — do you read much poetry? If so, who are your favourite poets? (sorry for the random question I was just curious)

jules im KISSING u btw this is a high compliment for ME.

so i recently read c.t. salazar's headless john the baptist hiking which was so vivid and brutal like... “forgetting is a kind of mercy / eventually even the cemetery / forgets it is a cemetery and looks like an open field" that's insane. he easily became one of my fav poets. ummmm ocean vuong bc i read night sky with exit wounds and i felt every emotion under the sun. there's of course ada limón and natalie diaz—specifically when my brother was an aztec—and like...mary oliver ofc. honestly i need to read more poets to Have more fav poets because i usually just read poems (singular) so here are some of my favs (i have literally inflicted some of these poems on my uni profs because they made me so unwell):

sonnet 17 by pablo neruda

belovéd by yves olade

eating a gyro reminds me that i sometimes believe in god by charnell peters

el salvador by javier zamora

obligations 2 by layli long soldier

lullaby on mount moriah by traci brimhall

[malaisequotes]

“Mercy for the Diaz brothers. Mercy for the Diaz brothers. Mercy for the Diaz brothers. Mercy for the Diaz brothers.”

The Diaz Brothers by The Mountain Goats

[brainbuffering]

12 Days of Manga 2022

Day 7: Favourite Trope

I have so many favourite tropes (especially when it comes to Shojo) that range from “The Grumpy One is Soft for the Sunshine One” to “Pretty Sure This Makes Me a Furry”. But instead here I’m going to give a tribute to all the Women With Weapons! May we one day get to see you all animated properly. (Seriously, Prince Freya might not be my favourite, but it would make for a great action anime when’s that gonna happen?)

So in alphabetical order, and only from those volumes/chapters I have read this year:

Edda from Prince Freya with a wood axe (M: Keiko Ishihara T: John Werry L: Sabrina Heep E: Pancha Diaz)

[ID: A woman in a long cloak holds a wood axe in two hands with an almost sensual expression. The handle on the axe is in line with her lips and the blade just above her head. She is in a castle, surrounded by skeletons in rotting clothes, many of them with swords sticking out of them. Black Speech bubbles read “All ye who wander the empty night... your names are... brother of sleep...”]

Freya from Prince Freya with a sword (M: Keiko Ishihara T: John Werry L: Sabrina Heep E: Pancha Diaz)

[ID: An adrogynous looking person (Freya) in a medievil-inspired soldier’s uniform and half-plate, smacks a sword into the side of a man in a full set of plate armour. The impact looks immense. Freya’s eyes are bright white, her teeth clenchd in determination.]

Kiki and her sword from Snow White With The Red Hair (M: Sorata Akiduki T: Caleb Cook L: Brandon Bovia E: Karla Clark)

[ID: Kiki points her sword directly at the head of a young soldier collapsed on his knees in the pouring rain. Her expression is that of showing no mercy as the boy yells at her. “This grand scheme may come to naught... ... but if he is permitted to live, my brother...”]

Lucy Yang from Blue Exorcist with her black daggers (M: Kazue Kato T: John Werry L: John Hunt)

[ID: A short, elderly chinese woman with her hair in a bun wears a traditonal robe. She stands ontop of a circular platform made of rock. She has a pipe in her mouth, and three daggers stick out of the long sleeves of her robes. Sound effects on either side of her read “Kting” and “Klang”. Someone off panel shouts: “The smaller demons disappeared!”]

Margret of Anjou from Requiem of the Rose King with a dagger, proving that I support women’s wrongs as well as women’s rights. (M: Aya Kanno T: Jocelyne Allen L: Sabrina Heep E: Joel Enos)

[ID: A faceless woman in Mid-1400s British Clothing stabs the leg of a blooded and batterd man tied to a pole causing him to cry out in pain. “Show me the same of your disgrace... ... or else my anger shall never be quenched!!”]

Mitsuri from Demon Slayer: Stories of Water and Flame with her Katana (M: Ryoji Hirano & Koyoharu Gotogue T: John Werry L: John Hunt E: Jennifer Sherman) 

[ID: Mitsuri protects a terrified woman and child from an unknown enemy. She brandashes her katana in one hand and holds a bomb made of stuck together dynamite. Her braided hair flies about dramatically, she has a fearsome expression.]

Rangetsu and her trusty polearm from The King’s Beast (M: Rei Toma T: JN Productions L: Monaliza De Asis E: Pancha Diaz)

[ID: An androgynous looking person with fox ears and a tail wearing an ancient chinese-inspired soldier’s uniform sits ontop of a pile of rocks. She is surrounded by dead bodies that at first glance appear to just be part of the rock formation. She has a mournful expression as she rests her bloodied polearm against her body. ‘No matter how much blood got on my hands. Even when... it coated me so heavily that the weight of it never went away.]

Silvia Sherwood from Spy X Family using a belt as an improvised weapon. (M: Tatsuya Endo T: Casey Loe L: Rina Mapa)

[ID: A middle aged woman with a ponytail and wearing a black skirt suit uses a belt to elegantly smash in the face of a security officer, sending him flying backwards. Sound effect in japanese is translated as ‘fwak’.]

Yae from Demon Slayer: Stories of Water and Flame and her hunter’s rifle (M: Ryoji Hirano & Koyoharu Gotogue T: John Werry L: John Hunt E: Jennifer Sherman)

[ID: A girl in traditional japanese winter mountain clothing, wearing a bandana/scarf over her black hair. She has a sad yet determined expression, as if holding back tears with everything she has. In her hands she holds a 1910s style hunting rifle with two spare bullets in her fingers. In boxed text: Aim for your target’s vital spot... And then squeeze.. the trigger.]

Yoshino from Yakuza Fiance with a knife (M: Asuka Konishi T: M. Fulcrum A: Sopha Tyrant L: Arbash Mughal E: Abb Lehrke)

[ID: Colour Page of a high school girl straddling the lap of a high school boy. She is pulling him aggressively by the collar, the wooden shieve of a knife in her mouth, and said knife at the boy's throat having already begun to slit it. She looks at the viewer with a ferocious glare. The boy is looking way too into all this. Text reads "Chapter 1: No place for a sore loser (Part 1)’]

Zacro from Tokyo Mew Mew and her whip (M: Reiko Yoshida & Mia Ikumi T: Elina Curran L: AndWorld Design)

[ID: An Older Teen Girl with long black hair, large wolf ears and a tail wears shorts and a heart shaped crop rop. She has a fur lined collar. She aggresively holds on to the end of a lasso/whip that is wrapped around a large moth like beast creature that is looking threateningly at her. A younger girl in a tunic and shorts raises her hands in the air in celebration. She has a monkey tail.]

[brothertonyghost]

" pray a prayer for her #lilyrosediaz one day we'll all be free what we all need to do is pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on #brotherjacobblack it's prayer time father God in the mighty name of Jesus we come tonight as humbled as we can we come to you in the name of Jesus lord we come tonight for those who lost their loved ones dear lord we pray for her family that you healed her and lifted her up dear lord we come to you praying for peace in heaven and peace on earth heal the sick and sadness sins pray for her ya'll already in Jesus name we pray for her family I'm praying for those who lost their lives in the Israeli or the Israel we pray for the mercy in the world peace in the world and people in church and schools we give your name a prayer lord we thank you for your grace and mercy we want people to know your powers dear lord we ask you to show all powers that you have all powers we ask that you let them know that you have power bless your people today in your mighty name we pray thank God and amen pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on keep on praying just keep on praying pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on we're all praying for Lily Rose Diaz pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on brother Jacob pray on"

[thegospelhighways2020]

" pray a prayer for her #lilyrosediaz one day we'll all be free what we all need to do is pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on #brotherjacobblack it's prayer time father God in the mighty name of Jesus we come tonight as humbled as we can we come to you in the name of Jesus lord we come tonight for those who lost their loved ones dear lord we pray for her family that you healed her and lifted her up dear lord we come to you praying for peace in heaven and peace on earth heal the sick and sadness sins pray for her ya'll already in Jesus name we pray for her family I'm praying for those who lost their lives in the Israeli or the Israel we pray for the mercy in the world peace in the world and people in church and schools we give your name a prayer lord we thank you for your grace and mercy we want people to know your powers dear lord we ask you to show all powers that you have all powers we ask that you let them know that you have power bless your people today in your mighty name we pray thank God and amen pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on keep on praying just keep on praying pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on we're all praying for Lily Rose Diaz pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on pray on brother Jacob pray on"