#PLS BEAR WITH ME

[darling-leech]

Thanks for the tag!

This is my first time posting a WIP, and I do mean first! And this is DEFINITELY and HEAVILY a WORK-IN-PROGRESS so bear with me pls and pls give any feedback whatsoever!

This is for my Skyrim fic for the HEAVILY headcannoned Skyrim main storyline, Tempus Edax Rerum!

Gormlaith and Felldir continue fighting Aazkriid. Both bloodied but still standing. 

A few more Ancient Nordic warriors came to aid them; 

“A glorious day, is it not!?!", Gormlaith cries out.

Alduin’s shadow hovers overhead; bellowing.

Aazkriid saw her chance to finish off Gormlaith, she starts running towards her, but not before Felldir shouts at her; FUS RO DAAH!

Aazkriid laid unconscious on a jagged rock. Gormlaith plunges her sword through her chest. 

“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!”, Hevnothur’s wails echo across the mountain, causing everyone to cover their ears in agony. 

Alduin continues circling them, then finally lands on top of the word wall.

Hevnothur charges over Aazkriid's lifeless body. 

Gormlaith and Felldir recover, Hakon limps towards them. They look at each other and nod in agreement. They didn't utter a single word but knew what each other meant.

"Meyye! Tahrodiis aanne! Him hinde pah liiv! Zu'u hin daan!”, Alduin finally spoke.

Felldir and Gormlaith are on each side of Hakon, holding him up, and they back up. They form a semi circle and prepare to shout towards Alduin and Hevnothur. 

JOOR FAH ZUL

"Nivahriin joorre! What have you done? What twisted Words have you created?! Tahrodiis Paarthurnax! My teeth to his neck! But first... dir ko maar. You will die in terror, knowing your final fate... To feed my power when I come for you in Sovngarde!", Alduin soars.

Gormlaith lets go of Hakon and charges towards Alduin, “If I die today, it will not be in terror. You feel fear for the first time, worm. I see it in your eyes. Skyrim will be free!”

Halo gathers his last strength and follows after Gormlaith.

Felldir starts to pull out the Elder Scroll,

“Hold, Alduin on the Wing! Sister Hawk, grant us your sacred breath to make this contract heard! Begone, World-Eater! By words with older bones than your own we break your perch on this age and send you out! You are banished! Alduin, we shout you out from all our endings unto the last!”

As Felldir spoke, Hevnothur shields Aazkriid's body with theirs, they lift their mask off of their face and gazes upon Felldir, their piercing brown eyes gaze upon his. Their body glows blue along with Alduin's as tho their one and the same. 

Alduin seemingly warps out of existence, and soon after so does Hevnothur.

“We… We did it!”, Hakon sighs in relief.

“Yes, the World-Eater is gone, and so are the Sonaak... may the spirits have mercy on our souls."

Flash forward to sometime in 4E 201, a few days before the events of Skyrim start

Skuldafn’s portal starts cracking open, one stone by stone.

Nahkriin turns around with a curious mind, hovering closer.

He goes to grab his staff…..

The portal blasts open, expelling Hevnothur, sending them into the sky. 

The gush of wind sends Nahkriin gliding a few feet from where he hovered; his hands hover over his hand shielding his face.

Hevnothur flails chaotically in the sky for a few seconds but manages to land feet first; her wings soften the landing before dematerializing. 

Nahkriin bows; “Drem Yol Lok...., Dii Drog....”, His voice was forced and strained.

Hevnothur silently raises his face upright, “Dii Mir Fahdon…”, they hand Nahkriin his staff back before walking from the portal’s steps. 

“....Lost Alduin Daal?”, Nahkriin’s voice becomes more clear but still labored. 

“Mu Fent Koraav…”, Hevnothur’s voice echoes as she fades away from the Skuldafn temple, bestriding a random dragon. 

They clutch the golden relic hidden behind their back, “Zu'u Bo Monah Ahrk Briinah.....”

*End of Prologue; Start of next chapter.*

A few days later; 17th of Hearthfire, 4E 401

[Close-Up of Alex's face, scenes flash between Alex in her Dragon Priest Mask(the "eyes" part of her mask is Marble White) and her current maskless face, showing her dilated dark brown eyes, showing fire crackling in them.][Shows parts of Hevnothur's face as well as Aazkriid’s.][Switches to Ensosin and Fotoorin trying to fly in the portal that Mephala created that Alex was sucked into before it closing(It creates a small shock wave, pushing Ensosin and Fotoorin back), they roar with grief.][Switches to random soldiers/priests from The Dragon War][Switches back to modern day; Alduin sitting on the Helgen Tower]. *This is supposed to be a transition between a flashback and what's currently happening.*

[Alduin and Alex lock eyes for a few seconds]

[Sounds of fighting, screaming, fire crackling, and Alduin’s roars are muffled, but come flooding back in] 

[The Sky cracks like broken glass]

[The sky is immersed in a blue, red, and white meteor storm]

[The cracks in the sky fracture even more; encompassing Helgen(it looks like a fractured snowglobe.)]

Alex felt paralyzed as she watched Alduin take off from the brick tower, wreaking havoc in Helgen, her eyes glued on him. Memories of her former life come flooding back into her mind. Muddy tears roll down her sweaty face.

"Hey, you!", Ralof screams from a nearby watchtower, "come on!, the gods won't give us another chance." 

Alex shakes her face, snapping back to reality, slightly confused, blinking repeatedly. Her head ached and her ears rang. She wipes her face the best she could, with her hand-cuffed hands.

Einar stands behind her with a concerned look. Alex silently nods and they both take off after Ralof into the other imperial tower. 

Ralof closes the door and the soldiers recuperate and tend to their wounded. Ulfric Stormcloak removes his gag. The continued sounds of imperial soldiers fighting are muffled. 

A conglomeration of golden small orbs start surrounding the sky around the now broken watchtower; one by one.

"Jarl Ulfric! What is that thing? Could the legends be true?", Ralof panting.  "Legends don't burn down villages.", Ulfric Stormcloak leaned against the brick wall, wiping sweat from his brow.

NOTE:

Some of the dialogue obviously will be in The Dragon Language, here is the translations:

Drem Yol Lok - Greetings

Dii Drog - My Lord

Lost Alduin Daal - roughly translates to Has Alduin returned

Mu Fent Koraav - roughly translates to we shall see

Zu'u Bo Monah Ahrk Briinah - roughly translates to I'm coming Mother and Sister

Thank @illumiera and @madam-whim for the almost simultaneous wip-wednesday tagging :3 I'm so excited! Here is a piece of writing about my Morokei. TW: violence

The flame comes predictably but abruptly. And there is nothing more: no sky, no earth, no wind on his cheeks, no cold in his bones, no world around him. Only pain, crimson and flaming, piercing and tedious, so much that he wants to run away, hide, beg or die, just to stop it. But not to give up, oh, no, not to give up. The taste of his own teeth fills his mouth, simultaneously with the smell of the burned hair touching his nose. It seems a little longer, and his eyelashes will burn, then his eyelids, and finally, his eyes will crack and run down his face. Crows like to take them, right? As from somebody far away, he hears his own scream and feels the staff drop out of his palms, destroyed by the other's power. But he does not resist it. Accepts it all as deeply as possible.

And then rips out what Ruvaak did not want to give away. After the heat comes ice and disappears, leaving only pure energy. Morokei drinks it greedily, as he once did with the water in the desert, devouring all without a shred of doubt, sip after sip until his head drives with euphoria. Ruvaak realizes what is happening too late: a whip of fluid flame slams into Morokei with a howl, just to disappear, consumed by hunger.

The air around him rumbles, unable to contain the raging power. Ruvaak doesn't have much left, and after emptying him to the bottom, Morokei takes up the life energy with a bit of disappointment. It doesn't taste like human flesh but nourishes his own: slowly but surely, he gets back to his feet. For the first time in a while, none of them hurt, and he can take a confident step. One.

“Fus!” a shout that could break down bastions comes at him with all the force of hidden despair. At the distance between them, even the weakest Voice could turn a body into a bloody pulp, but Morokei doesn't care. “Ro,” he answers with the Word of Balance, feeling it within. With a disgusting crackle, the night crumbles into shards of obsidian.

Now, @asianbutnotjapanese @pelinalblancserpent @starrythroat @darling-leech @bougainvillea-and-saltwater, would you like to share something? Of course, you are welcome to bring a piece of art into this world, too!

[toorumlk]

ginger n spice 🫚🌰

[ratfest]

[raamitsu]

damn Gege, what was the reason (⁠ ⁠･ั⁠﹏⁠･ั⁠)

in addition to this, OP replied to one of the commentators saying Gojo is yet to be mirrored by anybody. however, some people suggested that the character (who is capable to do that) would be Megumi.

as of now, I was wondering and keep wondering if it's truly possible for anyone to become a reflection of Gojo, but Megumi has yet to unleash his full potential, probably because he could only do so in certain circumstances - so if that's the case, hopefully we'll get to see him soon! (drown Sukuna's power earnestly from the inside, Megumi! u can do it!)

[emmbrr]

kitty commission i did this week<3 message me if you're interested in a pet portrait 𓆩♡𓆪

[carrionofamurderprey]

i miss my girls today. so bad. who up thinking about ronance arc

[adrinktostopyourthirst]

Sebastian Stan referring to God as ‘her’ is going to manifest itself into some NASTY woman worshipping Bucky fics

[piratefishmama]

i'm physically currently incapable of writing, literally everytime i sit down to write something my brain plays the Wii music on repeat until i give up.

RIP.

[cloverr-overr]

hello alien stage enjoyers… how we feeling abt round 7 bc this is my copium to prepare for it (im so afraid)

[tokwana]

i have no knowledge of dog anatomy... or megumi's hair

[arthur-side]

This had been on my mind since forever

Situation; There's an upcoming prom and the gang wants Ben and Taylor to be prom queen/king

-Aiden asks if Taylor has any good dress, didn't wait for an answer, and immediately rushed to get supplies to make a dress. He apparently knows how to make dresses. -The gang asks for the two to go to Aiden's house even when Ben literally lives with Aiden. -The gang prepares the two for the prom. -Taylor asks why the others aren't coming, Aiden's reply is "Because Ash doesn't want to!", Ashlyn's reply was "Too loud.", Tyler and Logan replied "Too gay." The gang gives them a questionable look. -Tyler was doing his sister's hair and Aiden was using Logan as a stool to brush Ben's hair. -Tyler suggested to give Taylor makeup. -"Why? She already looks beautiful." -Ashlyn Banner -Taylor blushes at Ashlyn's statement.(I can't live without a bit of Taylyn<3) -Prom finally rolled up, and the gang surprisingly showed up still. -Ashlyn was in the corner with her noise-canceling headphones, Tyler and Logan was keeping an eye on the two, and Aiden is doing Aiden. -Ps, Taylor and Ben became prom queen/king, the gang clapped and cheered at them, Tyler and Ashlyn even having a smile on their faces.

[blitzbuckz]

i'm here - and i'm angy.

[xinieeee]

Anyway, this is how I imagine Taylor flirting with MC:

[artsyhamster]

Trying to overcome artblock with Leyendecker inspiration

[heldenherzchen]

✨💖 finishing a mission. having a date. confessing their love. just a regular tuesday evening. 💖✨

thank you @captainsjack for giving me so many ideas! (there's just not enough content for them) also: please go read their fic: checkmate it is amazing. 💕

[frogsndogs]

So I recently rewatched Scooby Doo Stage Fright and I have some thoughts. 

Now, I really enjoy this movie and consider it one of my absolute favourites! The first phantom? Amazing and weird but in a way that fits. All the contestants? Keeps everyone guessing. The “no dogs” rule that makes it a struggle for Scooby to get into the opera house? Hilarious. (Especially the old man bit)

But I’m not a really big fan of iterations of the franchise where Daphne is obsessed with Fred to the point that it’s her only character trait. And you might say that her love of Fred wasn’t her biggest motivator in the movie, but throughout the movie she makes it clear she only wants to win so that she can work up the courage to tell Fred how she feels. 

But she had one line really stood out to me, that didn’t have to do with her crush on Fred:

“Why do monsters keep showing up wherever we go? Is it something about us?”

There is a lot going on in this line. 

First there’s the sentence itself- what it points out. It is an in-universe acknowledgement that monsters go wherever they do. A couple series have done this, even Shaggy did it in the first part of the movie, saying “When do we go to a place that’s not haunted?” But what makes this different is that it isn’t trying to be meta and it isn’t sarcastic. It’s scared, and vulnerable. This sounds like a teenager who is trapped in this strange cycle with no real end in sight. Who’s not sure if she’s the problem.

In many different iterations of the gang what stands out is that they’re the outsiders. The weirdos. Daphne’s family history especially in some iterations makes it clear that she was pressured to conform to something that her parents wanted, something that society wanted. This seems like a line from someone who thinks that there is something wrong with them. Who hasn’t reached Be Cool Daphne’s comfort level with her weirdness.

So I think that the movie would be better if instead of Daphne having an obsession over Fred, she is worrying over why ghosts keep popping up wherever they go. And there’s a couple points in this movie where this would fit well.

First: All the other contestants. Are considered weird. What if Velma said that “A lemon-scented ghost would fit right in with this crowd” and Daphne lowers her head and says “Yeah” softly. Because she is part of this crowd. Talent Star seemed to have attracted a whole bunch of weird people, whose to say that this isn’t bringing up Daphne’s feelings of being different all over again? Like if you won a contest and all the other people who won were batshit crazy wouldn’t you doubt yourself? Just a little bit? Especially if you were a young girl who’s always been told she’s batshit crazy?

Then when Daphne wakes up at night crying? What if she wakes up crying because everything feels wrong? Because she feels wrong? Teenagehood is a time with lots of change and lots of transitions and lots of doubts. So she wakes up crying because she has a lot of existential questions about her life. 

And then the whole 5 different phantoms thing is obviously not helping. Just when Daphne thinks they’re done and can move on with normal teenager activities another phantom shows up to ruin everything all over again. This further reinforces the cycle that has been plaguing Daphne for who-knows how long at this point.

But then I think that this movie also presents the perfect opportunity for Daphne to realize that being weird isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Take Steve (the first phantom) for example. There is no way to deny that this guy is weird. He grew up in a sewer, has no idea how mirrors work, he is generally strange. But he’s also selfless. He’s ashamed of the hurt he caused in the past (but even then the worst he did was destroy the disco ball - no one actually got physically hurt), he saves Fred by attacking another one of the phantoms, when Brick gets arrested and no one knows what to do he steps up and takes charge. 

I would like to see a convo between the two of them - maybe Steve notices that Daphne’s feeling down about everything and approaches her, asking what’s wrong. Maybe all this pressure that’s been building up throughout the movie finally breaks and she confesses everything that’s been on her mind. And Steve listens. And he understands what it’s like to be weird, and maybe we could get a bit of backstory on him (why there is a random guy living in the sewer will forever haunt my every waking moment) and it could all boil down to yeah, I was weird like you but unlike you I was alone. Because maybe that’s what it takes for Daphne to stop being so caught up in her own weirdness but see every else’s as well. We have Fred who sleeps with a net, Shaggy who can eat a giant pizza like its nothing, Velma who is interested in stuff that isn’t very mainstream like the soap diamond, Scooby who talks.  

And this doesn’t change the fact that they are her best friends, her family. That throughout the movie they have been there for her and supported her and Fred on this wild ride. And same goes for every mystery. And the fact that they’re weird? Makes them stronger in the face of these mysteries. Fred’s net saves Shaggy and Scooby’s lives (that dude was running around with a butcher’s knife - he should def be locked up for attempted murder). Velma’s love of the niche comes in handy when stopping Dewey. Scooby and Shaggy sneaking into the opera house reveals that Dewey is the 4th phantom. 

So maybe this convo really helps Daphne gain confidence to go on stage and sing her heart out. Then they have the whole chase with Dewey and they give up the contest for Emma and all that. And then, the final nail in the coffin that makes Daphne come into her own weirdness. Brick. 

Brick, who is by far the most “normal” person around. Sure, he says “Fantastic” a lot, but that’s not a guy who pulls an egg out instead of a card or a goth band that was a country act up until a few weeks ago, with 3/4 of them being honestly surly and the the other one being so cheerful. Earlier in the film Daphne says that she really admires Brick, and in this version maybe that could mean that maybe in this whirlwind of weirdness she admires how he’s so… normal. But then at the end of the film comes his confession - that he’s surrounded by all these talented people makes him feel suffocated. He feels pathetic. And Daphne then realizes that yeah - all the other contestants were weird, all her friends are weird, but that’s what made them talented. Thats what makes them so amazing. 

In the end, the movie ends with Daphne coming to terms with her weirdness - and maybe starting Be Cool Daphne’s list of everything she wants to do. In the end she comes to terms with the fact that monsters tend to follow them around, but as long as she’s got her weird friends she’s gonna be okay.