#SHRUUUUG

[luck-and-larceny]

Off the Hook

7 years ago…

"You can't be serious. I'm not going to do that."

The twenty year old Miqo'te hiding in the cramped closet of her mark's bedroom put her fingers to her linkpearl and gave the voice on the other end an incredulous frown they could not see.

"The deal was I steal for you, not that I maim anyone. First of all, that's fucked up. Second of all, not my skillset. Send someone else, Red Moon."

Meanwhile, her as of yet untortured mark continued playing the violin. That was, of course, what she was known for. Malika's understanding had been that she'd steal the priceless, one of a kind instrument as a form of professional sabotage for Red Moon's shitty client. At no point had there been discussion about breaking her fingers.

"The client has updated their expectations," the deep, no nonsense voice of Malika's crime lord boss stated. "As well as the pay."

"I don't care about the pay–" Malika began to protest.

"I do." There was a warning in his voice that the young Keeper knew not to challenge. She was silent for a moment and for that moment the only thing that could be heard was the beautiful, haunting sound of the violin. 

Malika knew not to challenge the man. She'd suffered the consequences for that in the past and was not keen to be on the receiving end of his anger ever again. A wise person might have kept quiet and let it go.

Wisdom was not her strong suit.

"I don't do this kind of work," she whispered, her distress evident in the way she clearly and urgently enunciated each word. "I will be caught. You're wasting a perfectly good thief!"

"My perfectly good thief," he answered quietly and with a gentleness she knew to be artificial, "the waste will be if you continue to defy me. Do as you're told."

She bristled.

4 years prior she'd run away from The Nameless Caravan and swore she'd never be beholden to anyone ever again.

Now, here she was trapped in service to a greedy, violent, dangerous crime lord who got off on telling her to do what she was told. It was as though she'd never even left the Caravan in the first place– apart from the fact that Red Moon was generous enough to pay her for the abuse.

This is temporary, she told herself as she took a deep breath in preparation. The plan is already in place. You're getting out of this. You're going to be fine. And you'll never ever ever do a job you don't want to do ever again. Just… just do this thing…

Red Moon would stay on the line. He'd want to hear it happen rather than wait for her to call back. That was just the sort of sick fuck he was. So there'd be no chance to talk to this woman. No explaining anything. Just sudden violence and the cracking of bones.

Not my thing. Malika could feel the panic attack starting to form in her chest as she grappled with the weight of going against her 16 year old self's promise not to do anything she didn't want to ever again. There was no time for that.

"Fine," she said on the line.

Nymeia, I'm sorry. If you have one more miracle left for me, I could really use it…

Three…

Malika pressed her shoulder against the closet door.

Two…

She turned the handle and readied herself to slam the door open and rush her victim.

O–

The music stopped. Malika stopped, too.

"What's happening?" Red Moon demanded.

Malika didn't answer. She didn't know. And with the music stopped it was too risky to speak.

"Sera, I can't do this. I don't want to do this. Something feels off. Something feels wrong. No. No, not with the piece. With this– this whole thing. Everything. Give the solo to Tali. It'd mean the world to her. And I just don't want to do this anymore. I'm quitting. I'm done."

"What the–?" It was extremely unusual for Red Moon to express surprise. "Lia, did you do this? Explain yourself."

"I didn't do shit," she hissed back.

The linkpearl conversation became too faint to hear. She'd moved to another room. Malika cracked open the closet door to see the violin resting on the bed. Seconds later the front door opened and closed. A quick glance out the window showed the owner of the violin leaving the house.

"Shit. She just left, boss. Without her violin."

Silence. The kind of silence that indicated that Red Moon was not pleased, but that he couldn't think of a reason to take it out on her.

"Grab it," he finally said with a sigh. "Bring me the violin. You're off the hook for the rest."

He could probably feel the radiance of Malika's relieved grin from over the linkpearl.

"This time," he warned. "Don't expect to be so lucky in the future."

Unfortunately for him, she did expect to be that lucky in the future. If there had been any doubt that the goddess of luck was on her side prior to this moment, there wasn't any longer. 

Three weeks later a series of extremely fortunate events would free her from her contract with Red Moon without repercussion. Moving forward, she'd keep her promise to herself and never again work for anyone she didn't choose to work for and she'd never take jobs she didn't choose to take.

[filmcel]

look back was very okay. if ur a big fan of the manga you’ll enjoy it but. i didn’t even rlly care about the manga so the movie itself was whateva!!!!! my friend loved it tho. he said FIVE STARSSSS

“animation is cinema ✊” ass recent activity

[lawlietscaramels]

of α and β

Warnings!! dead dove - do not eat, cannibalism, implied cannibalism, death (before the start of the short), horror(?), blood (image).

It's rather dark, but not very explicit. Continue with caution.

A was dead.

A was dead.

A was dead.

The words cascaded through B's head, lines of green text overlapping as they fell.

A was dead.

B was next.

“He who says A must say B likewise.” That was Hansel and Gretel, the version he read with them in the dusty room that Thursday.

B didn't like the funeral.

He didn't like the black clothes. The Victorian element of it all. He didn't like the church.

He didn't like A's grave.

He sat on the grass covered in weeds and ripped them out, then ripped out the flowers too and stared at the stone.

A was dead.

Stone was the rest of them.

No.

They were there.

B ripped the grass away. Then the dirt. He ripped at the wood and their flesh and held their heart.

A was dead.

B was next.

There was very little blood.

Between the lines of alpha and beta, half a heartbeat made two one.

Dear L did you know

If you write it right,

A fits inside B?

　★━━─・‥…━━━☆

𝖎𝖋 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖑𝖎𝖐𝖊𝖉 𝖎𝖙 ˏˋ⋆˖⁺˖⁀➷ 𝖕𝖑𝖊𝖆𝖘𝖊 𝖗𝖊𝖇𝖑𝖔𝖌 + 𝖋𝖔𝖑𝖑𝖔𝖜

→ thanks to @levi-dayne for being my beta reader! ←

©lawlietscaramels. Do not repost on other sites, claim as your own work, edit, rewrite or “fix,” feed to AI or otherwise use unethically.

[gemharvest]

Fuckin'. Siiiighhh okay I'm kinda just having a day and I'm probably just tired but it's too late for me to take a nap so. Vote.

*I'm going to let this sit for like 1-2 hours and get SOME work in on the comic. If I find myself in a groove with it I might just continue with it anyways and consider these results for what I do after Goretober tomorrow (since I'll have work 'nd therefore not a lot of time), BUT if I don't I'll see what the consensus is on here and adjust accordingly.

[proximacalamity]

madatobi week 2023: day 7 - Free Day or Requited Love

This waaaas supposed to be for the requited love prompt, just slightly older mdtb happy together, but my angst addict brain whispered to me this vision that feels very opposite to requited love and I decided to listen.

Regular pictures under the cut.

[willwoodlover222]

new oc alert

zam!!!! its zam!! we luv zam in this household yah im posting more

[tixij]

I like watching fionna and cake because I never finished adventure time so its like I'm picking up 3/4 of everything

[wheels-of-despair]

brain: it's October, fool hands: yup brain: October is the Halloween one hands: sure is brain: THEN WHY ARE YOU WRITING A VALENTINE'S DAY FIC

[savingthrow]

❛  𝐲𝐨𝐮  𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝  𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰  𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭  𝐢  𝐚𝐦  𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥  𝐭𝐨  𝐲𝐨𝐮.  ❜  halsin  spoke,  placing  a  hand  upon  his  chest  and  bowing  his  head  to  wyll.  the  events  which  unfolded  upon  the  grove  were  dire,  and  where  halsin  had  failed  in  both  providing  protection  for  the  tieflings  and  in  leadership,  wyll  had  stepped  forward,  further  establishing  himself  as  a  pillar  of  strength  and  hope. 

❛  𝐚𝐧𝐝  𝐧𝐨𝐰  𝐭𝐨  𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤  𝐢  𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥  𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞  𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫  𝐚𝐢𝐝  𝐢𝐧  𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠  𝐭𝐡𝐞  𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰  𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞…  ❜  halsin  chuckles,  shaking  his  head.  ❛  𝐢  𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫  𝐢  𝐚𝐦  𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠  𝐚  𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐭  𝐭𝐨  𝐲𝐨𝐮  𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭  𝐜𝐚𝐧  𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫  𝐛𝐞  𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐝.  ❜  he  speaks  lightly,  though  his  sense  of  gratitude  could  not  be  mistaken. / @hellpact

[sarcasticmercy]

@heavens-sin liked for a thing

He could already tell he was being approached. It was the simultaneous and familiar feeling of rising fury that gave him more insight as to who was approaching before he even slid his attention to address the offender. It was the intrusive desire to see blood splattering across the ground, to sink his teeth into flesh- into organs extracted by his own hand. Someone with the audacity to call themselves demigod.

Law tapped a finger against his arm, slid his attention to the man now casting a shadow across him as he let out a breath- irritated. An attempt to quell the anger. "Can I help you?" Based on the contempt still clear in his tone, it hadn't worked as well as he hoped.

[aeryssickfics]

also I discovered while poking through ao3 tags that cyno doesn't Have a caretaker tag!

(tho cyno takes care of tighnari Does exist and that's wonderful and got slapped on Here for You as soon as I realized it existed)

(for the Curious:tm: tags come about based on usage. idk how many uses a genshin tag requires but general archive minimum is three separate authors. anyway im def not saying we should make it a tag but -shruuuug-)

additional side note! I'm working on one of the requests in my ask box for a sick sparkle (HSR) :) hopefully a quick fic but we'll see!

(after that idk. I may have to break out a randomizer for decision making rofl)

[turntheotherpurf]

censordoll for the ask thing just because shes my fave

1: Sexuality headcanon = Hm... honestly I'm not really sure? Like I always felt like that "thing" with Clay was more of a manipulation/power-play thing than actually being legit into him (not to mention her whole "egg" focus)... soooo maybe Lesbian? .3.

2: Otp = *shruuuugs*

3: Brotp = Hmm, I remember seeing this one art of her, Ms. Sculptham & Nurse Bendy being friends with eachother based on the "Alone" ep... aaaand ngl, I can oddly see it working?? Like I know Censordoll's always been against anything "sinful"... but idk, I feel like she'd somehow feel sorry enough for Bendy's situation to wanna "take her under her wing", if they got to know eachother? And then ofc Sculptham being there as the "voice of reason" between them would make for an interesting trio-

4: Notp = Her x Clay... need I say more- 🤮🤮

5: First headcanon that pops into my head = She had a pet chicken at some point, lovingly raising her from a tiny chick to a fluffy hen (mirroring something like this for their dynamic lol).

6: Favorite line from this character = Her last scene/bit of dialogue from the "Alone" ep, so much potential that we could've had all of... 😔

7: One way in which I relate to this character = ...um, I like eggs? lol Not to the extent of her but, yeah they're def a good part of breakfast here and there lmao

8: Thing that gives me second hand embarrassment about this character = Anytime she "eats" eggs is just.... yeaaaaah no thanks 🤢

9: Cinnamon roll or problematic fave? = The very definition of "Girlboss, Gaslight, Gatekeep" lol

[socialprawn]

I didn’t know Cyprus is middle eastern! I just googled it to verify, goes to show, huh!

Yies haha, recent realization from me also 🙈 Idk if it’s meant geographically. It used to be a british colony (which is common knowledge) and they still have bases there… shruuuug

[gemharvest]

Okay hear me out (and I will forget I sent an ask in again 2 seconds later) RGB as crystal gems

PREFACING THIS ART WITH AN "I'm sorry I didn't lean more into the SU side of things" I am being so fr I don't wanna mess with trying to figure out more gem-like outfits for them so they're basically the same except with limited palettes and also gems. I don't think it's actually gonna matter to anyone but ANSJKNKDGJ if I don't open with that my brain will Explode. /lh

GO CRAZY GO STUPID AHHHHHH. GEMS. I'm going to have to put my bullet points under a read more just cuz I know I am about to fucking Go Off. grins

Girlfriend is a red diamond. Boyfriend is a peridot. Pico is a green spinel.

GIRLFRIEND:

Went with a diamond cuz of the status thing. I am almost worried it feels like too easy of a pull but I doonnn't care I think it'd be fun if she was a diamond. :) Red obviously because it's her color.

Playing off the status thing; ofc her parents would also be diamonds and so you can have the reasoning of "oh this isn't a high-rank gem" for them not liking Boyf. I mean if you need any reasoning aside from them just being unreasonable LOL but that's always there.

Placement on her chest because !! love !!!! That's also why it's a heart-shaped cut instead of a. Diamond shape.

My backup assignment for her would be a jasper because I think it'd suit her well to be any quartz, and with jasper you can get close to her reds !! The status thing is really what made me decide on a diamond tho.

As I type this I realize there are some vaaaguee similarities to Pink I could pull as extra reasoning but shruuuugs my brain is NOT in an analytical mood rn so I'll just let others chew on that for me.

This isn't really relevant to RGB but I wanna mention it: I think it'd be funny if the demon henchmen were rubies.

BOYFRIEND:

The biggest factor for me going peridot with him is the fact that a common headcanon for canon Peridot is that she's autistic and while I mostly work with ADHD Boyf myself (since that's the experience I can pull from personally)... I am a sucker for a good autistic/AuDHD read with him.

This man is short and Era 2 peridots are short. If I drew him SU style this guy would need limb enhancers. lol

Instead of a prohibition symbol his shirt has the outline of a star. I just find that neat. :)

He would sooooooo suck at a peridot's role but also iirc in canon he's a college drop out anyways so it cancels out. He's got that Greg Universe in him.

Honestly, I put his gem placement on the back of his hand bc I had no clue where else to put it. My secondary placement for it would be on his forehead bc it'd make me giggle with him being Dumb but canon Peridot already has the forehead placement so I didn't go ahead with that.

HE STOLE PICO'S GREEN SPOT. spritzing him with water like a naughty dog BAD BOYFRIEND.

PICO:

This is my little indulgent one I really. I really love canon Spinel. This is tangential but like I literally have 4 spinel OCs and then another 4 furry OCs with designs based on canon Spinel. The urge to make One Of Them a spinel was going to be there.

The juxtaposition of him being a gem with an entertainer role and also a hard-ass hitman makes me giggle. Idk I feel like if you already know canon Spinel then you can probably connect the dots as to why I'd imagine him as a spinel as well.

Heart cut because I find it cute and it matches GF. I think a spade shape could be fun too but idk I prefer just going with a heart. Placement on his upper back because. :) Because he can't easily shield it from damage that way. He has to be constantly aware of his surroundings, unless he wants to give someone the chance for an easy hit on him if they sneak up from behind. Little paranoia thing to fuck with him. I'm so nice to Pico !! :D

Bringing back the status thing with GF's parents; I can't help but giggle thinking abt them hiring him. Imagine you get recommended this really good hitman and you meet up and it's a fucking court jester. Fucking ego hit but DD needs the job done so he hires him anyways. AND THEN PICO DOESN'T EVEN CARRY OUT THE FUCKING HIT. Never hiring a clown off of Craigslist again. /JOKING

hits play on this and sits down with my head in my hands

OKAY BEFORE I'M DONE I WANNA MENTION: I made myself give them all gem assignments BUT I do think it would be fun if one of them was not a gem a la Greg and Rose. So I give you: regular canon demon GF and her two gem boyfriends. Takes a bow. (<- honestly might do something further with that for my own fun. teehee)

[sweetandsoursaws]

NAILED IT. Oh oops, spotted. Lark made a shameful late attempt to hide, realized his mistake, and popped back up, grinning and waving back.

He didn't come down though, instead holding his fingers to his head in a "call me" gesture. Then theatrically grimaced. Oh, that's right, you don't have my number! Shruuuug. Too bad I guess! Just gonna reload this tshirt cannon real quick. This shirt is printed with yet another meme.

Make me!

The upset beeps and squeals from the robot would at least give Miles some joy, though, he wouldn't linger and made sure to close the top of the dumpster, so the thing couldn't somehow escape and follow him again.

Miles was a creature of habit and would be out on the streets again the next day, keen to hit the gym again. He didn't really make it a habit to look up as he walked, or at least not high up enough to see the tops of buildings, so, he would get beaned by that t-shirt, right in the head. He would grunt and stumble before whirling around, ready to deck whoever dared to pull that shit.

It didn't seem to be anyone around him, not with the force the thing had hit him, nor with the equally shocked by what had just happened faces. Had to tell a few people who had ventured closer to him to fuck off before his gaze would drift upwards and eventually spot Lark.

Had to squint, but he could tell it was that asshole by the stupid cat ears outline. He would move to inspect the shirt, merely lifted a hand to wave, then gestured for him to come down as he stood there, staring Lark down.

[dittolicous]

honestly i’ll admit im surprised absolutely no one mentioned the father-sons memory that I was decently sure that was made obviously drayden... buuut then again, i guess most of us headcanon he’s connected to them somehow these days heh

(distant-distant blood relatives adopted when they were toddlers... lets just say theres a reason they dont care for cars and wanted to improve public transit)