#The Most Precious Gift

[silmaranwe]

Lothien & Halbrand -> Artist @drew-winchester

[thorinsghivashel]

Sorry guys but sometimes I forget that Bilbo was wearing the Mithril shirt all the time after Thorin gave it to him...and I'm still processing these pics. These details just hit me. Why did they knock him out? If he could just jump over Thorin WHEN AZOG WAS KILLING HIM!!!!! and never being killed himself cause he is wearing his Mithril!!!! What was the point of it besides his own protection (for which he also had the Ring so even without the mithril he still would be at least unnoticed)

[wraithsoutlaws]

who said romance is dead

[tonguetyd]

A distinguished gentlemen

The distinguished one has arrived to encourage your continued participation. He is eternally grateful for this bow tie, and humbled to be the most dapper vessel the ancient one could ever hope to ask for.

He hopes no unscrupulous individuals attempt to take his hat from him, lest they be met with the fury of the gods. If they seek to avoid this fate, they must act with haste and tell him he’s the goodest most handsomest lad to be witnessed with human eyes.

Worship.

[gogumagirl]

I love my best friend

[a-darling-thing]

Teenage me was a fool. I absolutely should not have wished to live in more interesting times.

[lemon2099]

You know that TikTok where the man buys his wife this giant sushi boat, and then hand feeds it to her after she gives birth?

Yeah that's Miguel.

[thelampisaflashlight]

Imp!Dew: -hanging out on Rain's bed- Rain: "Hey, buddy, you want this?" -holding a single, folded up paper towel- "You want it." Imp!Dew, eyes sparkling: "Mrrp." Rain, placing the paper towel in front of him, watching him curl up into a ball around it: "I love you so much it hurts."

[sincerely-sofie]

I’m the anon that sent in all the Ruby stuff! It makes me so happy that you love her so much. I didn’t expect her to be such a beloved character to you and I was kind of nervous that you would have hated her tbh. ^^;

Something Ruby related — I had a fic about Twig and co. confronting the siblings before I ultimately scrapped it because I could not write villainous characters without making them feel cliché. I do remember this one line said by Ruby’s sister when she lashes out towards Twig:

“You wouldn’t get it. You have a cushy life style and you baby your daughter instead of actually raising her. We’re doing that ungrateful, spoiled brat a favor — we’re teaching her how to survive. You wouldn’t know the meaning of that with that silver spoon in your mouth.”

I don’t blame you for struggling with not making the siblings feel cliché— writing villainous characters gets 900x more difficult the second you don’t want to make them sympathetic. Ark was fairly simple for me to write, even in scrapped scenes where he was all-in with his villainous role during the events of the post-game. Twig’s aunt, meanwhile, gave me a heck of a hard time while I was developing her backstory.

[sisididis]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY @reallunargift!

Guess who's using his last cents after a night out to wish you a very happy birthday? I hope you're leaning in extra close, because Port has to make himself heard over the pimba playing in the background!

[cocofawn]

ꮚ    ׄ    🌱ᩙ 🦌   𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝒾𝓉 𝒷𝑒 𝒶 𝓈𝒾𝓃 𝒾𝒻 𝒾 𝒸𝒶𝓃'𝓉 𝒽𝑒𝓁𝓅 𝒻𝒶𝓁𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒾𝓃 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓎𝑜𝓊 .ᐣ    ݂    ੭੭        ׄ    

‘ like a river flows surely to the sea, darling, so it goes, some things are meant to be. take my hand, take my whole life, too. for i can't help falling in love with you . . 🦡 ∯ 🦌 ’

[speedofsoundsketches]

A lovely, beautiful, wonderful Jolt fanart sent in by one of my patrons, themustardseedlife! The artist has a website if you'd like to see more!

Thank you so much again! I'm blown away by this. My readers and patrons are all amazing. 🥰🥰🥰

(If you wish to help support this project and see some behind-the-scenes art, visit my patreon!)

[hi-itsanniemarie]

The chaos of this is just so lovely 

Bella, Pedro & Cast at CCXP22 Brazil

[morocosmos]

FFXIVWrite 2024 Day 11 - Surrogate

Masterlist Fandom: Final Fantasy XIV Characters/Pairings: Leofard Myste & Warrior of Light Rating: Teen & Up Additional Notes: Takes place at during HW patch 3.5. Major spoilers for the Shadow of Mhach alliance raid questline. Ao3 Link

Lady Raimille. The picture painted by Stacia's tale was everything an orphaned child could want from a parent. Everything except that she'd passed on too soon — but not before giving her foster son one last gift.

The noblewoman’s real portrait hung above them, enshrined in Leofard’s quarters. Presiding over his affairs and his family; watching over the man himself. Moro'a knew that paintings like this cost a considerable sum to commission, and that taking care of them required specific knowledge and attention; unexpected obligations for a sky pirate. 

But the painting gleamed, immaculately free of blemishes. “I had wondered as to the origin of his vessel's naming,” Cait Sith said softly, his voice touched with emotion. “‘Tis a most beautiful painting.”

Moro’a’s time in Ishgard had also taught him that portraits like this one were made to memorialise — a likeness captured in brushstrokes, preserved from time. Remember me as I was, in this moment. Remember what this person means to us. Situated where their loved ones could gaze upon them, and never forget.

I doubt I'll ever feel worthy to sit where he sat.

Throughout their adventures, Leofard had pretended as though the portrait wasn’t there, and it was all Moro’a had needed to know not to bring it up. He’d accepted it without judgement, without ever considering otherwise. What was he here for, if not to hide from ghosts and broken hearts; from memory?

But now that Stacia had told them what Leofard would never impart himself, the pieces that made up the leader of the Redbills had finally begun to click: why a man who prized freedom so highly would build his new home a stone's throw from the Holy See, and why the loss of his airship had made Leofard retreat into himself, like a creature seeking familiar refuge. 

It seems she kept him safe until the very end, Utata had said, and Moro’a’s heart had clenched so tight that he thought it might shatter.

It wasn’t any of his business. The voidsent had been stopped, and Cait Sith had found a new home. His time with the Redbills was coming to a close. It’d been an engaging distraction, which was precisely what Moro’a had needed; there were no stones left to overturn, no more accidental revelations to be had. He would go his separate way, into the unknown, and then…

Later, as he was stowing the few essentials he’d brought into the manacutter, Moro’a heard footsteps approaching. He turned to see Leofard, who was already dressed in a clean set of clothes and red-tinted goggles. “I almost forgot,” the sky pirate said, as breezy as could be now as he held something out in his hand. A Redbill scarf.

“You didn’t have to,” Moro’a murmured, feeling a strange mixture of reluctance and guilt. 

“And I say otherwise, Warrior. I reckon you’ve done more than you’ll ever need to to have earned this.” His hand stretched closer, and Moro’a considered refusing. He was ready to quit this place, to move on. I’m not who you think I am, he wanted to say. 

Instead he found himself reaching out for the scarf, and tucking it in with the rest of his things.

If, after he'd said his farewells, his hand reached under the collar of his shirt to gently hold the necklace that rested against his chest, to remember, he was the only one who needed to know.

[hootsiegrimgrin]

HOOTSIE WHY ARE YOU SO CUTE???

Hot Hoot hoohoot hoot. Hoot hoo hoo Hoot hoot!

-Hootsie ♡

[killuaisaprincess]

🎄🩷🎄🩷🎄