#This just makes me sad

[stberggren]

     hazel eyes are on him so long that he imagines he can see all the cracks that have been neatly filled out and polished. all the ugliness might be plain to see for him. it unsettles him. just as it unsettles him that he meets him with extraordinary gentleness. which is exactly why he pulled himself from their kiss. emil can’t begin to fathom who he is and he can’t knowingly lure him into some trap. emil’s hands are on him again before he knows it, but this time it is not the same. it isn’t urgent, but reassuring. it makes something ache deep within him.

     it relieves him a little how emil interprets his shame. he has met men far more repressed than himself and he has carries little of that shame. that does not mean that he is not cautious or aware that the kind of desire that he feels is dangerous in the world they live in. it hasn’t been a decade since he knew people transported to camps for this and now he still knows men behind bars. what he is is angry, not ashamed. 

     “wanted by me, too,”  tom confesses, leaning into the touch of his hand, “it didn’t make me uncomfortable.. on the contrary..i liked it more than what is good for either of us.” tom doesn’t know where to begin or how to quit the vagueness. he hopes emil will forgive it and not tire of him too quickly. “i am not ashamed of being with another man but i am rather concerned about how intimate that was. i am no good for you and i would not want to hurt you.”

his gaze doesn't waver from the other man, attentive. patient. no matter the depths of his desire it could never supersede his sincere concern for tom's wellbeing. caring a little too much has always been his cross to bear, one that tantalus tried time and time again to beat out of him. reprogram away. brainwash into obliteration. it never worked. but right now he doesn't feel ashamed of it. there is no one here to tell him he is wrong for allowing his heart to beat so strong. and right now, it's beating for him.

he tilts his head to the side, the little crease between his brows deepening as he tries to interpret the meaning of his explanation. emil is not unfamiliar with shame but in this context, simple affection shared between men, companionship, pleasure—these things are free. these are things meant to be unburdened. yet, tom clearly looks a weighed down. he speaks as if his touch is anything other than wonderful. emil slowly places the matchbox back on the counter, pocketing the match as he steps closer.

he lays a hand over the one tom has placed on his arm. ❝ why shouldn't you touch me? ❞ he questions. another step closer. ❝ 'bad' is not what i'd call your behavior. i'd call it... ❞ he smiles at him. ❝ wanted. ❞ his other hand lifts to tom's face again, just lightly cupping his cheek. if he wants to pull away again he won't stop him, but he hopes that he doesn't. ❝ i enjoy your company. the only thing i want you to be is yourself. and i only want you to do whatever it is you're comfortable with. either way, you have nothing to be ashamed of. not ever. not with me. okay? ❞

[jambamthepaperman]

It’s really heartbreaking that the reason Agatha is a ghost is because she’s too afraid to face Nicky again. She didn’t get to say goodbye and she blames herself for his death. Because maybe if they had killed those witches that day, Rio wouldn’t have come for him. And she probably wishes Rio had taken her instead.

[kaityeliza]

why didnt hecate ask alabaster or lou ellen to come watch her house why she was gone? i get alabaster the whole titain thing but lou ellen? that's your only living child who wasn't elixed from the gods like what? she's you're daughter? that's such a shitty move image how lou ellen feels knowing her mom choose this guy over you? i get percy's a hero blah blah blah he's a great character but it feels like she just wanted the status to say 'I had percy jackson on i quest for me!! I wrote him a letter!!' maybe she feels bad i guess but the quest from hermes and aphrodite seemed like something percy would rather do it just seems selfish, and i understand that's how the gods are but seriously? she's your daughter, imagine how special & loved that poor girl would have felt and she didn't even get a chance to do it? not a chance to help her mom? to even see her mom?

[melonthesprigatito]

Man, I hate how causally mean the Pokémon fandom is sometimes.

"Oh no! 2% of 12000 people voted for a game I don't like! Must be something mentally wrong with them! That's the only explanation! It's not like kids also use YouTube and probably voted in that poll because the YouTube algorithm often shoves polls in people's faces as well as the fact that BDSP (and Let's Go) is the only remake easily accessible to that age demographic because all the other games are 10+ years old and they likely haven't discovered what emulation is yet!"

On an unrelated note, remember ten years ago when people would have said a comment like that towards people who enjoyed Black and White?

[miwiromantics]

Just a reminder that Mike Wheeler didn’t call or send letters to Will Byers because he was scared of telling the truth

and

Will Byers didn’t do the same because he thought Mike didn’t want to talk to him anymore.

[xalatath]

Sighs

[chenfordswopez]

“Homework is for ugly girls.” This is from the same girl who used to do homework on a Friday/Saturday night 😭

[fishyfishyfishtimes]

It's always so weird to come down from the biology heavens to see what the average person believes about animals, plants, ecosystems, just the world around them. I don't even mean things that one simply doesn't know because they've never been told or things that are confusing, I'm talking about people who genuinely do not see insects as animals. What are you saying. Every time I see a crawling or fluttering little guy I know that little guy has motivations and drive to fulfill those motivations. There are gears turning in their head! They are perceiving this world and they are drawing conclusions, they are conscious. And yet it's still a whole thing if various bugs of the world feel pain or if they are simply Instinct Machines that are Not Truly Aware of Anything At All????? Help!!!!!! How can you look at a little guy and think he is just the macroscopic animal version of a virus

[flamboyantly-understated]

Spring of last year, I had a friend who was worried about high school graduation. They were going by a different name than the one they were born with, and they knew their parents wouldn’t agree but they didn’t want to be stuck with a deadname on their diploma and they didn’t know what to do. I don’t remember what we landed on, but I think they put their birth name in their yearbook and their chosen name on their diploma.

In October, they texted me that they were going to vote for Trump. They rattled off some pretty foul reasons for it, and I cut them off after that, but I didn’t remember the graduation thing until just a couple weeks ago. And as much as I still feel betrayed and hurt by them, I feel so sad for them too. They’d been shuffling through abusive partners and reverting back to their birth name every time, and as much as they said it was about money and safety I couldn’t help but feel like they only voted that way because they felt like they didn’t actually matter.

[bardofavon]

not to be controversial bc I know this is like…not in line with shifting opinions on fanfic comment culture but if there’s a glaring typo in my work I will NOT be offended by pointing it out. if ao3 fucks up the formatting…I will also not be offended by having this pointed out…

‘looking forward to the next update’ and ‘I hope you update soon!’ are different vibes than a demand, and should be read in good faith because a reader is finding their way to tell you how much they love it. I will not be mad at this.

‘I don’t usually like this ship but this fic made me feel something’ is also incredibly high praise. I’m not going to get mad at this.

even ‘I love this fic but I’m curious about why you made [x] choice’ is just another way a reader is engaging in and putting thought into your work.

I just feel like a lot of authors take any comment that’s not perfectly articulated glowing praise in the exact manner they’re hoping to receive it in bad faith.

fic engagement has been dropping across the board over the last several years, and yes it’s frustrating but it isn’t as though I can’t see how it happens. comment anxiety can be a real thing. the last thing anyone wants to do is offend an author they love, and that means sometimes people default to silence.

idk where I’m going with this I guess aside from saying unless a comment is outright attacking me I’m never going to get mad at it, and I think a lot of authors should feel the same way. ESPECIALLY TYPOS PLZ GOD POINT OUT MY TYPOS.

[dem0nyo]

☆ six hairstyles!!!!1! (no idea what to title this) ☆

a bit random, but i guess the common theme here is micro bangs. suitable for your vampires and darkly-inclined simmies (or whoever really). most of these were wips from last year and the way i make hairs has changed a bit since, but thought i'd still share them.

unedited CAS screenshots and more info under the cut.

BGC

feminine frame

24 EA swatches + 17 extras

teen-elder

hat compatible

all LODS, all maps

TOU

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thank you so much for the support <3 if there are any issues, please lmk

still not sure if i like render previews so i included CAS pics anyway. renders are nice looking but they don’t accurately preview how CC looks in-game and they can take a long time, at least on my PC still running on 2017 hardware. my GPU is decent but everything else, not so much. anyway...

Maila 🦇 (7377 polys)

named after Maila Nurmi aka Vampira, this is a Chelsea cut with v-shaped bangs and pigtails. this was actually a request i did last year based on someone's OC. idk if they have a Tumblr, but shoutout to them anyway <3

Rosario 📿 (16625 polys)

another older one. i'm thinking about making this unisex but i'm so dejected rn i don't feel like opening Blender for a bit (someday tho). it's not locked to fem frames but it will clip with the neck when put on masc frames.

Odette ⚰ (15485 polys)

based on this one hairstyle i saw on Pinterest, i can't find it for some reason even though i made this fairly recently.

Lucinda ☀ (19814 polys)

wavy jellyfish cut, this is the most recent one i made. it’s for an OC of mine and it's probably my favorite out of all these. maybe.

Yesenia 🕷 (10869 polys)

just a little edit of the L&D updo, nothing too special. made this when the pack just came out. i could’ve done more with it and added more strands because i like to suffer but it’s fine.

Valentina 🖤 (17332 polys)

idk honestly. this was meant to be for personal use but i thought it was cute enough to share.

[monkesupreme]

ref

a satisfactory answer for Selina

[artkaninchenbau]

Crocodile finds a strange stray cat an 11-year old Nico Robin (AU where they met 13 years earlier. Robin's been on the run from the World Government for 3 years. Crocodile's 27 and has not set up base in Alabasta yet)

It seems like I have become possessed. By some sort of demon.

Bonus:

[crumb-crumblet-s-crumbington]

"Why did I do that?"

close up

[gentil-minou]

Everytime I see posts like this I get filled with such profound sadness

Cause you know who has the same brainrot as you? The same unhinged feelings as you after you've read the fic? The person who always wants to scream about the fic with you?

THE PERSON WHO WROTE IT

I never used to leave comments but since I got into the habit of commenting on everything i enjoy it's been incredible. Especially when the author gets back to me about it and we get to have a discussion of what other ideas they had. One writer replied to my comment with a 5 paragraph essay detailing the Floorplan of the building the characters lived in and it was incredible

Anyways this is all to say that if you find a fic that just makes you want to scream from the rooftops, leave a comment saying that to the author and maybe they will join you and you can scream incoherently together

[botanicalbasilly]

I hate being a person who loves bugs, I can't say anything without the person I'm talking to reacting with disgust. Today I had to literally beg a coworker for the life of a spider, and then after I put it in a nook outside she thought it'd be funny to show me a video she took of her killing one. Like idk man. Birds scare the shit out of me but I still get why people love them. They come in pretty colors and they sound nice and they're interesting to observe. I don't understand why people don't feel the same about bugs. The rich amber color of a cockroach, the iridescent glow of a fly, the intricate hydraulics that power their little legs, the chirp of a beetle, the art of the spider's web... It's all so beautiful. Why is it the habit of so many to destroy?