#WHICH WAS AN ABSOLUTE ACCIDENT

[sapphic-luthor]

spent all morning rereading all of my own fics from the past several years and sometimes its like . .. dang i'm kind of good at this

[lolhex12]

broke: Jeremy is captain sunshine golden retriever boy who hides his feelings and his fucked up family situation

woke: actually🤓☝️ Jeremy first met Andrew in juvie when they were 15 & 13 respectively

[rollforjackass]

sometimes i wonder if all those times that john constantine allegedly appeared to his writers irl weren’t actually meant to be read by them as an endorsement of their talents or his personal acknowledgment of their influence in his life (the way i used to generally romanticize those stories to mean), but were maybe more intended as like…..a Straight-Up Threat. or, more charitably, as some kind of flying-too-close-to-the-sun warning. just because it’s funny to me to think how (almost) every writer who “encountered” him decided without question to fuck off posthaste, and equally funny to wonder how — assuming he actively chose to make himself known to them, rather than merely running into them on accident — constantine wouldn’t have seen that reaction coming from a mile away.

i mean, if anyone should know best about constantine’s penchant for bringing down disaster on anyone & everyone around him, it would be him and the people who officially contributed to enforcing that penchant, right? so it’d just be common sense for the intelligent, meta-aware fictional character to think: “if i — the living breathing embodiment of a rockfall zone caution sign — go up to the dudes who made me this way, they will probably (wisely) assume my presence indicates that they are now in higher-than-previous danger of being hit by falling rocks — a danger which will only increase the longer they stay within my immediate proximity — and they will surely feel compelled to bugger off accordingly.” at which point he could logically conclude that there are undoubtedly better, less-mortally-endangering methods of paying respects to his creators than popping out of a sandwich bar stairwell and scaring the shit out of alan moore.

(unless john thinks his writers would get just as much thrill from that kind of adrenaline rush as he does, given they thought to make him that way; which, tbh, i would not put past him to assume. or unless he simply does not care to expend all the extra energy on plotting a meticulously inoffensive approach just to tell someone ‘hi’, which i also would not put past him.)

as much of a shit as he can be, i can’t really picture john constantine making the conscious decision to put the fear of god into the writers who made him without a really good reason for it. he doesn’t believe in fate or destiny or anyone pulling his strings, so even if he didn’t like something they wrote, i figure he’d just set his mind to changing it rather than lending credence to the writers’ supposed influence over his life by taking his grievances up with them. so if constantine were running around the real world actively jumpscaring the people who are most likely to genuinely fear him, knowing they’re the people most likely to genuinely fear him, i can only imagine it being a choice he makes to jar his writers out of some complacent drift that’s been leading them over the line between fiction and forbidden knowledge; or something to that effect. a scare tactic, but a preventative one.

anyway, all this said to provide context for the entertaining mental image i had of constantine rocking up to some stranger’s party in 2009 all cool & confident, thrice-assured of his ability to rattle his writers just by showing his face, only to have to beat the hastiest of hasty retreats with fresh horror in his soul after notorious freak-shit woman-hating character-mangler peter milligan gets one good look at him and comes barreling down the pipe trying to ask what john thinks of the college-aged deviantart-emo wife.

[wild-flowerhoney]

the moment you insist that a 13/14 year old boy on a barely grown dragon could've done anything to defend himself against a 19/20 year old on the biggest and oldest dragon alive that also just so happens to be one of the war dragons that originally conquered their lands is when you know you should enroll in clown school because you missed your calling, clearly

[premamelody]

the passed down asgore hug is inescapable

[xxplastic-cubexx]

do you think he tastes good grilled

[hurricanek8art]

OC Interview

Tagged by @queen-scribbles, going with Aja! I really need to post more of her and Chrysali, but Vega keeps stealing my brain cells lately. Gee, I don't know who she could've picked that up from *cough* Aja *cough *

I think I filled out a version of this on my own once, just for fun without posting, but I hadn't looked at it in a while and it was fun to update!

Keeping the (no pressure) tags going with @starknstarwars if you wanna do it to!

Lord I need to draw some new Aja art to use for these, I haven't actually drawn her in ages somehow🙃

■ Basics

Name: Her smile feels a little practiced but genuine. "Aja Verdona. Please, do not stick a 'Commander' or 'Master Jedi' in there unless it's not a formal or life or death situation, and Throne-breaker is just a title everyone likes calling me because of the Tenebrae fights. My name is Aja, thanks."

Are you single? Aja's expression remains mostly the same, but there's the faintest hint of pink creeping into her cheeks. "I, uh, I mean, I am a Jedi, so it's... yes." She coughs, shifting in her seat with her nose slightly wrinkled. "Though honestly, I don't know if I'm that much of a Jedi-Jedi now, in the, uh, official sense. It's complicated. So I suppose it wouldn't get in the way of anything like that? Not that it matters. It doesn't. It's all good." She takes a deep breath to recover and shrugs, awkward. "I am single."

Birthplace? "An artists' hermitage in the Gallo Mountains, tucked away in Naboo's Lake Country. A combination of being so young when I left and some of the subsequent traumas in my youth have made my memories of it hazy." For a second, Aja's face turns almost dreamy, eyes closed as her lips curve up in a tiny smile. "But I can remember the water lapping up by the canal edge, glittering in the sun. And the millaflowers that grew on the slopes swaying in the light breeze. It was beautiful."

Hair color? "Dark brown." Aja laughs. "Well, mostly. I wouldn't be surprised if there's some early grays hiding in there nowadays." Her smile falters, turns a little awkward, and she brushes her white-streaked forelock out of her eyes. "The, uh, the white is from Valkorian. Little parting gift from when we finally got him out of my head. Doesn't bother me really, I just feel a little weird trying to explain it sometimes."

Eye color? "Green. Kira said they're leaf-colored, I always liked that description." Aja blushes slightly. "There's, um, there's a different shade green it reminds me of now, but saying it out loud feels a little silly."

Birthday? Aja's smile turns awkward. "Complicated. I was so little when I left Naboo that I don't remember when it was beyond "middle of Lake Country summer". The hermitage didn't keep great medical records, either, and anything they had on me got lost at Coruscant, so no luck there. Kira decided to declare my new birthday was the day I broke free of Vitiate's mind control about a decade back. Felt as good a day as any to pick."

Gender? "Female."

Mood? Aja sighs. "I am... hanging in there. Have a lot going on right now." She twists the smile on tighter. "Don't worry about it, though, I'm fine. Happy and ready to continue the interview."

Are you happy? Aja pauses for a moment. The practiced smile is still there, but there's something flickering behind her eyes. "In many ways, yes. But I'm... very tired, too."

Are you angry? "I don't know. I'm just... tired."

Summer/Winter? "Summers. Warm days by the water bring back happy... well, I don't think they're memories really, but... feelings of them, or impressions, I guess? Memories of memories?" Her mood shifts to wry and amused. "Plus, I traveled around a lot as a Padawan, and trust me, when you're camped in the middle of karkin' farkin' nowhere trailing some Sith relic excavation team, snow up to your rear end and you can't build a fire because you're trying to remain undetected, you long for a warm summer night."

Morning/Afternoon? Aja grins mischievously. "I annoy so many people because I'm apparently, to quote Lana here, 'an incorrigible, accursed morning person'." She shrugs. "It was just because I got in the habit of dawn-to-sunrise meditation with one of my former masters, Karoli, but nowadays? My day to day schedule starts at 0800 and goes to 1900 and I am always on call in case of an emergency. I like that quiet time to catch my breath before I have to start my day."

■ Eight things about your love life

Are you in love? Aja's face flushes scarlet. "Wait, I thought this was like a "get to know the Commander" fluff piece kind of interview, not—I—well, I, uh..." she clears her throat, still red-faced and smiling through the nerves as she twists her fingers in her lap. "I don't know, exactly? I've never had... feelings of that kind before. So it's all really new and confusing, and I'm playing it all by ear as best I can. I think I'll know when I know, but I don't know right now, if that makes sense." She winces. "Please don't tell anybody. I already don't have much of a private life. I'd like to have something good to keep to myself for a while."

Who ended your last relationship? Aja shrugs. "Nobody. I haven't had one before, that's why I'm so... weird about all this, I guess."

Have you ever broken someone's heart? Aja shifts uncomfortably in her seat, a troubled look flickering in her eyes. Her throat bobs as she swallows. "Not in the romantic sense, but... yes. More than a few people, I think. It's been a long road and I've made a lot of mistakes on it." When she looks back up, there's an earnestness in her eyes. "But I'm trying to do better, always. I promise you that."

Are you afraid of commitments? "Not really." Aja leans back in her seat and laughs, a bit wry. "I don't think I'd be leading something like the Alliance if I was afraid of committing all of myself to something." She rubs the back of her neck and exhales a soft sigh. "Though I think sometimes I commit all of myself to something too much, y'know? I don't give myself a lot of space to just be myself, let alone just be myself with someone else."

Have you hugged someone within the last week? "I hug Teeseven all the time. Screw anyone who says it's weird, Teeseven is the best, he deserves a hug. I think I hugged Kira after she consulted on a Darth Nul thing the other day. And I gave Vega a side-hug after she conquered a complicated Force trick she'd been struggling with yesterday. She's working hard to master super-precise stuff because it doesn't come very easily to her, I'm proud."

Have you ever had a secret admirer? Aja tips her head back, shaking it as she cackles. "Admirer, yes. Secret, no. Though he did finally get the message I wasn't interested and stepped back. We're great friends now that all that's out of the way, no one I trust more to patch me up after a fight." She leans her head back forward and stops to think for a heartbeat, and then her eyes dart sideways as she brushes some hair out of her eyes again. "I... might have another, but, um, let's keep that between us until I can figure things out, yeah?"

■ Six choices

Love or lust? Aja coughs, awkward, eyes flicking away again as a blush creeps into her cheeks. "Love."

Iced tea or lemonade? "Being raised in the Jedi Order means you get hooked on tea from a young age. But Admiral Daerunn introduced me to iced Gatalentan tea and now I'm addicted, curse the man."

Cats or dogs? "Do I have to pick? That's not fair, don't make me pick between my babies."

A few best friends or many regular friends? "Is both not a good thing? Because I've ended up with both and I'm quite content." Aja pauses to think about it, cocking her head to one side. "I think I prefer having a small circle in a lot of ways, though. Not to the point of hating the wider one, just... it can be a lot."

Wild night out or romantic night in? She clears her throat. "I, uh, well... I wouldn't mind staying in, but it doesn't have to be... that. I'm good just sitting and watching a holovid."

Day or night? "Day. Definitely day." Aja shifts uncomfortably in her chair, eyes averted. "I... don't like the dark."

■ Four have you evers

Been caught sneaking out? Her averted eyes grow small and any semblance of the polite smile on her face is completely gone for a moment. "Once. Uh, on Alderaan. It was less sneaking out and more trying to tag along in secret." She swallows hard. "Orgus, my master, he caught me and made me stay back. I, uh..." Aja clears her throat again, voice soft. "...can we move on to the next question?"

Fell up/down the stairs? Her face flickers with mild relief at the subject change. "I don't think so. There's been some times I stumbled when I had my mind somewhere else, but I've never actually fallen." She frowns, blankly. "How do you fall up stairs, though?"

Wanted something/someone so badly it hurt? Aja clenches her mouth shut tightly, a muscle visibly jumping in her jaw. Her eyes drift down to her lap. "Yes. It's, um... a bit heavy to get into here, though, so... let's keep it rolling, yeah?"

Wanted to disappear? The expression grows even more distant. "Yes. Very much, yes."

■ Four preferences

Smile or eyes? "We're doing romance stuff again? Oh, boy. Uh..." Aja blushes deeply and she ducks her head, grinning to herself. "Both, kind of. But the smile is the one that keeps getting to me, so..."

Shorter or taller? "No real preference, I think. But most of the guys I run into are taller than me anyway, so I guess it's a bit moot."

Intelligence or looks? Aja frowns, thoughtful. "I never really thought about it. I don't know." The blush returns. "I think it's personality above all for me, so I suppose it's sort of intelligence?"

Hookup or relationship? Aja's eyes widen, and she looks a bit like a uxibeast in headlights. "I, um... relationship, I suppose? Can I have some slightly less invasive questions, please?"

■ Family

Do you and your family get along? She looks visibly relieved and then laughs wryly to herself. "Biological, I don't remember. But my chosen family? Oh, we are an absolute, ever-changing, always-squabbling mess." She grins. "I wouldn't have it any other way."

Would you say you have a "messed up" life? Aja stares blankly for a moment before biting her lip to stifle a snicker. "Yeah. Yeah, I would say that, definitely."

Have you ever run away from home? "No. Not unless you count joining the Order, but my parents approved it, I remember that." Aja cocks her head, smiling wistfully. "Honestly, ever since the carbonite stint, I feel like part of me has been trying to run back home, in a way. I think I'm close to getting there, but it's so very different now."

Have you ever gotten kicked out? Aja frowns thoughtfully. "Saresh threatened to kick me out of some joint operation strategy meetings once or twice, back when I was the Order's Battlemaster. Said it was for vehemently disagreeing with her. Does that count?"

■ Friends

Do you secretly hate one of your friends? Aja's face twists into an absolutely bewildered expression, eyebrows furrowed, nose wrinkled, and lips pursed. "I don't understand this question. And honestly, I don't think I want to. Why in Malachor's name would I pretend someone I don't like is my friend? That just sounds... cruel, and catty, and such a waste of energy. No thanks."

Do you consider all your friends good? "I consider them as trying to be, if they're my friend. Or, trying to do good, if they don't think of themselves as good." Aja tilts her head to one side, a thoughtful expression on her face. "I see nuance in it now that I didn't when I was younger—good's not what you are, it's what you choose to do, y'know?"

Who is your best friend? Aja laughs. "I don't know if I can claim a singular person for that role. Teeseven's the best, and Kira, Theron and Lana are my people, if that makes sense—we've been through so much together that calling them friend doesn't feel like enough, but it's not romantic, so they're just... my people. I couldn't see myself being able to do any of this without them."

Who knows everything about you? The smile flickers and Aja seems to shrink a little bit, expression hard to read. "I... well, Kira did, once, but... it's complicated, I think. Are... are we done here? Good. Sorry to end it on such a downer, I'm just—I don't want to talk about that. This was fun."

She stands up to leave, nodding politely in farewell, and glances at her comm as she goes, sighing in a way that sounds both weary and content at the same time. The break was nice, but now back to work.

[smile-files]

a random episode in the main game of azran legacy referencing chelmey lore found in a random episode in the post game of last specter which in itself references past events referenced in unwound future. i think i'm going insane

[3liza]

watched a playthrough of Reveil yesterday and I think it's the most successful use of the horror walking simulator format that I've seen. Germans are killing it in the boring existential dread category of fiction, which sounds like a criticism but is actually some of my highest praise

[greenerteacups]

Hi GT, I hope you are doing well! who is your favorite Weasley?

Thank you! Absolute treat of a question. Oh, man. It's Ron, right? It was always going to be Ron.

So here's the thing: the Weasleys are a really well-characterized family in that you can kind of see a lot of character emerge through limited sketches and contextual information. Bill is Number One Boy, the best at everything, oldest child who was always confident and at peace with his indisputable place in the family; so he's a chill, cool, incredibly competent guy who naturally takes-charge. Charlie is a patented never-grew-out-of-your-middle-school-dragons-phase Weird Kid, but like, mindfully and enthusiastically so, because his parents probably still had plenty of time to support and nurture his interests; plus he's also different to Bill and excels in different ways, so they aren't too competitive (as we see). Percy is the first one to suffer from the pressure of mounting expectations, and he's very quickly followed by the twins, who do the classic "if I can't be the best I'll be the worst" late-sibling trick of acting up for attention, so he gets lost in the shuffle. (The fight between Ron and Percy in Chapter 58 is, hence, in substantially about the relationship between the two most-ignored members of the Weasley family, and that's why Ron is so much angrier at him than the rest of them. Like I've said before, Ron always thinks he's got it the worst, but he takes pride in being able to kinda "tough it out," and nothing pisses him off like other people's self-pity.) Ginny is obviously the baby of the family, a girl with everyone wrapped around her finger, and I love her, but I feel like we didn't get enough grit in her portrait— she's just really successful in everything she does, in a way that can read as flat to some people, and certainly read as flat to me my first time through the books. In fact, Ginny reminds me a lot of Bill: first daughter/first son, described often as "cool" and clever and good at basically everything, charming and generally liked by all. Which is lovely. A delight to read, just like the twins are. But my taste in characters ranges way more fucked-up and mean.

Ron is the last boy, "sixth son of a woman who wanted a daughter" (fascinating line that complicates everything we know about Molly's relationship with her kids — and BTW, how the hell does Ron know that, and how old was he when he learned it? And this also comes into play with Molly's cry of "not my daughter" to Bellatrix which like, as a moment obviously fucking rules, but also — there's a reason she says daughter, not "child," right? Do you see what I'm digging at? Anyway). Ron meets Harry and recognizes himself in how Harry defaults to thinking people don't care about him, or won't help him if he asks, because — although they come from very different circumstances, Ron's home was completely loving, just not as nurturing as he always needed it to be — Ron usually goes in assuming people don't care about him, too. So his first instinct is to go: "Alright. Well, I'll care about you, then, weird stranger. Do you want to share my horrible sandwich, and also my life, perhaps?" Goddamn! Sixth of seven in a house with never enough to go around, and he's immediately like: "fuck it, room for one more." Because he could have been Percy — and you can see it in the way that Ron is mean, sometimes, he's not careful with his words and he struggles with empathy and he's got a vengeful streak that comes out when he's pissed — but he isn't selfish enough, he loves too much and too easily, and it takes shockingly little to earn his loyalty. You just have to pay a little attention to him.

[raelyn-dreams]

In light of fine's event announcement, I would like to formally welcome Eichi to the "Event 5-Stars Going Through The Horrors™️ (2024)" squad.

[spacemancharisma]

fellas if my car is totaled then so am I

[rudjedet]

Me and flips have not been friends ever since I landed on my head/neck during a double back when I was 18, so of course deciding to finally learn a front flip half twist is going to be good for me. Living by the whole "if I'm scared I'll do it scared" thing now, working out well for me so far.

[nexus-nebulae]

"why are you so worried abt random accidents, stuff like that rarely ever happens" well you see I'm too disabled to ever evacuate a situation on my own, so I'd rather be a safety advocate now than become a statistic later

[artinandwritin]

I forgot to post this haha (that's what being too busy with animation brings you oops) but anyway!! Older gussiri designs bc I think they deserved that (they did have designs in my mind but I had never made a reference for them haha)

Plus some notes on what they're up to at that age! They're so silly <333

[tarus18]

Now imagine jk's words from jm, by the way EWW 🤢🤢 these sick people get off by this shit yuck

Hell would have risen on twitter if jm said that sentence but those words were said by our dear jk (the ship feeder no2) there's only 🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗

The hypocrisy of this fandom knows no limits n how the hell is he allowed to do a fcking wlive, if I remember correctly jin was not even filmed during hobi's enlistment

Call me a conspiracist but it looks like the company made him do this live cause of the trends n that man is soo shameless also that APT vocals were horrible by the way, is he the same guy who sang still with you 😭😭😭 lmao, how did he became the main singer of group