#Why am I so terrified to post this

[elizastormborn]

Coming Soon: In a World on Fire

Working on a new project because my brain doesn’t know when to stop even when I have other things to be finishing. (p.s. This moodboard is one of my favourite that I’ve made. Mostly because I’m glutton for anything with autumnal tones.)

Full summary and details to come. For now though: - Nesta secrets away to Autumn - Eris is mama’s boy - LOA is a goddess  - Beron is a pr**k, but a complex one  - We meet more of the Vanserra’s and the extended family - Found family 2.0  - Unlocking secrets of the Autumn Court - So much angst/hurt/comfort (because I apparently don’t know how to do anything else)

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Fandoms: ACOTAR Relationships: Nesta x Eris  Rating: Mature* Release Date: Late January 2023 (tentatively)

[lilislegacy]

imagine being someone at new rome university and not knowing percy is the same guy as “percy jackson, son of poseidon, two-time hero of olympus, former praetor” because the thought doesn’t even cross your mind. like… he’s percy. he’s a total frat boy. on a normal night, he walks into a party, refers to everyone as bro or dude, socializes with every living (and not-living) person in the room, makes at least 50 sarcastic comments, plays 12 rounds of beer pong, drinks way too much, and then skates around campus on his skateboard yelling “I LOVE NEW YORK” (which makes no sense, because they’re in california) until someone calls his girlfriend to come get him.

and then one day there’s an attack, and frat boy percy is all of a sudden a fighting machine. he’s yelling battle cries alongside the praetors frank zhang and hazel levesque as they lead everyone into battle. (why is he with the praetors? and why…. why in the world do the praetors seem to be following his lead?) his sword slashes through armies of monsters faster than you’ve ever seen. he’s controlling the entire river surrounding the camp, creating huge waves as tall as skyscrapers that crash down all around him, wiping out monsters and causing mass destruction to his enemies’ ranks. the sky is suddenly dark above you, ice-cold water droplets are slashing through the air, and the wind is blowing so aggressively that it’s making it hard to stand up steadily. because he’s somehow created a hurricane.

and he looks terrifying. you can feel the power radiating off of him. he’s like a god. or maybe a monster. it’s hard to tell. you’re a little scared of him, to be honest. but also in total awe, because it’s extraordinary. he’s extraordinary.

frat boy percy is not who you thought he was.

[theanxiousbookdevourer]

Some of my favorite reactions and follow-ups I found while researching my "favorite parenthetical" post:

[egophiliac]

I feel like F/P/S was still a pretty weird one, even by Lance's standards.

sorry for (in an ironic twist) not doing much Ride Kamens art now that it's actually started; I've been pretty slow going through it and I feel weird posting about things I'm not caught up on! though I'm. definitely gonna have to set aside some time to actually get through episode 13, after what they posted today. (w-what did they do to my Leon) (NOBODY TELL ME I HAVE TO FIND OUT ON MY OWN) (LEOOOOOOOON)

[im-the-j-in-anthony-j-crowley]

Good omens tag game

Name two things you have in common with Aziraphale and two things you have in common with Crowley

More reasons to love them!

Crowley

1.- Taste for black clothes and... I WANT TO BELIEVE that I look good too

2.- I love Aziraphale Dramatic

Aziraphale

1.- I love books

2.- Stubborn. Really stubborn

No pressure tags: @fearandhatred @bildads-shoes @harbinger-of-existential-dread @di-42 @sayeverythingwillbefineplease @littlekhaos626

And of course, open tags!

[radiantcircle-if]

The Radiant Circle

The Radiant Circle is a work-in-progress contemporary fantasy interactive novel with elemental magic, a heavy hand of romance, and a salt-sprinkle of mystery. The story is rated 18+ and may contain triggering content for some.

↪ introduction (updated 7/22/24) ⟢ demo (upcoming fall/winter)

You were born without any magic into a long lineage of sorcerers who serve the Night Circle—a division of the Radiant Circle, the central governing body that maintains order among sorcerers. Even now when you live outside of the magical community, you’re still required to report to the local leadership about the magic you still don’t have.

Of course, only after having accepted a life without magic, you awaken a latent magical power too great to be yours. Myths speak of such a sorcerer, a Resonant Soul capable of mastering all four elements, reincarnated throughout history to bring balance to the magic community. So little is truly known, but that can’t be you.

But what if it is?

Thankfully, as an investigative journalist, what you do best is hunt for the truth. To unravel the secrets of your soul, you’re forced back into the world of sorcery to navigate ancient rivalries and contend with those who may fear your newfound power and seek to bury it for good. 

Because while most didn't believe the myths to be true, others have been preparing for your return. Most of all? You four souls bonded to yours for eternity.

Play as the main character ⟢

Choose your name, appearance, gender, and sexuality.

Develop your personality as a harmonizer or disruptor—will you bring unity or will you bring destruction?

Gain mastery over elemental magic as the Resonant Soul—how much mastery in each element is up to you.

Travel the world while earning or losing influence through your decisions—will your reputation precede you or will you remain unknown?

Five romance options ⟢

Two pansexual men, one lesbian, and two gender-selectable romance options... and a hidden sixth romance option... with the potential for more to unlock later.

Four soulmates who will be revealed over the course of the story—your bonds, whether platonic or romantic, are yours to develop.

And if you don’t like romance, you can improve your friendships instead.

Or if you’re a misanthrope, deteriorate all your relationships to your liking.

Good endings? Check. Bad endings? Also check.

You ✦ 26-year-old journalist from Seattle, USA (ℹ) Rejected by the magical community because your magic never awakened, you once sought to understand why before later turning to a career of journalism to attempt to uncover truths that don’t have to do with magic. Your dissertation was titled “Unveiling the Hidden: A Comparative Study of Secret Societies and Their Influence on Modern Media." After landing your dream job as an investigative journalist, you're returning home to Seattle for your assignment.

⟡ tropes include main character (surprise! you're the main character), insider/outsider, the most wanted (because you are a…), person of mass destruction, (possible) living legend, (possible) lust object, (seemingly) cosmic plaything…

Arseau Nassiet ⟡ High Justicar 31-year-old water sorcerer (he/him) from Seattle, USA (ℹ) A talented water sorcerer, your older brother Arseau is well loved within the Night Circle's upper echelons, but he'd never brag about it. He has been away from home for over a decade, raising ranks within the circle alongside his best friend. He coordinates his visit home with yours during the holidays so he can see his favorite younger sibling (never mind that he has only one sibling—you).

⟡ tropes include protective older brother, brainless beauty (yeah, he's a himbo), the caregiver/caretaker, the confidant (if you want), the informant, nice guy (someone has to keep the peace between the Pico brothers), the reliable one...

César Pico (RO) ⟡ Archumbricar 31-year-old earth sorcerer (he/him) from Tijuana, MX (ℹ) One of the highest ranking earth sorcerers in the world, César is seen as the unofficial heir of the current Night Luminary—and he takes the role seriously. As your brother's best friend, he has been a permanent fixture in your life as far as you remember—another persistent reminder of the magic that has remained inaccessible to you and the community that left you behind. He's at least an attractive reminder, even if it's unfortunate that his rare smirk proves that he knows it.

⟡ tropes include the hero, the cold & brooding heir, older brother's best friend/forbidden love, age gap, opposites attract, danger deadpan, glory hound, tall dark & handsome (obviously) ⟡ solo-route (with a possible rivalry with his brother), borderline enemies to lovers, (possible first love), forced proximity, maybe the slowest burn

Rafa Pico (RO) ⟡ High Justicar 27-year-old fire sorcerer (he/him) from Tijuana, MX (ℹ) The younger brother of César....and also his left hand man even though he doesn't take his position within the Night Circle very seriously. He doesn't take anything very seriously except his freedom. Especially his freedom to flirt his way into anyone's good graces.

⟡ tropes include the explorer, the charming playboy, childhood/long time friend, (his) unrequited crush (on you), the (horny) bard, speed demon, hell seeker, elegant classical musician... ⟡ solo-route (with a possible rivalry with his brother), friends to lovers but he never really saw you as a friend, forced proximity, slow burn

Gazi Gharib (RO) ⟡ Photojournalist 28-year-old (she/her or he/him) from New York City, USA (ℹ) Your roommate and best friend ever since you moved to NYC, they're always ready to help you investigate something new and dangerous.

⟡ tropes include the innocent, the best friend, the encouraging charmer, the serial romeo, the casanova, agent mulder (the believer), empathetic communicator, spirited competitor, the klutz ⟡ solo-route or poly-route with Deniz, besties to lovers (and you can start at the lover bit if you'd like cause this one is a...), faaaaaast burn

Deniz Yılmaz (RO) ⟡ Private Investigator 26-year-old (he/him or she/her) from Istanbul, TR (ℹ) Your next-door-neighbor and childhood best friend. You haven't kept in close contact, but they're the first person you think of seeing when you visit home.

⟡ tropes include the jester, agent scully (the skeptic), street-smart investigator, hardboiled detective, erudite stoner, literal-minded/snark knight combo, childhood friends, loyal supporter, gadgeteer genius ⟡ solo-route or poly-route with Gazi, childhood friends (or was it more?) to lovers, (possible second chance romance...), somewhere between slow and fast burn

Dr. Noel Sung (RO) ⟡ Journalist 41-year-old (she/her) from London, UK (ℹ) Your graduate school mentor who you credit for preparing you to land a job at The New York Times as prestigious as it is. She's now your direct supervisor, and she has quite the assignment for you.

⟡ tropes include the magician, high-powered career woman, absent-minded professor(/former forbidden love?), age gap, charismatic intellectual, intuitive leader, pragmatic idealist, deadpan snarker, determinator, shrinking violet, (your possible unrequited crush on her goes here)… ⟡ solo-route, workplace romance (technically; she's your boss now), slow burn

An ancient, hidden society of sorcerers ⟢

The Radiant Circle is the central governing body that maintains harmony and order among sorcerers, as well as keep their community secret. It was originally formed and led by the Resonant Soul (called the High Guardian—this is you) and the most powerful elemental sorcerers of the time (called the Founding Guardians—these are the four souls bonded to you) as an alliance of sorcerers from across the New Kingdom of Egypt.

After its formation, the magical community grew, and eventually, the Radiant Circle was divided into four smaller regional circles called the Ephemeral Circles: the Night Circle (you know the most about this one), the Dawn Circle, the Day Circle, and the Dusk Circle. These four circles, also called luminariates, are the main governing bodies of the current world of sorcery. Every known family of sorcerers lives under the eye of the Radiant Circle and one of the four Ephemeral Circles.

Only the Resonant Soul can be the High Guardian of the Radiant Circle. Only the four souls bonded with Resonant Soul can be the Founding Guardians. During periods where the Resonant Soul or the Guardians aren’t alive, these positions are left vacant and the Ephemeral Circles meet as the Radiant Council annually instead. Unfortunately, it's been so long since there has been a Resonant Soul that there aren't many people left who remember who sits at the top of the hierarchy.

You live as a Threshold—an uninitiated sorcerer, typically a child who can't use magic yet—within the luminariate called the Night Circle. You sit at the bottom of the hierarchy, but every other sorcerer you know? César is an Archumbricar, the right hand of the Night Luminary and leader of the Night Circle. Arseau and Rafa are César's High Justicars, his right and left hands. Your dads even play a role, advising the Luminary from their position in the Night Weave.

A single soul that can control all four elements, reincarnated once again—you ⟢

Before you became the Resonant Soul, you were a child born without magic to two prominent sorcerers sometime before recorded human history begins. Back then, it was common to put the child of every sorcerer through a resonance ritual, even children of sorcerers born without magic who always died in the process. But where there's a will, there's a way, and someone really wanted you to live and created circumstances that bound your souls together—one into endless reincarnation and the other into endless immortality.

You meet the four original Guardians over the course of hundreds of years. Your bonds are unique and have chained the fate of their souls with yours so that they are reincarnated in an endless cycle by your side. Even so, you've lived more lives without them than with them, lived more lives without magic than with it. Almost as if you're fighting a losing battle against knowing your true soul.

Only the Resonant Soul can resonate with all four types of elemental magic, but your magic remains locked away until you regain your memories (how're you supposed to regain memories you don't remember you need to regain? then again, how safe would it be to give you all that power and no recollection of all the mistakes you've made?). The Guardians are known for their extraordinary abilities in one element; their magic isn't sealed away, only their memories (which still isn't convenient—how are you supposed to know who they are if they don't know who they are?).

⟢ retweets & asks are welcome! there is no better writing motivation ♡

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[userautumn]

on the matter of the heart

Evan Buckley / Tommy Kinard | 4k | Rated T

Summary:

Tommy does not shake. He's too old for that, and has seen far too much to let fear overtake his body like an unwanted animal. He was in the Army well before he became a firefighter, and he was a punk-ass kid watching his friends overdose and die on the streets of Los Angeles well before that. So when he hovers over the wreckage of the car accident and sees the mangled remnants of a familiar Jeep, he does not shake. He is steady as Lucy descends onto the highway and secures Evan to a backboard. Steady when she gets him into the helicopter and the smells of blood and gasoline immediately hit his nose like a foul thing. Steady even when they're en route to the hospital and all he can hear is the urgent sound of her voice as the team in the back desperately tries to keep Evan alive. On the outside, he is calm and collected, the stalwart firefighter and soldier he was trained to be. But on the inside, his heart is another matter entirely.

keep reading on ao3

tagging some friends! @kirkaut @kinardbuckleys @kinkdaddykinard @tenisperfection @buckera @dadbodbuck @agenttommykinard @apassingbird

[clairebearsparkles]

I think about how a lot of analog horror stuff or just creepy pictures of people-like things all share something in common, it's a very simple yet powerful thing that when you encounter it it turns your insides out and creates a potent image in your mind.

The eyes are always looking at you.

That's it, and the eyes also look wrong, but the presence of its wrongness laid on you is so weirdly upsetting. Something I always remember when I challenge myself to make something scary is this:

Make yourself wish it couldn't look at you

[charmwasjess]

Been doing a lot of Dooku posting lately, heaven help me, I gotta get back to the classics* 

*detailed analysis of what style of underwear the gang wears (Dooku: compression boxer briefs that lock his junk in place for when he casually decides to backflip his whole 2m height instead of walking down a small flight of stairs, Sifo-Dyas: breezy natural linen in colors like “dawn flax”, Jocasta Nu: none)

[madbadash]

I love you Zombie Apocalypses

I love stripping the humanity from the world and seeing what is left behind

I love the corruption of humanity and questioning when does something stop being human

I love moral dilemmas that become more than time sensitive because of how excruciatingly fast and unpredictable zombies are

I love decayed corpses that could never be more than a shambling mass of deadlines

I love almost human looking zombie that takes someone off guard and infects them

I love being unable to decide whether the mercy is killing someone before they turn or after

I love the horrifying idea that the human is still trapped within the husk of a corpse

I love alien zombies, fungal zombies, viral zombies

I love slow zombies that would probably never be an issue

I love fast zombies that are the most terrifying and lethal

I love infections that take hours to days to turn

I love infections that happen in a matter of seconds

I love you the inherent idea that if a zombie apocalypse happens that the world will only be filled with evil and that you never know who you can trust.

I love you deep horror zombies, and comedy zombies

[iamthedevilsminion]

thinking about armand and the way he moves through the world. the way he desperately tries to grab onto stability and safety, as someone who did not truly know either as a human. every time he has stability, he has to work hard to keep his safety. it makes so much sense as to why he let the trial happen. but i think he very quickly became aware during the trial itself, that the coven was not safe nor stable. knowing louis was going to destroy the coven, paired with the fondness they had for each other, it made louis a safe option for him, having already taken the maître step. and i don't doubt that he loves louis, truly loves louis. but love does not mean that they're equal, or that there aren't ulterior motives. it's this line that armand walks, where he wants to be vulnerable, wants to not be in control, but the fear and anxiety within him don't allow him to actually make progress towards it. it's a push pull of feigned submission, where he lets louis take over in name, but cannot actually force his hands away from the controls. imagine being so desperate for safety that you end up sabotaging any relationship you have, because no matter what, you cannot trust them with your vulnerability, or to have your best interests at heart.

[braisedhoney]

some tragic love stories be like: if i could bottle the galaxy, i would pour it into a cup so it would be easier for you to drink. do you want them? do you want the stars? or do they suit you better as adornments for your eyes than glitter on your lips?

but they don’t want the stars. they don’t want the galaxy. but how can they not? is that not enough? (it’s too much, that’s the problem. it’s too much.)

[mollyrolls]

several hits of my cart in and it’s tasting like it’s time to bite the bullet and write an akaashi series

[frnkiebby]

so I'm writing about how gerard is utterly in love with frank and his face, how would you describe frank?(don't feel pressured)

@fruityfroggyfelon So i’ve been trying to figure out in like what capacity you’re asking this? like how would i describe frank to someone or like how id describe frank in writing…so i just went with how i’d describe frank in writing. and feel free to do whatever with this, use it to whatever degree you want, hate it, love it, whatever. also idfk why im so nervous posting this lmfao i don’t think i should be but fuck dude.

also, i’ve never written gee so i’m not gonna attempt their speech patterns, so ig it’s a like you pov of frank. but any way, here we go.~🎃

The way the afternoon sun hit Frank’s face always had you in awe. The way it brought out the flecks of gold in his eyes, the warmth and depth it brought to his beautiful brown hair. He was fucking stunning, there was no other way to describe it. Your favorite thing was the way his entire face scrunched up when you said something that that really got him laughing. That uneven giggle of his always had you laughing with him every single time. You loved watching him work, the absolute focus visible on his face was nothing short of endearing. His eyebrows drawn together, lips pressed together and quirked to one side, almost a scowl. You loved the perfect slope of his nose and the way his jawline led into his adorable slightly crooked chin. The little scar on the bridge of his nose from what you always assumed to be from chicken pox as a child, and the small nearly closed up holes of where his nose and lip rings used to be— you could stare at him forever just mapping out all of the small features that you fall in love with all over again every time you see him.

[crabussy]

I want to take a bite out of someone's arm but I'm too shy

[misc-obeyme]

Okay, I got a little distracted creating OC profiles because in the end I decided to make moodboards for everybody and that takes some time! I have two sitting in my drafts right now, which will be posted when their corresponding characters make their appearances in Unchained!

UH but the point of this post was to say that I didn't realize how late it already was and I now have to go to bed at a "normal" hour so I can work without falling asleep at my desk tomorrow.

SO I'm sorry I didn't get to the asks today, I promise I will get back to it tomorrow!! Thank you all for your patience as always!