#and I didn't

[simple-persica]

There's a reason he had to put together a whole disguise to get the knowledge he wanted

[accirax]

Through the magic of an AU, Xander, Min, and Teruko make it through the night, avoid a Class Trial, and participate in the first motive alongside everyone else. Except, this time, the first motive is... a gift exhange?

(basically, if it wasn't clear, i'm drawing the drdt characters doing a secret santa exchange with each other, hopefully posting one interaction per day until christmas!)

[philosophika]

I really liked this song ask idea, so I'm going to add an unasked track for the fun of it!

Disclaimer: I didn't get this one on shuffle, I picked it because I suddenly remembered it, so I'm kind of cheating, I guess? ♡

Anyway, High Five by Sigrid. I heard this song shortly after discovering my MA acceptance letter in junk one week after submitting a (very) late application.

I had bet everything -my ability to stay in the US (I only had time to apply to one college, so I went for the one I actually wanted), my family's ability to survive (they needed me in the US for the income I sent back to them, without which we would all plunge back below the poverty line), and all my hopes and dreams- on an academic writing sample double the solicited word count.

Under normal circumstances, this would have been a monumentally stupid move. But for the first and only time before or since, I was 100% certain I had written something actually worth reading, something sharp and clear that innovated (finally!) in the fucking field. I didn't think the rules would apply. And they didn't.

I was in my great-uncle's library overlooking Fifth Avenue (after I'd been living in a derelict house with leaks, Fifth Avenue, Manhattan!?), and I remember I just started jumping on the sofas, crying for joy. I hadn't doomed everyone I loved to death. We were going to be fine. We were going to be okay. I was going to be okay. I was going to be better than okay. I was going to be an asset. It was the first time since my abusive BA tutor tortured me into nearly dropping out that someone had confirmed my suspicion that I wasn't shit, that I did know what I was doing, and that I might even be great at it. The relief I felt was indescribable.

The only thing sweeter than the victory itself was the look of total horror on my great-uncle's entourages' faces when they realised they weren't sending the urchin from South America back where she belonged 😂 That I'd made it despite their many underhanded attempts at sabotage (scheduling dinners or opera evenings for the nights before my GRE exams, for example, so I'd score poorly; promising recommendations all the way until the deadline then never showing up with anything and doing a silly little 'oops, that was today?' 💅🏼; convincing my uncle not to help me pay for prep courses or the degree, should I get in -which is why I needed to win a substantial scholarship to have a leg to negotiate on, despite his being a millionaire and being able to afford to help; I could go on, but you get the gist).

The point is: it was amazing, and yeah this song... I can't listen to it without feeling all of that again. I associate it with being surrounded by stunned-shitless enemies, with the silence of suddenly being in a league of my own, but, most of all, with having put on the performance of my life and triumphed.

And you wonder why, wonder why No one's by your side, by your side When the room goes quiet Ooh, everybody loves a show Lights on, they all go home You won't let anybody close That high five is all you got Ooh, they keep saying you're the best You ask and they say, "Yeah"

[the-river-runs]

All art in this post was made by http.redshoes and I have been given permission to post it

My best friend has returned with even more fanart today! Her message and fanart for her new target is shown below

Also mentioned here is @themeeplord

"(Lol I actually had a different message for you, but now that you already saw the fanart…)

*pointing*

You ❗️

Luce ‼️

@lavenoon ‼️‼️

Lave the Noon ‼️‼️

Luce the Laving Noon and Nooning Lave Luce ‼️‼️

My friend showed me your initial response in her ask box and you made my day :’0

(Tbh I was worried about the fanart being bad since I’ve been struggling with art block for the past few months + haven’t done much digital art since like. 2022 kdbdkdnk but I’m glad that you like it!! <333)

There’s more gifts to come in the future after I make an edit for my Insta, but shhhh shhhh shhh no spoiling my lips are sealed 🤫

(P.S. Meep you kinda jumpscared me a bit when you viewed my story haha)" -Fandom

Enjoy the art in full:

[fishbrainrot]

I am a Tybalt

It’s a summer day but I feel cold. My palms, steady hands of a fencer, are shaking. I see your face, half-closed eyes- foggy. This is our goodbye. The hardest one.

What should I say when you lie vulnerable? You were always holding smiles like a shield and the sharpest sword. I could never pierce it, no matter what. Day after day, they were breaking me, like on a wheel. What should I tell you? We’ve got the parts already. You are a Mercutio, and I am your Tybalt. There’s nothing to understand. Even you are not above it.

I didn’t walk away from lives of rage. Nurtured, it grew within me and became a part of me. I am a Tybalt and Tybalt chokes on hatred preached with his and other’s throat. So he cuts and doesn’t think. Violence is the question and the answer.

I don’t want to be a Tybalt.

But when you are Mercutio, blood rises in my veins. A tragic fool bigger than life. You’re not above me, so come to me or I’ll bring you down. Face me. Whole life, we’ve been dancing on the edge of a sword. See, it reached you like I said, so why the surprise?

I’ve hated you, Mercutio. And not because I’m the most loyal dog of Capulet! Everybody’s been watching. But you’ve seen me. And I thought that in the shade of your stare, I could be just the prince of cats. Nothing less, nothing more. Now, stick to your lines.

I’ll always be a Tybalt, empty in his rage. An egg shell filled with someone’s ambition and bias. And you thought you could be a bird, flying above us and only that mattered. You’re an unstoppable, arrogant fool. Did Romeo tell you that? Has Benvolio seen the beauty in your insolence? Answer me! Because I’ve seen and I died long before his blade stroke my side. I’m entering the stage and talking with a whisper of a prompter. Stick to your lines!

Now, when there’s no Mercutio, I’m sentenced for Tybalt, who will burn in his own sorrow. No. This is Romeo’s sorrow and Romeo’s sword. My shock.

I see a pall in flowers, long lines of weepers. In another life, maybe they could mourn me. Maybe I could join them. In a moment, everything will perish. Prayers, incense, my soul and even my guilt. And my lament, my name, it doesn’t matter in the darkness.

[unhingedlesbear]

I make myself so angry sometimes

[rollypoliesonarock]

What's the deal with this lecture hall having NO left handed desks. It's like one of the largest ones in the entire school, theres no excuse for this

[iftitah]

have you ever wanted warmest shade of orange hearts on a brain emoji

[dudeshusband]

this may be dumb, but life isn't a race. you have nothing to prove and you're a great person. if you go looking for the things you want, you will find them. dont call yourself a loser - you're perfect

i know.

but i want stuff. many things. i can't get them for shit. i can't even make friends. it's lonely out here. rip.

[welcometogrouchland]

Not going to an event because you suddenly got scared vs not going to an event bc you talked to someone and they were like "yeah it's fun but kinda boring and I'm not going this year and neither is anyone else we know" (I'm in hell I'm in hell I'm in hell)

[sleepyscully]

reminder that you don't owe it to anyone to share your creations

you can make art and not show it to anyone if you don't want to

you can write fic and not post it if you don't want to

you can create purely for yourself

you can create purely for creations sake

it's not a competition

[phoenixiancrystallist]

Month 9, day 10

In progress wing shot! I've got another layer of shading to do before I move on to the next one :)

[mariamariquinha]

calling me on the WEEKEND to talk about WORK??????

[jackredfieldwasmyjacob]

i'm watching a compilation video of the madrid preparty and i just realized. i could've been there. it's such a stupid thought like of course it's my city but still. i'm used to eurovision stuff being very far i guess???

[inkskinned]

please i love you i'm begging you bring back suspension of disbelief bring back trusting the audience like. i cannot handle any more dialogue that sounds like a legal document. "hello, i am here to talk to you about the incident from a few minutes ago, because i feel you might be unwell, and i am invested in your personal wellbeing." "thank you, i am unwell because the incident was hurtful to me due to my childhood, which was bad." I CANT!!!!

do you know how many people are mad that authors use "growled" as a word for "said"? it's just poetics! they do not literally mean "growled," it's just a common replacement for "said with force but in a low tone." it's normal! do you hear me!! help me i love you please let me out of here!!!