#and at least sorta gets along with

[soulsxng]

"Jaey, you can't have someone pretend to marry you just to get the delegation off your back. That would cause way more trouble than it's worth...and besides, who would you even ask? How would you decide the best candidate?"

"I'll hire someone! I'm tired of all these arrangement parties and stuff; the candidates the delegation keeps picking out are all the worst. But they're not scared of me like they are you, so I was thinking about how I can get them to leave it alone, and...ta-da! It's a good idea, right? It definitely is!"

"Hiring someone. Someone that would then be allowed a place on the delegation, and could enact who knows what kinds of laws and such at a whim. Someone that you're already motivating to help you out by paying them somehow. If you didn't get rid of them right away, I would, and then you'd be right back to square one."

"...Uuuuuugh. Then...I don't know! I'll find someone else that's supposed to get an arranged marriage, but doesn't want to do it! We can marry each other to get it out of the way, and then have nothing to do with each other after that! And if it's a ruler or something like that, then they wouldn't mess with delegation business, because I could just do the same thing to them! And...and so yeah! I'll just do that!"

[chloesimaginationthings]

FNAF Vanny 🤝 TADC Pomni: being bullied by a rabbit

[bacchuschucklefuck]

[rose-void-789]

In another episode of these two make me insane. Don't you think this is something he would say to her. (panel redraw)

original panel

[mip-map-mop]

That “Why won’t you just let me do this for you, Rose?!” scene from Steven Universe but it’s Crosshair saying “Why won’t you just let me do this for you, Mayday?!” to Hunter

[batemanofficial]

the joy of getting a call back about a morning job vs the despair at the prospect of having two jobs

[woodsborostabathon]

pondering the kirsch siblings orb yet again and you really cannot convince me that quinn would not have been moving like depression era bella in new moon from the moment she even FOUND OUT richie was moving to modesto...

[areakeeper]

so has anyone else experienced Thoughts about this blurb in dùrians desc or do i just need to be neutered

[krikidilly]

Thinking about Aiko....

[designernishiki]

it’s just sorta hitting me that we know like almost nothing about what the fuck majima was doing in 5 when he was supposed to be dead??? like???? he was in on katsuya/mirei’s plan and caught onto what was going on really early and whatnot but. what the hell was he DOING for all that time. he just shows up at kurosawa’s at some point with zero explanation how or under what pretext or anything. how did he fake his death in the first place? how did he get it announced on the radio and put in the news despite there being no body or anything to prove that he died?? I have so many questions about his side of the story it’s insane how much was brushed off bdhffdjdjdjsjdnd

[her-canine-teeth]

sometimes it's important to get a reality check. for example, i get violently interested in basically anything and ill ask my friend 'lots, is yellowjackets popular' and shell be like 'what the fuck is yellowjackets' and ill be like 'thanks great talking to you' and then. many a time later i discover it actually is popular and more ppl than my 3 beloved mutuals know abt it. but such is the life

[orcelito]

Ykno the common critique I've seen around is that trimax fights r hard to follow & such. And I've always had the kind of thought of like "I mean sometimes it can be confusing, but if u stop to study it it's really not that bad"

Having a fight analysis post kinda blow up tho I'm seeing ppl comment over and over in the tags about how hard it is to keep up with the fights... and I'm just like. Is it really that confusing? Like genuinely. I thought it was one of those overblown fan critiques but it seems like a Lot of people agree with it.

[kingdomoftyto]

...Okay well damn, season 2 is way better than 1 was. I'm actually getting kind of invested now

[perenlop]

not totally sure on the timeline btw but i kinda like to think that magolor and zan at least were close because zan was a little distant from her sisters due to being the one who takes the brunt of hyness’s schtick and they both bond over feeling isolated and targeted? im torn between that or him being pretty separate from the mage sisters due to hyness’s weird “i hate the ancient halcandrans so fucking much and i’ll fix you as their descendant by making you go down the RIGHT path but also you are a reminder of what your people did to my own and i despise you for it” thing towards him, and once he leaves THATS when zan starts taking the brunt of everything

[motherforthefamicom]

thing ive been working on for artfight (sorrry its like incomprehensible lol i promise it makes sense in some sorta way. also its missing the audio cuz my screenrecorder doesnt capture it)

[halfbakedspuds]

Excerpt from today's writing. First sign of the kind of legend Adrian has built to serve his purposes: the source of the whole "The man who can topple an empire with but a whisper," thing. Also the first little snippet of why Adrian and Lyanni stick together despite constantly wanting to kill eachother is in here if you can spot it.

"I still struggle to understand why you're all so afraid of him," Lyanni said. She was immediately greeted with gasps from the stationed soldiers, and looks of what bordered on unspoken accusations of heresy.

Been here before, haven't I?

"Oh come on now, take it from the lady who lives with him," She said, "Yman'ye or not, he's just a man. I fear my own knives more than I fear him,"

Two of the soldiers shared a glance, nodding, then the captain removed her helmet to speak.

"Have you heard of how the Tezir province was incorporated into the kingdom?" The guard asked. Taking Lyanni's look of confusion as a negative, the guard grimaced, then continued, "I was assigned as part of Adrian's escort, along with five other soldiers. We were meant to try talk down tensions in a rival kingdom, sate the tirades of a mad tyrant who was seeing red. Adrian tried civility, gods know he did. He endured threats against Alahn and the state, even the occasional beating when the Tezir king felt especially bored, and not once did he raise his hand in self-defense," The guard looked at her, "I take it you've seen him in battle. If he wanted to, he could've wiped out their entire capital without our help. Yet he endured in silence,"

Lyanni was listening intently now. The Adrian she knew was apt to do strange things, but she'd also known him long enough to understand that he had a reason for everything. She motioned for the guard to continue.

"Then, one day on a whim, their king chose to liven up the day's ceaseless negotiations by ordering one of us beaten for a change, by the Captain-General of his military of all people. The condemned was a rookie, one Ejir Llau, his first ever deployment for the crown. He'd seen what had been done to the angel, and although I could practically smell his fear, he stood bravely," The guard captain leant back against the wall, armor creeking under it's own weight and the weight of memory, "Adrian took one look at their king, and in his eyes I saw a fury unlike anything I had ever seen before. I still remember his words: Do to me as you will, but if even a scale on any of them is damaged by your decree, I will erase everything you and your ancestors have built with but a whisper,"

Adrian's characteristic flair for the dramatic informed Lyanni that the story was likely true. She motioned for the guard to continue

"The king laughed at him. Gods, that sound still haunts my nightmares. Called his words an 'amusing bluff', and simply ordered the beating to continue. Ejir stood steadfast and brave as the club whistled down towards him, and I had to fight every instinct telling me to protect my own lest I risk a diplomatic incident," Her grip tightened on the spear, "I barely even blinked before the Yman'ye had traversed the throne room and caught the club. Eyes still burning with a rage I don't think any mortal has ever had nor survived the misfortune of knowing, he leant down, and whispered something into the captain-general's ear,"

"What did he say?" Lyanni asked tentatively.

The guard shrugged, jostling the immense bulk of her armor as she did, "Noone knows. Ejir stood right beside him and even he doesn't know. All I remember is the captain general paling, then yelling something in his people's language, and before I knew it: the mad king sat dying, pinned to his throne: one sword through his chest for ever Tezira Soldier present while the captain general practically begged our dear Angel to incorporate Tezir as a territory of Axidem," The guard captain leant forward in an exaggerated fashion, the only way she could get herself back upright with all the metal weighing her down, "We do not fear Vitaam's angel nearly as much as we respect him, but noone dares tempt our fate for no-one understands how such a being thinks,"

You sure as all gods got that right, Lyanni thought with a suppressed frown, I have a hard time even telling his mood, let alone his thoughts.

"All except you, it would seem,"

Lyanni almost stammered, then stopped to collect herself before answerring in a tone that suggested passing curiosity, "How so?"

"The angel has taken a liking of a sorts to you. He permits questionings and actions from you that noone else would have dared to attempt, and if you don't mind me saying this, he brought you up from a mere slave to one of the most influential and revered people in the kingdom,"

Lyanni took a moment to consider this. It was true: Adrian was softer on her than anyone else save Zeltin. He entertained her odd questions and ramblings, and openly debated with her instead of shutting down lines of thinking he didn't agree with despite clearly being well within his power to do so. Despite the fact that she still had days that she wanted nothing more than to plant a knife is his back, she reluctantly admitted thanks for the rare opportunity he'd afforded an enslaved, disgraced noble who otherwise would've simply died in the mines.

But to say he'd taken a liking to her? Even as no more than a passing curiosity, like a trinket? That seemed to be pushing things a bit far.

"I didn't do shit," Both Lyanni and all the guards instinctively straightened their postures and faced about at the hollow ring of Adrian's voice. As he glided in (Seriously, how does he move so smoothly), he continued, "Lady Sverik has achieved all her successes with me simply playing the bystander," He passed Lyanni, and she took that as a sign that all business had been seen to and even he wasn't welcome in the palace for much longer.

At the door, he paused. Lyanni took three more steps before waiting out of sight: listening in, "Oh, and Djehiru?"

Metallic rattling and a dull clang marked the bulky warrior kneeling.

"Maybe the reason I've taken a liking to her was because she dared,"