#and doesnt even realize it

[cheerfullycatholic]

I bought the 25th anniversary of poto for my birthday and watched it again today and wow 😭 I think it really is my favorite thing ever (sorry Cats the musical you may have been moved down to second favorite 😬)

[deathfavor]

@rosysins said: "Well if I'm all yours then kiss me like it." (time for SPICY demon boyfriends)

Possessive, territorial, and jealous starters

Byakkomaru is rather famous among demons for his calm, collected behavior. He has an almost limitless patience — but it is being tested. Of course Byakkomaru knows just how good looking Gekkouin is. And he also knows Gekkouin is perfectly capable of handling it all on his own. And he can't exactly blame other demons for looking, but that doesn't mean it doesn't cause something possessive and protective to flare within his chest. ( The line between the two could be razor thin and this felt like one of those times where he could no longer tell which was what. )

Either way, the tiger had moved closer and that had been that. Or, so he had more or less thought. A lift of a brow had him offering an explanation as a simple Mine punctuated with a stolen kiss. His little birdie. His secretly shy boyfriend, despite how tough he might look upon first glance. One who hid behind barbed comments. He expected an insult, not that.

Gekkoin had just opened a can of worms, he'd gone and opened a whole dam with that phrase.

Byakkomaru's attention snaps towards Gekkouin, pupils instantly constricting into narrow slits. A snarl rips straight out of his chest, deep and possessive, and then he surges forward with a burst of speed. Byakkomaru does at least remain considerate enough to take consideration of their horns - though whether consciously or instinctually was left to the unknown. His hands cup the side of Gekkouin's face and he slams their lips together, instantly closing the distance between them. No play, no tease, just a possessive demand.

He kisses with a dominating, desperate hunger that envelopes the space around them like a fog over the surface of a lake. He kisses like he'll starve to death without Gekkouin. It's a primal, intense hunger that's finally been set free of the tiger demon's careful control, set loose in all its monstrous yearning to be laid bared for Gekkouin. It invades every gesture and touch, shows in how he crowds Gekkouin back against a wall, the way his lips move and teeth nip and tug. Mine. Mine. Mine. Mine. It's a chant woven into each kiss, the hands that hold his boyfriend tight in his claws.

" Gekkouin. " Byakkomaru manages to groan his name, sultry voice deeper than usual with his desire. His fangs nip onto Gekkouin's bottom lip, and then presses forward again, tongue slipping past to taste his boyfriend and drink from the source. It feels like being lost in a haze, Gekkouin's the only thing he can ground himself with this moment. He memorizes it all despite knowing it, every nook and crevice, purrs into their kiss with a sharpened smile. More. More. More. It's that thought that pulls him back, makes the haze in his eyes clear up a little bit.

He pulls back just enough to break the kiss with the only sliver of restraint that he still possesses. He flashes a grin, tongue darting out to lick his lips as if he's just tasted a particularly delicious meal. And he has. " You have no idea the power you have over me. " Byakkomaru rumbles, ducking his head down to press several desperate kisses to his boyfriend's throat. His fangs ghost over the skin, but he doesn't bite down, only presses himself closer, his restraint held in the tension of his shoulders.

[fruitfloats]

Jason who as a robin did everything to be like Dick and can still fight in his style and often will switch to it if he gets into particularly tight situations.

Jason and Dick who are like Bruce's twin children despite their age gap.

Jason who copied Dick so much as a child that they have many of the same habits, you can hear Dick's accent affecting Jason's accent when they talk to each other.

Dick who organizes things the way Jason does because Jason would help him clean his room sometimes and it stuck.

[chloesimaginationthings]

Vanny thinks the new FNAF plushies are cute,,

[choccy-milky]

sometimes you gotta lure your overly-studious ravenclaw gf into spending time with you 🥰 📚 ( from 'Every Teardrop is a Waterfall' by Kat_12739 on ao3, GO READ IT!!! the first story is about seb falling sick and still pushing himself/not admitting he's sick until he ends up in the hospital, the second story is about the birth of seb and clora's daughter and seb's reaction to clora almost dying in childbirth, and the third is about dealing with a fussy newborn lewis😭🥹THEY'RE SO GOOD AND SWEET AND SOMEWHAT SAD (not to mention beautifully written) so go check it out!!💖💖 )

[beaulesbian]

- [Nimona]:You should be questioning everything right now. The will of Gloreth, the Institute, the wall. What's it all really for? - [Ballister]: For protecting the realm. - [Nimona]: Oh, you mean from villains like you? Or monsters like me?

[crumb-crumblet-s-crumbington]

🪤

[elllteo]

forever thinking about how marcille and laios have such a richly weird and funny friendship dynamic that people I see tend to write off as "god she hates his ass" but in reality it's the frustration of one neurodivergent weirdgirl to another neurodivergent weirdboy who has no concept of masking, has never had to mask, and simply doesn't know how to mask making their entire group come across as "the weirdo freaks" despite her best efforts to not be labelled as "weird" probably her entire life

[tinkkles]

I really do love the fresh take on the dead wife aspect in scavengers reign like. She didn't die in some terrible accident or at the hands of an evil third party, she died because of you. Because of your ambition and carelessness and because you didn't prioritize her enough to even look for her as the ship was going down. You will carry this guilt for the rest of your life. She will haunt you forever. Pray that her ghost is enough to change you for the better.

[reineydraws]

kyojuro corruption arc

[flamingpudding]

He's my clockwork appointed babysitter, not dad.

They failed, even they managed to beat all the cultist in time. The ritual was still completed. The leader was laughing like a maniac until Hood hit him hard with the butt of his gun, knocking the guy out cold finally. With held breaths, they watched how smoke rose from the ritual circle higher and higher until it started to form a black shadow with stars as eyes and too many teeth and limps. Batman was on his way with Constantine. Maybe they could at least contain whatever that was until they arrived.

"Who in the name of all good and holy dared to summon me?!" A static scratchy voice echoed in their ears.

No one dared to answer at first but of course Red I-fear-nothing Hood had to open his mouth earning him death glares from his siblings. "Aren't you like a demon? Why would you mention anything good and holy?"

That think was blinking at them and Tim did a double take when that think moved its many limps like it was rubbing the back of its neck.

"In the name of all bad and cursed then?" It sounded unsure still a booming echo like voice but unsure. They shared a look. Dick opened his mouth, ready to say something when suddenly a familiar voice shouted from behind them.

"Cut the crap kid! They are the Batsie and his birds belong to the good!"

They turned to see Constantine marching in with Batman right behind him. The man was throwing the but of his cigarette way as he went right up to that demon. Which apparently was not one because right as the Brite was up to it a puff of greenish some blocked their view for a moment before a white haired child stood where the demon had been seconds ago.

"The hell you doing out here kid. I told you to stay at home."

"You try resisting a summon when your all new to the fact that you can get summoned!"

"Your going to make my hair gray faster, you little chaos gremlin."

"Aw love you too!"

"Uh Constantine?" They had question of of them was that Constantine was apparently familiar with that child, demon, whatever.

"Right." The man lit another cigarette but before he could even take one drag of it he side eyed the child staring up at him before he flicked it to the side. "Bats my demon son, Danny the Bats."

"Demon son?"

"Actually I am-" They watched how Constantine covered the child's, Danny's, mouth with his hand shushing the boy.

"What did I tell you about interdimensional secrets? That's right, do not talk about them to just anyone. We are not repeating the Green Lantern incident."

Should they feel offended? It felt like they should. They weren't just anyone.

"Constantine." Batman gruffly warned, but the man held up one hand towards them. Batman was definitely offended that Green Lantern got to learn something he wasn't getting to know on Constantine's watch.

"One moment Batsie. I need to- did you gremlin just lick my hand?!"

The moment Constantine removed his hand the child stuck his tongue out at the JL Dark member and made a break for it to hide behind Batman.

"Get back here you little..."

"No! I am always stuck at home, and you promised me I would get to see the watchtower at last month!"

Batman blocked Constantine from getting to who was apparently the man's demon son. Staring at the man as the boy grinned in triumph.

"Mate get out of the way, this kid needs to get grounded again."

"For what?"

"Being a chaos gremlin that won't listen."

The rest of the batfam had only one burning question on their mind. "Which demon was willing enough to have a child with Constantine?"

Well, except for Tim who had caught the little tidbit of interdimensional secret and was wondering who Danny really was.

[ruporas]

thinking about wolfwood (ID in alt text)

[vampireposter]

meeting wyll at the grove, as someone who the tieflings trust enough to train their children, says so much about him. it's so sad that he doesn't get explored in acts 2-3 as deeply as the other companions, when his problems are equally intense. the average player probably long rests once before coming across the grove, but even if not, in that time wyll has already proven to the tieflings that they can rely on the Blade of Frontiers.

this is the immediate first thing he chooses to do after being condemned to slow death via ceremorphosis. his priority list in the first conversations with tav is: 1) hunt down a dangerous devil, 2) help zevlor with the goblins, 3) once nothing threatens the tieflings he will gladly search for a tadpole cure. wyll is perpetually his own last priority, and i wonder if it has to do with the lore about souls.

if he believes mind flayers' souls have been destroyed, and fiend warlocks will all have their souls sent to the hells after death, then becoming a mind flayer isn't the worst possible way for him to die. he would never become a mindless monster to save his own soul, but he's not gripped by horror the way that some of the other origin characters are. lae'zel has been made revoltingly impure to her people, astarion is terrified of losing the scrap of bodily autonomy he just regained, gale is guilt-ridden over the orb detonation if he dies, shadowheart has to survive to prove herself to her cult leader, and karlach has also just regained bodily autonomy and is desparate to live.

this is just another quest for the Blade, whose persona guards wyll ravengard against the vice of self-concern when he ought to be concerned for those in need.

[casualavocados]

Learn from who? Learn from you?

Chen Bowen as CHEN YI & Chiang Tien as AI DI KISEKI: DEAR TO ME (2023)

[heliianth]

mini meta because i cant get this fucking scene out of my brain:

its one of my fav Alluka scenes because its a sneak peek into her frankly miraculous emotional intelligence that simultaneously contextualizes it. She's still a little kid. Alluka is a smart cookie who can properly recognize and identify what people are feeling, can generally guess why they're feeling it, and get an idea of what would make them happy. But that "feeling" is hate for her, and what would make them happy is her disappearing. Really heartbreaking.

but the way Killua responds is also pretty fascinating to me? like, he pivots so fucking hard LOL. And I get it, it's such a loaded question. Would the Zoldycks be happier if Alluka was gone? Realistically, the answer is no... but admitting that would require a self-awareness about his family and his abuse Killua doesn't have yet. He probably doesn't even know how to answer, doesn't know what the answer even is.

So instead of digging into that can of worms, Killua cocks his own shotgun and fires back another loaded question: "If I were the only one who loved you in the whole world... would that make you sad?"

There were like a dozen other, much safer ways to both avoid this question and comfort Alluka. It's not even a full dodge, it's directly related to Alluka's fear via implication (the rest of the family doesn't love you). And it's not like Killua hasn't verbally weaseled his way out of tougher conversations. So... why?

I'm gonna try to truncate my full thoughts because I literally have a WIP 5k+ meta about it and I don't want to go down that rabbit hole, but Killua projects onto Alluka and Nanika a lot in this arc. Keeping that in mind, I think this question is his best, most earnest way of comforting Alluka because this train of thought is what's comforted him in the past.

I mean, think about it. Someone who will love and accept you no matter who you are or what you've done? Just one person who doesn't care? He's putting himself in the position of Alluka's Gon-figure here. And if you buy into that, the followup—"I'll always be there for you. Don't worry about anyone else"—reveals how a portion of his subconscious saw his emotionally dependent relationship with Gon as well; that is, as a comforting means to psychologically avoid confronting harder questions about himself, his upbringing, or how other people view him. It's kind of no coincidence that the minute Gon is wholly and totally incapacitated and Killua starts mucking around with the revolutionary idea of boundaries, he immediately starts thinking about his family again (in some manner).

And as an indulgent aside, I want to point out that when he ends up sending Nanika—who is, unlike Alluka, a subject of Killua's darker and more self-hating projections—away and Alluka fights back instead of internalizing it, Killua immediately recognizes the irrationality...

...because it breaks the mirror.

anyway. squeezes and shakes them like squeaky toys

[gray-warden]

I just realized I never posted photos of this really pretty harvestman i came across a while back. Note the green pedipalps and the dark and light spots on its back.