#and good conversations

[5ellaal5]

I dunno, man. Pastels are difficult. (referring to original art below the cut)

Anyway

The Operative and the Witch

The latest episode of my AU.

She ate a copper vein for a Magical Girl Glow Up.

The work is EXPLICIT but still #HopePunk Emily Nagoski / Gottman Institute type healthy relationships at heart.

The art isn’t explicit. The work/episode is.

Art the 1st: HECATE's Tarot reading from Chapter 1

"(2 of cups) (8 of cups) (6 of swords) (3 of cups) (vi the lovers)"

Image from Chapter 10, by me.

Summary: An anonymous Sons of Prometheus Tier 3 Operative with a painful past meets a Sentient, Sapient, Self-Developing AI Child/Subordinate Function of GAIA who really wants a Focus. Antics, romance and makin' luuurv ensues.

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con, Underage<br />Relationships: Original Character/Original Character, Aloy/Kotallo (Horizon)<br />Characters: Original Characters, Aloy (Horizon), Kotallo (Horizon), GAIA (Horizon), ARTEMIS (Horizon), ELEUTHIA (Horizon), MINERVA (Horizon), Sylens (Horizon), Verbena Sutter, Sons of Prometheus agents (Horizon), Tenakth Rebels (Horizon)<br />Additional Tags: Children of Emotionally Mature Artificial Intelligences, Adult Children who survived the Red Raids, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Canon-Typical Violence, Canon-Typical Behavior, mention of worse than canon-typical violence, Healing Potions (Horizon), Human/AI Romance, Human/Monster Romance, Tentacle Sex, Sexual Fantasy, Witches, Mythology References, Comfort/Angst, Healing Sex, Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Implied/Referenced Underage Sex, Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault, Implied/Referenced Slavery, Implied/Referenced Death from Medical Malpractice, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Sex Work Is Work, All My Porn Has Plot, As long as you're alive you can change your mind and change your path, whether you can make amends and repair is a different question, Not Actually Unrequited Love, Kink Exploration, Internalized Kink Shaming, Tentacle Kink, Vore, Needle and Piercing Kink, Blood Kink, Hand Jobs, Prostate Massage, Consent Issues, Aloy learns to be a good listener (Horizon), Being Believed comfort, Age Difference, strong men being manhandled by stronger women, Author Is Sleep Deprived, Computer Code as Narrative, POV Alternating, Non-Consensual Voyeurism, Implied/Referenced Anti-Trans Violence, Revenge

Series: Part 8 of https://archiveofourown.org/series/4184356

A Spectrum of Fractal Premonitions

https://archiveofourown.org/works/57561802

[oldtvandcomics]

HEY GUYS!!

GUYS!!!

FRANCE HAS REACHED THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF SIGNATURES ON THE CITIZEN'S INITIATIVE AGAINST CONVERSION THERAPY IN THE EU!!

ONE COUNTRY DOWN, SIX TO GO!!

We also need still quite a few signatures in order to reach the one million required.

As to date, the six other countries with the most signatures are:

Spain - 38.72%

Finland - 30.31%

Ireland - 24.86%

Netherlands - 24.15%

Germany - 23.54%

Belgium - 23.09%

So yeah, still a long way to go, but we ARE slowly getting closer. Don't stop now! Don't let this stay within the community, either, if you have any friends or family who are open to queer rights, get them to sign, too!

[endreal]

Apparently there was some kind of race scheduled at a local park or something so I've been trying to avoid the main trail but a little while ago when I had to cross near it I overheard the following shouted exchange

Higher feminine voice: woo, look at you go! You're jogging! Keep it up!

Lower masculine voice (panting): you know it! Last place is still a place, baby!

And goddamn if that didn't rewire my brain a little bit.

Last place is still a place, baby.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Must be a Sugondese joke.

[theoldaeroplane]

worried that thing you put in your art or writing or game or music is too self-indulgent, too self-referential, too niche for anyone but yourself? fear not! you can do whatever you want forever. and you should.

[anna-scribbles]

adrien in my outfit from a few days ago✨ feat. my claws out converse

bonus:

[indigosparkle444]

Having an intellectual conversation with someone knowing they’re also dirty asf is such a turn on

[elodieunderglass]

hi. what do you mean

[stars-obsession-pit]

“Mom, why do you think ghosts are intrinsically evil?”

“It’s what the science says, of course!”

“No, I mean like, what were the studies? What did they actually observe”

“Ohh, I get what you mean, Danny! Well across all reputable reports of encounters with the ghosts strong enough to matter, they’ve always attacked first and never responded to attempts at communication! There’s no reason for them to do that if they’re not evil!”

“Huh…”

…

Danny, learning about Ghost Speak and how humans can’t understand it: hmm.

Danny, learning that ghosts greet each other and bond by fighting: hmmm.

[adamant-hearts]

Did a little live2d experimenting to animate my art :D

Sadly GIF conversion seems to ruin image quality so I’m also putting the PNG version down here for my fellow Sunday waiters 🙏

[zoe-oneesama]

A Laughable Idea, Really.

Epilogue Part 3 First < Previous > Next Season 1, Season 2, Season 3, Season 4, Season 5 Ep 41, Ep 42, Ep 43, Ep 44 Ep 45, Ep 46, Ep 47, Ep 48, Intermission, Ep 49, Ep 50, Ep 51, Ep 52, Ep 53

Ko-fi

[lonicera-caprifolium]

can I interest you in some conversation hearts? 💗💗💗

[bitsbug]

Hii slugsign fans. something's happening maybe

this is a WIP btw

[vidavalor]

I love how Aziraphale is so taken with Crowley in The Flood scene that he is actively trying to avoid looking into his eyes... all while Crowley, equally besotted, keeps trying to meet Aziraphale's.

Especially when you consider S2's whole thing about rainstorm-adjacent eye contact...

We start with the one moment where their eyes do meet, as Crowley slips around Aziraphale, causing Aziraphale to be caught in his gaze for a moment. Aziraphale has to steady himself. He doesn't breathe for a moment. He blushes. He looks away as soon as he can get himself together enough to do so. One day, he's going to paint his house the color of those eyes, but in this moment? His heart is going to beat out of his chest just looking at Crowley.

Then, Aziraphale keeps looking ahead and only glances occasionally slightly to the side, trying not to make it obvious that he is not looking at a flirting Crowley-- who, for his part, can't take his eyes off Aziraphale. Aziraphale avoids fully catching his gaze, looking away quickly, just undone by those eyes enough that he's too shy to meet them.

We get to a point where Crowley is literally *leaning forward* to try to get Aziraphale to meet his eyes, but Aziraphale is dodging by looking anywhere else.

Even when exchanging a brief look of understanding, Aziraphale looks in Crowley's direction but not directly into his eyes.

This keeps happening for the rest of the scene, with Aziraphale not directly meeting Crowley's eyes through telling him about the plan for The Flood, the rainbow, the Oi! Shem! unicorn moment, etc.. It ends with them both looking up as the rain begins. It is a whole scene showing us that Aziraphale's attraction to Crowley makes him shy away from his gaze while Crowley's attraction to Aziraphale makes him seek out his eyes. This scene, though?

It is the only scene where this sort of dance is taking place, is it not? There's no scene after it like it.

By the Job minisode, this eye contact issue not only no longer exists between them, but we have the scene where Aziraphale asks Crowley to take his glasses off and look him in the eyes.

So, back in Mesopotamia... come S3, might we see that this sudden rainstorm of The Flood eventually forced them together beneath a canopy where they looked into each other's eyes and... vavoom?

[reasonsforhope]

"Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear banned the use of “conversion therapy” on minors in Kentucky on Wednesday, calling his executive order a necessary step to protect children from a widely discredited practice that tries to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity through counseling.

The governor used his executive powers after Republicans who control the state legislature repeatedly blocked efforts to enact a state law banning the practice. Beshear said he would no longer wait for others to “do what’s right.”

“My faith teaches me that all children are children of God,” Beshear said during the signing ceremony at the Kentucky Capitol. “And where practices are endangering and even harming those children, we must act. The practice of so-called ‘conversion therapy’ hurts our children.”

It was the latest action in a national debate over conversion therapy and the rights of LGBTQ+ children and their families.

The Kentucky event stirred many emotions. Activists for mental health and LGBTQ+ rights cheered the governor, but as he prepared to sign the ban, someone nearby shouted, “This is a denial of affirmation therapy!” Supporters drowned out the protest.

Among those in attendance was Zach Meiners, a 34-year-old filmmaker who said he wants young people to be spared the anguish and harm he endured during four years of therapy as a teenager, which caused him “anxiety and depression in ways that I’m still unraveling.”

“I can speak firsthand to how devastating it can be to someone’s mental health,” Meiners said in an interview. “And I consider myself very lucky to be a survivor.” ...

Nearly half the states and the District of Columbia prohibit conversion therapy on minors, Beshear’s office said. In Kentucky, 21% of LGBTQ young people reported being threatened with or subjected to conversion therapy, according to the Trevor Project, a suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ+ young people."

-via AP News, September 18, 2024

--

Note: That last paragraph puts in perspective for me just how far we've come, even amongst all the hate. Fifteen years ago, not a single state banned conversion therapy for minors. Ten years ago, only two states banned conversion therapy. As of this law, 24 states now ban conversion therapy for minors, plus DC, with another three having some restrictions on the process.

I remember how amazed and relieved I was, when my state (California) became the second state ever to ban conversion therapy for minor in 2012. Now those protections apply to almost half of the states, and probably well over half the US population (I'm too tired to do the math but blue states tend to have significantly more people.)

They can't close the barn doors on this. It's too late. We're already out the door, and our rights are breaking out alongside us more and more every year.

[pebblume]

tiger tiger shenanigans ft. a wild laios

close ups under the cut!