#and he's checking it twice

[anon-anti]

To be fair, I would also use you as a charging device.

Mentally writing down on a piece of paper. ....

[the-vegetarian-artist]

the PJO fandom working their butts off to find two italian babies in the background only to realize the Easter egg is Nico calling for Bianca around the 12:3 mark.

[wedielikemen]

TGR SPOILERS

Jean looks dead into Andrew's eyes and tells him that he won't be fast enough to save Neil the next time someone takes a swing because of his smoking.

How cruel it must have felt to be on his knees just 3 WEEKS later - collarbone shattered watching while Neil was curled in on himself at the end of a racquet from another Raven and Andrew too slow to stop it ?!

Anyway the next time we see him with a cigarette he's crushing it in his fist.

[morganbritton132]

Someone post a Tiktok of Eddie and Steve clearly having their date interrupted by some fans of Eddie’s

Eddie is very obviously trying to be nice. He’s talking to them and taking pictures with them, but he’s also subtly trying to end this interaction. Steve, meanwhile, looks pissed.

The longer this conversation goes on, the more annoyed he looks until he takes a deep breath. He centers himself and then he burst into tears.

His whole body shakes when he sobs, “Eddie, what do you mean you want a divorce?!”

It takes over two hours for the person to post a part two where you can see Steve immediately stop crying when the fans awkwardly shuffle away.

He wipes his face, sticks his fork into their shared dessert and says, “So, anyways.”

Eddie collapses in on himself like a puppet whose strings were cut and whisper-shouts at Steve, “I hate when you do that! I think it’s real every time.”

“Well, I hate when my date is interrupted.”

[inkclover]

been feeling hella tired… so i drew prismo being tired 💃 😔 🛌

rough sketches below the cut:

first art of 2024 and its the fruity wall stickers fellas… HUZZAH

[veroinfaciem]

[icantalk710]

Looong day of catching up on emails and work to set myself up to be (mostly) on vacation as of xmas 😩☕😵‍💫

[strawberryjamm]

nightmare

[swampybogg]

Art trade for @/voidlus (twt & insta) - Ezra (OC)

[cicide76536]

Wouldn't it be cool to have a bar with your friends like they have in those TV shows?

This was one of my art pieces for Dragon Age Create-a-Thon 2024 and I had so much fun making it!

[ultimatelyunassuming]

I think the world would be more beautiful if people remembered that mituna didnt say any slurs.

[nemesis-is-my-middle-name]

deltarune is so full of fun little details where the characters react to unexpected things you do, like the dialogue if you repeatedly miss the dummy in the training fight and ralsei gets increasingly confused and concerned with your inability to "press z when the white rectangle is inside the blue rectangle"

[rrylies]

altan isn't a violent person at his core it was just what other people have always seen him as because he's speerly, and for some reason the speerlies have a savage connotation when we have no proof that they were actually animals in the sense that other people keep describing them as. im sure that we only get the savage speerly stereotype because as a people, they were fundamentally different from the nikara and the mugenese. and since they were all (mostly) dead at the start of book one, who was going to negate all of these stereotypes? no one. (i could go on about how altan was slapped with the "last speerly" moniker when in reality he probably remembers very little about his culture and what speer was like before all of the war and the death but that's for another time <3)

even back in his days of sinegard altan isnt depicted as a particularly violent person, though he's placed in violent events. like in the fighting pits at night altan is pitted up against his peers who want to fight him at a chance at victory, to prove that they've won a battle against the last speerly and we have no idea if altan actually wants to fight them or if he's forced to (iirc it's highly suggested that irjah baits him into fighting by promising him opium if he wins, and he will, because he always does) (although that could've just been nezha being a dick) and even though altan shows no signs of violence or aggression (he's always depicted as calm, stoic, etc) he's always painted as something less than human, an animal simply because ??? he wins their fights? as if that's not something he's expected to do in the first place. ("how did he do that? isn't he human?" "he isn't, he's speerly" this quote. ARGHARAGH RABAN ILY BUT SHUT UPPP)

and back to the stereotypes of speerlies and why they're painted as rabid animals even though there's no proof that they are. the main thing i can think of rn is how the federation (+ the mugenese) think of them simultaneously as something divine and to be studied but also as these rabid beasts at the same time. like the federation soldiers are clearly afraid of fire / the speerlies (i have a separate hc that their culture has something to do with this but that is also for another time <3) shiro mentions how precious and important the speerlies are (and yet his people bombed altan's? ://) while taking every opportunity he can to pick altan apart. then people wonder why altan's vicious towards the federation and hates them with every fiber of his being and why he has so much pent-up anger within him and it's like, hello?? they took him captive when he was a child, and sent him to the laboratory with shiro where he would spend half of his life being cut open and dissected, injected with opium time and time again, forced to watch his people die off one by one without the knowledge that he was the last until after he'd been rescued. (this still gets me btw no im not in tears) and then even when he's out, his suffering isn't over, (it's never over lets be real) because he's shipped off to sinegard academy where he'll be surrounded by so many different conflicting stereotypes (the nikara think he's an animal because he's speerly but shiro thought he was amazing because he was speerly, because of his connection to the phoenix) and really, he's not violent, not at his core, but i cant imagine the inner turmoil altan went through his first few years out of the lab + his first year at sinegard where he was the only one who was different (and also fighting an opium addiction at the same time and people belittle him over this when it literally wasn't his fault)

like altan was not violent. he was calm and he had his moments of peace, but ultimately because of everything that had happened to him (cough. shiro u motherfucker), the violence was forced out of him and became all he knew ("chaghan said they trained you like a dog at the academy" ://) and he literally didn't know any better, he was failed by every single person who should have helped him. (never getting over this btw)

yin riga, a man who he trusted, sent him away to shiro. (will never not think of how much little five year old altan trusted riga and then. well.) jiang, who was supposed to help him with his connection to the phoenix, shunned him. irjah, who was his supposed caretaker, who only fed his opium addiction in order to control him, just like how shiro did, just like how the nikara did to the speerlies (parallels. yaaay.)

in the end altan trengsin wasn't a violent person, but it was all anyone wanted to see. it was all anyone would remember him by.

[kateis-cakeis]

The fact there's more tracks missing from the Merlin Soundtrack than just the S5 ones is incredibly frustrating.

There's so much good music in the show that isn't on the playlists and arghhh it's soo frustrating because it would be so good to listen to!!! Especially for writing, sobs.

[ringosmistress]

[watchandread02]

For the " Holidays with the Winchesters: A very Destiel Advent Calendar" by @archervale and @wormstacheangel

Day Nineteen: List

Ao3

(This is kind of a continuation of the fic I wrote for Day 11, but I think you can still read this, if you didn't read the other one. The only thing you really need to know is that Dean is Santa and Cas is an Elf and they got together in the first part. Link to first part.)

“He’s making a list, he’s checking it twice.” Cas sings as he walks into Dean’s workshop. Dean is hunched over his desk, not even looking up when Cas walks into the room, singing all the while.

Not one to be ignored, Cas walks up behind Dean and leans in close. He wraps his arms around Dean from behind and rests his head on top of Dean’s. Dean pauses his writing for a moment to squeeze Cas’ hands where they are resting on his chest.

“How about you take a break?” Cas whispers into Dean’s ear.

“I will in a bit, honey. I just want to get through the L’s today. Even if it’s still a few months away, I wanna get a head start on this, you know how it gets towards the end of the year.” Dean explains, still scribbling away in the paper, though he does lean into Cas’ embrace.

“Well what I do know is that it’s someone's birthday and that someone would like to spend some time with his boyfriend.” Cas pouts.

Dean goes still under Cas’ hands.

“Wait, what time is it?” Dean asks, finally looking up from his paper.

“It’s almost eight.” Cas answers, which has Dean finally turning around in his seat.

“Cas I’m so sorry. I didn’t realize it had gotten that late already.”

Dean’s head thumps against Cas stomach, so Cas starts to gently card his fingers through Dean’s hair, making Dean relax against Cas.

“I’m such a bad boyfriend. How could I forget your birthday?” Dean mumbles against Cas’ stomach.

Cas gently lifts Dean’s face from where it’s buried in his stomach, “hey, no don’t say that about yourself. You’re just a very important man, with a very important job. Without you a lot of kids would be very disappointed come Christmas morning.”

“Yeah, well I also have an obligation to you. You’re my boyfriend and I love you, so I should be able to male time for you. I shouldn’t have even started on this today and just focused on you.” Dean says as he pulls Cas onto his lap.

Cas starts carding his hands back through Dean’s hair, who immediately relaxes into the gentle touch. He’ll have to make sure to get Dean out of the workshop for at least a little bit at some point. Surely Sam can take care of everything for one day.

“Don’t worry about it too much. I understand that the closer it comes to the end of the year, the more stressful your life will become. And I did work today as well. So you couldn’t have spent today with me anyway.” Cas tells Dean softly.

He moves his hands down a bit to start messaging at Dean’s neck. The tense muscle shifts under Cas’ fingers, but Dean lets out a small moan, so Cas continues his ministrations. Dean’s head is now fully leaned back and his eyes have slipped closed in.

“And now I’m here to make sure you actually take a break and join me and our friends to celebrate my birthday for the next few hours. You’ll just have to make it up to me later, when we’re alone.” Cas whispers that last part into Dean’s ear, who shivers against him.

Dean slowly opens his eyes and stares Cas down for a few seconds, “I do like that plan.” Dean hauls Cas into a short but intense kiss, before picking Cas up, standing up from the chair with Cas still in his arms and then putting him back on his feet.

“Come on. Let’s go and celebrate you.” Dean takes Cas’ hand and tugs him out of the room.

They join their family and closests friends, where they had already set up dinner. Cas hald already celebrated with all the other elves this morning, but this moment was just a small affair. Cas much preferred it like this. They spend a few hours eating dinner and cake, Cas opens his presents and then they just talk for a bit.

It’s almost an hour before midnight when Dean pulls him aside.

“I wanted to give you my present in private. Will you come with me?” Dean asks as he holds out his hand for Cas to take.

“Always,” Cas replies as he takes Dean’s hand.

Dean pulls Cas out of the room by his hand. What Cas doesn’t see is the reassuring smiles and thumbs up the others send Dean, as they leave the room, since he is way too focused on Dean. They get to the sleigh take off point to find the reindeer harnessed and the sleigh all ready to go.

Cas stops in his tracks, which makes Dean come to a stop as well, as Cas’ sudden halt makes their still connected hands tug on Dean’s arm.

“Dean, what are we doing here? And why are the reindeer all strapped in and ready to go this late at night?” Cas asks confused.

Dean turns around to face him with a grin on his face, “well I wanted to recreate a bit of the night that we got together. Are you up for that?”

“Of course. This is so thoughtful Dean. You can be a real sap if you want to be, you know that?”

Dean helps Cas into the sleigh as he answers, “yeah well I’m only a sap for you.”

Cas finds a picnic basket already in the sleigh and he turns to Dean, who is hauling himself into the sleigh at the moment.

“What’s the basket for?” Cas asks.

“Open it and find out.” Dean replies as he gets settled into the seat and makes sure everything is ready for take off.

So Cas just as Dean told him to. Inside he finds a blanket and a thermos.

“I made sure we wouldn’t get stuck out there again without something to warm us up. There’s some hot chocolate in the thermos, which we can drink when we get there. We’ll be able to spend some time out there, just the two of us, without freezing our balls off this time,” Dean explains as he catches Cas’ confused frown.

With a gentle snap of the reins, they are off into the night. Dean lifts his arm up and Cas cuddles in close. He even pulls out the blanket and drapes it over them. He enjoys looking out at the stars and the warmth coming off Dean’s body.

About an hour into their journey Dean makes the reindeer descend towards the snow covered ground. They land with a soft thud and Dean releases the reindeer for a bit. They don’t stray too far, but enough to make it feel like that night they got together.

“So what exactly do you have planned?” Cas asks as he turns to get the thermos of hot chocolate that Dean had packed.

“Why don't you turn around and find out?”

“What do you m- oh.” Cas lets out softly as he watches Dean get down on one knee. Which is actually a quite impressive feat, considering the small cramped space.

Dean holds out a box in front of him. Dean opens it to reveal a gorgeous set of rings, encased in the soft velvet. Both are rimmed with black with a green and blue core respectively.

“I know that we haven't been together long. Only 269 days to be exact. But those days have been the greatest days of my life. We have known each other for such a long time that the transition from friends to lovers hardly mattered. Of course, we started doing couple stuff together, but you have been and always will be my best friend. So I don't care about how long we’ve officially been together. I already know that I want to be with you forever. Will you marry me, Castiel?” Dean asks.

“Of course I will!” Cas answers, overjoyed. Tears are already making their way down his face and Dean doesn’t seem to be faring any better.

Dean takes the ring with the green core out of the box and slides it onto Cas’ finger.

“Will you let me put the other ring on you?” Cas asks.

“Of course, sweetheart,” Dean holds out his hand, but before Cas can actually place the ring on his finger, Dean stops him, “wait. Read the inscription first.”

Cas does just that, “Forever yours. Dean ♾ Cas.”

“I love it so much. I love you so much.” Cas says as he finally puts the ring onto Dean’s finger as well.

“I love you, too.” Dean utters, as he closes the gap between them and kisses Cas. Cas leans into the kis and they stay like that for a while, just intertwined in each other.

At some point they move onto the seats again. Dean pulls Cas into his lap, just like the day they had gotten together. They spent a while drinking the hot chocolate and just admiring their rings. Cas snuggles in close to Dean and just basks in the love he’s feeling right now.

“Let’s get back so the others can congratulate us. And I’m pretty sure that I promised you that I would make it up to you for almost missing your birthday party.” Dean says as he gets the reindeer to come back to the sleigh.

Cas snuggles back into Dean as he says, “well we can not only celebrate my birthday, which I’m pretty sure is officially over by now. But we can also celebrate our engagement.”