#and it starts getting messy

[pyrosomatic-metamorphosis]

tbh i think that even unwinnable fights should be winnable. some of the BEST fights i've ever run as a dm were ones i built kill the players (in a fun way. I had some cutscenes prepped so even the loss would be a different flavour of win)- but then they were clever bastards and managed to either win the fights or pull themselves out of trouble. I think it's perfectly fine to plan for a fight that players aren't supposed to win, but you need to let them. if they can't win, they can't lose, and the meaning of that encounter is diminished. do that too many times, and they stop trusting you to give them roleplay prompts and start expecting to sit there waiting while you drive the story for them.

but if they can win... if there is always the chance to win, no matter how impossible the odds, then they ALWAYS have hope. they always get invested. they feel the big emotions of success or the big emotions of failure, and you fucking Win as a dm/roleplay prompter/lead bastard.

[somnimagus]

out of the frying pan and into the fire and into another frying pan that's also on fire

[id in alt text]

[nhura]

QUICK NO ONE'S LOOKING

(See readmore for thoughts, cope, bonus, etc.)

Anyone else up thinking about Ratio's big, strong, secure arms and how warm and all-consuming they could be in a hug or embrace. :/ Anyway

I just wanted to draw them being cute and seizing a sliver of a moment where they could have some PDA silly time without actually having any eyes on them. They're public figures and working adults with very clear boundaries between public persona and private life (to varying degrees of "in a sad way"), so while it may be in Aventurine's nature to constantly blur lines for various agendas and self-preservation (read: play "the flirt" without an aligned goal), I believe that in an actual relationship they'd be fairly private.

It's kind of fun to break your own rules, though! Ratio would be more upset about the consequences, though. He's a little bit of a hypocrite, which is devastating for someone of such discipline, but nobody's perfect.

I'm of the mentality of, "If you're tired of working on it, then just post it!", so here are some fun peripherals that I didn't feel like adding:

Some staff in the background sweeping up to evoke a blended sense of fragile privacy and liminal time.

A laptop on the aquarium/bar/counter because there's something fascinating about seeing people on their work laptops in public.

The rest of their clothes (casual friday)

[quirkle2]

a labor of love about milk. there are other things too i guess

[xxplastic-cubexx]

I love that is not even an exaggeration that they're sitting on each other's lap

i HAVE to be so 1000% right now i thought erik was sitting like This behind the table in the first panel and i couldnt register anything else

[emoreooo]

it’s always been you, wonderful you.

[verflares]

collection of some loz origin au stuff i've been chipping away at for awhile now ^_^ with a healthy amount of dunmeshi insp for good measure LOL (the ooccoo isnt relevant she's just here for size comparison purposes)

feat my beloved good friend @linkvcr's hylia design also. because i am obsessed with her and you should be too 🫵

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Happy Valentine's Day! (and this blog's first post anniversary!)

[drawsmaddy]

[ID: A digital illustration of Orym from Critical Role. He is drawn very small, floating in the middle of the image. His body is made of plants and he is shielding his eyes with his hand as a bright light shoots towards his face. Around him are messy drawings of snarling wolves, two hands made of plants intertwining, human mouths screaming and bearing teeth, bones and teeth, a green eye crying, Ruidus, and flowers. End description.]

A hunger you cannot fathom, a screaming you fail to recognise as your own

[kiisaes]

two idiots talk about their siblings (catholic school au)

[kutakunagasblog]

“ I’m sorry if I’m trying to look like you, but maybe when I catch my reflection in the mirror I’ll think it’s you “

Also some gill x chip x queen , gill aftermath of the pink hair , and silly kian design

[blossoms-phan]

dnp + misc tumblr posts

[sygneth]

YES YES IT'S THEM AGAIN. I COULDN'T RESIST AND Y'ALL ASKED SO NICELY.

In this episode: messy haired Holmes

I have their story in my head up to the point of Victor's leave, and it's highly probable I will draw it all... I can roughly divide it into three chapters: 1st that is finished, 2nd concerning the events of the "Gloria Scott" and 3rd dealing with the mess afterwards.

Chapter 1 Chapter 2: part 1 - part 2 - part 3 - part 4 - part 5 - part 6 - part 7 - part 8

Holmes College Adventures Masterpost AO3

A couple more of my thoughts and headcanons on the topic that came up in the meantime (hopefully no spoilers?):

I wanted their relationship to be a queerplatonic one, so if you're here for romance, you'll be disappointed. Holmes has some things thought through (as I tried to show in the previous part), he does like Victor on a different level than he has ever experienced, but he doesn't know where his boundaries of being comfortable are, and, at least for now, this is all too confusing for him to experiment. So he's just enjoying the time that they have and doesn't dwell on in too much.

Second thing is, Holmes seems to be alright with thouch, at least the way I read him. (Honestly, the amount of touch provided by him, to Watson in the first place of course, but also to other, random people? That's a LOT to me. But my view may also be biased, I don't like touching at all.) Yes, so, Holmes is alright with casual touch, and the closer he is with someone, the more alright he seems to be. I can see him as a type who will start treating friends like furniture, if they're close enough.

Ah and the third thing. I believe Holmes to be the kind of student who did a lot of extracurriculars in his fields of interest, and barely passed or had to repeat all the rest. And I hc astrology to be his sworn enemy. Because what influence does it have on the results of his chemical research or crime? Exactly.

[realtalk127]

thinking about how saranrae came to exandria and started a family.

how on the one hand it's beautiful and sweet. she assumed a mortal form and loved mortals so much that she couldn't help but love a few of them in particular.

but at the same time.

she knew. she knew what she was. she knew what she was here for. she knew the plan. she knew it couldn't last.

so is it beautiful or is it cruel? i genuinely don't know. it might be both.

[vapolis]

feels like a dumb question but is the gf/bf going to be a ro? Yes I want it toxic. Yes I want everyone to say "girl get the fuck out of there" and yes I fully expect it to blow up in my face.

yes, the game starts off with mc in a "relationship" (if u can call it that) with the rockstar of the band :) and you can stay with them. there will be other ROs you can pursue, but that happens while actively fucking each other over which I know isn't everyone's thing.

things will blow up in mcs face. a lot. 😔

[pure-oddity]

Soap who's main goal is to get his partner as wet as possible. Just loves the mess - he needs it to live.

It's a lot of fingering a lot of kissing and caressing, and his hands are just everywhere and you don't know how many times he's made you cum but you do know that each time he fucks you with his tip he has to hold you down from sinking further on his cock

"Ya not wet enough bonnie, need to make a mess of you before you can have my cock"

And he acts like you're bone dry but you aren't! He has you puffy and swollen and slick and the clicking noise his tip makes as it plays with your hole screams about how ready you are.

Only when you're essentially boneless and you've made a wet spot on the sheets does he fill you with the rest of his cock.

Both yours and his own thighs are covered in your slick, he's gasping above you about how he "can feel you dripping down my balls love - fuck!"

The glide in and out of you is seamless and he slips out on a few occasions, groans like he's in heaven when he reintroduces himself into your wet heat.

Afters hes filled you with his cum he sits back on his heels, thumbs holding you open , just to watch your hole twitch his cum out - fingers it back in and plays with the mess until you're kicking at him for making you cum again .

Very pleased as he handles cleanup duty, sheets (and you) taken care of and washed. Your mattress protector worth every penny at this point.