#and it's a difficult balance to strike!

[hecatesbroom]

"I'll just write a drabble this time, I swear!" I said at 3 am, a couple days ago. I am now neck-deep in an introspective piece on Maude and Vivian's relationship, at 1.4k with no sign of stopping anytime soon

[sparrowlucero]

worst doctor who creature design?

c'rizz because it's really lame to have an alien main character in an audio only series just look like some dude. he could look like anything. the visuals of audio are not constrained by budget or practicality. why is he just a guy. they need to fix this.

[artbyblastweave]

🔥 New Vegas: Old World Blues

I do not think they gave appropriate weight to the racial implications of the Little Yangtzee internment camp and the use of its inmates as test subjects- particularly since, unlike similar sites in the franchise where the atrocity is long past, the specific perpetrators and overseers are still alive and are meant to come across as, if not sympathetic, at least massively charismatic

[hearttodevour]

the puppet is lying in a heap when the marionettist takes hold of its control.

the wires straighten as she pulls, running up to pulleys in the ceiling and back down. with fluid, almost human movements, the puppet stands up, hands clasped in front of it, facing its mistress.

"hello, pretty thing," she purrs. the puppet curtsies as the marionettist's deft fingers play its strings. it is a pretty thing, painted and lacquered wood in a short, frilly dress. its flawless face is fixed into the image of a serene expression.

"I'm feeling lonely. wouldn't you keep me company?" she steps closer to the puppet, and lifts up its chin with her free hand. she places a kiss on its cool lips.

the question is a jest, the answer predetermined. the puppet is hers, wholly and utterly and it would do just as she wished.

the puppet follows the marionettist in a few waltzing spins across the cluttered room, ending with her on the edge of the bed. the puppet kneels, impassive eyes watching its mistress strip one-handed. she spreads her legs to it, running her hand up her thigh.

the puppet leans in, hands on her inner thighs, and runs its segmented tongue between the marionettist's lips, flicking at the clit in rhythm to the minute twitches of the control. her deep, lingering breaths sound out in the quiet room.

"slower," the marionettist breathes, and without delay the puppet slows, with long licks and gentle circles. it's a nimble thing, precise in its servitude. the marionettist leans her head back.

"my pretty little toy," she says, biting her lip, then twitches with a sharp moan. "there," she says, and the puppet's tongue replicates its motion, growing faster with each flick. Soon its mistress lacks the breath for orders, but strings yank it to right where it is needed, force its tongue deeper inside her. the pretense falters and the puppet is reduced to an instrument of her pleasure, her fingers blurring in furious motion.

she orgasms and the puppet shudders and twitches and writhes in an echo of its mistress's thrashing. finally it falls limp on the floor. the marionettist pants, exhausted and euphoric. after some long moments, she reaches for the control, swaying from the ceiling. the puppet rises and goes to lie down next to her.

she wraps her arms around it, pulls it against her, and strokes its hair, smiling all the while.

[mariocki]

New Scotland Yard: Point of Impact (1.1, LWT, 1972)

"I thought they'd lumber you with it."

"Did you, why?"

"It's a touchy one, isn't it?"

"There's a policeman involved."

"Yeah, unpleasant."

"Always."

"You were bound to get it."

"Thank you."

"Would've never happened at all if it hadn't been for that blasted Law and Order Brigade turning up on the scene, bloody reactionaries."

"Look, spare me the catchphrases, will you? I don't understand what half of them mean, I don't suppose the people who bandy them about do either."

"Well, I happen to know what a reactionary is."

"Good. You must explain it to me in great detail. Some other time."

[neixins]

in the deepest recesses of my heart lies the knowledge that gija would use embarrassing euphemisms to describe anything sexual, even in his head. however, i refuse to subject both myself and my beloved readers to that so i’m letting him say cock (and by say i mean think, let’s not get carried away here!). it’ll be good for him

[bubble-popping]

stockholm syndrome au!techno must be on the clouds now like he finally has cdream's heart and the dependecy that comes with it

He's actually happier than he thought he'd be! It's what he's been working towards for months, yk?

More under cut :P

Obviously there's still some steps he wants to take, a kiss is just the beginning of his great ambitions, hehe. But, that little peck really takes him by surprise. He gets a surge of like, almost genuine emotion? It's elation, certainly, but also this wave of warmth in his chest that he hasn't ever really felt before.

C!Phil is his best friend, the only person he's ever truly cared about. He genuinely fears for his safety and respects his opinion a lot, which is why he caves pretty quick to the guy when Phil presses him on what he's doing. This is the only connection he can use as a comparison, and in all his life no one has even come close to it.

Yet, here he is, holding and kissing this guy who at first was just someone he saw as an equal on the battlefield and that he got a kick out of making fun of him, now someone that has Techno jumping through all these elaborate hoops and making meticulous plans just to keep him a secret away from everyone else. He thinks if Phil was ever in danger and needed to be hidden away for whatever reason, he'd do much of the same things he is now.

It took centuries for him to establish that level of connection and respect for Phil. C!Dream wormed his way into Techno's heart in less than a year.

[wolfsplosion]

my kingdom for a modern au fic where Luke Skywalker is written in character

[true-blue-sonic]

I consider my earliest writing of Silver (think New Beginnings and such) to be far too uwu bapy cinnamon roll, but now I'm wondering if I'm not taking things too much into the opposite direction by making him too grömpy instead🤔

[saltedcaramelchaos]

I keep forgetting that y'all don't know the lore I made up for my au LOL-

Like specifically in the case of Chip's statement, there's a lot going on there that will be elaborated on in 6 to 15 business statements, but I haven't explained it to anyone outside of DMs-

[gilfodile]

i don't have any new drawings to offer unfortunately but rn the concept i have for odette is that since her name's french she's clearly a vaugardian that moved to ka bue for whatever reason--so she likely follows change too. so her talk about it's part of why odile's so skeptical of the belief

[eleccy]

aa5 and aa6 spoilers here!

another reason why aa1, 2, 3 and 4 "feel" different from 5 and 6 - different writer. yamazaki isn't necessarily a bad writer, he did write some banger cases for ace attorney investigations 2 and i think also 1 as well. i'm not sure if aa5 and 6 are a result of too many cooks spoiling the broth, executive meddling or what, but... it does lose something.

shu takumi's writing is hallmarked by its lightheartedness, its focus and dedication to the comedic elements while never neglecting the emotional heart of the characters. it is characterized by simple, domestic events between family and friends. there are no bombs blowing up the courtroom, no dark age of the law (except for, well, rfta), no massive political revolutions. the stakes are relatively low and local, focusing instead on the family drama of the feys, the gramaryes, the angst of edgeworth, and how phoenix gets dragged into the tangle of their lives.

it is interesting and compelling storytelling because a LOT of storytelling time is spent on motive, characters, and how they feel about events. the funny moments endear you to the characters all the more, and the optional dialogue makes them seem more human and relatable. phoenix's snarky inner monologue and huge heart work together to grant him a distinct and unique character voice that makes you want to root for him. aa5 and aa6 try to focus more on grander stakes and simplified plotlines about good and evil, the lawyers v. the phantom who is unapologetically evil, the lawyers v. ga'ran who is fundamentally unsympathetic. it's not really as nuanced as say, morgan, who is definitely evil, but her motivation for being so is more fleshed out based on how jealous she was and her desire to elevate pearly to a higher status and escape being the branch family. the sense of urgency to events, and flat-ness of some of the humorous elements, causes you to connect with the characters less. phoenix is much less connected/engaged with trucy than he was in aa4, for example. his beanix personality is all but gone. apollo is also noticeably less connected with trucy whereas in aa4 they were joined at the hip. this is one of the more egregious examples but there are more, like klavier being reduced to a one-dimensional fanservice robot and a lack of explanation of any aa4 plot threads.

while the writing is not the best, i believe aa5 and aa6 do have some good things on offer. the stories and adventures are engaging, have some decent humor in them, and the pacing isn't bad. but the lack of takumi's input is really, really felt and makes them weaker entries in the franchise. i feel it is harder to get excited about replaying them than it is to get excited about replaying 1-2-3-4.

[an-absolute-nightmare]

the thing about social interaction is that it is an essential skill that i never learnt and whatever of it existed was only grievously impaired during the pandemic so i'm trying to learn it by aggressively throwing myself into social situations even though it is difficult. surely something will stick

[transhetanybodys]

I just looked up a question about a work of literature and took one million point of psychic damage from idiots on Reddit acting like the female characters are worse than the devil for daring to be humans with complicated emotions and motivations and sometimes making decisions that don't make 100% logical sense while they're heavily grieving. "Oh she's evil for still loving her boyfriend after he killed her brother in a very morally complicated situation where her brother had already killed someone who was essentially his brother even though humans bonding with the person that's causing them their current pain is a well documented phenomenon that can happen so easily that people with nefarious intent can purposefully induce it in what is known as trauma bonding and also she's like seventeen years old at most" are you fucking stupid

[seiwas]

thank you to everyone who’s read my simon fic so far 🥺 i see some tags mentioning that they don’t follow cod and aren’t familiar with him at all besides maybe gifsets and edits—and i am so touched!!! that you’ve chosen to continue reading despite that 🥺 thank you so much 🥺

[aphelea]

god i love when characters have full conversations without communicating anything that they were intending to