#and like what is that pose who fights like that

[marbofmoorock]

Since a couple of people agree, I'm going to make a short story of it.

After venturing for miles in this digital fairy tale land adventure, everyone makes it to the castle, but gets divided as most of the cast works together to fight the dragon guarding the prize Caine warned about, save for Zooble and Pomni, who are about to be surprised with the "prize" at the end of the adventure as they start the tower climb.

"Ugh, how much longer?" Grumbled Zooble, the most determined to finish due to constantly falling apart today from all the action.

"You know Zooble, if you want, I could go see what's ahead first if you want. Caine did sorta make this adventure because of me since I brought up fairy tales." Pomni offered nervously, trying to help Zooble calm down.

"No. I'm finishing this, so I can tell Caine how done i am." Zooble muttered angrily, grumbling about how she wants to rip Caine to shreds making Zooble go on this adventure.

Pomni decides to drop the topic and they continue to walk silently up this tower staircase, Caine said the prize was on the tallest room in the tallest tower.

They arrive at the top, at a big door locked by a wooden bar, which Pomni took off with Zooble's help.

Inside, they're surprised to find Caine in a princess outfit, with lipstick on his teeth lips, as he chuckles in a faintly feminine way, playing the role of the princess/damsel in distress to impress Pomni.

Both of them paused surprised at this sight.

"Congratulations, my Superstars~ You've come to rescue me at last!" Says Caine celebrant of their reward of their heroism.

Zooble stares for a moment, not sure what to think of this after her initial surprise, decides to turn and walk back downstairs in silent disbelief, pretty shocked yet mad, that this was the prize ah suffered for.

Pomni, watching her leave, felt concerned for Zooble, but then turned back to face Caine, who was secretly close to Pomni as the other circus members didn't know about their relationship.

"Sooo~ HOW DO I LOOOOK!?~" Said Caine as "she" poses while laying on the bed in the room for Pomni, awaiting her answer.

Pomni was not prepared to find Caine roleplaying as a princess, feeling kinda awkward after her surprise, but sort of found Caine's commitment to the role of being a fairytale princess for the adventure rather...

endearing.

She recalled in past conversations Caine had been insecure about his adventures and didn't know how to make them fun for the crew, until one day Pomni arrived and started to be like a cheerleader to Caine, as she went on to advise Caine on ways to make the circus better, and in the process, developing feelings for him she likedv Caine a lot, despite all of his mistakes and bring trapped in the Circus, his mistakes with Gummigoo for instance. Overtime, she felt obliged to get to know Caine better. Caine had opened up to Pomni, asking for help, and Pomni embraced the goofy floating denture man by offering him love and support, something Pomni assumed he had very little of as the other cast members were all tired of Caine and his antics. Pomni aims to influence and uplift Caine to help alleviate her time at the circus, along with the others.

Realizing a fairy tale adventure she had the idea of inspired him, she made a note of how successful it was. Yet, it was definitely arduous for the others, yet here was Caine was trying to impress her with this extravagant fairy tale adventure. It did remind her of bedtime stories she one heard as a child, so it felt deeply sentimental in an indirect sort of way.

Pomni walked over to the bed and sat next to Caine. She opened her arms.

"You look great."

Caine was delighted, holding Caine in her noodly Jester arms as he embracedvthe hug. Caine cuddled Pomni in her arms in return, feeling hopeful that Pomni loved his surprise at least.

"Did you...like my surprise...?" Said Caine softly, as his eyes gazed at Pomni as they hugged.

"Yes I did Caine. H-However, do you think our next adventures could be a little less...crazy? I think the others would enjoy it as much as I did, i-if there were no dragons or lava."

"Anything for you, Superstar. I thought the challenge would be great, but I suppose lighthearted adventures would be appreciated by the cast more, even if they complain." Caine clings to Pomni a little, to which Pomni hugged Caine tighter, happy to provide support to her secret friend.

"Thank you Caine, you're a real peach."

Caine melted at the thought, close to crying, then he let's all the waterworks out in a blast of tears and sobs as they hold each other, while Caine quickly snaps his fingers sending everyone back to their rooms in the circus for rest, save for them, as Caine and Pomni spent their privacy in a cuddle here in the fairy tale dimension.

"So," said Pomni as she was still gazing at Caine as they held each other, "What's with the princess getup? Is that for me too?"

"Well..." Said Caine, unsure of how to explain his thoughts to Pomni, but tries, "I'm exploring a new side of myself, I didn't know how I'd feel about wearing a dress, but here I am wearing one, and it feels kinda amazing."

"Well, I think you look good." Said Pomni sweetly, as her gaze towards Caine continues. Caine is completely mesmorized towards Pomni, and blushes as Pomni offered him a small peck on his right tooth cheek. At this moment, Caine feels very very special, happy to know Pomni cares about him. "T-Thank you Pomni, you're so kind to me. I've never had a friend (other than bubble and the npcs i create), but you're different than the rest. AND I appreciate all that you do to be a big help.

"Haopy to be there for you, you were there for me too."

"C-Can we stay like this for a while?"

Pomni nodded, ensuring Caine she trusted him and held him tightly. Caine holds Pomni in return, as they kiss and hang out for a bit alone.

The End.

"COME AND CLAIM YOUR PRIZE MY GALLANT GAMERS!"

[whumpninja]

This is a very specific prompt, and while I did originally think it up in a pet whump context I actually think it could work for a lot of different whump genres, so here we go:

A shadowy, nebulous organization that offers a very dark service- if a whumper gets tired of their whumpee, or they feel that they just can’t break them, or they’re too worn out, this organization will dispose of them so that the whumper doesn’t have to dirty their hands with it themselves.

Now for the plot twist: it’s a front. The organization is actually a safe house that’s set itself up as a, for lack of a better term, euthanasia center for whumpees, so that they have a chance at saving the ones that are the most damaged. But the whumpers- and certainly not the whumpees- don’t know that.

Things I think could be done with this (and I might try writing this concept if I feel like it:)

- the sheer fear a whumpee would feel being told that they’re being taken to this place where they’re going to die, and then the relief and disbelief when they’re told no, it’s okay, you’re safe now.

- one of the rescuers, posing as one of the staff, getting a new whumpee dropped off and realizing that it’s someone they used to know. Bonus points if the whumpee recognizes them too.

- a whumper who drops their whumpee off at this place. The rescuers get the whumpee all set up and assure them that they’re safe- and then whumper comes back and says they’ve changed their mind, they want their whumpee back. Do the rescuers give them back to keep the secret safe, or do they refuse and have to convince the whumper that they’re already dead? What happens if whumper demands proof?

- a defiant whumpee who decides to go down fighting, not realizing that they’re fighting against people who are trying to help them.

- a whumpee who doesn’t believe for a second that this is a safe house- it’s just a front to keep them docile until the inevitable.

- a rival organization that actually does what it says it will, and now the fake organization has to compete with them for clients, fully knowing that the ones they don’t get to will die.

Please feel free to add on or let me know if you’d be interested in seeing more of this! When I have some free time I just might write it.

[enden-k]

so sorry if this has been explained anywhere on your blog, but are the fears literal things? like, i was looking through your elite 9 art and was wondering if the fears are things they fight but then saw your suyo art (love her btw) and her card said “contracted fears: cynophobia” then i thought are they similar to police dogs? where they can be harmful but also help in certain fields?

ty:3

not entirely sure i understand correctly so ill just explain (i think i did so before but ill just explain again just in case)

fears is just a term they use for all entities. they are paranormal beings that manifest due to negative energy, ghosts if u wanna call it but since not everything or everyone is a ghost (deceased people), its not entirely accurate to use the term (some entities are so called nightmares or phobias or just energy). they soon started to use "fear" since those entities share the thing of negative energy and causing fear reactions

the energy differs from entity to entity; low energy type of entities are called "lesser fears" and not that much of a concern but more of a bother if they want to be; they are at the bottom of the pyramid. abnormally massive energy type of entities are called greater evils and at the top of the pyramid, they pose a threat to everyone. the lower the energy the lower the risk of possession. nightmares, spirits, phobias etc are somewhere in the middle and have medium risk, thats why amygdala does thorough testing to avoid possession (like it happened in suyos case before); if the fear contract causes fear reactions in a seeker, its easier for the being to overpower their human and possess them, thats why the seekers get desensitized and checked for fears and phobia to avoid having their own fear assigned (explained here in case i didnt make sense just now)

not everyone made a contract with fears since not everyone is suited. fear contracts allow seekers to see the unseen and have them help with annihilation of other fears (seekers do exorcisms, which they do themselves, or hunt and annihilate fears, which they do w help of their fear contract) - contracts come with side effects and risks

suyos fear contract is "cynophobia"; its a fear that manifests itself as a pair of dogs. shes claustrophobic so amygdala made sure not to assign a fear that is somewhat related to that. noah is scared of injections and needles so again, amygdala made sure to keep that away from him and assigned him "scopohobia"; this is mogu, it manifests itself as a floating eyeball

phobias manifests when the negative energy is strong enough, thats why not every single phobia can manifest (take smth super rare as an example)

saran is a different case since hes not a phobia; no one really knows what he is and they cant study him but hes a mutated form of a vengeful ghost and something else who shot all the way up to the top of the pyramid. his negative energy is massive and abnormal and he preys on humans and fears. hes a greater evil, smth that is impossible to make a contract with bc of the high risk

so yea, they seek evil with evil. fear contracts will behave and obey their humans but if there is a chance to overpower and possess them, they will most definitely do so. they are evil beings after all, even tho some do get attached to their human

[taravangians-storming-balls]

I don't really know what I've done here but here's lion kaladin, thanks @stormlight-archive

[summertimesadnessirl]

I'm not afraid of looking stupid.

I wish I was stupid.

Stupid people get everything they want. Because there are a million of them and they are just like everyone else and the only thing they know how to do is viciously attack anyone that's not them.

I'm afraid of doing the same thing over and over and no matter what I do, no matter how hard I try to improve or do something better or make my life easier and more comfortable and fun and filled with fewer assholes, that will never be allowed.

I'm afraid of depending on others because even though other people all form big angry mobs and wreck everything that's not them and that's how society works, other people always ask more than I can give and shame me and fuck me over. The system is set up so that people who have a big group beat everything use and are constantly trying to fight you. But it's also set up so that I personally cannot seem to find a group I belong to without being just as miserable in a group as I am without a group for more than a very short while.

I am afraid that no matter what I do I will never be allowed to have a stable, peaceful normal life.

I don't care that I don't know everything but no matter what I do, no matter how much I read or research or experience or try or think or reason or work to build the life I want, it never works. I always end up right back at rock bottom, everything is ruined, I have no money and constant stress and stress triggers, everyone who I thought I could trust betrayed me or hurt me or ghosted me. I don't have anything to show for anything I did.

I'm afraid that there is no way out of that pattern.

That no matter what I do, I'll just have to keep almost getting the baseline level of having my shit together that everyone else in the world has at like 25, and I'm not saying I want to be perfect and I'm not saying I want some kind of untold treasure, I'm just saying I want what everyone I knew when I was 23 had at 25. I am willing to work for it but I want to be treated fairly like everyone else. I want to have a life.

Everyone else is allowed to do things that make them feel safe and happy and have their little quirks and have friends and have hobbies and eat food and have flaws and vices that are kind of harmless and every time I do those things it turns into some kind of reason for someone to punish me.

No matter what I do, someone comes along and drives me out.

I'm not afraid of looking stupid.

Because everyone has thought I was stupid my whole life even when I was right. Everyone knows I am stupid and crazy and fat and ugly and the only things that are good about me are my wardrobe and the fact that I do silly little picturesque poses and shit. The only people who are ever nice to me are men who plan on fucking me over later. Every other person intentionally gives me shitty advice, yells at me, tells me what they want and then punishes me for doing what they want, then punishes me for doing stuff that's not against any rules. I am greedy, ungrateful, stupid, disgusting and the only thing anyone wants from me is to constantly set them up to get praise and attention or to have sex with them. And they don't actually want the sex, they just want the ego boost from seeing me orgasm really hard. I do want to orgasm really hard because I genuinely enjoy it, but that also means I am not ever going to be allowed to have anything I want because the more you pretend to hate whatever you enjoy the most the more other people will give it to you, and I'm not willing to do that.

I am not afraid of looking stupid. I am afraid of being burned at the stake. I am afraid of being thrown into a mental institution and never allowed to leave. I am afraid of someone making me hurt someone else. I am afraid of being forced into hurting people because it's happened before. I'm afraid because I like hurting people because it's not fair that everyone else gets to be happy and safe and loved for free. I am afraid of being racist because my family taught me to say and parrot back stuff I didn't know was dogwhistles for a long time. I am afraid of hurting other people who don't deserve it like I was hurt.

There. There are all my fears.

Now fuck off and die.

your fear of looking stupid is holding you back

[sysig]

Bitter breakup rivalry (Patreon)

[hiddenbeks]

u ever think abt ur ocs in a fighting game au,,

[sskk-manifesto]

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[valentinesparda]

unfortunately thinking about ffxiii selfships again

[shouta-aizawow]

Do you ever think abt how both WWX and LWJ got whipped bc they chose to save each other instead of watching the other be killed

[jackass-jones]

Btw I’ve started playing the funny stars and time game. The the one about the loopty loop and the white diamond ass shit

[akkivee]

i feel very seen as someone who draws buff kuukou lmao

[swordmaid]

most beautiful woman in the world BTW…

[beemovieerotica]

struggling with how to word this, but putting it out there anyway:

i can fully understand the posts on here from a lot of americans being tired of "vote blue no matter who" posts when the #1 thing that people are constantly (and sometimes only?) addressing is how the republican party is going treat trans/queer people if elected.

it's part of an unfortunate pattern of prioritizing the effects on a demographic that includes white + upper class people, when people of color and those in the global south are actively and currently being killed or relegated to circumstances in which their survival is very unlikely

it is genuinely exhausting to witness this, and i was also on the fence about even participating in voting because i a) felt like it didn't matter and b) every time i voiced being frustrated with the current state of the country, white queer people would immediately step in with "but what about trans people!" -> (i am mixed race trans man)

and i say this with unending patience toward people who do this, because i know that it's not something they actively think about. but everyone already knows how the republican party is going to treat queer people. you are probably talking to another queer person when you bring up project 2025. the issue is that, for those of us who aren't white, or for those of us who are but who are conscious of ongoing struggles for people of color worldwide, the safety of people around the world feels more urgent than our own. that is the calculation that's being made.

you're not going to win votes for the democratic party by dismissing or minimizing these realities and by continually centering (white) queer people.

very few people on here and twitter are actually talking about issues beyond queer rights that concern people of color, or how the two administrations differ on these issues instead of constantly circling back to single-issue politics. this isn't an exhaustive list. but these are the issues that have actually altered my perspective and motivated me to the point of committing to casting a vote

the biden administration has been engaged in a years-long fight to allow new applicants to DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the program that allows undocumented individuals who arrived as children to remain in the country) after the Trump administration attempted to terminate it. the program is in limbo currently because of the actions of Trump-backed judges, with those who applied before the ruling being allowed to stay, but no new applications are being processed. Trump has repeatedly toyed with the idea of just deporting the 1.8 million people, but he continues to change his mind depending on whatever the fuck goes on in his head. he cannot be relied on to be sympathetic toward people of hispanic descent or to guarantee that DREAMers will be allowed stay in the country. biden + a democratic controlled congress will allow legal challenges to the DACA moratorium to gain ground.

the biden administration is open to returning and protecting portions of culturally important indigenous land in a way that the trump administration absolutely does not give a fuck. as of may 2024, they have established seven national monuments with plans to expand the San Gabriel Monument where the Gabrielino, Kizh / Tongva, the Chumash, Kitanemuk, Serrano, and Tataviam reside. the Berryessa Snow Mountain is also on the list, as a sacred region to the Patwin.

i'm recognizing that the US's plans for clean energy have often come into conflict with tribal sovereignty, and the biden administration could absolutely do better in navigating this. but the unfortunate dichotomy is that there would be zero commitment or investment in clean energy under a trump-led government, which poses an astounding existential threat and destabilizing force to the global south beyond any human-to-human conflict. climate change has caused and will continue to cause resource shortages, greater natural disasters, and near-lethal living conditions for those in the tropics - and the actions of the highest energy consumers (US) are to blame. biden has funneled billions of dollars into climate change mitigation and clean energy generation - trump does not believe that any of it matters.

i may circle back to this and add more as it comes up, but i'm hoping that those who are skeptical / discouraged / tired of the white queer-centric discourse on tumblr and twitter can at least process some of this. please feel free to add more articles + points but i'm asking for the sake of this post to please focus on issues that affect people of color.

[drop--pop--candy]

thinking abt The Memory Issues again. sad!

[mani-mari]

do you think they've explored each other's bodies