#and mayhaps a surprise

[raycatzdraws]

A Linked Universe meets The Dark Crystal AU! I don't even remember what started it at this point. I remembered that the Dark Crystal and Age of Resistance are things I like, blinked, and woke up three days later with an AU and a bunch of art.

The designs and the story are a wip and for fun so expect a lot of variation! (I have a few different beginnings, ideas for different designs, etc)! :D

In addition to #linked universe I'll be using the tags #the dark crystal lu au and #courage of the dark crystal!

[strigital]

just... him... 🥺

[aceseonghwa]

seonghwa's interactions with isabel marant and kim bekker are made all the more meaningful when you remember that their relationship is not one built on company connections but mutual recognition and appreciation. it's so beautiful seeing them interact with seonghwa bc you can tell how genuine their love is for him. it's so so lovely to see 🥹

just watching the bts video for seonghwa's runway debut and seeing how isabel and kim treat him is melting my heart 😭❤️❤️ kim being like "i know you love the brand, you wear it really well, that's how i spotted you" that just really struck me. kim's entire lil pep talk to him before the show was also just so precious

[nanami-is-nanamean]

oh, the pain of having a craving but also having food at home... i will now inflict this despair onto hs!nanami. enjoy.

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nanami sighed, closing the shared dorm fridge for the umpteenth time. just like the last time he checked, there was nothing good stocked. and as much as he'd stop absolutely starving by just caving and plating himself some rice and last nights leftovers, he's craving bahn mis bad and it would be a miserable meal. it would sate his physical hunger, not his mental and emotional one.

its not like he could go out to the nearest convenience store and at the very least, get a simple sandwich—he was also unfortunately dead broke, and he couldn't ask haibara to buy something for him since he's on a mission with geto. something about training the lower years apparently.

while he has asked his senpai for favors in bouts of true desperation, he can't fall back on them either. shoko's in kyoto with utahime, learning about their style of sorcery and doing research on the reverse curse technique, and gojo tagged along with her to deal with 'very important, very boring clan business, nanami!'.

he still remembers his loud, grating voice and the sting of his cheeks getting pinched. 'dont worry, nanami-kun! i'll miss you too! you're the only kind of boring that i like anyways!' he could already feel himself getting annoyed at the kissy noises he made all the way to his car.

and then he was blissfully alone for a week. he cherished the silence and the quiet, relishing in the nature surrounding the campus and exploring its maze-like layout. it felt a little too quiet at times though—expecting a bright and bubbly voice butting in whenever he finds himself in a particularly good mood, cigarette smoke in the more secluded and hidden corners, and the curse energy flares of a pair of irritating senpai.

which is where nanami finds himself sighing at the slim pickings of the pantry. no luck there either. he walks off, resigning himself to leftovers. he sits down with his depressing meal, already hearing and feeling a certain white haired senpai invading his personal space and making fun of his food. 'nanami-kun!' he'd say. 'are you really gonna eat all that?! youre not even making it fancy or whatever you do! but don't worry nanamin—just say the word and i'll treat you to whatever you want.' he'd then flash that aggravating smile, and twirl that black card around his fingers.

maybe when he gets back, he'll take him back on that offer.

[doushiteworld]

Akkanbee da and 404 are like. the autism twins of PinocchioP songs. to me

[pomniegranate]

Like this.

[true-blue-sonic]

Alternate Sonic Rivals 2 wherein the teams are as follows:

Sonic and Silver

Espio and Rouge

Tails and Shadow

Knuckles and Metal Sonic

for maximum hijinks, silliness, and incompatibility on all sides.

[worthyheir]

Rereading drafts got me like:

[astrodances]

(It’s literally 2:58 am as I *start* writing this here, straight into the post, after an already long night. But alas, creativity is a fickle one, and at least I already wrote out most of this in my head in the past 15 minutes.

Anyway, enjoy a very quick sleepy-time Webby drabble. 💝)

————

For a repeat miracle

The night Della returns from the stars, Webby is a mixed bag of emotions.

She’s happy - she means it with all her heart, swear on a stack of her favorite swords - she’s really, genuinely, down-to-Earth happy.

Della’s back!

Arguably the greatest mystery the family’s ever faced now has a very satisfying happy conclusion. The case is solved! The boys have their mother back, Uncle Scrooge looks like he has had new life breathed into him, and Webby’s heart is about ready to explode from all the emotion the McDuck Manor foyer just witnessed.

And she’s excited to get to know Della! To ask her a million-and-one questions for her McDuck Family Files (she really wants to know how Della’s prosthetic leg helps her in combat, based on the little tidbits they’ve already heard), and to have another awesome adventurer to look up to and learn from.

But as the first welcome-back-here’s-all-the-holidays evening of cake wraps up, and Della herds her boys to their room while Granny guides Webby distinctly away from them and the mess of a dining room towards her own bedroom, the negative emotions begin to creep in.

Because, at the literal end of the day, that’s their family. Della is the boys’ mom, and Donald’s sister, and Uncle Scrooge’s (the urge to revert back to saying “Mr. McDuck” is strong tonight) actual niece, and Webby… Webby was really not much more than a guide to help the boys find their way through the mystery of the Spear of Selene. Webby’s just…the housekeeper’s granddaughter all over again.

(The more rational side of her knows that these are just her own insecurities talking, and that, truly, she’s earned her place in the family square. But the events of the past few hours have left her rattled, and she needs time to let her feelings play out in a healthy way.)

More than any insecurity though, Webby feels jealous, which is amplified after she finishes getting ready for bed only to sit down at her desk instead, flicking on her bright desk lamp.

The cover of The Myth of the Shadow Realm gleams up at her.

Despite all beyond-impossible odds - really, after ten years, and all the fruitless search efforts, and the dangers of space, how could they not think she was dead?! - Della came back to Earth. She came home.

Ten years, in space!, and she found her way home.

To say it’s a miracle would be an understatement.

So why does that miracle, with the more-incredible odds, get to happen?

In the same vein, Webby feels hope.

That happened, so why not this?

Why not one more miracle, to bring a different lost girl home to Webby’s eager, anxious, waiting arms?

Webby will ninja-kick-flip all odds to make it happen if she has to.

For now though, all she can do is flip pages, and hope.

——

When Bentina finds Webby in the morning, curious as to why her granddaughter wasn’t up-and-about like usual, a wave of pity creases into her brow.

Webby’s hunched over a book in her pajamas, a blanket pooling at her back and the wrist with her friendship bracelet curled into the crook of her neck protectively, as she breathes in the steady rhythm of sleep. It doesn’t take more than one glimpse of the word “shadow” on the page beneath her arms for Bentina to know what kept her at her desk all night long, again.

With a sigh, Bentina turns off the desk lamp and gives the young girl the gentlest of nudges on her shoulder. “Webby, wake up, dear,” she coaxes. “Do you want some juice?”

A softly-mumbled “mm-hmm” answers her, and Bentina takes the opportunity to lift Webby from the chair while she stirs. “C’mon then, we’ll get you some juice.”

As mighty as she is, and as much heartbreak as she’s already experienced in her young life, Webby’s still so small and precious, and sometimes (especially after last night) Bentina needs to let herself cherish the moments where Webby is more child than warrior, where she still needs her.

But even in this moment, Bentina still can’t fully protect Webby. She can’t stop Webby from looking sleepily over her shoulder back to the book on her desk, and hoping, beyond all hope, for a repeat miracle.

[aroacettorney]

tbh i wish aup had more reps for characters who achieve greatness purely through hard work and effort. the emphasis on genius/being special is mayhaps way too much to the point that it feels kinda damn depressing for those who aint born as one.

[ant1quar1an]

Now you see:

I don't know whether it's actually DID (though that would explain... many things), but I do.

Constantly.

Refer to different personalities I have by different names (in my head cos, hey, I'm already eccentric enough irl lmao). Or different states of me by different names.

I dunno. Could just be a silly goofy me thing, but playing as a character with DID (and having to do a lot of research into it) has me thinking that maybe it's not just a silly goofy quirk of mine

[itsmemuffy]

coping real hard trying to convince myself that Halle and Hugh will be announced at a later date

[hyperfixated-homo]

exploding noises

[sikyurame]

First time i saw ur art i thought it's the official topolino art AND THIS IS SO COOL I LOVE UR ARTWORKS SO MUCH

Aww thanks anon

I’ve been doubting and hating my art for awhile now, so this was nice to hear

[rabbit-inwonderland]

sometimes i get intrusive thoughts that make me deeply uncomfortable and those aren't fun but sometimes i get ones that are just like... so confusing that it wraps around to being funny

[kyleraynermybeloved]

For the next chapter of the One Of A Kind series, Kyle Rayner girl dad??? Boy dad Kyle??? Or should I keep it as a surprise until I do a baby shower chapter?

The options are unlimited >:)