#and will edit when I’m home 👍

[astronicht]

Given that's the only ship that I know of that we have in common ... 17 and Isabella/Suhail?

Oh wonderful, I love them!!

17:

Which— one of the things I loved most in those books was Isabella describing her “Grey Years” bc it was so real and important. And I’d write something here about Suhail’s grey time, bc he had his own! He went home to help his family, he sacrificed his own academic pursuits, etc! When I think about how Isabella showed up and was like (paraphrased) “this is horribly awkward but here I got you something” and she BRINGS HIM the IN-UNIVERSE ROSETTA STONE I genuinely want to cry, imagine someone bringing you your wildest dream. ANYWAY. I’d really need to reread to write this but it would be a fic where technically! Nothing happens. But it’d be something like:

Suhail, a day in the life, where he’s thinking of walking into the library attached to the bathhouse (styled after the madrasa libraries attached to hammams) to read one or two manuscripts there, but there’s no overarching point— it’s not for a project, the books are poetry but not anything groundbreaking, stuff most kids memorize. So he doesn’t! And—

And he goes to eat with his family instead, and the food is very good, and he thinks about the food he missed while he was gone — because this type of loneliness or dream deferred isn’t straightforward, and there are good parts. And he goes to the bathhouse and watches the man stoke the furnaces and thinks about the poem that is the in-Universe translation of the story of the king who falls in love with the bathhouse furnace man, but his desire is so great that he literally burns up (which I think is irl from Mantiq-ut-Tayr, the title of which references David learning the speech of birds in the Qur’an, which would be a neat linguistic tie-in for my guy Suhail, but I’d need to check that). But Suhail doesn’t feel like that. I think he’s bi in this fic tho, upon consideration?

And he walks out and looks at the moon, and he knows the word for it in many languages but he doesn’t know how they connect, why they clump like fruit pulp in water or spread out or are borrowed. and for a split second you glimpse the grief of what he wanted! He was going to trace the words in those poems everyone knows anyway, the ones he didn’t read today.

Then he turns and goes home for the night, somebody’s son, and 35 days later she rides up from the cities to the South, with a gift.

[drenched-in-sunlight]

*Shadow of the Erdtree late game spoiler under the cut !!!

I’m going to throw up … it sounds crazy but. I think I know what the Hornsent did to Marika’s home village now. And why she hates the Omen so much, why Messmer shows them no mercy 😭😭

Please, look closely at the jar innards in Belurat Gaol… they look like Marika … 😭😭 even the brand on their forehead looks like a mix of her and Radagon’s current symbol (as seen on their soreseal)

If my whole family were kidnapped and stuffed into jars because others thought it’d make them "good", I’d go insane, become literal God and take revenge on them too idk.

This is the text outside of her village:

Have mercy. And the two items in the village indicates that Marika wrapped the whole place in a healing spell, knowing full well there is no one left to heal. Grief. Her grief and love protect that place all this time (before the village are two Tree Sentinels).

The only place in the Land of Shadow still bathed in Gold. And now Messmer guarded it with all his heart. Holy shit.

If Marika came from a village whose ppl were thought to be inferior and should be stuffed into jar to be reborn, yet she went and became a God, while the Hornsent failed to reach divinity, despite proclaiming themselves “chosen people” (Stalwart horn charm +2)… yeah I can see why they said she betrayed them and that she’s a wanton strumpet. 🙃

Also I think the “seduction” is from the Two Fingers, telling her to accept being a vessel to the Elden Ring and it’ll grant her the power to avenge her people. Look where she ended up now 🙂

There, I solved the story trailer.

EDIT: you can find a Numen’s Rune in Jarburg 🙃

Me 2 years ago: haha why is there Numen’s rune in Jarburg? Aren’t they Marika’s people? So random ! 😄😄

Me now finding out it’s because Numens were the original jar innards: ….

EDIT 2: it’s confirmed in-game that the shamans from Marika’s home village is the jar innards…

the golden hair... be serious with me right now

EDIT 3: She was salvaging the remains of her people and made them the symbol of her divine ascension. their death and suffering would never be forgotten, and the day will come when vengeance would be theirs.

Thank you for coming to my tedtalk 👍

EDIT 4: Update about the mistranslation of Greatjar description leading to players thinking people from Marika’s village are also helping Hornsent hunt down their own people. They are not!

[luvhughes43]

crazy over you | jack hughes x reader

luvhughes43 masterlist🌷

request: I love your blackpink fc trevor insta edit!!! what about y/n whose sibling is a famous kpop idol and she ends up dating jack? maybe she could be mark lee’s sister, nct had a concert at newark a while ago!!

ynuser just posted !

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ynuser ready for the show🪩✨

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fanone she’s going to the show??🥹🥹

fantwo queen supporting her brother🫶

yourbff she changed her outfit immediately after these photos were taken btw

ynuser stop exposing me😭😭

yourotherbff it’s true she’s now wearing an nct shirt she turned into a crop top and some jeans !

yourbff and some sparkly boots !

ynuser okay okay we get it !!

“yn! were going to be late you don't need any more pictures!” your friend shouted as she started walking ahead of you. at the rate you were going you were going to miss the beginning of your brothers show. 

“just a few more just-” you yelped loudly as you felt someone's shoulder hit you. you stumbled, and your camera hit the ground with a clatter. before you could comprehend what was happening a hand was against your shoulder helping you to steady yourself.

“I’m so sorry!” a guy apologized, reaching down to retrieve your camera for you. 

“it’s okay” you replied a little disoriented as you reached out to grab your camera from him. “i should've been looking to where i was going”

“were you taking pictures?” the guy asked.

“Yn!” your friends voice shouted at you as she was now even further away.

your head turned to your friends voice and jack must’ve caught on to your situation because he offered to take some quick photos for you. you posed, and jack snapped away, both of you not saying much.

“my apology,” he said to you as he handed your camera back to you. 

you smiled in response. “thank you. I’m-”

“YN LN! I swear if you're not walking up these stairs!” your friends voice reverberated throughout the staircase. 

“I’ve gotta go! thank you!” your voice was loud as you ran the rest of the way up the stairs to meet your friend. you could hear the unnamed mans laugh echo throughout the staircase. “im jack by the way!” you heard him yell.

“THANKS JACK!” you yelled back as your friend grabbed you by the arm and began pulling you along. 

notification [instagran]: jackhughes has followed you

Instagram DMS:

ynuser: hey stranger

jackhughes: hey girl with the camera

ynuser hearted a message

ynuser: how did u find my insta?

jackhughes: your friend almost shattered my eardrum when she screamed your name so i just gave it a shot on here

ynuser: LMAOO😭 we were running late for a concert

jackhughes: haha that makes sense then! it sucks that you were late but i liked getting to meet you

ynuser: even with my friend nearly shattering your eardrum?

jackhughes hearted a message

jackhughes: even then

ynuser hearted a message

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ynuser last night in newark❤️‍🔥

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jackhughes no 📸 credits ?

ynuser thank you stranger👍

hugheswh0re now why was he taking pics of this girl...

hockeyfan hugheswh0re because hes a normal person and is allowed to be friends with people ??

yourbff had the best time and SOMEBODY met the cutest person too🤭

ynuser i dont recall meeting any cute people🤔

yourbff like u weren't blushing and giggling all the way home...

ynuser I WASNT WTF !!!

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yourbrother ynuser THE RING??

ynuser is an accessory !

yourbrother lets keep it that way❤️

brothersfan protective activated🤣❤️

ynuser stranger🥲💘

jackhughes danger😈🔥

ynuser 😐 ok

trevorzegras congrats man🔥🔥

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yourbff CUTEST EVER ! I PREDICTED THIS RELATIONSHIP !

trevorzegras can u predict our relationship?😇

yourbff 😐😐

fanthree SHES DATING AN NHL PLAYER??? OMG????

jacksfuturegf86: WHY? WHY DOES THIS HAPPEN TO ME?? PLEASE JACK THIS ISNT YOU! THIS ISNT YOU LOOK AT ME BABY PLS🙏🙏

from then on you and jack continued to dm each other until you eventually went out on a few dates. you were honestly surprised by how well the two of you got along. you were forever grateful for your brothers show in newark and for the fact that you were running late<3

[skyward-floored]

Blog intro! That I'm finally getting around to after several years lol.

Hi there! I’m Peggy, Sky Floor, Floor, Skyward, or Peg if you like.

Basically any variation of my username is fine.

I'm a Christian girl, muddling my way through life 👍

This is my Legend of Zelda/Linkeduniverse blog, the home of all my Zelda stuff I reblog and create. I’m a writer and random theory person mostly, but I also draw and reblog a lot of stuff, talk about the loz games, and bust out various insane AUs every so often. I also never shut up. sorry.

Writing tag is #writing from the floor

Talk tag is #rambles from the floor

And my ao3, Skyward_Arpeggio

I also make an effort to tag everything for easy organization and proper warnings, but I can't catch everything. I do my best though. Also no political discussions or NSFW asks, please. I try to keep this a light-hearted space, so please respect that.

I'm always willing to talk Zelda/Lu, and have an unhealthy amount of lore memorized, so don't be afraid to shoot me an ask if you wanna chat :D

Some of my projects and AUs I'm working on:

Linked Universe Incredibles AU, an semi-modern superhero au, where I basically dumped the lu boys into the Incredibles movie(s). If you're looking for family stuff, superpowers, and way too much angst, this is the au for you. You can find it under the tag: #incredibles au, and all the writing I've done for it under: #incredibles au fic. (also on ao3!)

Brethren in a Cradle, my longest-running and most intense plot-wise project (with the very slow updates 😭). The chain gain an unusual addition to their ranks, and somehow Wild is a dad now. Wait, all of them are. Oops. Link to the fic.

Hyrule Dragon Warriors, which is a hyrule warriors au in which Link's dad is Volga, and his mom is Impa. Yeah. Family drama. You can find it under: #hdw au. (also on ao3!)

I have two original Zelda stories I'm working on, one that I just call Lost AU, and the other Hero of Sages, or Berry Link. Lost is about a Link who's corrupted very early in the story, and Zelda setting out to save him and the kingdom. While Hero of Sages is about a Link who has six older sisters... who happen to be six of the seven maidens needed to bring back Ganon. You can find them respectively under #Lost and #hero of sages.

You can also find my own all the links from the games go on an adventure together au at the tag: #Courage of Ages. There isn't a whole lot posted on here about them, but I always love talking about my boys :)

I have much more than this though, AUs/projects and other stuff I’ve written, but I'm going to put it under the cut (...still under editing so it's messy and unfinished!)

The past three years I've participated in the whumptober challenge! I did half of 2021's for lu, and in 2022 and 2023 I did all 31 days for lu! You can find the list for 2021 here, the ones for 2022 here, and the 2023 ones here (or find them all on my ao3 (see above), as well as some ao3-only bonus scenes!).

Kitty Wind, which is exactly what it sounds like. Wind touches Twilight's crystal, and finds himself as... a cat. A tiny, fluffy, adorable little cat. Needless to say, he isn't thrilled. You can find it under #kitty wind or read the fic on ao3!

A Royal Castletown Wedding

Accidental Domestication

Scales and Gills, a collection of Mermaid Legend fics

The Twilight Turns (true form au),

Pup is only a oneshot for now, but I have more fics planned for this idea! Dark Link goes back in time, and after the chain when they're too small to defend themselves. Unfortunately for Dink, he doesn't bet on them having protectors in the form of their predecessors.

Many Courses of Love

Up in Arms

Botw Dark Link AU

Downfall IAU

other aus(?) you're probably forgetting some so check later girl

[magicalgirlfia]

The Snowlets: A Guide to my Favorite Olympic Mascotts

Everyone. Meet the Snowlets (or スノールッツ). They are the mascots for the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. Their names are Sukki, Nokki, Lekki and Tsukki. They represent the 4 elements, the four years in the Olympiad, the concept of wisdom (Athena and owls), coexistence with nature, peace, and friendship.

They look like this.

I am absolutely obsessed with them.

We don’t know much about their backstory as a unit other than that they live in the woods of Nagano but we know a surprising amount about them as individuals.

Sukki represents fire. He was born on a cold day when “red flames danced in the hearth of every home”. He’s strong, kind, passionate, and “moved by small things”.

Nokki represents wind. He was born on an extremely windy afternoon where “flower seeds drifted away”. He loves exploration and have many friends but can be a bit mischievous at times.

Lekki represents earth. She was born on a warm and lovely day where “horsetails sprung up everywhere, their heads swaying above the ground”. She is perceptive, calm, studious, and thoughtful.

Tsukki represents water. She was born “to the sound of snowmelt trickling down the stream”. She’s a romantic who loves singing, music, and dancing.

The first syllable of each of their names when put together (as took me way too long to notice) make up the word “Sunoletsu”, the romanized form of their name in Japanese.

They all look extremely confused or disturbed in most of their pictograms and I love them for it.

Fia Theorization Corner: Presuming that they were all born in the same year (the Olympiad thing) it seems that Sukki is the eldest (born in the middle of winter), followed Tsukki (snowmelt possibly indicating snow…melting) by Lekki (horsetails grow at the beginning of spring) and then Nokki (his bio presumably referencing dandelions, which bloom from May to June).

None of this was intentional but uh. You know.

Outside of their actual characters, thanks just want to thank the person going by “Machan” in 1980s and their website “I Love Snowlets” where they’ve posted a collection of Snowlets merchandise. I won’t list it all but I’d like to point this CD ROM out. You can find their website here: http://www.aaa-int.jp/machan/snowlets/

For now? I’m very tired. I will edit this post if I discover more stuff but right now I’m extremely tired and know only 1 person will see this.

Good bye 👍

[deitiesofduat]

DEITIES Update – 2023 ➝ 2024 New Year’s Edition

Happy New Year Everyone!

Typically I would write a formal blog post for my end-of-year update, but I'm writing something on the fly for the sake of timeliness ✨

I wish I could say I completed most of what I wanted in the year 2023, as I had several goals I thought were feasible. However, some of those goals had to be placed aside for a very sudden but fortuitous reason, that I feel worth sharing with ya'll -- which is that Iiiiiiii bought my first house! 🥹🥹🥹

(As you can imagine, this took quite a bit of my energy and time this past year, thus explaining part of my absence -- more details regarding my activity under the cut!)

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From early August thru the end of December, my home-searching and closing process was incredibly long, stressful, exhausting, expensive (lmao), and time-inducing. I'm thankful to have had support from my agent, and well as my friends and family while navigating this ordeal, and I'm in the process of moving my items and services into my new home during the remainder of my apartment lease.

This home search combined with my full-time work, was a major reason why took a partial break from social media, and semi-hiatus from new art. This also affected my frequency of updating the DEITIES website and blog -- at least, on the front end. I did a lot of backend work and completed a major to-do with migrating the website and giving it a new primary domain -- so now, both deitiesofduat.com AND deitiesproject.com will redirect to the website. 👍

For the most part though, I used the 2nd half of 2023 to focus on some major life decisions, and leading into early 2024 I’m aiming to give myself a bit of a lifestyle reset. It's going to take some time to settle into this new normal, so aside from occasional media posts I'll continue to be quiet a bit longer. Once I complete some key home-owning goals and attempt to recharge, I'll aim to resume the goals I had in mind for DEITIES Project and my personal art, as well as engaging with my audience more (I miss interacting with ya'll, aha 😭).

In the meantime, thank you all for you continued patience and support! Despite being offline more-than-not this past year, I really appreciate the continue interest you all have in this project. DEITIES remains so important to me even with my shift in scope, so I'll do what I can to put iterate on it and give it all my effort when I have more bandwidth. Until then, wishing you all the very best in 2024!

[pupkou]

MEDICAL TW & TMI SO THIS CAN HELP OTHERS

NOTES ON NIGHT ONE:

2 hrs pre op — 3 hrs surgery — 1 hr sleep — 1 hour monitoring, then i got to go home

the random waves of intense nausea are violent and crazy

putting a fan on myself and drinking cold water helps the nausea for a while

my mom is being a trooper

the hospital sent my pain medication prescription to the wrong pharmacy so my mom had to drive an hour and 15 minutes to find a 24 hour pharmacy open and she’s not back yet so i’m in pain

my throat is sore from the breathing tube but cough drops helped

i’m much less sleepy than i expected

it’s hard to wipe today, even in the front but i am able to go to the bathroom by myself

the drains are a little nasty, of course, but they’re not as bad as people make them out to be and so far they’re not as uncomfortable as I was expecting, even though they do kind of get it in the way (i have them pinned to my ace bandage)

if anyone has any tips for emptying the drains, I would really appreciate it because my mom is struggling with it 

or tips in general!

gonna sleep sitting up i think 👍👍

EDIT:

it was very hard for me to walk today because my legs were wobbly and weak

my arms were also very weak, i couldn’t open a cough drop bag

and it was also hard to stand. i got lightheaded after standing for about 4 minutes when my mom was cleaning my drains out & i had to take a break because i got really insanely nauseous at the same time and i was afraid i would throw up but sitting down and shutting my eyes and again having cold water and the fan on me helped 👍

[blazingstaro]

Hi hi! Finally another update for things! Boy this month’s been flying by!

I have recently acquired a device that will allow me to draw away from home, and so page production has resumed, though it is slow. I’ve redone page 20 of DotS:MMM, more specificially the background because I wasn’t satisfied with how much I had rushed it. Now it looks way better, and when I am ready to resume posting pages, I’ll new the page 20 to signify that. 👍

Page production is slow because of work, but also I’m still in the process of rewriting the comic as a whole. I completely did away with the old script and I’m starting from scratch since I was editing the old one so much that I was losing track of things. It’s better that I rewrite it in a single shot like I am now!

I’m not in any hurry to finish pages at the moment since I’m still fixing up the nitty gritty details of the story. Things are coming along, though! It’s about time! This new handy device of mine has really upped my productivity, and I and I can use it at work, for work too! 💖

Life-wise, it’s been good! Finally settled into this job and getting into the swing of things. Between customers and at lunch, I’m chipping away on my script and pages! I’m coming onto my 3rd month at this job, meaning I’m getting out of probation! I’ll have all discounts and stuff for the shop unlocked, and could go a bit ham if I wanted to, but really I’m not. Just get done what’s needed as needed when it’s needed, just as I have been these past three months.

The job’s been good, and the company I keep is grand! Three months in and there’s still so much that I enjoy about the job! It’s even better now that I can work on my art too. There’s still an overwhelming amount of things for me to learn about regarding products, but hopefully I’ll get to do some classes on that soon.

Anyhow, that’s all for this update! I’ll see you around, and might start posting sketches and updated designs soon! I finally have Twyla’s fresh new design done!! Just need to update everyone else, and I’ll be getting onto fresh new promo pieces and so forth! 💖💖💖

Fun stuff lies ahead!!

[littlerosetrove]

Here’s my initial Spoiler Thoughts for 8x5 in no particular order.

Y’all, I laughed so much in this episode. I think this may be the funniest episode yet for 9-1-1. 😆

Bobby was so cute, he was so excited to play Cap Dracula. Heh, he's also competative with the other houses.

Eddie’s costume was not scary hahaha and he knew it.

“Oh my god, he’s real! He’s real! HE’S REAL!!” vghwsdjbk BUCK. OMFG. What is this like the second or third time Buck has traumatized kids on some holiday??? Sometimes Buck isn’t always uhhh intuitive?? with kids?? hahahaha

Tommy stayed the night to take care of Buck AND stayed on the couch to be close to him. 💕 And! He was indulgent in a positive way of Bucks ramblings and hyper focus on a topic. 

Chimney likes scary things, and yet is kinda scared easily. He contains multitudes. =3 Meanwhile Eddie could not be bothered. 😎

I was LIVING for the Buck and Eddie and Tommy dynamic this episode. They’re comedy gold together. I need soooo much more of it please!!

Shirtless Buck. 👀 👀 Although r.i.p. his chest hair and arm hair for that matter.

Hmmm Tommy’s comment near the end at the hospital, something about his amazement about having a support system that Buck has with the 118. Like, he’s already friends with Eddie and he’s Bucks boyfriend, and on good and friendly terms with Bobby, Chimney, and Hen. But I wonder if he’s still feeling jealous about Buck's family, the way he was back in 7x4? He shouldn’t at this point, but we’ll see if this is still a thing later on. 

I love Buck so much. He has such a compassionate heart, what with showing compassion towards Billy Boils at the end and visiting his grave, and saying Billy isn’t alone anymore. That was so dang sweet. 🥺

Karen. Just Karen. =)))

Was - was Josh supposed to be dressed as Eddie? Like why the mustache????

I can’t recall the phrasing, but Buck said something about counting on the people in his life and he was looking at Tommy when he said it. 💕💕💕💕

"Even my own BOYFRIEND won't kiss me." Like we know, but ahhhhhhh!!!

Tommy was SUCH a good and supportive boyfriend the entire episode I’m on cloud fucking nine! He may think curses are bullshit just like Eddie, but he was still supportive and there for Buck all the way through. Hello!? He dressed up in a suit to accompany Buck to visit Billy Boils’ graveyard!! This is the kind of partner I want for Buck!!!! He meets Buck where he’s at and shall I say, there for him in sickness and health. 👀

I need to think on it, but I didn’t feel super great in how Athena talked to and generally treated the teenage girls. Were they dismissive in the first classroom scene? Yes. But idk idk… maybe someone else will be able to articulate better my feelings on this. Like good for the girls for wanting to change their “whatever” attitudes, but yeah. 

Goddddd the entire Denny scene I was fighting back tears. Great work in the writing, acting, directing, editing, just all aspects of it. 👍

Nurse: Do you need to see a doctor? Buck: No, this is just my face. fcghvjhgfcghh 😆

Denny is the best older brother oh my god? He saved Mara’s life. 🥺🥺🥺

Jee-Yun was 1000% adorable as Toto. 

Hm. Hmmm the theme of this episode was missing out on important moments, but also your friends/family’s life. I wonder if Denny’s near death will be the kick in the pants Eddie needs to really start to work on himself, because he needs to, to then work on repairing things with Christopher. I also think at some point Eddie may go down to Texas to either just see Chris in person, because I really think that’s needed at this point, and/or to pick Chris up and bring him home. Very interested to see what Eddie will do next for himself and for Chris too. 

Tommy made Buck breakfast!! Literally no other partner has done this for Buck.

I really enjoyed this episode! In true 911 fashion I laughed a lot, then bam! Basically sucker punched with Feelings. I honestly want to rewatch this again because I enjoyed it so much, but also to watch all the Buck/Tommy scenes again too. 😌❤️

[mybrainisded]

K imma make a pinned post and I’ll like tell you people stuff ab myself.(not sure if ik how to pin stuff tho BUT WELL WE WILL SEEEE i mean if u can se this and it’s pinned then I figured it out so YAY ME) tw: i talk about alotta shit like eating disorders and self harm so if that’s triggering please consider clicking off and js looking at a cute cat video or something:D if you are reading this and are considering starting to eat more THATS GOOD FUCKING GO FOR IT GURRRLL/GUY bc like ana is amazing and all but it can kill u so BE FUCKING CAREFUL PEEPS

I’m 14 and I’ll be 15 in april 2025, i have autism, depression and yee idk 🤷‍♀️ bad in social situations.

Sw:63 something kg

Cw:46,5 prob idk in a mental hospital and i have to maintain like 10 weeks or something cuz if my weight drops too much (at home)they’ll take me back here

Lw:41,7(my mom thinks that it was 40,7 at least thats what she told the dr but idk) I HAVE GAINED ALOT IN HERE K IK THEY FEED ME LIKE 3K CALS A DAY AND I WANT OUT i was still fat as hell at this point but yk

Gw:40

Gw2:35

Ugw:33

Uuuugw:30(ik I’ll probably be dead at this point but js lemme dream)

But like when the 3 months is over tgey won’t be able to take me back here involuntarily anymore so i can prob start losing some then but imma hv to be slow cuz my mom’s gonna be keeping an eye on me

Edit: k never mind it’s rlly easy to pin stuff figured it out in like 20 seconds

Edit 2 outta the hospital and my cw is 45.8 trying to maintain and I’ve been ACTUALLY successful for like 6 days do that’s good 👍

edit 3 still maintaining nov 4.2024

[ichigo-dream]

Sick At The Heart 4

Bliss. 

It’s the only word for it. 

Here, with your friend, with no expectation to leave, an open invitation with no expiry date, you can finally breathe. 

You lie on her sofa, sprawled out in a way that is the picture of calm and relaxation. 

Levi is securely away from you for now, and he has no authority to come barging in here without making a total fool of himself. The image of Levi squaring up to your friend’s father has you giggling where you lie, making your friend giggle too - contagious laughter and all that - though you think she must think you’re laughing at the TV. 

The weekend has passed in peace - you ate pizza, played video games, screamed like children at said video games, and laughed until your sides split. 

It’s paradise. 

You don’t tell her about Levi. About what he did. You know you could, but you don’t want to think about him. You don’t want to think about his hands, the way they make you feel, the way your heart races when you think about him. 

You’d much rather enjoy her company and pretend. 

When Monday comes, you’re not as nervous as you were when you arrived. No longer a jittery, teary ball of nerves ready to collapse in a heap on the sofa. In fact, you’d almost go as far to say that you’re back to normal. 

Or, at least, as normal as you can get these days, all things considered. 

“You know you’re more than welcome to stay as long as you want, babe!” Your friend says, sitting curled on the sofa next to you as you text your mum to tell her to come and get you. 

“I know.” You say, smiling back at her in gratitude. “Maybe next weekend, if you’re free?” 

Your friend scoffs incredulously. 

“If I’m free she says, what else would I be doing?” You laugh at that, and she kicks lightly at you teasingly. Back before your mum had gotten married again, you had spent nearly every weekend with her, comfortable in that routine. With the sudden expansion in the family, you’d felt it better to stick around the house more often, if only because Sunday Dinner suddenly became something which felt taboo to miss. 

Maybe, getting back into old habits wouldn’t be such a bad thing. 

“She text you back yet?” She asks between footering with her phone, and watching edits and kicking her feet at them. 

You check.

Me: Hi mummy! You okay to pick me up at 1?

xo Mum xo: Yeah pet! I be there! Xoxo

Me: Awesome, see you soon! Xoxo

xo Mum xo: 👍 xoxo

“Yeah, she’s gonna get me in like ten minutes I think.” 

You both lapse into familiar silence, sprawled together and discussing the same things you have always discussed. 

As it always is with you two, time seems to pass in a flash and it isn’t long before you hear the tell-tale sound of tires on gravel, and you see the familiar shape of your mum’s car pulling into the drive. 

“That’s me now.” You say, standing and cracking your back with a groan. I’m getting too old to pull all-nighters, you think, grabbing your things and walking to the door. 

“Text me when you get home!” Your friend says, pulling you close for a hug and waving you off. 

You open the car door, tossing your bag into the footwell and getting in. 

“How’s it going?” You ask, not even looking up as you put on your seatbelt and wave to your friend. 

“Pretty shitty having to carpool on my day off, not gonna lie.” 

Your body freezes, praying that your mum had suddenly developed a severe throat infection causing her voice to drop and a penchant for swearing but as you turn you’re greeted with the familiar profile of Levi. He’s casual, black t-shirt on despite the heat, and sunglasses sitting low on his nose. He turns to you, looking over the rims.

“But I guess life’s a bitch huh.”

You say nothing as he puts the car in gear and drives off. The drive is silent, the radio on low and Levi tapping gently on the steering wheel. But you can’t focus on that. The whole space is filled with Levi, his presence, his scent, his sounds. It’s filling your head, and your legs tremble slightly. 

“Did you have fun?” Levi asks, and the sound of his voice makes you jerk in surprise, having expected him to remain silent and brooding the whole way home. 

“Yeah. Yeah, it was fun.” You say quietly, keeping your eyes on the scenery passing by. You feel like Levi can hear the hammering of your tell-tale heart, that he’s aware of how much he’s affecting you without even looking at you. Although, he could be looking at you. You wouldn’t know. You’re trying your best not to look at him. 

“What did you get up to?” Another question. It makes your fingers clench in the fabric of your jeans. Does he actually want to know? Or is he just wanting to torture you? To lull you into a false sense of security? What does he want from you? Is he going to talk about it? Has he been thinking about it as much as you have? Has he been thinking about you too? 

“Not a lot.” You grit out. His nonchalance makes your skin itch and had he not been present, you would have been rubbing at your arms or shaking out your hands. You settle for pressing on your nails, adamantly refusing to look at him. “Just the usual.”

The both of you lapse back into silence. 

The radio buzzes in the background.

“You’re not working today.” He speaks again, and you inhale slightly. It’s phrased like a question, but Levi manages to make most things he says sound like statements or, often and much to the dismay of others, judgements. 

“They weren’t looking me in today.” He hums at your answer and you’re desperately tempted to glance round at him, to look at him, but you resist the urge. It’ll only confuse you more. 

“Thanks for lifting me.” You say, hoping that politeness will temper any bad mood or feelings that might be forming inside him at the fact that he’s had to waste time collecting you. 

“It’s no bother.” He replies, and his voice is deadpan and tired as usual, but his meaning is soft. Maybe he’s being soft for you.

You put the notion out of your head.

“Why’re you in Mum’s car, by the way?”

“She’d blocked me in. Plus she was heading out to some bullshit, I don't know, I wasn’t listening. She asked me to get you and said I could take her car cause she was taking Kenny’s.” He explains, and you note the derision with which he says his uncle’s name. You know there’s some complicated history there, but the two of you aren't exactly close enough to get into it. Despite recent events, you don’t think it's the kind of thing you can just ask about out of the blue.  

“Makes sense.” You nod. You don’t see it but Levi looks at you briefly, greedily observing you before turning his eyes back to the road. 

The rest of the drive is spent in tense silence, and you’ve never been more grateful to see the familiar drive of your house. 

The gravel crunches under the tires as Levi pulls the car in behind his own, blocking himself in once more. 

As Levi pulls on the handbrake, you’re quick to reach to click off your seatbelt but his grip around your wrist stops you. 

Your breath hitches, your heart beating loudly in your ears as your nerves fray once more. Levi’s touch is firm, warm, and overwhelming.

He does nothing more than hold your hand in place. 

“You wait.” He says firmly, gunmetal eyes flashing as he looks at you, sunglasses held in his fingers about the steering wheel. “You wait until I turn the car off before you take off your seatbelt. No one ever teach you vehicle safety? Christ, and you want to live on your own?” He scoffs. 

You want to rage against him, to gnash your teeth and tell him what a complete bastard he is sometimes, but you don't. The weight and warmth of his hand is making you stumble around your own thoughts, and words are harder to form. 

His eyes are too intense, and your own flick briefly to his hair, falling into his face in a way that shouldn’t be as attractive as it is. You notice the cut by his hairline. 

“It’s healing up.” You say, the words out of you before you realise you’ve said them. 

Levi’s grip tightens minutely, his eyes taking on that strange look again, the same one from that night. 

He nods, watching your face for any flicker of feeling. 

“You winded yourself pretty badly.” He says, and if you were being generous to yourself, you’d go as far to say that his voice may even be tinged with guilt. “You’re not bruised right?” 

His face is guarded, but his concern seems genuine. 

You mumble out a “no”. He doesn’t need to know that you are. That’s not important right now. You haven’t prepared yourself for this conversation. In fact, you’ve been actively avoiding it. Levi seems content to watch you eerily, and the tension in the car doesn’t bode well for you. 

What’s behind me doesn’t matter. 

With that thought, you pull from his grip and open the door, quickly making your way up to the front door. 

You’re in the hall when you hear his door shut and you quickly make your way upstairs, hoping to kill the time in your room until your mum gets back. Quickly, you make your way up the stairs, and into your room, dropping your bag at the foot of your bed. 

The click of your door has you spinning around in time to see Levi place the chair under the door handle, just like you’ve taken to doing these past few nights. Though, where it is intended to keep him out, now all it’s doing is trapping you in here with him. 

You tremble, stepping backwards as he turns those piercing eyes on you once more.

He takes a sure step forward, backing you up against the wall, his arms blocking out your peripherals, so you have no choice but to focus on him. 

You whimper in fright and something shameful you don’t want to acknowledge. 

“I don’t appreciate being lied to.” He whispers, his breath ghosting over your lips.

Oh, Christ. 

Notes:

In the words of Nico from DMC 5: I know, I know, I'm late!

Apologies that there's been such a delay with this chapter - life has been hectic recently and I just haven't had the chance to sit down and crack into this fic in a while.

Hopefully though, I'l have the next chapter up for you soon - it's already in the works - and that updates won't be nearly as delayed! (Plus, I think you'll enjoy what's coming ;) )

Thank you again for reading, I hope you enjoyed it.

Love always, Ichigo xoxo

[atthebell]

“if it’s not your speed it’s not your speed” i 100% agree that streamers don’t owe us edited videos, and while i do think a good portion of people are complaining about streams because they’re, as you said, “not your speed”, another major problem for people is probably time. i’m a student, and between school and homework i miss just about every stream. as well, it’s really hard to go and look through vods to try and figure out what happened that day. while liveblogging is useful and really appreciated, at the same time i would like to be able to see what happened for myself, yk? so as someone with nearly no time (or energy by the end of the day) i really love the idea of edited videos. (and i’d like to reiterate I DONT THINK STREAMERS OWE US ANYTHING- this is more so just my personal, really frustrating problem)

anyway sorry for the rant i’m incredibly frustrated over my lack of time to keep up with qsmp and needed to talk about it somewhere💀👍

i get that its frustrating to not be able to see everything from an smp you're really interested in (i have a lot of time on my hands and still dont catch everything i'd like to, qsmp just has THAT MUCH content, its literally impossible to keep up with even just one character really) but my issue is the amount of complaints ive seen where people are literally saying they think ccs suck shit for not editing down their streams into youtube videos. like. dude. you are not owed shit. and i keep seeing it presented in this way, not just for edited videos but in general, like people complaining that cellbit doesn't post his qsmp vods to youtube and saying that that is the bare minimum creators owe us. no it is not! he doesn't owe you that! no cc owes you that! you are not owed content! i don't care if you're a tier 3 sub or whatever, you are not owed anything. people feel incredibly entitled to creators right now and it feels emblematic of how people consider entertainers and labor generally (because yes, entertainment is a job, including twitch streaming), and i find it really disappointing. creators do not have an ethical obligation to provide you with content, and definitely not personalized content. to assume otherwise is parasocial and weird.

i understand that not having a lot of time makes streams really difficult. there was a point in time a couple years ago when i worked 20 hours a week as a full time grad student and had to try to catch streams on my walk home, and it wasn't fun! edited videos are much easier to consume, and i get why that would turn people off something like qsmp where 95% of content is livestreams and only like. two people post videos and not even regularly. i also do think "if it's not your speed, it's not your speed" doesnt just refer to taste-- i'm well aware many people do not have the time to catch that many streams if they can catch any. that sucks! it does not make it a moral failing on the creator's part, and it doesn't mean you can't watch any qsmp, but it does mean that your ability to watch it is hampered and you probably have to live with that. i'm not saying people in this situation can't complain. i'm saying don't turn it into a moral issue. to me the way that people talk about it is so rarely framed as "man, i wish i had all the time to watch this," or "i wish there were more creators editing down their videos!" and more often framed as something creators dont do because they're stupid or careless. they're not either. they're twitch streamers. many of them don't post youtube videos at all and have not in years. that just isn't the content they make. and i'm sorry that that means some people can't watch, but it doesn't make it a failing on their part.

like, feel free to kvetch about not having enough time to see bagi and pac lose their minds over fed worker murders! i also do this! i complain weekly about missing streams to take care of my nephew, even though i love spending time with him. but don't talk about it as if it's a war crime that phil doesn't edit down his qsmp lore. and i'm not saying you do this, anon, bc obviously i have no idea who you are. but all of the above and what i said in my notes is about the people who actively, vocally talk shit about ccs like they're personally owed edited down videos when that just isn't the case and makes them look like jackasses.

[gendervapor14]

two fights for freedom ~ chapter four: warm welcome

With a rigid nod, Rosinante knocked again, trying to keep it friendly. How did one knock in a friendly fashion? “Uh, hey!” He spoke up in a chipper tone. “I, I don’t know if anyone’s home, but uh…my name is Dante.” Rosinante eyed around, like he was paranoid of anyone eavesdropping. “I’m new around here. I’m not a fishman. I uh, I talked to Genzo? And he said you might be looking for some help. Brought a friend too, we’re both willing to pitch in if you need anything.”

No response. Rosinante leaned away from the door and glanced down to Law with a shrug. He returned the gesture.

“Sounded good to me. Maybe she’s not home.” Law decided.

Cora turned around and peered across the orchard in the distance. “Yeah, but where else could she be? He said she was crippled. Can she even leave the house?”

“Yeah, crippled is…kind of a broad term.” Law agreed quietly. “If it’s a broken leg or spine, she might not even be able to move.”

Both men startled when the door creaked open, but only a sliver. Rosinante pivoted around, catching the eye of the woman inside. She was small, to Rosinante’s standards. Taller than Law though, about the same height as Genzo, so maybe by her village’s average, she was tall. A gray, bloodshot eye stared into his fiercely.

“Get off my property.”

“H-Hey…” Rosinante spoke in a soft, easy tone, “It’s nice to meet you. Sorry for the fright, we’re not going–”

“I’m giving you ten seconds before I get my gun and blow your brains out.”

i keep forgetting to post these!! anyway, chapter four was posted a few hours ago! the fated meeting!! slowing down in terms of progress as i go back and do some editing, but i'll keep you posted if i have to slow the once a week schedule 👍

title: two fights for freedom rating: M category: F/M, gen content warnings: graphic depictions of violence status: incomplete, four chapters, 13,460 words relationship: rosinante/bell-mere, cora & law, rosinante & hatchan, bell-mere & rosinante & law & nami & nojiko, rosinante & genzo, bell-mere & genzo characters: rosinante, bell-mere, law, nami, nojiko, genzo, nako, hatchan, arlong, arlong pirates additional tags: canon divergent, fix-it, everybody lives, pre-arlong park, angst with a happy ending, angst and feels, fluff and humor, hurt/comfort, scheming, suggestive themes, sexual tension, limes (yes i'm bringing limes back), eventual smut, romance, slow burn, arguing, financial issues, broken bones, references to depression, referenced alcoholism, mental health issues, canon backstory, mentioned doflamingo, non-canon backstory (giving bell-mere a backstory), found family, medical inaccuracies, blood and injury, trafalgar d. water law is a little shit, developing friendships, more tags to be added later (?) summary: freedom for one means adventure. exploring all the world has to offer, while avoiding the occasional haunting. freedom for another almost costs an arm and two daughters. a home, a village. perhaps freedom is best sought back-to-back. {a cora and bell-mère lives au}

♥

[spotaus]

HOWDY!!! I got another question about your little oc guys 😈!!! Where do they live? I’m trying to decide if one is living in a huge mansion, or maybe even if some are just wanderers across the galaxy with no home. Ooorrr if they are all just in one tiny suburban house heheh!

Ooooo and another good one that kinda goes along with this: are any roommates with each other?

(Also you make me smile and giggle every time I see your ocs! You make me happy never stop 😭👍)

AHHH!!! HI!!!! Always happy to see you back, Anon! ♡♡♡ (and ooh??? I hope you'll drop another ask if what I throw out here helps ur curiosity lol! You spoil me with compliments too!!!)

This is a bit of a silly one since a lot of their stuff is Omega!Timeline style... but for ease I'll explain my world building vibes: I call the space where all these guys exist the Goldverse. Most of my ocs travel the multiverse, abd those who do have AUs usually exist in a different timeline to end up there. So, we'll be going off of Goldverse lore here! (<- It's the home-universe of Eternal Ashes) Everyone can freely move between AUs and timelines.

Ichor: His universe (in GV) was destroyed by the Human. He lives in the Omega Timeline in a little apartment in a "city" portion! It's cozy, a living room, a nice bed, a kitchen, a bathroom. The usual! More cushy than most apartments in the area tho (favoritism lmao) EDIT: His apartment is actually 2 bedroom because he has Sons to watch over. They're immortal and don't stay with him often, but they do need an extra set of beds lol-

Pretender: His universe was... also destroyed by his human. Kinda. He ends up living in a suburb house, I think, on the outskirts of a city. Two bedrooms, two bath, one floor + a basement. He visits the city often though, and can be spotted staying across the multiverse when given the chance (ex. Nightmare's Castle)

N: ??? She just kinda pops into existence when she's needed. But also? She's a couch-surfer and sleeps under the stars. Ichor once found her on his couch in the morning, had no clue how she got in. (So, occasional roommate to Ichor :3)

Orchid: Lives strictly with Nightmare in his castle, even post-story EA. She has her own room that's decorated in purple decor and dreamcatchers she made and a bunch of books! Very Cozy. (I say strictly. Sometimes she goes to Underswap and stays with the bros there for a week or two when she gets overwhelmed.)

Reset: Used to live with Geno in the save screen (he and Kane went out to visit Reaper often tho) but now he has his own place in the Omega Timeline. An apartment, a few buildings down from Ichor. A bit small, but filled to the brim with video games and movie posters. And guitars. He's not the best at playing, but no noise complains yet, so that's good!

(The two above Eventually might be roommates, but as of now they get limited (and supervised) times that they can see eachother due to the whole.. genocide thing.)

Stereo: Post-EA he lives with Fresh still (I Imagine it to be like a random house in a void or maybe a Van? Yeah, I could see Fresh living that Van/Modified Bus life). It's an ever-changing living situation tbh, but Fresh is a good role-model, so who's to judge?

Monochrome: He's living with Cross after the whole EA situation. Aka, he lives in Nightmare's castle too. His room is one over from Orchid's and has a bunch of art supplies and crafts happening constantly. Orchid doesn't mind him, but does Not let him in her room... (Unless he's having a nightmare.)

Teddy: She has two houses! One that Ink made for her in a pocket void (she only goes there to sew now) and Haphazard's house in the Omega Timeline. She likes staying with Hap because he's her older brother, and she also hates being alone. (She's also been known to stay with Stereo or Sprite and Merlot.)

Haphazard: A house in the Omega Timeline as previously stated. Pre-story he never had time to stop moving so he ended up sleeping very little, but post-story he and Lost move in together and relax a bit.

Shotput: A lil different, he moves from AU to AU. Technically he prefers a Royalty AU (the one where he met his boyfriend, Roman) because it's an au where his parents actually pay attention to him. Besides that though, he'll bum at Nightmare's (thanks to Killer) and does technically have a room but it's pretty barren. So, 90% he's at a castle.

Ark: Lives in the city. But like, specifically in the Lab sectors. Work-a-holic that's a danger to everyone? Yeah. No. He's gonna stay Mildly Contained.

[l1ft-l1ft1ng-l1ft3d]

Hey there love the blog but I’m wondering what’s your go to method for clothes

*Always conceal clothing in fitting rooms, never on the sales floor where SAs and LPs can see you!*

*DON'T CARRY ANY FORM OF ID WITH YOU WHEN L1FT1NG!!!!* If you do get caught, not having ID makes it much harder for LP to do their "jobs."

Carry a tote/purse/small backpack to conceal your items, preferably designer or something that looks expensive. *DO NOT L1FT SO MUCH THAT YOUR BAG LOOKS OBVIOUSLY STUFFED OR OVERSIZED! THIS IS MAJOR SUS!*

85% of l1ft1ng is looking the part (like you can afford to shop where you're l1ft1ng from). CONFIDENCE + STYLE ARE KEY!). Dress in your best clothes, do your hair nicely, wear a little makeup, and act natural.

Invest in a magnet + tag hook, and learn to use them quickly + quietly.

If you can't afford a magnet/hook, hard plastic security tags can be wrapped in several (4 - 5) layers of aluminum foil so they don't beep when you walk out + burned off with a lighter/torch later. DO NOT BURN TAGS OFF INDOORS - THE FUMES ARE GNARLY AND THE SPECKS OF SOOT GO EVERYWHERE + MAKE SUCH A MESS. *There are plenty of excellent videos on YT that'll explain the removal process.* Prior to going l1ft1ng, prefold some squares of aluminum foil at home so you're ready to go.

To get rid of hard plastic security tags once removed with a magnet or hook, attach them to/put them into the pockets of items of clothing you don't want to l1ft, or wrap them in several layers in aluminum foil (again, 4 - 5 layers) so you don't beep, and discard them later at a gas station/convenience store/random dumpster.

Check clothing carefully for all paper tags b/c they may contain RFID tags that will beep when you walk out. Rip off all paper tags + wrap them in several layers of aluminum foil to avoid beeping, or better yet, invest in a wallet with an RFID blocking pouch + stuff your paper tags in there. *DO NOT LEAVE ANY TAGS IN FITTING ROOMS IF YOU CAN AVOID IT.*

Stores like V$ P1nk + J¢ P3nn3y's are easy places for baby l1ft3rs to practice on. Their LP presence is minimal at best + employees generally don't seem to give a shit. (Both stores' hard plastic tags are removable with a magnet.)

Leave out of a different door than you entered from, if possible.

**DON'T L1FT FROM THE SAME STORES TOO OFTEN OR YOU'LL BE RECOGNIZED AS SUS!**

This should get you started. I'll add more info as I think of it. 🥰👍 PM me if you have any other questions!

Edit: Roll/fold up clothing as small as possible to squeeze more into your tote/purse/backpack!!!

[pollenallergie]

ok ok ok i have a thing

so i’ve been moving away from making the readers in my fics blush bc that’s not inclusive and no longer doing that feels like the least i can do for this community. however, i will probably still always use references towards people’s faces getting warm, but only when context appropriate (when the character i’m writing for is currently making skin-to-skin contact with the reader’s face, like by cupping their cheeks in their hands, and can therefore physically feel the reader’s skin warming) bc, to my knowledge, everyone’s face heats up when we get flustered. to my knowledge, the activity in your blood vessels does not change based on skin tone, it’s only other people’s ability to see the effect(s) of that activity that changes. i could totally be wrong (and if that’s the case, then i’ll definitely stop writing that as well), but i’m like 99.9% sure that i read a recently published article in a medical journal a while ago about how the dilation of the blood vessels still occurs in those with darker skin tones, it’s simply that we can’t see the effect of that dilation due to their darker skin tone (or, in the case of some people, it just can’t be seen quite as well).

edit: for context, i am as white as a piece of printer paper… so that’s why i was searching through various resource databases looking for a solution to my writing issue a while ago. could i have probably just asked one of my friends that are people of color? yes. why didn’t i? easy, i was too embarrassed 👍👍

edit part 2 the remix: and why am i sharing this you may ask? because i’m worried that maybe the article i read never existed in the first place and i somehow just dreamed it all up and i’m too inebriated and also too tired to go poking through my college’s databases again trying to find it. also my filter is currently not operating as it should because my stimulant has long since worn off and also, and this is critical, i have been drinking. (internet powers do not get mad at me for drinking, i am 21 and i am doing it from the safety of my home).

edit part three oh christmas tree: when i say “recently published,” i mean relatively recent. like, in scientific publications/publishing, within the last 10-15 years could be reasonably considered recent depending on what area you’re talking about and what topic you’re talking about. so, the article i read probably came out sometime between 2005 and now.