#aough. so good

[spacemanxephos]

kinda crack-pot jaffa factory 2 headcanon here:

so! (postflux) lalna, after watching xephos' health (mental and physical) continue to decay, commits what he basically considers to be the ultimate sin - delete massive swaths of Xeph's memory the next time he's cloned, using the executive control of his respawning he'd rested from the board for 'security concerns - can't have the chief scientist so vulnerable. let him think that yoglabs had been a thing he'd run for a while before passing along the torch. let him be free of it all.

lalna is rotting with guilt but its been years since he's seen xephos have fun, goofing off with him and brry and its just. xephos was going to die, forever, and lalna has fixed it and it should be ok? to save him?

meanwhile, because lingering magic from 1000s of respawns xeph should have had but controlled himself rather than trust in an unknowable force, plus the taint of divinity he picked up during the red matter incident, xephos has been halfway to godhood for a while. it's only been his clone-based respawns stopping him from dying and being reborn in a body more suited for that kind of power.

- and then he doesn't respawn quite right, and the godhood dwelling quiescent in his soul is freed. The Storyteller is born and gosh, Lalna was so sweet to try to keep him safe and happy! He'll have to remember to take time out of his busy schedule to have loads of fun with his dear friend <3

Xephos is lighter now, Lalna notices. He’s cheerful, excitable, in a way he hasn’t been in a long, long time.

“Lalna! Did you see what Harry made? It’s brilliant!” Xephos eyes are alight with excitement as he tugs at Lalna’s sleeve. The blonde man giggles and allows him to be tugged away towards whatever Xephos is babbling about. Lalna’s not exactly paying attention, and has found himself more focused on the delightful fullness of Xephos’ cheeks; the slight baby fat that’s finally returned to his face after years of malnutrition. Lalna smiles.

He still feels guilty, sometimes. About what he’s done. About how he meticulously poured over Xephos’ memory files to weed out every instance of YogLabs past a certain point.

But, when Xephos smiles like that. When he laughs and shows an actual interest in things, that guilt feels further and further away.

-@-

Lalna helps him design the holodeck, in fact. He has no idea where Xephos collects the materials, Xephos just sort of shrugs and says he found them lying around. Lalna can’t sense him lying, so he lets it be.

In all honesty, Lalna was hesitant at first to build a holodeck. They’re reminiscent of the ones at YogLabs, and he worries that it could somehow unravel the facade he’s been able to build. But, those memories are completely gone now, he reassures himself. It wasn’t a matter of amnesia, it was a matter of completely removing and deleting. Those memories couldn’t be triggered back into place.

And Xephos always used to love to make puzzles for his friends in the past, so Lalna takes it as a good sign and encourages it. Even if the games are fuzzy to his mind when he plays them, he stills feels like he’s having fun.

And that’s all that matters, right?

[guppyscolita]

KNOWN”

Fanart for CaTigeRept1le‘s fic “known” that finished recently

Which is honestly a love letter to Hotavik

[mamawasatesttube]

kon & nat's conversations in steel #46 hit sooo good if you think about it as a closeted gay guy talking to a closeted lesbian...

[foryouthegays]

ideal job. subtitling for drawfee. id have so much fun. karina i know ur here u should hire me i type so fast

[pizzacastella]

and if i made a starbreaker beach episode fanart w jace in red booty shorts and white piping w words on the ass (i'll keep it a secret for now) while also combining porter n that heatstroke art trend going on twt, what then???

[g0blinwitch]

Don't worry

[slurmware]

thedas’ most kissable boy STUNS in new photo

[foccaccia]

does anyone have recommendations for fictional media that has like. actual lesbians in it. not like supergirl Two White Skinny Girls, One Blonde and One Brunette Kiss media, or "its implied lesbianism!!!" but just regular fucking lesbians

[rillette]

Ok so I'm watching the lego batman movie right now and i didn't realize this really cool easter egg till now!

It says Ferris air like Carol Ferris which I think is really cool

YEAHHHHH!!!!!! i think theres a ferris air sign in the superpets movie as well iirc???? its the only thing i remember about the trailer LMFAO. and theres at least one mention of ferris air in the flash tv show bc i remember sitting up straight in my chair ANYWAYS this is incredible thank you for sharing <3

[ozomatli]

I RODE ON A BIKE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS !!!!

[cowboysmp3]

ngl when dungeon meshi s1 finishes releasing i fear i may crumble away

[lowcallyfruity]

I love it when my favorite producers have fucked up little songs

[brainrot-stitch]

IT HURTS SO MU CH

[the-evil-pizza]

I have not eaten in a day and s half and I feel awful. Only partially for the eating too

[whispering-kavka]

i hate shopping for shoes they are all so fucking ugly i just want the plainest combat boot adjacent thing that won't fall apart after a year of use

[ronanlynchbf]

tagged by @lovethatlaiduslow to pick one song for every letter of my url THANK YOUUUUU this is sooooooo fun <333333

r – reason by tiwa savage ft. reekado banks

o – older by searows

n – next 2 u by kehlani

a – acolyte by slaughter beach, dog

n – never arriving by allegra krieger

l – lucid dream by chuu

y – you make me real by the doors

n – not sorry by flo milli

c – cherry-coloured funk by cocteau twins

h – honeycrash by sasami

b – breed by nirvana

f – forever in sunset by ezra furman

tagging some more recent mutuals @honeymiele @apple-mp3 @theorangepdf @angelicboy @str4wb4ries @yardgarden if u want to do this and haven't already❗❗❗