#apparently this was my 100th post

[letgomypartypiece]

i had to make a gif out of this

[iamnotanelk]

would you be mad at me if i was an elk

Not at all Byp, nothing wrong with being an elk, it's simply a different creature from what I am!

[karasbroken]

Adding in @hetchdrive's tags which inspired so many thoughts:

So this is a tricky part of Season 4 and there are many folks for whom this didn't work. Here's my take (just mine!).

Scorpius definitely already knows John cares deeply about Aeryn. Scorp was actively looking for her when she had heat delirium, which means the first thing Scorpius thought about after Braca digs him out of the grave on Arnesk is "where the hell is Aeryn?" He has no more Peacekeeper authority, so his only chance of getting close to John is to hold hostage something John cares about, or otherwise get them in Scorpy's debt. Everyone else John cares about is with him or out of reach, so the available levers are Moya or Aeryn.

It's never explicitly said, but I assume Aeryn was heading for a pre-agreed upon rendezvous point with Moya, some location they all said they'd go to periodically to keep in touch, somewhere they had stable maps to. So Scorpius is sending out feelers for sightings of an uncollared Leviathan, and has at least narrowed the search vectors when he hears about a group of Sebacean assassins destabilizing a local dictatorship who were shockingly effective. Probably he even gets ahold of wanted beacons to confirm that Aeryn Sun, former Special Commando, was part of the assault and possibly infected with heat delirium in the process.

So Scorpy heads toward where he thinks Moya might be, hoping to intercept Aeryn because it's the perfect opportunity. Even if he doesn't find Aeryn, he still might beat John to Moya and be able to sneak aboard, and hold Moya for ransom. But Aeryn being sick with something he knows how to treat is really the best possible luck for him. And he does find her (because he knew where she was coming from, roughly where she was going) and he saves her. He uses her to get aboard Moya, because Pilot will also do almost anything to save Aeryn's life, and now he's exactly where he wants to be. It's still a gamble, John might try to execute him anyway, but he's still got a neural clone in place, so that might save him if nothing else. It's all risky, but it's workable.

So the big question is why Scorpy doesn't use Aeryn against John any sooner. I definitely don't think it's because he thinks John's devotion to Aeryn is irrelevant or that John is a better person than he actually is. No, Scorpius is getting exactly what he wants the whole time he's on Moya. He is getting to watch John develop wormhole tech, and he's making sure John stays safe. Aeryn is a card he only gets to play once, and there's no need to do it.

John's problem is that he's completely paranoid and terrified. He doesn't really get how desperate and without resources Scorpius is. To John, Scorpius is a mythic, nigh omniscient and omnipresent monster under his bed. John "thinks" he's hiding his Achilles, but really, Scorp just doesn't have a reason to shoot yet. But what is undeniably true is that Aeryn is John's weak point. His face in Promises when Aeryn makes him promise not to kill Scorpius is terrible, gutting. She's carving pieces of him up to ask that of him. But he can't deny her. If he does she'll leave again and he can't bear that.

I completely believe that the thing about taking laka to keep Scorp from knowing how he feels about Aeryn is a fucking rationalization, just like Aeryn says. It's really the opposite. John is a fucking mess. He's one and a half steps from insanity at all times, practically suicidal, and trying desperately not to fall apart for a woman who is his entire home and the air he breathes, and still might just leave him again to have someone else's baby.

He takes the laka to even function. And then he takes the laka because he's addicted to not having to feel. He tells himself he's doing it to save Aeryn, when he's really doing it to save himself pain. And most importantly he's huffing apathy because otherwise he would be completely helpless against her, and it's not Scorpius he can't trust (well he can't, but that's not motivating him). John can't trust Aeryn with his heart again -- it will kill him if she leaves.

He's not taking laka to hide his feelings from Scorpius. He's taking it to hide them from himself. He is totally cheating, and it's not misguided nobility and sacrifice, it's fucking cowardice. (Please understand this is my favorite season and I adore John in it, give me all the flaws and all the angst. It is absolutely romantic that he's just crazy about her.)

Twice Shy lays bare in rapid succession, all his hope and all his despair and he just breaks in the face of Aeryn's anger and tries to justify himself. She's laying down the law and she has his laka and he can't stand up to her. Luckily, somewhere on Earth he had totally stopped wanting to anyway, so it was time to give it all up and go clean. Thank goodness Scorp was being nosey and butted in just long enough for Aeryn to buy John's story and forgive him for being a massive ass. (I mean, turn about is fair play, she was incredibly cruel in her pain last season too.)

Does Scorpius fully understand how far John will go? No, probably not. But he put himself in position to be there to find out. And that's what John finally admits in Constellation of Doubt. Scorp wormed his way aboard so that he would be there when John finally needed him. It wasn't necessarily going to be Aeryn (it was always going to be Aeryn), but it was going to be something.

So like a lot of things to me the laka was psychodrama pretending to be plot, and Scorpy-Sue was just sitting like a spider in a tenuous web, letting John thinking he's the bogeyman, when the real danger was always John and Aeryn's disastrous, galaxy consuming passion for each other.

It continues to be wild to me that John was like "we can't let Scorpius find out I'm in love with you" to Aeryn at the end of Twice Shy. Like I'm sorry but there's no way he doesn't know that. I can't suspend my disbelief on this. If Scorpius never uses Aeryn against John it is because it is a choice he is making which is honestly way more interesting anyway, like...

[heymisterpigeon]

I was trying to photograph a pair of water rail when these two idiots decided to start slapping the crap out of each other

[androids-insides]

“LOOK AT MY WIFE. I LOVE MY WIFE.”

I’m in love with them being in love, and stuff.

[hellosunnycore]

⭐️🔮 h e l l o ? 🐚🐠

[ai-higurashi]

Do you think after the triplets first moved in, Scrooge was just-

[itslilacokay]

basically the showdown

audio from here

[iorepairs]

A poem about Sark, made with screengrabs from (of all places) Dunkey's Tetris video.

[sequinsandfins]

Carlos invites Oscar to a Halloween party.

Oscar doesn't realise it's just an excuse to dress naughty.

He's got on more clothes than most people combined.

He doesn't think it matters in the end, as Carlos pushes him up against a wall, his hands desperate to get under the layers of fabric, desperate to touch skin.

Luckily Oscar doesn't have the same issue.

[iguessigotta]

Idk any actual lore aside from what I've picked up in other fics but listen. I need to write something about Ramattra have you seen the man???

Ramattra x male reader (not specifically trans but that's implied in all my fics 💜)

You started worming your way into his life the moment you first cracked some dark joke about the state of humanity

He was initially curious - what would make a human turn on their own kind?

And, even more confusing, why were you still so kind to those around you - human and omnic alike?

It started as pure curiosity. A simple need to understand.

He started to....linger...near you at times, you could feel him watching you occasionally (every time you turned to catch him staring you'd find him focused on something else way in the distance)

It took more effort than he'd like to admit to stop his amused chuckle at the suspicious squint you'd always send his way

something something now you're dating so bonus thots™️ under the cut

SFW

Ramattra sometimes gives you his version of piggy back rides

It's really just you standing on his hips, arms draped around his neck for balance, watching over his shoulder as he goes about his day

He'll let you hang out there as long as you want tbh he likes being close to you

It's very silly to see but if Ramattra catches anyone laughing...... 😬😬

🔞NSFW🔞

Sometimes, Ramattra is amazed that you, a frail human, would put so much trust into him. That you'd feel safe with him in your most vulnerable moments. He was an Omnic built for war, not-

The thought makes him weak when he's knuckle-deep in you

Though you writhe and pant under him, gripping the sheets until your own knuckles turn white, strangled cries escaping your open mouth while you teeter on the edge of release

Though you haven't even touched him yet

Somehow, Ramattra is just as much of a mess as you are

He feels as though he's trembling, terrified of hurting you (part of him still scoffing at his own concern for a human)

He's so focused on your reactions he swears he can feel your heart beating in his own chest

If you were able to hear anything over your own sounds, you'd notice the once-soft whirring of fans within Ramattra's body has gotten much louder, vents opening on his back to release hot air

He's desperate, touching you as though he'll find his own release through yours

You reach up, intent on dragging his face down to you, but Ramattra beats you to it, burying himself in the crook of your neck

When you finally do tip over the edge - back arching high off the bed as your head flies back with a startled cry - the deep groan that rumbles in your ear and against your chest makes you think he might actually have come undone just from touching you

The thought sends you over the edge a second time, legs locked and trembling around his arm

[caityrose]

I've been rewatching the gameplays again-

[emilyliuwho]

it's been five years so it's time to revisit the classic concepts

[let-you-let-go]

Say it, baby, say "it feels so good, Sir." That's it, such a good boy for me. Tell me you want it. Say "please, Sir, I want to be good for you." Good boy. You're always so perfect for me, so hard inside my tight, wet hole. Tell me you want to come inside me. Beg me to let you come, baby. Say "please let me come in you, Sir." So perfect for me. That's it, be a good boy and come for me. Mm, you feel so good. Don't stop, keep fucking me. I know you can fill me up. Don't stop, be a good boy and keep fucking me until I'm full of your come. That's it, baby. You're such a good boy for me. Now, beg me to come on your cock. Say, "I want you to come on my cock, Sir. Please come on my cock." That's a good toy, keep begging and fucking me, baby. Good toy.

[wings-of-ink]

How would the Ro's react to Mc being sink (flu) and how would they take care of them?

Awe, sweet question, Anon!

Oswin:  He’s fretting and is upset that MC feels horrible. Oswin is highly empathetic and would stew about what he could do to improve MC’s health. He’s better at treating wounds, but he’s picked up some tricks from his father over the years. MC can expect soup, bread and whatever herbs they need to get some relief.

Zahn:  They’re trying to keep the MC company most of all. When they have had bouts of illness, they were often alone and it was unnerving and lonely. They want to make sure MC doesn’t feel that way. MC can expect extra blankets, a warm fire, and when they’re feeling up for it - an easy game or conversation.

Duri:  Feels very unsure of what they should do. They know they want to help, but they’ve never taken care of anyone before. They try to think back on what their mom used to do and try to recreate that as best as possible. MC can expect waking up to too many blankets piled on them, no less than 6 bowls of some kind of broth, and 3 (possibly abducted) healers to tend to them.

Rune:  Healing magic can only go so far when fighting things like illness caused by viruses and such. They will be by MC’s bedside as much as possible, steadily channeling their energy to provide physical relief of the symptoms. They know some traditional medicine too, and make sure MC eats as much as they can. MC can expect either encouraging words or their hair being stroked.

???:  He frets pretty badly over MC. He knows medicine fairly well, so he’s made special teas, broths, and herbal concoctions to help. Makes MC sleep a lot, but stays at their bed all night and all day. He may have something secret and special at his disposal to help as well, and he wouldn't use it for just anyone either…

Thank you for the ask, Anon! ^_^

(Really hope you aren’t sick, but if you are, I hope some healing vibes cross over from our ROs to you.)

[gtwscar-as-couches]

fine, ill get a little silly with it.

open the gates.