#as a way to practice angst

[daily-hermit-fics]

Comfort (BtF Chapter 5)

“The return of the wings!” Pearl cheered. Grian sat on a stool, swinging his legs awkwardly. “Oh you know I always loved them as a child.” The two of them were in Pearl’s colorful living room, having wanted to discuss this new development.

“Yeah…”

“What’s wrong?” She asked, jumping up from her couch, having sensed the glum tone of voice from her brother. He took a deep breath.

“It’s just - it drags up a lot of childhood memories that…”

“Aren’t the best?” Grian nodded.

“And also I totally forgot how to take care of them, and I don’t want to lose my wings again.”

“I know, it’s hard. But it’s always been you and me, against the world.” She rested her left hand on his shoulder and swung her other arm out as if gesturing to an audience. He just sighed.

“I’m just so tired. Too much has happened recently.”

“I know, sesame.”

“Don’t,” Grian stood up, puffing his wings out indignantly, “call me sesame!”

A silence.

Then they both collapsed into giggles.

“Okay, now I know that to cheer you up, I can just call you sesame.”

“Literally, if you call me that again I will send Scar after you.” Grian threatened once the laughter had subsided.

“I don’t think that would cause you any more comfort,” Pearl teased.

“Ah well.”

“Get over here,” she said suddenly. Grian raised his eyebrows but didn’t deny, coming over to the couch and plopping down. Pearl pulled him in so that his head was resting on a pillow. Gently she began brushing through his wings, taking care not to mess them up even more.

“They’re just like I remembered, except a whole lot bigger.”

“Hmmf.” It was not a sound of indignation, more like contentment.

“Are you actually comfortable right now?” Pearl asked suddenly. Usually she didn’t get to see the more vulnerable part of her brother, and it was usually the mischievous exterior that was shown to the world - not that that personality wasn’t enjoyable.

“What? Nooooo.” Grian sat up, a faint flush spreading across his face.

“Don’t lie to me,” Pearl said, a little teasingly. Grian shrugged.

“Okay, maybe. You brushing my wings feels very comforting, I don’t know why. Your fingers are cool, i guess. Temperature-wise.”

“Then get over here and let me give you some sibling love.” Reluctantly (or maybe not so much) Grian lay back down, closing his eyes and letting Pearl brush her fingers through his matted feathers, both murmuring soft conversation until they fell into a comfortable silence.

[nachocheezos21]

idk if anyone actually made a fic of this but uh............

i'd be so down to read an angst fic relating to sebastian and his religious belief

sebastian's half-chilean, and chile's biggest religion is roman catholicism. i'd imagine he grew up with his mom teaching him how to pray and all that, as well as being an active member of the church. perhaps he still believes in his god, maybe not as much as before due to college, but he still actively prays and what-not.

how would he deal with urbanshade contradicting his beliefs? the pentagram plastered all over the blacksite just uneases him in some way, but never thinks too much about it. it's not his place to ask, after all.

would he be praying as the doctors and scientists performed on him? genetically mutilating him for the purposes of science – destroying how god intended the human body to be. imagine his prayers for forgiveness for even participating in something like this, even unwillingly.

even in his monstrous form, would he still be blaming himself for how he looks? i mean, he's no longer molded into what his god deems as human – artificially modified, unethically interfering with the divine natural.

what about when he's being hunted down by the player? how he would cry for his mother's warmth once more, while begging for forgiveness for all of his sins – intentional or not – to a god that didn't even hear his pleas.

[demigods-posts]

just now. imagining percy before learning of his father as a god. remembering nothing of him but a face he couldn't name. a face he and his father shared. percy often wondering if they were similar in other ways. if his father liked wrapping his arms around mom while she packed s'mores for the campfire like he did. if his father liked long car rides to the beach while mom sang to whatever was playing on the radio like he did. if his father liked running along the beachside shore while the water crashed against his feet like he did. if the reason his father was lost at sea was because he wanted to immerse himself in all the ocean had to offer. if the waves were so captivating, he'd dive underneath the surface and search to his heart's content. if the reason he was lost was because he wanted to find himself. if faces were any indication, percy didn't know who he was. maybe his father felt that way too.

[orbmanson7]

Can't keep holding back that anger forever...

(told you i'd redraw this digitally, didn't i?)

[jadecantcreate]

had a Thought about skrimm/barnabos (offhandedly mentioned very light/not plot related spoilers for eps 1 through 8)

so obviously barnabos has his thing with the woman in the shell right? calling her lover and all — it’s very clear they’re in a romantic relationship. it feels to me like it’s also kind of a warlock-patron or follower-god dynamic given her nature as some kind of otherworldly being (giving barbabos boons/abilities, appearing as fish, etc)

so imagine when barbabos catches feelings for skrimm and realizes it…how could he betray his lover, his muse, his goddess, even, like that? what would she think if she knew? she’d abandon him, certainly, and she would be justified. what is he to do? i mean, he might just be reading too deep into it and it’s just friendship. that comforts him a bit. but a part of him knows what he feels and it horrifies him. he loves the woman in the shell and devoted himself fully to her. but was that love anything more than admiration now? when had his romantic feelings for her dissipated and weakened enough to let someone else in? and skrimm, lazy slacker and sleazy conman skrimm, of all people? maybe if he can convince that nagging part of him, neither skrimm or his lover will learn of this sin, and he’ll forget all about it. he’s not sure he can. he tells himself it’ll pass eventually, as all things do and manages to believe it

and skrimm would react similarly, too. it just started as a joke by queenie and him exploiting a loophole (and barnabos’ assumption of him meaning well) to not do any work…he should’ve known to keep his guard up, to stop himself from getting too close — closer than he already was to all of them. in such a dangerous situation, attachment was a disadvantage. sticking together and being friends benefits the party, of course. more people, more skillsets, means more chances of survival. but love messes with skrimm’s head, and he’s not the smartest already — who’s to say he won’t sacrifice himself for barnabos’ sake? its a scary thought, and its even scarier that he doesn’t have a strong aversion to the idea. he has to get rid of these feelings somehow and he will figure it out…hopefully

[finderseeker]

If I were any good at drawing Alphys there would be so many more of her interactions with Gaster

[meromessy]

momentary peace

[turtles-allthewaydown]

Chapter 28 of Nothing Ventured (aka Mimic Chapter, part 2 of 2) is out now! Featuring more mimic, Marcille and Chilchuck friendship moments, and a crochet hook.

I feel like there ought to be some sort of warning for panic attack or dissociation or something, but there's really just a small hint of it near the end of the chapter.

[ratatatastic]

hi 13 second clip that i will be obsessed with for years to come because mikksy and lombo are doing mikksy and lombo things in the bg as they usually do how are you doing

theres something about mikksy looking over to his left and spacing out but when he sees long brown hair in his periphery he turns towards it, sees lombo struggling to pass off the cup and stares at him until lombo comes his way. the pining is palpable. i can feel it from here. he has the targetting program of a turret hes locking on.

also someone seems to either dropped a hat(?) or something of that nature because right as lombo steps forward to where mikksy is he bends down to get it but mikksy seeing him, also makes to reach for it but lombo seems to have it covered so he just bows like a chicken for a bit because his gentlemanly code intiated (rare sight) seeing a beautiful man bend down to retrieve an object...

and then after lombo comes up he immediately gets an arm around him and ushers him into his side. MANS GOT A FULL TOOTHY GRIN ON SEEING LOMBO. TH- AND HE REALISES HOW BIG HE MUST BE SMILING BECAUSE HE JUST CLOSES HIS MOUTH AND TRIES TO PLAY OFF THE FACT HE DIDN'T JUST HAVE THE GOOFIEST GRIN ON HIS FACE.

THE WAY LOMBOS CHEEK IS SO SMUSHED INTO HIS SHOULDER HE BARELY REACHES. PERFECT SIZE TO SNUGGLE INTO THE COLLARBONES. IM SORRY WHERE IS PLAYGROUND BULLYING PRETENSE??? SO WE'VE LOST THAT. WE'RE JUST GONNA COURT EACH OTHER NOW. WE'VE FINALLY ADMITTED TO THE ELEPHANT IN YHE ROOM AND WE WILL BE ACTING ON OUR FEELINGS HONESTLY. IS THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING. IT ONLY TOOK BOTH OF YOU BEING DRUNK. OKAY.

Panthers Championship Parade | 6.30.24

[multishipperbish]

She Likes A Boy - Nxdia (video under cut)

[mysteriousboo]

rewatching kuroko' basketball cause why the hell not and kise longingly looking at kagami and kuroko making eye contact is gotta be the gayest shit so far lmao!!!

like kise clearly still has strong feelings for kuroko like my guy went all the way to seirin to ask kuroko to join him. that's just so pathetic but also so heartwarming because like clearly, the polycule broke up(the generation of miracles, i mean), and obviously, kuroko wasn't at fault so he goes and asks kuroko to join him cause he thinks that him and kuroko still have a chance only to find out that kuroko replaced him with kagami?? that's so painful!!

[azumasoroshi]

the shizu-chan song

just discovered the shizu-chan song by none other than johnny yong bosch. help me

id transcribe if i didnt have a final in 10 hours. maybe when i get back

oh nvm someone already wrote them out

this has similar energy as the bro duet song but like. in reverse bgskjdghjkgsd the no homo is for real

plus an animatic version and amv version because holy hell this is old

[soup-scope]

we need a lovely and sam audio where lovely breaks down over how sam got to keep a good part of his abilities when he was turned but lovely got nothing 💔💔

[liyawritesss]

I fear if I ever write for Arcane again I won't be able to write fluff for ekko

[pocket-size-cthulhu]

Why do having friends and navigating relationships remain difficult after you grow up? Do they stay difficult all your life?

Am I bad at relationships? I grew up a lonely neurodivergent kid so it wouldn't be surprising. Are they bad at relationships? Is "let's talk about what's wrong and resolve it if we can" not an effective strategy for saving friendships? I can't guess what's wrong and I can't force my friends to talk to me about it. I hate the thought that I could lose a friend in a way that would have been preventable if I'd known to change my ways.

I've had my share of moments of being a shitty friend, or walking out of someone's life without so much as a word of explanation. So like, I get it. But at the same time, what the hell 😭

Sorry for posting angst on main, please carry on

[jessfandrawer]

Following this desire I have to make fluff vs. angst fanart, here is some Ichihime. I challenged myself to finish these in one day of work and really focused on using color/lighting to shift the mood. It was fun, though maybe not the easiest to tell what's going on, heh. I really enjoyed listening to Find You by Zedd (feat. Matthew Koma and Miriam Bryant) and Feel So Close by Calvin Harris while working on the the first image. The second image I wasn't listening to anything, oh well.

Content warning for mild blood on this second image.