#as theyre not really

[shadow-dragon-fr]

A sort of prologue thing for that ghost au of mine.

Whiteout's perspective on what happened the night she and Darkstalker were supposed to hatch...

Sound and color invaded the stillness. Images that the unhatched dragonet had no reference for.

She wasn't supposed to hatch yet.

There was a heartbeat near her, on the other side of the shell. It was a calm color attached to someone who did feel the urge to break free of his shell. Something called to him.

It was the other heartbeats nearby. They were larger and distant surrounded by swirling clouds of colors. Bright and dark at the same time.

She curled around herself. She didn't want to hatch. But she could feel the calm one reaching out to her hesitantly.

He could help her hatch.

Swirls of clashing colors hit the dragonet. Teeth and claws and snow. If they hatched together they'd always oppose each other. Yet if he hatched alone tonight they both would be.

The other knew this too, and he was stuck in indecision.

She could do nothing but let the colors roll over her. She did not have the strength to make herself hatch tonight. The decision was entirely up to the other.

Was it? There must be...

Something loomed above her egg.

It was not what was calling to the other but she could not tell what it was.

A third option the something told her.

Then her egg was cracking and rocking and she was floating.

Below her were two dragons, a dark and a light one. The dark one, mother she realized, cried out and rushed towards the eggs while the light one, father, recoiled back.

In the center of a nest of rocks and furs were two eggs. Both with cracks reviling that there was nothing inside them.

She heard something beside her and turned.

There was the other. Her brother.

He reached his talons out to grasp her own firmly. As if he was afraid she'd float away otherwise. He pulled her close and wrapped his wings around her.

She leaned into him as the conflicting colors melted away.

They wouldn't be alone and they wouldn't be in conflict with each other. For now they were aligned towards the same thing.

[bakerstreet-and-beyond]

There seems to be a general malaise on most of Tumblr about TikTok getting banned in the United States.

I understand the problems, "brain rot", whatever but- A government banning a social media app that opened the world for many people is legitimately scary and upsetting. Say what you want but, there are MANY global and local issues that would not have gotten the same traction, recognition, and outreach without TikTok.

And then add to this that Meta/Facebook was one the largest lobbyists working to get TikTok banned... Like- I think folks should be more concerned about the implications of what this means, especially since the ban goes into effect the day before inauguration.

[isjasz]

[Ready for a new game?]

day 11 definitelynottober - heart in your fist & week 1 weeklyhermittober - beginnings

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IM SO READY LETSGO SO EXCITED FOR THE NEW LIFE SERIES💥💥💥💥💥💥

[collaredkittyboy]

[foolsocracy]

identity reveals are always fun

[exilley]

I do sort of wish western anime fans would analyze anime and manga from a framework of japanese historical and cultural context. Specifically a lot of works from the 90s being influenced by the general aimlessness and ennui that a lot of people were experiencing due to the burst in the bubble economy and the national trauma caused by the sarin terrorist attack. I think in interacting with media that’s not local to our sociocultural/sociopolitical sphere it’s easy to forget that it’s influenced and shaped by the same kinds of factors that influence media within our own cultural dome and there ends up being this baseline misalignment of perception between the causative elements of a narrative and viewer interpretation of those elements. It’s a form of death of the author that i think, in some measure, hinders our ability to fully understand/come to terms with creator intent and the full scope of a work’s merits

[groverapologist]

the seven are so funny theyre literally just: abandoned by dad, neglected by dad, dead mom, dead mom, abandoned by dead mom, neglected by dead mom, and percy

[chestnutroan]

Does anybody get attached to their paint blotting tissue?

[ariazou]

"Who are you to tell me how to hold it!?"

Persian Izutsumi strikes again and I'm dragging Senshi down with her 😼

I really love the head pieces on the women in Persian miniatures of the iconic Qajar era (if someone knows what theyre called please let me know 😭) And I definitely want to keep exploring the different looks on Izutsumi

[labannori]

Touch

[piosplayhouse]

14 year olds shipping discourse is inbreeding with itself to make the discourse equivalent of a brachycephalic bulldog at this point. They're inventing new extremely vague moral purity categories at a rate nearly equivalent to the Mormon church

* For the record btw a paraphilia by definition is just any sexual desire classed as "unusual" by the dsm, which can include anything from apparently getting horny about imagining yourself as a vampire (?) to being attracted to fictional characters, to being attracted to trans people. It's not an issue unless it has the capacity to cause real harm to yourself or others, at which point it becomes a paraphilic disorder

[za1ka]

The Great Mouse Detective screenshot redraws! 🐁🔍🐀

[rdps01]

come on, come on, come on (before the moment's gone)

[frigidfries]

happy birthday deltarune. happy late birthday undertale. here's a comic!

cheers to best friends forever & ever & ever & ever & ev

[eydilily]

would you bite the hand that feeds you?

[lena-luthor]

A minute ago you were ready to slit her throat. Yeah, well, her mother can't have her.