#asking it to tell me what it wants to be

[dispatchwithlove]

I dragged this fic out of the trash bin and now I’m wondering what I should do with it, so I thought I’d share the intro. It’s called Invisible String and I wrote it three years ago. I want to shine it up till it’s real pretty and post it again.

She waits for him. At a beat-up table in a dim room, wearing a black hood, low, hugging her brow because it covers the scars cracking across her forehead and casts a shadow over the unsettling orange glow in her eyes. It doesn’t do much for the smoldering scars on her cheeks, though, bright crevasses telling anyone who lays eyes on her: I’m not normal. Or okay.

The hood is a desperate attempt to hide that from at least a few people. But there isn’t much she can do about her voice — weak and smokier than seems normal. Stuck on a hollowed-rock space station, the only way she knows that the day is more than half over is her dry throat and fried vocal muscles.

Shepard’s not sure what’s normal. Cerberus brought her back to life, but she woke up too early. The scars littering her entire body didn’t have time to heal, vocal cords were unused, yet inexplicably strained. And she has no memory of who she was. They told her everything would go back to normal eventually. Her scars would heal, her vocal cords would heal. Her brand new body would feel less like a glued-together shell and more like home. Her memory would return, either gradually, or something would kick it into action.

While they’re waiting patiently, Shepard wants to find that something that’ll kick her memory into action. Battle felt natural, but didn’t make her remember who she is. A chance encounter with a lost friend named Tali didn’t bring it back. The items sitting in her cabin, taken from her Citadel apartment after she died, are foreign and unappreciated.

Nothing is normal. Nothing is real. To make matters worse, despite feeling suspended two years behind everyone else and strung out, she’s recruiting a vigilante on the bad side of Omega’s gangs. All of them. Quite the accomplishment.

Someone from his crew escorted her to the room she now sits in, empty of anything but a table and two chairs. At least the lack of light helps to obscure the marks across her face that reveal she was recently nothing more than meat and tubes, which is fantastic, because nothing says ‘come sail around space with me’ like a fucked-up face.

Archangel takes his time, leaving her not only alone, but feeling alone, which leaves her with plenty of time to question not only who she is, but what she’s doing here. Maybe that’s his intent.

The steady, soft footsteps that echo up the hall stand in stark contrast to the tall, broad shouldered turian that enters the room. Vibrant blue markings strike his cheeks and mandibles. His face is out of place on Omega, the look of a privileged kid that would fit in better at museum galas than corpse-littered alleys.

He seeks the chair opposite hers taking long, confident strides. Unlike his pretty-boy face, the menace in his body language certainly fits in with Omega. He’s a self-appointed savior who helps the weak by inflicting calculated pain on those who exploit Omega’s abused and forgotten. He does good; the chatter she overheard in the markets proved that the locals think his actions are brave, and he’s the closest thing to philanthropy this shitpit station can hope for.

But his tactics show he takes a little too much pleasure in the pain he causes. The locals revered him, but with shuddering admiration and sickened fear they advised each other not to cross him. Can she trust a man like that?

He takes the chair, turns it with a twist of his wrist, and straddles it, folding his forearms along the back railing. Cool, blue eyes travel across her face, the lengths of her body, assessing the weapons she has strapped to her back. Something about the way he looks at her makes her think she’s received his approval, and something about him makes her want that approval. She doesn’t remember much about herself, but she knows approval has never been anything she sought — from anyone — before this moment.

[inkskinned]

hey btw if you're in the USA at  2:20 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Oct. 4, they're testing the emergency broadcast system. your phone is probably going to make a really loud noise, even if it's on silent. there's a backup date on the 11th if they need to postpone it.

if you're not in a safe situation and have an extra phone, you should turn that phone completely off beforehand.

additionally, if you're like me, and are easily startled; i recommend treating it like a party. have a countdown or something. be surrounded by your loved ones. take the actions you personally need to take to make yourself safe.

i have already seen mockery towards any person who feels nervous about this. for the record, it completely, completely valid to have "emergency broadcast sounds" be an anxiety trigger. do not let other people make fun of you for that. emergency sounds are legitimately engineered to make us take action; those of us with high levels of anxiety and/or neurodivergence are already pre-disposed to have a Bad Time. sometimes it is best to acknowledge that the situation will be triggering for some, and to prepare for that; rather than just saying "well that's stupid, it's just a test."

"loud scary sound time" isn't like, my favorite thing, but we can at least try to prevent some additional anxiety by preparing for it. maybe get yourself a cake? noise cancelling headphones? the new hozier album? whatever helps. love u, hope you're okay. we are gonna ride it out together.

[basslinegrave]

pin-up

b&w originals

[basalting]

after jasons death bruce "accidentally" slips harvey a crowbar while hes in arkham and kisses his cheek and says, voice soft and colder than ice, "make him hurt for me honey"

it takes 6 guards to sedate and drag two face off the joker the next time two face sees him and for the rest of their lives as soon as harvey sees the joker he goes after him like a rabid dog.

[civetcider]

there is no where in my room with good lighting where you can't see it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[chloesimaginationthings]

THE FULL SET IS COMPLETE YAY!

WOULD YOU GUYS LIKE MORE OF THESE THREE?? (Phone dude, phone guy and tape girl)

Let me know on this post!!

[millionsknives]

[featheredadora]

Disabled people shouldn't have to jump through hoops!!

[forgettable-au]

SOOO HI

UHM, MY BROTHER SURPRISED ME WITH THIS ???

LINK

I guess you can all fight Wingdings now if u want to!! So give it a try!! You don't even have to download it, you can play from the website (you do need a computer tho)

[choccy-milky]

finally drew clora and seb's kids!!🙌🙌

Celeste Sallow: OK THIS IS THE NAME IM SUPER PROUD OF BAHAHA because not only does the name celeste relate to the stars (in typical ravenclaw fashion...clora picked the name) but celeste sallow is also an alliteration. BUT, its an alliteration that begins with a C, which means clora gets to match with celeste in the form of both of their names starting with a C, whereas sebastian gets to match with celeste because both of their names are an alliteration/they're alliteration allies🥹ITS THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS!🥳

Lewis Sallow: as for lewis, if you've read my fic then you know that seb has a vendetta against names that start with an L bahaha, but 'lewis' was actually HIS idea. when celeste was born, seb wanted to find a muggle story to read to her, since clora's favourite story is ALSO a muggle one (sherlock), and he wanted to stick with tradition. so he ended up finding alice in wonderland, which he loved because of how adventurous and clever alice was and of how much she reminded him of clora and celeste (both personality and looks wise). it became his favourite for those reasons, to the point that when they had lewis, sebastian overcame his L-name hatred by naming their son after lewis carroll.

Houses: celeste could have been sorted into either gryffindor or slytherin, but ultimately ends up in slytherin because she wants to be like seb. kinda like how clora also probably could have been in gryffindor, tbh. as for lewis.....him being 10000% in ravenclaw doesnt need any explanation BAHA, just look at him.

Appearance: since clora has a tiny bit of veela blood in her, thats obvs passed down to their kids, too, and so they mostly take after her as a result of it. but there's still little bits of seb that shine through in each of the kids: for lewis its his brown curly hair, and for celeste its her complexion/freckles. and the fact that celeste looks so similar to clora only doubles up sebastian's stress/protective instincts when he watches her BAHAH. he's ofc still proud that she takes after him so closely, but seb also cant deny that he wishes it had been their SON that had taken after him instead, to keep her out of danger.

Celeste & Lewis: for celeste and lewis’ relationship, celeste is a super proud big sister, and treats lewis kinda like how seb treats clora. if there's anything that needs to be done, she offers to do it for him. and although she doesn’t have the patience to read stories herself, she loves playing outside and having lewis read to her in the background, and loves to act out/use his stories to fuel her imagination. and lewis makes sure to pick stories that he KNOWS she’ll like (which mostly involve heroic and daring feats of adventurers or pirates. he's tried to read more classic fairytales and romances to her a few times, but celeste always gets bored). she loves to draw though, so sometimes when lewis reads books that have no pictures, she'll draw them herself.

Celeste & Seb/Clora: celeste is a daddy's girl LOL and always tries to impress seb with the stuff she does, especially after hearing how HE was at her age, and so its half to impress and half because shes competitive that she wants to do the same/be just as good. and seb always gets a kick out of hearing her feats in the crossed wands club, or in defense against the dark arts class, and he also goads her on, telling her she'll have to do better than that if she wants to be as good as HE was. and whenever celeste gets detention, clora always stresses and asks why, whereas seb just tries to keep the smirk off his face. as for celeste and clora, clora also reads to celeste, and bakes and cooks with her, which is something celeste actually likes doing. not only because it keeps her busy and she likes to help and get messy in general, but also because she likes the fact that it results in good food afterwards LOL, and constantly asks when things can be taken out of the oven. also, for as tomboy-y as celeste is, she honestly doesn't mind/likes the clothing that clora puts her in and likes when clora dresses her up, bc it makes her look like one of the princesses from the storybooks, and it just amuses her more than anything else. once she enters hogwarts, though, its mostly trousers. but she still DOES like the occasional girly clothing.

Lewis & Seb/Clora: lewis is a momma's boy LOL and unlike celeste, doesnt care about duelling or of proving himself or anything like that, and is only concerned with stories and his future studies. so ofc clora had to show him sherlock, which he naturally loved. it even inspired lewis to want to write his own stories, so that he could challenge his own skill and see if he could, but also because he wants his mom to read them, and likes the idea of writing his own sherlock-esque story with equations and mysteries to be solved that he can offer her. lewis also wants to write a book for celeste as well, bc although he wont admit it, he basically wants to write a story tailor-made for her and her interests. one that he thinks will have everything she’d love in it. and part of it is genuinely because he WANTS to do it for her, but the other part of it is also for his ego, and to see if he CAN write a compelling story, and write something that would actually get THE hyperactive celeste to sit down and read it in its entirety (not to mention of her own volition). as for with seb, lewis looks up to him more than anyone else, due to how well-rounded he is and how hes so good at practical stuff AND studying, and he kinda sees seb as a main character/protagonist from one of his books, and uses sebastian as inspiration for his own stories. if hes stuck on what he thinks the dashing main character should do next, he'll ask his dad what HE would do, which results in seb getting very weird questions that he nonetheless is always happy to answer. also, when lewis is older and finally learns the full story of what happened with clora and seb and ranrok and rookwood, he writes their story in novel form, except he just changes their names/some of the details, and it becomes a best seller LOL. and i didnt know where to put this, but the four of them all read a story before bed every night, with lewis in the middle and seb and clora on either side of him. though celeste stands at the foot of the bed, basically doing a charade/mime show of what theyre reading, and putting on a little play to go along with it BAHHA.

OK thats all i can think of for now ive yapped enough😩 if youve read all of this ur a real one.... ive also considered giving them a 3rd (and last) child, which would be a boy that looks exactly like seb, and seb would just be praying like please.....let this son take after me🧎‍♂️🙏 BAHHA

[unrealisticlea]

what if next season Tommy and Buck are fighting about something and Buck spits out “well maybe your next boyfriend won’t be so *insert a random Buck’s insecurity here*” and Tommy is quiet for a few seconds and then in the calmest and most certain voice ever says “Evan. There’s no next boyfriend. I’ve known for a while and I’m not saying this to scare you or to pressure you but you should know. You’re it for me.”

[abisalli]

fashion, put it all on me!

[dizquized]

please ignore that vox. (i ignore him all the time)

[skunkes]

[chloesimaginationthings]

Are you ever going to make any FNAF movie charms?

Yes! Let me know on this post what merch you’d like to see!

[blackkatdraws2]

Quick note to people who use Kat's art / characters!!

How to Properly Use Kat's Content!

Get my permission first! [Ask in my DMs]

Credit me!

That's it lol

I don't mind that much but I would appreciate it if people asked me first. I don't have a problem with people using my art for profile pictures, chat bots [NOT NSFW], reposting on social medias I'm not in, Discord emojis, etc.

Let's just be reasonable, yeah? （＾∀＾●）ﾉｼ

What Not to Do!

Don't use my art to sell!

Don't use my characters for anything NSFW!

Don't use it to generate AI art/images/videos!

If you're reposting my art, don't tell people it's yours! Don't impersonate me either!

Don't make/add anything strange or inappropriate using my content/characters!

If you're not doing anything listed then I'm good with almost anything as long as you credit me.

[You're also free to ask me in DMs if you wanna do something with my works/characters that you're not sure will breach my boundaries.]

What do you do if you see somebody:

Selling my art?

- REPORT THEM! These people absolutely do not have my permission! They take other artists' art as well, it's not just me!

Reposting my art without credit?

- Tell them to give me credit! If they delete your comment / claim that it's theirs, report them! If they comply then leave them be.

Pretending to be me in social medias that aren't Youtube, Tiktok, Tumblr, Bluesky, and Twitter?

- Report them!! Don't impersonate me.

Using my art / characters in ChararacterAI, etc.?

- As long as it's a SFW bot and it has credits, leave them be.

- If it's inappropriate / an NSFW bot of my characters, report it!

Alright, Have fun guys. ✌️