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the-haven-keepers-collective · 11 months ago

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My first attempt at writing that's vaguely like poetry: from a dragon

I am not what you think.

I walk around, awkward limbs and flighty mannerisms, and you think I’m strange. You have no idea how strange you would think I am if you only saw what was underneath.

Underneath, I am a creature of the ocean. Something that could never pass as human, and no longer wants to. Saltwater rushes through my veins in secret, silent to everyone but me. To me, it’s a roaring sound of the waves that I have never seen except for within my soul. It yearns to dissolve into the ocean like it could long ago, but for now those days are over and I am hidden underneath skin and muscle.

Underneath, there are wings; fins; antlers. They ache to tear from my back, through my skull. Nonetheless, they stay hidden for me, safe in the silence. Protected like I protected my kin in a lifetime so close to the surface and yet unreachable. Wrapped in a form that no longer coils around them like a serpent, but keeps them hidden from predators well enough I suppose.

I suppose.

I accept my form reluctantly and do what I can to make it mine. I shape it to feel better when I discover my gender, and when I can’t shape it to fit my true self I cover it in things that feel a little more like home. A little more draconic. A little more like the ocean that I never have seen, but feel homesick for anyway.

I do find joy in being in this body, at least. Out there, there are others. Angels working minimum wage, dragons sitting on a park bench, wolves buying groceries. We hide, but we do so to be free. We walk through crowds, and no one notices our scales and fur and feathers. But we do. We see each other, even if from miles away, and we see what’s underneath.

And underneath, none of us are what you think.

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#not looking for even constructive criticism since this is literally my first ever writing that isn't fiction or just a vague ramble #at least the first that I finished #I'm not calling it poetry bc that feels too fancy #this is a ramble that's shaped like poetry #because I'm such an open book type of person to the point that some people have called me “so brave for being open” about things #which I still genuinely don't understand bc bro I'm just talking about being autistic and queer and shit like if you had issues with that #I would tell you to fight me #but that aside #it's become an issue that I can't talk about my otherkinity irl to most people #like it'd be unsafe and all that jazz #so this was sort of about that #and sort of just a general exploration of my draconity for fun #and sort of a shoutout to the otherkin community for making me feel normal about it #bc otherwise I'd feel like a freak and be miserable right about now #otherkin #alterhuman #nonhuman #dragonkin #otherkin blog #otherkinity #therian #otherkin community #amphitere kin #it feels too dramatic or smth but that's just the tone I write this type of shit in so???? ehhhh fuck it #I'm not looking to make GOOD writing #I'm looking to write that's it #(also I'm not fishing for compliments in the slightest I'm legit writing that down so my ADHD ass remembers to not judge my writing later)#not sure if i should tag a tw but like #body horror tw #? I think?

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xxplastic-cubexx · 8 months ago

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obligatory beach divorce doodling

bonus rough cover redraw of x-men #41 (1995) But Beach Divorce below cut

#mcu #marvel cinematic universe #xmen #xmen movies #xmen first class #cherik #charles xavier #erik lehnsherr #professor x #magneto #snap sketches #'snap i thought you were drawing old cherik this weekend' so did i but i was inflicted with visions sorry </3 #i have my lil 92 comic sketched so ill do that tomorrow. not finish it but ill work on it 💀#i wsa just gonna draw the first thing but then i figureed i might as well draw Most of the beach-divorce-related things i want to #just so i could put it all on one post. however this is a lie and i know ill wanna doodle more beach stuff #the first drawing Unsurprisingly was motivated BY the xmen 41 legion quest cover- at the very least the total blackout of erik's face #i wanna draw more of erik using his powers .. i wanna figure out how i wanna draw the effect etc etc #i was just gonna redraw the cover but i already liked the sketch i did of the first thing so. here we are #plus i figure someones already done a redraw of the cover but if anyone cares ill finish my version ig LOL #as for the comic ermmm it was just an excuse to draw erik with glowing eyes </3 and fading-glowing eyes </3 #thats why i didnt draw the whole. Choking Moira bit. but i wouldve if i was redrawing the whole scene #kinda wish i did now that i think of it cause it coulda looked cooler prob but oh well maybe in like. three months when i redraw this #for exactly five cents ill redraw the whole beach divorce erlkjealkaje i can see it so clearly in my mind #what if first class was a comic drawn by a freak thatd be wild #but yeah thats why everything look rough as christ these were just supposed to be silly lil thangs #'silly things' and its beach divorce OK.#ok bye im gonna do my homework

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listen-to-the-inner-walrus · 5 months ago

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I love the Leverage episodes where they're truly just psychologically tormenting a guy.

Like obviously they first establish that the guy is a terrible guy who does terrible guy things. And we really do need the terrible guy to be doing a lot of terrible guy things because this is kinda an ethical nightmare, but don't worry, they are reliably doing a lot of terrible guy things.

But then it is just like "hey, let's convince this guy that he's made first contact with aliens and also that aliens are trying to kill him" or "hey, let's make this guy believe he's contracted a deadly disease and is going to die in quarantine because medical staff are abandoning him" or "hey, let's first try to persuade this journalist that the government is secretly creating Guantanamo Bay 2: Underground Boogaloo in your backyards and when she doesn't run with that story, let's then make her think that oops the government accidentally leaked some kind of bioweapon into the waterways and now water is gonna kill you instead."

#leverage #kai rambles #the three days of the hunter job #the order 23 job #the first contact job #nate ford #sophie devereaux #eliot spencer #alec hardison #parker #parker leverage #i just finished watching the first contact job #and the guy is an awful guy who did a very similar thing to the guy theyre helping #but wow that guy did spend an entire night hiding under his desk terrified aliens were gonna kill him #also just thought that even though this show is quite old at least one of my mutuals is currently watching to so #leverage spoilers

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o0kawaii0o · 1 year ago

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Ace Attorney x Hades

#the arrows are about their hair if that wasn't clear LOL I could have done a better job at the clarity of that #anyway first fanart of these two! I started playing hades during the holidays/january and started AApw in march #finished the first game of AA this last week actually! loved it!#fun fact: I started playing AA due shipping zagreus and thanatos haha - hope you can connect the dots #so yeah yk what will come next >:) (or at least at some point)#always rumbling in the tags sorry #ace attorney #aa fanart #phoenix wright #hades game #hades supergiant #hades zagreus #hades fanart #o0kawaii0o

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nabexis · 4 months ago

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So like. Did anyone else notice that Jayce doesn't immediately shoot Viktor? He only powers his hammer on AFTER Viktor has opened his eyes. Below is Jayce's reaction to seeing Viktor (his Viktor, from his universe, not the future version of him) for the first time after walking into the dome. For the first time in months. That's like. A look of wonder. Almost reverence.

Assuming the Jinx/Rictus/Vander fight is cut to real-time after Jayce has gone into the dome, he's staring at Viktor for like. 5 minutes.

My interpretation here, of Jayce's expression just before Viktor finally opens his eyes to see Jayce in the room with him, he's committing Viktor to memory, before he has to kill him.

Edit: I almost missed it but like. HE IS SMILING For like 2 frames it's an outright smile. He leans in towards him, too. I cannot handle this.

#Arcane Spoilers #jayvik #arcane #arcane season 2 #Jayce Talis #Viktor Arcane #arcane analysis #ok not quite 5 minutes but like 3 minutes #the first glance is like almost a smile? he wants to be happy to see him #He doesn't want to kill him #But he's seen the horrors this will lead to so he has to #And potentially Future!Vik is controlling him to some extent?#At least that's what this universe's Viktor sensed I guess with Jayce's interaction with Salo #But like. Let's be honest #Salo has a VERY punchable face #Jayce just got to whack-a-mole his ass #GOD every frame of this show is a work of art #It's so fucking good #Also not me finishing out the episode even though I was just looking for Jayvik screenshots #Because Isha's final sequence with her memories with Jinx is so heart-wrenchingly beautiful #I've seen it so many times but it never fails to make me cry #Nabexis thinks

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welcometogrouchland · 1 year ago

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[ID in ALT] I've made posts before about Talia/Dick co-parenting Damian moments (will never happen but let me dream) and this came to me in a vision. Took me ages to finish for some reason 😭 and then even longer to post

#dc comics #dc #damian wayne #dick grayson #talia al ghul #batfamily #dc robin #nightwing #anyway. yes im a self-indulgent ''dick as damians secret third parent'' truther #like i DO think it's way more complex and nuanced than the schmoopy affectionate fan portrayal of it #they're brothers they're father and son they're partners they're the dynamic duo except only in past tense etc etc #but consider! I'm not immune to schmoopy affection in fanworks. it compells me despite itself #anyway it's technically not that crazy when it comes to dick and damian. they hug! often! at least they did #it's not as big a leap to these types of scenarios #also talia ''somewhat absent for complex reasons on both her and damians part but very loving and loved by her son'' al ghul #you will always be famous to me #son of the demon origin...bwahhh #anyway. someone made a comic kind of like this/like a post i made abt this topic #but way funnier bc dick and talia starting trying to beat each other up #so go look at that as well #anyway. it's been a somewhat difficult few weeks so I'm. desperately trying to take it easy #i got some reading with me (first vol of kevin smiths GA run that i found second hand and jaimes BB run vol 2!)#so we'll see how far i get through those. considering there's demons in my head telling me to re-read things (LET ME OUT!!!)#when i finish GA and BB i do plan on rereading robin 2021. as a treat to myself #it's a run I've really warmed up to as time went on #I'm keeping up w/ the current b&r run even though it is. admittedly very slow w/ some weird dialogue #i read it for the damian content more than anything. also nikas back so that's neat :]#idk I have a feeling that after absolute power shakes out we might get some more creative team switch ups #so if anyone at dc is interested in taking over the reigns on b&r...that could be very neat #mine

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suntails · 27 days ago

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small world

#wanted to do a sort of inverse to small world's original vibe. i want to showcase just how little silver's world has been till now #silver didn't visit the castle. he didn't go to primary school. he lived in the middle of nowhere. i dont think he went out into BV much #so his entire world prior to NRC was roughly 8 people. only diasom and sebek's family. homeschooled KING it makes me emotional #NRC mustve been such a culture shock. so many people from so many places and so much new to experience!!! i love him!!!#i wanted to do like a companion piece of a flat plane and buildings from all over TW to show the rest of the world but not enough energy #these geometric buildings are ANNOYING theyre satisfying as finished sets but i am NOT drawing more of them #i send you all nothing but love. silver sweep. ive been very lucky to experience such kindness in my 2.5 yrs here i cant wait to draw more #rumbling like a car. id like to draw his lab vignette again. its my fav story. i want to draw a beyootiful tapestry-style piece. i . sighs #twst is so ripe for artistic experimentation ive never been so inspired by a piece of media. i want to draw everything for my boy #twst #twst silver #twstファンアート #silver vanrouge #suntails #also something w intentional complimentary colors. shocking ik but i dont think ive done one of those for twst itd be tasty #i have an idea for one w him containing his dream world a lil abstractly. SIGHS. im a silver girlie first and Anything else second #im at the point where i cant see myself drawing twst pieces without him in it. its been almost a year since a non-silver piece #AND I FORGOT I HAVE TO DRAW AT LEAST ONE BDAY PIECE!!! i already have a comp idea for one. shaking like a LEAF

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wardingshout · 1 year ago

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Zelda goes mushroom girl

#tloz #a link to the past #zelda #link #my art #I was happy with that first one but for some reason decided it still needed a companion piece so I spent way too long on that second one...#I don't think there was any time during the progress where I was happy with it but hfduhdfu at least I got to Attempt drawing moss hell yea #I also at some point sat in Pyu's art stream and said I enjoy drawing legs As I was being murdered by the infamously impossibe (imo) squat.#it's ok I had fun !! but I need to learn how to let doodles be doodles or I'll never finish stuff at this rate dfsuhfd #if everything in my tloz tag looks like it was drawn by different people uuuh 2023 was art crisis year ngl......#I'm falling back into my old ways rn though #anyway I think about these two a lot I think they're both stone faced and awkward ppl in different ways but they try rly hard to be friends #like I like to think it starts out so incredibly awkward and a bit sad bc they keep stepping over each other's toes accidentally the harder #they try but idk they find comfy middle ground idk in my brain they have a very interesting friendship I wanna get around to drawing it #in a proper way that might make sense....#if I don't write 200 tags I will die maybe it's bc I grew up on dA or smth #and yes I know how to find 1 (one) type of mushroom /I/ am not mushroom girl unfortunately smh

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cerealjpeg · 9 days ago

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sharing the stage at last

#electric dreams #edgar electric dreams #madeline electric dreams #castorart #object head #old wip that i finally finished!! i wish they got to have a concert together in the end #edgar needs his chance on the stage but i think he would only do it if madeline was there (at least at first)#miles in the audience proud of his partners and is sure to let everyone know he is dating both of them

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orderforbrian · 2 months ago

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i saw ppl talking about the gods using disguises to walk among humans and wanted to do my take on inspekta! cobigail probably convinces him of the idea, so he goes undercover as just your regular totally non-god-boss Bizzyboy - time to see what all those chuckleheads are up to!

#his barely contained rage man you shouldnt have talked to bizzyboys on their smoke break first thing #i might make more stuff for this concept....specifically with capochin but we shall see #i have a mile long list of ggg wips to finish but i had to at least post this #and yes the last part is the SNL skit lol #great god grove #ggg #inspekta #ggg inspekta #order up! art tag

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choccy-milky · 10 months ago

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💖🎊the end, & thank you for reading!!🎊💖

im so thankful for all the support i got on this story, and i wouldn't have finished it if not for all of you, and for the love i got for seb and clora. so thank you again for giving me the motivation to write this 600k+ monster, and to see it through to the very end. LOVE YALL💖🫶 (ao3/wattpad)