#athan time

[vampiiriic]

Cute date idea: let me drink your blood.

[bluecatwriter]

For everyone wondering how Jack knows the temperature of Jonathan's hands...

(I was too lazy to draw Jack's glasses, maybe he put them away or something.)

(Image description in Alt.)

[twofoursixohjuan]

how this 'grace' thing works

bloodhunter Athan, aka hand practice

[razersketches]

This was meant to be a lunch break sketch. It went beyond the lunch break.

Ko-fi Fanfiction More On Deviantart

Apparently I've only been doing maybe one or two drawings a year for a while. Hoping to change that. 🤷

[8cfc00]

the grotto prediction. matt's "other side" doesn't have an emily. emily uses the caves to visit his other side, because she wants to fix what she did. he does not recognise her? they then grow closer to each other, leading up to emily revealing what happened to matt and what matt did... culminating in accepting each other's deaths. in a way? matt and emily swap places?

[abyssalpriest]

OH THE FUCKING. THE -ATHAN ENDING ON JOHNATHAN LMFAOOO

[thefringespod]

I've been following The Grotto since it was first announced (it has Fringes cast member @taytayheyhey!) And gods its absolutely incredible

Athan is doing a remarkable job balancing a realistic depiction of grief against the paranormal horror of it all. He's also turning these episodes around *so fast* like. Edited the last episode in an afternoon before releasing fast. I don't know how he does it but he's doing it

There are also ARG elements that have been released in between episodes (because Athan clearly wasn't doing enough before /j) which are super fun

Highly highly recommend The Grotto!!!

Anyone here picked up The Grotto yet? Three episodes in, fantastically executed. It's got caving to deal with grief, diverging outcomes, deeply flawed protagonists, the sinister inexplicable, original musical features, and excellent sound design.

[luvzshy]

-ˏˋ⋆MASTER LIST⋆ˊˎ-

✧･ﾟ: ✧･ﾟ: ✧･ﾟ: ✧･ﾟ: ✧･ﾟ: ✧･ﾟ: ✧･ﾟ: ✧･ﾟ: ✧･ﾟ:

Billie Eillish

⤷ canvas of emotions.

⤷ in focus

⤷ lost in the spotlight

⤷ meeting parents

⤷ the perfect surprise

⤷ after all this time

⤷ more than a song

⤷ beneath the hurt

⤷ stepping into the spotlight

⤷ the kiss that changed everything

⤷ the weight of worry

⤷ All i need is you

⤷ by your side

⤷ b-day wishes and christmas kisses

⤷ drive-thru moments

⤷ a different kind of love

⤷ heartbeats in the dark

⤷ a promise in the quiet

⤷ lullaby

⤷ a christmas to remember

⤷  A Quiet Togetherness

⤷ gf Billie Eillish

⤷ A Love in the Limelight

⤷ A Parisian Promise

⤷ No More Hiding

⤷ scars

⤷ soft eyes

⤷ endlessly yours

⤷ Protecting what matters

⤷ Holding the Fragments

⤷ Cuddle buddies

⤷ Double the Love

⤷ Argument

⤷ Journey of Love

⤷ Dance of Desire

⤷ i love you

⤷ first words

⤷ Unspoken Comfort

⤷ cuddles

⤷ Shattered Notes

⤷ just us

⤷ Beautifully Broken

⤷ Harmonies of Heat

⤷ The Girl Behind the Curtain

⤷ home

⤷ New faces

⤷ Whispers in the Dark

⤷ mimircy

⤷ Wrapped in Love

⤷ In the Shadows

⤷ Bruises in the Dark

⤷ sleepy

⤷ Too Hot To Handdle

⤷ Baby Girl

⤷ Mi amor

⤷ coffee shop

⤷ Silent Signals

⤷ vlog

⤷ Under the surface

⤷ Im Not Going Anywhere

⤷ chaos

⤷ Greatest Achievement

⤷ More athan Enough

⤷ On The Edge

Young Miko

⤷ siempre contigo

⤷ Caught on Camera

⤷ Late Night Grooves

⤷ Glimmer

⤷ Uncharted Waters

Sabrina Carpenter

⤷ Wrapped in You

⤷ Runway to Heart

⤷ When Words Break Us

⤷ gf! Sabrina Carpenter

⤷ surrender

⤷ coffee hearts

Heilee Stainfield

⤷ Bedtime

⤷ Just a Little Sunshine

⤷ Clumsy Crush

⤷ her girl

Florence Pugh

⤷ Sugar and Spice

Renne Rapp

⤷ Flirting and kisses

Love Quinn

⤷ gf Love Quinn

Vi

⤷ Bruised Knuckles, Broken Hearts

[ppssession]

ของฝากจากการเดินทาง

Lathan just checked in to a hotel. This is a long holiday trip.

He chose to travel to the countryside of an Asian country. Luckily, there was a hotel nearby and it was close to the places he was going to visit. After checking in, Lathan set off.

He walked around the countryside to explore the beautiful nature. As time passed, he started to feel hungry. He looked for a restaurant and found an old shop.

When he entered the shop, he met an old man who looked harmless. The old man asked in a husky voice, “What would you like to eat, customer?”

Lathan was slightly startled, he politely replied, “Any local food.” After receiving the answer, the old man disappeared into the back of the shop. Lathan sat at the table for a while, the old man came out from the back of the shop with soup in his hand.

When the soup plate was in front of him, Athan took the first bite and put it in his mouth. He found the delicious taste and started to eat the soup with great relish. The whole scene was in the old man's sight, and the old man didn't blink even once.

เมื่ออาธานกินซุปเสร็จ เขากำลังจะจ่ายเงินค่าอาหาร แต่ชายชราเจ้าของร้านก็หยุดเขา

Old Man: No need to pay, I'll pay for you. Lathan thanked him for his kindness and walked away, with the old man smiling at him from behind.

When Lathan returned to the hotel, he immediately fell asleep on the soft bed.

In the middle of the night, Lathan felt a heat all over his body, as if something was burning him.

Lathan's body twitched and his eyes rolled back and forth, but everything slowly calmed down and Lathan fell asleep again.

In the morning, Lethan woke up and picked up his phone to check his face. Oh, it was better than I thought.

This body is mine now. I'm tired of being a boring old man in the countryside. Now the old man has possessed Lathan's body.

With a magical herb that has the power to make those who eat the first tree become possessed by those who eat the second tree.

Ahh, this young man's body is so good. I feel more life energy than an old person.

The old man wanted to leave this crazy place. The old man in Lathan's body packed his things and headed back to Australia. He looked at Lathan's ID card. Mr. Lathan's name is not bad. Here's my name.

Months later, the new Lathan is enjoying life.

“Who should I have fun with today? Thank you for coming to me to give me your body, Lathan,” he said, running his hand over his erect penis in his pants.

Okay, this is the first non-Asian guy I've written lol. Hope you like it. This was a small request from my followers and friends, but I'm sorry, this was supposed to be posted an hour ago but I got caught up in other things. Hope you like it.

[twofoursixohjuan]

YES YES I LOVE IT augh she is so perfect I simply cannot handle her

the thing? with the affection? it's so good? I can't? she makes so much sense to me now?

fuck I love them to bits

iiiiiiit's VEL TIME!

3, 4, 19 and 23 please!

You know it's her!!!! Velocity Decibel!!

3. What is your OC's fatal flaw? Are they aware of this flaw?

Definitely honesty. Trust. Borderline naivety. She has good intentions and likes to believe that everyone does too - not to a stupid degree, but she likes to believe the best.

Whether she's aware of it is a bit tricky, because Vel isn't a particularly interospective person, but she is actually a little aware. But despite that little awareness, she does it anyway (perhaps that's her true flaw? that she has to believe?)

4. When scared, does your OC fight, flee, freeze or fawn?

Fawn. For sure. She's talked her way out of worse she'll talk her way out of this.

19. How does your OC behave when enraged?

I've never really thought about this - Vel isn't an angry sort of person. Frankly, I think they don't actually know. They've probably not been that angry ever. (I also don't know I'd have to feel it out, but my tendency is a disconcerting, total stillness)

23. What emotion is the hardest for your OC to process? How about express?

Oh this is a good one. Most general emotions - joy, sadness, grief, worry, anger, love, Veli can process through music, which is typically how they deal with their feelings. I think something they would really struggle with would be shame - that flat, no-ways-around I fucked up. Something bad happened and it was unequivocally my fault. I tried my best and it couldn't help. It would be so bad purely because she's such an optimist - she has to believe the best, but it means that often she's not prepared for it to fall through.

Expression-wise, I think Veli would probably actually struggle with expressing deep affection. Not that she finds it difficult to express herself, but that she finds it difficult to express in a way that helps the other person understand how deeply she actually likes them. She can often seem so flighty and carefree, and can very easily come off as a bit of a fair-weather friend.

[sunflowerwizard]

We Don't Talk About Abdel: the ""Canon"" Gorion's Ward and Why I Hate Him

If you've only played Baldur's Gate 3 you may have heard of Abdel Adrian. The Hero of Baldur's Gate, late Grand Duke, and Bhaalspawn who died, badly.

There is, unfortunately a lot you might not know. Spoilers ahead for the original Baldur's Gate, Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn, and Baldur's Gate 2: Throne of Bhaal. And their shitty novelizations you should not read.

Your choices matter. Allegedly.

There are many ways to handle continuity in a series of choice-heavy RPGs with custom main characters. There's the approach the original Fallout games did, by setting the second installment long enough after the first, that your player character can be vaguely alluded to without much friction. There's the Bioware approach, of uploading your save data from previous games to slightly effect the world in the next one. And then there's the Baldur's Gate series, which splits the difference and makes the worst of both worlds: a century has past and there's no cheeky vagueness to transplant your own player character as the Hero of Baldur's Gate. It is Abdel Adrian's world and we are merely living in it.

I'd argue there's one thing that very clearly separates a Commander Shepherd from an Abdel Adrian, and that's serving a role in a game that lines up with the story being told.

What's the deal with Bhaalspawn?

I'd like to get one thing out of the way first. Bhaalspawn =/= The Dark Urge. I only mention this because I've seen some people assume all Bhaalspawn operate on the "sleeper cell turbo murderer" framework that the DU does. The majority of the first Baldur's Gate game, the player character themself doesn't know they're in any way unusual. You get ominous dream sequences as the story progresses, up until the Big Reveal.

At which point, one of the themes reveals itself: nature versus nurture. Your PC is a 20-something year old young adult who lived inside a walled town, and had their entire support system torn away the second they left. Unless you've chosen to roleplay that way, they may not have ever felt a particular inclination towards violence. This is in stark contrast with Big Bad, your half-brother Sarevok whose upbringing was filled with struggle and violence.

It's even more apparent in Throne of Bhaal, when you're confronted with it outright: what if your places had been switched? Maybe you would've committed even more atrocities than your half-brother.

We now have to talk about the books. Unfortunately. Canonically the novelization of Baldur's Gate is the origin of Abdel Adrian. He is Philip Athans' brainchild and there's fuck all we can do about it. Unless I get a word of god response from Wizards of the Coast or story beats are directly contradicted in other BG-related media that has come out since, I am treating the events of the books as canon.

A narrative treadmill of a character arc

The game starts out in relatively bog-standard hero's journey fashion. It's morning in Candlekeep, you're leaving home for the very first time with your adoptive dad, and he's been very cagey about the details other than "we need to leave, I'll explain later."

Abdel Adrian, has already left Candlekeep at the start of the novel. He's already in his mid-twenties, and has been traveling the Sword Coast as a sword-for-hire for nearly a decade (presumably cornering the child soldier market). He also really likes killing people, hence his line of work. The big inciting incident with Gorion happens because he sent Abdel a letter about needing to talk, at which point Sarevok shows up, kills Gorion, who tells Abdel to seek out Jahiera and Khalid with his dying breath.

I'll break down my issues with this point by point. -Abdel is very clearly not a level 1 character. Perhaps this is a petty point, but isn't half the fun of this style of fantasy story watching the protagonist grow in skill, until they can eventually face off against the seemingly indomitable Big Bad? Spoiler: Abdel is already at the peak of his Swordsmanship Power™ and we will not see any growth on that front.

-What are the stakes, actually? We went from "everything I know and love has been torn away from me. I'm a level 1 adventurer in a big, dangerous world and cannot go home." to "I'm a big tough fighterman with a penchant for murder who's going to avenge the father figure the book tell-not-shows you I cared about" Like my previous point, we have no baseline, no sense of what the main character has truly lost. I'm much less interested in watching someone start from the middle and fight their way to the top, than seeing someone from rock bottom getting there.

-His Bhaalspawn heritage manifests itself as murdergremlin tendencies. If you've not encountered a player with murdergremlin tendencies while playing a ttrpg, you've almost certainly heard horror stories about them. The guy who loves to escalate encounters into combat, who threatens and maims because "it's what my character would do" and often times view themselves as the main character.

If that sounds exhausting, this is the character whose head we're trapped inside. A guy whose two big motivators are murder and sex, whose external moral compass is his love interest (Jahiera deserved better). AND EVEN THEN by the end of the second book, the only growth he has experienced as a character is "maybe sometimes I won't murder everyone who makes me angry" when he just point-blank refuses to kill the antagonist of BG2. Oh, but not before he had sex with and violently murdered the other main antagonist who was also a woman.

"Okay the books are awful, but why be angry at Abdel?"

Because by virtue of WOTC continuing to use "Abdel Adrian" as THE Hero of Baldur's Gate and a canon character, those books are still canon. SOME elements had to be retconned for being incongruent with the games (did I mention in the first novel Abdel leaves Khalid to die during a fight in the first novel?) but otherwise? I've seen no revisions to his base character. And now every piece of Baldur's Gate media is built on this shitty, rotten foundation.

Are these points somewhat petty? Yes! Either Wizards should've come up with an entirely new stand-in Bhaalspawn to wash the shit taste of those novelizations out of everyone's mouths, or they should've written future material to only vaguely allude to BG 1&2's protagonist. The Bhaalspawn saga was wrapped up perfectly fine in Throne of Bhaal. Either he should've stayed dead with Cyric taking on his domain, or find another way to bring him back. Abdel Adrian having .0001% Bhaal Juice still in his blood and thus turning into The Slayer is a "Somehow, Palpatine returned" way of doing it.

On the off chance anyone is morbidly curious about the terrible novels, me and some pals did a live-reading not too long ago. If this post gets 100 notes I will make a Greatest Hits compilation of terrible moments. Spoiler: one of them includes the "spider in her cleavage" scene.

[caterpills]

WIP Wednesday

WOW, hi! Thanks so much for all the tags today @suseagull04 @porcelainmortal @sophie1973 @blueeyedgrlwrites @onthewaytosomewhere

@judasofsuburbia @thedramasummer @tinyarmedtrex @miss-minnelli y'all!! 🥹❤️

I thiiiiink this will be my last (!!!) sharing snippet bit before the epilogue is posted for This Is More of a Comment Than a Question (aiming for this weekend, but we'll see. My short little chapter 10 has been growing more than intended.)

So I guess I better make this one worth it? How about a social media break with a review of Henry's fifth novel? 🥰

Publishers Weekly Review Imaginary Creatures  Henry Fox. Penguin Random House, $20 trade paper (432p) ISBN 978-1-3123-2781-1 ★ Henry Fox's departure from adult fiction to romance pivots on an inspired premise: with a mix of interwoven short stories and narrative multiverse-hopping, what would happen when two immortals must find each other not just through time but through different worlds built upon literary tropes? Against the backdrop of speculative fiction, from an uber-futuristic sci-fi to cozy fantasy, from regency era alt-history to a rom-com coffeeshop meet-cute, the intransient Athan (short for Athanasios) and his deity-lite partner Orion are faced with the inevitable collapse of the multiple worlds they touch. Will they find their happily ever after before imminent destruction? And what will those endings look like within the framework and shifting stakes of romance archetypes? Can love save them all? Fox's ambitious and immersive novel—outstanding in its whip-sharp writing and unforgettable concept from a seasoned literary master—is irresistible, wildly charming, and deliciously queer. Athan and Orion's romance is fresh in each iteration, leaving eager readers rooting for them in second-chance romances set in a post-apocalyptic world or throughout a contemporary fake-dating celebrity AU told through clever social media breaks. Imaginary Creatures opens the door for more from Fox, who gives an incomparable perspective with his debut entry into the often-overlooked but well-represented romance category.  A must–read for those who believe in love that exists "in every universe".

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[probsnothawkeye]

Its apparently #InternationalPodcastDay which typically i would use any excuse to talk about my friends shows but today I'd like to talk about my own shows and the work I've been doing there/in other shows I've been a part of! I don't usually talk about myself but I'm gonna try!

Starting off with @thefringespod which is my first show and love of my creative life. This show started as a way to get used to writing and voice acting and has grown into something I'm incredibly proud of. Season 3 is currently airing which is the final season of the show. I've known where this show ends since the very start and to get to share this ending with y'all as brought to life by the incredible people I've gotten to work with has been nothing short of magical for me. I've loved working on this show so much and am going to miss it 💜

@forgedbondspod is what i lovingly call a misuse of my degree in Classics. It's a love letter to the gods, to mythology, and to the tradition of storytelling which will be kicking off this December and is chock full of wonderful and amazing people that I'm so lucky to work with! When I first thought about re-writing Hephaestus and Aphrodite's story with a trans lead, I thought I would write a book but getting to turn this concept into a podcast and hear these characters brought to life has been absolutely amazing and I can't wait for yall to hear it

I will take a brief pause to talk about @totcoc0a and @taytayheyhey who i met in the process of making the Fringes and have dragged along to Forged Bonds. These are two wildly talented people and getting to be their friend is as close to a blessing as exists in this world

In terms of other shows I'm in, the first show i was in that I didn't make was the fantastic @grottopod ! Athan asked if anyone was interested in playing David's mom so I sent in some audition takes and he let me play the character. I love Nicole with my whole heart and getting to play her (twice!) was a gift. I have a Grotto tattoo, that's how much I love this show, and knowing that I got to be a little part of it never fails to make me giddy

I also got to be in @woebegonepod this year which has been a delight and an honor and I'll never get over getting to play Magnolia i love them so much and there are ImplicationsTM about them which make me excited about future woe.begone shenanigans. Having Dyaln reach out and be like "hey would you want to be in an episode" fully had me wiggling like an excitable worm and both episodes i got to be in were phenomenal its truly so wonderful to be part of this podcast

I got to narrate an absolutely incredible story over on Cast of Wonders which was about grief and guilt and it makes me emotional every time. Getting to do prose narration like this for a podcast has been wonderful and stretches a different skill set which I've loved doing

Now that I've talked about myself more than usual it's time to talk about the lovely friends that I've made by working in this space because gods podcasts have brought the most amazing people into my life and I'm incredibly grateful to know and work with them. Long list incoming! @delaylays @louis-dc @kit-n-kboodl @allatseapod @doomedbythenarrativ @audistorium @madd-vo @athansmusic @/NataliesDreami @/macabremezzo @/codyvmwastaken @/MrTusk6 @tellnotalespod @ethicstownpod @chainofbeing @justjenah the aforementioned Tay & Tot & all of my wonderful casts It is an honor and joy to work with and know all of these wonderful people and to support all of the amazing things they're creating

I will never get over how lucky I am to be in this space with such amazing people making amazing shows that improve my life exponentially

Happy International Podcast Day to all of my fellow podcasters, podcast lovers, and to everyone who wants to start making podcasts! This world is better with our stories in it and I can't wait to keep listening to all of the wonderful things being created in this space

[storiesfromgaza]

Do you see this young man? His name is Nabil, Nabil Halabiya, and he is 20 years old.

Now do you see all these soldiers? These are the occupation forces' soldiers during their siege of a house in the town of Abu Dis, east of Al-Quds (not in Gaza), where Nabil was located. They besieged him for six hours, trying to apprehend him, but he resisted and fought them alone. Six hours, a young man of only twenty years, battling them from his house.

When they couldn't capture him, they callously decided to bomb the house where he had taken refuge with "ENERGA: anti-tank rifle grenade" shells to kill him under the debris.

They then brought in a bulldozer to demolish what remained and retrieve his body from beneath the rubble with sheer brutality.

For seven continuous hours, they besieged him in his home, armed with only one weapon.

Even when it was time for prayer, he fearlessly called the Athan ( a call given to announce that it is time for a particular obligatory prayer) and reciting the Quran from his house, while the soldiers surrounded his home from the outside, intent on killing him.

[llithiaskyla]

guys do u like my x men oc say yes (lore + closeup under the cut)

Athanasius Constantine, 19 and freshly immigrated to the US 😘

He was born around the same time as Erik, before WW2, and, (unfortunately) lived through it as a child. (take from this what you will, greece was an awful place to be at the time)

He lived in Greece at the time, and moved with his infant sister to the US when he turned 18 after killing his father 😜

There's so much more but during first class he's one of the mutants that they scout, or at least try to, because Athan doesn't take them up on the offer until a few years before days of future past

guess what the scar is from and you'll get a fat juicy kiss (..sorry)