#because the skin was keeping it back

[deadliestpieceontheboard]

cw: burns/injuries discussion

Ok so remember how the hot iron incident happened before Neil was 10? And Neil being small even as an adult, we can infer that that burn covered a good portion of his child-sized shoulder. Yeah.... that's dead skin. Neil said it peeled off on the iron, so it was bad enough for it to heal solely as scar tissue.

Do you know what happens with kids with big chunks of scar tissue unless they have surgery/medical monitoring? That part doesn't grow right. That skin doesn't stretch, and depending on how it's located it can be a problem in a major articulation like that.

All this to say that I firmly believe Neil's right shoulder is significantly lower than the other and he can't really pull that arm as much towards his back because it pulls on the scar.

[starry-bi-sky]

mmmmmm read a disciple shen yuan/shizun luo binghe fanfic about two days ago where the first chapter was the Immortal Conference arc, and SQQ was the one who had to be pushed into the abyss (he was still the villain) except Luo Binghe was refusing and was like, lowkey losing his mind about SQQ being so close to the edge. SQQ ended up having to be the one to fall in himself because of the system's punishment system. The rest of the fic is leading up to that moment. But like, MMM i've been obsessively thinking about that first chapter for DAYS ever since.

now i've been in svsss for a grand total of *checks watch* a week. but god obsessed with that. I want to write/read a fic where disciple SQQ goes a little nuts down there. Like keep all of the things that make SQQ, SQQ, but just. Throw in a little bit more trauma in there. A little bit of a mental break. Let him go a little nuts as a treat. Just a tad unhinged. I wanna see him go, just a little, "god fuck it, i've tried so hard to change this shitty story's outcome and it feels like everything i've done has been for nothing. I'm going to die in this world no matter what I do, I've been doomed from the start, so might as well die the way I want to." and he just, breaks a little! Under all the stress.

He still retains the traits that makes shen yuan, shen yuan, like his overwhelming kindness. But he's just! yk. A little less patient. Paranoid. Jumpy. Colder. A little more aloof and closed off. A little more Shen Jiu. He's no asshole child abuser, but he was a Number One Hater in his past life and he's leaning into that old habit a little more now.

(On a totally coincidental not-at-all related note, there's not enough SJ-and-SY-are-the-same-people fics out there that i've found. This is totally unrelated...)

The Endless Abyss turns the mind into an over-sharpened blade, and SQQ is both fascinated and perhaps a little excited to explore a place that doesn't have a lot of info on it in the mortal realm, but still terrified out of his mind. And he's no Luo Binghe, he doesn't have the sheer brute strength and power to just bulldoze his way through, so he has to be a lot more sneaky and cunning if he wants to survive.

The fic itself role-swapped LBH and SQQ so that SQQ was the half-demon (which lowkey fucks) and LBH the human, but I'm equally-if-not-more obsessed with the idea that LBH remains the half-heavenly demon and SQQ the human. If only because I keep thinking about SQQ befriending some demons (particularly and specifically a group of succubi) and they grow very attached to this Human Cultivator so through magic plot stuff they create some kind of seal/illusion/talisman that makes SQQ appear as a demon because a human cultivator in the endless abyss may as well be the equivalent of putting a giant neon target on your back.

And iirc Shen Jiu was taught demonic cultivation by that one guy(?? i've only been here a week so im not caught up in ALL of the lore yet) so that could totally happen here.

(On the other end of the realms, poor Shizun Luo Binghe is just. losing his fucking mind over losing his most precious and beloved disciple. About .5 seconds from burning down the peaks himself. somebody sedate him.)

The Endless Abyss sucks and SQQ is having a really terrible time and can feel himself going lowkey mad, but also holy shit look at all this WORLD-BUILDING. look at all this flora and fauna, and oh if he had the equipment for it he'd be writing all of this down. ALL OF IT. He was kinda-sorta-already planning on never leaving the Abyss as some sort of fucked up self-exile and self-preservation thing, but now he might? actually just?? never leave if he can help it, like he lowkey likes it down here.

anyways the next time anyone ever sees SQQ again he's got hair so long its almost touching the ground and he's either in rags and half-feral or he's been completely dolled up by his adoptive succubi sisters and still about three seconds from biting anyone who tries to touch him. (he's also lowkey trying to book it back down to the abyss even if he has desperately missed all of his friends and shizun)

[tacogoats]

Unwell about the idea of Orin using Durge's face to keep the charade going of the Durge still being around, so Gortash doesn't get suspicious.

He does anyway because she didn't understand how real their relationship was - and she slips up. Often. He knew immediately when the Dark Urge became so, so very cold. Nothing like the warmth he has known for years now behind closed doors; because it isn't them.

She is good at fine details of the body; she gets every scar, every little blemish perfectly, but she can never truly imitate the person behind the Urge.

She couldn't have hoped to anyway, because she didn't know who they really were. Only Gortash could, because he is the first to ask.

It surprises her, and infuriates her, even! The mighty Dark Urge, debased into some lovesick puppy yearning after this little Lordling!

And the mistakes that follow are how Gortash learns the Dark Urge is gone.

[magpie-trove]

^

[chimsartblog]

i am in love with the species swapped clownpierce ( and your clownpierce in general . ) may we see more please

Of Course.... Heres more Clown Pears. Specifically notes on him and how I draw him

[namisweatheria]

There's MUCH BIGGER STUFF IN THIS CHAPTER TO REACT TO but it is my duty as tumblr user namisweatheria to say: WEATHERIA MENTION!!!!!! Hoping this will eventually create a cool moment for Nami. OH HEY WAIT the place Robin went to in the timeskip was also mentioned!!!

Well, that being important eventually was always a given. I totally get people wanting the timeskip to have more personal relevance with the strawhats before now, and I feel that, but I also always had faith that it was all gonna come back. Here we goooooooooooo!!!!

[broken-clover]

Obviously wlw pairings don't need to always fall into a butch-femme dynamic but I think for Illudora in particular it's funny to treat Illusen as the dainty delicate femme of the two considering that she 1. Lives in the goddamn woods and probably eats tree bark and 2. Has several items on the site that are/are inspired by her own weapons, including multiple blades, and apparently her skills at sword combat are so proficient and renowned there's a book about them. This woman has absolutely killed with her own two hands and has likely been covered in mud and blood before, likely simultaneously at least once

[alilgayavocado]

Guess whose Cole plush arrived yesterday

[assmaster-8000]

who took a picture of my ts ocs

[dtaiusi]

Forgotten RQ!Dark Steve design

[jils-things]

something ive been itching to share lately was the fact that i actually did end up watching la tulipe noire (the black tulip) aka the movie that was referenced for norton's black tulip skin (you know the ONE) and the thing that got me the most was the fact that the main character/supporting character and his "love interest" were WAY TOO SIMILAR to constabell and it makes me wanna explode and cry abt it.... let me explain why

the love interest -- caro found julien injured after he fell on his horse. she was actually in the middle of her WEDDING (wow who else had a wedding in her lore????????) so she briefly called off her wedding to help him up while everyone watched and laughed at him (WOW WHO ELSE LAUGHED AT THE POOR MAN WHILE HE STRUGGLED?) and she even bothered to take him back to her home to properly treat his wound (WOW DOESNT THAT SOUND FAMILIAR????????????)

not only that, but the way caro was characterized- her father wanted a son (JUST LIKE IRENES DAD) but since he only had caro, he raised her like a son so she knew how to wield a sword and she was actually the one who taught julien how to use a sword properly. i think thats so cute wkwiwkwiw it reminded me of how i wanted irene to be a little more "rebellious" or "out of her feminine zone" and i even once considered giving irene the skill to fence but never really went with it. caro's actually really tough and independent and i just kept telling myself "omg shes so irene fr" LOLSKSKSKSK

that aside, there was this one scene that came up that made me wanna redraw this someday -- she was treating his wound and then this happened

THE STARE? THE TENSION? THE ROMANTIC UNDERTONES? IMPECCABLE. ADDED TO MY TO-DRAW LIST. I LOVE THEM

[makeitlookdecent]

I have all the strats. Time has passed, we can come back and do it better!!! we can BE better!!! We have new ops, they will surely lead us to victory!!!!

hey come back here;;!! stop running!!!

[idsb]

dude the property management company is now like, very unprofessionally texting us like a Karen in a Facebook flame war (keep in mind I'm talking to them like, "hey, I feel really badly about this! there were some severe miscommunications gone on from everyone involved and I don't think any of this was in bad faith. I hope that's understood and have done nothing ill intended, here's what we thought but I get it now! thank you!" and being as earnest as humanly possible) and threatening to destroy our credit and sue us and all this shit (all of this is blatantly illegal btw and they can't but I don't want to be in a lawsuit back at them so whatever thats not the point) and in my head I'm like 'okay you're kind of proving that you're the most psycho property management company to ever exist actually' but like? I am TRYING TO APOLOGIZE TO YOU!!! SO HARD!!! what is going on!!!!

[icewindandboringhorror]

currently at That Point which occurs once every few months where one briefly begins pacing around the house teary eyed contemplating selling their own organs or becoming an online scammer or getting on anxiety meds so you can bear the risk taking required to be a hitman or so on and so forth.... why must everything so Expensive... Surely all would be healed in life if only I had one big plate of lasagna and a simple loan of $40,000 ... auoughhh....

[teeth-draws]

“What do you mean he’s scary!! Look at him!”

— taking artistic liberties to scrunkle the face of @shepherds-of-haven’s Blade Bronwyn - a man with 0.6% body fat lol

[queerpyracy]

the worst disease i currently have is that i'm nowhere near ready to start self drafting garment patterns but i need. i need to make a garment inspired by the silt verses. worse yet i have no clear vision only vibes and isolated elements