#better now than never

[yeisikoc]

Reminder to give your brother a hug

[thedreamerstoryteller]

FROM THE STORY:

Li Bing's eyes were bright, Qiu Qing Zhi saw him lower his gaze embarrassed and smiled fondly. Their hair were scattered all over the pillows, it was impossible to say where one finished and the other started. Their hair were entangled, united as they own had been just a few moments before.

Li Bing was looking at him, the arm he had raised to his face before now lying on his stomach upon the blanket. The General saw him closing his hand into a fist in discomfort.

Qiu Qing Zhi smiled again reassuringly then gestured to him to come closer. When they were kids, Li Bing ran towards him and he took him upon his shoulder. He hadn't needed any word, Li Bing had got it immediately. Similarly in that moment, Li Bing moved on the mattress and came closer. Qiu Qing Zhi opened his arms and the human white cat crouched at his side. He wrapped an arm around him, Li Bing's loose hair tickled his forearm.

The Vice-Minister adjusted his position on the General's chest and seemed to relax a bit. They were hot, sweaty and sticky but it didn't matter.

<<You've been acting strange for the past few days. You should have told it to me at least>> Qiu Qing Zhi said, breaking the silence.

IN OTHER WORDS:

Li Bing finds himself in a particular and awkward condition that makes him act strangely. His friends get worried and calls for the only person who can help him. General Qiu would do anything to help his beloved little white cat.

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[chibi-celesti]

Follow Up to some missing Twst Tone. Context.

I know that discussed verbally how dangerous Song Magic can be if a Reyvateil/ Song Mage were to go ballistic under certain conditions, but what I failed to address was what happens when you bond with one through their Cosmosphere.

In a Cosmosphere, you're not just helping them learn powerful Songs to help in a fight or medical like cases, you're also bonding with them on a level that leaves a mental, spiritual and psychological impact on them. The more you bind with them, the stronger they get, but they also open themselves up their Diver/ Guardian more. It can be scary cause they are literally exposing everything about their selves that they hid from others; The Good, The Bad AND the Ugly.

And when you reach max(aka Level 9), they can powerful magic that allows them to use the Tower they are born/ tethered to as an OP last resort type of case.

How do they look in Ar Tonelico's Universe? Well....

This is Ar Tonelico's power used by Song Mages born from her.

And this is Sol=Marta's from Song Mages with a tether to her. Granted there are also other conditions to use this one...

And keep in mind, this is when you reach MAX Level Bonding/ Connection with them! (Twisted Wonderland better prepare their butts if they don't wanna piss off a Song Mage with Max Bonding hehe...)

Meryu willing to open herself to this under the circumstances of her prescene in TW may start off strong for now, but her heart might slowly begin to reconsider showing EVERYTHING to others knowing the case of this story...

I do hope some of y'all that voted for the Sunshine Dorm Leader aren't having second thoughts lol then again hso case works in a subversion of expectations kind of way ^-^'

[vilemint]

I JUST FOUND OUT HOW TO SCAN MY PAPER ART TO MY COMPUTER TO DIGITALIZE MY ART HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!!

[klinefelterrible]

This applies to your fitness training too! 5-minute workout is always better than no workout at all! Never stop walking! Never stop stretching! If you don't have time or strength to do five push-ups, do four! Or one! Or one full but not to the floor! Every effort counts!

[memorymxsread]

The Lovely Bones

Whether that’s a sharp blade in your palm

Or the kindest gesture of love

I will always see you when the night comes

Every time I always hope

As the moon looms overhead

That the sun won’t ever intervene

Here time slows

And for every second that begins to slow

We become atoms lining up atoms now

Addicts of one another now

Better to burn out

Than fade away

Better ash than dust

[hinamie]

*catboys ur shounen protag*

[headfulloffantasy]

Omg 😱 After years of not knowing who the artist to this is it just appears on my dash?! I love this work a lot, in fact it inspired one scene in the reed900 fanfic soft spot chapter 5. I had already decided on the concept of androids getting destroyed by water and the human owner „meeting the embers“ when I saw this piece floating somewhere on Pinterest and for the love of god I couldn’t find the original artist because they cropped out the watermark 😤 When I saw it now it immediately catapulted me back to 2018/2019 when my love for this fandom first bloomed. Gets me all teary eyed of the nostalgia and memories, in a happy way because I am glad I am still here and I doubt I will leave any time soon.

So now that I found it’s origin I wanted to say thank you and appropriately gush over your art 😊 I love the gloomy weather, the wind in Hank’s hair and the darkness of the water in contrast with the all white android! I don’t think I‘ve ever felt so much like I am there in the pic with them like I did with this one. Can almost hear the wind howling along the pier. Thank you so much for this gorgeous artwork ☺️💙

Heeeeyyyy i finally finished it!! The story is, that Connor and Hank have been assigned to investigating a strange series of murders, dead deviants being discovered near some water. This is the second body they find

[inkskinned]

"don't make it political!" .... what proportion of death and suffering must occur before politics are involved. if this isn't political, what is even the point of any politics, ever. of democracy. the words are "by the people for the people." if i am going to be left alone by my elected representatives to "figure it out" - to undergo damage, hardship, fear. what the fuck did i elect them for. what was their job. the entire point is that they handle this shit. this is why we were supposed to be electing leaders.

poverty is political. misogyny is political. gun control is political. climate change is political. how much aid a community gets is political. what the fuck are you talking about. it's been political this whole fucking time.

[soapbbox]

Elsewhere:

Part 1

Even apart they’re still facing the same struggles 😔 Not that they’re thinking about each other or anything. Why would you suggest that.

[bigfatbreak]

Birds of a Feather previous / next

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Trapped in a vicious cycle of pining? Try gay sex! (More things to learn over at Tiger Tiger!)

[xxplastic-cubexx]

oh boy 2AM !!!!!!

[spoopdeedoop]

2021 called they want their karlnapity animation meme back

[alpacacare-archive]

day twoe ah haha

[infinitelystrangemachinex]

massages forehead So Ambessa hid Mel away because she was a weapon in the literal sense, a mage. But Ambessa came to Piltover for Hextech? And Ambessa had nothing to say to Mel about her powers having visibly awakened? Even when Mel offered to go with Ambessa, giving her the ultimate opportunity to make Mel a weapon for real? And Ambessa made no attempt to find or retrieve Mel - not just her daughter and the remnants of the family Ambessa professes to love, but also her ultimate weapon - when she disappeared? And Ambessa trusted Singed and Viktor on their home turf - neither of them hiding how insane and self-serving they are with every reason to take over Ambessa's soldiers or just blatantly turn on her as soon as it benefits them - more than she trusted Mel? While Caitlyn (and by extension Piltover) was visibly and clearly falling away from Ambessa's teachings before Ambessa's eyes? (as if getting rid of certain people allows piltover to get rid of fascism but we won't get into All That)

Not only do I struggle to be hyped for Mel's powers beyond how amazing and beautiful she looks, but I can't help but feel like Mel is somehow less powerful in season 2 than she was in season 1, and not in an interesting way. As if Mel's ability to bend all of Piltover politics and economics to her will in season 1 now means nothing in season 2? You can argue that Jinx's attack led directly to Mel losing ground in Piltover - because I expected Mel to have to claw back that power without being able to rely on people who are too easily seduced by Ambessa and authoritarianism, and she would have to get creative to go toe to toe with her mother. I expected pushback to her mage identity that she would have to navigate. But instead this went either unwritten, or was ignored or discarded. Instead Mel is removed from the main plot, cutting her off from what made her the most interesting - only for all of Mel's very real talents, her very real powers and abilities, to be not only translated but REPLACED with magical powers she doesn't know how to control, and by the finale, those magic powers are the only powers that are considered real. Mel takes a backseat to Piltover's governing and decisions, a backseat to Jayce of all people who was not only new to politics mere months ago but made poor governing, strategic, and diplomatic decisions when he had that power. In season 1 Mel stayed off the "throne" but she did pull its strings one way or the other, and she makes no attempt at this in season 2

In my least generous suspicions, Mel was gentled and quieted to capitulate to an agenda for other characters who had to be correct and heroic - or wrong and villainous - no matter what the leadup narrative said, given her powers to help sell the game and set up future shows, and was effectively ejected from the Arcane story with faceless soldiers and a role she doesn't want because she was inconvenient there