#but progress is progress

[alaraxia]

I lived bitch

[sleepywinchesters]

Have Some Time Chapter 4

Eddie picked at the loose cuticle. He almost had it off. He was tempted to bite it, but he knew it would only earn him a silent eyebrow raise. He took a breath. He was here for a reason. A lot of reasons, actually, but today it was a specific one.

“I don’t want to talk about it. I’m not ready to talk about it. But I don’t think I’ll ever be ready to talk about it. So. Let’s talk about it.”

“Before we do, what brought about the change?” Frank said.

Eddie should have known he would ask.

“Buck. He, uh, told me I should take some time off work. I almost took a swing at our boss.” Eddie let it sit there.

“And?”

“And if I’m going to do that I may as well just tear the bandaid off. Actually,” Eddie made a vague gesture with his hands. He didn’t know how to finish that sentence.

“Makes sense. Use the time wisely.”

Eddie was starting to lose his nerve. He really, really didn’t want to talk about this. About the whole reason he was here, why his son was gone. Why he was still so angry.

“I’m not doing it for Buck. Or Chris even,” Eddie felt the need to explain. “I mean, they help. Having them, but I can’t keep carrying this around.”

“It’s not recommended,” Frank said. “In my professional opinion.”

Eddie took another breath. He wished he had something to do with his hands that wasn’t picking at his cuticles. He tried to gather his thoughts. There was no place else to begin.

“I met her at the lake. Shannon. My late wife.” Eddie didn’t need to explain who Shannon was, but it was helpful. To remember the adjective. “We were 14. Then we were 17.”

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[sarafangirlart]

If you were to hypothetically write your own retelling of the Perseus myth, how would you do it ? And which of his stories would you include ?

At this point it's almost necessary ����🤣. To dilute the misinformation, yk ? To have someone who actually knows and cares about Perseus and Andromeda write a story as a homage to his adventures. And someone who does more research than a one second stroll on Wikipedia.

Well I’m writing one rn and I’m trying to include every adventure possible, fringe ones no one has ever heard like that one time he killed a wild woman with Athena’s assistance in Lake Tritonis (coincidentally where the graiai also live) and the locals were so relieved that they started worshiping Athena, that harassment must have been bad lol, remember how Perseus supposedly did tons of quests but didn’t get the glory for it? I imagine this is one that slipped through the cracks and is still remembered.

I also want to include that time he chilled in Egypt with his distant cousins (how they recognized each other we may never know) and also this one story where when Perseus returned to Seriphos he tried to take a nap but couldn’t bc of the loud frogs so he prayed to Zeus to make them go silent, which Zeus then did which is hilariously one of the only times he’s been fatherly to Perseus.

I also want to include his relationship with the Cyclopes on the island, they decided to join him on his return to Argos just to help him build his kingdom, so it must mean they have been close, it would also help shut up the ppl who insist that Perseus only killed Medusa bc she was an ugly monster, when he was literally friends with multiple monsters.

[smallcatwoman]

I am too tired to correct the errors here but I hope you get what I was thinking.

What do you think the hypothetical kid of Jasper and Alice gift would be?

My sums of money on hallucinations cause survival reasons. (to combat Renesmee's gift)

Alice I imagine has resentment to Renesme because she blocks her visions. Hence the to combat part. Jasper's gift is emotionally based..SO I was thinking Alice's feelings would also become his cause he feels everything...

First of all, I am shocked in the best way that someone is asking a Twilight question like this to me as if I know anything. I'll try my best.

For the sake of this ask, lets assume Alice inherited Bella's horrendous taste in names and named her child Greige.

As of canon, Jasper can already sense and manipulate Alice's emotions, including her frustration at Renesmee blocking her abilities. If her and Jasper's child is a hybrid, they would also block visions by default.

But let's say, that Greige doesn't block Alice, adopting this as part of their gift, similar to how Renesmee isn't blocked by Bella. This is if we're going off of the theory from @therealvinelle and @thecarnivorousmuffinmeta that hybrids gifts are very powerful and versatile, and focused on helping them survive. This would make Greige significantly less annoying to their mother than Renesmee, especially if Alice also gets to dress them up in adorable outfits and hyper control their life to an even greater extent than she controls Bella.

I do think Greige would have some skills of emotional manipulation, similar to how Renesmee seems to enthrall others and make them love her. But in terms of combining Alice and Jasper's gifts, the only thing I can think of is sensing the emotional outcome of decisions.

So like, if it's going to rain and Greige doesn't put on a coat, they can't see themselves getting rained on, but they can sense the annoyance and discomfort they would feel. If Carlisle decides to kiss Aro in front of everyone, Greige can't see the horrified expressions of the Cullens and everyone arguing about it, but they can sense the horror, disgust, jealousy, etc that the Cullens would feel, as well as the happiness and love that Carlisle and Aro would feel. Maybe not as useful as Alice's visions, but still helpful in a pinch.

[vulpisnocturna]

Safe Haven

“Remember the pact of our youth

Where you go

I’m going

So jump and I’m jumping

Since there is no me without you”

-Achilles Come Down, Gang of Youths

Thinking about Naruto and Sasuke navigating life after the war, where some days, everything feels dark and the weight of grief and loneliness crushes their shoulders. It’s in those times that they come together in shared silences, sharing the burden of their pain. Two people whose souls are tied together, two people who know everything about each other. Two people who seek each other in the darkness and walk through it beside one another, because healing is a journey and all you need is someone to walk through the looming blackness of the forest with you until you find the path that leads towards a clearing.

Because sometimes, they just need to feel and let their vulnerabilities out with the person they trust most in the world, the person who will hold them through their suffering without them needing to ask. Because sometimes, all they need is to feel. And they don’t have to do so alone anymore.

[kissingarthurclaus]

My message for the day: everyone LOOK at my baby boy 😭🫶💖 I got this comm from @skeltrr a while ago who finished it a couple days ago and I love it!

[dormouseinatrenchcoat]

[drbatsponge]

What will you do when Gotham Knights on the CW is the first piece of DC media to confirm Stephanie Brown is queer?

[knightsheart-if]

I've finished coding for both relationships and character stats. I've also filled in some entries for the codex! The diary is also working. So everything I've needed to do for the side bars has been done. Now all that's left is just getting the prologue done.

[twin-chains]

What if Tears was actually Zelda?

Not in a totk-role swap kind of way (which I do have ideas for), but what if Link completed totk and defeated Ganondorf but Zelda never turned back. She’s stuck as a dragon and Link spends thousands of hours scoping Zonai ruins to find a way to turn her back. And the only solution Link can find is a dark magic ritual taking Zelda’s place, an eye for an eye and a soul for a soul.

And Link is fine with this. He’s always sacrificing himself for her, desperately risking life and limb without regard for his own well being, and thinking Hyrule would be better off with their ruler back. And he missed her terribly. Then finally, Link manages to bring Zelda back not long before becoming a dragon himself.

Zelda awakens from a long slumber and her memories are hazy after over 10,000 years. She comes out all unkempt with unruly hair and an uncharacteristically wild, dragon-like demeanor. When she gets back to Purah, she can hardly recognize the princess.

Dragon scales adorn her once porcelain skin in random patches. Her eyes are bright and glowing something mysterious and powerful. Her nails twist and sharpen into talons. You get the gist. In her hylian form, if it weren’t for all the dragon-like qualities she might’ve mistaken Zelda for Link.

Purah fills Zelda in on the situation, confused as to how Zelda returned but Link has not and put the pieces together. Zelda is left confused and dazed and makes it her mission to find an alternative solution to bringing Link back with her, unknowingly taking on a bit of the hero’s mantle as she travels the kingdom to deal with the remnants of Gloom and monsters.

And when strangers from across time and space named Link randomly show up on her kingdom’s doorstep, she has no choice but to assume her knight’s identity and pretend to be Link both for her sake and for Link’s.

Thoughts? I think it’d be fun mostly cause I’ve been thinking about redoing Tears’ whole thing. I’m just not vibing with how I’ve written Tears’ character so far in the first couple chapters I’ve been working on and might overhaul the entire Link (but retain the basic design elements). Just feeling a bit bland so I might start (nearly) completely fresh and get out of my head about it.

[joyful-witch]

I yearn to feel the touch of a woman but men have traumatized me so badly that the thought of being touched by anyone makes me nauseas.

[scruklytrashpandas]

I don't think people who are cis/het/white understand what its like to see someone whos like you one screen. Like. Me and pavitr prabhakar have the same hair. I could literally grow my hair and go outside a bit and just. Be Him. And then the fact that at our base values, the idea i can do it all, and the fact he's so hyper, like. Its one thing to relate to someone on a personality level. Thats great, thats deep. But im literally on the screen. Like. How insane is that. It's me!!!

[a-carrion-crow]

Wrote over a thousand words today, think I’m done for the night

[wachinyeya]

Deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest Drops Sharply in One Year–Fewest Acres Since 2019 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/deforestation-in-the-amazon-rainforest-drops-sharply-in-one-year-fewest-acres-since-2019/