#but i'm pretty happy with this one

[tonguetiedraven]

[kannedia]

Guard Practice

In which the side quest "Make a Man Out of You" goes a little bit differently.

Eirini looked down at the grenade in her hand. The weight was familiar. Chemical smoke filled her nose and made her dizzy, even as the object itself sat in her hand fully intact. The only smoke coming from fires long dead.

"Are you certain that you've emptied this of its powder?" She questioned, brow raising as she weighed it in her hand again.

The lad, M'zhet Tia, only answered her question with a confident nod. An act she would find to be more inspiring had he not been just as confident the last time they had sparred.

"I said I can take it," M'zhet assured her.

Eirini believed that he believed that. Unfortunately, the weight in her hand told a different story. Her gaze fell back to the grenade. Words had failed her. Actions would have to do instead.

With a swift movement of her wrists, She activated and threw the grenade.

An Antlion far to the north and west of M'zhet collapsed into a barely cohesive heap amongst the violently disturbed sand and rocks. Small flames flickered on the creature's still twitching antennae.

It took a noticeable amount of strength for Eirini to hide her shaking from M'zhet. It had been louder than she recalled. And the lad seemed to have enough work on his plate getting his jaw off the floor.

"So, you wished for me to help with your training?" She started, once she was certain she could speak with a steady voice. "Let us start with stances. I noticed that yours could use some work."

[demaparbat-hp]

He truly did.

[bacchuschucklefuck]

they licensed his ass

my finished piece of the FWMS (official name definitely 100%) thing we started a few days ago! I had fun I hope folks had and/or continue to have fun with the sketch as well.

[galway-bae]

eraserhead baby pez dispenser btw. if you even care.

[wardingshout]

late summer times

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

With the end of season two comes a second redraw!

[Nov 2022] [June 2023] [June 2024]

[14dayswithyou]

a few months ago you talked about playing mouthwashing and I was curious if you had any head-cannons for the characters if they got sent to that universe

pls tell ren he's adorable and he owes me 19 dollars

⌞♥⌝ They would be friends I think :3

[lotus-pear]

"feels like we could go on for forever this way.." (x)

[sporeclan]

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Who's gonna tell him......... The Sequel

[lazylittledragon]

one of my last fake skin practices before they set me loose on my own flesh >:))

i also did some beautiful stippling on the web but i forgot to take a photo so you just have to trust that i did it

[inkskinned]

you're grabbing lunch with a nice man and he gives you that strange grimace-smile that's popular right now; an almost sardonic "twist" of his mouth while he looks literally down on you. it looks like he practiced the move as he leans back, arms folded. he just finished reciting the details of NFTs to you and explaining Oppenheimer even though he only watched a youtube about it and hasn't actually seen it. you are at the bottom of your wine glass.

you ask the man across from you if he has siblings, desperately looking for a topic. literally anything else.

he says i don't like small talk. and then he smiles again, watching you.

a few years ago, you probably would have said you're above celebrity gossip, but honestly, you've been kind of enjoying the dumb shit of it these days. with the rest of the earth burning, there's something familiar and banal about dragging ariana grande through the mud. you think about jeanette mccurdy, who has often times gently warned the world she's not as nice as she appears. you liked i'm glad my mom died but it made you cry a lot.

he doesn't like small talk, figure out something to say.

you want to talk about responsibility, and how ariana grande is only like 6 days older than you are - which means she just turned 30 and still dresses and acts like a 13 year old, but like sexy. there's something in there about the whole thing - about insecurity, and never growing up, and being sexualized from a young age.

people have been saying that gay people are groomers. like, that's something that's come back into the public. you have even said yourself that it's just ... easier to date men sometimes. you would identify as whatever the opposite of "heteroflexible" is, but here you are again, across from a man. you like every woman, and 3 people on tv. and not this guy. but you're trying. your mother is worried about you. she thinks it's not okay you're single. and honestly this guy was better before you met, back when you were just texting.

wait, shit. are you doing the same thing as ariana grande? are you looking for male validation in order to appease some internalized promise of heteronormativity? do you conform to the idea that your happiness must result in heterosexuality? do you believe that you can resolve your internal loneliness by being accepted into the patriarchy? is there a reason dating men is easier? why are you so scared of fucking it up with women? why don't you reach out to more of them? you have a good sense of humor and a big ol' brain, you could have done a better job at online dating.

also. jesus christ. why can't you just get a drink with somebody without your internal feminism meter pinging. although - in your favor (and judgement aside) in the case of your ariana grande deposition: you have been in enough therapy you probably wouldn't date anyone who had just broken up with their wife of many years (and who has a young child). you'd be like - maybe take some personal time before you begin this journey. like, grande has been on broadway, you'd think she would have heard of the plot of hamlet.

he leans forward and taps two fingers to the table. "i'm not, like an andrew tate guy," he's saying, "but i do think partnership is about two people knowing their place. i like order."

you knew it was going to be hard. being non-straight in any particular way is like, always hard. these days you kind of like answering the question what's your sexuality? with a shrug and a smile - it's fine - is your most common response. like they asked you how your life is going and not to reveal your identity. you like not being straight. you like kissing girls. some days you know you're into men, and sometimes you're sitting across from a man, and you're thinking about the power of compulsory heterosexuality. are you into men, or are you just into the safety that comes from being seen with them? after all, everyone knows you're failing in life unless you have a husband. it almost feels like a gradebook - people see "straight married" as being "all A's", and anything else even vaguely noncompliant as being ... like you dropped out of the school system. you cannot just ignore years of that kind of conditioning, of course you like attention from men.

"so let's talk boundaries." he orders more wine for you, gesturing with one hand like he's rousing an orchestra. sir, this is a fucking chain restaurant. "I am not gonna date someone who still has male friends. also, i don't care about your little friends, i care about me. whatever stupid girls night things - those are lower priority. if i want you there, you're there."

he wasn't like this over text, right? you wouldn't have been even in the building if he was like this. you squint at him. in another version of yourself, you'd be running. you'd just get up and go. that's what happens on the internet - people get annoyed, and they just leave. you are locked in place, almost frozen. you need to go to the bathroom and text someone to call you so you have an excuse, like it's rude to just-leave. like he already kind of owns you. rudeness implies a power paradigm, though. see, even your social anxiety allows the patriarchy to get to you.

you take a sip of the new glass of wine. maybe this will be a funny story. maybe you can write about it on your blog. maybe you can meet ariana grande and ask her if she just maybe needs to take some time to sit and think about her happiness and how she measures her own success.

is this settling down? is this all that's left in your dating pool? just accepting that someone will eventually love you, and you have to stop being picky about who "makes" you a wife?

you look down to your hand, clutching the knife.

[the-nothing-maker]

"Her mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation      Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of her name:           Her ineffable effable           Effanineffable Deep and inscrutable singular name."

My piece for the free Curse of Strahd zine, Memento Mori, depicting Stella Wachter! Do not hesitate to check out the zine over at @mementomoristrahdzine for more wonderful CoS art, you will not regret it!

[chinzhilla]

BON’S 1K + BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

@spicyvampire asked: Manner of Death or The Sign - premiered Nov. 25, 2023

[hyakunana]

"Did you… also have someone taken from you right before your eyes?"

[lonely-north-star]

"Bet It All On Black" [Locked Vers.]

YOU LOOK SO GOOD IN BLUEEEE- THANK YOU SOSO MUCH TO @catsinnamon FOR THE COMM !!! PAULA LOOKS SO PRETTY !! Holding plushies of her two boys <3 Will you be pulling for her? 🤨

borderless and rambles under the cut! Find other birthday pieces for Humanity's Hope here! [Unlocked vers.]

You guys already know I had to get this, I've had the idea since last year, I was just waiting for Mammon's card to come out. I'm so happy - I almost screamed when I saw the final piece. It's better than I could have dreamed 🥹 Thank you sm Sinna. It's been amazing seeing you grow as an artist, and I can't wait to see where you go. I've wanted to get something done by Sinna for forever, and now I finally have !!!

Concept sketch I gave to Sinna if you're curious LMAOO. I'm posting this all from the bus, help. Genuinely sososo happy, thank god for Tumblr not having a text limit. Happy early birthday to me and my mc <3 Unlocked version coming tomorrow !! >:)