#but its only fleeting

[deathfavor]

@furiaei​ said: knock knock, local menace here with a meta question for either serpent or earl: is there anything that genuinely makes them happy? anything that sparks joy? comfort food, music, books, poems, series, animal etc.? or do you think that they are rather immersed with everything else about and around them to the degree that they hardly make or find the time for these things anymore?

🥺🙏 thank you for the meta question. as a treat i shall answer not one but BOTH. I’ll follow this post up with Earl’s <3 

  True happiness is something that remains elusive to Serpent. Not to say she doesn’t enjoy things or find some happiness in them. She does. Not sustainably though, despite her years of trying to pursue it. But for smaller bursts of happiness, her snakes are a big source of joy. As much as they’re also tied to her past, she treasures her snakes. She also enjoys finding other snakes. Especially wild ones. If she sees one, there’s a high probability of her stopping to talk to them unless she’s doing something important or in a rush.

   But other than that, performing genuinely does make her happy. Whether it’s a magic show, performing with her snakes, acrobatic feats (specifically aerial hoops, but aerial silks too), she really really enjoys performing. She likes that it makes people happy and smile; it has become bound so tightly to that association that she enjoys doing it, even if its just herself in the recreation room or other area to practice. Especially for kids. Most of the time she doesn’t get to - that’s not how she was ever marketed to the public. But sometimes when she sees sad kids or kids crying, she’ll do a small trick for them to make them smile. Thanks to her stardom in Eastside and on social media, despite the fangs and scales and eyes, most people assume that’s just part of her ‘gig’, a signature style, rather than assuming she’s a Sinner. She hates seeing people sad and unhappy. Although sometimes it leads to a crowd of children, even her mere appearance can. Especially those that recognize her from social media OR the elite who’ve been to parties she’s been at. (Sorry chief..)

   There’s definitely no comfort food though. She went from scourging scraps before being sold and eating things she quite literally never dreamed of. At first it was all neat! But now it just rings hollow (although performative food she can find fun). Serpent isn’t big on reading, truth be told, but there are pieces of art that she likes to see. Especially mythical-themed pieces. (Although she’d also probably like looking at cute, silly, or fluffy art for characters in media she’s watched. Even though she knows its fictional and no ‘real’ happiness gained, she likes happy stories.) Other things that make her happy tend to be smaller, more day to day things too. Warm, fuzzy blankets, holidays (if only because people tend to be happy), movie nights, or listening to people talk about what makes them happy. Although admittedly she also has fun trying new types of fashion as well when given the chance.

   Some of these things are more easier said than done, especially being in the MBCC, like the guards trying to stop her from performing, or freely seeing people smile, but since a lot of hers are smaller in reality, they aren’t too hard for her to achieve. She tries to immerse herself, Serpent will give MOST things a chance unless it triggers a bad memory or association for her, so she does try to immerse herself in the world. But most commonly she’ll turn back towards snakes for her happiness, or spending time around those she likes. 

[drdemonprince]

people who are obsessed with passing are gonna be the death of our community i swear

[agarafile]

i am gonna ramble for a second bc i cannot stop thinking about the gem and scott and their creaking hearts.

creaking hearts are such a cool feature bc in order for them to work, they need the wood. they need the trees and the forest and life. and on return it creates life.

scott has nine of them. gem has one. a veteran and the newcomer. both going after the hearts. the desire and craving for having life and the contentment with what you can have. the safety in people and the danger of a sword. why are there so many parallels with the two of them?

[m3tr0n0m333]

Miles "Nine" Prower who doesn't like physical affection. That any sort of touch had made him uncomfortable (or worse) in the past. Unprompted, intolerable contact that is imposed on him and makes him want to rub off the lingering feeling of their grubby fingerprints.

Except, he can't help the warmth that spreads through his heart when a certain blue hedgehog had run up to him and wrapped his arms around him, even though the fox's face had held a contrasting miffed expression. Or the fluttering joy when their hands had made contact in a quick high five- the giddying feeling rising into a genuine chuckle that he hadn't heard from himself in years.

And the overwhelming desire- the need to prompt a hug himself, lest he lose his final chance. His final chance, to have an experience where he likes touch. And it was warm, despite the flickering of Sonic's existence in his arms. And it was comforting, despite the war that had raged only moments before.

He wishes he could keep the feeling forever, have it linger. But it faded too quickly, as did Sonic's presence in his life.

Miles "Nine" Prower, who didn't like physical affection, but would give everything to have it again now.

[autumnalhalcyon]

so as far as im concerned nothing past kotet exists to me

[ittybittybumblebee]

i love making more ideas for stories and then living in constant regret of in never becoming anything more than an idea

[silverjirachi]

and then i realized today well shit man no wonder im exhausted all the time. i work all day and then i spend the rest of my time at home also working on writing and stuff so that i can obtain a single shred of the feeling of love and attention and validation through writing 150k words that some people get for free just for existing

[plebplush]

I recently rewatched gravity falls like im sure everyone else has these past couple months. apparently my partner had never seen it despite us both being the prime demographic at time of airing. they enjoyed it so much we were both hurt there was no more.

we both understand why there can never be a season 3 but the bittersweet "summer is over and we can never come back here" hit more like 500 freight trucks straight to the heart than I remembered...

something about a place you can only remember :/

[jojo-the-puppy]

did you know im a sex object but also not really

[in-fair-verona-we-set-our-scene]

I do think Withers has a really subtle background character arc in bg3. Because at the start it is really clear he doesn't want to be here and he's being forced to clean up his mess by Helm and probably Ao. He doesn't really care either. Everything ends so nothing really matters, he'd like to go back to his paperwork now please.

Except he's stuck babysitting a bunch of traumatized dumbasses as they stumble into dealing with the most recent bad idea of his three fuck-up disappointments. So he brings them back when they die for a pittance, lets them pay for some vengeful ghosts to come back as flesh and blood to wreak bloody vengeance on the Absolute, and starts to... comment, on what's going on, as he follows them on their adventure.

Next thing you know Withers is like, doing things unprompted. He refuses to bring back Alfira (or Quil) but that's an act of compassion, keeping the poor girl from the Urge and letting her rest, his actual duty as a god of death. He tells Arabella to follow her destiny and does that thing to make her grief go away which honestly freaks me out but seems to be him trying to help her. He shows up at Moonrise and prompts us to consider why the Dead Three would want a bunch of soulless illithids that would give them no power, getting us to think of the big picture.

And by the end (especially if you do a resist!Durge playthrough) Withers is actively interfering and seems genuinely invested! He brings Durge back from the dead, free of their father! He encourages us before the final fight with the Netherbrain! He's real fucking smug that the Dead Three lost when he never seemed to care about the destruction they caused before! He throws a reunion party and many of his lines are genuinely touching or kind! Especially if a companion died permanently! He has tea with Gale's mom and Tara! He's like, socializing and shit! Yes, everything is temporary and we all die, but there's great beauty in fighting for that precious time and living it to the fullest!

Basically Wither's character arc is this meme, all because Helm made him go outside and touch grass.

[ofthecaravel]

Typical Frozen Light Listening Experience

[snekdood]

idg bullies bc if you think someone is committing some sort of social sin... why aren't u stepping in to help them, why are you watching them fuck up? clearly its important enough to you that you try to socially punish the fellow, if this is a social cause you are so very impassioned about, why not help that person not fuck up?

or... did you just want to laugh at someone fucking up? bc at that point you're providing nothing to anyone besides just being an asshole but hey ig some people are proud of their assholes so

[redbean-nom]

the contrast between elsbeth's tribe (nightsister... commoners? peasants? villagers?) fighting grievous vs talzin's clan (nightsister royalty) is so funny like.

elsbeth's clan: probably-Mother Selena dueling grievous with two fire sickles that melt/short out when hit by lightsabers (grievous didn't even split his arms! it's literally a leisurely spar for him). approximately three archers in the background. one single unit of B1s and B2s plus possibly a handful of commando droids. elsbeth hiding in a tree and falling out.

talzin's clan: Mother Talzin voodooing Dooku from the castle basement and then levitating in a giant electric sphere and zapping the entire droid army for like five minutes straight. Ventress dueling four-arms grievous for equally long. An entire army of archers casually force-speed/force-jumping over entire trees. Grievous' full fleet, a bomber squad, a unit of commando droids, magnaguards, state of the art experimental tanks, more regular tanks, and a full army of B1s/B2s. Daka long-distance-necromancing the entire clan and resurrecting every single dead nightsister in the entire region. Talzin finally not-surrending by turning herself into a force ghost and then promptly going to start a cult to revive herself/the dead nightsisters.

[grasstimes]

This is a Spotify link

Pretend that I know how to link properly to my ISAT playlist

This is more of a “songs that make me think of ISAT as a whole because I do not have enough songs to make separate character playlists” (isa bindle here).

[laurzvahll]

i miss the foresttt i miss the mountains i miss the snow… i miss that clearing and i miss that feeling of being home

[botanicalbasilly]

I got a lyre for Christmas so now you guys have to listen to me struggle through Mykonos >:•)c