#but that's neither here nor there)

[mortuarywriting]

[deadrocks]

Very funny to me that the gods will *not* smite any of the Hells for knowing how they brought down Aeor, but the Wildmother *will* knock the shit out of Chetney for trying to stick his wood chisel in her magic tree.

[dawnofiight]

I offer to the public: Black Sam!

So. Erm. :D

Peep the way I didn't feel like doing plaid

Taglist:

@achios

@angel-shaw (I just felt like you should be @ ed for this particular drawing-)

@ashertickler

@aurorialwolf

@dukecollinsbf

@infinitelovewiithoutfulfilmentt

@moronkyne

@pandoraroid

@plaqying

@porters-fangs

@professionallyyappinabtangst (I literally just showed you this)

@puffin-smoke

@skunkox

@starlogician

@sunsickcrab

@themeridian

@tunacatfishes

@www-dot-why-are-you-here-dot-com

@zimix-whispers

[obae-me]

He looks at you like artistry. A contemporary piece he's never seen before. Taking in every detail with calculating eyes. Wondering what intentions the skillful hands of the cosmos had in mind when making you.

He wishes to know your story, the happiness that makes the music of your voice, the experiences settled in the sculpt of your frame, the tragedies brushed into the strokes of your irises.

The complexities of your being astound him, mesmerize him. Every new fact he learns about you adds another stanza to your sonnet.

To him, you are art in its purest form. Not one part can exist without the other. The greatest of symphonies would not be complete without their rests. He adores all of you.

How foolish he was at first, to think you were just a simple creature. Oh, the things he has taken for granted. When did he become so blind? Was it his Pride? Or had he simply been breathing for so long, that the sweet orchestra of life became dull to his ears? How long had it been since he stopped to watch people commune in the streets? Or sat a while to watch the trees sway from his window? Or pondered on the meaning of a wonderful word?

Excitement. How many centuries since he's felt like that? Filled with a rather humiliating child-like giddiness. But it's...invigorating. Everything stands out to him fresh, avant-garde. You remind him that there's still so much for him to discover.

A change in the wind, the turning of a page to a whole new chapter, a swelling crescendo, you are enticing. Every second spent with you leaves him craving more.

All he desires is to be in your presence. To see your colors. To hear your melody. To bask in the opus of your existence. It was only a matter of time before you would manage to become his everything, his obsession, his passion. And he wouldn't have it any other way.

For Lucifer is a connoisseur, and to him, you are nothing less than the crown of luxury.

[bonefall]

Do you have a family tree for DOTC and the ancient tribes around the lake with Hollyleaf/Fallenleaf?

I don't yet. When I finish up my re-read, I'm going to gather ALL of the DOTC cats and start dividing them up into the three cultural groups. After getting them all in bundles, I'm going to whip them up into proper family trees.

If you're asking about canon's family tree... I can make it if you'd like, but I'd just be showing you the ticking timebomb of genetic diversity they set up for themselves. It's all Quiet Rainkin and random forest cats, most introduced after book 3. None of the other settlers had grandchildren and the living children have no mates.

Sun Shadow died.

Lightning Tail died and Acorn Fur was forced into a vow of chastity

None of Turtle Tail's kits have kits; one is in a vow of chastity

There's nothing to "preserve" about the canon tree, unfortunately. It's not really a "tree," it's more like a couple of bubbles with a ton of dead women floating around outside.

For funsies, let me try and remember all the "bubbles" off the top of my head, plus when the characters were introduced

Ravenstar x Juniper Branch (Book 6)

Milkweed x Leaf (Book 5, Book 2, plus existing kits with an unknown mate)

Misty (Book 2; kits have no kits.)

Shadowkin: Tall, Moon, Sun (1, 1, 5, extinct)

Jackdaw's Cry x Hawk Swoop (extinct)

Turtle Tail x Tom the Wifebeater (endangered)

Riverstar x Finch Song (Book 1, super edition)

Wind Runner x Gorse Fur (Moth Flight and Dust Muzzle are born in book 3)

Willow Tail (introduced with a sibling in book 4; extinct)

Shaded Moss was the father of Rainswept Flower (extinct)

Fox and Petal were siblings (Petal raised Misty's children)

I forgot the name of Drizzle's mom and sibling (book 6)

I think there's also a cat called Apple Bottom Jeans or something in Thunderstar's Echo who has a litter, but I can't remember her mate without google. There were also some litters born in Riverstar's Home I can't remember. I barely remember the side books, were there any others born in Shadowstar's Life...?

Here's all the pairings in the Quiet Rainkin family, as contrast;

Quiet Rain x Unknown (4 kits)

Clear Sky x Bright Stream (Died pregnant; gave birth to 2 dead angel fetus children in heaven)

Clear Sky x Storm (Thunder was the only survivor of 3)

Clear Sky x Star Flower (two litters; the first was 3 iirc, the second unknown)

Jagged Peak x Holly (3 kits)

Gray Wing x Slate (3 kits iirc)

Thunder x Violet Dawn (4 kits)

So... bottom line is, something like 50% of births were coming out of the Quiet Rainkin family, and they account for something like 30% of cats with existing family at all.

Personally, I think that's awful in a prequel arc that's supposed to be about ancestors. So I'm going to be making whole families for BB.

[elbafian]

it's very frustrating, and honestly a little upsetting, how people try to rank the strawhats in terms of how 'useful' they are or try to argue that some strawhats are more important to luffy than others. it's like people willingly forget than luffy admitted in arlong park that he knows that he needs other people to survive and achieve his goals, or that he's chased down every strawhat that has tried to leave, or was (mentally) saved by the knowledge that he still had his crew, despite not physically being there with him. he needs and values all of them, and he values what they bring to the crew, even if a portion of the audience may not.

[cesarescabinet]

Will say though I’m an ardent King Arthur defender in as much as that he’s a perfect example of someone who’s corrupted by a culture of violence. Sweet kid who just wants to help his older brother succumbs to violent paranoia and sees the world around him dissolve at his fingertips. The more he tries to fight, the more his fate is sealed. Quality tragedy right there, even if that’s not what the medieval authors originally intended most likely.

Somewhere within the Idylls-to-Vulgate gradient lies the perfect characterization of Arthur, personally.

[vaguely-annoyed]

out of curiosity, *do you practice what you want to say in your head

[koinotame]

sometimes you realise you've set up what could be a really interesting dynamic and go ohoho.... anyway reader taking advantage of yan silver and silver going along with it wholeheartedly, and lilia noticing and trying to intervene because that's his son you're hurting, but yan silver is yan enough that he gets very upset about his father antagonising and/or trying to hurt you, so lilia is forced to think about what exactly he's going to do about you because he can't just watch and do nothing but even one wrong step will cause irreparable damage to his relationship with silver

[sunriseinorbit]

i make fun of persona 5 having no concept of subtlety and shoving itself in your face all the time but honestly that may be needed considering people somehow still take this line at face value

[khaotunq]

Seduction 101, according to Ayan: Step 26/?: Show a little vulnerability. Lean on him.

[cowardlycowboys]

you know the other thing about the anon (I know I said I'm done and I am I'm just reflecting and we all know I also love to circle back and beat a dead horse thrice) but literally all their insults just like made me go yeah this is just my inner critique and out loud it just sounds really stupid and really crazy like I would not say these things to anyone why would I say these things to myself anyway thanks anon your insane antics lead me to just a better self so :)

[daily-suyao]

[theneighborhoodwatch]

wally and home both in a home.

the studio maybe? or the association?

or their just being a couple of goobers.

(context)

in-universe, given that it's paired with another house surrounding one of wally's eyes, i think it's just there to communicate that A.) currently wally and home are the only two on the other side who are fully In The Know (or at least more in the know than the rest of the gang) and/or B.) wally and home are a package deal - if you want to get on wally's good side and stay there, how you treat home (or at least the idea of home) will be a Huge part of that. presumably, this also applies to home, but he's such a mysterious character that while we can speculate about what his standards for wally's treatment are, trying to find anything definitive is more difficult.

alternatively (my friend @kindestegg suggested this one, jokingly at the time) it's just showing off the two sides of wally - on the one hand, he is Always Watching. on the other hand he's just a guy who wants to live peacefully with his home.

[y2ksnowglobe]

Look, am I projecting a personal experience onto dndads? Yes. But I think, upon getting engaged while still in high school, Rebecca unironically said, "He went to Jared's!" to one of her friends while walking in the halls.

[superwholockian93]

Dunno about others but I am sooooooo happy that Pete x Kenta was a thing!!! Not a wishful thinking on my behalf!!