#but uh. joyous.

[percephilous]

drops this and runs away at breakneck pace

[I have never touched the game in my entire life but my gf loves it a whole lot so I am, by law, obligated to aswell. I also enjoy seeing them happy. gift. please dont hurt me /pf /hj]

[medicalunprofessional]

um ☝️ special delivery today!

[spirit-praise-and-beauty]

im in a group where we stream a little bit of v3 every week and voice act it. unfortunately stuffing macaroni in my face during the caged child seance was not a good idea

[invinciblerodent]

Y'know, puttering around with my recordings, I think I really am going to give Davrin's romance with Ver a pretty serious twisting around. Rewrite some things a bit, change things around, keep most of the "slow burn" of it intact- but also add in the "friends with benefits" elements that I feel match what he says in the check-in scene after the point of no return better.

I think I have a post from like, months before release, when all we knew about the character was "charming Warden (who may or may not have been the Storm Coast team's commander in '41)", about how I sort of expected his to be the romance that starts off more casual (with the expiration date all Wardens have, it's not surprising that someone who's been one for at least ten years would be hesitant to enter any genuine emotional entanglements, platonic or romantic), and then for him to find himself falling for Rook unexpectedly (and kind of against his will) anyway.

And from some of that late dialogue, I still think that that may have been the exact intention, initially, but maybe they didn't want to create too big a disparity between the different romance paths, or like they didn't want for it to come off like they weren't taking him as seriously as the rest, so the path sort of ended up getting a bit... I don't wanna say "subdued", but I can't think of a better word lol. Brought to match the pacing of the others and the overall story more, that's more like what I mean.

.... Anyway, I kinda think I wanna have them sleep together for the first time either after his personal quest (no more distractions, clearly established romantic interest in- and some commitment to one another, but with still an opportunity to angst about everything else) or preferably, that night after drinking with Lucanis.

I'm leaning towards the latter thought, specifically because it'd be clearly a very, very bad idea.

It'd be far too fast, far too early, I got that scene like right after the Cauldron, so deep in the thick of his personal quest- plus, the mutual interest was barely expressed like one day prior to it, and there was alcohol involved. Which all kind of makes it perfect, because it's an awful time to toss that complication in there.

But, it gives me an opportunity to have the both of them keep thinking that it being just a casual, physical thing is what the other wants (despite the "well, I could see us heading somewhere, someday" of it), and to have their feelings developing sort of in the background of it-- and then!!!!! that forest kiss can also take a role more like another complicating factor, with the "heart of a halla" line being a bit more ambiguous.

Like, casually kissing your booty call/situationship/FWB you've been secretly falling for, it's a bit more touchy-feely than the previously established [they were not established] guidelines [there are no guidelines] suggest is appropriate [none of this is appropriate], but it feels right, and that alone makes it feel weird and confusing, ykwim?

But, then the whole "Most of my life, I've gone it alone. With you... I never want to go back." thing makes more sense being where it is, after his personal quest, to me at least. Because that sounds like a confession, and with being free from worries and the griffons safe (with Eldrin, in that game), there's a great time to have a long-ish, actually serious conversation about what this is and where it's going.

.... That would also mean that some of the bed scene dialogue doesn't make as much sense ("Is this all just for show"? "Just like I imagined"? Girl you know exactly if it's for show and what his hands feel like, you've been getting dicked down semi-regularly for weeks), but I can work with some tweaks to that lol. The final parts of it, about planning the future and getting soppy still make perfect sense, it's just those lines in the leadup that need some minor tweaking.

Idk, I really liked the in-game experience I had, and I love me a good slow burn, but I can't deny that it's more my style when "slow burn" doesn't also mean ".... so sex is a thing that happens only at the very end, when all feelings are resolved". I like it adding more uncertainty and confusion into the mix, and giving a sort of "oh, this is different now" feel to that first time once the feelings are also resolved.

(The date though, I wanna keep where and how it is exactly, because he mentions he got the tip for the picnic from Evka and Antoine, and I find it really cute to imagine him just sort of looking at them after speaking with Valya like.... "... they probably have the right idea of it, don't they. While we're here, let... let me just go ask. How to, uh. Do this whole. Romance thing, I guess. Make it sound, idk, casual. And chill. We're... chill." Never mind that Evka and Antoine are literally one of the most romantic couples any of them know, but yknow, nbd.)

(And then it goes all the way sideways? Love it. Love the "hey so this tea I thought would be a fun, cute thing for us to try made her trip absolute balls for a while, so maybe this outing is not a great opportunity to like, talk. Seriously. About how I may or may not be falling a little bit in love with her. And by 'little bit', I mean 'up to the very tips of my ears'. Nbd, just gonna... postpone, spilling my guts out for her perusal, I guess." of it all. A+, no notes.)

[wren-kitchens]

you ever see someone complain about something in a game that makes you think they just don’t like the game itself because why are you complaining about that. that's universally loved and your complaint is that it 'could do more'. where is your whimsy

[sillybanana69420]

From the Pikmin subreddit

[pikslasrce]

BOOK!LESTAT IS MY FRIEND <3

[chainsawworld]

I've been having a very strange predicament recently and I think. I think this might entirely kill any hope I had at learning any emotional regulation skills

[dekuscrubbb]

wow... thank you for 100 followers in just a week or so. the support for my silly little summer camp au is really nice and aaa <3

in case of such, im here to say both thank you and that my asks are open!! feel free to shoot some questions about the camp hyrule au itself or to the boys (and boy -adjacents)! id love to doodle some responses :]

[stormbreaker-290]

(don't mind the fact I am like a month late </3)

WUAHH!!!!!!! BRO I AM. SHAKING YOU AROUND @librarian-computer TAGGING YOU RIGHT BACK HELLO YOUR ART IS SO ??? FUCKING BALLER??????? IT MAKES ME WANT TO DO TRADITIONAL MORE OFTEN AND ALSO SHAKE YOU AROUND CUZ HHHOOOWWWWW/VPOS

GRABS YOU!! @bumble-the-sun-bee I LOVE UOU(/p) AND MALWARE(/:3) SO MUCH I AM SO BLOWN AWAY BY YOUR ART AND YOUR STORY TELLING SKILLS AND I ENJOY HAVING YOU AS A FRIEND IMMENSELY 💥💥🔥💥🔥🔥💥🔥💥

@holygarm YOU SILLY MF, PLATONIC LOVE OF MY LIFE, I AM LAYING ON TOP OF YOU LIKE A CAT THAT IS DETERMINED TO CUDDLE. YOU . WILL NOT BE ESCAPING ANY TIME SOON /POS/AFF

YOU!!! @eternal-soup !!!!!!!!! NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE THE SQUISHIEST YUMMY EDIBLE ART I WOULD LOVE TO JUST SIT AND TALK AND GOOF OFF W/ YOU IRL CUZ I LOVE TALKIN WITH YOU BELOVED FRIENDDDD💥💥💥🔥💥💥💥💥🔥💥

TACKLES YOU @coastxlwaters NOT ONLY ARE YOU A CHERISHED FRIEND YOU ARE ALSO SUCH AN AWESOME ARTIST ITS SO DETAILED AND CRUNCHY WHEN I DEVOUR IT RAGHHHHH SHAKES YOU SHAKES YOU SHAKES YOU /AFF

BRO @oddstar-draws I AM!!!! SO HONORED TO HAVE YOU AS A MOOT BRO I WAS FLABBERGASTED WHEN I SAW U FOLLOW BACK/POS YOUR ART IS SOOO AMAZING AND PARTIALLY WHY I READ GITM IN THE FIRST PLACE RAGHHHH

UH M @way2gosuperrstarr H I HELLO WHAT IM SLIGHTLY NERVOUS TAGGING YOU CUZ O H MY GODS YOUR ART IS SO AMAZIN G????? EVERY TIME I SEE SOME ART FROM YOU I JUST SIT AND STARE AT IT EATING IT IS NOT ENOUGH I NEED TO ABSORB IT INTO MY BEING AUGH <3333

H. HI @sunny-sourzii HELLO I THINK I ACTUALLY SQUEALED WHEN YOU FOLLOWED BACK???? DUDE I LIVEE FOR YOUR STYLE HSJDJSJ EVEN THO I DONT SHIP SUN AND MOON I SEE YOU ON MY DASH AND GO "FUGKIN SUPERB YOU FUNKY FRESH MUTUAL" AUSGSHDBSJH 💥💥💥💥💥💥

I . COULD GO ON BUT THIS POST IS ALREADY A MILE LONG ILL BE TAGGIN THE REST AND JUST KNOW I AM TAGGING YOU WITH THE INTENT OF GIVING UOU A FRIENDSHIP BRACELET

@mothgutz236 @crumpet-doodles @themostsanebug @achickennamedcheese @weirdenbyferret @beetle-fettle @yelesomeblue @itsahotminuteinbetween @capring @eclipsen-smiles @phroggiesinabucket @chocolategothwolfhorse

do y'all also have mutuals whom you’re actually a fan of? like everytime u see them on your dash u just,,,,, “u go mutual that’s my mutual!!!!! i love u mutual!!!! i can’t even believe we’re mutuals i don’t deserve u!!!! keep being u mutual!!!”

[fandomsandfeminism]

When people look at abstract art and go "uh I could make that"

Fuck, I wish you would!

I wish you would let this inspire you. I wish that seeing a piece of abstract art would move you to self expression.

I wish you would go to the craft store, buy a cheap canvas and some cheap paint and let yourself play with color and form just to see if you can.

I wish that there were more amateur painters, trying their hand at geometric abstraction and color field painting. That would be so fucking cool.

"I could make that" should be a joyous revelation, not a snarky dismissal.

You could make that? Holy shit. please. Please make that.

Jack Bush

Kenneth Noland

Piet Mondrain

Pat Lipsky

Joan Mitchell

Helen Frankenthaler

Kikuo Saito

Marilyn Kirsch

Mark Rothko

Adolph Gottlieb

[aaaghhhhhh]

someday i’ll write a canon-compliant castle swimmer fic that Doesn’t make me sad, but today is not that day

[ssaalexblake]

Gertrude the prayer plant is being weird as hell lately... Starting to think the winter weather is messing with her in my bedroom. It is not warm in here. 

[giddlygoat]

@pant--eater

We've heard of Disney Hugs and Ghibli Hugs now get ready for Aardman Hugs

Clip from A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman

[ew-selfish-art]

DP x DC AU: Bruce is the one to invite Constantine over, and no, it's not to improve his tenuous working relationship with the asshole. It's the opposite of that.

---

Danny had become a frequent visitor of Wayne Manor in the last few months, and Bruce had to admit that while the kid was certainly a bit ominous for his liking for a partner to Tim, he was a generally kind and happy soul. They'd been dating for a lot longer than the Bats knew of- Kon had been the one to let it slip to Jon who told Damian and so on- and since the relationship was no longer secret, Tim brings him to family functions.

The thing about Danny is... He's dead. More than half of the time. Which again, is not Ideal for Bruce's wishes for Tim's future husband, but it also means that he reviles in being alive. Danny is downright joyous about using his time left on earth properly. He makes Tim eat real food, enjoy real sleep and generally live a more fulfilled life than he had been. The whole family noticed the changes in Tim, and it made them like Danny even more.

So after a particularly grueling day of dealing with Trigon and therefore the JLD's lack of coordination and sensible planning- Bruce gets the idea. John couldn't fucking contain himself admonishing Bruce, and perhaps it was vindictive, but Bruce figures that John should meet Danny. Sans context of course.

...

John is really over dealing with Batman's prissy, over complicated and perfectionist attitude. Come to the Cave he'd demanded, as though John didn't have a favorite bar to get back to, deal with a ghost he ordered like John didn't have other priorities than some random shade.

When walking into the space however, the second his teleportation portal closed, John knew something was deeply, deeply fucked. The shadows were growing longer, the second hand on his watch ticked slower, the air smelled of sulfur and... Red Robin was sitting working at the computer like nothing was wrong. But what was wrong, was the kid was marked by The End. Marked by The Infinite. FUCK.

John knew Death, the Endless, and knew she could pick favorites just like her siblings (Dream's immortal drinking buddy comes to mind). But this wasn't her work, this was something other.

"Mate- the Bat said there was a ghost?" John feels like he might throw up, the eerie atmosphere complicating what should have been a simple request.

"Uh, obviously." The kid didn't even look over from his screen or pause his typing.

John slowly approached, looking over each shoulder a few times, turning in a few circles as the shadows appeared to dance and echo within the cave. He could see his breath, the air became so cold so suddenly. And then, with the gentleness of a pin drop, a new agonizing sound appeared with a Kid walking down the cave stairs. The aura of the room turned dark, every cell in John's body screaming to run, that this was basically the little girl from the ring crawling through the TV as the young man walked down the steps.

"Babe, your grampa says that dinners going to be ready in a second. Oh, uh, hey dude." The creature speaks, turning his eyes to John for only a moment to study him. It feels equivalent to a butterfly being pinned by its wings.

"Y-y-you, you're, you're one of the Endless?" John stutters, his body reacting in fear despite the nonchalant posture of the Beast. The young man rolls his eyes.

"Nah, one of the Ancients but like uh, I'm new in town. And hon seriously don't be late, A made tiramisu for dessert and you're not allowed to have any if you're late and I don't want to deal with you pouting."

"You had me at Tiramisu!" Red stands up from his computer and then turns, "John, what are you doing here again?" Red Robin finally looks over at him, completely confused.

"Just leaving." John mutters, his eyes still trained on the ANCIENT.

---

Bruce could barely hide his laugh when Tim reported the Magician meeting Danny in the cave.

That'll show the asshole to question Batman's knowledge of the occult.

[sadclowncentral]

UH OH! the unattainable crush chosen especially for their emotional distance turned out to be a painfully earnest human being at closer inspection, transforming the projected but intangible desire for a human on a pedestal into embarrassed, joyous disbelief over a human just out of reach but close enough that you feel your hands strain