#catching up real quick

[anavatazes]

Heads up!

While looking up some stuff for kids and the grands, and the ordering said stuff, Amazon popped this in my face after I hit the order button 😳😳😳

67% OFF! This is for the United States app/website. No idea if it's anywhere else in the world, and this is most likely related to their Black Friday Deals. So maybe in a few other countries. It would be worth a check.

No idea how long the sale will last, etc. I just noticed it because, as I said, Amazon likes to show me things on my wishlist after I order things, as I imagine they do for everyone.

And I have a backlog (not huge) of DMs to answer, it's just been super crazy the last two days. Will be baking tomorrow after errands in the morning, so I will play catch up during that. Breads, pies, and cookies oh my! I have a new flute pan that Mister picked up for me, and a new tool set that my father-in-law bought for me that I will be breaking in. Might throw a cake and croissants in there, but overnight cinnamon rolls ARE on the list 😋.

[turtleblogatlast]

I think a lot about Leo standing up for his brothers in the things that really matter to them.

Like- Leo is the one who immediately pushes Mikey and Donnie into finding Raph the second it’s clear that their oldest brother is missing because he knows Raph can’t handle being separated like that.

Leo is the one who stands up for Mikey when Mikey wants to go on a solo mission, actively vouching for him and being the one to convince Raph into letting Mikey go, because being independent and proving himself just as capable of standing on his own two feet as everyone else means so much to Mikey.

And Leo defends Donnie’s honor in particular when his brothers’ intelligence is insulted because Leo is well aware of how important Donnie’s smarts are to him - and how important having those smarts valued and acknowledged is as well.

All this goes right into just how well Leo knows his brothers. For as much as he’ll tease or fight with them, he knows them, and he loves them.

[astrodances]

As the cabin came into view again, Goldie couldn’t stop thinking about how this had to be the coldest night they’d had in weeks and her feathers were turning into little icicles. With the small amount of sunlight left, she could see her breath on every exhale. It was so cold she was getting exhausted much faster than she should’ve and Goldie knew she’d be sick in the morning...if she made it there at all.

May I present...the Ice Queen of Dawson. ❄️

This has been a long time coming, but I finally finished this set of three drawings last week that I've been wanting to draw for the longest time for @lettheladylead's running in circles (the above drawing specifically comes from chapter 4 - it's the exact moment that Goldie sees the cabin again on the way back from trying to get back to Dawson). (Will also say that these are a very happy belated birthday gift to you! :D)

There were a few moments from the Klondike chapters that weren't necessarily major story moments, but the descriptions of them (and especially of the environments/lighting) caught my eye and my heart, and made me want to highlight the beauty of the Klondike, and so here we are.

For this scene in particular, her walk back to the cabin, I got a very vivid image of it while reading it, a sort of tragic twist on a "winter wonderland" and on Goldie looking all icy-pretty, and the angst of the Ice Queen naturally came in to play.

Will post the other two drawings over the next two days - up next: a king in the morning light.

[subwaylesbians]

I don’t think swan and mercy ever get married, but a few years in they start wearing rings with no comment. it’s a running joke between them how long it takes everyone else to notice

[blmpff]

POPPY RATCHAPONG 01.04.24

[serenescribe]

“You’re absolutely incredible, Father,” Silver tells him, a reverence underlying every uttered word. He gazes at him with such awestruck eyes — even now, seventeen years later, long after Lilia had found him tucked away in a cradle, a baby abandoned in the woods, Silver still looks at him as though he hung the stars.

And although Lilia laughs — good-natured and humorous, as is expected of him after all — inwardly, his heart twists itself into knots. A piercing pain stabs through his chest as though an invisible enemy has driven the sharp end of their blade through his back. Bile lingers at the back of his mouth; Lilia does not dare reveal his dissipating magic, for how would Silver react to it? The fact that Lilia had taken from his meagre magic reserves to conjure up a spell with the intentions of helping him out?

Lilia cannot show weakness in the face of his son. He cannot. Silver holds him in such high regards, far, far higher than Lilia believes he deserves; he knows he is the centre of Silver’s world, the core of everything he holds dear, because how could he not be? At the end of the day, despite his encouraging Silver to spread his wings here at Night Raven College, it is always Lilia he comes to for everything and anything — for his advice, as though Lilia were dolling out the words of a wizened sage; to spend time with him, rather than go do something with his newfound friends.

What would Silver say, if Lilia were to reveal his weakening magic?

He cannot bear the thought of the watery pity in those familiar auroral eyes, the wretched pain that shall certainly rupture his features. Lilia cannot bear the thought of stripping Silver of his future by warning him ahead of time that he may have magic no longer — for what if Silver chooses to take care of him, to assist him, so wholly devoted to him?

And this is precisely why he has to leave — the sooner the better. Lilia cannot bear the thought of Silver — and by extension, Malleus and Sebek as well, the two of them also looking up to him for reasons Lilia feels he does not deserve. To have them watch as he grows weaker and weaker, ailing magic failing him for the first time in hundreds of years, his magestone growing dull as no more magic lingers within it…

Within him is a wounded beast, one that shrinks away at the idea of being seen in such a feeble state. To be regarded with such love and compassion, where they will surely do all they can to restore him to a weak mockery of his former glory. But Lilia is old, and even with their help, he is not sure if he will manage to pull through to see Silver grow into such a fine young man, to watch him and Sebek get knighted, to witness Malleus take the throne.

What is the point in delaying the inevitable?

Lilia has to leave. It’s all he can do, to spare them the miserable fate of their own futures decaying, to waste years of their life — Malleus’ and Sebek’s expendable, but Silver’s not — taking care of such a decrepit, dying fae.

It’s a mercy, in the end, one last gift from him to them.

[kagilagilalas]

Day 4!!: True Form/Fight?? Prompt by: @dimpleweek Decided to put my own spin on the prompt!

ID under cut!!

[ID: Digital drawing of Dimple, Reigen and Mob against a light beige irregular quadrilateral framed by a red background.

Dimple is in his true form and Reigen and Mob are seated on his large legs, with Reigen seated on the left leg and Mob on the right.

Reigen is wearing his trench coat over a deep red turtleneck, faded brown pants and black socks. He has his right knee bent. He appears to be preoccupied with a game on a black game console. A spikey yellow speech bubble above him (next to Dimple's head), points at the game console. There is a simple red iconography of crossed swords seen inside the speech bubble, indicating that Reigen is playing a player versus player game.

Reigen's eyebrows are slightly furrowed, lips narrowed, a singular sweat drop visible on his cheek. He has his console slightly tilted to the right for Mob to see.

Mob is wearing a maroon jacket over his blue turtleneck, faded dark brown pants and white socks. He is leaning slightly against Reigen, looking at the console in fascination, eyes sparkling, and a light blush on his cheeks.

Dimple towers above them from behind, wearing a checkered orange scarf over a beige sweater, grey pants and white socks. He has his head slightly turned to the right as he looks askance, sipping off a white mug, comically small in his large green hand. A whiff of steam coming from the rim of the mug indicates that his drink is still hot. His freehand absently rests on Reigen's hip. END ID.]

[lunalunawillow]

Battle for Cybertron I and II thoughts

SPOILERS for those episodes

Hold up are they setting up Hot Rod becoming Rodimus with the leader thing

Chromia and Perceptor are cool :)

What is that thing in the new intro???

Part 1 was definitely the stronger part in my opinion; part 2 was pure battling (which is understandable for an episode called BATTLE for Cybertron but it felt dragged imo)

What was Cheetor talking about with the Allspark???

Is Prowl dead? I mean he was shot hard but his color didn't fade nor his eyes went blue like when Slipstream died

Oh god I'm waiting for Starscream to appear in the middle of the battle and regain his power

What was that beige guy meant when he responded that way to Hot Rod

[arkhammaid]

i swear next week of internship will kill me (i say as if this week didn't already kill me)

[starmocha]

I just saw three wedding-themed Sylus fanarts on instagram and if that's not him sending a message to my wayward ass then I don't know what is

[zaynes-left-chesticle]

I've always just had Zayne selected to show up in the Café.... But a certain someone else has me granting him the honor now as well 😬

I feel like one of these days, Zayne is just going to be like:

[tapewurms]

HI, FF9 WEEK, HI. YOU GET TWO BECAUSE I'M SLACKING.

SO.

DAY 1: Party Member • Antagonist • Role Swap

I love all of the party members, but I would absolutely die for Quina, no questions asked. I really liked Amano's interpretation of her, so I used his art of her as a bit of inspiration.

DAY 2: Side Character • Trance • AU

I. Am very Biased. Regardless, Kuja's Trance is very difficult to draw for some reason. Weh.

[ddodol]

look at my boyfriend

[starsaught]

you guys are the worst enablers. gimmie an hour / expect slow replies.

[frankiebirds]

[gomensbrainrotsyndrome]

you keep me crawling by aurora,,,,, please tell me im not just projecting

I need three to five business days to recover from this song