#discussion of scars

[arecaceae175]

Whumptober Day 27: Matches, Scars

AO3 link. I'm still working my way through whumptober :D.

AND!!!! THIS IS MY 50TH WORK POSTED ON AO3!!!!!! :DDDDD

Summary: The chain relaxes in a hot spring, and Wild notices Sky has a scar that matches one of his. 1052 words. Sky & Wild.

Warnings: scars, discussion of scars, lightning scars, Sky starts to feel very uncomfortable because of discussion of scars (not graphic, doesn't reach panic attack stage)

Whump rating: 1/5. Very light-hearted vibes

Sky lowered himself into the hot spring with a long, content sigh. The heat immediately soothed his aching muscles, and the pressure of the water felt incredible. Sky sighed happily again, letting his eyes slide shut and his head fall back to rest on the rocks. The angle made the pain in his neck more pronounced, Sky realized with a wince, but he didn’t have the energy to hold his head up. 

“Sky, here,” Wild said. 

“Hm?” 

“Lift your head for me?” Wild asked. 

Sky lifted his head without opening his eyes. He heard Wild shuffling behind him. 

“Okay, good,” Wild said.

Sky dropped his head again and made a surprised noise when it landed on something soft. It kept his head raised enough that the angle didn’t put pressure on his neck. Sky smiled widely as he reached up to adjust the fabric into the perfect position. He opened his eyes to meet Wild’s above him.

“Thanks, champion,” Sky said. Wild beamed. 

Sky finished adjusting the fabric then let his arms splash back into the water. He let them float on top, making small waves with careful motions. 

On the other side of the spring, Wind and Hyrule were taking turns being thrown into the spring by Twilight. Their laughter was like music to Sky, and he relished in the sound. Sky could see Four watching closely, and Sky hoped he would set aside his maturity for long enough to play, too. 

A comfortable distance away from the splashing, Time, Warriors, and Legend were reclined comfortably in the water. Warriors and Legend were playfully arguing about something. Although Sky couldn’t hear, he suspected Time was antagonizing them on purpose, based on the man’s mischievous smirk. 

Sky chuckled softly to himself. It was a perfect day.

There was a small splash as Wild flopped into the spring. The water lapped up against Sky’s chest. The heat stung comfortably. 

“This was a great idea,” Sky said. “The heat feels so nice.”

“It has healing properties, too,” Wild said. 

“Oh, really?” Sky asked. 

Wild nodded as he pulled his hair tie out and began combing his fingers through his hair. “Yeah. The science is pretty cool, actually. Yunobo explained it to me once. The water here is connected to the great fairies springs, but there’s also a reaction that happens with some chemical I don’t remember the name of because of the heat.”

“Cool,” Sky said. They fell into comfortable silence as Wild worked on his hair and Sky worked on relaxing.  

“Hey, Sky?” Wild asked. His voice was soft and hesitant. Sky looked at him in surprise.

“Yeah?” Sky asked.

“Those lines,” Wild said. 

Sky followed his gaze. The bright lightning scars started on his hand and branched up his arm, then down the right side of his torso and all the way down his right leg. 

“They’re from lightning, right?” Wild asked. 

“They are,” Sky pushed the words out through tight throat. The nerves in his hand tingled. He kept his gaze on the water. 

“Look, I have some too! We’re matching!” Wild said. Sky blinked in surprise at the change in his tone. 

Wild jumped up in the water and pointed to his hip. The same marks arched across Wild’s hip and down his leg. Sky had never noticed them before. Wild’s body was a mosaic of scar tissue more so than the rest of them. It all blended in Sky’s mind. That was what Wild looked like, and he had never paid any more attention to it than that.

“It’s from Thunderblight,” Wild said. “Made it through rubber armor and a shock resistant elixir.”

Sky didn’t know what rubber was. He decided to focus on that, rather than the shock of the lightning coursing through his body, and the blood-boiling anxiety of I have to get this shot right- have I held onto this one for too long- is this going to fry my heart- am I going to win.

“What’s rubber?” Sky asked. He thought his voice sounded remarkably steady, considering. 

Wild paused, blinking blankly at him. “I… don’t actually know.”

And just like that, Sky felt the tension in him break. He huffed a laugh and tried to force his muscles to relax, his heartbeat to slow. 

“You used it even though you don’t know what it is?” Sky asked. 

“Course I did. I didn’t know what anything was, at first,” Wild said with a grin. Sky nodded in acquiescence. He supposed that was true. 

Wild looked at Sky’s scars again, and his expression made Sky think he was going to ask another question. 

“Can, um,” Sky asked, swallowing thickly. “Can we change the subject?”

Wild’s eyes went wide. “Of course! I’m sorry, Sky, yeah. Of course. Sorry, I shouldn’t have asked. I was just- we matched, and-”

“Hey,” Sky said. He put his hands over Wild’s to still their rapid movements.

“It’s alright. You didn’t know,” Sky said. “But we’re here to relax, and I’d like to do that.”

“Yeah, totally. Sorry. We’ll do that,” Wild said. Sky smiled again, and leaned back on the fabric below his head. 

“Sky!” 

Legend’s yell came from across the spring. Sky groaned light-heartedly and reluctantly raised his head. Legend and Warriors were both rushing towards him in the water. They looked ridiculous, Sky thought, trying to move quickly through the spring. He stifled a laugh.

“You need to settle this for us. The old man can’t have a serious discussion for more than two seconds at a time,” Legend said, shooting a glare in Time’s direction. “You’ll be impartial.”

“There’s no way you’re winning this one,” Warriors said. 

“Shut it, pretty boy. Here’s the thing. I’m obviously the most fashionable hero, here-”

“Bullshit.”

“I said shut it! And since I’m obviously the most fashionable, I-”

“How are we deciding that? I think I should be in the running,” Wild said. 

“What? There’s no running, I’m just trying to make a point-”

“I dunno, I think I could give you a run for your rupees,” Wild said, complete with a shrug and a shit-eating grin to match Time’s. 

Sky stroked his chin in an imitation of deep thought. “Wild makes a good point, Vet. What’s the criteria here?”

Legend let out a strangled, frustrated noise and splashed backwards into the water.

[mcyt-cats]

Mr Finnegan!

And Katy Bee :)

ft. the inevitable consequences of holding cats

[hinamie]

siren!megumi concept sheet i whipped up in a single-minded fever state fr @uriekukistan

[cloudycloudsminusclouds]

It's about Family

not pictured is Joel's trap not working and him running away in shame while the ghosts laugh at him

[polling-sonic-fans]

I will not use an image for this poll, as there are none that would be Sega-owned or Official artwork. Feel free to drop your own illustrations.

Polling Sonic Fans for their opinions on all manner of things. Share good questions to indicate what you want asked. Submissions open.

[fountainpenguin]

Etho and Scar's interactions in LimLife are golden to me... that painful inhale Etho does before whispering "I'm about to go out of roleplay" when Scar flipped his ender porter and Etho wanted to strangle him... The way that Etho attempts to improv by pulling the "Has your mom told you you're adopted?" card and Scar just says "Oh I know that's not true because we've got something in common: failed traps <3" and a longsuffering and exhausted Etho just sighs and leaves... Love that for them.

+ The dichotomy of Cleo ''You are definitely Etho's child'' @ Scar vs ''Please please don't be my kid'' Etho SDLKFJSDKFL

[smoozie]

Whatever Gem and Scar have going on this season is what Gem thought she had with Pearl in Secret Life

[hi-there-buddies]

The quickest way to figure out if someone didn’t pay attention while watching Fullmetal Alchemist, is to ask them what they think about the Mustang and Envy scene

If they say something like “they should’ve killed Envy, he didn’t deserve mercy” they are so far removed from the show it’s comical. They’ve forgotten what the scene was even about and are now making arguments based on their own false memories. The scene was never about mercy. Riza herself says she’ll kill Envy then and there. The scene is about Mustang specifically being the one to kill Envy (this one genuinely annoys me because I’ve seen it so much)

If they say something like “Riza, Ed, and Scar were stupid for stopping Roy. Envy deserved to suffer” also don’t understand the further context in that they weren’t really stopping him for Envy’s sake. They were stopping Mustang for his own sake. Because torturing and killing someone for a personal grudge is one HELL of a slippery slope, that Mustang himself NEVER wanted to fall down (although, out of all these arguments, this is the one that I understand the most)

If they say something like “it’s stupid that Riza was going to kill Mustang just to stop him from torturing Envy”, they DIDN’T PAY ATTENTION TO THE FORESHADOWING AND THE REST OF THE SHOW. Roy tells Riza specifically that, if he were to EVER stray from the correct path, he wanted her to shoot him with her own hands. This is explicitly stated in the show word for word

This scene is not Ed, Riza, and Scar being pretentious. This scene is them holding Mustang to his own morals, that he himself was willing to die for if he abandoned them

[autopsiedsage]

this may be controversial ya’ll but I Don’t think we should be tagging curly as body horror in our art when he’s just. There. if we’re depicting curly super gory and what not, if we’re specifically drawing him stylistically dramatically injured hell yeah, but if its just a turn around? if we’re just making little posts of him hangin out, sitting down, chillin? I really dont think we should put body horror on that folks.

he’s a severely multiply disabled character, who Yes we are supposed to be a lil freaked out by when he’s introduced but… his multiple amputations and burns and bandages arent the source of the horror. thats just his disabled body.

now again please don’t get me wrong, mouthwashing has a lot to talk about concerning the loss of autonomy and the horror of disability, if your art concerns that or literally any definition of body horror please tag it as such but I just want to see less posts of curly just Existing tagged with it please. its Really Weird and it tells me some things about how you view disabled people.

[2700k-moogie]

Milk ref sheet done yaHOOOOOOOOOOO lookit my big beautiful baby they filled with joy and happiness

[cosalphonse]

we need to do a study on the overlap between fma 2003 fans and lesbians. what is it about 03 that drives us all to it like moths to a flame.

[sorrelpaws]

is it really an authentic r&m dynamic if it doesn't involve (at least mildly) morally questionable preservation tactics

[toss-a-coin-to-your-stan-account]

hey. radovid seeing jaskier do the Finger Fidget Thing (particularly when discussing rience) or even seeing something of a burn scar on his finger and just taking his hand and fucking. kissing his fingertip on the spot where he was fidgeting. that's the post

[dejasenti99]

no one is coming for you that you'd wanna meet. (the thorns, the fire, messiah.)

[ladyvalikage]

Every time I see people talk about the helsmits they always mention WormMan as being Zedaph's Hels counterpart when Zedeath is literally standing right there.

[wolfasketch]

I love @baskeigh-ball's ROTTMNT Mutant Manhunt AU so much! Go check them out if you haven't!!

Also, context, me and my Lil' Sis were discussing MM!Raph's fear of cats and I remembered my Mutant Sona is a cat.