#don't have the brain space

[maenecoon]

loose idea but kimchay fucking in a music studio

chay who's a small aspiring musician who does mainly pop/bright cute songs. he also fucking hates wik's guts, sneaking into wik's recording studio to snoop around. he swears, wik's voice cannot sound that good, it has to be the work of extreme auto tune or a ghost singer he's had shackled in the basement of his studio or something.

of course, wik finds him. or, wik is already there.

crowds chay into the recording booth, whispers into his ears, all breathy and sultry - chay gathers that it's hotter irl, somehow. chay, moaning and panting into the microphone as wik pounds into him.

and then, a few months later, when chay's finally convinced his company of an image change, wik publishes a new collaboration single. the recording, with chay's pants and heavy breathing, starting the song.

so many more shenanigans to ensue, like cockwarming wik while he writes his songs/finishes up producing, them having song camps/producing songs together, fucking in the studio some more, pop idol chay trying to teach wik tiktok challenges, having beef on twitter, etc 😂 would be funny!!

[deliciousnecks]

jandy. you will be missed.😔

[codacheetah]

Mal du Pays for a discord icon I didn't even end up liking

[welcometogrouchland]

I understand that literature nerd Jason Todd is kind of overblown in fanon compared to it's actual presence in canon (a few issues during his pre (and post?)crisis Robin tenure that highlight it) BUT consider that I think it's hilarious if the unhinged gun toting criminal has strong opinions on poetry

[petitepatateuwu]

It's way too hot and I am way too tired to do any more efforts, so excuse the critical lack of quality here.

If you didn't know, Cole is my favourite Power Ranger :D

And while I was binge watching Ninjago I had the pleasant surprise to see him physically and mentally traumatized in season 5 😈

And since I'm a huge sucker for angst, my brain immediately thought of developing that idea in order to hurt my beautiful baby boy some more. That and also the fact that my brain immediately looks for logic in the laws of cartoon physics (I really shouldn't do that...)

So I bring you the "Cole is a Ghost Kind-of-Saga". I still have a few more ideas to exploit, notably adressing the ways the other ninjas will help him cope with his new condition :3

And maaaaybeeeee a small comic too 😇

Anyways, I will let my brain rest a bit for now and sleep.

[carionto]

What Humans call the "Thousand Yard Stare"

As more and more Humans interact with and integrate within Coalition stations, reports, closer to hushed whispers really, began to circulate of some Humans being... discomforting... to be around.

Initially we thought it was just rudeness or passive aggressive behavior or any number of subtle actions or choice of words, no matter how advanced or civilized there will always be some assholes.

However, when some of these "offenders" were presented to us peacekeepers, we found them to be perfectly polite and reasonable. As our conversation continued and shifted topics, whenever there was a lull or the focus was on another speaker for a longer time, the Human's gaze drifted somewhat.

Sometimes she would look to the side and it was harder to tell what her exact expression was, but every so often she would be looking at one of us, but... not. It was as if she was staring at something behind us, through us even. Beyond the walls of the station, it even felt as though beyond space and time itself.

It was one of the most unnerving and chitin-chilling feelings we've ever felt, but then the Human seemed to notice our change and became that friendly and cheerful person once again:

"Sorry, my mind drifted there for a bit. What were you saying?"

And the conversation continued as if nothing was out of the ordinary for the Human.

Upon our return to our office, one of the Human peacekeepers heard about our impromptu assignment and offered this explanation after we told him what happened:

"Oh yeah, I think that person was a retired firefighter or rescue worker of some kind. Professions like that can be dangerous and you'll eventually encounter something horrible at a disaster site or crime scene. Probably saw someone die, or a person they rescued later didn't make it, or it was a kid... It's the toughest when you're the last one a child sees before..."

There it is again. That look, but with a tinge of sadness this time. We didn't know he was carrying such memories. The untimely death of anyone is a difficult time for those that survive, especially when it is the young whose life was still just starting. It seems Humans with their heightened senses and sensitivity to the feelings of others these kind of experiences imprint a far stronger memory than for most.

"Anyway, we've got a bunch of names for such things, but typically we call it the thousand yard stare. It's an old measurement unit, don't worry about it. I think the meaning may have changed a bit over the years, but basically some people go through traumatic stuff and they decide, consciously or not, to sort of... detach themselves from reality. It's a coping mechanism.

A few people thrive on horrible things, but they're the exception. Most of us would go crazy or depressed or any other infinite bad possibilities our brains can go in if we don't find a way to separate ourselves from certain realities. It can get real bad otherwise. It's rare, but a few go truly nuts and try to inflict their pain unto others. Most end up suffering alone for a long time. And some can't take it anymore and decide to end it themselves.

Thankfully therapists and support options are widely available, so those kind of scenarios are really rare, like... suicide accounts for about three out of a hundred thousand deaths last time I saw those charts. Plus drones and automation take care of most of the dangerous tasks, leaving the vast majority of cases to be caused by interpersonal relations actually. A broken heart is one of those traumas we'll never get rid of it seems. That's just life, I guess."

[hattoririma]

Just recieved a package from @moldspace !!

Very happy, thank you! 🥰

[creatively-cosmic]

does a funny little idle animation

[20mbiez]

I'm SUPER late to this trend but oh well .

[laquilasse]

I know you're probably past Ace Attorney now but would you ever consider playing Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright? It's really good and pretty underrated in the Ace Attorney fandom :3

girl dw I'm shu takumi's bitch for life, I'm just taking a detour in children's card games. I also did play/stream/voice act layton v wright and it was an absolute work of art

[bogkeep]

disco elysium update: i've started day 2, but i'm not particularly enjoying myself at the moment... i don't really know what to do or where to go, i feel like i have painted myself in a corner with failed checks and the only available options are ones i absolutely do not want to do. i find the mechanics confusing and overwhelming and i am feeling very discouraged that maybe if i had understood them better earlier, i would be getting somewhere. i want so badly to enjoy the story but it feels like it's going to take a lot of effort to like, get any of it :(((

HOWEVER i suspect that if i try again on a day i feel less headachey than today, and if i manage to find some kind of breakthrough that doesn't involve becoming a fascist, i will hopefully get back on track and feel a lot better about the game again. hopefully!!!!

[piecanl]

Do you think Tubbo would recognize the path Bad is going down, because it's one he's already walked down on?

This self-destructive behavior coming from a broken heart?

He hasn't seen Bad at his best, before the eggs got kidnapped. He's seen him a victim to grief more than a father. It's why the blue staining Bad's being isn't out of the ordinary.

But suddenly he starts carrying flowers to remind him of the love he lost, suddenly the void calls out his name even louder and suddenly Tubbo sees himself in the older demon.

And it's scary, because suddenly he sees what he has become, how it affects others.

And for the first time of many, he sees Bad walk down a road he's paved. For the first time of many, Bad is the one repeating Tubbo's mistakes.

[goatunderthebridge]

Tendou froze, eyes not moving from the beautiful sight in front of him.

Ushijima was laughing, a feat Tendou would’ve deemed impossible when they had met a couple of months ago. His eyes crinkled at the corners as if resisting the urge to shut completely as he laughed to continue - what, gazing at Tendou’s face? He had a hand clasped to his chest, reverberating laughter that was rich and velvet and made Tendou freeze but his heart pound. It surrounded him, drowning him in such a chocolate soundscape.

Ushijima was surprisingly loud when he laughed, enough so that some of the other customers sitting at tables near them in the small restaurant turned their heads curiously to see what was so funny. A woman in Tendou’s peripheral vision raised her eyebrows at him, scorn crossing her face at the duo. Tendou could ignore it, hell, he knew he could forget it as easily as he knew that the face Ushijima made when laughing would be something he would chase for the rest of his life. And just as that unfurled within him, Ushijima’s laughter died down as quickly as it had started and his face settled back into its resting, blank state.

What never changed, though, was the softness of his gaze on Tendou.

Tendou blinked quickly, looking away, shifting slightly in his seat. He could hear the clink of Ushijima’s glass as he picked it up again from where he had carefully put it down before his laughing fit.

“You’re very funny,” Ushijima says, making Tendou raise his eyes back to the man sitting before him, a blush burning the back of his neck. A tiny voice in the back of his mind chirped that, coupled with his red hair, it made him look even more like a monstrous beast. Now, complete with a long, red mane.

Shut it, he barely echoes back, squishing the thought.

The beat of silence makes Ushijima tilt his head slightly, searching Tendou’s face for… something. Why did he always look at him so softly, like he was some precious thing? It made him want to spring into Ushijima’s lap and kiss him until they both couldn’t breathe as equally as it made him want to recoil within himself and drag himself down into some deep, dark lair to never be seen again.

“Don’t I know it,” Tendou replies, offering a small smile he knew Ushijima was waiting for.

Ushijima nods, satisfied with the comment, and resumes eating. Tendou looks down at his own plate, intestines wriggling inside of him. He wondered how much longer it would take for Ushijima to figure it out, how much of his time he could continue to steal before the man came to his senses and realised what everyone else in his life already had: that Tendou was a monster who deserved to be alone.

Tendou picked at the food before him, less interested in it than watching Ushijima as he ate, focused and purposeful as if there was nothing more important to him than what was occurring at present. Tendou liked that. He rested a chin on his hand as his eyes roamed over Ushijima, committing this next beautiful sight to memory. It was almost unfair how good he looked in a suit.

Ushijima looked at him, eyes glinting as he caught his stare. Tendou would bet that he was daring him to continue, to say his thoughts aloud. He could read it in the way Ushijima tilted his head, asking him as unsubtly as ever.

Tendou smiled but broke the hold first, looking back at his plate. It shouldn't be much longer now until Ushijima realised and broke this off, he knew that, but he'd be damned if he wouldn't try to capture as much of this happiness as possible. It'd be a while until he got it again.

It's almost unfair that monsters don't get happy endings. And it's that thought which rolls around in his mind as Ushijima reaches a hand across the table to hold his own, gently.

[bumbleboa]

I think a big part as to why I love @cal-writes writing is that she is fantastic when it comes to writing flawed characters. Oftentimes stories let characters have flaws that get magically resolved by the end of it. They fuck up, but they have their cake and eat it too by the end.

People hurt people all the time, intentionally or not. They fuck up and make bad and selfish decisions. There is no way to magically move on from that with no hiccups, setbacks or failure. There is beauty in having characters struggle and try AND fail despite it. And sometimes managing to claw their way up out of the grave they dug themselves.

Maybe I am also projecting, but seeing these characters be written this candidly and still being deemed worthy of affection, even if it might not be fully deserved at times, feels cathartic. Change is possible but so is acceptance and both of these go hand in hand.

All we can ever do is try.

[lesbworth]

selected moments (mostly gay or countess almaviva or both) from barrie kosky's 2023 production of le nozze di figaro at the wiener staatsoper

[seefasters]

it's so so unfortunate that i don't care about the lesbians in arcane because they could be fun. and yet caitlyn arcane is so unlikable on a profound level to me i can't muster any enthusiasm for her