#dont know what else to tag lol

[throughthevalleyy]

in mine (e.w. x r)

a/n: so i wrote this a couple weeks ago at almost 3am so not my best work lmao. r’s details aren’t described but they do sit in ellie’s lap + they have a southern accent bc i said so<3 inspired by the song "UNIVERSE" by Kelsea Ballerini bc it was stuck in my head. takes place in the canon world but ignoring joel's death and ellie & dina's relationship.

pairing(s): ellie williams x reader

warning(s): mentions of death, killing, animal death (nothing explicit), and what's mentioned in the a/n

Ellie has always loved the stars. As a kid she dreamed of the endless possibilities - worlds of hope and love and societies where there were no man-eating monsters and children had mothers to go home to. As an adult, she knows it was all just a weak attempt at comforting herself, a delusion hiding her own fears underneath.

Though she never resented the stars for her desperate attempt at self-consoling, it only made her long for them more. To reach the stars, to touch the moon, grasp a space rock. To hold something so beautiful and unburdened by humans and deadly fungus alike, something so delicate and rare. What else could she ever want more than that?

She thought the answer was nothing, that it’d always be nothing, until she met you. The mysterious traveler who didn’t speak much, only ever talking to Maria and Tommy, and only when absolutely necessary. Ellie might’ve seen you smile at Joel once, but it could’ve been a trick of the late August sunlight.

Others were wary of your arrival to Jackson. They questioned a kid - a seventeen year old with nothing but a knife, a handgun, a few spare rounds, and the clothes on their back - traveling through the ravenous countryside of the South alone all the way to Wyoming. All she saw was a badass like her, just as lost and looking for something to guide them to safety.

It took a few weeks for her to even find out your name, though at that point she already started calling you by the different constellations in her head - the wonder of images only seen when the stars aligned right kept living through stories that have been passed through to ages, to the wonder of a person they all knew nothing about. There was some poetic shit in there but she could never really figure out how to say it.

She’s called you Little Dipper, Ursa Minor, Small Bear for the boy put in the stars to be protected by his father, only for her to realize she knows nothing about you or your parents to make any assumptions like that.

Ellie tried Cassiopeia, for the queen known for her beauty, only you’ve never flaunted your own like she did.

The Zodiac signs felt a bit cheap, especially when Joel explained how everyone had one and they were all predetermined by one’s birth.

Orion and Canis Major felt wrong because you, again, were never one to flaunt about anything, especially killing animals. In fact, the one thing about you she did know was that the first thing you said upon arriving in Jackson was some sort of apology for killing an animal on the way there. Apparently no one had even had the heart to tell you that it was the very least of their worries.

She went through as many books as she could to find the perfect name, all for a person she even didn’t know. She spent her days reading and her nights drawing whatever she read about until finally she settled on-

“Argo, hey.” Short for Argo Navis, the collection of three constellations representing the ship sailed by Jason and the Argonauts in search of the Golden Fleece. Your story didn’t exactly fit Jason’s, but Ellie figured it had a nice enough ring to it. Plus, you’ve gotten quite used to it.

“Hey, Els. Joel said you were here so I thought…” You trail off after that. Ellie smiles, watching the way your hands find their way into your - her - hoodie’s pocket.

“C’mon in, babe,” she says after a moment. Your smile brightens and she thinks it could rival Venus at sunset. You walk over to where she’s sat on her bed, guitar left forgotten on the chair next to her. 

When you get to her, Ellie pulls you into her lap, smiling at the airy squeal that leaves your lips. “What’re you workin’ on?” you ask softly once you’re settled. She smiles yet again at the way your accent comes out, the way you rub your eyes and lean your head on her shoulder.

“Joel made some sheet music for a couple songs,” she answers. You nod, head moving closer to her neck as she talks.

“Play it for me?” you request. Ellie sighs, kissing your forehead.

“Fine, but I can’t promise it’ll be any good.” Gently, she moves you off of her so she can grab her guitar. Your head instantly moves to her thigh, and she doesn’t complain as she adjusts the tuning. She’s used to you cuddling up to her as she plays.

“Alright,” she whispers. “Apparently this one came out like a month before Outbreak Day, so it’s a little rough.”

The song is slow and sweet, a perfect explanation of the love Ellie holds for you, the impossible love she never thought was in the cards for her. She looks down as she finishes the final chords to find you fast asleep. As she puts her guitar away and settles in for the night, pulling you up to the pillows with her, she thanks her lucky stars for you, her universe.

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a/n 2: originally the song ellie sings was gonna be "Mean to Me" by Brett Eldredge but then ig i decided against it? lmao i just remember researching its release and then not wanting to figure out the logistics of tlou's timeline

[yanderespamton78]

Edit since a lot of people seem confused - your "real" name is the name that you want to be referred to in real life. It doesn't have to be your legal name. So if you're trans and you have a different name to whats on your birth certificate, even if not many people call you by the name, it still counts as your real name.

Edit 2 : Holy shit guys please stop reblogging this post my poor inbox im getting like 20 notifs an hour asjfhkajshdkh /lh /srs

[one-chaotic-neautral]

Arcane ships ranked, for fun

The main ships and some rarepairs I've found, I like pretty much everything in the first 4 rows. I probably missed some but idk what they are and I'm too lazy to add more rn.

feel free to add your thoughts or ships but again its just for funsies :)

[whenyoucouldhavealifebutnooooo]

just this

[barrosluco]

Madoka!!

[nabaath-areng]

I have way too many alts that I keep to myself (which is why I generally refrain from posting them), but I'm going to ignore that habit for a moment just because I'm feeling particularly insane about this guy.

[amoeba-proteus]

[this-hopeless-war]

With all the apple music replays and spotify wrapped coming out soon I wanna make this clear:

Something begins popular does not make it bad.

If your top artists were well known and highly popular WHO CARES, if anything that's awesome cause it means so many people can connect with one another through this music!!

If anyone tries to shame you for having popular artists in your top stats i'll deal with them personally🤍

[tubbytarchia]

Hi hi!! I accidentally spent way too long on this, but the animatic was so good it FUELLED me... Here's a screenshot redraw as a lil gift :] Sorry grian isn't very birby lol

OH HE IS VERY BIRBY WHAT DO YOU MEANNN AHHH I wish i could draw bruises and stuff like you, I totally skimped out on that but ahh this is sick!!! Oh it's so lovely and oh it hurts so much haha. Thank you so much, it's such an honor for my work to inspire anyone, this is so cool!!! AHHHYH your art is so pretty!! I love the colors and Grian's face says it all hnggg

[mx-nada]

me and my laptop

[star-stages]

redraw of these goofy goobers

[whenyoucouldhavealifebutnooooo]

ONE TIME WHEN I GOT A STRIKE A PIG TURNED INTO A BAT THEN FLEW AWAY

[ghostfiish]

Happy ten years to transcendence au and almost as long to Brian the organ duck! How time flies...

I haven't drawn anything for this au in ages but I did remake the 8tracks playlists on Spotify if anyone uses that. Before Brian shows up, imagine Dipper and Mabel are discussing songs to add to the answering machine playlist (which. that's. Did I mean hold music all this time? lol)

[boostoverheavensgate]

girl out boys van days ( also on twitter :P )

[xaerainy]

just sso oc. a bit insane. a bit can turn you into her another experiment

...i dont like sso's mc, so i just turn her into mad bitchy scientist on her not so good vacation lol you cant be mad at me for this

[planet4546b]

I CAN THINK OF NOTHING ELSE BUT THIS MACHINE

the beginner’s guide, 2015/the archive of alternate endings, lindsey drager/jon fosse’s search for peace, the new yorker/house of leaves, mark z. danielewski/model of new babylon, constant nieuwenhuys/ornithopter, richard siken/james watts to lind, 1765/buckminster fuller with his domed city design, 1971/the garden of forking paths, jorge luis borges/the clochán, david malloy/base of the christ steeple under construction, la sagrada familia, 2009/matilda bernstein sycamore on writing on your own terms, lithub/daily bread, ocean vuong/the rose, jay defeo/the beginners guide, 2015/how to build a table/duel with cudgels, francisco goya/solaris, stanislaw lem/into thin air, jon krakauer/dicken’s dream, robert william buss/magic show, paige lewis/the machine, lemon demon/house of leaves, mark z. danielewski/la pensée, rodin/the old catcher considers the failing of his knees, devin kelly/leaving port, ingeborg bachmann tr. mark anderson/the painting that includes all paintings, richard siken/the beginner’s guide, 2015/high to death, car seat headrest/the clochán, david malloy