#escaping the everyday

[zankalony]

Losing Yourself in an Enjoyable Activity

What activities do you lose yourself in? There are certain activities that can make time fly by in an instant. These are tasks or pursuits that you become so deeply engaged and immersed in that you lose track of time. For some, it could be reading a fascinating book or listening to captivating music. For others, it might be engaging in a hobby like photography, cooking, or gardening. As an avid…

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resident warrior cats...

[literaila]

hi hello 😓

Have you ever thought about writing a scene where reader and gojo were kissing and megumi and tsumiki saw 🙊

right after kitchen scene, you know the kids were creeping down to your room together—just to check, alright? did gojo come home? did you make up? are they going to have to go live with nanami?

but, to both their surprise, no one is there. your room is empty, bedsheets thrown across the mattress.

so, okay. they close the door, going down to gojo’s room to check. but it’s the same, socks thrown across the floor, a collection of mugs on the bedside table.

“maybe they’re already up?” tsumiki whispers even though there’s no one sleeping.

megumi shrugs but makes his way down the hall, peeking around the corner like someone is going to scold him if he’s caught.

still, there’s no one in the living room. his shoulders slouch and tsumiki looks over him, her hair getting in his eyes.

“do you think they went somewhere?”

megumi gives her a look.

“what if gojo got hurt and mom had to go to the hospital or something?”

“and leave us here?”

“maybe she got kidnapped…”

megumi rolls his eyes, clearing his throat. still, there’s a couple of rooms left to check. he continues to walk through the house, clearly less concerned than tsumiki,

it is a bit weird though. especially because you were upset last night, and put them both to bed with a storm in your eyes.

whatever.

megumi walks through the kitchen door and his life is immediately ruined.

you’re standing against the counter, head tilted up as gojo mauls your face, your hands in his hair, his on your waist—

for maybe the first time in his life, he gasps, and steps back, into taumiki, before hurrying to turn around and keep her from whatever that is—

“oh, hey guys,” you say, awkwardly, coughing. megumi didn’t get to see you push gojo away, but he’s rubbing his arm and frowning when the boy turns back around.

megumi just stares.

tsumiki peeks over his shoulder. “what are you doing?”

gojo coughs, fixing his hair. it does nothing to help. “just talking, miki.” his smile is morose.

megumi just can’t look away. why did he have to walk in first? why did gojo have to abduct him? why did he have to be born in the first place?

“what?” tsumiki asks him, going to stand by his side. “what’s wrong?”

but megumi doesn’t answer.

“he’s probably just sleep walking,” gojo says, walking over to tsumiki so he can kiss her cheek very loudly and ruffle megumi’s hair.

he pushes the man as far away from him as possible. and to everyone’s surprise, gojo doesn’t even whine about it.

you clear your throat again, stepping away from the counter. megumi can’t even look at you right now.

“did you guys brush your teeth yet?” you ask, voice completely wrong.

“no,” megumi answers, so quickly its not even a word, and then he turns around and practically runs out of the kitchen, grabbing tsumiki’s arm so he can drag her along.

but he can’t make it far enough before there’s a hiss from behind him—

“you didn’t feel them coming?”

“i was a little bit distracted, you know, and—“

oh god. now megumi’s going to have to watch his parents kiss too.

is living with nanami still an option?

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

I finally got around to drawing Lan Wunian and Xiao Pingguo! I hope you like them 😊

WOAH!!! This is so stunning! I'm truly speechless, thank you!

[azuree1733]

Zag😛

[rat-rosemary]

Pigeon C!Dream. Something about bowing your head and allowing them to take your claws only for you to be thrown away with nothing but the ability to always remember the way home, and the certainty you will never be allowed back in

[spop-romanticizes-abuse]

what bothers me about horde prime, more than his lazy characterization or his lack of impact on the narrative, is the fact that he is such a bad representation of a cult leader. like,, this is not how cults work. they don’t just insert a chip into you and make you follow their every directive like a robot. real life cults are a lot more terrifying because they use manipulation as a tactic to convince people to join them. it’s not a digital chip that you can remove from your system and suddenly you’re in complete control of yourself. cult survivors have talked about how hard it is to actually unlearn that mindset and start thinking for themselves, how many years it takes to stop feeling guilty for leaving their cult or seeing the toxicity in the leaders they so religiously followed.

sure, hordak and catra have some trauma tied to their experience with horde prime, but most of that is because of the physical torture they went through, rather than their experience of being brainwashed. and it’s fine if horde prime was just some villain and not a genocidal cult leader. but it’s clear that he was written to be a religious authority figure, the execution is just so off.

i know he’s a character in a fantasy world, so he had to use his powers for something. but instead of turning people into robots, he could have shown them a “better world” through his tech, talked them into joining him and forgetting about all their current worries, and then used them as weapons against etheria.

it would have been a lot more impactful and angsty if catra had willingly joined horde prime’s cult so that she could repress her guilt. in fact, it would have been really interesting if horde prime had convinced catra that he would help her repend for all that she did, if she joined his cult. this would have been a lot more comparable to religious guilt and trauma in real life, and it would show that catra actually felt bad for what she did, instead of just looking sad for a while and then continuing to be a shitty person anyway.

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I don't think about ships very often but kanamafu is just one of those pairings that is, you know? anyway, I think one of their favourite ways to show affection without being too intrusive is playing with hair. 25ji will be waiting in line at a trinket shop, or sitting in a diner with drinks, and while talking, Mafuyu is braiding a few strands of Kanade's hair very intricately, or Kanade is fiddling with the ends of Mafuyu's ponytail, brushing the back of her hand or the very ends of her fingertips against it. they exchange haircare tips too, or course. but that doesn't stop one of them idly toying with the other's hair while their mind is preoccupied. a subtle and sweet show of care : )

very soft,,,and fluffy knmf 🥰🥰

[no-tengo-ojos]

Surprisingly the gayest thing about me isn't that I'm a lesbian but the fact that my birthday is on the same day as when Destiel became canon

[tripleaaaaa]

In season 1 of Good Omens there’s a scene of Pepper complaining about the fact she got a bike with a basket instead of gears and shit. But then when the Them are riding to the airbase in episode 5 (I think), it’s Adam who has the bike with a basket.

In short: Adam swapped bikes with Pepper to make her happy. And probably because the basket was more functional for him, as we see Dog riding around in it. So Adam also says fuck gender norms in favour of functionality.

[zankalony]

Losing Yourself in an Enjoyable Activity

What activities do you lose yourself in? There are certain activities that can make time fly by in an instant. These are tasks or pursuits that you become so deeply engaged and immersed in that you lose track of time. For some, it could be reading a fascinating book or listening to captivating music. For others, it might be engaging in a hobby like photography, cooking, or gardening. As an avid…

[qiekzart]

day 86 drawing len until my preorder arrives

bad art 👎 hideous even. unacceptable. anyway enjoy im too tired to make good art today lmao

requests open! ☆ 3 in inbox

[homestuckreplay]

saw: seen

WELL I watched Saw (2004) and it was surprisingly really good! Dave's bro is clearly directly emulating Jigsaw, so the movie gives a clear idea of the kind of person that Bro either is, or wants to be.

The movie focuses on the crimes of a serial killer known as Jigsaw, who constructs elaborate 'games' for his victims. All of Jigsaw's games involve the player causing extreme pain and permanent physical damage to either themself or another person. Jigsaw knows that the majority of his victims will die during the games, and has no issue with that, but doesn't want to do the killing himself or have them die before they've already been physically and psychologically tortured. He also wants to directly witness this torture - to be there in the room and not just watching through a screen, while remaining anonymous and unseen. His plans are elaborate, meticulous, and tailored to each of his victims.

In each case, he is trying to punish them for a perceived wrong that they have committed, or just for a personality flaw. Jigsaw has access to all kinds of torture devices, recording technology, and spaces such as sewage plants and warehouses to conduct his plots in. He is a mastermind without morals, someone with all the skills of a wedding planner or a project manager paired with the belief that he gets to be the judge of all humanity.

Applying this to Dave's bro definitely explains the huge weapons collection. Bro might not have access to actual medieval torture devices for personal use, or might not want to go quite as far as Jigsaw, and these blades, bombs, and explosives are the closest thing. The common areas of the apartment function both as Bro's storage/planning space, and as a site to set up traps for Dave - Lil Cal possibly being the means of guiding Dave to the next clue, or next source of torment. Leaving a disturbing image somewhere a victim will find it, drawing a symbol or message on the walls, and filling the room with cameras while also being physically, stealthily present, are all things Bro has copied directly from Jigsaw.

The puppet theming is Bro's own for the most part - Jigsaw does use animatronics and masks, but not piles of plush, at least not in this first movie. However, puppets carry the connotation of the puppetmaster, which Jigsaw definitely is. Dave is the victim of all Bro's saw traps because he's present and he's easy to manipulate. Bro could be specifically targeting Dave specifically for motivations similar to Jigsaw - wanting to fix or correct Dave in some way, just as he tries to mold Dave into sharing his interests and creating similar ironic content - or he could be using Dave as a test subject, before putting his 'games' into practice on other victims out in the world. I don't know which of these options is scarier.

It does add a new layer to Dave being reluctant to play Sburb, as well. He's already crossed that line of when a game stops being a game and becomes a danger to reality.

[tlcartist]

Y’all send help I am DOWN bad for Astarion. This goddamn vampire twink is taking up so much real estate in my brain. The number of thirst traps I’ve seen of this motherfucker has me in a goddamn FBI watch list. I am gnawing at the bars of my enclosure. I am foaming at the mouth. I want to crack him open like a fucking geode and study the many ways in which the light reflects off of him until I understand every facet of him.

[yeesiine]

ⓘ This user spends way too much time on tumblr.

[im-still-watching-anime]

kakashi: sorry kids gotta go, i’ve got a date with gai

naruto: but you guys just went on a date for lunch

kakashi: yeah honestly you guys just seem to be in a particularly devious mood and i’ve determined my chances of getting in trouble by association are lower with him today