#escapism for the struggling

[starlightshore]

you keep telling yourself that, buddy.

[turtletoria]

one downside to digital mediums of art is that you cant see the tear stains (they just slide down the screen)

[undertalebabbleblog]

Was there every any hope for Dream and Nightmare?

Could they have stayed in their universe, stayed together, stayed happy?

Maybe. But somehow, I can't see it, at least not after the village comes into the picture. They might have been able to stay in their own little bubble forever, but as soon as that outside force exists, the clock starts ticking.

It was Nightmare who couldn't take it anymore. But it could have easily been Dream. Either way, it was only a matter of time. I don't think there was any avoiding it, not really. Not in their situation, not with who they are.

Nightmare. The scapegoat, the dark one, the moon, the night. Tied to his brother by his very name, because even though he wasn't a nightmare, he's Dream's opposite, and that is all he was ever seen as by others. The dark to Dream's light, the negativity to Dream's positivity. Always defined by his brother, even before he was hurt for merely existing. Did he ever really get to be his own person?

And Dream, the golden one, the perfect one, the kind one, the sun. Always so helpful and positive. Always in demand, because who doesn't want to be happy? Their happiness is his responsibility. So he smiles, he helps, he conceals all the stress and sadness and anger and grief. He can't be seen with negative emotions, he can't effect others with his own feelings, he can't let his own feelings or needs or self matter when there's always other people who need him. So he keeps up that sunshine mask, keeps all the clouds and rain and storms locked in the dark where nobody can see them.

You can't maintain masks like that under enough built-up pressure. Eventually, something breaks.

Maybe they still had a chance. Broken things can heal, after all. Maybe they could have helped each other, grown, figured out a way to make things better.

Or maybe they were doomed from the start.

All I know is that if one didn't break, the other would have eventually.

[milkybishop]

"- but with whom can you sit in water?"

and who can hop in the bath with you to make a show of not caring about your tattoos, and how can you not find it hard to hide your disdain at the attempt.

because either this is a trap you have blindly walked into again . . . or he really does love you and could have loved you all this time. and despite all that-

you cannot turn from the path that you are on.

[chipper-smol]

So...... Loop and Odile huh?

v THE OTHER RESPONSE I DOODLED v

yeagh

[fun-esta]

[funyariqa]

i hate drawing him lowkey

[head---ache]

More designs forthe au that's been rotating in my brain

Here's the two other posts btw: one; two.

[demigods-posts]

just now. imagining percy before learning of his father as a god. remembering nothing of him but a face he couldn't name. a face he and his father shared. percy often wondering if they were similar in other ways. if his father liked wrapping his arms around mom while she packed s'mores for the campfire like he did. if his father liked long car rides to the beach while mom sang to whatever was playing on the radio like he did. if his father liked running along the beachside shore while the water crashed against his feet like he did. if the reason his father was lost at sea was because he wanted to immerse himself in all the ocean had to offer. if the waves were so captivating, he'd dive underneath the surface and search to his heart's content. if the reason he was lost was because he wanted to find himself. if faces were any indication, percy didn't know who he was. maybe his father felt that way too.

[unreal-unearthing]

Escape from the bloodkeep really is the found-family/power-of-friendship campaign of all time. The characters are all generals of the forces of evil but they’re all losers in a journey for self acceptance. They’re all in a qpr and raising a baby together and reforming the government.

[kayden-i-guess]

Playing Case 23, I commend Dale VanderMeer for his commitment because if I saw a woman's corpse magically hang upside down whilst a bunch of months fly out of her mouth I would've immediately quit my job forever but he really said " I need to collect all the evidence first".

[x-empyre-blog]

No Escape Tape

[haunted-xander]

P4 spin-offs are about traumatized teenagers with social anxiety

(+ a bonus lol)

[flowersandfashion]

Adrienne Rich, Planetarium /// I Saw The T.V. Glow (2024) dir. Jane Schoenbrun /// Mary Oliver, Stars /// The Pillars of Creation captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope /// Andrea Gibson, The Madness Vase /// Falling Star (1884) by Witold Pruszkowski /// Adrienne Rich /// I Saw The T.V. Glow

[mossuaries]

across time and space

[ossy-serenity]

Things don`t last Forever

If he only knew that back then