#from the darkness we rise

[not-poignant]

ah another question for you then! what was Jack and Pitch's reaction over everything that happened post Game Theory à la Gwyn and his alignment + unseelie kingship? they're not really mentioned in TCOFT and the other interludes as far as I've read them. I'm really curious what they think in general... if they've got the news at all

Hi anon!

I've actually answered this question a bunch, but a long time ago, so I'll find some responses for you. It's a really interesting question but the answers are all very tragic and heartbreaking.

They're not mentioned in The Court of Five Thrones because they no longer exist to me in that universe, and they were formally removed and replaced by the Nightingale and Terho the Mouse Lad (I don't know if you read it, but there's literally a story with this name bridging between Game Theory and The Court of Five Thrones which bridges this transition!)

And the reason for that is, TL;DR, Jack and Pitch would loathe Gwyn for the events of Game Theory, (link is to the long response), and it's entirely likely that Jack's PTSD would relapse in the process. As a result of that I think of SAL and Game Theory as two separate timelines.

But yeah the reason they're never mentioned again is pretty intentional, I stopped wanting them to be a part of the series long before Game Theory ended. I want Jack and Pitch to keep their happy ending, and they can't, if they're involved in the Fae Tales canon. Eventually they'll be written out of it!

[not-poignant]

I...don't even know what to say, this is so beautiful, I actually teared up

After several long days of working like a madman, they're finally complete!! The Shadows & Light series by @not-poignant bound and covered from scratch ♡

This fanfic is extremely near and dear to my heart, and I'm so excited to have a physical copy to pick up anytime I'm craving a reread! This was also my first binding project where everything was self-made, from sewing the pages together to making my own book cloth, and of course designing the cover and putting it all together! It's hardly a perfect binding, but it carries all my love for this series & Blackice in those imperfections.

Thank you Pia for your incredible writing and the permission to print & bind your work!

And as a bonus, a pic of my entire rotg collection ♡

[laurents-secret-diary]

oh damen we're really in it now.mp4

[domokunrainbowkinz]

I hope will gets rightfully angry in book 3

[ungodlysaltyinfrastructure]

In grief of AR 15 not dropping I made Petro and Wisp angst.

I think Petro's mother dying was the Wisp/Angle of Darkness doing. She very much acts as Petro's mother figure, and she's very much for sabotage to a point of risking or even sacrificing life to do so for her own gain. So if she needed a magic user to do her biding that was vulnerable so she could use them, killing and then impersonating their mother would definitely work.

[morninkim]

As a show of good faith toward the remaining Decepticons at the beginning of a new, united Cybertron, newly appointed Senators Bumblebee and Soundwave allowed Shatter and Dropkick to enlist into Autobot City's Defense Team.

These two turned out to be... not the best choices.

The city may have fallen to Insurgent Decepticon occupation had it not been for young recruits Hot Rod and Arcee's accidental interception of Shatter's communication with the fugitive Starscream.

To replace the errant Defense Team members, Springer and Blurr were reassigned from Iacon to Autobot City in their stead.

[hyperbolicgrinch]

✨ weekend wip exposure club ✨

rules: post 7 sentences or a snippet of an unfinished work

@theotherwhybietoldmeso & @killerandhealerqueen .... I return (but at what cost) <⁠(⁠￣⁠︶⁠￣⁠)⁠>

I aggressively scrolled down and picked the part it randomly stopped at so ,,,,

Law found himself far too focused on that last part. He hid it away, nodding.

Dammit. The less he talked about or to Eustass Kid, the faster and cleaner this would go.

They reached another door, this one cut into the length of the hall, and Heat pulled up.

"Give me a second to give Boss a head's up." He stopped with his hand on the handle and glanced at Law. “Dont need to tell me. I'll make it quick.”

Law didn't argue. There was no use rushing in if he was going to hit the roadblock that was Eustass Kid's idiocy. Faster to let his crew get it by him. They seemed to have a system for worming things into his thick head.

Bepo gave a nod of acknowledgement on Law's behalf, and Heat headed in, slipping through the door and leaving it open a slither.

“Oi, Boss.”

"There you are, Heat.” Eustass' voice was pitched far flatter than usual. Less grating screech and more deep tremors below the earth. Lower than Law had heard it all night but close to how he'd spoken when they had been, if he was generous, strategising to use their awakened powers to finally take down Big Mom. “Did ya track down a quack yet? He keeps drifting off."

"We’ve got one,” Heat said, “but you're not gonna like it."

Blushing slightly, Bepo glanced at Law. As though they were eavesdropping instead of waiting like they'd been instructed to.

Law zipped his jacket up further, bringing it to his chin. “You don't have to stay.”

Bepo’s face set, becoming painfully determined. “I’m not leaving you here alone, Captain.”

Law hid his smile on the opposite side of his mouth to what Bepo was standing on, letting the corner twitch up.

"I don't care who it is,” Eustass said on the other side of the door. “Get them in here. Killer's—"

"It's Trafalgar Law."

The silence was stark. A shockwave climbing out of an impact crater, or the remnants of a bare seabed after the waves had been dragged out by the hand of mother nature. Promising ruptured ear drums or terminal drowning if you didn't get far enough away.

Bepo turned his determination on the gap between the door and its frame. Apparently trying to scare off the tension leaking out.

Ignoring the urgency growing in his hands and the impatience in his sternum, Law tapped the toe of his boot on the floor.

“Trafalgar?” As always, Eustass pulled Law’s name apart with his teeth as he said it. The meat of it coming off the bone like something slow cooked.

Law ignored the usual spark it ignited in his gut and tapped his boot again. Getting worked up wouldn't get him through this without a bigger headache.

“Wire figured he was closest,” Heat offered.

Gonna tag @schwazombie and @lolacouldnotcareless incase they've got anything they feel like sharing (but no pressure, of course) (⁠◠⁠‿⁠・⁠)⁠—⁠☆

[shutupdevvie]

happy birthday diva

[thewinedarksea]

the all-important water picture round-up

[parachutingkitten]

Dragons Rising is like if a bunch of fans got to run the show, not in a bad way, but also... not in a fun way, you know?

[mia-nina-lilly]

I just realized I don't know much about Will. The characters around him are always commenting on just that, and I just didn't realize I was in the same situation as them 🫠🫠

[not-poignant]

Hello, I wanted to let you know that I find your works relatable, and that I'm grateful for you writing them. In From the Darkness we Rise, it was so relatable when Jack had to put on that facade to make North think that he was okay. It really reminds me a lot of my current circumstances, and I feel like that's the only thing that gets me. Nothing else does.

Hi anon,

I'm glad you've found a situation/character to relate to. You're definitely not alone. Sometimes part of life is finding more and more things we relate to that capture our experiences that we feel are unique, only to find out they're not, and that a lot of people 'get' what we're going through.

The thing that's rough with masking (putting on a facade) is that...the people who are doing this often can't find the other people who know what this feels like because...they're all masking around each other. And it can take a while to feel safe enough, or to find people safe enough to practice dropping that facade with. It can be a scary experience, but often that's when we feel seen, or find the people that truly do 'get' us.

It is, unfortunately, really common for many of us to hide who we are, or pretend that we're fine when we're not, or find a way to seem like everything's okay when we're really suffering. It's a very human experience, especially for people who don't feel safe, or like no one will ever really understand them. And while life is about finding people who will get it, it can be rough and lonely and isolating.

One of the reasons I write the stories I do, as well as experiences like this, is because it's something I've felt myself in my own life, and I think it's something lots of other lonely people have felt as well, especially folks who heavily mask who they really are from others (and really thinking of folks with autism here who do this, as well as other neurodivergent folks).

Fiction is how we figure out how to be as people. It's where we see ourselves, where we see practicing other ways of being a person, where we can see experiences of what we want to have and don't want to have.

In that series, Jack actually realises that he can drop the mask with North, and that his fear that North won't want anything to do with him if he realises Jack isn't fine, is false. It takes some growth on North's part, and North realises he needs to do better by Jack and says so, and it's in that communication, and the bravery on both their sides, to heal that relationship. By the end, Jack feels much more comfortable showing North who he really is, and he gains a father figure out of it.

I am sorry for the loneliness and isolation you feel, anon, and I hope you find more narratives that 'get it' - and more characters (and people) to connect to over time!

[draconianthorns]

why is it that October comes along and my jack frost hoodie starts whispering to me like the green goblin mask

[rollforjackass]

thank god i've come back to tumblr after all this time bc where else could i say "i've been simping for the scarecrow from batman begins lately" with impunity. anyway thank you cilian murphy for your service

[figofswords]

I want to know which octopath developer woke up and chose violence

[moonchild-in-blue]

Oh mother, tell your children Not to do what I have done Spend your lives in sin and misery In the house of The Rising Sun