#fun coincidences

[tiffanytoms]

My middle school crush just had a baby on Lily’s birthday and called him James. (And you know my crazy ass informed them of this fact in my congratulatory text 😅)

[ghostoftheyear]

Absolutely no one besides me cares, but I'm super tickled that two more members of the UtaPri seiyuu cast have now voiced characters in FFXIV.

For the record: --Suzuki Tatsuhisa (Kurosaki Ranmaru) is Aymeric de Borel --Uchida Yuma (Otori Eiji) is G'raha Tia --Suwabe Junichi (Jinguji Ren) is Ardbert --Sawashiru Miyuki (Nanami Haruka) is Minfilia --Nakamura Yuuichi (Tsukimiya Ringo) is Thancred Waters --Toriumi Kousuke (Aijima Cecil) is Zenos

And now we have: --Ono Daisuke (Sumeragi Kira) as Zoraal Ja --Yamashita Daiki (Amakusa Shion) as Shenza

It really makes me happy with how much crossover there is. And damn if I didn't spend most of Dawntrail (which I just finished) going "Damn it, I KNOW I know Zoraal Ja's voice, who IS THAT" only to realize, of course, it's Kujo Jotaro.

[pippenpaddlopsicopolisthethird]

I drove four hours to check out an apartment today and i was planning to just poke around town for a bit to kill time before I went home but i stumbled on a tiny local comic-con that happened to be going on exactly when i got there! And they had the voice actor for Silco from Arcane so i got an autograph and sat in on one of the panels before I left!

[penna-nomen]

Okay, I'm laughing because I fancast Jensen as an OC in my White Collar AU, and that character plays Metallica's "Nothing Else Matters" as a lullaby -- it's a recurring theme in the series

[mishacakes]

HAPPY 2 YEARS TO THE RISE MOVIE!!!

💙Portal duo!🧡

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

At your side [End of Season 2]

[First] Prev <–-> Next

[a-s-fischer]

This year, the UK election was on July 4th, US independence day. But we Americans, we got them back because we're holding our election on Guy Fawkes day.

[swordmaid]

sun goes down 🌟

astarion x tav commission for @/alays.version over on instagram. she’s consoling him after burning in the pier 😔🫶

[phantom-0-writer]

prompt 02: tim’s birthday present

Tim sat in his empty house at the empty dining table. The table was actually quite large; it had enough seats to sit at least 15 people. But there was just Tim there. 

His parents had promised and sworn up and down that they would come back in time for his birthday. He had everything planned out. He picked out the birthday cake, put on the candles, decorated, ordered his parents' favorite foods, his parents' favorite movie for movie night, popcorn the likes. But that morning, just when Tim was double checking to make sure everything was ready for the most perfect birthday ever, his parents had called to tell him that something really important had come up, and they wouldn’t be able to make it. Tim figured it was better than last year, at least they called this time. 

Tim stared down at the cake, the candles lit. He had heard online that people would make wishes on their birthday cake and blow it out. Tim thought that was a weird thing to do, but it wouldn’t hurt to try. 

What should he wish for? It would have to be something special that he doesn’t already have. Tim thought for a long moment, the candles bleeding into the frosting of the cake. 

A brother. 

Tim closed his eyes and put his hands together like he’s seen the other children to do in the cartoons. And Tim wished for a big brother. When he finally wished hard enough (whatever that meant) he opened his eyes and blew out what was left of the candles. 

Tim waited. What exactly was he supposed to do now? In the cartoons, everyone would celebrate and cheer and the birthday boy would open his presents. There wasn’t anyone to cheer for Tim, or any presents for him to open. 

Suddenly the house shook, and the loud sound of a crash sound came from the backyard. Quickly, Tim did the sensible thing and go check out what the noise was. That's what the characters always did in horror movies. 

In Tim’s backyard, there was what looked like a weird space ship that had crashed into his backyard. There wasn’t any fire or anything, but the spaceship looked pretty wrecked. Getting closer, Tim could vaguely make out that someone was inside the spaceship. Looking around, he saw what looked like maybe the handle. Tim couldn’t really tell. 

When Tim put his hand on it and tried to open it, something poked out mechanically and pricked his finger. He flinched back instinctively, caressing his finger tip.

“Recognized: Danny Fenton. System Override.” A robotic lady spoke. Who is Danny Fenton? As if to answer him, the space ship opened its hatch, and inside was an unconscious black haired teenager. “System Malfunctioning. Please Assis-” The robotic voice spoke again, before getting cut off as if the power had died. 

Suddenly, Tim remembered his wish. A big brother. 

This was Danny Fenton, and he was supposed to be Tim’s big brother

----

When Danny woke up, he found himself in a very soft plush something. Something that definitely wasn’t the Spector Speeder. Alarmed, he sat up quickly to find that he didn’t recognize where he was at all. He also didn’t recognize the weird kid that was staging at him from two feet away. 

“Hi, I’m Tim. Timothy Drake.” The boy introduced himself almost business like. 

“Uh, hi Tim.” Danny responded awkwardly. “You got any idea where I am?” Danny sat up properly, moving the blanket (?) off of him and turned to face the weird and kinda creepy kid. 

“You’re in Drake Manor. Which is where I live.” He answered again. 

“Ok…ay” Danny nodded thoughtfully. “Any idea how I got here?” Truthfully, Danny hadn’t really been expecting an answer, but he still got one. 

“Because I made a birthday wish to have a big brother.” He answered in the same way he had answered the other question, very matter-of-factly. 

“Ok- Wait. What?” Danny asked, doing a double take at Tim. 

“You’re supposed to be my big brother, right?” Tim was starting to look a little hesitant, and as weirded out as Danny felt he couldn’t help but feel bad about the whole situation. 

“Where are your parents, Tim?” 

“There not home, because they had really important things to do for work.” 

Danny nodded. “Do you know when they’ll be back?” 

Tim shook his head. “They were supposed to come back today, because it’s my birthday. But they said they couldn’t make it.” 

Well, shit. Didn’t that sound awfully like Danny’s birthdays before he had given up on his parents showing up. At least he had Jazz. This kid looked like he was alone. 

Not liking the silence, Tim started fidgeting again. “So, are you gonna be my brother, then?” 

And what was Danny supposed to say, No? Besides, if he was really causing problems being in this random universe, then Clockwork would figure it out. 

Bonus: 

Danny sat at Tim’s dinner table, the kid looking at him radiating in excitement, each with a plate of stupid expensive pasta in front of them. “You said your name was Tim, right?” Danny started thoughtfully. Tim nodded, drinking up everything Danny said. “Well, first course of action as you, big brother. I need to give you a nickname.” 

Tim’s eyes sparkled at the prospect. “Like what?”

Danny tapped his chin exaggeratedly, “Hm… Tim, Tim.” Turing the name around while he absentmindedly twirled his fork between his fingers, Danny wondered what he should come up with. Suddenly, in a misplaced strength, Danny’s fork flew out of his hand. 

Before Danny could even say anything, “I’ll get you a new one!” Tim offered quickly. Getting up from his chair, his foot got tangled behind the leg of the chair and Tim fell quietly on the floor with an oof. 

Danny laughed at him. “You okay, Timbers?” He asked, getting up to check on the boy. 

“Yeah, I like Timbers.” Tim said, a bright smile on his face despite the blossoming bruise on his arm.

------------

table of contents

[bet-on-me-13]

Demon Twins AU but Damian meets Ellie first

So! We have the classic Demon Twins AU, where Danny is the Twin brother of Damian. He was left for dead after a mission gone wrong in a snowy wasteland, with lethal wounds that would kill him within an hour. Damian rightfully assumed that he was dead.

Then one day, at a Gala his father was hosting, he seems somebody who looks exactly like Danyal. They have the same eyes, bone structure, many of the same Mannerisms, and all signs point to this being Danyal. He even takes some DNA and runs a test on it after the Gala. It comes up as a 50% Match to his own, the perfect percentage for a Fraternal Twin (which Danny was, they weren't identical)

He realizes that Danyal must have somehow survived his injuries and found his way to a new family, as improbableas it sounds. But there is one small deviation from the Danyal he knew.

The person at the Gala was a Girl.

In Public Record, she is listed as Danielle "Ellie" Masters, the daughter of reclusive Millionare Vladimir Masters. Which was confusing since Vlad claimed to have had a Son before her first Public appearance.

So he comes to the conclusion that Danyal must be Trans, and went through a Transition. He fully supports his new sister, but he does kind of need to contact her to see if she is safe from the League.

Unbeknownst to him, Ellie is a Clone of Danny made by Vlad back during his whole "Supervillain Phase". After he chilled out and became a good guy, she finally accepted him as a parent and let him claim her as a daughter. (They went to a frankly absurd amount of family therapy to reconcile)

Danny is just living his best life back in Amity Park, when Vlad tells him that some Heroes have been sniffing around his Estate and looking into Ellie's past. He just hopes the Fake Identity he made for her will hold up to scrutiny, it's been years since he made one.

[nattikay]

do u see my vision

[alpha00zero]

2023: Year of the funky arm dudes with insanely fun games behind them.

[stark-lord]

Repression Remix: Vol. 2

[theonewhowails]

Golden Fleece

[bngrc]

I just want to take a moment to appreciate a new bit of vocab I learned from this story:

火辣辣 huǒlàlà - this expression combines the character 火, meaning fire or flame, with the character 辣, meaning spicy. The expression essentially means "scorching hot," both in the literal sense, and in the sexually provocative sense.

Now I can't help but notice that the pronunciation of 火辣辣 huǒlàlà sounds an awful lot like a French expression: "ô là! là!"

In French, this expression is used as a general emotional intensifier. It can emphasize any emotion, from surprise to disappointment.

However, this French expression took on a new meaning when it was adopted into the English lexicon in 1918 as: "ooh la la!"

The English expression, "ooh la la!" unlike the French expression from which it is derived, is used in a sense more similar to the Chinese "huǒlàlà" - to indicate that something is hot/racy/sexually provocative.

Well idn't that neat.

成语故事 – 望梅止渴

望梅止渴 / wàng méi zhǐ kě

lit: "to quench one's thirst by imagining plums"

meaning: to relieve hurt / console oneself by imagining something good/illusions

生词：

部队 (部隊) / bù duì / army, troops

讨伐（討伐） / tǎo fá / to send (army) to suppress / crusade

叛军（叛軍）/ pàn jūn / rebel group/army

正直 / zhèng zhí / just when...

随身（隨身） / suí shēn / to carry (on one's person)

携带（攜帶）/ xié dài / to carry (TW pronunciation: xī dài)

喝光 / hē guāng / to drink all of, to drink up/finish

体弱（體弱）/ tǐ ruò / debility

中暑 / zhòng shǔ / heatstroke

晕倒（暈倒）/ yūn dǎo / to pass out, faint

向导（嚮導）/ xiàng dǎo / guide, escort

绕路（繞路）/ rào lù / to make a detour

饥渴（飢渴）/ jī kě / hungry and thirsty

沉思 / chén sī / to ponder, contemplate

声张（聲張）/ shēng zhāng / to disclose, make public

加把劲儿（加把勁兒）/ jiā bǎ jìn er / to make extra effort

解渴 / jiě kě / to quench thirst

仿佛（彷彿）/ as if

步伐 / bù fá / pace

故事：

东汉末年，曹操率领部队去讨伐叛军张绣。当时正值盛夏，太阳火辣辣地照着大地，将士们随身携带的水中就喝光了，行军速度越来越慢，有几个体弱的士兵还因为中暑晕倒在路边。看到这种情况，曹操非常着急，他立刻叫来向导，悄悄问他：“这附近有没有水源？”

向导摇了摇头，说：“最近的水源也在山谷的另一边，要绕路才能过去。”

曹操看了看饥渴的士兵，沉思了一会儿，对向导说：“你专心带路吧，不要声张，水的事情让我来想办法。”

说完，曹操骑马爬山一个山头，他假装向远处看了看，然后扭过头对士兵们说：“大家加把劲儿，我找到解渴的东西了！”

士兵们一听，一下子来了精神，忙问：“什么东西？”

曹操指了指前方，说：“这条路我以前曾经走过，我知道在前面不远的地方有一片梅林，梅子结得又多又大，到了那儿就可以解渴了。”

士兵们听了，口水直流，仿佛已经吃到了酸甜可口的梅子，顿时觉得没那么渴了，步伐也随之加快了。这时，曹操派人快步翻过山谷，取来水，士兵们痛快地喝足了水，又继续赶路了。

[doctorsiren]

Finished the mini animatic/animation :)