#girl's got issues

[severussnapemylove]

Bellatrix; (singing off key) "The haaaate shack is a little old plACE where we can Kill Together!"

Y/N; "What the hell is wrong with you?"

[duckapus]

Got an idea for a scenario in my Smash Academy thing.

The Mario Bros set up an obstacle course to teach the kids the finer points of platforming, and Elanore's certain she's got it in the bag since she's based on the Jumpman himself. In fact, she'll probably have the second-best time out of all the students (the best time is out of the question because Bullet exists). And in all fairness her pride is deserved, as she ends up going through the course with just as much ease as the Bros did when they demonstrated it...

...and then she misses the last jump and falls in a pit. It wasn't even a particularly hard jump, she just happened to misjudge the distance a little.

So. She just embarrassed herself in front of her idol after bragging about how easy it would be. And Rumble and Lester are ribbing her about it because of course they are. And somebody happens to point out that she isn't actually based on Mario the way everyone else is based on their counterparts, she just happened to kinda-sorta look like him either by coincidence or because her designer took some inspiration from The Company Mascot.

And, well, she's stubborn, so she tries the course again.

And again.

And again.

She ends up completely obsessed, running the course every chance she gets, filling notebooks that should have her schoolwork and invention ideas with diagrams and calculations to analyze her failed attempts and figure out the solution. Because there are a lot of failed attempts.

It gets even worse over time since the building frustration and stress and the eroding self-confidence and... just about everything else, means she starts messing up on the rest of the course too, until eventually she can't even manage the first jump, let alone finally reach the flagpole. By the end of what would probably be a montage of All That she's become a bundle of nerves who's convinced she can't do anything right, especially not achieve her dream of actually being in a game.

Obviously her friends have been worried about her this whole time, Barney especially, so they've come up with a plan to rebuild her confidence and skills.

...Said plan involves Rumble "kidnapping" Barney and luring Elanore into reenacting the original Donkey Kong arcade game.

Because 1) if she wants to be like Mario, why not start where he started, and 2) from what they can tell the root of the problem is that she started overthinking things after that first failed jump, and if she's focused on saving Barney and kicking Rumble's ass she can't be paralyzed by her calculations and insecurities.

This actually works, reigniting her confidence, and after actually taking care of herself and a quick training montage involving levels from other Mario games she's ready to give the obstacle course one last try.

She doesn't manage to do it as fast or flawlessly as she did the first time, but she still does pretty good, and she actually makes the jump and finishes the course this time.

[ace-nding-god]

Behold, my oath of the crown paladin, Eryx Mavros, and her elk Makaria.

Eryx was, up until quite recently, a member of the king's guard, known as the Houndsmen. The king, however, attempted to twist her oath by demanding that she execute someone who'd been labeled a threat to the crown, but pretty obviously was just a petty thief. She turned against the king and was labeled an oathbreaker, though she still firmly believes she has yet to violate her tenets.

She swore to protect the Crown, after all. Not to blindly obey a king.

Makaria, the elk, is her mount from the find steed spell, and also a reflection of Eryx's mental state. The king's insignia is an elk, so both the DM and I have agreed that as Eryx slowly heals, Makaria will start to gain lupine features, until she just suddenly stops being an elk all at once.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Cite your sources.

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[terraco-07]

My current Homestuck hot take is more people need to like Kanaya and actually think about her and until then you need to stop writing her. Girl who has so much going on but gets reduced to Rose's wife, passive observer, or hot violent alien girl. I need a special Bechdel test. Can you write Kanaya doing something totally on her own away from Rose while talking to someone without mentioning Rose. You can substitute romantic interest in for Rose if you write her with someone else.

[rookflower]

starting a petition to end this dichotomy in warrior cats designs forever

[ribbononline]

Sylv/Gard + Shiny fusion

[mall0rry]

sorry, i got my crippling fear of abandonment and my intensive jealousy from my mom haha

[darrys-laundry]

theatre etiquette is at an all time low, y’all cannot be singing and shouting things at actors. period.

they’re doing their jobs, and i did not pay the ticket price to listen to you.

[ectonurites]

i need to hunt Tom King for sport

[rainedropsart]

Trying to figure out an Arrowette design, so here’s some art after like. Months

[sillyfudgemonkeys]

[clementiaart]

Today is the 13 anniversary of Madoka Magica how they've grown

[basketobread]

Who even has the Brain Cell in your party? I feel like Lunara likes to imagine it's her, but it is Not

that's a trick question!! no one is. they are all worth 1/4 of a brain cell and together they form a singular brain cell!! yippie!!

[valewritessss]

Can someone give me well written fluffy Percabeth fics I feel like I’ve read the majority of them already and I don’t want to open another tab to add on to the 107 tabs I have.

Edit: THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THOSE WHO GAVE ME RECS PEOPLE NEVER ACTUALLY ANSWER

[pepperpixel]

SAID HE LIKES CRAZY GIRLS,

BUT HE HATES WHEN I ACT CRAZY,

IT TAKES TWO TO TOXIC!

FINALLY!!! Finished these pics of jinx I’ve been working on!!!!! HOLY SHIT, these took so long…. But finally… they’re done… pls enjoy this art of my beautiful princess w a disorder. Featuring alternate colors for the big pic and also a closeup! Cuz I rlly like how both the lines and coloring on her face turned out… like the pink gradients w her eye… her deer in headlights expression,, like uve just startled a raccoon digging thru ur trashcan and r two seconds away from getting mauled.. m proud of it!