#grins but hides

[tockamybeloved]

苍兰诀 | Love Between Fairy and Devil Episode 2

[souvenir116]

Reporter asking to the room if anyone has more questions but they don't wait for the answer 😭:

they have places to be 👀

[vaguely-concerned]

'the hissing wastes suck' wow what a way to admit you've never experienced the joy of listening to iron bull wax archaeologic about ancient dwarven building techniques

[feroluce]

Made a FANTASTIC discovery today regarding the meaning behind Boothill's fourth eidolon, I'm so happy!!! Most of it is just cowboy references, like

Eidolon 1: Dusty Trail's Lone Star- cowboy lingo, the Lone Star of Texas

Eidolon 2: Milestonemonger- more cowboy lingo, someone who roams and wanders

Eidolon 3: Marble Orchard's Guard- yet more cowboy lingo, a term for a graveyard (a fave of mine, because for me it evokes the image of a Church Grim <333)

Eidolon 4: Cold Cuts Chef- ????

Google didn't really provide much on Eidolon 4 like for the first three. Before today I had assumed it was just another movie reference of some sort, since Boothill is like entirely based on/inspired by old Western films.

"Cold cuts" are basically lunch meat/deli meat. It's precooked meat that doesn't need any kind of preparation- you can literally just eat it cold. Since it didn't seem to be a movie reference, I thought oh, maybe it's a nod to his lifestyle? Boothill is unhoused and lives on the run from the IPC with little rest, he doesn't really have the means to cook. Precooked, easy food like that would be a godsend for someone in his circumstances.

Anyway the original Chinese text gives it an entirely different, MUCH wilder meaning fjadskljfkld

love how they chose "celebrity chef" to show his expertise and/or fame in this fjkdlsja

Because no, "cold cuts" isn't cowboy lingo for anything, but cold meat specifically is.

It's how you refer to a corpse.

"Cold Cuts Chef" is not a title talking about his cooking ability, or his life's circumstances, or anything as mundane as that, IT'S ABOUT THE FACT THAT BOOTHILL SPECIALIZES IN DEALING DEATH, THIS MAN IS EXTREMELY SKILLED, AND GOOD AT WHAT HE DOES, AND WHAT HE DOES IS MURDER!!!!!

[lyctor-i-hardly-know-her]

Another coworker has started reading Gideon the Ninth… he was just telling me how he gets hung up when Harrow is addressed by her full name.

So he just reads it as Harrow Nona.

HE DOESN’T KNOW.

[twentyfivemiceinatrenchcoat]

u call gojo princess exactly one time as a joke and he lets out a giggle he didn’t know his vocal cords were capable of producing

[medicalunprofessional]

the phoenix

[kenneduck]

Sidlink BOTW AU where Sidon WANTS to fancy Link, but thinks Link will only like a Hylian, so Sidon tries to act Hylian around Link... except Sidon doesn't know much about Hylians.

Sidon just squatting and trying to act shorter around Link. Attempting to hide his sharp toothy grin and stop his tail from wagging. He's starting fires when trying to cook Hylian meals. Sidon putting on pants... incorrectly. It's really weird. Everyone in the domain is thinking the Prince is having a midlife crisis.

Sidon IS having a crisis, but it's a gay panic one.

But unbeknownst to Sidon, Link has fallen for these Zora quips. The smile Sidon flashes makes Link lose his train of thought... the way Sidon's tail wags makes Link flustered. When Sidon shook Link's hand with his two smothering strong ones, Link felt dizzy. Link is missing these quirks Sidon would show, so Link is determined to see them again!

When Link and Sidon are alone in Zora's Domain, Link purposely tells a funny story to the Prince. One he KNOWS will get him to laugh. But when Sidon turns his face from Link to "keep cool", Link gets frustrated. He grabs onto the fishy prince's face, asking him WHY Sidon is acting so differently. Sidon tries to deflect such a notion, but Link calls Sidon out on all the weird things he's been noticing... especially the pants.

Sidon cracks under the gaze of this Hylian! Link not only sees right through Sidon's changes, but Link seems to DISLIKE them, too! Sidon is embarrassed, and he deflates from the realization that Link doesn't like the prince. Sidon refuses to look at Link as he tells Link half the truth, that he wanted to be Link's... FRIEND. That he thought Link wouldn't want to be with... well FRIENDS with... a Zora. Link pauses, as he KNOWS that Sidon knows about he and Mipha's friendship, so something STILL feels off. It isn't until he notices Sidon's blushing that he understands what is truly being said.

After Link makes sure Sidon looks into his eyes, Link reassures Sidon that the things he likes about Sidon are what are truly him. His heroic grin, his playful tail wags. His champion-like swimming abilities. That Link enjoys Sidon. That he wants to SEE Sidon... all of him. Quickly, though, after Sidon lets out a flustered wheeze, Link realizes how his words came across, stating he just meant for Sidon to take off the pants! Sidon wheezes louder. Link gets more embarrassed and tries to explain he just meant Zora don't wear pants, so he'd want to see Sidon without-

It's great. They're great. They're trying.

It takes a bit more time after this convo, cause clearly the two are terrible with communication, but they reveal their romantic interests.

And they burn that infamous pair of pants.

[snailfen]

the thing that makes mepads death so sad is that the one thing he's always wanted to see was the contestants working together. lifting each other up. building community together. he has always had their best interests in mind, and at heart. he's always cared. and he cared about them so much that he died for a chance for them to get out of mephone4 and live.

and now, thanks to him, they'll get to do just that. it makes even the musical sequence at his dedication ceremony sad- everyone singing together and celebrating together despite everything they've been through. that's what mepad always wanted for them. all of them.

[hoarder-of-dragons]

I love watching new Good Omens fans so much. They talk about every episode with such delight and innocence while we all here, ready with our fanart and fanfics to soften their landing.

looking at you right now @et-is-an-alien

[danelloevee-sky]

Oriana colored sketch

[pines4thetwin]

When Ford eventually gets a modern phone, he fills its entire memory with pictures of stan (and the niblings but mostly stan)

Stan's phone is mostly pics of Dipper and Mabel and Him with them but he has a hidden folder of Ford pics (not even like suggestive pics just normal/blurry shots of Ford) because he'd be embarrassed about anyone accidently seeing how many he has.

[jarchivalspecialist]

Don't answer me, don't break the silence, don't let me win...! // Don't answer me, stay on your island, don't let me in...

[im14andivebeen14foramonth]

and if i said bad idea right? by olivia rodrigo is so darry and paul during their high school on again/off again relationship from darry's perspective. what then.

[betweenallthestars]

some sketches of the ifs i'm currently obsessed with!!! umm clothing is hard pls don't mind i'm still getting back into the groove of sketching :)

Top two are from shepherds of haven, Blade & FWB!Chase!! (with my mage Vidani [yea she's messy lol /lh]) & then bottom is N(olan) from When Twilight Strikes!!

Lena ( @shepherds-of-haven )& Kristi's ( @evertidings ) characters always make me feel something <33

[somecallmegin]

On instinct, he put his head on Gimli’s shoulder, and felt him drop off almost immediately. (...) Before he did fall into Elvish sleep, he heard Gandalf say, very quietly (but not quietly enough for his sharp ears to miss it), to Aragorn: “How long?” “Since Lothlórien,” Aragorn said, equally quiet. “Not long, then,” said Gandalf. “Long enough,” said Aragorn. He sounded weary; this made sense, as nothing else in their conversation did. He had been riding long and was tired.

So I recently binge-read @windandwater Lord of the Rings fanfiction “Where you go, I will go” and reaaaaally enjoyed it! I got trapped by the great storytelling, Gimli/Legolas, and the found family trope (my biggest weakness!), and if that’s your jam I recommend you go have a look at it, it’s awesome.

If my inactivity around here has shown anything it’s that i’m stuck in a massive art block the size of a mountain. Yet I somehow managed to get to the end of a sketch which is entirely meant as a thanks-for-a-super-cool-fic-i-love-you to @windandwater . Maybe in a few months time I’ll actually get to the stage where I can render and color it! The future is full of mysteries~

Forgot to add that I was very much influenced by a picturecalled “Couch cuddle” from @adorkastock Adorkastock I stumbled over once and couldn’t forget.