#hand poses oughhh

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[good-beansdraws]

The shovel is still tossed away in the house somewhere, but he doesn’t want it. He digs with his hands, swift but careful, reverent of what lies beneath. The soft earth crumbles easily under his fingers. Soon enough, the skull is staring up at him, its empty eye sockets a strange echo of Python’s own.

From @luce-speaks 's incredible ghost au fic, Laid to Rest ! There were so many moments I wanted to draw, but this one really stuck in my brain and I wanted to bring it to life (pun intended)

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[theresamouseinmyhouse]

mayerling ballet au pt 2 electric boogaloo

[colonelpancakes]

Watching the dragon prince season six episode four: The Starscraper. Under the cut as usual.

I love Callum but how is he not frozen solid. Those fingerless gloves may be stylish but they are NOT insulating. Give my boy a coat.

Ooh that’s a beautiful building. It does look a tad like a Minecraft beacon but, it's a very pretty Minecraft beacon

Callum, why would you just stick your hand in? For all you know it’s like a forcefield or something and it zaps you!

Okay, my question is what is the benefit of an elevator partially activating once you’ve read half the runes? That seems like a real safety hazard, like that seems like a magic bug that needs to be fixed.

Woah, wait a minute! Interesting, some of the Celestial Elves seem to have wings that aren’t bird wings. That one in the back looks like they have bug wings. Can that happen with skywing elves? I guess bugs are also flying creatures that inhabit the sky so that would make sense. Hmm… I wonder if you can get Mage Wing bug wings…

Aww. The leaflynx kitten is adorable but also the music is giving major flashbacks to the baby deer at the end of season two. Claudia. Claudia don’t you dare.

Also, glowing butterfly motif!

CLAUDIA NO.

Okay good. It seemed like her hand was almost acting out of her control, I wonder if this much dark magic is starting to like, impact her reflexes? Like she instinctively reaches for things even if she doesn’t consciously want to? Or maybe she’s just snapping herself out of it who knows.

“Are you feeling alright?” “No, I’m not. I’m so messed up, Terry. I’ve been stuck, just staring, for over an hour now.” Oughhh Claudia, honey. Its good that she’s at least able to admit she’s not okay, that’s a good start.

Oh, hey is Claudia starting to lean away from dark magic? Or, like, recognize that it’s not a good thing? That’s interesting, previously she’s been very adamant that dark magic is a good and useful invention, but now she seems to be realizing the negative effects it’s had on her? …Claudia redemption arc? 👀

Skjslkajfdkl that is the exact same face that she made at Zym when she first met him. Some things never change.

I love the little pose Callum does when he’s introducing him and Rayla, he’s so dorky I love him.

Oh my God that escalated quickly. Not a friendly lot got it.

No! Gosh dangit pearl stop rolling around!

CLAUDIA REDEMPTION ARC?! Let’s GO! YES GIRL! SELF-IMPROVEMENT!

I find it interesting how after losing her dad, Claudia turns to Terry, her only present loved one, for instruction. She needs someone to tell her what to do, she needs someone to do things FOR. She went from following her dad's orders to working to save his life and now she doesn't have him to give her direction, she looks to Terry. When was the last time she did something for herself without someone's instructions?

“Only you can decide the path you’re going to walk. You won’t be alone. I’ll clear out the thorny brambles if I see them, I’ll hold your hand as we trudge through wet, mucky leaves. But… you have to choose the way.” I love Terry so much he’s such a sweetheart. He clearly loves Claudia so much and he’s willing to stick with her through everything and anything, whatever happens.

Claudia... Again, it's interesting, how, because she doesn’t know what she wants for herself, she defaults back to finding what her dad wants, thinking that if she looks at him, she’ll find some clarity and she’ll suddenly know what to do. She doesn't know what to do without her family because she's been doing things for them for her whole life.

Aww. Okay, the leaflynx kitten is adorable but. Was I the only one alarmed by how big it is? Something about the perspective in earlier shots made me think it was a lot smaller somehow.

Also, I love the butterfly landing in Claudia's hair in the previous shot.

No, I think Callum has a point here. They did just drop you from the top of the tower.

Oh, hey! Kosmo has vitiligo! That’s cool, yay representation!

Also, I haven’t mentioned it yet but I love Sneezle’s hanging out in Callum’s scarf it’s so cute.

I love Sol Regem’s design he’s so big and menacing. Plus the lighting in this location is so beautiful, the way it illuminates him from behind like a dusky backlight is *mwah*

Sooo, what are we thinking Sunseeds smell like? ‘Cause personally, I’m thinking freshly popped popcorn.

Karim, man, he literally told you that his sight was unrelated to his lack of hope. I don’t know how you are surprised by this.

Sksjlfakj poor Rayla.

Ohh wow. This episode is really going off with the gorgeous scenery and lighting. The Starlooms are so beautiful and I love the name "starweaver spider".

Oh! So that’s what the bug wings are! That’s really cool and such neat worldbuilding.

Hey! It's the intro galaxy!

Okay, that sounds cool in theory but I feel like in practice being Timeblind would kinda suck. I feel like that would just be like. Too much information at any given time it’d be hard to make connections with other people or like, enjoy day to day life.

Continued in reblogs as per usual!

[spectrechosts]

while i'm whining about stuff getting lost in the transition from cohost to here, may as well move some auxiliary better off alone stuff over.

this is mainly going to cover what our two leads look like, because the eternal struggle of the Cohost Writer's Salon is not giving enough physical description of characters in the text.

First up, we have this lovely chart which I made shortly after starting the series. I had written down numbers for their heights, and then I remembered I knew a website that would show relative heights, and:

our giant knight is, in fact, quite big.

author's note from the time:

genuinely might need to up how horny lunaeris is in light of this new information. girl look at the size of her HANDS oughhh

oughhh indeed.

next up, the struggle of the written medium

the thing about describing characters is that I can't just put "lunaeris looks like that picture of patchouli holding a modello and soaking her feet, if patchouli was a goth elf" into the story

you know, this image

it's not necessarily that she looks like patchy, it's just the vibe of this specific image, you know? Imagine a gothy, pear-shaped elf with this exact pose and facial expression and you've got Lunaeris being asked to do something she doesn't want to do but can't outright decline.

and yes, the thighs are fat and slappable. obviously.

she is a wizard (does not exercise) and a princess (eats well) she HAS tummy and ass

finally, we have screenshots of the two of them made in dragon's dogma 2.

They're not perfect (let me make bigger elf ears capcom), but the faces are pretty much right.

here's the compilation of physical traits that I mention either in the story or in other posts that i used when making them:

Lunaeris is fat, primarily bottom heavy Lunaeris has long white hair Lunaeris has goth makeup, specified to at least consist of a lot of eyeliner/shadow Lunaeris looks "dreary", "kind of off-putting", and "like she's probably some kind of witch" Kallie is broad Kallie has a squarish jawline Kallie has short hair of an unspecified color Kallie has wings (Unattainable. Pretend they are inside her armor I guess.) Kallie is described multiple times as being "doe-eyed" Kallie has big muscles but does not have visibly defined abs (regardless of what lunaeris fantasized)

so here's how it turned out, first Kallixenia:

look at herrrrrr

what a fucking sweetie! look at how cute she is!

she should be bigger, both in terms of height and muscle. Making a body look right in a character creator is harder than a face, I couldn't get her how I liked. she's meant to be buff but not like, hollywood buff, you get me? very big and strong but she isn't out there cutting calories for muscle definition. she needs to eat her big monster hunter meals so she can go do quests.

face is great though. big softie.

and then the princess:

oh, she's rather pretty. what was all that about her looking off-putting for-

ah. okay. there's definitely a certain creepy little gremlin vibe.

again body is less accurate than face, it felt like whenever i tried to make her have a tummy she just looked... inflated. like it didn't have a proper weight or squish to it.

My favorite part of making these is by far the comparison of Lunaeris' face with and without makeup. She looks completely normal and then she's like, bordering on a kubrick stare.

Maybe when she's out there enjoying her life instead of moping and purposefully trying to drive people away from her she'll tweak it a bit.

only a bit.

Also probably less sickly pale when she's spending a lot of time outside. A lot of how I picture her is still kinda stuck in chapter 1, I should write an update on how she looks in the later stories involving the two of them.

ALSO THE EARS AREN'T BIG ENOUGH CAPCOM I'M TALKING LIKE 6-8 INCH ELF EARS

[olberic]

ranking anime i’ve watched in 2023:

as expected, here’s this year’s top 10 for how much i personally enjoyed the anime i’ve watched this year. ive watched more than this, but god i watched so many bad ones…. even number 10 sucks but everything else was worse. sad!

as always thank u gifmakers for ur service 🫡 the world would be nothing without u all

10. the legendary hero is dead! (2023)

dont watch this show. it sucks and its bad. hey. come here. hold my hand. now lets just watch and enjoy the OP ok? don't worry about the rest.

9. my daughter left the nest and returned as an s-rank adventurer (2023)

i have to admit this show charmed me. its not the best thing ive ever seen but its nice. comfy. yknow? i haven't finished it but it's enjoyable. can't rank it higher until i finish it

8. sabikui bisco (2022)

if it werent for the positively nonsensical jump in the middle of the show and the way theres just like. a lot of gaps? it’d rank higher. it’s a very cool premise for a show and i like the bisco/milo dynamic, and [SISTER] is fun as hell. it didnt wow me though overall, and while i enjoyed it i was hoping for more.

7. trigun stampede (2023)

im sorry trigun stans i simply didnt love it. i see the appeal i really do but it just didnt hook me. i really liked the animation and the storyline. im intrigued by whatever the fuck is going on with those plants and yall have said theres a tallgirl in the next season? so i’ll keep watching. i just didnt love it

6. that time i got reincarnated as a slime (2019-2021)

in contrast to #7, i can see why this show is weak HOWEVER i just enjoyed it. i like it. huge fan of how much gender the protag has. i love how they get new powers. i enjoy that it can be interpreted as an extremely bisexual show. it was well paced and the slime diaries OVA was a great addition. a lot of the characters really stuck with me too and its like. idk. one of my favourite isekais i guess

5. buddy daddies (2023)

this should rank higher. its so fun. its SO fun. its silly and it doesnt take itself seriously. i laughed in every episode. the dynamic between the guys is great. the dynamics between them and the kid is great. just a really solid show if you can stand the queerbaiting. i dont even care

4. bocchi the rock! (2022)

the bocchi side of tumblr is right this show rules. i like how real bocchi’s social anxiety feels (literally how it felt when i had it). the characters are entertaining, the show’s well done, they even have solid music (which band-based shows dont always do right!). its really funny and its really earnest and its a joy to watch

3. demon slayer: swordsmith village arc (2023)

i included the entertainment district arc in last year’s list so this arc makes the cut. im always late getting around to watch the new stuff and i dont want to read the manga but god DAMN does this show hit different. incredible fight scenes. i loved everything they did for the hashira backstories. i love whatever the fuck is up with genya. it even gave me some akaza to sustain me for the next year or whatever. ik this show gets overhyped but its normal hyped. to me.

2. frieren: beyond journey's end (2023)

oughhh frieren… ive only known this show for a few months but it means to much to me… i dont even wanna talk about it because its so good i just wanna watch it again. go watch frieren if you havent already its anime of the decade. to me

1. gundam: the witch from mercury (2022-2023)

ive never seen a gundam before but i will be watched them after this! what can be said about it that hasnt already been said on this site. the romance storyline is impeccable, the fights are awesome, the moral questions it posed were excellently covered. by the end of the first episode i was speechless. by the end of the last episode i'd cried like 4 times over the course of the show. this thing made me cry to happy birthday. what the fuck

[demigod-of-the-agni]

FF7 REBIRTH SPOILERS ft. Some of my thoughts on the Golden Saucer Dates >:))))))

I will proclaim which one is my favourite

warning: i hate dates. therefore all my opinions on the following, and my final verdict, are correct. good day.

Alone

Cloud's lonely gold saucer outing, when he comes across Jessie's picture and he tells her, "Hey, still waiting for that pizza" with the most saddest eyes ever.... be still my weeping heart

Also I love how he acknowledges that the skywheel is a couple's thing, then proceeds to board it anyway 💀 it'd be nice to see the whole thing by yourself though (<- i am an introvert what more can i say)

Tifa

Tifa's little spiel about wanting to make friends always hits me like a tonne of bricks, everything she says is FUEL TO MY STUPID AUs... WOMAN <33333

When they Jessie's picture and Tifa talks about Jessie saved her.... oh... oh my heart. i cannot take this anymore

WHEN THE FIREWORKS GO OFF AND THE COLOURS OF THEIR EYES BRIGHTEN,,, AND THEN HUG JUMPSCARE,,,, AND THEN KISS !!!!!!!! oughhh,,,, it's so good,,,,,,, everything is so perfect about the scene they are just. everything

Aerith

NAHHH THE DISRESPECT MY MAN HAD BY SITTING OPPOSITE TO MY GIRL.... HOW RUDE. Aerith deserved to spin the carriage around until Cloud spits out all the mako in him

RAGH when the laser show had them crashing into each other and they just sit down defeated next to each other.... it was so funny,,,, task failed successfully

WHEN CLOUD REACHED OVER TO HOLD HIS HAND IN AERITH'S.... THAT MAKES THE ENDING HIT SO MUCH HARDER. NO ONE TOUCH ME EVER AGAIN

Yuffie

In my mind Yuffie seems like she's 12 (i know she's 16 or so do NOT come at me) so the date is really just Cloud babysitting her and honestly it went just as I expected: adorably :''3 Yuffie speaking for the both of them, so real of her

"I swear Cloud, it's like you're destined to be surrounded by smoking hot chicks" [strikes a pose] and Cloud laughing like yeah, you're a little silly Yuffie

GIRL WAS DOING JUMPING JACKS WHILE WAITING FOR CLOUD TO HAND OVER THE SKYWHEEL TICKETS AJSHSHSL

WHEN SHE STARTS TALKING ABOUT ZACK... AND THEN SHE CATCHES CLOUD LAUGHING AT HER LATER AND SHE SIH-SIH-HAH'S HIM.... AND HE PLAYS ALONG TOO.... be still my screaming heart,,, the boy is embodying Zack in more ways than one

Barret

"Well, well, I wake baby from his nap?" if this were said to me I would immediately leave and mess up Barret's bed. let's see who gets better sleep after that

Anyways I'm forever in love with how, between the two of them, money jokes are their form of love. like that gets to me you know

BARRET'S "IN-KWEH-DIBLE" WILL FOREVER BE SEARED INTO MY BRAIN BY THE WAY. HE SOUNDS SO DELIGHTED AT SAYING THAT. I'M CHERISH IT FOREVER

Red XIII

"I already have the tickets, but look at me... there's no way I'm getting in by myself" dude look at you HOW DID YOU GET THE TICKETS

Red and Cloud are just having a guy's night, it's just so lit, I love it so much they are just good bros and no I'm not tearing up :''3

The two shaking hands is also so incredibly touching to me... they are just little guys!!! and then the "They ARE soft!" from Cloud,,, perfect timing my guy !!!!

Cait, Vincent, and Cid

ALL THREE OF THEM STANDING OUTSIDE THE DOOR HAD ME CACKLING BECAUSE. THE IMPLICATIONS OF HOW ALL THREE OF THEM DECIDED TO RECRUIT CLOUD INTO THEIR GUY'S NIGHT??? well maybe not all three, Vincent being Vincent was probably coerced into it, and Cid just wanted to tag along. The culprit of this outing was-

Vincent falling asleep is incredibly in character and relatable. return this man to his coffin. two decades of sleeping is not enough.

Cait pulling his hairs out is fucking sending me, poor lad

AND NOW... THE MOMENT YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR.... WHICH DATE WAS BEST???

Vincent, Cait and Cid. boys' night. it's an automatic win

jk but I loved Clerith's date the most... maybe it is because I follow tragedy and it follows me, but while the Clofi date is Canon, the Clerith date is so tender, and it really signals to me the could-have-been's. and i love the could-have-been's ykyk

okay bye

[regenderate-fic]

When I Run Away (You're Who I Run To): Chapter 21

main post read on ao3

Word Count (Chapter): 2,484

NOTES: oughhh i haven't been writing as much lately and i'm catching up to myself… i'm writing chapter 29 right now. it's near the end though!! the wip doc is at like 85k, i'm still debating whether or not i think it'll hit 100k. there's so much and yet so little that still needs to happen… vwoo…

It was a quick bus ride back to the hotel, but still, Yaz found herself exhausted by the time she wound up back in their room. She kicked off her shoes and fell back on the bed, not even bothering to take off her leather jacket. A moment later, Rose was next to her, interlacing their hands, and then the bed dipped and Yaz realized Penny had sat down awkwardly at the edge of it. Without thinking, she reached out, tugging at Penny’s arm until Penny was lying there too, her face inches from Yaz’s.

“You’re still wearing your coat,” she said.

Yaz frowned. “What?”

Penny gestured at her jacket. “Doesn’t look comfortable.”

“Guess it’s not.” Yaz sat halfway up, struggling to get the jacket off. Finally, Penny sat up to slip it off her shoulders, her fingers grazing Yaz’s sleeves with all the care and delicacy one might use with fine crystal. With the same care, Penny folded the jacket and laid it on the nightstand, and then she flopped back down, her hair falling across her forehead. Yaz matched the pose. Falling onto her back, she found herself staring up at the ceiling, feeling totally and completely drained. But then Rose’s arm wrapped itself around her, and Penny inched tentatively closer, and Yaz let herself relax into her exhaustion. She felt a tear falling from one eye, and she didn’t stop it— a second later, Rose’s cool fingers were wiping it away. 

“How are you?” Rose asked quietly.

“I—” Yaz swallowed. “I’m not sure.” 

“That’s okay,” Rose murmured. “Can we do anything?” 

Yaz hesitated. “Just— be here?” 

Rose nestled closer, her chin hooked on Yaz’s shoulder. “We can do that.” 

“It’s been a while since we had a meal, hasn’t it?” Penny added. “D’you want food?”

“Might be nice,” Rose said. She prodded Yaz. “Any requests?”

Yaz tried to think. She couldn’t. “Er— no.” 

“That’s all right,” Penny said. She sat up, rummaging around in her pockets until she found her phone. “Think I can find something we all like. D’you know, I’m very good at Yelp?”

“I bet you are,” Rose replied, her head still buried in Yaz’s shoulder. 

“Oh, don’t take that tone with me, Rose Tyler.” Penny was poking at her phone screen now. “I’m brilliant, I am. See? Here’s a place. Five stars. And it’s Chinese, and I already know what you’ll like.” She glanced at Rose. “Except they don’t deliver.”

“That’s all right,” Rose said immediately. “I can pick it up.” 

“I’ll come with you,” Penny offered.

“Nah,” Rose said. “Been a long day. You ought to rest.”

“Oh, thank goodness.” Penny gave a dramatic sigh. “Don’t know what I would’ve done if you’d actually wanted me to go walking around.”

“Penny,” Rose said, lifting her head to look at her, “have you been letting people push you past your limits?”

Penny grunted in a way that was definitely not an answer.

Rose sighed. “If I’m about to push you like that, you’ve got to tell me, all right?”

“Yeah, all right.” Penny didn’t exactly sound committed, but Rose didn’t say anything. Penny passed the phone to Rose, their hands hovering for a moment over Yaz’s chest. “Here, put in your order.” 

“‘Kay.” Rose held the phone above her and Yaz, tapping at the screen. “Yaz, did you want egg drop soup?”

“Don’t care,” Yaz said.

“Right, that’s going to be a yes, then.” A few moments later, Rose passed the phone back to Penny.

“That’s done, then,” Penny said, dropping her phone on the bed. “Pickup’s in twenty minutes.”

“Where is it?” Rose asked.

“Just around the corner, looked like.” Penny picked up the phone again. “I’ll text you.”

“I’ll set a timer,” Rose said. “Fifteen minutes.”

Those fifteen minutes passed in relative silence: Rose sat up against the headboard, fiddling with Yaz’s braid until finally Yaz pulled her hair tie out and let the hair come loose. Penny, for her part, had laid back down next to Yaz, her eyes closed. When Rose’s alarm went off, all three of them jumped, and Rose clambered to the foot of the bed to slip on her shoes.

“Back soon,” she said. 

Yaz sat up to watch her go. Penny followed her lead, scrambling backwards until she was leaning against the headboard, and Yaz glanced at her.

“I didn’t ask,” she said. “How are you doing?”

Penny waved a hand. “Not about me, is it?”

“Is a little bit,” Yaz said. “You only came here ‘cause of your mum, and I’ve just made you sit in a hospital waiting room for hours. And I know you’re not exactly good with hospitals.”

“I’m all right in waiting rooms,” Penny said immediately. “It’s the exam rooms you’ve got to watch out for. And the ones with the— with the beds.” She shrugged. “Anyway, I didn’t only come ‘cause of my mum, you know.”

Yaz frowned. “What do you mean?” 

“Wanted to help, didn’t I?” Penny let her head fall back. “Not that I’m all that much help, really. But you and Rose have been so good to me, and it sounded like you needed support.”

“I have Rose,” Yaz pointed out. “I wouldn’t have been alone.” 

“Yeah.” Penny kicked at the blankets. “But, y’know. You need everything you can get, don’t you? I wanted—” She cut herself off.

“What?”

“Suppose I wanted to give you what I could,” Penny said. She glanced at Yaz, then quickly away. “Sorry. If you didn’t want that, I mean.”

“No,” Yaz said. “It’s definitely— I mean, I do want you here. I like having you here. I just don’t want to put too much on you. Especially when you’re already sick.”

“I’m always sick,” Penny said. “I mean, I’ve been in a bit of a flare-up, but even when I feel well, I’m sick. Can’t stop trying to help my friends just ‘cause I’m sick.” She shrugged. “Anyway, this sort of thing doesn’t take too much of my energy.” She paused, then added, “Although the hospital could stand to turn down the overhead lights, wouldn’t you say?”

Yaz surprised herself by laughing. “I was thinking the same thing.” She was quiet for a moment, and then she processed another part of what Penny had said. She shifted, turning to face Penny on the bed. “Penny, if you can’t be in the hospital rooms— if my nan wants to meet you, d’you need me and Rose to make excuses? ‘Cause we will, if you need it.”

Penny considered for a moment. “I don’t know,” she finally said. “D’you really think she’ll want to meet me?”

“She likes meeting my friends,” Yaz said. “And I don’t visit that often.”

“Okay,” Penny said. “I think I could do a short time. If there’s a chair. And as long as no one sticks anything in me.”

Yaz shook her head. “Why would they stick anything in you?”

“You never know. Doctors can be sneaky.”

“Well,” Yaz said, “I promise no one will stick anything in you.” She hesitated. “They can’t do anything without your permission, anyway. Even when you are the patient.”

“Right,” Penny said. “‘Cause we’re adults.” She nodded to herself. “Yes. I could do a short visit. Quick introduction, bit of small talk. I’m brilliant at small talk.”

Yaz rolled her eyes. “‘Course you are.”

“Oi, are you doubting me?” 

Yaz fell sideways so that she was lying across Penny’s lap. “No. Don’t have the energy to doubt you.”

“Oh. That’s all right, then.” Penny hesitated. Yaz could feel her hands hovering just above her hair. “Can I braid your hair?”

Yaz shifted. “Er— yeah. If you want to.”

“It’s not going to look good, mind,” Penny said, her hands already sifting through Yaz’s hair. “I just like to occupy my hands, is the thing.”

“I don’t mind,” Yaz said. “I’ll probably just redo it before I go to bed.” She hesitated. “Or I’ll make Rose do it, more likely.”

Penny laughed softly. “Yeah. All right.” Yaz could feel Penny’s hands in her hair, separating a chunk into three strands, her fingers moving quickly as she formed the braid. Yaz let her eyes slide shut.

By the time Rose got back, Penny had finished four thin braids— no small feat, considering the length of Yaz’s hair. Yaz, for her part, was halfway to dozing off, but when she heard the door open, she pushed herself into a sitting position.

“I come bearing food,” Rose announced, dropping two plastic bags on the bed before sitting down herself. “Very nice place, by the way.”

“Told you.” Penny was already pulling cartons out of the bags. “I’m good at Yelp.” She offered Yaz a Styrofoam container. “Egg rolls?”

“Thanks.” Yaz pulled up the lid to reveal the two egg rolls. She set the container on the bed and pried open the sauce before picking up one of the egg rolls and nibbling at the edge. She wasn’t all that hungry, but she had to eat. She didn’t want to wind up passing out and causing her family’s second medical emergency of the week. 

It took her most of the next two hours to eat what she considered a meal’s worth of food— and even then, they had almost half their order left over. Rose stashed it in the hotel’s minifridge, saying, “We’d better not forget that’s there.”

“We can have it tomorrow,” Yaz said. She reached out a hand towards Rose, and Rose got back on the bed and crawled towards her, catching her hand. Yaz pulled until Rose fell onto her lap, curling against her chest. 

“Bedtime?” she asked.

“Well, I’m exhausted,” Yaz said. She stretched, pushing Rose off her lap so she could crawl to the edge of the bed and flip open the lid of her suitcase. She pulled out her flannel pajama pants and one of Rose’s tank tops— it might as well have been Yaz’s by now, considering that she didn’t think twice before packing it for herself. She took the clothes into the bathroom to change and brush her teeth. 

“Hey, Rose,” she said when she came back out. “Will you braid my hair for me?” She still had the braids Penny had done, there among her loose hair, but to sleep she needed all her hair in one big braid so it wouldn't get tangled. 

“Yeah, of course.” Rose was already sitting up. “Come sit.”

Yaz moved to sit in front of Rose, nestling between her legs— and then she noticed Penny’s eyes on her arms. Belatedly, she realized she hadn’t worn anything short sleeved in front of Penny before: she’d never really had reason to. She mostly only wore short sleeves if she’d stolen the clothes from Rose, after all, and almost always in the privacy of their home. She wondered whether she ought to say anything, but then Penny made the choice for her by saying, “I like the bird. When’d you get that?”

Yaz glanced down, trying to see the tattoo without moving her head too much. It was a sparrow, perched on a stick. “Seven years ago, maybe? Rose’s design, Dan’s execution.” She paused. “Rose, was that the first one you drew for me?”

“Don’t think so,” Rose said. “First one was the hearts, wasn’t it?” 

“Oh, right.” Yaz glanced at Penny. “Other arm.” She raised the arm in question, showing Penny the inside of her wrist. The tattoo was simple, just two blue hearts next to each other— but Rose had drawn it, technically, for Dan to tattoo. 

“Yaz did one on me to match,” Rose said, pausing the braiding just long enough to show Penny her left wrist. Her hearts were pink, a warm blush against her skin. 

“Oh, that’s cute.” Penny tilted her head. “Bit of a commitment, isn’t it, matching tattoos?”

“Worked for us,” Rose said easily. Her hand went back to Yaz’s hair. “‘Course, we weren't really close yet when we got them. Just happened to both want the same design.” Her hand twisted a hair tie around the end of Yaz's braid, tugging gently at her hair, and then Yaz felt a kiss against the back of her head. “Okay. Done.”

Yaz leaned back against Rose’s chest. “Thanks.”

“Now get off me so I can get at my clothes,” Rose said, pushing at Yaz. Yaz rolled her eyes and moved away, and Rose slid off the bed, grabbed clothes out of her suitcase, and disappeared into the bathroom. 

“D’you mind if I get dressed in here?” Penny asked, swinging her legs over the edge of the bed.

“No.” Yaz glanced at her. “Nothing I haven’t seen before, anyway”

Penny grinned back. “Suppose not.” 

Yaz turned away anyway, mostly out of politeness. She heard the rustling of fabric, and then the bed dipped, and Yaz turned back to see Penny in one of her striped T-shirts, wiry arms bare, with a pair of blue basketball shorts dwarfing her legs. A second later, Rose came out of the bathroom, shaking out her hair, and Penny went in with her toothbrush. 

Rose sat up at the head of the bed, tucking her legs under the covers. She lifted an arm, and Yaz curled against her side, her eyes drifting shut. When Penny came out of the bathroom, Yaz opened her eyes again: she was standing in the middle of the room, her eyes traveling from Yaz and Rose to the other as-yet-untouched bed. Yaz made a split-second decision.

“Stay here with us,” she said, lifting her own arm. “I mean, if you want to.”

Penny stared at her. “What?”

“She’s right,” Rose said. “No sense leaving one person out, is there?” 

Penny took an unsteady step forward. “You— I mean, you’re sure about this?”

“‘Course we are,” Yaz said. “Come on.” 

Penny took the two more steps to reach the bed. The second she got there, she fell against Yaz like a rag doll. Carefully, her arm still around Penny, Rose’s arm still around her, Yaz slid herself down until her head was on the pillow; Rose and Penny came with her. Rose’s arm was around her waist, an anchor, her breath pleasantly warm against Yaz’s ear, but Penny, once invited in, held on to Yaz like a koala, one leg wrapped around Yaz’s, her head buried in Yaz’s neck. Yaz breathed out a laugh.

“When’s the last time you had a proper cuddle?” she asked, affectionate.

Penny froze. “Sorry, is it too much?”

“‘Course not,” Yaz said, tightening her hold on Penny. “It’s nice. Honest.”

“Oh.” Yaz could feel Penny’s muscles relax. “Sorry.”“Nothing to apologize for.” Yaz turned onto her side, pulling Penny closer as Rose nestled against her back. She felt herself smiling, despite the day she’d had, despite her exhaustion, despite all her lingering worry. She felt surrounded, in the best possible way. And finally, easily, she drifted off to sleep.

[xitsensunmoon]

OH GOD the GRIN WOOAH, bro is showing off his shark teeth alright oughhh

I love your style SM!! Very expressive and shaped, idk what you did to that hand but the way you posed it scratches something in my brain in the best way. Thank you for sharing!<33

Going absolutely feral for @xitsensunmoon 's vampire Moon. Like, actually feral. My mouth is salivating but that's probably because I haven't eaten yet 😂

[terminaxshowtime]

ok here is my jojoposting masterpost part1! already seen everything in the manga but it was a while ago (like 1 and a half years) so i might've forgotten stuff, i'm noting other things as well! i get really hyped so i might lose my sanity and act more hyper and childish than usual so yeah. so cringe warning i guess :/

part 1 i guess, featuring episodes 13-14

araki you really gonna make ur florida prison guards look like that huh...

!!!!!!!! THEY CHANGED THE ENDING OF THE INTRO!!!!!!!! NOW JOLYNE LEANS AGAINST JOTARO'S BACK!!!!!!! AND THE FROGS AND THE DOVE!!!! AND THEY DON'T SHOW IT BUT I'M PRETTY SURE THE POSE JOLYNE DOES WHILE HOPPING ON JOTAROS BACK IS BASED ON THIS THIS

OUGHHH THE 3D PENS WHILE 2D ERMES JUST VIBES THERE... YES...

I FORGOT THIS WAS ERMES AND PUCCIS FIRST INTERACTION... OHHH NOOOO....

FOOF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SHE'S HERE!!!!!!!!!!!! FOOF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

'i feel like others don't accept me here' girl you are plankton. BUT ALSO JOLYNE DEFENDING HER BESTIE... SLAY...

foof i love you so much but this is NOT how you do things girl. eating rice and eating food with your left hand even tho your body is right handed and wants bread is NOT going to help you fit in with society.

omg foof loving salmon because she's plankton... I CAN'T I LOVE HER...

I CANT HANDLE THIS why is she dragging people INTO the line I DONT REMEMBER THIS I LOVE HER SO MUCH SHE'S TRYING SO HARD- OH WAIT NOW THEY'RE ALL ARGUING GOOD JOB FOOF GRAB THE FOOD AND RUN

jolyne sounds so offended at the fact that ermes is stalking a man. like girl are you jealous. you fucking lesbian

oh my god yes ermes backstory! i remember this! man.

man ermes really out there tryina go to college...

GLORIA WAS SUCH A GIRLBOSS ACTUALLY... AGHGHHGH... :(

oh i hope this fucker burns in hell

dude the photos... thats so fucking creepy but also a good tactic...

holy shit ermes on full genocide mode

oh shit.

oh shit she fucked up

oh shit

i forgot about this stand jesus fucking christ i hate it.

NOOO THEY CHANGED IT IT'S NOT CALLED FLACCID PANCAKE ANYMORE?!?!?!??!?!? WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

girlie this is a two parter this ain't over yet

oh shit it ate mickey mouse

dude this is so fucking creepy. invisible corpses attacking you? like what the fuck

i love how when most people lose their leg it's like oh no!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ough!!!!! uauhgughuh!!!!!!! but since foof is plankton she's like damn. why did you have to do that >:T

VIBE TO THE INTRO TIME!!!!!!!!!

OH I MISSED THE FACT THAT IN THE INTRO JOLYNE IS NOW RUNNING ON THE WATER WITH HER STRING... FUCKING AWESOME...

no yeah she's 100% doing that pose with jotaro

jolyne's smart as her father as always...

'an invisible corpse has no concept of up or down' YEAH UH NO SHIT. DID YOU THINK INVISIBLE CORPSES WOULD OBEY THE LAWS OF PHYSICS???

OHHHHHHHHHHHH GO FOOF POP OFF!!! SHOOT YOUR HAND TURNED INTO A GUN!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!

THE AWKWARD THUMBS UP EVERYONE GIVES EACH OTHER... man...

dude foof is such a great medic. like imagine being glued back together by plankton. that's so fucking awesome

OHHH FUCKING. DIO'S BONE. THAT'S RIGHT I REMEMBER

OHHH WAIT HE'S DEAD EVEN THOUGH HE DOESN'T REALISE IT... THAT'S SO COOL ACTUALLY. OF COURSE!!!!!! BECAUSE HIS STAND POWER IS CONTROLLING INVISIBLE CORPSES SO HE DOESN'T REALISE HE DIED... THAT'S SO EPIC...

no that's so funny this bitch doesn't realise this guy is unconscious and being controlled by an invisible ghost... damn...

AND THERE'S THE REALISATION THAT HE'S DEAD... MY GOD

oh this man is fucked up. ough he really is a zombie. fucking eating brains

i literally DO NOT remember this WHAT

THIS IS SO COOOOOOL

dude he's dead of course he can bite the shit out of someone without consequence

FUCK

oh that stand catch is epic

ermes let your bestie help. come ON

NONONONONONO FUCK WHy are they HERE fUCK

GET OUT GET OUT GET OUT!!!!!!!!!!!

'revenge is the way to settle the score with my fate' my god. she's so awesome

WHERE did your medic go. like maybe i lost track but where tf is foof

OH GOD SHE DED

nevermind

oh i LOVE how the copied head doesn't follow the real heda's facial features... oh god...

speechless im just watching this battle in awe of ermes. holy shit what a girlboss

korebo might as well be her stand cry now /j

im clapping. you cant tell but im clapping

jolyne just sat there the whole time like What the Fuck did I just watch

OHHHHH GOD

THERE'S THE MEDIC. FOOF HELP YOU MISSED OUT

why do they show the to be continued AFTER the credits. man

leaving it at here because i have too much to say and there are too many episodes and i don't have time to watch any more tonight but holy Shit AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[unproduciblesmackdown]

which bmc scenes make you the softest bc for me it's gotta be most of the stagedorks scenes ESPECIALLY a guy that i'd kinda be into. mostly bc of christine cause her and michael are my favs (i love them all sm though) but also bc of jeremy because he is a close second to both of them. also vimh but vimh makes me cry a lot although nowadays i can hardly watch one scene without at the very least tearing up. anyways yeah which ones make you soft

i simply rewatched bmc and took notes for this and really got off track at points in the sense of sticking to What Makes You Softest but that’s how it goes babey

ACT ONE - in mts when jeremy is just having a whole moment being smitten in christine's presence while she's inelegantly picking herself up off the floor and smearing on lip balm and adjusting a skirt wedgie - jeremy and michael just being default that glad to meet each other in the middle of a random schoolday - michael hyping up jeremy's crush on christine and just encouraging this momentum to get jeremy to sign up for the play - ilpr.....that christine stops after like, the first two verses and goes back to her book b/c she doesn't figure someone's looking to listen to her beyond that but then she sees jeremy's still 110% paying attention and the whole rest of the song enfolds with increasing enthusiasm - jake doing that whole bit "all the pressure i feel to be the best at everything all the time" lmao classic stuff here, depressing content delivered in this humorousse way. charming moment - "leave me alone, i've had a bad day" - 2pg......when michael taps jeremy on the shoulder to get jeremy to join in on his choreo, which jeremy then does.....that michael asks if jeremy will be too cool for Video Games and jeremy just responds Emotionally Directly......we love the Favorite Person moment......that this song just ends with the two of them grooving 2gether god bless - jeremy stammering and Tics and Fidgeting when the squip remarks uponst it - jeremy delivering the Looking Pretty Sexy Brooke as awkwardly as possible and she's just like "thanks :)" - jeremy's own Theatricality coming out......hey hamlet - jeremy spinning around in place alternately addressing both brooke and the squip with "oh i'm supposed to meet my friend michael" - nice little detail wherein brooke signals for chloe to join in on her choreo - speaking of, v fond of the Moment jeremy is in on both their choreo......brooke sort of alarming jeremy with her whole attempted grande finale, straw and all, ft. the first instance of her messing with his hair so much she's just tugging his entire head around - cute that jake and rich have a sort of 2pg-esque handshake routine too - jeremy's "that's sad, what should i do" reaction re: jenna - rich's Earnest invitation to come over and play xbox... - "bonjour, jeremy" "ooh brooke!" and this whole exchange, her complimenting him, him laughing at "That Was French" and remembering to ask about pinkberry - love the whole choreo sequence/s in sync up, especially fond of his Moments with the girls, bumping hips with chloe (twice), hearing some Gossip from jenna, posing with brooke.... ;__; - the bowling alley performance art exchange before agtikbi ;____; - agtikbi......the glittery hearts choreo.....the whatever! the interlude or whatever!!! the I Guess A Part Of Me section hhhhoughhh ;o; ;o; ;o; ;o; ;o; that she pulls him into a hug and puts her head against his shoulder omggg ;_________; - brooke just trying to interact with jeremy the Right Way w/o any guidance on the bleachers and it continues to be awkward and funny....like comforting just his Leg while he converses w/his squip.....how she just ends up Physically pushing him around by the hands and head and shoulder and etc......whole situation here in upgrade.mp3 clearly less than Ideal but jeremy and brooke are nevertheless very cute individually And together - meanwhile jake also trying to genuinely Be With christine in upgrade is also charming lol, quitting archery to hang w/a girl like her.... - i always love when the Playful Shove brooke gives jeremy at "but at the mall, you looked at me" pushes him back a whole few steps....this moment of them truly Getting each other sans anyone else's interference.....tres magnifique - jeremy being That psyched to see michael for the first time (in like, less than one full day lol)....michael being That psyched just hearing that jeremy's cool scifi thing worked out after all - lgw ;_________________________; - like i'm some normal, handsome guy..... - giving us All that silence after "The Problem Has Always Been Me" - the whole bit where he launches into the "I'm Not The [series of insults]" and i've realized it's really especially a stretch to say i'm Soft for these moments in lgw but i Am vulnerable and that's its power. little 1" tall will roland on my screen here just made me shed a real tear doing That.....

ACT TWO - brooke's Howl at the end of her verse lmawooo - oughhh jeremy and brooke Greeting each other at the party too, jeremy unable to disappoint her and going for the Real Compliment, just v charming. rip - jake and jeremy's danceoff lol hell yes and then jake just having Misunderstood the costume plan between him and christine lol - the squip getting in on the dancing :) go you funky little ai - jeremy and brooke singing that last verse of Halloween v enthusiastically at each other, - again that jeremy is just genuinely glad to see michael.... - the inherent intimacy of singing mitb b/c your bff dumped you..... - AGTIKBI REPRISE..... ;______________________________; hhhhuouuuoh my god :'3 the lil detail that at the Height of things christine is Shy and turns away.....just. This Scene oh my god - soft in a vulnerable way like, rip to jenna where we're seeing chloe's Lack Of Enthusiasm in accepting a call from her :[ - the Shift at the start of the pants song :] - and the lil mitb reprise during said pants song lmao, also always having a great time w/this concept of "maybe this teen having a rough time needs some guidance from someone grown w/all that bonus maturity here" - i wish there was a way i could help everyone but i don't know how so i guess i'll just do theatre..... - jenna being Moved simply being asked for the first time ever How She Is u_u then her being like "....Okay!" lmfao jenna's great - just have to say in whatever context i'm v fond of pitiful children there at the end lmfao the bass kicks in like that and we're having a great time - the audience always having that response to "all the way to broadway" - jeremy going "you came to see me in the play? :)" like, that he's processing the significance of that in the middle of these Very Raised Stakes - i'm soft for will roland's vocal glitching mouth noises live every night!!! - jeremy like "ha! >:)" flipping his squip off after he's successfully Apologized lmfaoooo love him - but then having that real And I'm Stronger Than You Think I Am victory like :'| - that michael's been by like a ton btw during jeremy's probably somewhat concerning coma. also cherish the lil dance he does while they're celebrating mr. heere's bepantsedness - jake and jeremy sharing a Dab - and just the Popular Kids actively seeking him out to help re: christine b/c they just Want To Be Supportive.....very nice - this vimh interlude or whatever with christine and jeremy like jlsdfhh i think of this all the time - me and the voices in my head have made up our collective mind ;__; what do they say we should do ;______; and the Woohoo! ;_______________; - huoughh kiss and you KNOW especially the [jeremy spinning away in sheer enthusiasm] of 2.0 just KILLS THE MAN ;O; - jeremy not missing a beat despite the squip's interruption leeet's GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO - the more than survive na na na na na na na na na na na's but they're all So, and jeremy ending With everyone but also there with Himself and it's so Good and Everything Wants What Vimh Has!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hhrough ;0; - that jason does that spin at curtain call w/his excellent squip costume... - that in virtually any given curtain call when they get into line together there's that lil ritual of george smacking will's ass lmao love languages

i mean tl;dr quite Same in that like, most likely to inspire tearing up over something or other includes agtikbi reprise and vimh which is just like, again any finale wants what it has, and the I Guess A Part Of Me bit of the non-reprise agtikbi like Oof augh this is so cute, and lgw always Gets me, and while i was rewatching speaking of being soft and move-able i was also just continually struck with delight over various moments throughout, and noticing little details for the first time thank god. just Vulnerable the whole time

[jotarrokujo]

oughhh the one hand in the coat pocket the other in the pants pockets pose 💕✨💕✨ and his little snake skin boot pants <3333

cant stop thinking about that 6taro nendoroid 😔❤️