#he doesn't share easily

[felthamar]

A dour countenance cannot hold for long, what sweet memory might tease a smile to your lips?

" Inconceivable. " His voice struck at a dangerous depth. To speak of his facial gestures to not hold simply by one's assumptions was bad enough. But then, one dares to ask of him of something they he did not so freely disclose. Fel green eyes narrowed, perhaps even squinted. Nostrils flared open as he gave a huff at the thought. " You will find none here. There is nothing sweet about my life. Everything I had ever been had either been the shed of blood, sweat, and soul fabrics. Or they had been tarnished by something most bitter in my mouth. "

The left edges of his lips bent downward. A moment of silence in the exchange made him concede to pull his eyes away. He was lying. There were moments that made him smile. Exchanges with others that made him feel as if he had belonged. As if someone cared. Individuals that had not only left their mark on him, be he on them as well. It made his heart quiver. A sensation that caused his left hand to draw to his chest in defeat. "... I have nothing to say. " He grumbled, turning to walk away from the question entirely.

[[ @nahisummerhold looks like someone's being a grump! ]]

[maythedreadwolftakeyou]

very funny (and fitting) that Lucanis takes out his bad moods on Spite more than the reverse... like Spite is WAY more willing to compromise/share considering their situation. which makes sense since Lucanis was used to independence/had a life in a much more relevant way than Spite ever did but STILL. Mr. Crow over here drinking 28 cups of coffee per day just so his new buddy doesn't get a turn driving, when he could have arranged some sort of babysitting situation instead and gotten actual sleep most nights, since after the first couple weeks Spite isn't even trying to run away he just wants to know what candles taste like and check out what Manfred's up to. But Lucanis says NO. we live in a pantry now so you can't even look at fun things while I'm brooding. petition to swap their names honestly

[tswwwit]

what circumstances would allow bill to pick up his world-domination plans again, it couldn't be when dipper and him fight cuz that would make his mortal angrier, so when dipper has been in a great mood for a few decades? but also older and more or less unable to stop bill if he reallyyyy wanted too. or has bill given up entirely and convinced himself he's just 'waiting for when dipper stops reincarnating or smth' but he's never gonna stop so bill's never gonna conquer his universe?

what if dipper reincarnates into an already conquered universe? everything is to ruin and his family, The Pines, seem to be the only one's left standing in the revolution, actually only ones standing periodt. now that i think abt it the only time bill could get away with taking over the universe with no one to stop him is dipper's reincarnation period and prob the same events as Gravity falls with gideon n stuff

Conquering the world is grounds for their marriage contract being cancelled. Bill's not gonna give that a try anytime soon, unless he's somehow in the mood for an enraged husband with a solid case for Divorce. He's probably relegated the whole business to a shrugging 'eh, I'll get to it eventually'. Nevermind that 'eventually' might never arrive!

That's not to say other worlds are quite as well off, since they're still fair game for Bill Shenanigans! But at least Bill's too busy and easily bored/distracted to really knuckle down like he was planning to on Earth.

[khattikeri]

there's something so odd yet fascinating about how fanworks for mxtx's books tend to misinterpret the literal protagonists of her stories more than any other characters

[skulandcrossbones]

[fire-eyed-raven]

Usually I'm all for not treating two characters as a one inseparable unit. I'm all for exploring them separately from each other or considering some interesting rare pair options for them.

But not with Madara. I love Madara very much but I'm sorry his canon obsession with Hashirama can't be ignored by me. I can't separate it from him. Their bond with Hashirama is completely something else. It's a very integral part of who Madara is.

He wants his attention even if it will be in a fight he wants everything Hashirama can give him. He'll recognize him in any situation. He'll be happy to see him even if the last time they have seen each other Hashirama killed him. He talked about uniting Ying and Yang and clearly meant Hashirama as Yang to his Ying. He ended up merging a part of Hashirama into himself in a most literal sense. He can't shut up about Hashirama when we see him as himself and not an impersonator (obito) or through other's memories.

[eikichi-supremacy]

you guys don't even know about the matsuo & kuwabara fic (it doesn't exist (yet))

[galedekkarios]

is gale actually the worst guy alive or do people just have personal issues that give them a complex whenever someone else is a master of their craft and confident about it 🤔 hmmmmmmm

[smile-files]

the feeling when you care so much about a character that you worry about their gjinka's outfit not being narratively meaningful enough

[lunarin64art]

Oh Oumeno is one of my favorite ships for Kokichi, and i don't mind your Ougoku (the fact Enyne does look like their lovechild makes it funny)

Oh good I was worried lol

Just didn’t want it to feel like I was forcing my AU on you 😅

[ivan-fyodorovich-k]

I am convinced the only possible way to be happy is to have absolutely no sense of the self or of one's own needs or desires

But the problem that I keep hitting upon is, there is a certain amount of food you need to live. There is a certain amount of oxygen you need to live. No amount of zen indifference to your surroundings is going to keep you alive in the vacuum of space.

Is there some baseline of emotional well-being you need to have even to begin to abandon your sense of self yet continue to live? If depression is an excessive self-regard or self-obsession, is the problem that you have your legitimate needs met but you don't know, or you have your legitimate needs met but selfishly want more, or could your heightened self-awareness actually be caused by a legitimate problem, in the same way that you can be hyper aware of your leg because your leg is actually broken

[motherfuckingmaneater]

how Rod found out about Bella and Voldemort’s affair? 

I have so many theories for this, so here are a few from my endless list.

He found out himself after his suspicions. Possibly one where he's genuinely hurt by her affair, or one where he's like fine, whatever.

It was made perfectly plain to him before he married her that she belonged to Lord Voldemort. I like this one. Voldemort very simply telling Rodolphus that the witch he's going to marry will be his wife in name only and that she is his. It plays to the dynamics of Rodolphus' loyalty and Voldemort's possessiveness very nicely.

He caught them mid-affair. Possibly the most soul destroying but potentially juicy story for them ever. Rodolphus walks in on them in bed together. Voldemort tells him quite frankly to get out and he does. They never speak of it again.

Bellatrix accidentally calls him 'my Lord' in bed. Oops. The gig is up.

I have a lot of ideas, but I don't tend to like the idea of Rodolphus as a 'cuck'. I think he's far too respected for that and his loyalty to Voldemort would come first. After all, if his Master wants his wife, who is he to say no?

[theheadlessgroom]

@beatingheart-bride

"There was never any doubt in my mind," Randall assured her, taking her hand in his as sat beside him-even with the revelation that she was a vampire, he never felt even a twinge of fear upon learning it, nor did he ever have any doubts in her moral compass. She was a vampire now, yes, but she was still Emily.

And he still felt no fear, as they sat together in her lonely room, thought he did feel his heart ache as he looked around it. It was so quiet and dark, her bed so big and comfortable...and yet so painfully empty. He thought back to some of his lonelier, moodier nights before they met, and how his bed sometimes felt so massive, dwarfing him, hammering home that loneliness...

...and so perhaps he shouldn't have been surprised (and yet he was all the same) when he opened his mouth and commented, "Uh...why don't I stay here with you tonight?"

As soon as his brain caught up with his mouth, Randall's cheeks immediately went aflame, and his eyes widened, his heart pounding-it sounded too forward, didn't it? That wasn't his intention, he did want her to get the wrong idea, the wrong impression, he just wanted to comfort her, make her feel a little less alone tonight, that was all...!

[radioconstructed]

// Slow burn radioapple where Al keeps being a menace because that's the best way she knows how to cope with being in crisis, her local Lucifer pushes back bc he shouldn't have to deal with this shit, they keep getting into beef,,, if he's not aware already, he becomes aware that she doesn't get this triggered by anyone else and wonders what the fuck her problem is with him,,

maybe he'll ask her. maybe she'll tell him half. she won't tell him the other half.

maybe he'll figure it out.

[kagedbird]

Continuation from this Allora: *getting finished describing what happened to her and Kaidan in the Abandoned Prison* ...and we escaped after that, to Bren's house. Wasn't too long after Kaidan and I left that it was burned down. Taliesin: Yes I can understand your contempt for me now. That is unfortunately common practices for torture with Thalmor. Is your Uncle all right? Allora: *winces at the memory of her getting pissed off* Yeah, we got to him in time, thank god. He's... he's in Whiterun now. Safe and sound. I hope. Taliesin: I mean, I can't imagine even the Thalmor risking much by attacking Whiterun outright. It's neutral territory after all, they'd be inciting anger from every nearby territory, if not all of Skyrim. Allora: I'm more worried about the war. I've heard terrible things that Ulfric has done, and... I've met him. Briefly. Taliesin: Not a cheery conversation? With the Bear of Markarth? Surprising. Allora: ...There wasn't a conversation. We were in Helgen. When the dragon attacked. It was after we just left Bren's house. But the way he looked at me... I didn't like it. Taliesin: Good heavens, you're a magnet for trouble, aren't you? Allora: *scowls* I didn't ask to be put on this earth, thanks. Taliesin: Yes, not many of us get to, do we? Allora: *hesitates, before clamming up, crossing her arms and looking away* ...yeah. Taliesin: ... *glances at her, frowning a bit* If I may ask...- Allora: I wear it because of Mara. Taliesin: ...you must certainly get that question a lot. But I was going to ask about your eye. I can sense the magicka radiating off of it- especially when you were stomping heatedly into my chest. Which still has a bruise by the way. Allora: You're lucky a bruise is the only thing you got. Taliesin: *clucks his tongue* Rude. You sound exactly like that brute. Are you two- Allora: We aren't together. I'm not with any of them. They're my best friends. I'm not allowed to date. Taliesin: Not allowed? Are you shrouded like that because Mara's cursed you? Allora: *sighs heavily, giving him a tired glance* I'm not allowed to date because I wasn't brought to Skyrim by my own volition, and I might be removed the same. I'm not going to love them... just to leave them. Or anyone. It wouldn't be fair. I'm fine with just being their friend. I love them all the same. Taliesin: How... sweet. And stupid. I clearly don't know every piece of your story yet, so I can only assume you have a better reason than that, but at the very least, it's heartfelt. Allora: *Dryly rolls her eyes* Gee. Thanks.

[subjectsix]

I don't know I'm not done talking about it. It's insane that I can't just uninstall Edge or Copilot. That websites require my phone number to sign up. That people share their contacts to find their friends on social media.

I wouldn't use an adblocker if ads were just banners on the side funding a website I enjoy using and want to support. Ads pop up invasively and fill my whole screen, I misclick and get warped away to another page just for trying to read an article or get a recipe.

Every app shouldn't be like every other app. Instagram didn't need reels and a shop. TikTok doesn't need a store. Instagram doesn't need to be connected to Facebook. I don't want my apps to do everything, I want a hub for a specific thing, and I'll go to that place accordingly.

I love discord, but so much information gets lost to it. I don't want to join to view things. I want to lurk on forums. I want to be a user who can log in and join a conversation by replying to a thread, even if that conversation was two days ago. I know discord has threads, it's not the same. I don't want to have to verify my account with a phone number. I understand safety and digital concerns, but I'm concerned about information like that with leaks everywhere, even with password managers.

I shouldn't have to pay subscriptions to use services and get locked out of old versions. My old disk copy of photoshop should work. I should want to upgrade eventually because I like photoshop and supporting the business. Adobe is a whole other can of worms here.

Streaming is so splintered across everything. Shows release so fast. Things don't get physical releases. I can't stream a movie I own digitally to friends because the share-screen blocks it, even though I own two digital copies, even though I own a physical copy.

I have an iPod, and I had to install a third party OS to easily put my music on it without having to tangle with iTunes. Spotify bricked hardware I purchased because they were unwillingly to upkeep it. They don't pay their artists. iTunes isn't even iTunes anymore and Apple struggles to upkeep it.

My TV shows me ads on the home screen. My dad lost access to eBook he purchased because they were digital and got revoked by the company distributing them. Hitman 1-3 only runs online most of the time. Flash died and is staying alive because people love it and made efforts to keep it up.

I have to click "not now" and can't click "no". I don't just get emails, they want to text me to purchase things online too. My windows start search bar searches online, not just my computer. Everything is blindly called an app now. Everything wants me to upload to the cloud. These are good tools! But why am I forced to use them! Why am I not allowed to own or control them?

No more!!!!! I love my iPod with so much storage and FLAC files. I love having all my fics on my harddrive. I love having USBs and backups. I love running scripts to gut suck stuff out of my Windows computer I don't want that spies on me. I love having forums. I love sending letters. I love neocities and webpages and webrings. I will not be scanning QR codes. Please hand me a physical menu. If I didn't need a smartphone for work I'd get a "dumb" phone so fast. I want things to have buttons. I want to use a mouse. I want replaceable batteries. I want the right to repair. I grew up online and I won't forget how it was!