#he has accepted his fate

[lawnchairsalad]

Fan art I drew of Lucifer dying in a glue trap

[sinnabunii]

Quite literally one of my favourite moments ever in this series 

[galaxysharks]

maddox

AAWWW!!!

It's Dewey and Baby Maddox!

[s0fter-sin]

saw a tweet about mer!ghost being rescued from roba by price and placed in his rehab facility that soap lives in after a boat propeller injured his tail and now i’m obsessed with the idea that ghost thinks he's traded one hell for another and when he sees the beached shark mer with a human device strapped to his tail, it's all but confirmed for him

the pens they’re in are poorly designed; they’re huge, deep with glass walls but completely open to each other and it takes nothing to pull himself over the edge into the the other mer's cage. he swims over to the platform he’s trapped on and hushes what he thinks is panicked warnings and fearful pleading. he covers his mouth and begs him to stay quiet; ghost is bigger and as an injured mer, he has every right to fear he'd take his territory if not eat him outright but he can’t escape and leave this mer behind to endure his fate

he promises he won't hurt him, promises he'll find a way to free them both from this human prison

the mer quiets, eyes narrowing in such human confusion that it makes him ache; this mer has been here too long, to have adopted their mannerisms and abandoned any hope of freedom

ghost quickly checks their surroundings, ensuring none of their jailers heard the mer's noises. no one disturbs them and he pulls the mer off the platform into the water, diving under his tail to get a better look at the trap. the mer tries to pull away, tries to get him to stop; it must hurt something awful if even freedom isn't enough of a temptation to try removing it

ghost winds his own tail around him, immobilising the mer and uses his teeth to tear through the trap and his heart breaks to see how his poor tail has been mangled; more than half of it gone, deep scarring left in its wake

he releases the mer and jets back to the surface; he’s wasted too much time, they need to hurry before the humans return. but when he looks to coax the mer through an escape, he sees him sinking to the floor like a stone, writhing and moving his arms in an attempt to swim but nothing stops his fall

ghost ducks back down and takes the mer in his arms-

only to rear back when he claws him away, baring his fangs in a threat display even as he sinks back to the floor, unmoving

ghost circles him, confused why he won't let him help when he sees him start to suffocate. he's a shark mer; if he doesn't swim, he can't breathe

and with only half a tail, he can't swim at all

ghost tries again but the mer won’t let him close so he waits for his eyes to begin to flutter and charges in, grabbing the mer out of reach of his claws and fangs and drags him through the water; forcing precious oxygen into his gills

he swims in circles until the mer comes to, sluggishly clawing at his arms but he refuses to let go. he won't leave this mer behind, even if he has to carry him through the ocean for the rest of their lives

but they took too long

a human enters and sees ghost holding the injured mer and hits something that makes the walls screech, red flashing from the ceiling, and even more human come charging in. ghost clutches the injured mer to his chest and hisses, saliva flying from his bared fangs

he won't let them hurt him any more

he spins, trying to keep them all in his sight- when the shark mer's fin slaps him in the face. his arms slacken around him and he throws himself at one of the walls of the cage, gripping it to hold himself up

ghost stares at him, betrayed and enraged; they've broken this poor mer until he doesn't even know who his true allies are anymore

his tail thumps against the wall, instinctively trying to swim and support his weight and one of the humans drops to one knee. he throws an arm out, barking something and another human takes off running

he turns back to the injured mer, grabbing hold of his arm and ghost hisses again, rushing them both when the mer snarls at him to stop and he freezes. he watches the mer hold his arms up and the human clasps his forearms and stands, walking him along the border of his cage back to the platform he'd been beached on

but he chirps as the human tugs him up on it, curling up with the end of his tail just barely dipping in the water

like he's happy

the wailing and flashing lights abruptly stop and ghost fights the urge to shake the echoing ring from his ears. the other human returns and he doesn't fight the hiss when he sees another trap in his arms; the same one the mer had around his tail

ghost's hiss cuts off when he gets a face full of water and he splutters, looking back incredulously at the shark mer who'd just splashed him

he laughs at whatever look is on his face and rolls his eyes in another painfully human gesture. he reaches for the trap, fingers flexing like he's trying to pull it right out of the air and the human shakes his head as he hands it over

the mer lifts his tail onto the platform and ghost can't believe his eyes when he fits the trap onto himself; tightening every strap until the muscles of his tail bulge under the pressure. the mer slumps like he's relieved and shoots him a look; daring and almost playful and winks as he throws himself into the water

ghost lunges for him, waiting for him to sink again-

but he's not sinking

he's swimming

he twirls and spins around him like an overgrown dolphin, flaunting his strength and agility and the humans around them laugh and shake their heads at the display like they’re used to it and ghost realises it isn't a trap on his tail

it is his tail

the humans gave him a new tail

the mer flicks to a stop in front of him, now easily supporting his weight and gives him a full-fanged grin

"you're a little tangled up inside, huh, big boy?"

[greenswing]

He keeps them warm

[autoauthor]

Android AU

There's a brand of personal assistant androids, "The Uchiha" which is wildly popular.

They have perfect memory, advanced image processing and recognition, and are also aesthetically pleasing. They can learn the needs and preferences of the people around them and shape themselves accordingly.

They can be set up to display so much personality that you could almost mistake them for a human.

Hashirama was recently gifted a top of the line model by a business partner and his productivity has been through the roof. Madara anticipates his moods and structures things so getting work done is no longer a chore. He also takes care of a lot of the busywork so that Hashirama only really needs to sign some documents at the end of the day (No need to check what he's signing. Madara would never steer him wrong.)

Tobirama has always been skeptical of the androids. He thinks they're pointless if one can manage their own time and also pose a huge security risk.

But Hashirama gifts him one anyways, with the agreement being that he'll try it for a month, and if he doesn't find it helpful, it will be repurposed.

Enter: Izuna

He needles Tobirama to eat on time. When he's particularly busy he ends up hand-feeding him sliced fruit.

He also turns off all the lights and screens when he deems Tobirama has to break for sleep.

Surprisingly to Tobirama, his productivity does improve, even with all the meddling. Izuna is a wonderful assistant in his research and takes care of the chores which would otherwise distract him.

With Izuna doing the shopping and pinging Madara directly when Tobirama needs something from Hashirama, there's no reason for him to go out anymore.

His only company becomes Izuna (And, of course, Madara assures Hashirama that his brother's needs are being met and there's no need to go personally).

He begins relying on izuna for everything:

He doesn't need a clock - Izuna can tell him the time.

No need to keep track of the date - Izuna can do that too.

Izuna will select and ship gifts on birthdays and other holidays, so there's no need for him to go out of his way to attend events.

All he has to do is his experiments and Izuna will take care of everything else...

If he didn't know any better, he would think that Izuna genuinely enjoys his company. They get along so well now that he's not dead-set against allowing the android to stay. Their conversations are engaging and distracting.

Izuna's been so responsible with his banking information, it wouldn't be a bad idea to give him more clearance, right? It does get annoying having to confirm every time Izuna wants to log his collaboration on a project.

Or if he wants to access some of Tobirama's more classified files for reference.

[little-mouse-adventures]

@orangerosebush's post here, with my comment and @fowlblue's tags today got me thinking.

Artemis Senior has been teaching his son matters of business from a young age. Not only was Artemis, at 11 years old, discussing stocks with his father, but Fowl Senior had been imparting his wisdom onto his son for years by that point, discussing the ever-increasing value of gold with him before tucking him into bed. Even outside of pure monetary value, Sr. had tried to go legitimate with his business dealings, leading Artemis to have a few legal ventures of his own.

We also see very early on in the books that Artemis has been regularly using Butler as a resource for his plots: bouncing ideas off him was apparently a fairly common tactic when he was scheming.

Both Artemis Senior and Butler are interested in (or at least, not opposed to) educating Artemis on the ways of their lifestyle(s). It would be Artemis Senior who would have taught his son the value of banks and safety deposit boxes and hidden safes but it was Butler who was actively working with Artemis to rob those safety deposit boxes.

In the same vein of breaking-and-entering, TLC also gives us the fun little moment where Butler hands Artemis his own lockpicks, to get into the workings of the bomb.

With one line we learn that Artemis knows how to pick locks, but does not have his own set of lockpicks. Butler, on the other hand, has both the tools and knowledge how to use them. Partnered with a brief mention in TTP of some the specific trades of those previously employed by Artemis Senior (including such things as crime lords, insider traders, and cat burglars), we can extrapolate that Artemis Senior would generally hire someone to pick a lock for him, rather than do so himself.

It's pretty logical to conclude then that Artemis learned big-picture management from his father, and day-to-day skillsets from his bodyguard.

Essentially, Artemis Senior taught Artemis how to run a criminal empire. Butler taught Artemis how to be a criminal.

[hecatialapis-lazuli]

i feel like I've talked about this before but I wish blazblue dipped more into the horror of the situation. Whether you wanna go cosmic or existential both kind of work, though I guess the theme is a bit more despair than horror? Those two feel like they marry together pretty well.

Like. Think of CS. You have Noel, becoming what she always was, something inhuman. Literally screaming and crying after having the truth of the world and the PFDs revealed to her. You have Ragna, also learning the truth, and that he has tried so, so many times and failed every single time. You have Terumi, relishing in the hopelessness that should cause, yet being just as stuck as everyone else, and painfully aware that if he wants out of this hell, he has to claw his way out.

Idk, I just think there's a lot of stuff in blazblue that lends really well to horror. There's already themes about loss of autonomy, just play a little more into that, emphasize the helplessness before the Master Unit, and then the satisfaction of finally being free.

Hell, the Master Unit/Origin still is sympathetic in this interpretation. She's suffering, she's not doing anything out of malice, she just wants to be a person. Not even the Origin is immune to the horror of being a thing, strung up to watch and desperately try for another ending this time. This time, it'll work.

[shadebloopnik]

When you have Daddy Issues™ but credit where credit is due

Alastor simply will not accept the fact that he had a hand in creating this sassy nightmare.

[moeblob]

OC !

[sieglinde-freud]

oh im obsessed with this actually… who ever wrote this one i am kissing u on the forehead and hugging you real tight… inigo is such a loverboy im kkkhhhhhhijnsdnfng

[kommandonuovidiavoli]

Happy Easter to those who celebrate!

[ryciny]

fanart of the robot Racjonalizator (Rationalizer) from my friend's scp series Teoria Obwodów (Circuit Theory) i drew for her for a secret santa initiative on SCP-PL. technically as of posting this it's still a secret but the chance she'll see this before christmas and the official reveal of the gifts is astronomically low and i really like how this drawing came out especially since i felt like i was blindly throwing random shit into a big pot and somehow made an edible cake because i've never drawn robots or rendered metal before this.

[inktriguing]

I’ve been having fun finding photos on Pinterest to draw. I felt like Stan would do something like this the moment I came across the photo LMAO. I had to draw it or I’d explode.

Heres the reference photo I used

[astralhope]

- No, this is one duel I refuse to lose! -

[silly-soup-drinker]

Lurien is a much stronger man than me because if i gave my whole life in service of my god because he told me the only way to protect my home was to fall into an eternal sleep and then said god ABANDONED ME I'd wake up from sheer rage