#he’s just keeping the coherence

[bacchuschucklefuck]

doing chibi is a good design exercise bc it forces u to think on shapes n essential details, essentially thumbnailing ur designs. its also a terrible design exercise bc it ends up looking cute no matter what

[freyadragonlord]

Finished Heavenly Tyrant and my first comment is.........

......... Qin Zheng was WAY too funny for how much he sucked. Made me feel so conflicted.

Anyways, Heavenly Tyrant is an amazing book, highly reccomend!!!

Power to the people ✊️

[tangledinink]

one of those "working on an important project for mama" kinda days.

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[fisheito]

blade, superspeed superstar investigative extraordinaire (flinging entire men around since , uh, Saia)

[relicsongmel]

Something I've always found fascinating about Raymond Shields is that despite seemingly having altruistic reasons for being a defense attorney, his reasons for trying to convince Miles to be one are anything but.

It seems understandable enough on the surface. After Ray comes around and agrees to work with Miles in The Imprisoned Turnabout, he sees remnants of Gregory shining through him despite von Karma's influence. Whether or not he recognizes that Miles' decision to become a prosecutor wasn't just born from that alone—that it was in tandem with wanting to distance himself from anything that reminded him of his father to alleviate the burden on his heart—is up for debate, but regardless: he acknowledges Miles as Gregory's son through and through and wants to capitalize on his dedication for pursuing justice in a way that he knows would make his father proud. He wants to let Miles in on the life he was robbed of at 9 years old—the life he once dreamed of living, where he follows in the footsteps of his father by giving everything he has to save people, by fighting like hell for the vulnerable and the condemned.

That said, as much as Ray dresses up his proposition by making it out to be as if he's looking out for Miles' best interests (and the best interests of society, even)...his motives for trying to get Miles to switch sides are almost entirely selfish. Ray's efforts (and most of his actions in general, really) are ultimately a product of his desperate attempt to cling on to anything related to Gregory out of an inability to move on from his death. Wearing his hat and coat, leaving the name of his office unchanged...and now, requesting that his son literally change jobs just because he can't bear the weight of his own loneliness anymore. Because he can't bear to think that the damage done by DL-6 is irreversible and Miles has moved on while he has stagnated for the past 17 years. Because he has an idealized vision of what he thinks Gregory would want and fails to realize that his son's occupation wouldn't matter to him as long as it brings him happiness and fulfillment. In his mind, letting Miles go means accepting the circumstances that brought him where he is and allowing both of them to move on. And that terrifies him.

It's even more deceitful when you realize that Ray's pitch comes at a very opportune time for Miles given his circumstances at that point: that is, he's under threat of investigation for prosecutorial misconduct and at risk of being stripped of his badge. Ray might fake incompetence, but he's not stupid—and he takes full advantage of Justine's warnings to try to sway Miles when he's in a more vulnerable position in terms of his job. Which is...pretty fucked up, to put it lightly. Despite having a better idea of where he came from compared to most people, through this Ray shows a lack of understanding of who Miles truly is and a lack of respect for what he's come to value, even if his path toward obtaining those values had some bumps along the road. But he's so blinded by his grief that he doesn't even stop to consider how much he's really asking of him, or what Miles is really searching for.

Ray was moved by Gregory. He values saving people. Defending the weak is an undeniably noble endeavor. But to ask that of someone else without consideration for their best interests is decidedly less so.

For all his occupation requires a certain selflessness, Raymond Shields is far more selfish than he lets on. And I for one find that contradiction fascinating to unpack.

[preciouslittle-bhaalbabe]

HIS HANDS.

Literally my two weaknesses are a pretty voice and nice hands and this man has both (regardless of if he's ascended or not mind you he just uses his hands ALOT more to talk when ascended.)

[kvetchinglyneurotic]

so something i noticed on my latest black sails rewatch is that despite most of the show taking place on various ships we never really find out what skills silver has as a sailor? like he's pretending to be a cook when flint's crew picks him up and we never see him doing regular sailor duties on the walrus, and when he's briefly left in charge while flint is ashore he says that he's basically agreeing with whatever mr. de groot says to hide that he doesn't know what he's doing. but also he wasn't the cook on the ship he was on before the walrus and he knew where to damage the ship to keep vane's crew from leaving charleston, so he is an experienced sailor? maybe? i don't have a point i just love how the more you watch the more you start having flint on the cliffs moments where you realize that despite watching him for four seasons, you don't really know anything about john silver

[camellcat]

first xander brought her back with human breath and determination... then willow with supernatural power and love.... smth smth two halves to keep their third in balance from drifting too far into either side and losing herself.....

[xxplastic-cubexx]

was thinking about your post about erik being a whimpering mess when he's about to come and first of all you're SO right also i love this dynamic of bossy bottom charles and service top erik bc i think erik (based on looks/first impressions/personality cause i think it works for both comics!cherik and movieverse!cherik) would think charles is shy/submissive and then he's baffled (in the best possible way) to know that charles is actually a freaky freak in bed, and the opposite goes to charles, he'd think erik super dominant in bed when in reality he's extremely attentive and in tune with his partner's needs, almost shy in the way he's so careful and polite (i mean have you seen canon erik that man is built like a refrigerator) and just erik "i destroy everything i touch" mindset in general, he'd be very very careful with charles. ANYWAY what i was thinking is: charles bossing erik around on the bed and being such a massive dirty talker and it turns erik on SO MUCH he starts to lose focus on what's he's doing!!!!!!!! like charles being super vocal in bed and not being able to shut the fuck up because he cant stop babbling about how erik makes him feel so good and how big he is or how good erik is for him or how he wants to have erik inside him all the time and since erik is so dedicated to charles' pleasure he wants charles to come first but but charles keeps clenching so tight around him and moaning non stop and it feels so good !!!!! he's trying so hard !!!!!! all the metal in the room is also screaming with charles and erik is not even aware of losing control of his powers until they're done and the scent of melted metal makes him jump a little

asks like these are so dangerous for me cause when i say i just sat here for like twenty minutes thinkina these two suckin and fuckin like crazy...... PEAK !!!!!

[gayvecchio]

[astralhope]

- Yuma... Someday, once again, we will... -

Rank 55: Yuma Jet!!

[canon-gabriel-quotes]

I randomly get inspired to write weird stuff with Gabriel that I'm usually not even into and a lot of the time I get comments that amount to I'm not into this. Am I? or being surprised they were into it. Gabriel is just randomly inflicting this sort of thing on everyone I suppose

Gabriel Ultrakill has been reclassified as a gateway drug. Please keep an eye out for any suspicious activity.

[marshmellowtea]

celia hates basically all of chris's friends by virtue of them Being Chris's Friends (it personally offends her that there are people who love him better than she ever could in his life), but she has a special distaste for sandra, who she not only dislikes for being a dirty whore promiscuous, but she's also openly accused her of trying to steal chris from her, an accusation that held no weight when it was first leveled at her cuz sandra hadn't thought she cared about chris like that but it slowly became a self fulfilling prophecy as she spent more time with him and his parents and decided "yeah, actually, i am going to steal your son from you and your creep husband you piece of shit, fuck you celia fuck you fuck youfuck you"

[probablybadrpgideas]

Is your only problem with Pathfinder the fact that cthulhu is there? Cthulhu isn't even a big thing in Pathfinder.

So, as I said, this was my unreasonable annoyance, but my main issue with the lovecraftian stuff being put in it is simply that it's just lovecraftian stuff. Sure, it's not a big thing, but for a good chunk of first edition they put deep ones or great old ones or whatever in every book with zero effort to adapt it to the setting, and it instantly destroys any kind of immersion.

It would be like if Pathfinder just had random characters from the MCU in the sourcebooks, completely unchanged from the movies. Even if they're not a major part of the lore, I think I'd still go with "the fact fucking Iron Man is randomly shoehorned into the setting for no clear reason" as my first issue.

-Pencil

[navigatorsghost]

Writing hack: if you're getting stuck trying to do background worldbuilding, like you're filling in backstory for a character or designing a location or attempting to flesh out a culture or something in your setting, write it up as a fake Wikipedia page. That way, the bits you're fully stuck on can just be headings with a note saying "needs expansion" for now, the bits where you can't decide whether to make x or y be the truth can be written up both ways under a "Controversy" heading, the bits you do have plenty to say about can be splurged down without needing to reference the bits you're still stuck on.

For bonus points, have fun inventing imaginary sources, because once you've done that, you've got fictional books and learned authorities to throw into your actual story later if you need some random titles to stick on a bookshelf (or a place to hide a terrible pun like you're aspiring to be Sir Terry Pratchett, of course).

For even more bonus points, get carried away and start adding links to other pages and then write those too.

[ozcarma]

Does anyone else feel like the incinerator gun chair room from Zero Time Dilemma would have better fit C Team instead of D Team