#he's chilling

[mikaikaika]

The speed at which Pili 2 went from wanting nothing to do with Pangi to obsessing over him is so fascinating. It wasn’t just a shift — it was a steep fall. At first, he kept his distance, rightfully accusing Pangi of seeing him as a stand-in for his dead friend. And unlike Pili 1, whose methods often leaned on violence, Pili 2 claimed to be a pacifist. He didn’t care about material things or even his own lives — because all he wanted was to go home.

But words and actions don’t always line up. When Pangi killed Pili 2 something cracked. And from that crack, an obsession poured out. Suddenly, Pili 2 was everywhere — stalking Pangi, filling his house with signs, stealing armor meant for Jonnaay. The man who once claimed not to care now cared so much it was suffocating.

What makes it so unsettling is how deliberate it all is. Pili 2 has openly admitted that he’s doing this just to see how long it takes for Pangi to break. And because he’s a "pacifist," his weapons aren’t swords — they’re manipulation and mind games. He’s not interested in hurting Pangi’s body. He’s here to chip away at his sanity, one push at a time. And the worst part? He knows exactly what he’s doing — and he’s enjoying it.

Maybe that’s what makes Pili 2 so dangerous — his indifference to everything but this obsession. And when you no longer fear your own ruin, it’s easy to start setting fires just to watch someone else burn.

[valhelos]

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[0xeyedaisy]

hihi!! i dont know if ur still doing requests or already did this one, but can you draw kinitopet? if not that's fine :3

[mxspikedfruitcake]

Dark Percy AU!

I think making Dark! Percy some evil maniac with the powers of Chaos, the Primordials, and godlike abilities is unrealistic. Because that's just not the kind of villain Percy would be.

Percy wouldn't be murderous, or an unbeatable force. He'd be the kind of villain that he's the kind of hero now. The one that can talk.

He convinces you he's right, he bribes, he lies, he does all he has shown an aptitude for in the books. But instead of convincing people to help him on his quest, he's convincing others to give theirs up.

It's not worth it, he says. Trust him, he's a veteran in that field. Doing this to impress your godly parents? They won't smite you, they haven't smited him yet. Need to do something for your human parents? Here, have this Lotus Casino card. It literally doesn't run out of money.

Dark! Percy doesn't need to be some all-powerful force of nature and pettiness. He needs to be Percy. And Percy, you see, is really good at crime.

[polycrowtruther]

Okay but so this is so interesting to me

I write polycrows, yeah? And in my version of polycrows Wylan is an equal and cherished person in the relationship - and that relationship includes Inej and Nina. I've had people question me for this, and ask how I could justify putting an explicitly gay man in a relationship including feminine-presenting partners.

Excluding the fact that for one - it's fanfiction so it's already by default not canon, the thing that interests me most is they always use this specific exchange in Crooked Kingdom to argue their point:

“You’re stupid about a lot of things, Wylan, but you are not stupid. And if I ever hear you call yourself a moron again, I’m going to tell Matthias you tried to kiss Nina. With tongue.” Wylan wiped his nose on his sleeve. “He’ll never believe it.” “Then I’ll tell Nina you tried to kiss Matthias. With tongue.”

The arguer tells me that this is empirical evidence that Wylan is gay. Strictly homosexual. Does not have an iota of interest in women. And don't get me wrong, in the larger scope of the books and the Grishaverse as a whole Wylan is overwhelmingly written as a queer man. A gay man. A person who identifies as a man very much in love with another person who identifies as a man. I don't think anyone would argue that point, and what's more I would never try to rewrite that or take that away from him because in the canon text having that representation means so much to me.

But when I read these lines for the first time, I did not think it was the proof that Wylan was gay. Actually I didn't think this exchange had to do with Wylan's sexuality at all. I thought the joke was supposed to be that Jesper was threatening to go tell Nina that Wylan did something they both knew Wylan wouldn't do anyways. You see, to me the only characters who blatantly state their sexualities out loud in the text are Nina and Jesper. They stand out as having explicit moments where they confirm that they are attracted to both genders. Inej, Matthias, Kaz, and Wylan to me feel like their sexualities are sub-textual. That you come to understand who they are attracted to and why they are attracted to them as you come to understand who they are as people.

When Wylan reminds Jesper that Matthias would never believe what he just said, I did not think it was because Jesper was trying to claim Wylan would kiss a woman, to me it was because Jesper was trying to claim Wylan would kiss Nina Zenik. Someone who is so unashamed of herself, of her sexuality, of her intimacy. Matthias would not believe that Wylan tried to kiss Nina with tongue because no one would get away with something like that. Nina is confident, she is bold, and she's fucking LOUD. If Wylan tried to kiss Nina it would not remain a secret for long, and if he tried to slip tongue in his first kiss with her he would never live that down. She'd tease him to his grave.

Conversely, if Wylan tried to kiss Matthias, who is both more reserved and more of a 'private' person, it could stand to reason that Matthias would not make that information known amongst the rest of the group. He would be more likely to keep that to himself, which means that could be something that would be somewhat believable news to Nina. That's why the joke still lands, even though Jesper and Wylan both know Wylan wouldn't actually go kiss Matthias either. But he is equally unlikely to kiss Matthias OR Nina, because by this point in Crooked Kingdom they both know Nina and Matthias have rekindled their love for each other and they both respect that love. Even more importantly, they know Wylan is not so bold as to kiss a person out of the blue with no prior flirtation/confirmation that both parties would be interested in it.

To illustrate the case more, let me show you what I mean. Here is the scene rewritten with a different character in the same scenario:

Kaz scoffed, trying to step past Jesper and out the doorway. "Don't try it," Jesper warned, "Because you're wrong. You're not a monster, and I better not ever hear you try to convince yourself otherwise. I mean it. If you do, I'll go run to Matthias and tell him you were trying to kiss Nina. With tongue." "I cannot think of a single soul who would believe you," Kaz retorted easily, his voice wet with fondness. "Fine," Jesper shrugged, "Then I'll just go tell Nina you were trying to kiss Matthias. With tongue."

See what I mean? The context of that 'evidence' is not arguing the point I think people are trying to argue. There are other much stronger examples of Wylan lamenting on himself and his attraction to Jesper. But the interesting thing is that's just my interpretation. I've read people's interpretation that cannot think of this as anything else but Wylan saying that no one would believe he'd try to kiss a girl. And I just think it's so so interesting that words and scenes can mean something "obvious" to one person and something entirely different to another.

And this is not to say that my interpretation is right and the other is wrong, or vice versa. This is literature, this is art, and the moment the creator relinquishes that art to the world it takes a thousand different shapes. Everyone is different and they will understand things in different ways. I just think it's honestly kind of funny this scene in is used in the proposed argument specifically because I fundamentally read that scene differently than they did. It's not even that I disagree necessarily, I mean in terms of the "canon" endings and the "canon" interpretation of Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom I wholeheartedly adore Wesper. It was such an important example of love for me.

But at the same time I don't "ship" things only because they make sense in canon. I ship things because I like the stories I can tell with the characters involved, and I love how overwhelmed I am with polycrows stories. They all have such deep capabilities to love and such unique ways about doing it. And more than that I think Wylan could love Inej and Nina as individuals even if he isn't necessarily attracted to women in the broader sense. In my mind he could love their personalities, their identities, the shapes of their souls and yes even their physical features even though he still chooses to identify as 'gay'. But that's just me, that's just how I think. That is by no means what has to be universally "right" or "understood" about Wylan's character.

So like, yeah. The argument of asking me how I could justify shipping Wylan in polycrows is valid. It's just super interesting to me that this quote specifically was used in that argument.

[calamitoustide]

someone just commented "regulus :(" on my jamesley fic and all i can think of is that one brittany broski clip the "he gets fed twice a day and watered sunlight on the weekends okay? he's fine don't worry about stanely mind your fucking business!"

[ghostydrawsstuff]

Kagekao doodles

I really like him and he's one of my favourites, cuz I just love that he pranks others. Fun ya know?

But yeah he's just chilling on the ceiling

[willowshimmer]

Tom eating a donut

That's all you need to know...

[okayspicysad]

i don't feel very well today, but Sun is enjoying the music and sunshine

[xenonsdoodles]

blth doodle at my desk :p

[rubbish78]

1883 meets Dougie Poynter

[immagods]

[autistickaitovocaloid]

[binch-i-might-be]

I just met Vincent!

[swan2swan]

Whoever conceived and animated this moment, I hope they're doing well and thriving. This is S-rank romance stuff here.

[markwateneymemorialcrater]

Please note. The orange one is not included because A. He isn’t a billionaire. And B. Calling him obnoxious is too kind for him.