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[soot-and-salt]

I recently read your radioapple fanfics and I love your writing style so so much, I usually don’t read bottom lucifer fanfics anymore because of the way lucifer is portrayed as a softie but I rlly enjoyed his portrayal in your fanfic 🫶

Hey anon! Thank you so much for reading!

I get you completely, it's kind of wild how fast fandom calcifies characters in certain ways, especially sexually, and it can get a little weird. I've definitely noticed it with Lucifer as radioapple rose to more prominence. I think Lucifer is one of the more interesting characters we have to play with. He has so many dimensions; King of Hell, fallen archangel, depressed and anxious but trying his best, hurting and lonely divorced dad. I wish more fics came out exploring his powers and how his role in Hell works, I find the implications there so exciting! There are some amazing fics out there right now. These are some of my favorites:

Stolen Moments series by MothballMilkshake

Ruination of Lucifer by Syaunei

Lucid Dreams of New Orleans by CyberWords

Can I Interest You In Some Holy Suffering? by AlligatorEyes

Eat Your Heart Out by seducipher

The Devil's Trip To The Big Apple by Otoshigo

Are you gonna come for me tonight? by Trashdemonx (their fic Neon Medusa is also amazing)

Strange Appetites by Gotllphi

Maybe one day my own silly series will rank with them, but trust me when I say all of these are stone cold bangers with absolutely great takes on Lucifer. I love seeing fics use his magic in interesting ways, or his interactions with Alastor becoming much more than just antagonizing, or even just Lucifer learning how to exist again after being alone for so long. And yes, having him get dicked down while that's all happening is an incredible bonus, lmao

I hope you find something new to enjoy starring our very favorite Big Boss of Hell himself. And, again, thank you so much for reading We Should've Been Enemies. Your message completely made my whole day.

[myhairismypersonality]

hiii my love! i hope you have an amazing day today *kisses your lips as i slap your ass*-🫶

Yo— what is this, the locker room?! 🧍🏻‍♂️😅

[jvnart]

I love your kakagai art and the tattoos you've shared are super cool!

Tysm thats very nice of you to say! I'm so glad you like my scribbles! Have some more

It's grandpa hours

[httpiastri]

some more paul and physical touch as his love language headcanons? 🥺🤲

aaaa i love love love paul x physical touch :((

i think that paul is obsessed with physical touch. as in, actually obsessed. as in, he's not able to be in the same room as you without having his hands on you. but not only is it something he craves and feels like he's starving without, but it's also his way of showing you how much he loves you.

he doesn't always like to admit just how down bad he is for you, though. when you've had a bad day, paul's excuse is wanting to comfort you; with you settling in his lap, his hands caressing your thighs as he listens to your rants, the proximity in itself lessening your pain. when you're in a crowded space, paul blames it on needing to keep you safe; with an arm slung around your waist, a hand on your side and his fingers grazing your ribs, he guides you through the mass of people at the festival, just to make sure you don't get lost and no one tries to steal you away (he doesn't know how to explain the fact that he keeps his arm there even when you're out of the crowd, though).

but a lot of the time, he can't be bothered to be shy about his feelings. in the mornings, when you're a mess of yawns and tangled limbs, paul will wrap you in his embrace and never let go, fingers brushing up and down your arms. when a race goes particularly well, he wants nothing more than to lift you up in the air and squeeze you tightly to him. and late at night, when you're wrapped up in blankets together and the movie on the tv is long forgotten, he loves to trace his thumb along your features, down the slope of your nose and over the apple of your cheeks.

but his favorite act of physical touch? hand-holding, 100%. he'll be holding your hand at all times – while sleeping, cooking, driving, eating, walking, cuddling, you name it! there's just no better thing to him than the feeling of your fingers slipping between his, the backside of your hand under his thumb, getting to squeeze your hand in his...

of course, he loves receiving it just as much. nothing beats the tingle that shoots through his body when your fingers thread through his hair, your nails scratch down the back of his neck, or palms glide over his muscular shoulders.

but not only is it in the needy way that he wants your physical affection; your touch really means a lot to him. it's comforting, stabilizing, soothing. and most importantly, it's reassuring, like a physical reminder of how much you love him.

[chloesimaginationthings]

i just would like you to know ur art inspires me to wanna draw more is2g *insert me crying*

This honestly makes me really glad to hear!! Tbh that’s all I hope to do with art is to encourage others to draw!

Let it be known, yall don’t gotta draw as much as me, I’m just completely dialled into art and have a very good system for myself, BUT definitely do enjoy making art more often for yourself!

[luthienne]

any poetry or words to make me feel like i haven't overall failed in life? i've had two really awful days, full with different hard crises and tears. now I feel like i can't go back to a point where life seems full and hopeful again. my heart is permanently broken.

you haven't failed at life, beloved. certainly not permanently. right now it feels like nothing can or will ever be ok again—that doesn't mean it's true. but it feels that way. so let yourself grieve. genuinely cry as much as you need to. and even if you can't let yourself hope yet, leave some room for the possibility. right now you're deep in the thick of this heartbreak but you don't have to see what's outside of it to get there. all you have to do is take it one step at a time. one day at a time, one minute, one second if you need to. but things will get better. your life will be full again, you'll have hope again. i believe that. your heart is a precious and limitlessly expansive thing <3

this may sarton passage has always stayed w me:

it goes hand in hand w this james baldwin quote:

and this lamperti excerpt on failure:

& this ursula k. le guin commencement address:

“And when you fail, and are defeated and in pain, and in the dark, then I hope you will remember that that darkness is your country, where you live, where no wars are fought and no wars are won, but where the future is. Our roots are in the dark; the earth is our country. Why did we look up for blessing – instead of around, and down? What hope we have lies there. Not in the sky full of orbiting spy-eyes and weaponry, but in the earth we have looked down upon. Not from above, but from below. Not in the light that blinds, but in the dark that nourishes, where human beings grow human souls.”

that must be paired w this maggie smith quote:

“We talk so much of  light, please let me speak on behalf of  the good dark. Let us talk more of how dark the beginning of a day is.”

& this louise glück poem:

[messiahzzz]

When I came across that "joke" from Tav to Quill and Z'rell's comment (plus Halsin), I had to take a minute to process what happened. Gale might be a bit silly and eccentric but he's the kindest, sweetest and most passionate character in that party. No wonder the poor man has deep insecurities to solve, so many people reduce him to an easy target! Ofc one of the side effects would be overconfidence and ambition as a defense mechanism. He's obv lonely; only Tara and Morena ever loved him for him.

his eccentric nature might be a part of it. he is loquacious, outgoing, and doesn’t see the point in hiding his enthusiasm. he is considered to be the weird one. naturally, wizards in general being seen as somewhat squishy and physically weak might also add to it.

personally, i really don’t like the implications of the (widely considered) autistic-coded character being the one who faces the most ridicule by far by other characters and fans (and larian) alike.

some might disagree with me on that, but i don’t find it funny by any means either. mostly it just makes me feel bad. “he deserves it. cocky, arrogant, hubris-ridden wizard needs to be taken down a peg” like he isn’t… y’know��� already at his lowest. it also disregards the fact that much of his bravado is part of his carefully curated Great Wizard of Waterdeep™ persona that he has skillfully adopted to mask his general feeling of being defective. being fiercely proud of your skill and knowledge and being doubtful of having something truly worthwhile to offer are mindsets that can coexist. according to fandom, gale is either secret hubris incarnate that is only waiting to be unleashed upon the world or pure baby that can do no wrong. instead of a character that is just as flawed and traumatized as all the others, but no less deserving of genuine love.

to me, the constant ridicule just reads as further feeding into his deep-rooted insecurities and his belief that he (as gale, the person) isn’t someone who holds inherent worth. it really, really doesn’t sit well with me.

[cherubchoirs]

Sprinkles and Glitter, of cute blood angelic machine and freed former now Fallen Archangel, I now bless you with many things that will happened with a postivity, joy and happiness to be blessed with in your day-to-day life! Keep calm and fly on! 🙏♥❤💕🎶🙌👼🤖

UURUUGHFGHTUH A PERSONALIZED PRAYER....FOR....FOR ME???

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[utdr-stimming]

uh anon who asked for the chara stimboard without knives and stuff can I have a stimboard for the dreamurr kids (Chara, Asriel/Flowey, Kris & Frisk in my source) no real themes just again no knives (they make me uncomfy!!) - ❤️🍫 anon (do you do anon tags??)

Kris, Frisk, Chara and Asriel stim board!!!

//The intent of this stim board is strictly familial despite the shipping tag\\

The art used in this board is by @shimmershy! I love the expressions and the fluffy feeling of this art style! Please let me know if they're uncomfortable with me using their art :)

Also I actually haven't thought about anon tags, but I'll start one just for you bud! (Signal to other anons that they can have their little emojis too)

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[ladytauria]

You said something about a vampire Tim drake? May we please hear about it

sure!

the working title is icy hands, icy hearts. vampire!tim assumes that the other bats know he's not, and never has been, human. he's wrong.

well.

kind of.

'cause he did tell bruce & dick when he first started as robin. (and also alfred and later babs. and leslie had to find out for medical things.) and then after that, i think he just kind of... assumed people knew? or heard about it? because he wasn't hiding it from them. but they're bats, and outside of them no one knows, so they just kind of fell into speaking around it without realizing it.

tim also assumed that the league of assassins knew about his vampirism, so obviously jason and damian would too.

and uh. they didn't, lmao.

but after they find out... jason can't stop thinking about it, and what it might feel like to have tim bite him~

i have shared snippets on my blog before, but that was last year, and also before i rewrote it.

so just for funsies, here is the original snippet i shared last year, and here's the rewritten version:

“Jesus, Tim. Are you still down here?”

Tim’s fingers pause on the keys. It’s the only sign of his surprise, and it only lasts for the briefest of moments.

He knows it doesn’t go unnoticed, but mercifully. Jason doesn’t comment.

Less mercifully, he continues his lecture— “Seriously, babybird, what are you, some kind of vampire?”

This time the pause in his typing is deliberate. Tim turns to look at Jason, his arm draped over the back of the desk chair, looking down at Tim with something like fond exasperation. Normally, that would be enough to warm Tim’s chest and make his heart skip beats—especially considering Jason has changed into his form-fitting undersuit.

This time, incredulity swallows the symptoms of his crush.

“Um… yes?”

Jason blinks at him. “You’re fucking with me.”

“…no?”

Jason blinks again; confusion painted all over his face. It sends a little thrill through Tim’s chest to see him this way, open and unguarded.

“You really didn’t know?”

[lumi-cherries]

do you have any rei boob hcs... i like to think she has stretch marks from them growing kind of quickly (projecting) i like to think she was flat chested at first but then they seemed to grow overnight LOL

STRETCH MARKS.......................................... HOLY SHIT. ANON. YOUR MIND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS SO GOOD this will officially be my hc as well thank u

[iero]

It’s rough out there... 

[hydrachea]

Yknow I was also thinking... if Neuvi were to ask Furina to become immortal again for his sake, she might actually say yes. Which is exactly WHY he'd never ask her to do so, because as much as he dreads her inevitable absence, he won't condemn her to that fate again

You got it. Because when she took on that curse half a millennium ago, it was also a request she agreed to. For the sake of all of Fontaine and not just the sake of Focalors, but it's still all too similar. Even if she said yes to him because she actually wants it then, who's to say she'll always want it? Who's to say the decades, the centuries won't weigh heavier and heavier as they pass, just like before? Who's to say she won't have to ask him to make her mortal again? And that would be even more painful than simply letting her go when she's meant to. So instead he'll treasure the time she has, that she's more than earned, and he'll do everything he can for her to treasure it too.

[httpiastri]

Paul’s arms

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5q9KYwNJsA/?igsh=MWM0bzB2bGNkZjNndA== 🤍

this video was the simultaneously best and worst thing to ever happen to me

[thegreatyin]

this nemesis ambition started out a little slow but I am getting closer to finding that bastard who killed my wife, and I’ll not rest a minute now that im far closer to on his trail

sorry got in character for a second

Anyways fun ambition so far very fucked up though

congratulations on joining the murder club anon!!!! depending on who you ask the name refers to either people who have murdered or people who have witnessed murder. usually both. actually extremely often both. it's a swell time you'll feel right at home (don't mind our collective skyglass knife collection in the back)

[greenerteacups]

Hello GT, I absolutely love Lionheart!

I published my first fic and have been dealing with some criticism; it’s not anythjng super hateful, but it’s not anything meant to make me improve either. I’ve been feeling sort of down because of it. My question is: have you ever dealt with hate or criticism before? What is your attitude towards it?

I find your work and answers on here super insightful and inspiring! I hope you have a nice day ❤️

Fuck em. Like, seriously, just fuck em. There's a time and place for writers to take critique and be strict with themselves; it's necessary for any artist to grow. That place is with a chosen group of creatives whose work you admire and whose judgment you trust. A rando on the Internet, while they may in fact be the next Marcel Proust, probably isn't. And I was raised to believe that while it's appropriate and kind to pay compliments to strangers when they're performing — just as you'd smile at a busker on the sidewalk, and or compliment a chalk artist — it's not appropriate to criticize them when what they do isn't to your tastes. They're providing you with their art for free. No one forced you to read it; no one forced you to listen. If you don't like it, it costs $0 to shut the fuck up.

Also — that thing I said about artists taking critique? That assumes that you're doing this out of a desire to improve your writing, which, while noble, is not actually a thing you need to do if you're a hobby writer. I like trying to improve; it makes me feel good. But at the end of the day, I do this for fun. I do this because in my real job, I am ruthless and self-critical and try really fucking hard to do well, and you need parts of your life that Aren't Like that. You need parts of your life where you're not worrying about whether you're Doing It Right. And living without that anxiety of critique is, paradoxically, the only way you'll find the artistic courage to take risks and develop new skills. Everyone is a little bit rough around the edges to begin with. (Not saying you're a beginner — you merely said "publish," and I certainly wrote a lot of things before I started publishing! But every artist is always trying to develop new skills and techniques; in the grand scope of things, we're all beginners.) Giving someone blunt critique when they're in the beginning phases of their journey as an artist is about as helpful as screaming at your six-year-old kid because he can't swim the butterfly.

And the thing is, these people will bluster and say "well, I'm just being honest, I'm just trying to be helpful," but like: mmmmmmno, you're not! You're not. And it's disingenuous to say so. Because if you were actually trying to be helpful, you would introduce yourself, offer your skills as an editor/beta reader, and start building the relationship of trust that grounds any meaningful co-creative partnership. People do not just accept random critique that comes flying at them from the blue nowhere. And issuing it in that form is the best way to make them hostile, defensive, and unreceptive to it. Delivering harsh feedback without a context of care and support is almost sure to fail as a method of actually changing behavior, and either (1) you know that, and are doing it anyway — presumably because you want people to know how Terribly Clever and Better At Writing you are, or (2) you sincerely have never thought about the effect that context and word choice have on how other people receive your meaning.

Which tells me you are the last fucking person on the planet I want writing advice from.