#i decided not to post this all together

[theweirdestroller]

Bite-Sized: Baby-Sitters Gang, Nightmare

Nightmare knows how to care for monsters, he's had to keep his gang alive this long after all. And let it be said, none of them made his job easy, with two of them only satisfied when they were allowed to blow stuff up and the other two willing to die for their jobs, Nightmare always had his work cut out for him. But despite all his experience, he didn't quite know how to take care of Horror. He was small, smaller than even Cross, always hungry, and so much more fragile than any of his gang.

The little one was currently toddling around, holding a soft shark plush, the only one not made by Error. He was just squeezing the thing into his chest, petting its silky fur or fidgeting with its soft teeth. Nightmare smiled. He had a bad habit of assigning certain things to people after meeting them. Horror gave off such a strong feeling of shark that Nightmare had to give him every last shark-themed thing in the palace. And out of it... It wasn't the first time either. When he first met Error, the glitchy skeleton reminded him of a spider or octopus. Something with an eye for design and sharp wit. Dust was akin to a dog, loyal and companionable, not to be left alone for long. Killer, with his prickly demeanor was more cactus fruit than anything else, spiny outside but soft and sweet inside. Or... Killer actually wasn't all that sweet. And Cross, endlessly loyal Cross. Nightmare often compared him to the kestrels he befriended by his mother's tree. Small and unassuming, but armed with dagger-like talons.

Horror was indeed a shark. His appearance made even Killer shiver, yet he was sweet, liked observing people, and knew where to find everyone. The boy had his scarf tied up in a pretty bow, curtesy of the guardian himself, and kept glancing to Nightmare's seat at the corner of the room. Apart from the gaping head wound, the boy seemed alright. He wasn't shy, loved to babble, and had a healthy appetite. Well, perhaps Horror's appetite was a cause for concern.

Nothing was immediately obvious, but Nightmare had been watching the boy's eating habits. He didn't ask for food, even if he was obviously hungry, he also didn't try too get food himself. If he thought someone else was hungry, he'd offer his own food to them. He always became subtly distressed if his offer was refused. Nightmare didn't want to think too deeply about it, but he'd seen what happens to Underground AUs when their core stops working. In fact, it was likely that Horror came from such a place.

A plush shark was placed gently on Nightmare's lap, bringing his attention completely back to reality.

"Hello little one." Horror giggled before climbing up into Nightmare's lap to join his plushie. "Getting comfortable are you?" He gave a small hum of confirmation.

"is papy gonna play with us today?" Nightmare sucked in a breath. He and the others had been trying to tell Horror that his Papyrus wasn't there, but it seemed that, for Horror, Dust just looked too much like his brother. It really made Nightmare consider getting the kid's eyelight checked, but Sci wasn't currently interested in helping the Gang out with any eyesight related problems after the last time he tried helping Error.

"Dust is busy today. He and Cross are getting food, remember?" Horror looked thoughtful for a moment before he nodded. He then resumed playing his his shark, plopping the soft creature on Nightmare's head.

"lookie! you have a hat!" Nightmare chuckled.

"Indeed I do,"

Horror spent more time playing with his shark and Nightmare before eventually getting tired. He crawled off the guardian and made his way to the stairs. Nightmare followed, ensuring the babybones didn't trip and fall. The two walked up until they came across Horror's room. The child had spent most of the day playing in the common room, so it would make sense that he'd want to return to his own space.

Nightmare helped Horror climb into bed when he struggled to do so himself. The guardian sat at the foot of the bed, not quite sure if Horror planned on sleeping just yet.

"Tired?"

"only a little. my head hurts though, and we don't have snow here. so i'm gonna try and sleep to feel better," Nightmare was very curious as to why snow would matter, but it was probably just a mortal thing that he could have his boys explain later.

"Sleep well then, little one," Nightmare tucked Horror into bed and set up his nightlight so he could sleep as comfortably as possible. The older skeleton stood outside of the room until he was sure that Horror had drifted off to sleep, only then leaving to go see what was taking Dust and Cross so long. Knowing them, it was either nothing at all, or they had both gotten sidetracked on an entirely unrelated mission for their own, or their ghosts own pleasures.

[cardo-de-comer]

8/10 - "helium-3"

[meltedmush]

This is definitely the largest bulk post I’ve ever done,,,,

[arataka-reigen]

I'm trying to start a movement here

[ID: The first 3 images are edited versions of the "Let's take ibuprofen together" meme. The captions now say "Let's read shoujo together". They each show a person holding their hand out to the viewer; a character from the series Benigyokuzui, Mob from Mob Psycho 100, and Jerma. / end ID]

ID provided by @siroofington thank you so much

[dilfmobius]

LOKI 2x05 | "Science/Fiction"

[skidmarkeater]

Arcade shenanigans #1

[virgothozul]

boys that are doomed by yaoi gods and ready to burn the universe to the ground for each other 🥺

[featherlouise]

The day I stop being afraid to draw wrinkles it's over for y'all

[amethyst-halo]

chippin away w my refs here's banch

[uhbasicallyjustmilex]

🖤🤍 happy birthday to everything you’ve come to expect 01/04/16 🤍🖤

(aka the album with one of the most impressively homoerotic music video collections of all time)

[luck-of-the-drawings]

so REVENGE, HUH? or justice, if that makes you feel better. it tastes the same when cooked just right. 'I REALLY WANTED A BROTHER.' such a shame to burn a bridge you so desperately wanted to keep, especially when it wasnt even you who started the fire. especially when you hope that not a single fragment of that bridge ever washes ashore.[MAY IT ROT FAR FROM MY SIGHTS] an unfortunate loss! atleast he has his friends.

[psychomusic]

oc time again! + her town & culture (heavily inspired by pre-roman italic populations)

she is suri sauthon. her story is linked to my swtor imperial agent, tar'x, but most of her life except for the one year away where she meets him, is spent in a town in the mountains of mirial.

despite mirial being cold and desert, and many cities developing underground, her town flourishes thanks to a force nexus, venerated in the form of an ancient, sacred, alive crystal. the ecosystem of that mountain depended on what "the horned crystal" was capable of giving them, but mirialans couldn't live off of that alone, so they developed trade and some rudimental technology, even if oftentimes it was bought thanks to the highly profitable trade of a plant used to make medicines that slowed down aging and had overall healing properties.

note: everything that's generated by this nexus has these healing properties BUT they have to be processed, except for those who bathed in the waters of the cavity under the crystal - the "real" nexus, but not the worshipped one. the waters were sacred but they were not thought to be miraculous, unlike the crystal, who instead was thought of as the keystone of the ecosystem: without it, everything would fall apart (and that is partially true: the cavity was the "real" nexus but thanks to the crystal, also strong in the force, the properties were spread all over the mountains). those who bathed in the cavity's waters - so, all of the town, who had a sort of baptism there - could eat the plant, make whatever food with it, and not only that plant, but everything generated by the nexus, that, again, had similar properties. this allowed people to live up to normal life-spans without advanced medicines or, much, really. to those who didn't live there, though, after the processing, had incredible effects, slowing down aging - for those who took it regularly - and making people able to live up to half a century more than the average]

originally, there were four tribes of nomads that lived thanks to horned farm animals that decided to settle down into one bigger town and other smaller settlements, to live off of transhumance. this division of the tribes stayed into the political and social organization: every person belonged to one tribe specifically, and had slightly different rituals and culture. for examples, each tribe had their own priests and healers, with different techniques and traditions. the town, tho, was guided by a group of people in the high priesthood, a position you could reach only by having earned the trust of all tribes. those high priests had many roles: they guided the people into sacred processions common to all the tribes, they managed the trading with outsiders, they did the maintenance of the temple of the summit (the one that functioned as casket to the crystal) and created a special liquid to offer the crystal that helps it grow.

this particular temple was important because 1. it was very visible, from every angle of the town, and it became an important identity symbol; 2. it stored the venerated horned crystal; 3. it had the altar where sacrifices were made for the crystals. that altar had a hole connected to the cavity, that allowed the liquids to reach the underground; 4. it had various symbols: statues representing each tribe + the high priesthood, and typical mirialan tattoos carved into the wood of the trees that served as columns for the temple, symbolizing 8 values that who dared to enter HAD to have; 5. it was on the way to an important lake (called "mother lake" because the lake the town was built around to depended on the waters of that other lake) where they traveled to in important processions; 6. it was said that a the wizard who unified the tribes made it with its magic, making the plant grow to hold the temple's roof. this wizard was, actually, a force user, obv.

BACK TO HER THOUGH: she's daughter of one of the high priests, who was in charge of managing the trades with outsiders, and lives in a house on the mountains with her mother and him. her parents are from different tribes (that's one of the things that earned him trust from the 4 tribes): when a child is born from two different tribes, they don't pick one to allign to, but they're usually linked automatically to the one with more relatives in it (in her case, the father's tribe: she had many uncles and aunts on his side while her mom only had one sister).

later, though, she got quite tied to her mother's tribe due to a mysterious illness that only her mother's tribe healer was able to cure. she spent 4 years (from 10 to 14 years old) living with the healer and learned her secrets. to better study, she wrote them down. when she returned home, she studied to become a priestess with her father. at 22 (the average age: you can't become priest before your 20s), she was supposed to take a test and become a priestess, but the healer of her mother's tribe died and the tribe asked her to take her place. she couldn't technically do that, but both tribes estimated both her and her parents and she was allowed to become both. she then decided to try to become a high priestess, and became one at 25 (a quite young age). being part of the council, she tried to convince the various tribe healers to unite their knowledges and write them down, and eventually made it. healers still remained tribe based but they now had an "upper, inter-tribe level" similar to high priesthood.

years later, the sacred horned crystal is stolen from the temple by some Hutt mercenaries looking for a profit. given the trust she has earned from all the tribes and the fact that her father is the high priest that deals with outsiders (and she's been hearing stories and advice about it since she was little), she is the one tasked with getting it back. without the growing crystal, the keystone to their ecosystem, the village would have lasted only a few years. in hrr quest, she meets imperial intelligence agent tar'x laran and, as they "solve the mystery" and fight to have it back, they get closer. they'll get married and have a daughter, Vegoia (who's the only one who actually will get to the plot of my story. this was all background)

[clowningaroundmars]

my personal atsv hobie brown hc is that this boy can build a watch that enables the wearer to travel to any dimension they want to, made entirely out of cobbled up parts he "finds"

but anytime anyone brings up AI or algorithms or social media he pretends to be 100 years old

hobie: what's a bloody "snapchat"? fuckin 'ell those effects are nightmarish, mate

miles, exasperated: hobie, you BUILD TECH that astrophysicists in my dimension can't even replicate. how are filters on a phone trippin you up?

hobie: dunno, everyone's got their strengths n weaknesses, i 'spose... 🙄😒

[eggsistential-breakdown]

Okay so I know that reincarnation in this au doesn't work this way, but what if bill reincarnations had a messed up eye embedded in their 3D bodies that could see the fourth dimension

[thatdemiboymess]

Alternative/less bright version of the playlist cover under the read more! <3

[spaceratprodigy]

✨❤️ Faith and Max | [ 🔍 AU ] ❤️✨

In my heart, I have but one desire And that one is you No other will do

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