#i guess this is the mood for today

[bacchuschucklefuck]

couldnt draw my thang for mid-autumn so treated myself to a calne redesign instead

[keep-dreaming-killjoys]

Morning! Here to remind myself how much i fucking hate fantagio. i sincerely hope they burn 😗✌🏻

[bamababygirl7]

[ronthedunedain]

do you see what I see

[peapodsinspace]

happy (late) birthday, kusuo!!!!!!

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Yipeee!!!!!!!

He’s so silly I love him :]

It’s been a while since I’ve done an actual piece, so I’m a touch rusty!!!!? (Also thoughts on the new rendering style?)

[akemima]

don’t you just love when your handsome vampire boyfriend start flirting with u…. and u get a lil flustered and end up accidetally electroshoking him with a 9000 bolts strong lighting <3 <3 <3

[tillsbiggestfan]

i genuinely think it’s so interesting how ivan’s love for till is rooted in acceptance, whereas till’s love for mizi is rooted in denial. ivan fully accepted the fact that till will never love him, which is what lead him to his actions during round 6. till has NEVER accepted the fact that mizi doesn’t love him, which is why he is actively trying to pursue her. i don’t think till loves mizi as herself, but moreso the idea of mizi? in all the flashbacks till has of her (particularly, the hallucination he sees of her in round 6), she’s still a child. he’s in love with the idealized version of her he created when he was a kid — not necessarily mizi herself. ivan loved and accepted till unabashedly, for his flawed, reckless, and imperfect self. till loves mizi, but can’t accept the fact that mizi will never love him

[akirathedramaqueen]

No rest for the wicked

What often keeps my mind occupied and worried for the last couple of... weeks, or even months, maybe, is what might happen to Stolas's relationship with Octavia in the near future.

We know something bad is brewing. The trailer gave us enough information to freak out but learn nothing from it. I think though that I have found yet another foreshadowing, and I am sad I did. I was not sure if I should post it since predictions and speculations are not quite my style, but fuck it, I’ll roll with it. I want you to suffer with me <3 Besides, after yesterday's @tealvenetianmask's wonderful post about Stella and how society enables her behavior, and my rambly reblog, which delves more into Stolas's relationships with Octavia and how they are affected, I decided I need to let it out of my system.

So, you see... while I believe this screenshot is our last hope for us, the Stolitz nation—that these two dumbasses will have ANOTHER chance to talk properly...

It implies that something arguably worse than their breakup is going to happen. Something on the 'whole palace is in ice and Stolas is in immediate mortal danger' level of 'worse.' Something bad enough to make them forget all the shit they’ve gone through with their disastrous miscommunication and unite to face a common threat.

Andrealphus.

Something that would make Stolas to leave quickly and forcibly. Run for his life. Disappear, sweeping off his trail, without Octavia knowing...

And let her think he ran off with Blitzø.

Are you gonna run off with him and leave me behind? Go away, where I can't find you?

Make her run around the palace looking for him and not being able to find him. Because he isn’t there.

Daddy! Daddy... I had a dream! A really bad dream! I was looking all over the palace, and I couldn't find you anywhere! You weren't there!

And the worst part is that it would make her assume the worst: that he left her behind just for a weird red dickhead.

Why?

Because Stolas's relationship with Blitzø has caused a rift between the prince and his daughter.

Because he, unfortunately, has never told her what kind of mother Stella is, or what she has done to him. She is left to believe everything was okay until that imp came around, seduced her father, ruined her family, and wrecked her home.

Because Stolas grew distant and forgot about the important stellar event he promised to show her. Was he wrong for it? Of course not! Stella made everything to throw him off the rails completely that morning. But Octavia still has the right to be upset.

Not to mention that she’s nowhere to be found since that night in Los Angeles… Why isn’t she around? Is she resentful toward him? Is she being kept from him? Or is he keeping her at arm's length because of the assassination attempt and his deteriorating state of mind? What happened?

I can already see how Stella and Andrealphus could use all of it against Stolas, grooming Octavia and simmering her in hatred for him. Bluntly lying about true reasons Stolas fled.

Stolas kept silent about the abuse he survived, hoping to protect Octavia and let her live a perfect childhood. But instead, she won’t have a single soul to support her, since Stolas will be chased off and hated. By her. Surrounded by vultures who now prey on her, who have couped her father and forced him to break the solemn, earnest promise he made to her.

What?... No! No, no, never! I'd never do that. Never...

How fucking tragic is that?

[lemondoddle]

btw did you guys know that I'm like totally completely normal and regular

[I.D. a photo of a hand holding up a boot with a patch on the tongue for the movie goncharov next to a poster for the same film. End I.D.]

[tastethesetears]

You do your best. You try to serve the people and then they just fսck you over.

Veep 4.10

[slavhew]

daily affirmations: im the shit

[vvanillavveins]

On the WTNV finale:

Look, i like Brinknor. They helped me fall back in love with Night Vale when i was feeling particularly uninspired. It's hard to put it into words; i have adhd & i struggle to remember big intricate plots unless something reoccurring has really grabbed hold of my attention, and before Brinknor, i was struggling to sink my teeth into anything attention-holding, so to speak. I guess i was becoming less enthusiastic in Night Vale's storyline as time went on, even though i couldn't really work out why. I just couldn't stop tuning out. But, with Brinknor, there came a bunch of shiny new plotpoints- at a faster pace. The show could actually hold my focus properly, and my wtnv fixation was suddenly up & running again.

All this is to say that i know it's just my impatience talking when i say that i wish that the loose ends of those new, interesting plotpoints had been tied up a little more by episode 250. I adore the way they write about Cecil's childhood and his family, and i want Kevin & The Boy's arc to be given the same amount of love, and attention, and time that the Palmer siblings' arc got. The same goes for Tamika. And Carlos. And Lauren, actually. Yes, i know she was a central figure in the last 2 episodes, and i loved that because she's one of my favourite characters. I fucking adore eldritch Mother Lauren. But still, it was all too vague to really learn anything new about her or the desert otherworld. And, above all else, i can't help but think of how wonderful it would've been if Charles and Donovan were included in the finale- especially Donovan.

When Kevin first came back in 2023, one of my silly little hcs as to why he was apparently in the Smiling God's bad books (and why he didn't mention Charles or Donovan) was that because Charles & Donovan aren't from Desert Bluffs they haven't devoted themselves to the Smiling God like the rest of the townsfolk. They wouldn't "smile" properly. One of my darker ideas at the time was the possibility of Kevin having to choose between making them part of his faith, i.e., making them "smile" like the rest of Desert Bluffs (which i doubt he'd go through with after his mudstone abyss arc), or having Charles & Donovan leave town (which i doubt they'd go through with), or, doing neither & keeping quiet about his life with them to avoid drawing attention. If he chose the latter and then got found out, it would make sense that he'd stop being the Smiling God's favourite. Obviously, i never thought any of that was correct- i was just having fun- and i was excited to find out the real story further down the line.

But that didn't happen, and we still don't really have many answers. Everything to do with Kevin, and Lauren, and The Boy got wrapped up in about 10 minutes flat. We've already had an emotional Fatherhood themed episode with Cecil & Abby; we didn't need another one just for the sake of it.

With the context of what we already know about Kevin's father, the ending of episode 250 was just uncomfortable. Sure, Kevin's talked about his father positively before, but that's always been in contrast with the actual content of his memories. It's always been made clear that the script/the writers disagree with Kevin's sunny outlook, and therefore the listeners should too. Those moments are there to demonstrate just how fucked up Kevin really is, and that his positivity is just a coping mechanism. But this time Cecil spoke for him, so we didn't get Kevin's usual sing-song rambling. It was calm, and collected, and matter-of-factly. And this time there were no sugar-coated descriptions of abuse, only genuine praise. We were actually supposed to agree with him this time, and it made the whole speech (and ending) sound hollow and forced.

I really didn't like this episode. It felt rushed. It tried to cover far too much far too quickly, and it failed. But, despite all that, i am hoping that future episodes will bring some sort of clarity about what happened. And hopefully some closure about Kevin and his family, too. I want loose ends to get tied up properly and i believe that maybe, with time, the important ones will be. Slow burning subplots are kinda quintessential to Night Vale's writing at this point anyway. Brinknor definitely missed the mark with this one, but they're still incredibly talented writers and i'm not ready to give up on them like some of the other fans on here.

Besides, i think that some of Night Vale's worst episodes are still incredible pieces of writing in their own right. The bad episodes are only bad in comparison to the dozens upon dozens of absolutely phenomenal episodes that make up the rest of a show that is, for the most part, a joy to listen to. So, here's to some hopefully better episodes in the future, i guess.

[punklemon]

[zishuge]

As smart as you are, you should've already guessed. Fang Duobing isn't Shan Gudao's nephew — he's his son.

What are you staring at me for? Mysterious Lotus Casebook (2023)

[uldahstreetrat]

glamtober - 30. monochrome

I don't give drk a lot of love on Q'ihnn just cause it's always been more of an Allie thing in my head, so im real happy with how this particular glam came together!

glamour details!

Edenmete Coat of Fending - Jet Black Radiant's Gauntlets of Fending - Jet Black Cropped Fireglass Leather Slops - Jet Black Augmented Hellfire Sabatons of Fending - Jet Black Baldur Blade

[unforth]

Random list of a few of my favorite Chinese words so far:

电灯泡 - literally "light bulb," figuratively, an unwanted third wheel

放鸽子 - literally "to place/put a pigeon," figuratively, to stand someone up/no show

死定 - screwed (as in doomed, not as in fucked)

圣诞老人 - Old Man Christmas, Santa Claus

鹅毛大雪 - goose-feather snow, a heavy snow of fluffy flakes

Every single time a word is made "the same but more" by doubling it, or doubling characters in general for emphasis (高高兴兴，长长久久, 安安轻轻，大大小小, 酸酸甜甜，干巴巴，to name a few)

半边天 - literally "half the sky," figuratively womankind

The vast versatility of 蛋 as a way to insult people (坏蛋，笨蛋， 混蛋)

赖床 - laze about in bed

惊喜 - pleasantly surprised

大丈夫 - literally big husband, figuratively a manly man

厉害 - cool, awesome, incredible

干嘛 - why on earth...?

大姨妈 - literally great aunt, figuratively shark week/that time of the month/menstruation

想得美 - in your dreams!

My personal constant ability to confuse 妇女 and 妓女. (Woman and prostitute)

Likewise, my personal constant ability to confuse 瓜子 and 傻瓜. (Melon seeds and fool)

轮椅 - wheelchair

And, of course

饭圈 - fandom!