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Useless lesbians 🫶🏻
I love the idea of Lute being generally bad at interacting with others, which added to the normal awkwardness of having a crush would be quite the experience for a clueless but also crushing Vaggie
The first drawing without the text:
#hazbin hotel#hazbin hotel art#fallenwings#vaggie#lute#hazbin hotel vaggie#hazbin hotel lute#fanart#art#artists on tumblr#my art#this was supposed to be a dumb quick sketch#I swear this was not supposed to be something serious#actually shipping them wasn’t supposed to be serious either but it happened anyway#me back in February: wow wouldn’t it be so cool if these two were exes that ended their relationship the worst way imaginable?#me in May refreshing their tag in every social media as if it were the daily newspaper: :) this is fine#actually revisiting some old stuff I've noticed I've been shipping them since January oh god#toxic yuri#also I love the idea of angels having golden blush <3#lute x vaggie#vaggie x lute#dangervag#luggie
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“temple”, 1 july 23
#art#digital art#illustration#artists on tumblr#oc#tz#tian#zhu#gay married. in love. and i love them. u know the drill#this is actually the second part of a ''''diptych'''' but u have to wait for the first part#i started this 15 june but wanted to finish the one where they're cracking up first#my fav is being obsessed w drawing their rings + having to come up w ways to show both of their left hands in every composition. stress!#anyway i just wanted to go off on some lines... regretted this when i had to waffle thru tian's huge-ass tattoo but i made it thru...#may revisit later... as u can imagine anatomy was Challenging & i think it's obv where i did or did Not have ref LMFAO but i still like it!
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The other day, I was going through my Switch screenshots from Sword to try to find something else and remembered all of the Emotional Pain™ from up until the Final battle lmao
Anyway, yes, these two sillies still give me All The Feels in all the ways, for like 8 whole months and counting now. The OTP ever
#hopvic#masahop#trainshipping#time for some tag rambles! all of the hurt/comfort type angst that cycled through my brain through the end of January/first half of Februar#but then turned into just silly fluff as the weeks went on hahahaha#But man I really do need to revisit some of that delicious angst some time because I couldn't actually get to writing any of those brainbu#(featuring Hop's attempts to repress his crush on Victor because oh boy. there's so much to unpack here up until the end of epilogue/DLCs)#At latest when I replay which I've planned for November (SwSh anniversary + my bday!) because then it'll all be fresh again#anyone who's ever seen my livetweetings/posts on here may know that my first playthrough was like a haze of fever and lack of sleep hahahah#so yeah replays are needed and they have been a strong itch but also I had(have) all the other games to catch up to still#in fact I'm also posting this one while sleepdeprived hahahaha ooops
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me + mayhem going on a stupid silly hike for my stupid silly mental health
touched grass and i am normal again (lying)
#i will get back to drawing soon let me just sleep for a few years shdjhkfds#anyway photo credit to mayhem again i cant take pictures to save my life lol#btw the caption is obvs reference to that one hike video tiktok i think so credit to that also its not my joke#anywqay it was nice did help me a little bit#been feeling a bit down due to some personal problems ykno#and also due to not being accepted into a med uni I rly wanted to (but didn't put enough effort I'll confess) and that almost no one getsin#but i was only missing one point o(-( i was the first in line outside the capacity limit hasjkdhsahd#even tho my brain is rly small for it lets be real hfjsdfhksd but like hhsdjhshdjkhd those biches at physiotherapy baited me hdsjd#mqf i have failed you lol#also i have accidentaly gotten back into one piece as I do for like two weeks periodically every few months or so dhjsdhk#so im revisiting my olde blorbo trafalgar which is just reminding me of a fact that this was one of the fuckers my itty bitty young self -#- wanted to pursue medicine beacause of lmaoooo#bad timing one piece fixation!! bad bad!! sdhhdjshdjakshd#whatevrrr whatevr whatevr io dotn care! enough of that hahhskj#but hey as some of u may remeber im czech so haa whats up with the mountains right since we are very cute and 'down to earth' state hahaha#its cuz its actually from austria :))#we went hiking there since theyre co by kamenem dohodil as they say#fuck english has the exactly same saying im moron that ruins my whole thing hjdsk 'a stone's throw away' whatever ignore that ig hahhah#so yeah very beautiful very powerful go touch some grass lads#also they are not stones throw away i was lying but close enough-#also random czechs stop jumpscaring me in other countries challenge why was there so many of us horrible horrible horrible
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David Collings guests as Alan Campbell-Gore, a distubed young man, in Gideon's Way: The Prowler (1.18, ITC, 1966)
#fave spotting#david collings#gideon's way#the prowler#itc#1966#sapphire and steel#ahem. hum. yes#the prowler is a problem episode in GW. moreso than the average ep (they're all at least a tiny bit problematic...)#its treatment of mental health crises is pretty awful‚ as is the prevailing attitude of the regular characters towards a clearly#vulnerable person. I'm not going to attempt to defend it here... I'll save that for the tags on the ep when i get to it (jk!)#actually this post is really for @thisbluespirit#altho you may not thank me.. lol#i know you've seen the ep of course and in fact i think you have gifsets and whatnots from it (despite the suffering that presumably caused#by making you revisit a pretty bad ep of a not amazing series just for a blorbo..). ah well#but i thought‚ well maybe some (slightly) more hi res pics would be nice? a little belated xmas treat...#mostly i came away from revisiting this ep in newfangled hd simply thinking 'my but what eyelashes young Davey had'
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I will not be doing NaNoWriMo yet again; but to anyone who is doing the writing challenge I wish you the best of luck!
#dove rambles#yeah no i'm not writing 50k in 30 days; no thank you#i may revisit some old original ideas though (not fanfic; like actual original story lines and characters)#but i also start training this month so i'll probably just stick to my writing prompt journal#i did write over 60K in 64 days though so i know i could in theory do it#just tired and busy#i gotta take a look through my ideas list though first
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ngl after re-binge-watching hq!! with my mum, i have the urge to pick up my hq!! various x reader series again,,, i still have all the notes and plans and rereading that made me realise it would actually make a good fic 😭
#sophie's idle chatter#actually i lied. i have 2 hq!! various series in the note wips#one follows canon with mc being childhood friends with wakatoshi (for my early *early* followers u may remember the. like. 2 chaps of cdlc)#and another is a royal fantasy type one with mc as a knight for aoba kingdom and prince tooru...#i told a couple of my old moots (if u see this hello hi) from ages ago the plan i had for it and ourghfg#omg or that mmo/rpg game au... where u + the cast get transported into this game u all play... kinda like log horizon#man now i wanna rewatch log horizon 🧍♀️#the hq!! brainrot is so strong rn... and im revisiting some of my fav fic series i used to read on both quotev and ao3....#omg and this one series from deviant art that still to this day lives in my head rent free#maybe i should go reread it again....#man.. i wanna write crème de la crème again... so that i can write the bonds and mc trials through junior high.... and also timeskip era...
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finding a verdi opera that i will unambiguously love is like my holy grail. my white whale. my bigfoot. she's out there somewhere, probably
#of all the ones i've seen so far my reactions have only ranged from#'...okay' to 'myeah that was preddy good'#(don carlo and traviata at opposing ends of the scale)#guys i want to like verdi i really do....maybe i'm just watching the wrong operas....#but GD there are so many. i want to find one i actually genuinely love but there are so many. do i have to watch all of these.#trovatore and rigoletto are next on my list but i'll be honest w u it is hard to motivate myself to watch new verdi#since up to this point even the ones i've mostly enjoyed i haven't felt any real urge to revisit at all#or at worst they baffle and confound me in various manners...#eugh enough tag rambling for now. the real thing holding me back is finals season#mutuals hmu i guess in may if you want to stream trovatore and/or rigoletto at some point#doing w/ friends is the best way to get me to actually get off my ass and do something...#sasha speaks
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Mani(festation)
(It/it's for both)
#moe tag#i may revisit this and clean it up more. may have some specific ideas to test out actually#but for now it needs to get out of my system.#mani tag#my art
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All The Devils Are Here
(wip ask game)
excellent choice, this one has art
this one is a spinoff of blood, sweat and tears which i got the idea for after realizing that there's a part in varney the vampire where no less than THREE minor villains pop up in a very short span of time and then are abruptly killed off. this fic answers the question: hey what if they didn't all immediately get killed and all stuck around to cause problems At The Same Time. and also what if one of them got turned into a vampire.
i have no idea if i'm ever actually going to write this thing because the outline has spiraled SO far out of control, and i'm already writing a novel-length varney fic, i do not need to write another one
#home grown memes#wip ask game#varney posting#i got so excited for this one i drew the cool little title banner and then went to actually outline the plot and realized#Oh. Writing This In Full May Actually Kill Me#maybe at some point i'll revisit it and wrangle the outline down to something more manageable#fun fact for those in the know: floyd's non-joke name is Lorand
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I drew these for 2023, last year, as part of an intended silly set of 4, burned out and never finished the other two, so I'm posting them now for end of 2024 2025 a year late, before I forget again. lmao
Couple of OCs being egotistical re: the poisonous berry garland
#actually I'm posting these at AFTER midnight so I missed 2024 it's 2025 now#it's still 2024 somewhere!! it counts!!!#I'm ALSO burned out now#I am so burned out#these two are some of my most shit-stirrer little bastards the first one is an absurdly wealthy giant flirt#and the second one. well. don't worry about it. idk whose hand that is it's just some guy (the hard stare at Some Guy is intentional)#the framing is so high because I was originally going to include someone who is 6'6" because she would be the BIGGEST mistletoe gremlin#the fourth one was a couple that went canon lol like the OG WENT CANON one of the gang#I wanted to tweak these but I'm happy enough with them to just post them#it's been a year I'm probably not revisiting without a full redraw so may as well#they're not fully polished but were a painting exercise last year especially his jacket which is supposed to be a $$$ green velvet#man glaze really crunchified these in parts I added a close up because of that#olessan art#olessan's headworld#EDIT I FORGOT THE ALT TEXT AGAIN but I added it uwu
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Gylfie felt as though she were going to be sick.
Silas, ever clever was he, held Larsa in a locked grasp - one hand clamped tight upon his shoulder at the base of his neck, and the other held a knife pressed firmly to the boy's throat. His pale eyes (a reflection of her own, a reflection of their father) stared at her with a challenging glint. A silent dare for her to come closer and see what I'll do.
She was no fool. She knew he wouldn't hesitate to slit Larsa's throat with one wrong step from her. It was his plan, to kill the young lord with Gabranth down, and while the others hunted for Vayne through the Bahamut. She just... couldn't understand why. And Larsa--
Oh, gods, his terrified gaze was enough to break her heart, even through the fury that caused her body to tremble. That threatened to blur her vision with red and take over her every action - every word. No, she needed to be cautious if she wanted any chance to save him.
"My lord," she called, and saw Silas's gaze flash. "Are you alright?"
The boy didn't speak - perhaps out of terror, perhaps the knife made it too risky - but Silas scoffed in his stead. A scowl twisting her brother's features as he stared at her unwavering.
"Spare the pleasantries," he said dismissively. His voice as cool as ever. "Make no attempt to stop me, sister, lest your mistake draws his blood."
Gylfie's jaw tightened, but she remained still - biting back the urge to lunge at him. To stab clean through her sword into him as she had Takrin. Traitor! she wanted to scream. How dare you?!
"Leave him out of this." Her voice was steadier than she felt - a lowness to it that buried a snarl. "He is only a boy. Let him go, Silas. Whatever quarrel you have is not with--"
"Not with Larsa?" Silas chuckled and shook his head. "You and your undying loyalty. I must admit, you wear your muzzle well, but tell me: is it a collar they have around your neck, or a noose?"
She stiffened and couldn't stop herself from scowling. "What--"
Her brother sneered. "Oh, please, as if you are unaware of the whispers, being the hound's faithful pup, and all. They liken you to a dog, Gylfie, what honor is there in that?"
The breath caught in her lungs as Gylfie felt her heart skip a beat. As she resisted the urge to recoil as she balled her fists. "What are you saying? That has nothing to do with him."
Silas rolled his eyes, and Larsa let out a strangled gasp as the knife eased its pressure. "You and father both," he sighed, "have allowed yourself to become hounds for House Solidor. 'Tis not hard to see. Hounds forced to fight and bleed and die for them while they sit back and take the spoils. What honor is there in that? Has House Ynarra not suffered enough?" His head tilted, and the clarity in his eyes made her shudder. As much as she wished him mad...
It was clear he was far from it.
"Vayne will die," he continued - unbothered as his grip on Larsa tightened when the boy tried to wriggle free. Almost dismissive of their current situation. "And Larsa will die with him. Archadia shall be free of House Solidor's poisoned grasp, and in their stead, House Ynarra will thrive."
"That is treason--"
"Is it?" He tilted his head with a smirk. "Gramis is dead. The Senate has been dissolved. Gabranth will not live to see the next morn-" (it took everything in Gylfie not to react on that alone) "-and no one else is capable of taking the throne. Larsa is better dead than to be left to grow. Zargabaath is too much of a spineless coward to challenge anyone who dare take it outside of an election. Ghis is dead. Bergan is dead. Drace is dead. Who else is there other than I? Who else is more fitting than our blood?"
Gylfie slowly shook her head as she slowly stepped closer. Only a few paces, and every so cautiously. "You have thought of this for too long, have you not?" she asked - disgust dripping from each word. "What makes you think you are more capable of ruling than I? What makes you think either of us should rule?"
Anger flashed through Silas's eyes as he jerked his head up, and yanked Larsa close once more. The knife still held against the young lord's throat, but... not as secure.
To Larsa's credit, he made no noise as he staggered against the rogue Judge. His face was paled, his eyes wild with fear, but he made no attempt to move. No attempt to protest or talk Silas down.
Good.
"House Ynarra has waited in the wings long enough!" her brother snarled. "We have served these ungrateful Solidors for years - bleeding and dying for them! And for what? To be made into dogs? To be fed scraps and ordered to perform tricks while keeping us at bay?" His face twisted into another scowl, but his composure was slipping. His anger - as hot as her own and their father's - was beginning to spark.
Gylfie swallowed her own anger thickly as it burned in the back of her throat - the flames desperate to escape her clenched jaws. But she remained still, remained quiet, and allowed the silence to fall between them. For it to force his words to resonate with himself. To try and... offer one last chance to stand down.
But Silas only stared at her with that furious, challenging gleam, and she knew he had long since made up his mind.
"Do you remember what father told us?"
Silas sniffed. "He told us many things. You ought be more specific."
"You know of what I speak." Gylfie prowled closer - moving ever so slowly. Her gaze unwavering and locked onto her brother as she closed in. "What he said of threats to Archadia."
Her brother's grip never loosened on the boy, but a wounded look crossed his features and broke through the smug anger. Was he hurt because of where she stood? Was he disappointed she didn't decide to agree with him? "Sister, why must you beg? You are more than just some starving hound. Why protect those that have hurt you so?"
She stiffened as she came to a stop, and felt bile burn the back of her throat. Bitter on her tongue as she swallowed thick. As she did her best to ignore Larsa's pleading, terrified stare. "It was only ever Vayne," she said, and ignored the quiet gasp from behind her. She needn't turn around to know it was Penelo. "Leave Larsa out of this. He is only a child."
Silas stared at her before he let out a heavy sigh. His head shook slowly from side to side, and, this time, his disappointment was clear. His anger seeming to die. "And you believe he will not grow to be like his brothers before him? He is a Solidor - it is in his blood. You cannot trust him as you could not trust his family. His death will bring a brighter future for Archadia--"
She dared not let him finish.
"Move!"
Like she had taught him, Larsa suddenly jerked back against Silas and took him further off guard - causing her brother to stumble just enough for the young lord to save his throat, and to yank himself free. He quickly scurried away, stumbling just for a moment as Silas caught his footing and lunged for him, but Gylfie was ready.
She withdrew her dagger and threw it with accuracy - lunging forward as Larsa rushed by her - and drowned out her brother's cry of pain as it lodged in his shoulder through his armor. His hand flung up to it, but she slammed into him and sent them both sprawling. But she was quicker (she always had been compared to him), and yanked free her dagger before she rolled to the side. She scrambled up to her feet as Silas got to his, and met his wild eyes with a furious stare of her own.
"You are a fool!" he spat, and drew his sword from its sheath - ignoring his knife that now lay upon the ground. "You are an utter fool, Gylfie! How dare--"
"Stand down," she hissed, her dagger pointed at him, as the siblings began to circle. "Do not make this harder than it needs to be, Silas. I will not hesitate to take your life."
"Like you took our father's?" He sneered at her. "You scare me not, sister. Takrin deserved it. After everything he did to you--"
Gylfie's eyes flashed with fury, and she lunged for him - catching the edge of his blade against the tines of her dagger, and twisted it aside. She reached for her dagger's twin as he reached for his knife, his sword clattering from his hand before she could twist his wrist, and--
And it was over before it could begin.
With Silas taken off guard and weaponless, Gylfie drove her second dagger up into his jaw - doing her best to ignore the blood that spurted from his wound and the agonized, muffled shriek that pierced through her deeper than any sword ever could - and released him.
He fell to his knees and clutched at his jaw as he gasped and choked on his blood. His eyes wide and wild with shock as he stared at her in a terror not at all dissimilar to that of Larsa's. Tears streaked down his face as a strangled cry began to shake from him, but...
She paid little heed to any of it. Refusing to let her resolve falter when she had already taken the life of their father. When he was already down and out, and horribly wounded by her own doing. When her hands were already dripping with blood from him and Takrin and everyone else she had mained and killed in the name of the Empire. But her heart was hammering in her throat. Her stomach twisted and knotted and threatening to heave at any given moment. Her hands shook and sweat beaded her skin, and she hardly realized just how rabid she appeared then, with her own eyes wild and her breathing ragged and heavy.
She leaned over Silas - eyes glittering with malice and grief and a wild desperation. "I am my brother's keeper," she hissed, and Silas's eyes widened as he continued to choke on his blood. A rabbit cornered and at the mercy of a starving dog. "Am I not?"
His death was quick, despite it all, and Gylfie fled before she could come to terms with what she had done.
#((''I'm going to do small things'' I said#''I'm going to write another drabble instead'' I meant))#mun writes#death tw#blood tw#((also no editing because I need to go to bed now ahah#this is also mostly me trying to get this scene out so I may or may not revisit to give more detail#but hopefully I'll get some actual replies done tomorrow after work!))
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I've been thinking about Laios' succubus lately. Mulling it over a bit.
Because I've seen these pages brought up a fair bit, but almost entirely in the context of shipping (on all sides, really). And I really want to understand what they are doing for the story beyond that.
When I went back to reread the scene and section, a few things caught my interest: the way Laios responds to both forms of his succubus, the themes of the volume the chapter is found in, and the other events of the chapter itself.
So let's dive into those three things, and what I think they say about the succubus scene's purpose.
Laios is never fully frozen by the succubus
So. If you compare Marcille and Chilchuck's reactions...
to Laios':
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There is a difference. Sure, the basics may look the same once it turns into Scylla Marcille, but even then, it functions differently.
Chilchuck and Marcille are completely frozen once they catch sight of their succubus. Izutsumi, as well, isn't able to look away, and completely freezes up once her 'mom' starts talking to her. As Chilchuck describes, "just looking at them makes you unable to move."
And yet, Scylla Marcille has to actively convince Laios to comply. He even looks away from her at one point!
Laios accepts this succubus, but he is never actually helpless to it in the same way. Taken in? Convinced? Sure, at least enough to let things happen that he probably should question more than he does. But magically compelled? Not really. Not the same way as everyone else is. So that's interesting. But let's move on for now.
2. Volume 9 is all about drive and desire
I don't often look at chapters within the context of the volume they are included in, but I think there's some really fun things to be found with that perspective in mind.
For one, volume 9 starts with an exploration of what desire brought Laios to the dungeon:
And ends with a question of what desire brought Laios to the dungeon:
It's also very concerned in general with questions of why people do what they do. Why they are in the dungeon, why they are with the people they are with, why they stay, what they fight for.
In addition to Laios, we see it with Marcille...
Izutsumi
Kabru
and Mithrun
Hell, we even get it for the demon!
It's certainly not the only volume concerned with desires and motives, but it is particularly focused on these ideas.
The succubus scene fits quite well into the ongoing question about desires, especially Laios' desires. It is even placed at an interesting spot within the volume. The volume is six chapters long, and the scene takes place at the start of the 4th chapter. It's almost smack-dab in the middle.
With all this in mind, it is interesting that, with both versions of the succubus Marcille, it's not totally clear which parts of her Laios is rejecting.
The first version of Marcille looks human, but Laios attacks when he identifies her as a monster. The second Marcille looks like a monster, but he seems to believe that she is the real (human)(ish) person that he knows. So is he rejecting the monster at first, and then accepting the person? Or is he rejecting humanity and only interested in the monstrous?
Something to consider as we look at the next point...
3. the rest of the chapter is a seduction, too
This is one of those things that might not be apparent on a first reading, but is crystal clear on a revisit. We see the succubus try and charm Laios over 7 pages, and then see the Winged Lion do the same thing for the next 19.
Much like the succubus, it offers the mingling of monsters and humans. Much like the succubus, it offers belonging.
(and this is the point where I absolutely must also link this post by fumifooms on the succubus, which has some great ideas on how the scene is informed by Laios' trauma and desire for acceptance!!!)
But, back to the point. The Winged Lion wants to feed on Laios just as much as the succubus did, and it uses similar strategies to try and make that happen. Though this chapter isn't really the turning point for the next Lord of the Dungeon (it is Marcille who will, eventually, become the Lion's next victim), it certainly behaves like it is.
Laios is convinced. The succubus gets its meal. By the end of the volume, the reader begins to understand how concerning his desires are. Together, it is all very good at building up that sense of dread and pending disaster, as we see exactly how and why Laios might just fall into the Lion's open arms and bring about the end of the world.
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So that's the three things I noticed. But there's still something I want to touch on by looking at the way these observations overlap, and what they reveal, together.
As I said, by the end of the volume, you can feel the tension growing. Just as Kabru and Mithrun do, you look back for an answer to the questions that have been built, chapter by chapter: why is Laios here? Where will his loyalties fall? This chapter, and scene, seem to prove the inevitable truth: he will choose the monster, of course. He will choose the seductive, easy power of the Winged Lion.
But the details of what actually happens tell different story: one in which the Lion is wrong.
First, as a reminder - even in Scylla Marcille mode, the succubus never fully entrances Laios. It convinces him, but it doesn't have him completely under its thrall.
Similarly, in the dream, the Lion does convince Laios to embrace the world he is offering. But even within that dream, Laios continues to ask questions that will be vital to him later. It is because of those questions that Laios comes to a new understanding about Thistle.
And it's this realization that he cites later as part of his reason for refusing the Lion's offer.
He is thinking through things the entire time, just like he continues to question the succubus even after it turns into Scylla Marcille.
Laios also expresses an interesting reason for why he wants to see the future of this world. He's not just invested because it would mean people liking what he likes, or him getting to spend time with monsters. The thought that comes immediately before his acceptance is about what he wants for monsters and people.
I don't think it's a coincidence that this statement - "we're living beings that share the same world, but all we can do is keep killing each other" - can apply to the various humans races just as much as it does to humans and monsters. The thing he is thinking about here isn't just a matter of his personal daydreams. It's an idea that underpins every conflict in the story.
Laios caring about how people as well as monsters in this manner is something that the Lion gets wrong every time. Even at the end, he still frames Laios' desires entirely around hating people and loving monsters.
The Lion has heard him express an opinion about the future of the world! It happened right there in the dream, right in front of him! He just didn't take it seriously, and didn't view it through any lens other than "Laios likes monsters more".
He's convinced that he understands how to get to Laios. Maybe the Lion can't truly see everything, or maybe his vision into everyone's deepest desires has made it hard for him to realize how much choice still matters. That people can, and do, choose which desires to act on, and how to act on them.
Whatever the case, he's wrong about Laios, and the story shows us this over and over again.
After all, look at how the succubus interaction plays out:
A monster uses Marcille to appeal to Laios...
He realizes that something about the situation is wrong, and rejects her.
It changes strategies, and makes new offer: to turn him into a monster.
It also assures him that his friends are, or will be, taken care of.
He accepts. Or rather, allows the monster to have its way with him.
But Laios is not as helpless as he initially appears, and what the Lion thinks is a successful seduction also contains the seed of an idea that will allow Laios to later resist him.
We even get to see Izutsumi playing a similar role in both instances, as the one person fully able to take action in the face to the illusion.
The story lays out what is going happen, and then explicitly tells us that the demon and the succubus are thematically related.
The chapter performs a great sleight of hand here - everything about it seems to indicate that Laios is doomed give in to the option to have his deepest desires realized. But if you look closer, it also contains the evidence that he won't. There's a lot more going on for him.
Yes, he still falls for obvious tricks. He is still extremely into monsters, and he still doesn't feel like he fits in with other people. He may, deep down, crave to surrender to the monstrous - to let it absorb him. But he questions more than he seems to. He considers more than people realize. He cares so much more than anyone gives him credit for.
And I think this is part of why we see the succubus called back to so many times, especially with the wolf head addition to his Monster Form, which he specifically added due to his encounter with the Scylla Marcille.
This all stays with Laios. It doesn't just foreshadow the path of the story, it is fundamental to how and why he walks that path. It's not about him choosing monsters, and it's not about him choosing people. It's about how he considers both, and cares about both.
And it's about the forces that think they already know his answer. Mithrun and Kabru. The Winged Lion. The succubus.
It's about how they are wrong.
#dungeon meshi#delicious in dungeon#dungeon meshi spoilers#laios touden#winged lion#dunmeshi analysis
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[tfp] obsessed!optimus prime x human!reader
summary: you cuddle, that's it :)
cw: fluff, comfort, pinch of angst, established relationship, silliness, extremely self-indulgent, the idea spawned in my head and i had to write it immediately
word count: 1200
an: for the anons and non-anons in my inbox: i see you and i appreciate every ask you sent me, some ideas are really lovely and cute and i will write drabbles about them. i just don't want to force myself to write 24/7 because i get burn out very easily, so it may take me some time to answer you all :DD
You can see it in his optics right away. Sadness, regret, exhaustion. He’s utterly drained, even if his frame doesn’t betray it. Always upright, with perfect posture, to set an example, to be a symbol for his people. But you’ve seen through that facade for a long time now.
He approaches you, a small human sitting on his berth with a book in your hands, wrapped in a blanket. And even despite the exhaustion, despite the chaos undoubtedly storming in his processor, he smiles at you. It's faint, but tender, joyous just to be in your presence.
“Hey,” you greet him softly, returning his smile. “How did the mission go?”
“Greetings, my dearest. Unfortunately, it did not end in success.”
“Oh, I’m sorry to hear that. Do you... want to talk about it?”
The smile fades, replaced by bitterness. The Prime returns, the leader is back. As much as he wanted to tell you everything, the wound was too fresh, too raw. He wasn’t ready to revisit those memories—not yet. He would rather think of you, only you. That was his plan for tonight, for the scraps of time you had left together. It was enough for you to just be by his side, to meet his gaze now and then, to smile. He wouldn’t ask for more; he wouldn’t dare.
“I sincerely apologize, but I do not feel comfortable discussing it at this moment. However, I shall divulge the details to you later.”
“All right, I totally understand. I don't want to push you into anything.”
“For that, I am deeply grateful.”
“But! Are you sure there’s nothing I can do for you?”
“Your presence alone suffices for me.”
You weren’t entirely convinced. Optimus never asked for more. Never demanded, never took the lead. Sometimes he would request but never initiate. You wonder how you even ended up as a couple. How long he must have suppressed his feelings before you realized your own. But you quickly push those thoughts aside. They’re painful and, most importantly, they belong to the past.
“I don’t know... that feels like it’s not enough.” You know he’s about to protest, to launch into a monologue about how he doesn’t expect more from you, so you cut him off. “Wait. I know what you’re going to say, but this time, I want to actually help you. Have you ever... cuddled?"
His optics widen slightly. He wasn’t expecting that question, nor your assertiveness. But now, he’s profoundly grateful for it.
“I am familiar with the term, though I have never partaken in… cuddling. On Cybertron, other customs of expressing affection were prevalent.”
You’ll have to ask him about that later.
“I see. Would you like to cuddle now?”
Your question catches him off guard. He hesitates. If he says ‘yes,’ he’ll be stepping into completely uncharted territory, stripped of control over himself, entirely at your mercy. If he says ‘no,’ he’ll miss the experience of human affection, of tasting a relationship from your perspective, a human perspective. And it might hurt your feelings, which was the last thing he wanted.
“Yes,” he whispers.
Your wide smile is reward enough for him, though the best is yet to come.
You slide the blanket off one side of your body and pat the empty space beside you. The message is clear, and Optimus knows what to do. Fortunately, he still has enough energy to mass-displace, which he does in a matter of seconds, shrinking to a still-imposing three meters.
“Amazing,” you whisper.
He kneels on both knees to reduce the height difference even further. You’ll still have to climb onto his thighs to make the hug work, but you appreciate the effort. Now, it’s all in your hands.
Even in this position, he’s perfect—straight back, arms resting neatly by his sides. A few indecent ideas cross your mind; you know exactly how to take advantage of his submissiveness towards you. But those plans are for later. This is not the time to be lewd.
“If you feel uncomfortable, let me know right away,” you say, approaching him slowly.
You climb onto his thighs, watching his expression closely for any sign of discomfort, for anything he might not voice but would betray through body language. Luckily, you find nothing—not even when you’re face-to-face with him.
With your fingertips, you gently caress the metal where a human would have a cheek. You’re delicate, exploring uncharted territory. Stroking his cheek as a titan was one thing, but this form was new to you, just as it was to him. So you take your time, allowing him to adjust to the new circumstances, to this form of affection. Your hands move to the back, brushing against his audials until they encircle his entire helm. You shift slightly to the side to complete the embrace, wrapping your arms around his neck and resting your head against the side of his.
You don’t expect him to return the hug. This time, you expect nothing from him. This is an experiment, a trial. You just want him to stop thinking about everything that happened on the mission and start thinking about the here and now. To focus on you, on the skin-to-metal contact, on the fact that, for now, he doesn’t have to return to the battlefield. That he’s safe. So you’re surprised when you feel heavy hands on your back, enveloping you completely. But you don’t comment; you don’t say a word about it. You let him, because he deserves it.
His world narrows down to you. To your hair, tickling the back of his helm, to the warm skin pressing against his metal. To your softness, your breath, your heartbeat. To your scent, which he knows so well. You surround him from every angle, allowing him to forget the failure he suffered today. You fill his processor, already overloaded with thoughts of you, with even more admiration for your actions—for how you wanted to help him, even though he never asked you to. You are his universe, his galaxy, his sun around which he orbits. His alpha and omega, his beginning and his end.
This position and action are foreign to him, uncharted, incomparable to any other sensation. It wasn’t like holding you on his shoulder; it wasn’t like reminiscing about your smile. This was something new, far more intimate, and not yet fully understood by him. But it was beautiful and captivating. Raw.
“Everything will be all right,” you assure him, your voice resonating through his entire frame. “Everything is all right.” He believes you.
He can’t tell how long the two of you remain locked in each other’s embrace, but eventually, he feels you shifting. The last thing he wants to do now is let you go, still lost in your closeness, but he has no intention of holding you against your will. He releases you from his grasp, and you pull back from his chassis, leaving behind an unpleasant coldness. He wants you back there, pronto.
“Did you like it?” you ask with a smile, your thumb starting to stroke his cheek.
“Immensely,” he replies, looking into your eyes. A smile creeps onto his faceplate. “Might I request another cuddle?”
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caught with them (; — hashira men
Author’s Note: mostly humorous, but ~a lil steamy. 😉 Update: some are def steamier than others. 😅
caught with them (; — hashira men
Himejima Gyomei x Reader, Iguro Obanai x Reader, Rengoku Kyojuro x Reader, Shinazugawa Sanemi x Reader, Tomioka Giyuu x Reader, Uzui Tengen x Reader
Word Count: ~1,500
CW: 18+NSFW, accidental v!yeurism, cream!pie, dark humor, degrading language, explicit language, Fem!Reader
Emergency Request Fulfilled: Hi T! May I please request an emergency request (I'm getting surgery on Thursday and I'm a bit stressed) can you please write funny nsfw headcanons where all the male hashira ( except Muichiro) making love to their fem s/o and all of a sudden she calls out ,"Daddy!", And the guys think she's being kinky and they were getting so into it but then with her serious demeanor they stopped and turned to find out it was actually their s/O's Dad who came in to visit? Please and thank you.
~faqs~
“Daddy!”
Initially confused
Gyomei didn’t realize you were into that 😏
And he was too invested in how perfectly your pussy suffocated his dick to hear approaching footsteps 💀
“G-gyomei,” you gasp, burning w/ embarrassment, legs wrapped around his waist as you sit full and sweaty on his lap, nose pressed into his shoulder, suddenly grateful it’s his back facing the living room doorway
“Hm?” he murmurs lowly, blissfully unaware, nearing his orgasm as he continues guiding your hips w/ strong, broad palms
“Mydad’shere,” you manage to explain, nearly choking on the feeling of his tip grazing your cervix
😳😱😵
#Gyomei is no longer confused
“Oh dear,” he mutters, mortification clear in his voice
Even as his eyebrows furrow, cock twitching in your heat as he finally cums
Meanwhile, your poor dad’s like: 🫠🫠🫠
“Well don’t just stand there!” you shriek, “Go make yourself tea or something!”
Best believe your dad immediately disappears to make himself something much stronger than tea 😭
“Daddy!”
And that’s when Obanai remembers 😳
“Please tell me what’s happening isn’t what I think is happening.”😖
—You thought you knew what his desperation sounded like
—Especially after cockwarming him for hrs, clenching and gently grinding every so often to keep him on edge, computer screen bright w/ half finished work, swivel chair squeaking whenever you decide to roll your hips
—But this definitely takes the cake 🥴
“Unfortunately, my dad is here for our scheduled luncheon that we completely forgot about, but fortunately he is also going to wait in his car,” you grit out, glaring harshly at your equally distraught parent, “We’ll be ready shortly.”
Newsflash: your dad could care less about when you’ll be ready for lunch
In fact, he’d much prefer to cancel lunch altogether
Who needs lunch when their appetite’s just been ruined by an emotionally scarring event?
As soon as your dad leaves, you clamber off of Obanai’s lap, his cock slick and swollen as he slips from your heat, needy whine shiny on his lips
“We’ll revisit this later,” you promise, “With the door closed.”
Despite the waves of embarrassment still crashing through him, he can’t resist cracking a wicked smile, drinking in the sight of your naked form as you bend over to hand him his shirt, previously discarded on the floor
“Dessert? Sounds good to me.” 😎
“Daddy!”
Kyojuro pauses mid thrust, expression eager, chest pink from exertion, longer hairs tickling your collarbones as he haunches over you, “Daddy? Would you like to call me daddy?”
“Kyo-” 😭
Yk when yk what you should say, but you can’t seem to say it? 😬
Ofc that would occur at the least opportune moment 😃
“Sweetheart, there is nothing wrong with liking what you like!” lips grazing your throat, one palm pushing at your thigh, the other splayed on an overhead cabinet to steady himself, “If you want to call me daddy, then I am perfectly happy to be your daddy,” sucking lightly at your jaw, growling at the satisfying thud of your body against the countertop’s edge as he completes his thrust, balls sticky when they tap your skin
“Kyyyo-” 😭😭😭
“Call me daddy sweetheart, let daddy make you feel go-”
“So uh,” finally your dad sputters, “How about you guys text me when you’re finished?”
Kyojuro’s eyes = wider than saucers 😳
“I AM SO SORRY, I HAD NO IDEA.” <— 0.02 secs after your dad slams the front door shut
“That was hot,” you giggle breathlessly, shock still radiating, “Maybe I do have a daddy kink? You had me at a lost for words.” 😇
“Clearly!” he nearly whines, uncharacteristically bashful as he tucks his face into your shoulder, “I would have stopped immediately had I known!”
“I’m sorry, I short circuited.” 😅
“I hope he forgives us.” 😓
You snort, already recovering from the ordeal, “He’ll survive.” 😆
Pouting, Kyojuro clings to you, cock slowly softening in your pussy, “But I may not.” 🥺
“Oh hush,” you pat his head reassuringly, smiling as he nuzzles closer, “Let’s shower and get dressed. My poor dad’s patiently waiting.”
“Daddy!”
“Who’re you calling daddy?” Sanemi murmurs, body draped over you, grip warm and steady around your waist, your own hands clutching the edge of the sink, “Listen to your sloppy cunt, so pliant and needy, bent over in the bathroom like a cheap whore.”
“Sanemi,” you squeak, eyes glued to the retreating figure reflected in the mirror
“I asked you a question,” he growls roughly, nipping at the side of your neck, balls tapping your clit as his pace quickens, “Who’re you calling daddy? Who’s fucking your slutty hole? Who’s bringing you closer and closer to your climax?”
“Iwascallingmydad, daddy,” you blurt, diction hurried by the stretch and intensity of Sanemi’s thrusts
He shudders to a halt, dangerous stare meeting yours as he looks up into the mirror
“You WHAT?!!!”
You inhale deeply, enunciation precise and drawn out, “We invited my dad over for dinner. You got me horny. He let himself in… and then let promptly let himself out. We made eye contact in the mirror, I swear he nearly fainted, and I called him daddy because apparently that’s what I do when I panic!”
“Oh so this is MY fault?” 😒
“The fuck?” 😐
“That’s what I’m saying! You got me horny, bitch, you’re always horny! Sorry I enjoy pleasuring my woman!” 🙄
“Well don’t apologize for that!”
“Fine! I’m not sorry!” 😤
“So do I get to cum, or…?” 🙃
“You’re fucking weird. You still wanna cum? Now?”
“I mean dinner’s obviously off the table, so-”
“Fuck’s sake! Okay! I’ll make you cum!” 🤬
“Good!”
“Great! Better brace yourself princess,” Sanemi snarls, slipping his fingers between your legs to flick at your clit, “Because you’re my cocksleeve for tonight.”
—Don’t even ask 😃
—Porn isn’t realistic
—So why should my fanfiction be? 😂
“Daddy!”
#riperoni Tomioka Giyuu
“Uh huh baby, baby, fuck, f-fuck, FUCK,” he groans loudly, mouth parting slightly, couch pillow propping his head up to provide the perfect view of your perfect tits as you perfectly ride him
“GiyuuGiyuuGiyuu-”
Disclaimer: you’re panicking — not cumming 💀
#unlike someone #that someone being Giyuu
“Shit, you’re incredible,” he murmurs, eyes barely open, thumbs soft and greedy as they dig into your waist, satisfaction welling in his stomach as his cum fills you, warm and viscous, tip swollen and twitching, “Feels good, hm? When daddy cums in your gorgeous pussy?”
#riperoni Tomioka Giyuu x 1,398,742
You clear your throat, blinking awkwardly, “Dad, how about I call you in ten minutes?”
Indescribable dread flickers across Giyuu’s face
⚠️ESCAPE⚠️RETREAT⚠️WITHDRAW⚠️
But he can’t move 😭, bc he just came inside of you 😭, and apparently there’s an audience 😭
#talk about a mess #pun intended
“You do that honey!” *your dad frantically nods* “You do whatever you need to do!” *your dad frantically flees*
…
…
“Murder or suicide?” Giyuu asks quietly
“What?” 🧐
“One of us is a dead man,” he answers solemnly, “But I’ll let you decide who.”
*big sigh* “Neither you nor my dad has to die.”
“I disagree.” 😔
“Daddy!”
“The fuck?” 🤨 “Is your dad here?” 🤨 “Are you into that?” 🤨
The fact that Tengen hasn’t stopped thrusting does not help your ability to articulate 💀
“Well?” he grunts, biceps straining as he keeps you pinned to the wall, hands full of your ass, “Which one is it?”
“The fact that you don’t seem concerned in the slightest that it could be the second one is mildly concerning,” you mutter
Meanwhile, you’re frantically shooing your dad away, unable to do much more in your current ~position
“The fact that you only consider that mildly concerning is also concerning,” he retorts, “And quit fidgeting,” tongue licking along the curve of your jaw as he murmurs lowly, “Less wriggling, more cumming.”
The sound of the front door opening and closing barely registers to Tengen 😃
Is he that pussydrunk?
Nah
#he just doesn’t give af
#well
#sort of
“Tengen.”
“Hm?” he smirks, gaze glinting smugly at the feeling of your pussy sucking him in deeper, “You gonna cum for me?”
“You do know my dad was here?” breaking off to a whimper as his pubic bone grinds against your clit, “R-right?”
“I know,” he replies simply, fixated on your building orgasm, determinedly repeating his motions, spurred on by your ragged gasps and staccato moans, “I was certainly surprised,” tone amused and patient, “But I figured he’d leave as soon as he realized what he walked in on,” nonchalant as ever, “No point in ruining our pleasure for a brief interruption.”
—I’m not usually suuuper into Tengen, but damn 🤠😂
#hashira x reader#headcanons#modern au#demon slayer smut#kimetsu no yaiba#demon slayer#himejima gyomei#gyomei x reader#iguro obanai#obanai x reader#rengoku kyojuro#kyojuro x reader#shinazugawa sanemi#sanemi x reader#tomioka giyuu#giyuu x reader#uzui tengen#tengen x reader
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VEDIC ASTRO OBSERVATIONS
Part 3
More random and messy but still true
DISCLAIMER: if you consider some of these positive and others negative, then I want you guys to know that they come from my personal observations of real life. None of the nakshatras are better or worse, or positive or negative, these are just aspects of them, but nevertheless, true.
Magha people can have such an ego omg like I've said that before with rat yonis but P.Phalguni I think is nowhere near Magha in that department. Ashwini can also come off as egotistical, but it's moreso that they're unintentionally(or sometimes, intentionally) ignorant. Mula can also have egotistical tendencies, esp cause the galactic center(the black hole) is in Mula nakshatra, so they can have this "I'm the center of the world" attitude, but in my experience it manifests as just them mainly trusting themselves. All Ketu nakshatras have this theme of going inwards and shutting the world out, but since Magha is in the Sun ruled Leo (sun=ourselves, confidence) it can come off as undeservedely egotistical, different from Ashwinis aggressively(Aries/Mars) ignorant and Mula's relentlessly preachy(Sagittarius/Jupiter).
The Ashlesha to Jyeshta pipeline is actually very obvious, they're more connected than people realize. Obviously they're both Mercury nakshatras, but Ashlesha is often seen in a very sensual, feminine light and Jyeshta in a no-nonsense, cut to the chase light. The difference is that all that bottled up energy of Ashlesha, that was either healing or poisoning the native is ready to fight and be more direct in Jyeshta. They're both laser focused on survival and protecting themselves, desperately trying to realize themselves in the proccess, so it's a struggle. Both are trying to preserve their energy, but Ashlesha was trapped in the confines of the 4th house(family, roots,mother) and the sign of Cancer/Moon(emotions, fliudity, sensitivity), either for its safety or to its detriment, and was trying to get their energy out in a correct way. Jyeshta is out in the open, thrown in the sign of Scorpio/the 8th house/ passive Mars (transformation, rebirth, purging, sex, death, warfare, survival, defence. You and the other are one and the same in the 8th house). For Jyeshta, the only way to survive, is to win over everyone else, and when they eventually win, they gain dominion over others. So Jyeshta is kind of about revisiting that Ashlesha state and having the revenge, so to speak, because after gaining strength on your own, you eventually have to face the ones who you were so desperately trying to get away from(ashlesha).
Mulas can be so gentle and honestly at first I did not know where that came from, but since the last third of nakshatras are about transcending and mastering their ruling planet in a sense(btw, that does not mean that they embody the energy of the planet more, or that they're better) and Ketu is about primal instincts, then Mula is the place where the individual centers themselves in their truth and is unmoved by others, thus, avoiding unnecessary energy drainage. Of course, they can also be the most untamed of all, but in our civilized(mostly🙁) society, their natural demeanor is extremely calm.
Chitra natives are soooooo chaotic like calm down jesus. It makes sense when your consider that its gunas are TTT(tamas, tamas, tamas). Among the planets, Ketu is the most tamasic one(Chitra's ruler_Mars is also tamasic), but each nakshatra has their own guna(Ashwini is Rajas x3, Bharani is Rajas-Rajas-Tamas, Revati is Sattva x3, you get it). So Chitra people are the most chaotic, if I may say so. (Gotta credit The Hidden Octave's Chitra video for the observation). There are a lot of indicators that explain this but I've already written a lot in the previous ones😭 if you know basic vedic, this observation is of no surprise to you. They can also be prone to anxiety, but often they're unaware of it, so that has a detrimental effect on people around them.
Uttara Bhadrapadas are VERY hard to order around. Impossible even. Idk why someone would want to order someone else around but nevertheless, these natives can deal with any kind of unfairness with such grace, self-mastery and quiet strength that eventually nothing gets to them anymore. So if you see an U. Bhadra child disobey their superiors calmly and in a controlled but determined manner, you know why.
I really have a lot of respect for Uttara Ashadas(not all, lmao), because they just deal with stuff alone. And it's natural for them, and they don't do it for a goal(like in Jyeshta, which is not bad, it's just different) or for attention, it's just a way of life for them. Simplicity and stoicism 🤌
Okay, now a fun one: Moon girls (Rohini, Hasta and Shravana) are the blueprints of Y/N. If you guys don't know what Y/N please look it up. Not just Y/N, but characters like Bella Swan(hasta moon, rohini asc actress) and Elena Gilbert(shravana moon anctress) come to mind. Even popular instagram users who parody those movies/fanfics/characters have moon placements(@laframbuesaa_ rohini moon if i remember correctly and @yasmine_sahid_ shravana moon(?) on insta). Even Harry fcking styles, who is probably the most common love interest in those fanfics has hasta moon. If you know a little about nakshatras, this makes sooo much sense. Moon is something that masses can understand and digest easily, so it's not complicated and sometimes, it can verge on delusions(or an insane sensitivity and receptivity and the ability to read between the lines, but that's just for a number of their natives). Other nakshatras that can fall into the Y/N trope are venus and ketu nakshatras, but moon is the most classic example of it.
I want confirmation in the comments/reblogs for this one: Bharani natives love high fantasy, history(esp medieval), fantasy in general and/or just everything/anything with that vibe. Cause I'm bharani moon and I do, and I've seen some other examples. If not, then the Bharani natives themselves seem like they're out of those times/stories. I can't explain it in any other way. (This might be true for Bharani Ketu too.)
Alright, this is all. Reblog, comment, like. Interact please
Take care
#astrology#vedic astrology#nakshatras#astrology observations#sidereal astrology#astro notes#astrology tumblr#astroblr#bharani#ashwini#ashlesha#magha#rohini#hasta#shravana#chitra#jyeshta#mula#uttara ashadha#uttara phadrapada#pick a card
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