#if you want anything changed lmk!!

[herostoried]

Mirai knows he's dying.

An anxious nausea has captured his senses, even stronger than the pain that seems to have consumed him, taking over every part of his consciousness slowly. He knows it's only natural to be afraid, of course - the human instinct to live and survive is a powerful thing, and no man is capable of shutting off the emotions that come when it seems like the end is near.

But still... he wishes they would go away all the same. He's done his best, and if these are to be his last moments, if he really has no hope of changing this - he'd at least like to feel hopeful in his final hour. After all, heroes are people who should smile until the end... even if he could never reach up to All Might in that regard, and if he maybe struggled with that more than some others, it's still always been an ideal that Mirai has valued highly.

What's life worth without humor? Still... it must be because he's alone, with no-one by his side... but all Mirai can think of are his many regrets. It stings, and he knows that those lingering thoughts won't change a thing... it's best not to dwell on them at all, so he turns his thoughts to the people he loves, instead. Mirio will make a fine hero... although Mirai wishes he could've seen All Might one last time, at the end...

Suddenly, though- just as he's thinking that, Mirai senses the presence of another. He can't make out who it is, and he's not foolish enough to think that his prayers have been answered - but nonetheless, he turns his head to them slowly, trying to make out a shape he recognizes anyway.

"Who's... there...?" His voice is weak and raspy, but he still manages to speak. But, the figure that he sees emerging before his eyes... could that be...?

@vsagis ( starter! )

[bast4rds]

❝  𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗱  ,  @warwaged  ❞  it  need  not  be  said  that  vhagar  loomed  in  their  minds.  better  in  the  mind  than  the  sky.  for  she  was  a  terror  they  were  woefully  unequipped  to  face.  &  vhagar  had  been  her  mother's.  &  vhagar  should  have  been  hers.  ❝  and  so  it  will  remain.  you  would  be  mad  to  pursue  it.  ❞      ˢᵗᵃʳᵗᵉʳ ᶜᵃˡˡ

[docotokautism]

amatonormativity: a romantic partner should be the most important person in EVERYONE'S life

NOT amatonormativity: MY romantic partner is the most important person in MY life, but i understand this is not the same for other people

allosexnormativity: EVERYONE should have sex and sex is something EVERYONE needs/wants/should want

NOT allosexnormativity: I PERSONALLY enjoy sex and love having sex because it makes ME feel good, but other people dont feel the same and that's okay

platonormativity: having friends is important for EVERYONE and EVERYONE needs/has/should have friends

NOT platonormativity: having friends is important to ME and I PERSONALLY love having friends, but there are people who dont and theres nothing wrong with that

faminormativity (is that the word?): family is important for EVERYONE and EVERYONE needs to have their family

NOT faminormativity: family is important to ME and I PERSONALLY need my family with me, but other people dont feel the same and i understand that

lovenormativity (again, not sure if this is a word): EVERYBODY feels love and there's something wrong wiith you if you dont

NOT lovenormativity: I PERSONALLY feel love and love people, but not everyone does and that's completely okay!

NOT amatonormativity: i dont have friends/have any desire to have friends, i am happy with other relationships/no relationships at all

NOT platonormativity: i dont have any desire to be in a romantic relationships, and i am happy with my platonic relationships

NOT allosexnormativity: i like hooking up with people and having one night stands or friends with benefits

NOT faminormativity: i care about my family deeply and am close with family members

NOT lovenormativity: i feel love for people i care about

it's not normative to personally enjoy something, so long as you respect that other people simply arent like you and aren't going to like the same things as you. taking down normativity is a two way street, allos and aspecs need to do it. support your local aros, aces, apls, afams and other aspecs today! remember to challange all normativities, and to not enforce other normativity by saying how bullshit other normativities are!

nothing is universal. romance is not universal. sex is not universal. friendship is not universal. family is not universal. love is not universal. nothing is universal.

[lantern-icons]

Duck

Flag(s): Progress, lesbian, gay, bi, trans, genderfluid, nonbinary, asexual, and aromantic.

Shape(s): Fluffy circle with sparkles

Requested by: @the-decapod

Anyone can use, credit appreciated but not required.

[lastchristmas]

requested by anonymous

lover & midnights lock screens (like/reblog if you save 💜)

[imminent-danger-came]

Lady Bone Demon: "Do not lament your fate child, you can rest knowing you served your purpose—destiny has found you."

(2x10 This is the End!)

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Lady Bone Demon: "A reminder: it seems you can not be trusted to willingly follow the path of destiny. But know this: If you betray me again—one misstep, one failure in any way—I will erase the very memory of you."

(3x04 The Winning Side)

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Tang: "You're wrong. I know I'm not a strong as they are. I may still be searching for my purpose—but what I do know, is that doing it alone is not the path I'm destined to take. Deep in my heart, I know my place is alongside my friends."

(3x08 Benched)

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Lady Bone Demon: "I sent you a task—you were to retrieve the Monkie King and his protégé, yet you refused the path of destiny and so there will be pain."

(3x08 Benched)

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Tang: "STOP! It was me! I mean, yeah, Macaque forced me to do it and I am definitely starting to have second thoughts on the whole thing now but- I don't know how and I don't know why, I just felt like I had to. Like it was...destiny!" Lady Bone Demon Voice Over: "Destiny can not be undone Sun Wukong."

(3x10 The Samadhi Fire)

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Lady Bone Demon: "No matter what you do, you cannot change the path of destiny." MK: "I don't know if this all happened because it was destined to, but I have to believe that I found the staff so I could use it for good." [...] "If you really believed that destiny can't be changed, you wouldn't be using every ounce of power you have to keep him contained!"

(3x14 Destiny Fulfilled)

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Lady Bone Demon: “Know this, monkey, you and I are not so different. We both fight for what we think is right—that pursuit only leads to one thing." MK: "Hmmhm. To destiny, right?" Lady Bone Demon: "No. To pain."  

(3x14 Destiny Fulfilled)

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MK: "I can't believe that worked!" Tang: "Eh, if that was destined to go wrong, then it would have!"

(4x03 The Great Tang Man)

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Tang: "If your bonds of friendships our strong, then you will always find your way back to one another!"

(4x04 Pig Napped!)

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Macaque: "Wukong was on a path of self-destruction, we all were. But when he met the monk, it set him on a different path." MK: "Ah! The path of the good guy! Making those good life choices?"

(4x11 A Lifetime of Mistakes)

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Purpose, Pain, and the Path of Destiny

[roboraindrop]

Hey plus size or underweight self shippers? Your f/os don't see your weight as a flaw. They love you for all that you are, and that includes everything. Yes, human beings are very flawed. Yes, your f/os do love your flaws as well! But, your weight is not a flaw. Just wanted to make sure you knew that. 💕

[joshdiaz]

Taveeta Szymanowicz as Theresa Baptiste in Teen Wolf, Season 1

Theresa is not superstitious. It's easy not to be, in a small boring town like hers, until it isn't anymore. Scott McCall makes first line, Allison Argent blows into town, and suddenly everything is topsy turvy.

There is, first of all, the devastation of watching her crush get a girlfriend. She knows she doesn't have a claim on Scott, obviously, but that's kind of the worst part; even if she'd made a move, it wouldn't have mattered. When she got hit with a lacrosse ball last year during their shared practice, he'd run to help her, and a year later, she still couldn't stop thinking about it; Scott, on the other hand, was always helping someone do something, and probably hadn't thought about it since. She wasn't rooting for the guy to be unhappy, obviously, but pining had been a lot easier when no one else noticed him.

There is also the unfortunate fact that Theresa, generally, seems to be noticing a lot more these days. It's hard to accept that the rash of attacks in her town are really animals when she keeps seeing flashes of men with teeth. It's hard to focus when her thigh itches even though there's no scab there. It's hard to enjoy school dances when she has the deep, deep feeling that something is wrong. It's hard to talk to her friends when none of them are seeing what she's seeing and it's hard to figure out what she knows about what's going on when she has gaps in her memory. She'd read once that brains will sometimes do that to protect you, but she doesn't feel safer.

But it doesn't matter. Men don't have sharp teeth and she doesn't have any marks on her body and superstitions don't mean anything. This will pass, as it always does, and Beacon Hills will be boring again.

If Lydia Martin hadn't almost bled out on the lacrosse field the night of the formal, she might've been able to believe that.

@nolanhollogay

[resplendentdare]

Semi-plotted starter for @theonlytwoalive.

Saskia couldn't even remember her life before the Rising; not that she really wanted to. It was far too painful to remember everything she'd lost, she just had to swallow all that pain and keep fighting, she had a job to do. Everyone did.

She was alone; she'd gotten separated from Theo a few months into the initial outbreak, being sent off to separate camps operated by the military and after that day, she never saw them again. Even after the military camp fell apart and was overrun by the dead, she never gave up hope of seeing him again and searched everywhere but to no avail.

On a supply run, she looked through her binoculars to see if there were any dead around before she froze once she saw a group of people; another danger to her. She looked closer and her heart skipped a beat; their leader appeared to be none other than her Theo.

[puppppppppy]

XIN YA MOMENT

[alicexcheng]

Closed starter: @sterlingxlevin

"Oh my god, I hate when I get into tv shows because I end up binge watching from the first season, do you see these bags under my eyes? Instead of sleeping, having a decent nights rest for work, I am watching a show saying 'oh one more episode shouldn't hurt' like some gremlin." Alice complained, maybe she had one too many sleepless nights but she was almost, almost finished that she couldn't stop now. "And of all the shows, it had to be Game of Thrones."

[dhampiravidi]

a second chance at death (and happiness)

Achilles had known that he would choose glory over a long life the moment he won his first duel. Granted, that duel had been against Patroclus, who he had already fallen in love with. The two vowed to bathe in the Lethe together once they reached Elysium, so they could have one or more lives together somewhere else. They shared the same heart, so they should share the same adventures.

And then Patroclus died, killed by Hector while wearing Achilles's armor. Achilles had never known grief like that before, and his only comfort was the visit from his beloved's ghost, after he'd tried to bury all his pain with Hector's. When Apollo's arrow, guided by Paris, found its home in Achilles's tendon, he cried out of course, but he was glad. He could tell by the strength of the poison (and how it sapped his own) that it was going to kill him. For a second, he remembered kind Chiron, and his own son Neoptolemus--and he pushed their memories aside. Achilles would be with his missing half as soon as he closed his eyes...

He found himself in the Fields of Asphodel, where he and the other shades, ghosts with hardly any color, wandered aimlessly between plain trees, only able to groan as opposed to talk. With a heavy heart and rage directed at the gods, Achilles sat and wept. Patroclus had gone to Elysium--why wouldn't he?--but Achilles had been damned. It felt like forever before he and all the other shades' attention was drawn to something with an enticing scent that seemed familiar...ah, blood. The thing that landed him in his own personal Hell. But he never expected to see Odysseus, solid and alive in Hades. As soon as he got the chance, Achilles warned the man against dying, explaining his own suffering. Odysseus had always been a person who commanded respect, and yet Achilles did not truly understand why until the hero convinced Lord Aidoneus himself to resurrect Achilles.

The king of Hades would warn Achilles against being impious in any way, but Achilles already knew. He would not mess up his chances at an afterlife (or another life) with Patroclus. And maybe he'd get to see his son after all--according to Odysseus, Neoptolemus should've grown up and married. Achilles had a brief reunion with his mother (a big hug and lots of kisses on his cheeks), then went to join Odysseus.

"I hope I'm not too late," Achilles said, only walking up to the older man once he and his people were done burying their friend. He held out his hand, thankful for the opportunity. Just breathing fresh air felt like a blessing, though it was far from the kind Achilles desired. "You quite literally saved my life. I am in your debt."

@eternaljunkyard

[eyeless-smiles]

@thecreativeforge | Closed RP

The dig has been going on for about a week, now. And the Corinthian has decided he's not particularly keen on this whole security detail business.

Especially if it means getting barked at by some nobody who calls themselves head of security. And sharing a tent with other mercenaries? The Nightmare wouldn't mind it if they were a bunch of hot young men down to fuck the night away. But at best, maybe two of them are passable by Corinthian's standards. And they're both fucking straight.

And Rashad's out sticking his hands in dirt all day, so why should his lavish tent go to waste? The Corinthian wasted no time in making himself quite at home in the noblemans dwelling. Currently sprawled out on silken sheets like a cat basking in sunlight. Enjoying the lavishness of it all whilst he idlly flicks through the covers of an old tome he found on Rashad's desk. Gawking at the historical inaccuracies mortals have managed to weave about their own pasts.

@thecreativeforge

[stellylee]

WHO: Stelly & @sunnynardelli

WHERE: Collab, Hideaway Market

WHEN: June, 2024

Having dropped into The Color Wine to visit Mandy, Stelly found themselves stepping into the cool air of Collab, figuring that while they were in the area, they might as well check out the various booths, see if there was anything new that sparked their interest. Maybe some jewelry or candles, or a bag that they could use when shopping... or, more than likely, some little thing that they didn't really need, but it would end up on one of the many shelves in the house, anyway. That happened a lot.

Pushing a lock of hair back behind their ear, they picked up a delicate necklace featuring a pressed flower, turning it over in their hands and smiling to themselves. Not necessarily something that they needed, but... Stelly did love pretty things. But when they glanced up and caught sight of the familiar face that walked in through the door, they lost their train of thought, dropping the necklace back to where they had found it, and tracked Sunny's movements with their eyes, waiting to see if they would see them first... and what she would say if she did. It had really been far too long.

[irzaozer]

closed starter @samiraxiyer

location: escape artist

He grinned as he watched Samira fiddling with the lock on the ancient Egyptian sarcophagus. Stepping closer to peer at the hieroglyphic clues etched into the stone walls of the tomb-themed escape room, Irza offered some encouragement. "You almost got it." When the lock finally clicked open, he lifted the lid, revealing a series of intricate symbols inside. Tracing his finger along the patterns, Irza furrowed his brow in concentration. The symbols looked familiar. "I think these might be constellations," he said aloud, glancing up at the star-painted ceiling. An idea formed. "Maybe if we align them correctly, it'll reveal the next clue." As they worked together to decipher the celestial map, he smiled. Solving puzzles with her brought back memories of their study sessions back at Stanford. "I'm really glad we could do this. It's been way too long since we had a chance to hang out and catch up."

[theonlytwoalive]

starter for @fatalframez (mike munroe)

Theo had become quite isolated since everything that went down at Mount Washington. He knew he should reach out to the others more, but he didn't want to be a burden. Everyone else had seemed to get back on with their lives while he was still having nightmares and not being able to move on.

Scrolling through their phone as they sat on the couch, Theo looked at all the posts from their friends. There was a picture of Sam from her travelling, a video of Emily promoting some beauty product, and a post from Matt talking about his upcoming game. But the one thing that stood out to them was the lack of posts from Mike. Specifically, the lack of him posting about Jessica and how much he loved her.

Clicking on the other's profile, Theo noticed that his bio had changed slightly as well. Jess was no longer mentioned and all that Mike had in his bio now were the usual things; age, hobbies, and lots of emojis.

Finding that a bit weird, Theo decided he would call Mike and ask if he was doing okay. Taking a deep breath, he clicked on the other's contact and pressed the call button. As the phone rang, he felt his nerves start to rise through his body. It had been awhile since they had spoken to Mike, and they weren't sure if he would even want to talk to him.

Hearing Mike's voice down the other end of the phone, Theo felt a smile form on his face. He had forgotten how much he had missed hearing the other man's voice. It used to bring him so much comfort.

"Hi Mike... I am sorry I haven't called in awhile, I have been busy with work and everything," they mumbled out, an obvious lie that they were sure Mike would notice. "I wanted to call and see how you are... I- uhh, I noticed you don't have Jess on your profile anymore, is everything good with you two?"