#in a city in the modern day

[nopeferatu]

you know, i think i've figured out why i can't read brokeback mountain au fics.

its bc annie proulx is an author who writes as much about characters as she does about the specific settings she puts them in. they're so deeply rooted to their envionments, and so understanding the setting is crucial to understanding who her characters are.

imo, you cannot remove ennis and jack from 1963-1983 era rural wyoming and texas. otherwise, it all falls apart and no longer do the characters really make much sense.

[ecoharbor]

📍Chicago, USA 🇺🇸

[canisalbus]

Since the modern Machete and Vasco are reincarnations of their former selves, do you think they might occasionally experience remnants from their past lives in the form of things like vague memories/dreams or feelings that they can't quite explain?

Such as how maybe Machete wouldn't be able to watch stabbing scenes in shows/movies without getting a faint ache in his chest, or an imaginary metallic taste in his mouth. Maybe Vasco would tend to get especially clingy and oddly concerned about Machete's well-being during a particular time of year(around whenever the previous Machete was assassinated).

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[mispelled]

I drew the guys on brand enough times that I think I deserve a lil bit of self indulgent semi-humanization. for funsies

[postcard-from-the-past]

Vietnamese theatre in Saigon, modern-day Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

French vintage postcard

[morninkim]

As a show of good faith toward the remaining Decepticons at the beginning of a new, united Cybertron, newly appointed Senators Bumblebee and Soundwave allowed Shatter and Dropkick to enlist into Autobot City's Defense Team.

These two turned out to be... not the best choices.

The city may have fallen to Insurgent Decepticon occupation had it not been for young recruits Hot Rod and Arcee's accidental interception of Shatter's communication with the fugitive Starscream.

To replace the errant Defense Team members, Springer and Blurr were reassigned from Iacon to Autobot City in their stead.

[egberts]

I'm just gonna start blocking people who send me essay length asks trying to argue about stupid shit because their personal experience was different

[mirroredgiraffe]

i went thru my summer clothes and found my matching hawaiian shirt that i got for me and my stepdad and my autistic brain immediate thought to make this

speedpaint in read more

[msue0027]

Rip merlin, you would have loved tesco next to the castle

[kukuandkookie]

*bounces up and down in hopeful excitement*

Hey hey HEY DANMEI FANS—specifically of modern/contemporary-based danmei!!!

The gift exchange event called Neon Tangyuan (set to end Feb 12, 2025 during the Lantern Festival so don’t panic because it’s not for Christmas!) just released their treats list!!!

You don’t have to be a participant to create treats, so if you have a modern danmei you wish had more art or fics, you can try checking the prompts and see if there’s anything from your favourite underrated modern/contemporary danmei that sparks your creative fancy!! There’s Saye, e-sports novels, Kiss the Abyss, Priest novels, 188男团 novels, and more (I’ve tried to tag some of them for more exposure but I didn’t get to tag all of them)!! 👀

I’m personally not affiliated with the mod team at all, but last time I checked, they don’t have a Tumblr, so I figure I’d share about it here. :D

(And yes, for me personally, I did absolutely take the chance to ask for 188男团 content hahaha. My obsession absolutely came at the right time SLFNKSSH. I’ve also got my fingers crossed this helps me ease into being eager to create again!!)

[blujayonthewing]

gnome culture emphasizes playfulness and a good sense of humor partly because gnomes are physically small and vulnerable and tend to settle in wild places with a lot of hazards and if they had to take every completely real threat to their safety seriously while also Taking Them Seriously they'd just be paralyzed by fear

[toomanywordsnllines]

People say that Ghost is Soap's self control, his retrain. The impulse control to Johnny's chaotic energy.

Some might even go as far as to say he's the the mind behind Soap's more careful choices-

It's funny and Ghost laughs at it. Not in their faces, of course, but privately. Jokes about it with Soap, made it an inside joke between them.

Because... It's completely wrong. Completely wrong. But not extremely wrong, his Johnny is chaos incarnate, sometimes he does need a hand to pull him out of the crazed fog his brain gets after setting off the most beautiful of explosions. Or to guide him back after rage clouds his senses.

But that's about it.

In reality Soap is constantly holding himself back, with dangerous smiles and tempting words. He hardly ever shows his true colors or motives. Cunning, like a fox.

It's all about appearences

And what people, in their... Closed up minds don't see yet is that- It's not Soap McTavish that needs restrain (he still bites) or a hand on his shoulder-

But Simon Riley.

The Ghost, who looks calm collected in it's all imposing figure is nothing but a weapon at ready for Johnny to use.

One moment he'll be still, immobile, listening. Waiting, always waiting. Patient-

In the next one, after a simple look from Soap and a soft command. He's butchering the battlefield like he was born -made- for it.

Finishing everything in record time and going back to him, drenched in blood, stance at attention.

Johnny let's the most animalistic side of Simon come out. Let's Ghost take over with no judgement, only swiping the blood from his face with the same gentle caress you would use on a wild wolf. Love coloring his eyes in dark shadows.

It reminds Simon of the depths of the ocean. Dangerous, deadly magnetic and so so beautiful. John smiles up at him and he can't contain himself but to kiss his knuckles. Worshipping.

Because the truth is:

Soap disregards his orders with a roll of his eyes

Ghost waits patiently for them with admiration

And the reality is that: Johnny is the mind to Simon's heart.

The thoughts to his actions.

[reds-skull]

Finished the batch of animations I downloaded last time, might do some with Ghost next because I already have his model...

[postcard-from-the-past]

Fertility deity in Saigon, modern-day Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

French vintage postcard, mailed in 1910 to Paris

[dimalink]

So, at the hill in summer. To look, at the sky above. What a beautiful sky! Sky, clouds. And, grass is so green. It is so nice to sit in the grass. And from the hill, by the way, it opens a cool view.

At the civilization of the future. You sit in a grass, in a forest. Relaxing. Having a free time. And look at two such a big buildings. So, there are even more of them there. But these two are in a photography. High buildings. Even, hard to say, how much floors it has. Maybe, it is possible to flight straight in space, having such buildings.

Maybe, in this building, a very clever engineers are working. And they make a calculations, writes programs. And, as a real thing, they plan a space flight, maybe, something like that. At a real space ship. And in the evening, after working day, they run to the grass. To sit and drink a tea.

And from a hill it is opens such a view. Almost, like two rockets. Which are rising to space. So, things like this, really cool things, you cannot find, maybe for everyday! And also, a cool weather - very summer!

[icewindandboringhorror]

It's always interesting to hear about people's weird/unexpected "alternate life paths". Like, something that you could have done with your life, a job you almost took, a school you almost went to, etc - that was still actually realistic enough that it could have happened, but NOW it seems to not suit your current personality.

Like for example, I currently hate advertising (how manipulative it is, brands trying to be 'relatable', social media amplifying it to an obnoxious extreme, etc.) so much that even seeing a little ad before a youtube video is grating to even witness, but there was a point in time where I was genuinely seriously considering going into marketing/making commercials as a career lol. Or like, I have a relative who was very inclined to be a pastor when they were younger, even though today they're a super strong atheist, etc. etc.