#it lives!

[littlecactiguy]

Today in places you don't expect to return to, and the fics there that are slightly less dead than expected.

Since it's been a hot minute and a blog shift, here's the fic summary:

Once accepted into Beacon Academy, Ruby never thought anything could get in the way of her training to become a Huntress. Then mysterious forces attacked, Beacon fell, and she wakes up to find the Atlas Military has kidnapped her (and declared her dead to the world) under the guise of keeping her and her silver eyes safe. Now Ruby, alongside Penny, who is similarly assumed-dead-but-not-really by the world, fights to define what it means to have legendary magical powers and protect Atlas and Mantle from the forces, both inside and out, that could destroy them, and all of Remnant.

[wondrous-amethyst]

It has returned!

After a long time away from home on the battlefield, my love has returned to me. Oh AO3, how I have missed you. Desolation had set in, and I nearly resorted to completing procrastinated tasks. But in a moment of blind faith I checked, and there you were waiting for me. Now time to read the 100k fic I've been saving for a special occasion...

[regallibellbright]

i don't know if you care about kh missing link but it lives! (i mean it's just a tweet but at least it's not dead!)

I have SEEN! Happy KH Crumbs Day to all who celebrate!

[darkest-fluid]

Undertow

WiP Fic: Astarion x Male Rogue OC Rating: E Cover art by Paperwick (Plot Spoilers for BG3 EA)

Chapter 5: Hungry, Like the Ocean

They make their way silently through the trees, meandering along a deliberately inefficient route. Astarion has no great wish to return to camp, but neither can he stand to stay still. As he passes a young cypress, he snaps a twig from the end of its branch, bending the sapling wood satisfyingly in his grasp.

“Can you feed from someone without killing them?”

Astarion pauses, letting the twig snap back to its full length. He turns to regard Lyr, wary. “Of course. Vampires do it all the time.”

“So you could stop yourself, then? Before…” He furrows his brow. “You wouldn’t take too much?”

Astarion drops the twig. “I could. And no, not if I didn’t want to.”

Lyr considers this for a long moment, his body still as a crane. Finally he says, “You can drink from me, then. If you’re careful. But only this once.”

Astarion’s breath expels in a rush. His eyes dart to the soft tissue lining Lyr’s throat: to the fresh blood welling just beneath. In truth, he can’t be certain of the validity of his claims, and judging from the slight edge of wariness in Lyr’s gaze, he knows it. Yet here the man is, making an offer of this… unfathomable gift.

Astarion finds himself unable to speak. Finally he wets his lips. “You would do that?”

“Normally, no. But this… feels important. He took something away from you: your agency; your birthright. I want to help you take it back.”

Another moment of stunned silence, followed by a quick, breathy laugh.

Lyr hesitates a moment, before adding, “If you want to, that is.”

Suddenly Astarion is there, leaning into Lyr’s side, one hand resting at his shoulder as he takes a breath and devours the scent of him. “Please,” he asks without meaning to. Lyr turns his head, meeting Astarion’s eyes, and parts his lips on an inhale. In the cool, unearthly light of the moon, Astarion can make out a spark of hunger in Lyr’s gaze: this quick, animal response, like a wolf catching scent of its prey. It almost makes him laugh, how backwards the whole thing is. But in the moment, he doesn’t really have it in him to care. “Please,” he says again, more deliberately; all honey-voiced and half-lidded eyes.

Continue Reading on AO3: Chapter 1 Chapter 5

[azuhrasims]

Nick Burger turned his sadness about his wife’s death into motivation. He turned his attention to his robotics station and his greatest creation yet -- the Servo. He would make a Nanny Burger bot to take care of the apartment and his kids. She wouldn’t be their mom, but maybe she could ease their mourning.

[paintedcrows]

Did anyone tell Ford (bonus doodles: Family Movie Night, 70s Classics)

[itsscaredycat]

so ok yeah fine i watched gravity falls again and read the book of bill

[parttimepunner]

Pour one out for a real one.

[vilea777]

sorry i cant hang out i forgot how to mimic human like behaviour

[koobiie]

shoutout to everyone who wants to infodump but cant string together coherent thoughts to form sentences and instead just look at you like this

[sca-nerd]

My friends who have never experienced flooding, and who are about to deal with it from this storm, please remember:

1. NO. YOU CANNOT MAKE IT THROUGH THAT WATER ON THE ROAD. I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU'RE DRIVING. TURN. AROUND.

2. DO NOT GO WADING THROUGH THE WATER. EVEN IF YOU JUST WANT TO SEE HOW DEEP IT IS. THAT. WATER. IS. CONTAMINATED.

3. IT IS CALLED FLASH FLOODING FOR A REASON. THE WATER RISES AND SURGES IN A FLASH. STAY. HOME.

4. If you're at risk of flooding, raise up any of your belongings now. Put the legs of tall things in buckets. Know where your important documents are.

5. Stay safe.

[codecicle]

Guys I'm so glad everyone loves hit JRWI campaign: The Suckening so much. 12 thousand notes on just a thumbnail that's so cool. Anyone think about emizel pussy-out post revival

[mischieviem]

You guys realize this means we ALL have to vote now. No "don't wanna vote biden" excuses now- if we don't vote our rights are going to be taken away.

[eruditetyro]

good morning let’s hear it for Mildly Cool Outside a round of applause for Mildly Cool Outside

[correllian]