#it's a moment in history

[dragonqueenofice]

A Cloth Flower

Word Count: 630

Summary: Flowers discarded as soon as they bloom, yet love blossoms brighter still (Or, you try and fail to make a bouquet for a budding crush)

notes: i love men who are just a little fucked up

     A red spider lily, born of crimson cloth and wire sits upon your desk. Your hands work to add more petals, forming the flower into the form oh so recognizable. “How many am I gonna need?” You ponder, glancing up and rewinding back the tutorial that’s been playing for around three hours now, and stuck on the same spot for half that time. You weave the next petal into its spot, doubt seeding into your mind as the flower forms alongside. “Does he even like spider lilies?” You ponder, cutting the cloth for another petal as the guide speaks that this is the last step. “He's always haunted by death, why would he want more reminders?”

     So you scrap it, tossing the flower aside like the past three hours meant nothing. The vibrant red lily resting atop the scraps of cloth and projects abandoned as soon as started like a king atop his throne. You feel no remorse, not sparing a glance for the poor flower’s descent as your eyes are on the monitor ahead, fingers typing flowers that mean life and looking through results. 

—

     A peach blossom, born of pastel cloth and wire sits upon your desk. Your hands work to add the last petal to the small flower, forming it into the third of the to-be bouquet. You glance up to the monitor and groan, despising the song that started but not having the energy to change it. Your hands insert in the next petal, your mind not noticing the size of the blossom growing one petal too large as doubt seeds in yet again, “wouldn't he hate a flower about life more?” your mind whispers, hands lowering the flower onto the table with little revere. Knuckles clack against the wood as your thumbs press down on the petals, bending them out of shape, “Haunted by death, yes, but infected with life… What if he hates it? What if he hates me?”

     So you toss them, blossoms fluttering down and resting beside the lily atop scraps of their own, yet another projected abandoned and yet another wasted night. One hand threads fingers through your hair as the other types, painfully slow, flowers that mean love.

—

     “Could you go fetch our dear creative?” Kafka’s honey-sweet voice rings through Blade’s head as his shoes clack against the floor, coming to a stop at your door. He clicks the master key Kafka lent him to your door, pondering for only a second why the Hunters have such high tech doors as it opens. He steps in and the lights come on, illuminating your sleeping form slumped over the desk and the scraps of cloth sprawled around the wood. The cloth, an iris purple in hue is formed into an approximation of a petal, it seems you passed out mid-work. Blade steps towards the desk, stopping beside the chair as his eye is caught by the vibrant flowers left discarded in the trash. He reaches out, curious to feel the silken cloth of the creations you labored over, but his arm disturbs the chair and startles you awake.

     You make eye contact, Blade’s piercing gaze stuck on your eyes as you freeze up like a startled fawn. “...Why are you in my room?” You finally break the deafening silence with whispered words.

     “Kafka wanted you.” He holds out a gloved hand to help you stand, Kafka’s warning to “play nice” echoing in his head as you stand, reluctantly pressing your palm to his for support. Blade doesn’t question that strange feeling that clenches around his heart, seeing your hand clasped over his, and he doesn’t question the arm he offers you for support against your back when you walk. He’s playing nice, a blade doesn’t feel after all.

[proletariat-of-sex]

How I found out about trump getting shot

[dirafames]

[lgbtlunaverse]

There's a version of the "don't go grocery shopping while hungry" rule specifically for writers where you should never under any circumstances be allowed to touch your draft within 3 hours of reading a really good story. Because sometimes when you read something great your head goes "fuck this is so much better than my stuff I should make that more like THIS instead!" Look at me. That's the devil talking and you should close the document NOW.

[punkslovepoints]

[werepires]

I cannot stress enough to people who haven’t watched supernatural that Dean Winchester had a five episode widower arc like... He had to burn Cas’ body and then spiralled until he literally killed himself. That all happened on our screens a full three years before they went canon

[theladydi]

WALTER SALLES accepts the Best International Feature Film award at the 2025 Oscars for his film “Ainda Estou Aqui”

[niidsch]

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky (2009)

[plum-pitt]

GUYS THEYRE MAKING AN OFFICIAL CROSSOVER COMIC. THIS IS NOT A FUCKING DRILL.

ISSUE 13 OF SATURDAY MORNING ADVENTURES DROPPING IN JUNE.

updates below the cut —>

UPDATE #1:

Hiya! since this is blowing up just thought i’d stick this on here. I got this info from a YT community post from teddygamingreview, a smaller channel knee deep in the comics side of the tmnt franchise that i’ve been following for a while. From what i understand this is just teaser/promo material so there’s not a whole lot of other info out yet. Thats all, cowa-fuckin-bunga dudes

UPDATE #2:

TEDDYGAMING REVIEWS CAME IN CLUTCH ONCE AGAIN WITH A BREAKDOWN VIDEO

(Most important new info takeaway that wasn’t already laid out in the previous post, in case you don’t got time to watch right now: the issue after this has some villains from the 2012 series on the cover art, implying that whatever multiverse crossover shenanigans are going on might bleed into he next issue, at least to some extent?)

UPDATE #3:

THIS ONES TOO BIG SO I MADE A SEPARATE POST FOR IT, LINK HERE:

[quesocheeso]

A lil bit of Demon season for 3am AU

Celestial primates aren’t affected as much since they’re some weird in between of celestial beings and demons lol, so the monkeys can gets some instincts during it but they’re just vibing during most of it

Still don’t mean they don’t get suitors during that time, it’s very lucky for them that they live in an isolated island

These events take place some time after Xiaoxing was born, actually the first time Macaque was out in society since then, and what a way to be welcomed back, mans was just trying to go grocery shopping fr😭😭😭

(Little more comic lore below:

Demon season is a time when people with demon descent are more influenced by their instincts and new relationships are established,,, people go out and following instincts, try and pursue people of higher status and power, and that can be felt through a demons magical presence. So when Macaque went out to a village’s plaza and was walking around alone, demons in the area took notice of this very powerful ancient demon (although during the time he was weakened, people can still feel the power within him) and were immediately attracted to him. They could also tell that he had just had a child which is why a lot of them were hesitant to approach the guy, until this youngling just walked up to him and started the whole charade.

Could Macaque have said no? Definitely. The problem is that a lot of the season is about power, so being able to beat your pursuer and reject them is much more effective than going ‘no’ in this situation, it’s kinda like a pride and honor thing, especially in such a public space. Macaque though wasn’t really that confident to engage in a fight with the guy especially if it gave others the idea to challenge him right after, so he pulled out his secret weapon: Wukong. Who would, by mere presence, deescalate the situation immediately.)

(In case you’re wondering, Macaque called for his mate, and Wukong responded immediately) (And this is right after Xiaoxing was born, they are not beating the allegations)

[batshit-auspol]

If you take nzpol there was that one time we threw a dildo at an mp candidate

This is quite possibly the greatest Wikipedia article in existence

[deadhaven]

[puppyrelp]

ii am i right (spoilers under the cut)

oops i dropped my wallet

[gallifvrey]

catherine tates lack of doctor who knowledge to this day is my absolute favorite thing

[waywardmillennial]

it's important to have a friend you can be in cahoots with

[alwaysagathario]

When you think about that this is the only moment of shared joy between them