#it's a perfect place to hide

[maydaymadier]

Sometimes I'm just sitting here thinking abt the history/geopolitics of my campaign setting.

[indigosunsetao3]

Smutsgiving 2024 - Alex

“Someone could,” you cut off with a gasp, “could come in at any moment.”

The cool tiles of the showers bite into your back as Alex pins you to them. He looks so fucking good on his knees before you, soaked to the skin from the running water.

You had barely started washing off when the shower curtain was yanked back, and he stepped in with you. A blatant violation of base code but you welcomed it anyway, especially when he kissed you hard enough it stole your breath.

“Then you better finish quick,” Alex answers with a nip on your upper thigh.

You rake your nails through his hair as his tongue dips lower, and he lets you ride his face fully. His hands move to your hips to help you rock and keep you steady in the water.

“Fuck, Alex, fuck!” You give up being quiet; the showers are empty this late at night anyway. He doesn’t let up. Doesn’t stop as you come, lapping it up as he glances at you. And as you catch his gaze, you lock eyes as he licks you clean sinfully slow.

The look on his face as he leans back and smirks at you is enough for you to drag him to his barracks to return the favor.

[velveteencosmocrat]

Y'know as much as I love the new lore drops of Bill's backstory after so long and the new works and headcanons and aus made with Bill's parents, I am kinda sad that it essentially dethrones @pengychan 's flat dreams fic from what a lot of people probably accepted as his backstory, even if just fanon. If only for the sole purpose that Liam wouldn't exist.

but then I remembered I could do whatever the fuck I want.

So in my personal au, I like to think that Liam does exist and still is Bill's brother, but their roles would be reversed (ages can stay the same or swap, either would work for different dynamics). Bill would be the treated irregular child. Liam would be the 'right' one. Just an average triangle in Euclydia, with normal eyes not made to see the stars. I think he'd still read to Bill, still spend whatever time he can with him. Not because it's all he can really do constrained, but because of his own love and care for his brother, accepting even if he doesn't exactly understand him. Liam would be happy for the most part, healthy, and just living his best life as he can.

And Liam would be purple.

[patheticrafeenjoyer]

you know i love my people so bad but this part took me out like what do you mean you didn't just assume the priceless treasure is hidden in the giant statue that is set apart from, and above, the rest of the city? like sorry but that's the FIRST place i'd be checking actually.

seven of them there and not a single braincell to rub together been the lot of them

[mellohiizz]

ngl i've been thinking abt eggwatobu in the fantasy au for a while now

and they're so funny and stupid lmao

because it started with wato finding a large ass harpy in his living room and a guy the harpy brought with him, he tries to get them both to leave but they just keep coming back for some reason

(i like to think that the reason that they're staying there is because something happened in the zam empire and now the both of them need someplace to hide, i'm not entirely sure what yet though)

what finally convinces wato to let them stay with her is when she finds out that wemmbu was able to get the more difficult ingredients that she needs to sell

i like to think that slowly, little by little they get more enamored by eggbu by the day, like they find things about them that they come to find very charming

like egg's stupid jokes that make him giggle or wemmbu's chirping cackle that she can't help but be entranced by

even the things she should find annoying, she feels a warmth in her cheeks instead

like when wemmbu would try to annoy him by dangling the ingredients he got for him in front of his face, with his taunting smirk or when egg would accidentally burn a part of the kitchen and would try to ask for forgiveness by fluttering his eyes (or eye?) at wato, even when he has an unapologetic look on his face

i think it would be really funny if it ended up with all of them somehow cuddling on wato's bed and wato having to think 'are-are we in a relationship???????' with both egg and wemmbu just snoring both at the left and right side of her

fuck, they're gonna be rotating around in my head for a while i think

YES, YES, YOU GET IT!! i've honestly been thinking about just fantasy watobu, but i think all three of them getting together would make so much more sense, and it would be such an interesting and fun dynamic.

i feel like their relationship would start blossoming very slowly. slowly enough for wato to not even notice that he's falling for them.

i can only imagine wato would first notice that he's looking forward to the late night talks that she sometimes has with egg, when wemmbu is either passed out already or haven't even came back yet from getting the ingredients wato asked for, or something like that.

then he'd realize that he feel almost jealous when he watched eggbu interact. because i like to think they do have moments when they're very touchy with each other. like he'd catch wemmbu leaning on egg's back while the other cooks for them and watches as wemmbu giggles when egg tries to wave him off because he's distracting them. and he realizes that he wants a part in that too.

and then, very slowly, they lose track of who they're more envious of, and the moment she's trapped cuddling with both of them in her bed is when she's like "oh. oh, i understand now."

i can imagine him asking them about it at some point, and eggbu just look at him like, "oh we thought we were already dating" and wato is just confused because they never talked about this before but apparently they kind of are at this point??

[pridewaited]

analysis time

i'm just going to say one thing that always bugged me about the fandom is the people saying that varian just decided to become vengeful right away or saying that he could've tried other things before hand because like...that's just wrong?

the time between QFAD and the alchemist returns was a long while. and even though varian ended QFAD upset and vengeful, he didn't actively try to enact his plan until later. he literally said that people started vicious rumors about him that caused him to go into hiding.

he literally tried to get help from other sources, and he was attacked.

and i know it's a throw away line, but i feel like it's often too overlooked when talking about the things that varian did because yes he was spiteful, but he was also a young boy who lost his father, and people saw his pain and outbursts and instead of helping him, they spread rumors and falsehoods about him because he was autistic different.

not only that but also fredrick fucking? sucks? varian's little rant about 'your king has lied to you and vilified me' is true! the king has a secret police! and say what you want about varian seeking vengeance as well but i think if the king has a uhhhhh secret fucking guard that might be A Bit Bad

not to mention that he was in fact right when it came to his argument with his father. it says in the books that the well water was making people sick, varian's village was DYING and instead of having their leaders try to correct the source of the problem, they acted as politicians do and tried to cover it up, move away, to ignore the source.

and you could say that it was to prevent wide spread panic but at that point there already was! major issues happening! the rocks were already there! varian is angry that his father isn't being active, that he's not being allowed to try to understand what's hurting his people, and he's right!!!!!

long story short varian didn't just immediately jump to anger, he did try to do other things first and was rejected and attacked, and the season one finale was, in fact, a desperate last attempt action at an unjust social system

[spaciebabie]

WHEN I TELL YOU I WAS THINKING ABT THIS SONG ALL DAY AT WORK I WAS,. UMSF IMF UCK THSI HAOOENDS EVERYTIME THEY RELEASE A NEW OEN I SWEAR TA FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THERES NO INSTRUMENTAL (THE SONG CAME OUT LIKE 2 DAYS AGO) BUT ENJOY ME AWKWARDLY SINGING I GUESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 DIES

NEOWP GO LISTEN TA IT IF YOU WANT (PLES PELAS PLEA SEPLSE APLESPELASLEPS)

[penumbrapodcastincorrectquotes]

Juno: Come to the Carte Blanche. We have holes!

[wikipediachaos]

still so weird to me that people have fishtanks without live plants. I have a tiny forest in my home and it's the most elysian thing I've ever helped create

[turtleations]

HIDE Inspiration Talk 50 (# 24 - 26) - Translation

Eyeball

The first ring with an eyeball-motive that I bought was from a ring shop in New York, where the uncle from the shop said, “This artificial eye belonged to a terribly unlucky person, so if you wear it, you will be free from misfortune from now on,” so I bought it and put it on. I don’t know if he was lying or speaking the truth, though. I started collecting them afterwards. I’m into gross accessories. Because when Gene Simmons wore a scorpion bracelet and a spider ring, I thought, “Oh, cool!”

UFO

When I was a child, I thought of space as the place where the so called monster graveyard that made whirring noises from Ultraman, Alien Baltan and the like was (laughs). There was a period when I was engrossed with UFOs. Starting when I read the book of Yaoi Junichi [*1935, journalist specializing in UFOs], I thought, “Aliens exist for sure. The Soviet Union and the US are covering it up!” I said, “There is a base on the moon. The VIPs are migrating there one after the other,” and made the others read the book as well (laughs).

When I was in elementary school, we would also go looking for UFOs. We’d meet on our bicycles, go up the mountain, and make a base that we filled with anything connected to UFOs. There, on a flat open place nearby, we would all hand-in-hand say, “Venturer, Venturer, space people”*, and “Won’t you come here?”, all bringing our cameras with us (laughs).

[*) A chant commonly used to summon a UFO from out of nowhere. The translation “Venturer” is an educated guess made by me, picked as the most sensible, though not the most obvious choice for transcribing the word ベントラ. I have been unable to find an official transcribtion.]

[On a different note, this is the only quote from the collection that has an actual line break in it, so I suspect that those two paragraphs were taken from different interviews.]

America

When I was a child, I thought of the US as the country where KISS lives. Now it’s a place that’s good for music production. That said, I only know L.A.. Music aside, I’d call it a city of zones. Whether it’s for work or for fun, there is a certain degree of division into zones, which allows you to tell which areas are dangerous and which are safe. Therefore, although it is a functional city, you could also call it a cold city.

[itspileofgoodthings]

okay the OTHER thing I’m thinking about on this Saturday morning is that I am going to have to come to grips with the fact that there is no place to hide. everything is so much more public than I realize or want it to be. and everything I say in my teaching and my tumblr, my two favorite places to say exactly what I am feeling at any moment, will be echoed to so many other people. and that kind of makes me want to die.

[alistair-stan]

Clearly my stamina for video games has waned DRAMATICALLY bc ive barely managed to clock 2 hours of inquisition across 2 days.

And its not like im fatigued by the gameplay or anything yet like i just got the fucking title screen lol. Like this is not a hinterlands bear moment or a fallow mire situation yet

[bakedbakermom]

someone remind me next year that throwing birthday parties for children makes me feel like i'm dying and kiddo needs to have her next party literally anywhere but our house

[theheadlessgroom]

@beatingheart-bride

The brothers Pace felt their own un-beating hearts ache at the thought of all those memories being lost to time, that connection to her past being permanently severed, unable to be shared in the present, yet they couldn't help but admire her perspective to the situation. While it was undeniably heartbreaking, being unable to share the memories of the past, she didn't let it weigh her down, instead appreciating the memories she'd made now, and the ones she'd make down the line. She had a spine of steel, their nephew's wife, and they respected that.

"I...I think you're very right in saying so, dearheart," Josephine smiled, similarly touched by Emily's comment, her optimism about the memories yet to be made. Clearly, she had closed that chapter of her life, and though some lingering threads remained, she hadn't let that stop her from living her afterlife to the fullest. She had a family of her own making, and as someone who at one time found herself on the outs with her parents and found solace in more like-minded company, she couldn't help but admire Emily's resolve to live her own life.

And so too could August, as the mood lightened, with the family resuming pouring over the albums and their contents: Every student he ever taught was unique in their own ways, they were their own little individuals, even at a young age, and he encouraged them to hold onto those identities they were already crafting so early on. It was nice to know that, for everything she'd faced, Emily hadn't let the world win-she was unabashedly herself, and her family loved her for it.

After a little while, Josephine suggested getting some iced tea from the kitchen, with August pitching in to lend a hand (especially when the children suggested snacks to accompany the beverages). They also invited Emily to come along, both Burke parents wanting just a moment with their grandson's wife. They both had something to say to her-perhaps it wouldn't be a surprise, given the relationship Emily had with their daughter and her husband, but to the Burkes, it still warranted saying.

[polysyndetonaddictsupportgroup]

imagine yuuta’s reaction towards sukuna & his obsession w/ megumi. ik in sgg, he would be having nightmares bc ofc the kid who attached himself to was a fucking trouble magnet. it was expected of someone raised by gojo.

i just know yuuta would sometimes side eye yuuji & megumi whenever they were together. which only further fueled yuuji’s jealousy.

Maki: I’m not telling him

Inumaki: kelp

Maki: Africa is not far enough I’m not gonna be the one to tell him about fucking sukuna going after his boy. You do it.

Inumaki, suddenly shifty eyed: tuna

Maki: yeah that’s what I thought. Coward.

Yuuta’s SO conflicted because on one hand Megumi made a friend he loves dearly which is all he ever wanted but on the other hand the friend is possessed by the fucking king of curses himself. He keeps trying to subtly invite himself along places as an extra safety blanket, which yuuji takes as Yuuta, the perfect man, once again weaseling his way into yuujis ideal life. he is so jealous.

[lilypads17]

i like to think femme light calls herself the angel of retribution, in contrast to the god of the new world