#just in cases

[ohlexa]

Alycia Debnam-Carey as Emily Thomas in SAINT X (2023) 1x01 | A Lovely Nowhere

[sibillascribbles08]

Oh yah I've been participating in a character camp recently, called Multiversal Channel Network! Anyway these are three illustrations I did for a recent entry and I'm p proud of how they came out so they can go here.

[omniblades-and-stars]

17 for the rook asks!

Oh a delightful prompt for sure! I had a lot of fun doing this instead of my job, and I won't apologize for it!

From the personal journal of Maribel Ingellvar, Mourn Watcher, also known as "Rook"

On the spirit which calls themself the "Caretaker"

(Translated from Nevarran)

Spirit appeared as Bellara repaired the Eluvian. They called themself the "Caretaker" (appearance: copper/bronze mask with four sets of eyes stamped around the entirety of its head, scarves and a cloak. Set apart from other spirits by what appears to be material clothing, but is not. Unusual, but not unheard of.) Referred to the lyrium dagger as "the Wolf's fang" and allowed us passage through the mirror.

CT seems to belong to the Crossroads. They also maintain the Lighthouse to some degree, may even be tied to it in some fashion, hard to discern.

Helpful spirit, identifies needs and desires and attempts to provide?

Theorize they are the one leaving nostalgic bits and bobs around for the others. Spirit of Compassion or something similar, perhaps? Some of the others are quite disconcerted by them. Understandable, on the presumption CT helped Solas. Must remember a spirit does not have the context to maintain the same moral guidance we would. They are driven by a singular desire: to help. They remind me, unsurprisingly, of some of the stronger spirits in the Necropolis. Perhaps, that's why I'm not discomfitted by their presence as are some of my colleagues.

Asked CT today if it was one spirit that goes between places, or several in many places at once. Their answer, "As needed, Traveller," while on its face is cryptic, is however quite a helpful answer. The Fade operates on desires and needs, endless possibilities. I see no contradiction to this spirit being one and many at the same time.

CT can improve and enchant material weapons and armor. Fascinating. Their enchantments are very helpful. I really do not enjoy being singed by Venatori mage-fire. My hair thanks CT.

I found an old children's storybook in my room, the one with the story about a witch with a house made of sweets deep in the woods. I had this book when I was young, it has the same torn binding and curled pages. Impossible. I accidentally set this on fire when my magic manifested as a child, it was burnt to cinders. Asked CT about it, they said, "A piece of home for the aching heart." It seems the longer we're here, the stronger CT gets. That they can manifest an object from such an old memory is astonishing. We (Prof. Volkaren, Bellara and I) hypothesize that the spirit grows in power as they fulfill their purpose here in the Fade. I should visit the Necropolis again…

CT expressed disgust at the Blight corrupting the Crossroads. They expressed what can only be described as smug satisfaction when that awful dragon was destroyed seems to confirm that the Crossroads is intrinsic to their being.

CT helped to unlock Solas's study (in the roundabout way spirits often do, not unused to playing chase with wisps, fortunately.) It's as if they have deemed us worthy of seeing the Wolf's secrets. The mural is beautiful. Why did Solas need such a large study? It's oppressively lonely in there, I can't stand it.

Does CT know our plans for stopping Solas? They must, they know our needs without us saying what they are. This begs the question, does CT only desire to help whoever lives in the LH or do they have a deeper understanding of our goals and a want to help further them? CT does not help the Venatori and Antaam who enter the CR. This indicates, at the very least, that they have a value system, a way they decide who's friend or foe. I wonder if they will decide at some point that we're foes? Is it the dagger that keeps them on our side?

Not the dagger. Solas has it now, CT continues to offer aid. I'm glad for it, I've grown fond of them. I missed them while I was gone.

Make me write some Codex entries for a Rook? I have 4 of them so go nuts.

[laurellament]

This is me officially saying if something happens to my blog I did not deactivate

[rooksgambits]

amrita putting a little pool inside solas's cage: he needs some enrichment in his enclosure.

[thiefscant]

me carrying around 7 coils of rope in my inventory thinking i would definitely need rope at some point vs me not using rope a single time the entire first 2 acts.

[cienie-isengardu]

There's also the theory that MK1 Scorpion is actually Kuai Liang himself, and Hanzo is off actually being happy with his wife, son, and clan in peace. Not sure if any of that is true, though.

As much as I wish the best for Hanzo - and the man deserves some happiness after what he was put through for decades - this is Mortal Kombat and people are rarely left to enjoy their life in peace. Especially not the most popular cast. That said, I’m aware there are many theories about the true identity of Scorpion, but until proven otherwise, I’m gonna assume it is Hanzo (or this timeline equivalent) as there was (yet) no split between Lin Kuei to create Shirai Ryu. Frankly, this wouldn’t be the first time for “Scorpion” be a Lin Kuei warrior, as something similar already happened in Mortal Kombat novel by Jeff Rovin (1995) - though then the assassin known as the Scorpion was killed by Sub-Zero for leaving the clan. 

At the same time, Kuai Liang was already mentioned in Kenshi vs Liu Kang intro dialogue 

“Kuai Liang said I shouldn’t trust the Black Dragons.”

but as we know, intros like to mention characters and events from all realities. Since Kenshi also warned himself against a man named Song - which is a nod to the MK animated movie Snow Blind, the mentioned Kuai Liang may as well be part of that universe (the feeling is doubled by the fact that Kuai was mentioned to Liu Kang, the currently owner of hourglass and not to Bi-Han, an actually Kuai Liang’s brother).

Which does not solve the puzzle of Scorpion’s identity of course, but looking at parallel sibling duo - Mileena and Kitana - I feel like despite the whole announced “a brand new story featuring your favorite Mortal Kombat characters like you’ve never seen them before” the MK1 still will keep vital parts of said characters. Mileena and Kitana may be biological sisters now, but Mileena still has her Tarkatan teeths (now as a medical condition rather than DNA modification) and vicious/aggressive/paranoid nature and the little bits presented so far feels they are still doomed to fight against each other, most likely over the control of Edenia / Outworld as much about personal issues. Which is why I doubt Kuai Liang is the Scorpion because the story may be a new take on lore but so far it seems Scorpion and Bi-Han are on the crash course over their father’s death / purpose of Lin Kuei and since original Bi-Han has a bad track with dying, if

A) he die by Scorpion’s hand and

B) Kuai is the Scorpion,

then there would be no cryomancer left to fill Sub-Zero’s role while Kuai Liang’s life always revolved around taking the Sub-Zero’s mantle (and reform Lin Kuei that fell from its grace & strayed from honor). And again, looking at the cast so far, beside Raiden and Liu Kang reversed roles, most characters' roles are the same as we known - Johnny is an actor thirsty for fame, Kitana is edenian/Outword princess, Kenshi is/will be blind swordsman, Bi-Han is a cryomancer from Lin Kuei. So, not new roles just a new interpretation of what we known. And because of that I can't imagine Hanzo as cryomancer or Kuai Liang as fire-based Scorpion. This switch doesn't make sense if most of the cast was left comfortable in their familiar roles, even more since we already have an important reversed roles between Raiden and Liu Kang as the new champion and god.

Which is why I’m gonna assume Scorpion is “Hanzo” while Kuai Liang either joins the team somehow in a later stage of the story (as he did in MK9) or he will show up in the sequel (like it happened in original games). 

My prediction/feeling on the matter so far - based only on incomplete data, so my guess is as good as anyone's else - is that:

🟦 “Hanzo” is the Scorpion

🟦 Bi-Han and Scorpion will battle over the control of Lin Kuei and/or father’s death (and really, thinking about that I do not remember ice bros even mentioning or caring for their biological father? Like Grandmaster Sub-Zero has some intros showing respect for previous Sub-Zero/his grandfather and Noob of all possible people was the one mentioning their mother but no second thoughts about their biological father in most sources? Beside maybe Mythologies: Sub-Zero when Bi-Han took the place of his father as top cryomancer warrior. So if Scorpion had a close relationship with their dad, it does not mean Bi-Han or Kuai Liang need to feel the same toward the man. Even more, if only those two have ice powers, they may naturally be closer to each other than with any other family’s member).

🟦 I do really hope Bi-Han won’t die as I would love to see this snarky, cold bastard being either on good side or just neutral, but again, he is the most known for being dead Sub-Zero and Noob Saibot, so Scorpion may kill him (either on his own choice or by being tricked into doing it by yet not revealed character / events).

🟦 Yet if Bi-Han dies and becomes Noob Saibot, the furious Kuai Liang (as the third brother?) may step up into the role of second Sub-Zero and be on a revenge quest against Scorpion to avenge his beloved older brother (as he did in most source material) - at least until both sort out the mess. Preferably all of them sort the mess before Bi-Han dies.

The upcoming revelations will verify how close or if even at all I’m about Lin Kuei part of storyline however I firmly believe there is no chance that Song of Fire and Ice Mortal Kombat - in case of Bi-Han’s death - won’t have another cryomancer to balance fire-based Scorpion in the cast.

[scramratz]

[penumbraphantasm]

chikorita's my friend. my funny animal. my houseplant with little nails that click on the kitchen tiles.

[opalsiren]

the way we got a halloween episode of mako mermaids not h2o AND it's a full moon... hatred and violence

[inkskinned]

it's extremely critical that you see the photo of the perp walk for luigi mangione as being propaganda. i've seen so many people wave it off and instead fawn over his looks. and trust me, i know it ended up being kind of pathetic and weird - but please don't brush it off as a "modelling opportunity" for him. it's a fucking terrifying message the police are sending.

i want to make a few comparisons here, in case you're not from the US or familiar with why the perp walk thing is something to pay attention to. just to set the groundwork for why this is a purposeful, unusual, and cruel act by the nyc police - for why this is not a common occurrence and for why that matters.

the prosecution alleges the show of force is due to the charge of "terrorism." for comparison, in june 2015, tsarnaev was found guilty for the boston marathon bombing, which killed 3 people and injured hundreds. his actions are considered to be an act of domestic terrorism. i have spent the last hour looking through google for pictures of similar to mangione's perp walk - and so far, i have found zero. i also just do not personally remember a moment like that, despite living in boston at the time.

they allege that luigi is a stone-cold killer who carried out a longterm plan, making him particularly dangerous. again for comparison: in nyc, recently cory martin was found guilty of the killing of brandy odom. the murder was planned and premeditated to steal insurance money. and yet no staged perp walk. why didn't her life matter enough for a "show of force"?

but mangione gets paraded by a veritable army of police officers as if he is a rabid animal. for a single citizen who allegedly killed one other single citizen, the "largest perp walk ever" occurs.

so what is the "strong message" that the mayor and the police were trying to send here? the mayor speaks as if mangione is already convicted of terrorism. there is a very thin number of people who feel threatened by the CEO's death. none of us felt like mangione needs to be under massive armed guard.

the message is that you shouldn't resist. they are trying to "make an example" of him - that if you behave badly and kill a single rich person, you'll be treated as if you killed hundreds of people. you will be treated worse than a man who was found guilty of terrorism. you will be considered guilty without trial. the message is that the rich are a protected class, and you cannot touch them without massive punishment. they are trying to prevent a revolution by showing dominance and force against you.

the message is that the police are a puppet of the wealthy and that the law is not equally applied across class disparity. it is "some are more equal than others." it is "one life is more precious than another."

the show of force wasn't for luigi. it was for us. it was a warning. they are trying to remind us who is really in control.

[freakalot]

gojo hates condoms ☆

not even in an ‘i can’t feel a thing’ frat-fuck way either. he just wants to be close to you. he’s touch starved as it is and being inside of you is quite literally the closet he can be to you. why would he want a barrier between his achy length and your silken walls?

he hates condoms. hates them like they’re pointing south on his moral compass. hates them like they hurt to use—which they do, in a way—the mental anguish feels real to him, at least. he picks up a fuss in the grocery store when you pull a pack of ribbed condoms from the shelf to try because why would you seek pleasure from artificial ridges when the protruding veins of his cock would feel just as good if not dressed in a condom?

sometimes he eats you out for twice as long as usual to get you really fucked out and dumb. he’ll make you cum hard and fast and so much that your mind is a mess in the hopes that you’ll forget all about your safety precautions and let him feel you from the inside out. but you always catch on. with a tsk and a finger pointed to the draw where he keeps the horrid things out of sight.

so when you let him fuck you raw for the first time, gojo is reeling. it’s on the condition that he promises to pull out, and promise he does—with a pinky finger hooked around yours and his lips to his thumb—he promises to pull out.

he decides on missionary, because as much as he loves the hundred different positions he knows how to wrangle you into, he wants to connect with you. to make love, not fuck.

and even your wetness against his tip is enough to jolt his stomach downwards. collecting your glossing over his angry head as he rubs himself up and down your folds—he would cum just like this if he wasn’t so stuck on feeling all of you. you’re warm and wet and tight as he pushes against your entrance and oh god he’s going to cum already.

“oh,” he stills, eyes deadset on yours as he slides into you. his tip is rubbing against that spot that makes your back arch upwards and it takes everything in you not to laugh at the distraught look on his face as he says “i have to pull out.”

“you’re joking, right?”

“i really wish i was baby,” he looks pained. he’s never felt something so heavenly and ungodly at the same time. he wants to do bad things, to fuck you into the mattress and breed you full of himself until you’re too weak to care about the aftermath of such recklessness. “i can’t pull out.”

“what?” you laugh, his balls tighten at the sound.

“if i move—” satoru has never looked so serious, “—i will cum. this was a bad idea. why would you let me do this?”

“you’re the one always—”

“actually don’t argue with me, you know what it does to me.” he squeezes his eyes shut and focuses on anything other then the way you feel around him. he does math in his head, thinks about the people he’s killed, how much he loves you… how pretty you look right now… growing old with you.

“i swear you’re getting harder inside of—”

“imsorryiloveyoubutpleasebequietorelseyouaregoingtogetpregnant.”

it takes him a minute of mental gymnastics to feel confident enough to start slowly sliding out of you, but all hope dies when the heel of your foot presses against his ass and with a smile made of sin you pull him deeper inside of you.

he opens his mouth to protest, to tell you he is not joking and all that comes out is a beautiful strangled moan that makes you tighten around him. for a man who claims to be the strongest he is rather weak-willed when it comes to your pussy. he needs to cum so hard that it hurts, but a fear of maybe ruining your life and relationship digs his teeth into his bottom lip.

“don’t do this to me,” he whines.

but you’re smiling. you’re so tight and wet and beautiful and everything he’s ever dreamt of having and holding and you’re smiling. “satoru,” you say, and he’s weak. “cum inside.”

anything for you. it’s gorgeous: the way he lets loose, falling forward to press all his weight into you as he groans and his balls release in hot spurts that you can feel painting your insides white. it’s the connection, the intimacy, the tears that prick at his eyes.

and he doesn’t pull out. no, he presses his hips forward to fuck his cum as deep into you as he possibly can and he vows to throw out every condom in the goddamn house.

god he hates condoms.

part 2

[grovylelover]

Walked into the local marriott and guess who was behind the front desk. yuuuuuuup. the immortal king of legend who vaporized so many people it permanently fucked up the timeline.

[butchfalin]

the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again

[markwateneymemorialcrater]

Please note. The orange one is not included because A. He isn’t a billionaire. And B. Calling him obnoxious is too kind for him.