#lmao angsty life

[hollys-fairy-hell]

Prompt: Peri isn’t back to normal after the effect of his magical back up.

Some lingering side effects could include but are not limited to:

Trouble doing none wish related magic

Soreness and aching when changing and maintaining other forms (in some cases this is still a symptom even if the change was a wish)

Discomfort, or pain in extreme cases, to continuously granting wishes or larger scale wishes

Dizziness and fatigue when using magic for long periods of time

Discomfort and pain when going long periods without granting a wish

Magical outbursts or magic spasms due to magical build up within the body

[galaghiel]

Both Jack and Maddie stared at him, speechless. Silence blanketed the lab, everything but Danny’s strangled crying, his hand pressed over the muzzle as if to hide it. No- to hold it still, to still the dozen wicked barbs that were digging into his tongue, probably ripping it with each sob.

a little sketch of @liketolaugh-writes amazing one-shot fanfic that you can read here

[kaerynn]

excuse me while I spitball. this could all be a nothing burger for all I know maybe I'm just waffling

note that any references to people are characters I just can't be bothered to put c! in front of every name

// wild life spoilers, you know the drill

it's already been established due to this clip that pearl is aware of what gem is doing, the social game to turn the entire server on her.

this, therefore, raises the question: what is the reason why pearl puts up with gems antics?

now, if your immediate answer to this is "she loves her" or something affection-based, I would say that you're.. incorrect. stay with me here

while affection for gem might be a secondary motivation, it wouldn't be the reason. consider what pearl said in this episode:

"Haven't you accepted in this series that nothing stays alive? Like, it's gonna be broken, it's gonna be burnt. Stop fixing it, 'cause it's gonna break again."

I'd argue that the social network that is set up in the early episodes of a season breaks, burns, and dies too. It eventually reaches a point where it can no longer be fixed; the bloodbath and slaughter takes priority.

gem has been shown to not be immune to this either in secret life. no matter what social game she was playing, due to tasks or simply the strange rivalry with scott, in the end, violence took hold, she became too notorious and too big of an enemy, her alliances crumbled around her, pearl didn't side with her, and she lost. all that time spent manipulating others for nothing.

and now, in wild life, she's trying to do it again. pearl is aware of this, and is also painfully, painfully aware of how these events usually go. everything will crumble once more, its only a matter of time.

therefore, I would argue that pearls primary motivator for going along with gems antics is because she knows, in the end, as always, it will be for nothing. the tides will change as sure as they did every other season, and shes just indulging gem until then, hoping to enjoy some time, at least, while the axe of violence looms ever overhead.

[miusato]

Yes I love me some Siblings dynamics ✨️✨️✨️

I like to think that Aki's (adoptive) parents bought a better headstone for Miki ;w;

[seriouslycalamitous]

I FINALLY HAVE MY AWARD SHOW AU FULLY WRITTEN!!!

Title: Plus One

9K Words

Celebrities/Fake Dating AU, Hideduo

Link

[boltlightning]

Breathe Again for quasimodo & esmerlada, Abandoned for elizabeth & norrington, and/or Illusion for Cloud & Tifa 👀👀👀

bless you kenn. i've got two of the three here for ya <3

10. breathe again

The cathedral sighs as the city does, the icy cool of winter a balm against the scorched scars of Frollo’s mad march. Up in the belltower, looking down upon the citizens dousing the remaining fires, Quasimodo tries to keep his breathing light through his smoke-lined throat, and coughs quietly into his hand.

Behind him, Esmeralda tends her burned legs nearby, dabbing the blistered skin with bits of Quasimodo’s special salve. She inhales sharply, and as Quasimodo spins about in alarm, she meets his eyes with a pleading smile and asks, “Maybe your gentler hands will be better at this?”

After a moment he remembers to breathe, and the lingering relief that she is alive, that he is alive, that they are all alive, brings a smile to his face, and he accepts the jar of salve with cautious fingers.

38. abandoned

On that isolated island, Elizabeth takes a moment between igniting her bonfire and nursing it to a beacon to press the heels of her hands into her eyes and consider just how far she is from everything—everyone—she has ever loved. She at last looks up and sees only the darkness of the unrelenting night, with sparks of white light dancing across her vision, and there is still nothing here but Jack Sparrow and his congested, drawling, drunken snores.

The Navy arrives the next morning. Elizabeth nearly does not take James’ hand when he offers, her thoughts veering wildly between Oh thank God you found me, you did not abandon me, and You almost did, you were too late, I could have died and it would be because you waited.

But she does take his hand; James helps her into the longboat, his other hand carefully at the small of her back; and Elizabeth nearly cries in relief when he drapes his coat over her sunburned shoulders.

send me a prompt, get a drabble! ✨

[oceanwithouthermoon]

its crazy to me how people sometimes see kusuo and kusuo transformed as kuriko/kusuko as like.. different people but not ??

im not sure how to phrase it but like.. i once saw fanart of kuriko being shipped with one of the boys and then she transforms back into kusuo and the guy lets go of her and is like "ew.." LIKE BRO WHAT😭

what do u mean u ship kusuo as a girl with someone but not kusuo as a boy.. are YOU being homophobic or do you think the character is homophobic?? either way, what ???

[sophistired18]

Wanted to make an adoption kryk au,

BUT GODDAMN IT ADOPTION LAWS IN JAPAN ARE STRICT ASF 😭😭

They wouldn't be allowed to adopt unless theyre married... which is a problem since same sex marriages aren't recognized or acceptable..

So im thinking they'd have to adopt internationally like from the US and it'd probably just be under a single parent (most likely kuroo) and the other would be involved but unfortunately just not legally have any connection to their baby.

Or i say fuck it and just make the fictional au pure fiction and screw complicated laws and regulations bc I want my ship to get to experience parenthood BC GODDAMMIT THEY WERE MADE TO BE PARENTS

[ohhgingersnaps]

Stars The Same As Ever (Hallmark AU)

Ch. 1/? — This City Always Hangs A Little Bit Lonely On Me T+ | Sebastian/Farmer

It’s the first week of winter, and Sebastian is having a bad day. He wakes up at six, nearly an hour and a half before sunrise— too early, in his opinion, but his boss is a morning person, so their standup meeting is at eight (spirits, really, who’s awake at eight in the morning?)— and he spends thirty minutes hitting snooze on his alarm before he hauls himself out of bed. Brushes his teeth. Hops into his little five-square-foot excuse for a shower, which has absurdly low water pressure, and then tries not to freeze as he towels off, because baseboard heaters are useless against the cold, and the windows in his studio apartment are drafty. This apartment may suck, he reminds himself with chattering teeth, but it’s his.

I've decided to start posting the Hallmark AU I've been working on, because it's about 30 chapters long and I want it posted before the end of winter! Buckle up for some holiday sweetness, angst, mutual pining, and a sprinkling of mountain family dynamics.

(Read the prologue on AO3!)

[burningvelvet]

once again living vicariously through writers, artists, performers, adventurers, fictional characters, historical figures, and anyone else who has ever done or is doing anything even remotely interesting, etc., because i have no energy to participate in life myself and it's easier to maladaptively daydream my days away instead

[mogamingthe1st]

Sometimes I'm watching the life series and I just remember that both Lizzie and BigB are canonical Minecraft Story Mode characters. I can't handle this. Mostly because Minecraft Story Mode is MADE to allow other series to be connected to it. Like, there's portals n stuff. Life Series could be canon to Story Mode and we would be none the wiser.

Don't mind me I'm just having a silly little crisis that other people have definitely already had

[monst]

So I was thinking of a Greek myth I read a long time ago:

"The lover of beauty." And the story is about a man named Pygmalion who is devoted to his art. He spends hours working on sculptures that are absolutely gorgeous and one day he begins to work on a sculpture of his ideal type. And he's besotted, he's dropping his chisel for hours on end to just stare at his work, lost in his own fantasy. She's appearing in his dreams and he is slow to finish the construction just imagining the joy he'd feel if she were living. When he finally finishes the statue he can only look at her and sigh. However, just around the time that he's finished the festival of Aphrodite begins and as a devotee he goes to pay his respects.

Afterwards he comes home and sees the statue move and he takes Galatea in his arms as she breathes for the first time. The next day they go to pray to Aphrodite, one grateful for being given life and the other grateful that the goddess answers his dreams.

(This is heavily paraphrased but I just wanted to share it cause it's interesting)

[camgoloud]

look it’s not really that i wish i was in a relationship because the last couple of years which i have spent firmly and resolutely single after finally getting over the All That which went down between me and the last person i had any serious romantic interest in have been without question the happiest years of my life. and it’s also not really that i wish all of my friends WEREN’T in relationships because i want them to be happy et cetera et cetera. but this whole thing where both situations are happening at the same time (i.e. me: single; literally every one of them: not) does have me feeling a little. weird i guess.

[supermarine-silvally]

💜 Yara

Thank you very much for the prompt, dear Anon!! <3 I hope you enjoy it!

💜 surprise kiss / impulsive kiss

This fucking Marine would not leave her alone. 

“And so there I was, surrounded by forty of the nastiest, ugliest pirates in all of the South Blue! They were pointing their weapons at me, creeping closer and yelling curses far too crude to repeat in front of a lady. Bunch of disgusting savages.” The man took a swig of alcohol, pounding his mug against the counter.

Yara’s teeth gritted, staring down at the bottom of her glass as if it had gold in it. If it wasn’t for this ridiculously overpriced beverage-- some kind of pomegranate-flavoured thing that didn’t taste half as good as it looked on the menu board-- she would’ve been out of this shithole bar ages ago. 

It was the first day that the Moby Dick had made shore in almost a month, and she had somehow managed to spend far too long of it stuck next to this loser who had just spent the last hour bragging about his impending promotion to Captain of the 453rd Branch or whatever. The shit-eating smirk on his face told her that women were usually fawning over him by this point, and the fact that she wasn’t apparently meant that she needed a little more persuading. 

The Marine leaned closer to her, his breath reeking of cheap liquor. “So you know what I did next?”

“I couldn’t care le--”

“I grabbed hold of the steering wheel and swung the ship around! The bastards were so surprised, they didn’t even have time to grab hold of anything, so they all ended up tumbling into the ocean!!” He roared with laughter. “Can you believe that? See, the thing about pirates is that they’re all so hopelessly stupid.”

“Are they now?” Yara said flatly. She was increasingly tempted to push the edge of her dress back, fully revealing the tattoo that adorned her left leg. The only reason why she hadn’t so far was because she was loath to make the man think she was trying to entice him. 

“You better believe it, sweetcheeks.” He winked. “And if you want my opinion, Gold Roger was the stupidest one of all. Some ‘King of the Pirates’ he was. I heard there wasn’t even much of a fight to bring the brute down.” Swallowing another gulp of his beverage, he turned to face her. “Now, enough about me. What’s a pretty little gal like you doing all alone in this part of town?”

“Who said she was alone?” a familiar voice spoke from behind them. 

Yara’s heart leapt, a small smile creeping onto her lips as she finally glanced up from her half-empty glass. 

Ace flashed the both of them one of his usual cocky grins before draping an arm over Yara’s shoulders. “There you are. I was looking everywhere for you.”

The Marine’s expression soured. He shuffled closer to Yara, his tone dropping. “What do you say we get out of here? A man of my rank can get a room at any hotel you fancy.”

Ace tsked. “Whispering isn’t polite, y’know. And there’s a big problem with your plan.”

“Oh? And what’s that?”

A devilish grin spread across the young pirate’s face. He withdrew his arm and reached forwards, fingers brushing gently under Yara’s jaw as he tilted her chin up ever so slightly. “She’s mine.” 

Without a moment’s hesitation, he leaned in, his lips colliding with hers. Yara’s eyes widened, surprised by the sudden burst of affection, but they quickly fluttered shut. Ace’s hands had found her waist, pulling her in closer, the taste of pomegranate lingering between them as he deepened the kiss. Finally, he pulled away with a gentle nip to her bottom lip, leaving her breathless. Keeping one arm wrapped firmly around her midsection, he shot the Marine the most satisfied smirk Yara had ever seen.

The man’s lip curled as he slid off the bar stool and took a step towards Ace, trying to look menacing. “Oh, yeah? Who do you think you--” He stopped, his eyes landing on the ASCE tattoo on Ace’s arm. All the colour instantly drained from his face. “W-Wait a minute… I know you… You’re… You’re Fire Fist!!”

Ace tipped his hat at him. “That I am. Pleasure to meet ya.”

“But… that means…” His gaze slowly shifted over to Yara, finally noticing the tattoo poking out from under the hem of her dress. He gulped. “H-Hellcat Yara… It’s-- It’s the Whitebeard Pirates!!”

“And you say we’re the stupid ones,” Yara said disdainfully, watching as the man’s shaking hand reached for the sword strapped to his belt. “I wouldn’t do that if I were you.”

His hand stilled for a second before grabbing the sword and whipping it out. “I’ll… I’ll capture you both! You have a combined bounty of almost one billion Berry, right?! I’ll be rich-- and a hero!!”

Ace and Yara looked at each other, then back at the quivering Marine. Yara let out a sigh, lifting up her glass.

Thunk!!

Before the man could move, she brought it down over his head. He slumped over, his sword clattering to the ground. The rest of the pomegranate-flavoured beverage splashed from the glass, dripping down his blank face.

“Wow.” Ace looked impressed. “That’s one way to solve it.”

Yara shrugged. “I’ve been wanting to do that for over an hour now. Besides, his flirting game sucked anyways.” She placed the glass down on the bar’s counter, sliding it over to the bartender who had apparently seen enough brawls to be completely unbothered by the situation. 

Side by side, the two young pirates left the bar, stepping out onto the sunny street. 

Ace’s stomach growled as they walked, making him chuckle. “All that excitement and I’m completely famished. Now whaddaya say I take you out for dinner? My treat.”

She laughed. “You say ‘treat’ as if you haven’t skipped the bill on every single date you’ve ever taken me on.” 

“That’s true,” he conceded, grinning sheepishly.

 Yara looped her arm around his, twining their fingers together. “I would love dinner. And to spend time with you as long as you’ll have me.”

Ace pretended to ponder it. “Well, if that’s the case, then… How about forever?”

Smiling, she leaned down and pressed a kiss against the crossed-out ‘S’ of his tattoo. “Forever sounds nice.”

tagging: @auxiliarydetective @oneirataxia-girl @daughter-of-melpomene

[cobaltfluff]

I would protect him with my life!!!!

[quietwingsinthesky]

just going to keep this au tucked into the back of my mind for the rest of the show btw. doctor who if his companions literally would not leave him alone. he keeps getting new companions and they’re just. integrated into the tardis family. bonding over how much they all love this weird pathetic spaceman who has enriched and/or ruined their lives.