#maria runs

[maria-the-ghoul]

And again, Tumblr isn't letting me upload photos...

Guided run on Nike Run for a 5k.

5ish minutes running

2 mins walking

Lots of pausing due to issues

Hit the lap button early twice 🙃

Stomach issues (getting hit by a semi has fucked up my abdomen 🙃)

[chialattea]

It’s them….. the girls…

[blu-ish]

Thinking about these two hours 🥺

[tiniest-hands-in-all-the-land]

Played the Silent Hill 2 remake. Got the bad ending. Loved it (the game not the ending 😭😭😭)

[blahlahblash]

Day: 25 "Phobia"

Claustrophobia!

[couch-house]

the way maria talks to shadow in the flashback levels is sooo cute. she's so worried about her weird little brother. don't get hurt, shadow! be careful! this is dangerous!!

(maria.. you should let me attack the gun soldiers. you don't know what they're going to do to you... but i do. because this is a flashback level)

moar. sillies.

and the full canvas just bc. i love how my big canvases look sm. smile :)

[lavyoku]

[A mother's cradle.]

Alt below the cut :3

The children were nothing more than mere tools.

Lawd this has quite the spoiler for the AU, but considering my pace, it should be fine

Side note, this is BEFORE the Virtues even received their Soul Jams. I'm not really satisfied with their looks but I don't hate it so we're good.

[sonknuxadow]

one of my favorite things about shth is the whole system of getting to team up with other characters who follow you around and talk to you and stuff and how most of the main and supporting characters that existed at the time get in on it. its so fun getting to see how all of them interact with shadow its so cute how excited sonic is to team up with shadow and how charmy thinks shadow is the coolest guy ever and how sonic tails knuckles rouge and amy are all there to cheer shadow on in the final battle. people will tell you shadow doesnt have friends but this game tells me that he does actually

[blueskywater-happiness]

I am confuse and a bit weary.

Sega of America Channel had posted an artwork describing the two as long lost siblings and in Shadow the Hedgehog Manual 2005 Maria sees Shadow as her brother.

Sega of Japan on the other hand embrace Shadaria, they even describe them as akin to Beauty and the Beast, save the katakana hashtag, and the official manga has Maria using daisuki to Shadow, common I love you trope for confessions in Manga and Anime.

Is there like a divide of lore between East and West fandom? I mean why are the two interpretations being split between Jp and America?

[98chao]

quick doodle cuz im in my feelings rn

[hall0wedwyrm]

Something I've been thinking about since finishing Shadow Gens is how Black Doom and Gerald both speak about/to Shadow really differently... They're both Shadow's father in some way, but the differences between them is so much more clear now. Black Doom might be biologically related to Shadow, but Gerald is his real father.

Black Doom never saw Shadow as is son or child, but as a weapon and a vessel. BD sees the Greater in Shadow that he wants to see; The Perfect Black Arms soldier who would destroy the world with him. Even after being defeated and Shadow swearing to never follow him, BD tries to convince him using more force and either making Shadow join him, or 'be revived in him' (which... probably means taking over him and becoming Shadow...).

"You are truly my finest instrument! A testament to my bloodline! See yourself for who you really are!" <- this line from the final battle.

Gerald speaks to Shadow with so much more respect for his individuality. Its evident in how he regrets getting BD to help him at all, but also in the other dialogue (When Gerald asks Shadow not to share anything that could effect the timeline as it stands... my heart......). Gerald sees the potential of Shadow as a person, not just a project to save his granddaughter or to give to the Government. Shadow is his son, and he grew to care deeply about him.

"I am sorry that I put you on this path, Shadow. But I am proud of how you have walked it." <- this line from the scene before the battle w BD.

[clovreat3r]

TWO DAYS UNTIL DECEMBER WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[browniesnivy]

Harvest Moon 64 Memes

Been playing a lot of Harvest Moon 64 lately.

[robertdowneyjjr]

a soulmates au where your words only show up after you’ve met your soulmate. sort of like an insurance policy, you know, so you’re not left wondering whether every other person you meet is the one if your words are too generic.

in this universe, captain america has been recovered and active for several years now. he runs missions and saves the world with his ragtag team of superheroes formed by SHIELD. steve's become a celebrity, which he doesn't love, but it's something he learns to live with because that's life for public figures in the 21st century.

tony never became iron man because he walked away from his father's legacy the second he turned 18. he and howard are still working on their relationship, but maria couldn't be prouder and tells tony so everyday. he built his own company from the ground up and it's thriving under his leadership. he's only marginally famous these days and he tries his best to stay out of the limelight, guarding his private life as much as possible. that's how it's been for twenty years and he's happy.

they meet on a day when steve is tired, irritable and angry. he's just returned from a mission where two of his teammates were injured because of the faulty information they received. he goes out on a walk to let off some steam and he's just slipping his phone back into his pocket after rejecting fury's fifth call for a debrief when he slams right into tony.

tony was having a good day. he'd just sent out a new set of designs and decided to reward himself for it. he goes and gets himself a fresh, delicious, life-affirming cup of coffee and is just stepping out of the cafe with aforementioned cup when a walking brick wall comes out of nowhere.

good news is, tony had ordered a cold brew. once every few weeks that's just what he's in the mood for and it had been one of those days. bad news is, instead of drinking it he is now wearing it.

sticky and cold and more than a little shocked, tony barely has time to recover and figure out what happened when steve starts tearing into him.

“god damn it, watch where the fuck you’re going! that could have spilled all over me! idiot!” steve yells at tony. and on a normal day, he’d be apologetic and he’d never curse like this at a stranger. but he really didn’t need yet another thing to go wrong today and he’s on a short fuse.

maybe later, when he’s calmed down, he’ll think back on the cute man with the giant brown eyes staring at him in disbelief and start beating himself up over how he behaved.

at the moment, all tony can do is look at steve’s pristine white t-shirt that somehow has not a single drop of coffee on it, then look back down at his own chest. he has no words except, “wow. you’re a fucking asshole.” and he just turns around and walks away.

tony gets home and strips off for a rinse before he gets ready for his flight to london for a week of meetings. all the while he can’t help but think that angry blond man looked vaguely familiar and he can’t place where he knows him from. he doesn’t notice the new string of words tattooed down the side of his thigh until he’s in his hotel room half a day later.

meanwhile, steve gets home after his walk, after he’s checked on his teammates, after sitting with fury for three long hours to debrief, and finally washes the day off of him. before he gets into the shower, he notices something different about his reflection.

along his left bicep are the words, wow. you’re a fucking asshole.

he thinks back on the cute man with the big brown eyes and a chest full of coffee and wonders how in the hell he can fix this mess.

[lavyoku]

The Saintly Daughter's prayers for and to the Mother of Creation.

"Though the Eldest Daughter took the Holy Mother's teachings to heart, she had her doubts. But it was thanks to those very doubts that she was never once blindsided by codependency and conditional affection and attention, nor had the fabricated rose tinted view of the world and people, and thus spread those doubts to her fellow Virtues-to-be, people she would soon call her family."

[glorfys-glorioushair]

I laugh myself silly every time I think of the first interaction between these two, so here's a colored doodle hehe