#more old memories

[neoma-eltanin]

Prompt #14: Clear

For FFXIVWrite2023 Character: Erjon Sjadarwesfv Warnings: War, guns, death

Forward, forward. Ever were they moving forward, pushing the resistance further back. They had no choice, no say in the matter. All that was important was to keep moving forward. Retreat, and you would meet the same fate as the unfortunate ones who stood in the way of the relentless march.

They had an unfair advantage, in both number and armed forces. The target never truly stood a chance, as valiantly as they fought back. Such was the strength of the powerful Garlemald. Such was the might of the glorious Empire.

How many years had he been fighting their war now? Spilled innocent blood in their honor? Erjon had nearly lost count, time mattered little when waking up to the same reality everyday. Today was no different; their advancements would soon see this region of Nagxia fall and be conquered. What little resistance was left was effectively and systematically wiped out.

The building they had surrounded was the last one standing still controlled by the opposing side on the field of battle. Inside were the last remaining fighters. People. Lives to either be controlled... Or obliterated.

They crouched behind surrouding hills and debris, guns and blades ready in hand for the inevitable confrontation. Then, deafening gunfire.

Both sides kept shooting, occasionally hitting one on either side. Some died instantly with a single jerk of their body, others writhed on the ground in pain before being dragged to safety. All the while Erjon and a few others made their way closer to the building, positioning themselves below a window each.

It was time to end this. Erjon brought out a grenade, pulling the safety pin with his teeth before throwing the grenade in through the window, quickly ducking to the ground for cover. His comrades in arms did the same from their positions.

A deafening explosion, followed by one after the other. And then silence.

Carefully they moved towards the entrance of the building, armed and ready, aiming at any potential surprise around any corner. But all that was left were the remains of the few cornered fighters who had met their unseemly fate at their hands. The commander of the squadron came to a halt once the entire building had been searched.

"All clear!"

The battle was won. Another victory for the glorious Empire.

And what a foul victory it was.

[breesperez139]

Dc x Dp Prompt #6

“I’m a twin”, Damian said one night. He could feel the narrowed eyes of his family drilling holes on his back in disbelief. Not that he could blame them. Damian had never so much as implied being raised with a companion, much less a sibling.

“I had a brother”. Damian paused to recollect himself. He had not said his brother’s name out loud in over 8 years.

“His name was… Danyal”. Damian hated the way his voice wavered, but he could not help it. Danyal was everything to him, his other half. Their heart beat as one and when one heart stopped beating, the other one died with it. At least until his family put his heart on metaphorical life support without ever realizing.

“Where is he now?” His father asked, voice filled with knowing grief and a hint of betrayal. It had in fact been 6 years since Damian first showed up on his doorstep.

“Up there”. All eyes shifted towards the specific star he was pointing to. “Right before he died, he promised me he’d guide me from the stars. Unfortunately, the stars are not visible in Gotham, so my brother is unable to be of much help unless I leave the city.”

“Your brother is Polaris, the North Star?” Tim questioned warily, most likely in attempts to not offend him. Damian was aware of how stupid it sounded, but Danyal had promised, and his brother never broke his promises.

“Yes. Danyal is with the stars now, just as he always wanted”

[juniemunie]

[Abandoned by the Lightners, his heart became cracked with hatred.]

Hitting a lil' too close to home?

[otaku553]

New blorbo :)

Also a silly interaction with this piece

[gummi-ships]

Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories - Halloween Town Sora & Riku

[d-does-art]

What if Luffy found someone else at Egghead?

[heybiji]

dreamless

[chalkrub]

svanhildr my beloved returns

[molinaesque]

"What are you?" "Oh, I'm you, sweetie. You just... give it a little time."

[fadedkat]

can’t look him in the eye

[stars-obsession-pit]

(Another) Ghost in the Machine

DP x Hellblazer (the original John Constantine comic)

Ritchie Simpson continued to search frantically for the connection out of the computer and back to his body as he begged John to explain what he meant by saying “Goodbye.”

Had John disconnected him? He knew John’s sense of humor wasn’t the lightest, especially after Newcastle drove them all a bit insane, but that felt too far even for him. Nah, he’d probably just gotten himself a bit lost in the wave of energy he’d experienced in the Tongues of Fire network and was accidentally looking for his body in the wrong spot.

He pulled himself back and let his mental connection to the digital world expand outward, probing the rest of the machine for the connection. He knew he was in the right system, so as long as he looked thoroughly he’d definitely fi—

Everything flashed a surge of blinding white and then was replaced by pure darkness. He thought he screamed, but he couldn’t hear his own voice. Couldn’t even feel his own thoughts. Trapped in one single instant that stretched for indeterminable eons. Then, eventually (or was it immediately?), awareness began to trickle back.

He was still in the computer, though it felt… different, somehow. His thoughts still weren’t entirely in order. The first possible hints towards his location he found were the sound voices trickling through from the outside world. Voices he didn’t recognize. Young voices.

“I’m happy to help, Tuck, but I’m not really sure what you expect me to do here. You’re way better than me at this computer stuff than me.”

“By all means, feel free to keep complimenting me, but this has been frying my brain, man. I got this thing secondhand, and the system should be quite powerful, but there’s something using up a ton of its processing and I can’t figure out what. I was hoping you could do your ‘enter into the computer’ thing and see if you see anything.”

[batcavescolony]

just saw someone say Rick Riordan making a TV show is just as bad as anything JKR has done. BFFR you're comparing Rick Riordan trying to make his world more inclusive, changing some parts because of money/time constraints, or just making changes cus he thinks they're needed, to JKR being a terrible person!

[mouseshift]

I am in love with your Gideon and Pacifica timeskip designs!!! Absolutely inspired. If you have any crumbs (art or writing or thoughts, anything really) I would LOVE to see them. No worries if not, I just wanted to let you know that there is an audience for it, if you would like to share :)

Have a wonderful day!

awwwww tysm :))

I have a billion thoughts on the more side-ish characters in gravity falls because. theyre all sort of connected and i think thats really fun to explore. like (mostly) everyone has had their memory erased, everyone experienced weirdmageddon together, and theres just so many points where they cross paths narratively. for paz and gideon i like giving them a good ending and (in at least my idea) figuring out how they actually want to live.

i have thoughts so ill probably make comics or more fleshed out things later .. we will see what brainrot takes hold of me next

anyways. here you go

[stuckinapril]

Growing up w no Instagram does SOMETHING to a bitch like I really get taken aback by how second nature it is for people to whip out their phones and take pictures of the most mundane things. Not because I judge them for it but bc apart from selfies, pictures w friends, and obligatory pictures on trips I literally forget to take pictures of my life period

[afairycreature]

[ourfracturedomens]

Yknow those tropes of immortal soulmates but one forgets with every lifetime and the other always tries to find them and love them all over again?

Who’s to say that’s not Solavellan?