#my babies who I love dearly

[nevesceramics]

wood duck pipe set (hen & drake)

cone 04 terracotta clay, underglaze, glaze

[savegrisham]

post-mission kisses are a must

[kimtaegis]

LILACS BY THE SEA a music collection curated for @cordiallyfuturedwight Lilacs (Kayla) Playlist • Sea (Seokjin) Playlist song notes

cr. mahoneysuga, rawpixel, bts-trans, Diana Zviedrienė

[skitskatdacat63]

Happy One Year Anniversary to Boy King AU!!!! 🎉

Okay wait before I start talking, look at these close ups and the process!! Aren't they so beautiful aaaahhhh

Wow, can you believe it’s really been a whole entire year since my very first post about this AU? Well technically I first started talking about the statuette a day earlier, but the very first sketch was exactly a year ago!! Let us not forget the incredibly prophetic tag on that post: “also in the sense of this au i think the only ship that would work(historically accurate wise) is Vettonso.” Who knew that after that my entire life would devolve into vettonso, this specific period of history, and the lovely combo which is Boy King AU. Also wow this means it’s taken me almost a whole entire year to actually draw a joint portrait of them hahaha. I drew this sketch around the beginning of the AU, but never finished it. It’s fine though because this one is a lot better, and I’m in love with it. Took me a year to draw a couple portrait, and took me almost a whole entire month to finish said piece. 

Okay let me explain this piece, which I am very obsessed with!!! I dragged the process out more than I usually would, but I’m glad, because it was so enjoyable. But also look at that fucking crown, no wonder this took almost a month. Usually I’d write like 50 paragraphs detailing the characterization. HOWEVER! I’ve spent over a month writing little bits of characterization, mostly for fun, but also in preparation for this very post. A lot of the earlier ones, I had this drawing in mind, thinking on how I could expand on the ideas I was drawing. Though there’s definitely some things I could still write about. I’ll probably continue to write more Lore a Days, but yeah, they basically amounted to this drawing where you can actually see the characterization I was talking about displayed. Anyways, here are the explanations of bits in the drawing:

First of all, this is some part of the long process of their wedding. Look at the married couple!! Look at their rings!!!

Okay, but why are there two, almost identical looking pieces?? Because look at their hands!! I talked a lot about how Fernando is the one to give out affection more easily, especially in public, where he knows he can easily fluster Seb. He’s acting all grumpy and out of it, I mean to be fair, it’s probably been such a long ceremony across weeks. But he notices Seb is out of it too, just better at keeping his smile (let’s be honest, even if he’s distracted, he’s super smug.) So Fernando catches him off guard by squeezing his hand. Before that, as you can see, Fernando is just resting his hand on Seb’s outstretched palm, like that one scene from Succession. Very: yes I’m getting married, but I’m not happy about it. The combination of Fernando refusing to even touch him more than lightly beforehand but now going full force, them being in public, and Seb already being distracted catches Seb so off guard he has to try to cover his blush with his fan. He thought Fernando was being super impolite, but now he’s the impolite one!! Getting all blushy and giggly over a simple display of affection, perhaps even ha-

So. Their crowns. Seb’s wearing the crown of Austria, because he is in fact only a king still! Also, because I really wanted to try drawing it after I wimped out of it before in this drawing. Fernando’s a king as well by the point, but the fact he’s wearing only a tiara-like hairpiece is to represent how much of an outsider he still is. At this moment, he’s just Seb’s wi- ,I mean husband, to all these guests. Of course this bitch wears a black veil instead of a white one, to signal that he’s mourning the loss of his autonomy and personhood. Don’t worry too much about his mental state though, considering he’s not depressed enough to be able to resist teasing Seb. 

The fan, oh my god. Back in this era, people would gift/make fans for basically any occasion. To symbolize an event, to celebrate something, to show a story, etc etc. I wish I could have drawn something more narrative, but I think the bull vs. horse is good enough. Also you can see those same symbols on the pendants they’re wearing!! I’m so happy when I can fit irl, modern stuff like that into these drawings, it feels so clever!!

It’s so funny, I wrote a lore a day from a prompt about what they’d be like when doing a joint portrait, while I was already almost through painting a dual portrait of my own! So I got to explain some stuff like their clothing colors and poses before I even posted this. I feel very coy about that still honestly. 

Hmmm what else? It feels so weird to not expand on the characterization, considering I already did it for myself weeks in advance. I can’t imagine what it’s like opening this read more, and seeing more than 10 in-text citations. Happy reading!!!

 Happy anniversary to  this wonderful, crazy AU that makes me download 500pg German papers about 18th century etiquette. I drew a couple pieces of fanart before this AU, but I definitely think it jumpstarted my insanity about drawing/making AUs, and literally is what made me insane about Vettonso in the first place. Remember, if I hadn’t learned about Joseph I/Charles VI, most of my blog probably wouldn’t exist in it's current form. Thank you if you’ve stuck around since the beginning, or if you’re even just learning about it now!! It’s so incredibly niche but I’ve had so much fun researching and building this world and these characterizations, and I hope you’ve enjoyed what I’ve made in the process. I hope I can draw/write many more things in the future. I think next, I’m gonna maybe open up requests. I’d like to try to either write ficlets or draw chibi comics about specific Lore a Day posts on request. I think that’d be a lot of fun, but also will probably kill me. We’ll see!! Anyways. PPlease enjoy this absolute labor of love, which is a result of a year’s worth of work.

[twentyfivemiceinatrenchcoat]

arisugu . if u even care

[ohemgeeejay]

Cat on da turtle blanket 🔥🔥

[luna-the-cretar]

I can’t verbally express just how much I love Lethica so far. She’s beautiful, she’s a badass, she’s sarcastic, she’s genuinely kind and compassionate despite the goddess she worships (unlike Marius, who I get the vibe that he’s playing at being kind and compassionate BECAUSE of the god he worships. I could be wrong, but that’s the vibe I’m getting so far), and just. I love her, she’s great.

Lethica, please have my hand in marriage, thank you very much

[choccorin]

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[altschmerzes]

Gav, do you have anymore wriggle up on dry land holiday thoughts to share? I've been thinking non stop about the snippets you posted, the idea of the holiday season being a bit of a jolt to Jamie's standing in his new family unit in his own mind is haunting me

oh yeah i think about this sorta thing ALLLLLL THE TIME it's like... i haven't thought too much about holidays in particular but things like that being a jolt to jamie's standing in his new family unit in his own mind is a great way to put it. it's deeply destabilizing for him every time he encounters something like that, something that makes him think about it and ask himself those questions directly - who am i to them, what is my place here, how long will it last, how much can i take, how much say do i get, etc.

and a BIG one in there is uncle's day, actually, speaking of holidays :) bc i'm keeping that part from season 3 though it's obviously a little different.

this is from when i was talking to another friend (thanks to @jamietxrtt this time, another prominent and beloved enabler of me generally and this au in particular) about the way that like. roy has a hard time with referring to james as jamie's dad when he's thinking about the man at all, because in his mind, that's ted now, and that's something ted earned. (and it's a little bit roy, too. there's a whole like- he's not Jamie's Dad the way that ted is but he very much is Jamie's Parent, and the distinction is a little odd and difficult to articulate but it's very similar to how he feels about phoebe, he's not her dad but he is her parent, etc. but it's still like...... when he thinks about what a father, what a dad ought to be, he feels that inside himself more than he could ever give it to james.)

which led to like. phoebe is the one who articulates this better and before anyone else can, and that's part of the uncle's day thing, which happens when jamie is seventeen and has been living with ted (and has had a room at roy's) for going on a year. when phoebe and sarah are arranging it, phoebe insists jamie has to come, because “he’s your uncle roy too” and jamie is like :? he is not.

and she sighs and rolls her eyes like little kids do when they think you’re being dense, and she’s like noooo i don’t mean he’s your UNCLE but he’s your UNCLE ROY just like he’s my uncle AND he’s my uncle roy and jamie is like. you’re gonna have to explain this one to me in a lot more words half pint.

and she sighs again and goes well. some kids at my school have a mummy and a daddy or two mummies or two daddies or just a mummy or just a daddy or one of my friends has a mummy and a parent - she pronounces this very deliberately - which is cool. AND my friend cecily has THREE mums and a dad because HER parents got DIVORCED and then they both got married again so she has FOUR parents which is NOT FAIR. anyways. i don’t have a mummy and a daddy or any of that. i have a mummy and an uncle roy. he isn’t my daddy but he’s my uncle roy, get it? and jamie nods bc he thinks he actually does get it yes.

and she goes okay. so you’ve got a daddy. that’s coach ted. but you’ve also got uncle roy. because he’s not your daddy and he’s not your uncle but he’s your uncle roy. get it?

and jamie, who is just about on the verge of tears now, nods again because yeah. He Gets It Now.

[fountainpenguin]

"Why do you enjoy predator-prey species dynamics and/or cannibalism content so much?"

Well see, when I was a wee child, Mario & Luigi: Partners In Time gave us a canon lifeforce for Toads and made us watch it get sucked out of them so they turn into item mushrooms, and I spiraled into building an entire lore system about Koopas eating Toads for extra lives and Bowser getting abused by his mom for trying to end that custom (and befriend Princess Peach) until he finally snaps and tumbles through the path of growing increasingly bitter as both the Mushroom and Koopa Kingdoms lose faith in him and his horrific decisions, and I've been chasing that high ever since <3

[silvreflamess]

nesta isn’t necessarily kind to most people initially but she is incredibly thoughtful and will remember everything about that first interaction with a person for the rest of her life

[kiarrahatesboyss]

Chapters: 1/6 Fandom: Supergirl (TV 2015) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor Characters: Kara Danvers, Lena Luthor, Nia Nal, Querl Dox, J'onn J'onzz | Hank Henshaw, Alex Danvers, Kelly Olsen (Supergirl TV 2015), Esme (Supergirl TV 2015) Additional Tags: 5+1 Things, Canon Compliant, except i forgot about the william plotline in 6x18 so ignore that, Slow Burn, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Character Study, Fluff, There Was Only One Bed, Literal Sleeping Together, Non-Sexual Intimacy, Abandonment Issues, Panic Attacks, don't you worry there is indeed comfort to the hurt, if the show won't have kara talk about her trauma then i will, and then i'll make sure she feels loved and supported, Feelings Realization, Dubious Science, hey man i'm a writer not a scientist, Party, Alcohol, Love Confessions, Idiots in Love, Making Out, Sexual Tension, Cuddling & Snuggling, slaps fic. a lot happens in this bad boy Summary:

'Lena is decidedly normal about the expanse of skin the action reveals. Totally normal about Kara’s forearms. She has nothing to say about the freckles on her wrist, or the addictive shape of her hands. There’s no feeling of fondness for the way Kara’s pinky quirks above the rest of her fingers as she types. Lena couldn’t care less about how Kara bites her lip as she focuses on her screen.'

⤷ Five times Lena denies her feelings for Kara, and one time she finally gives in.

Weekly updates every Monday around 2pm MDT.

[lqfiles]

score that goal is so GOOD. my fav smau to ever exist so far and jisung is so awkward he's so cute, I think I want to kiss him.

oh i just teared up a little… that’s so sweet omg i’m so happy you consider it your fave 😭🫶 i was not expecting much since it’s my first time trying an smau but i’m so glad to see everyone enjoy it tooo #FEELING_HAPPY

i loooove writing jisung in this i want to help him man up and give me little pats on the back for everything he does LOLL YOURE SO REAL for wanting to kiss him

[qreyert]

need to post these goobers more often... finch and goose my babies (goose celebrated his 1st gotcha anniversary in late august btw happy birthday goose‼️)

[menstits]

You are a rude and moody animal who plays violently but i love you because I've seen you grow since you were a tiny baby and i remember bringing you here and letting you sleep on my lap all afternoon because you were so disoriented and despite your cuntiness you still follow me around and sit in my shadow to cool off when the sun is too hot

[bluejaygryphon]

Which looks better? Left is Python, right is Chrysocolla