#my brain is still such mush

[clockwayswrites]

You all voted, I've rested...

“You’ve read the dossier?” The clipped words were in time with their quick steps down the pristine white hall. “Yes.” “All of it?” Danny resisted the urge to roll his eyes. “Unlike you, Hellblazer, I read my contracts before I sign them.” “You wound me, Pomp,” John said, twirling an unlit cigarette between his fingers. “I’m just trying to protect you from the Big Bad Bat. He’s had a bit of a mare over this case. Hell, as a consultant, you shouldn’t even be seeing this with the access level it’s at but…” “But you’re stuck and need my pretty baby blues on things to help you out,” Danny said, batting his lashes obnoxiously at John. “Fuck off,” John said without any heat and shoved Danny away. “But the Bat is anxious about it. All the Bats are. If you can help us solve it sooner, then the better, because when the Bats are on edge, everyone is on edge. And it’s a fucking nightmare around here already with all the bloody do-gooders let alone when they’re all worked up about something.”

[kingkatsuki]

Men that stroke their cocks to your most innocent selfies.

[mangostarjam]

study break — kaiju no. 8, hoshina soshiro x reader, established relationship, it's just fluff, "love" as a pet name, 700ish words

for 🧸 anon

"Soshiroooooo."

Hoshina Soshiro pauses at the door, but you only bury your head further into your arms resting on your desk. He comes closer and sets a small plate of sliced apples by your elbow, where there's still some space. Papers are crumpled everywhere, haphazardly, books pinned open with whatever was at hand at the time — a half eaten bag of strawberry matcha kitkats, Soshiro's nearly empty coffee mug from this morning, your pencil case with highlighters spilling out —

"Soshirooo, save me," you whine, interrupting his mental catalogue of your desk. The soft glow of your lamp washes over both of you as he leans closer. "I don't know how to read anymore."

Soshiro laughs and slides his calloused hands along your shoulders, slipping them beneath the thin straps of your tank top. And then — there's no other word for it — you melt as he begins massaging the stiffness from your muscles. "My poor lil love," he says fondly. "That sounds pretty bad."

You tilt your head to look at him and pout. Even with dark circles beneath your eyes, you're criminally cute, and Soshiro has to resist the urge to pinch your ear. "How am I gonna take these tests if I can't read, Soshiro?"

"You're a smart one," Soshiro digs his thumbs into your shoulders and you groan. The corner of his lips lift in a lopsided smile. "You'll figure it out."

"I'm gonna fail," you sigh. You reach for his hand to press a soft kiss to his palm and his heart does a funny little skip. "Will you still love me if I'm illiterate?"

"I'd love ya to the end of the world," Soshiro says easily. You press his palm against your cheek and your elbow bumps into the plate he brought in.

"What's this?" you dislodge his hands as you sit up to grab the plate. "Did you really cut them into little bunnies? This is so cute!"

"Only the best for you," he says, stealing a slice and popping it into his mouth. The fruit is crunchy and sweet, its juice flooding his tongue as you copy him and hum with pleasure.

"I should take a pic and send this to your friends!"

"Please don't," Soshiro snorts. "You're gonna ruin my rep."

"But they deserve to know how amazing you are," you say seriously. You turn your seat so you're facing him properly, hooking your legs behind his ankles so he's standing as close to you as possible while you're still sitting in a chair. "Soshiro, these apple bunnies are a work of art! They belong in the — mmph!"

Soshiro sticks another apple slice in your mouth and holds it there as you chomp down on it, shooting him a halfhearted glare for interrupting your passionate speech. You look cute with your cheek all puffed up with chewing, but he knows better than to mention it now. "If ya learn how to read again, maybe I'll teach ya how to cut 'em like that."

You finish the apple and shake your head adamantly, still chewing. He waits patiently as you swallow, cupping your cheeks with both hands when you're done and squishing your lips together as you laugh. Your smile is so wide he feels like he's got the world in his hands.

"I only want apple bunnies from you."

"Alright, if ya finish your study session early tonight, I'll give ya a kiss."

You frown beseechingly and your hands come up to play with the hem of his loose sleep shirt. "But I've got a billion more pages to go!"

"Sleep's part of the job, too," he flicks your forehead lightly and chuckles when you pout. "The rest of it'll still be here tomorrow."

"Alright," you sigh, though you show zero signs of letting him go, "I'll remember this when you're the one staying up too late working."

"Is my reward gonna be the same?" Soshiro asks. You giggle.

"With your work ethic I think I'll need to come up with something bigger to pull you away from your desk," you tug on his shirt and he snorts. Your smile softens. "Thanks for the snack, love."

That's just unfair. He sighs, smirking to himself when you tilt your head in confusion. "This doesn't count," he mutters, leaning down to give you a slow, sweet kiss. You sigh into his mouth and he huffs in exasperation, pulling away reluctantly.

"Is it bedtime already?" you ask teasingly. Soshiro pinches your ear lightly.

"Shut up and eat your apples."

[cyberpunkaddict]

2077. "If life is short... why does it take so long?"

[lifemod17]

Nobody's Soldier BTS!!!

[putuponpercy]

"You're just saying that to make me feel better :(" "I'm saying that because it's 3am - go to bed!"

James is definitely a regular victim of the classic 3am existential dread

[fluffyfangirl]

[harmonysanreads]

Aventurine? More like ANGSTTURINE.

[crispywizardtale]

[nellasbookplanet]

Fantasy works commonly (though obviously not always, this is a general observation, and I'm more of a scifi enjoyer than a traditional fantasy enjoyer anyway so my pool of reference is limited) place this divide between magic and technology. The two are placed as incompatible to the point that many fantasy worlds are almost stuck in this semi historical setting, not really allowed to grow or evolve past this mythological past, as if we can’t imagine magic and technology mixing. Why would technology evolve if we have magic? The stories I think of rarely outright say this, and I think writers create these types of settings more out of genre tradition than a genuine belief in never mixing magic and technology, but it saddens me that we so rarely see secondary fantasy worlds that are futursitic, or modern fantasy worlds that aren't either an obvious mirror of our present or literally our present but with a secret magical underbelly that has had little to no impact on the evolution of the world at large.

And it just occurred to me that in critical role, the divide is more often placed between magic and the divine, while magic and technology are presented as almost one and the same, and nowhere is that more obvious than in the Age of Arcanum. The magical fey changeling of Avalir was fantasy tv personality!! Magic doesn't hinder growth or trap the world in a medieval state of nature where people become incapable of imagining technological growth due to the convenience of magic: magic is technology. Magic interweaves into their societies, their ways of life. They study it, they grow it, it doesn't hold them back any more than discovering fire or electricity held us back because it’s the very foundation of their growth. How very fitting that Corellon, god of the arcane, takes the mortal form of an aeormaton, a robot, a being we would normally consider the anthitesis of magic, but which here is the embodiement of the sameness of the two.

[theimpossibledemon]

WIP Wednesday

a WIP wednesday, from me??? about as likely as you’d think! (not very likely)

thank you to @rimeswithpurple @shrekgogurt @youarenevertooold @alexalexinii @theearlgreymage @monbons @mooncello and @thewholelemon for tagging me in stuff (now and over the past several months)! i always love seeing what ya’ll are working on even when i have nothing to contribute

i want to give jenny some garbage but as self-depreciating as i usually am, i’m actually excited about this wip so i can’t in good conscious call it garbage

as many of you know i’ve been getting relentless ads on instagram for lingerie with dragons on it so i of course had to stick baz in some. here’s to hoping this wip survives my current creative burst and doesn’t get sent to the graveyard with all the others

tags and hugs and a glass of milk to all the beautiful people i got to see this weekend!

@artsyunderstudy @onepintobean @palimpsessed @cutestkilla @you-remind-me-of-the-babe @iamamythologicalcreature @bookish-bogwitch @skeedelvee @moodandmist @brilla-brilla-estrellita @ic3-que3n @ileadacharmedlife @technetiumai @katatsumuli @fatalfangirl

[tftjaspasaur]

yall don’t get your ears pierced at Claire’s or you’ll be like me crying after getting fucked not because it was bad or anything but because you’re fucking ear hurts and is infected bc you got them done at Claire’s

[francixoxoxo]

would i be crazy to say that billy could be a college football coach and you the new doctor for the team...

maybe he played college football and then he later got hired back to the same school he played for not that many years later

he jokes when he meets you that you may need to do a physical check up on him with the way the team runs him ragged since he's young for a coach and so they get him to play a bit with them and you flirt a bit telling him your door is always open if he wants one

i've spoken too much it's going to haunt my dreams

Omg omg ok so I’ll say I don’t know much abt football but I DO KNOW ABT ROMCOMS and also in my head football coaches are just. Always mad

the players constantly joke and talk to you, a lot of the time really middle schoolish jokes and Billy is always huffing and grabbing them by the back of their jersey, pulling them to apologize even though its fairly harmless stuff like “doc I think j got a concussion can you kiss it better” and you know they don’t really mean much but Billy won’t have that round you

And you stand on the sidelines with him and a few other coach staff and he shouts and curses after a bad play, puts his fist over his lips in that “omfg I’m gonna spew hell” expression, then he remembers you’re there and he puts his hand out like “M’ sorry, forgot there’s a lady.” But after you say it’s fine he goes “but they really are fuckin’ meatheads, ‘scuse my French!”

The players prolly say something about how their coach keeps on staring at the new doc and he makes them do 50 40’s and burpees and shit 😭😭

Also a quickie in his office connecting to the boys locker room

[retellingthehobbit]

Update: My askbox is now open! I had no idea that I had accidentally closed it-- my thumbs are clumsy, alas. But it is now open again, and will remain open for the future! Feel free to send me any asks related to the comic :3.

[owlyjules]

Be sure to always download those fics that stick with you. There are several sites to save fics from sites like FFN, and AO3 has a built-in downloader with multiple formats to choose from. Fanfics get deleted often so always, always make sure to keep your favorites somewhere as a backup.

Thank you for the reminder anon!:D

I already did for those few fics that means a lot to me. Thankfully too since sadly in one case the author left and took all of their work with them. Right now I dont read a lot of new fics but I always get back up of my wifes favourites as well! You never know!

[bandtrees]

i feel like it’s really easy for people to get the impression with my fua stuff that lancaster is my Favorite Character™️ and i do certainly love and think about him a lot and find him the easiest to make stuff for that Appeals To Me because LOOK AT HIM, but the character who is my genuine favorite that i find a lot of comfort in and adore so much that it loops back around to being unable to articulate anything about them is actually love. I cannot express how much i love her.