#my day is made!

[beheadedcousins]

AAAAHHHH!!!! I MET ZOE!!

[jollyrolls]

THEY REMADE DRANZER BEYBLADE in the X series!! I repeat, they remade dranzer beyblade into the new system! How did i not know this before!!

And they will bring back more of the plastic generation blades remaking them in the beyblade X mechanics. Oh!! The nostalgia! I wanna buy these so bad!!

[desertfangs]

I’ve been reading your Devil’s Minion fic and I just want to say, I’m so amazed by the way you write them! You capture them and the deliriously whimsical essence of their relationship so incredibly well. What was it about them initially that drew you in and made you want to explore more?

Oh wow, thank you so much! That's so nice of you to say! I definitely try to keep them whimsical and wild, because that is the soul of their dynamic.

I think what initially drew me to them was Daniel, to be honest. I relate deeply to his desire to live forever and also his desire to be part of the supernatural and escape the mundane world.

But I love that in Armand he finds someone who matches his brand of weird: they're both insatiably curious and eager to learn and try new things and see new places. In fact, a large part of Daniel's desire to be immortal is to live long enough to see how the world progresses. He wants to be alive when people land on Mars, he wants to see history unfold. He tells Armand as much during one of their arguments about turning him.

But what keeps me coming back is just their dynamic. I'm a sucker for the trope of "this person is an ice block to everyone but this one person who can melt them" and while Armand is not totally like that, Daniel lets Armand open up and be his weird little self in ways no one has before (and probably still does to this day - Louis is not going understand the need to buy a 3D printer and use it to craft a scale model of the Brooklyn Bridge but Daniel will!) and he still loves him entirely for it. Like he loves Armand because of what and who he is, not despite it! And to me, all of the little descriptions we get of Armand, all of the little bits about his curiosity and wonder about him in QotD, that is all stuff from Daniel, a man in love.

And it starts really early on between them, too, while most people would be too busy being terrified, Daniel is captivated by him, attracted to him, and wants to know more about him. He's so fascinated and Armand in turn is fascinated by him, this strange mortal who isn't as scared as he should be and keeps asking questions!

Daniel is sarcastic and impatient, and while he lets Armand take the lead, he's also not afraid to draw lines, argue, or challenge him back, which I think is so important. They know each other so well and they're similar in a lot of ways (like how bad they are at communicating), so I think they argue and fight a lot, but I like to think in a post-canon era this is improving.

After all, Daniel had a lot of time after he came out of his madness to really think about things. Both of them believed, at least temporarily, that they had lost the other for good (Daniel to madness, Armand to the sun) so I hope now they both have a better idea of what really matters and what's important. Does it stop them from fighting over stupid shit? Never! But in my mind, at least, Daniel is trying really hard not to repeat their past mistakes, and I think Armand is, too.

Anyhow, wow, this just turned in a long love letter to Daniel and Armand. 💖 Thank you so much for the compliment! I'm always happy to hear people enjoy my writing! And thank you for the ask!

[arnab-factory]

Fascinated by this phenomenon

[hinamie]

trick or treat!

[kensatou]

"i would know her by reformed body alone... i would know her in death"

also... there's official art

[millidew]

his change in career has captivated me

bonus:

[000bun]

[normal-thoughts-official]

Is that a lot of money to you?

If not, then please consider donating that amount to Safa'a and her family, who are desperate to escape the war in Gaza and start over. The fundraiser is in Euros, but a Dollar is worth an Euro, so you don't have to convert anything again! Just donate the same amount!

And if it is, then donate what you can - half an hour, ten minutes, whatever you can spare. Many small donations are what we're going for! And of course, if you can spare more hours for her, please do!

Please, let's help her out. Her fundraiser is vetted!

#1hourForSafaa

[scorbunny]

matthew lillard doing the iconic ghostface knife wipe like that HAD to be intentional

[lotus-pear]

SIGHHHH BSD REREAD…................I MISS THEM SO MUCH :(((

[baambastic]

I see your “Apollo agreed so easily because he doesn’t care about Odysseus” and raise you “the god of prophecy knows that Odysseus is going to make it home, so he’s not going to make much of an effort to stop him.”

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

The squad of all time has arrived on scene.

[tesb]

Happy Star Wars day! May the Force be with you! @swsource Star Wars Week: Day 6

[hinamie]

to moving forward