#never enough spoons :(

[inkskinned]

as we enter the start of a semester and the dreaded Hour of Making Friends us upon us... if ur ever at a loss for what to say in one of those weird social situations where you only vaguely-know people, one of my favorite questions to ask is "what is your favorite food crime." a food crime is like the food combination that you love that other people find revolting. press them to take it further than pineapple on pizza, that's rote. food crimes is a good topic that has many benefits as it turns out all people are degenerates and also it will give you some cool ideas to try out later in the privacy of your own degenerate kitchen

the other good thing to ask is "okay but has anyone here ever been someplace haunted" bc it turns out if you ask most people directly they don't believe in ghosts, but many people are like "oh yeah i lived in a haunted house. ghosts aren't real tho"

[drawnbinary]

[flying-cat]

I just saw someone say "I wasn't educated on politics so I didn't vote" then why didn't you educate yourself??? We all have little computers in our fucking hands guys this is kind of something to USE THEM FOR.

[maroonian]

finally, i draw the primary heads of department crew for the blog i run with @snarkmodeactivate over at @interrogatormentors

in the photo:

captain of the dc reichenbach: nekara fyrane violet, 15 sweeps (~30 yrs)

head admin: eridan ampora violet, 10 sweeps (~20 yrs)

head engineer: riftys "bricks" atramy green, 12.5 sweeps (~25 yrs)

head helming technician: orinne "spoons" charoa yellow, 13 sweeps (~26 yrs)

helmsman: riesse "shakes" trevyt brown, 13.5 sweeps (~27 yrs)

there are other personnel and other department heads but these guys are the most recurrent, ill probably sketch other personnel later ?? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[callmehere-iwillappear]

sooooo tomorrow (september 15) marks one year exactly since i started writing cmh SO i decided to do a dtiys to celebrate (that + 200 followers on here)! i have never done one of these before and i have no idea what i'm doing <3

no deadline no rules just go ham (jk there are a FEW rules)

you can draw OR write something for this whichever you prefer

you can totally change up the pose etc

just in case this reaches outside the circle of people who have actually read cmh i should also give context that Leo Is A Ghost

@ me in the post and use the tag #cmhdtiys i wanna see

uhhhhhh yeah that's it. have fun and thanks for sticking with me for a full year. goddamn that's wild

[clowningaroundmars]

chuck my friend chuck

[chronicallydragons]

There are just so many books I want to read and shows I want to watch and stories I want to write and pictures I want to draw and crafts I want to make and treats I want to bake but I CAN’T DO IT ALL AT THE SAME TIME

[the-chattering-tower]

Grumble grumble. Got halfway through drawing an art dragon (sketch and lines done, was gonna wrap up with simple shading) but turns out I might actually like the damn design too much to sell it. Which I guess is neat but gets me no progress in the "get these losers out of my sales tab but preferably not at fodder price" department

[kimdokjathereader]

Me, one of the numerous online depressed community, would like it to be known that I am SO. FUCKING. HAPPY!!! about getting an epilogue to orv.

HOWEVER. My depressed flat butt would ALSO like it to be known that I have no CPU or memory brain space to hold onto any more canon angst… and thus will ignore canon and epilogue except the 3 things:

kdj x yjh dynamic (maybe including hints of hsy)

kdj’s self-justifying ass being kicked in the face by the fourth wall

all orv characters always, ALWAYS orbiting kdj in some way or another.

…thank you for coming to my TED talk.

[whumpy-wyrms]

Have you ever hear of the webtoon Silent Screams? It's full of whump and it honestly reminds me of some of your work. Highly recommend

YES!!!! i love silent screams!! i was actually just reading the recently updated episode earlier. it’s sooo good, i definitely recommend it to anyone who likes lab whump! also thanks for thinking of my stuff too that’s so cool :)

when i started reading it in like october, it made me wanna make a tllr webcomic soooo bad but i just don’t have the time for that lol. maybe some day (definitely Some day because a tllr webcomic would go so fucking hard)

also whump in the form of comics/web comics/graphic novels is like my favorite way of consuming whump so if anyone has any recommendations feel free to let me know! :)

[forthelulzy]

how does this work again oml

Title: say my name (and we will never be afraid again)

Fandom: Dragon Age: Veilguard

Characters: My Rook, Varric Tethras

Summary: Tace Mercar, in the early days of their... association with Varric Tethras, realizes something interesting about his nicknaming.

Notes: Inspired by abyssal-ilk's post r.e. Varric calling Maevaris "Mae" rather than one of his many nicknames. Also somewhat inspired by the veilguard30 prompts by pavus, but there ain't no way I have the spoons to do all of them this late so it's not official.

It's pronounced 'Tass' like sass (or ass, tbh). Title from F+tM, as always.

"Varric," Tace said, "I've noticed something."

Varric had no quip for that; it died on his tongue. The dreadfully fake Orlesian accent had, at least for the moment, dropped into the ether, and a rare seriousness graced his associate. Their gaze was focused somewhere around Varric's left shoulder. It was not as if they had trouble looking anyone in the eye before. Magisters, demons, dragons—

"All right?" Varric replied uneasily.

"I've read your books, Varric."

"I'm flattered." He hadn't thought Tace had the time, as often as they were freeing slaves and running afoul of the Crows by stealing their marks and whatever else. Always under a self-inflicted deadline.

"You have a nickname for everyone. Blondie. Sparkler. Even the Inquisitor got Stormy. I've heard you talk about half the movers of Thedas, and it's rarely by name." Tace swallowed and looked up. Amber turned liquid gold in the candlelight of Varric's hideout, pinning Varric in place as surely as it had their first meeting.

A bead of sweat dripped down Varric's chest. Wasn't he used to Minrathous summer by now?

"You pick a nickname, and that's that. But not me. It's as if you make a point to call me Tace, when my own father won't. When everyone else calls me Rook."

"Uh—"

"I don't mind Rook. It is, at least, better than my birth name." He expected them to pace, to let out some of the frantic energy that gripped them so often, but Tace remained still, staring at Varric.

It was worse.

"What are you asking, Tace?" he forced himself to say.

"You call Maevaris 'Mae', too…" Tace cocked their head, eyes glittering. There was something about elven eyes that refracted light, lit them up like jewels in dim settings, though Merrill and Fenris and Sera had always insisted they couldn't see any better in the dark. Tace, for their part, had played the mysterious rogue they always did— until now. "Varric, are you calling us by our chosen names on purpose?"

"I, well—" He expected Tace to interrupt, but they just looked at him, and that was harder to shrug off. "Yes, all right? It wouldn't be fair to take your name from you." Umbrage rose in his chest, for being put on the spot, yes, but mostly for how stunned Tace looked, as if no one had thought of something so simple before.

A beat, and Tace laughed, a sound of delight and surprise in equal measure. "Ah, you are one of a kind. I have often been told the world is not fair, so why should we be? But you, my friend!" They had slipped back into the Orlesian accent.

Varric almost rolled his eyes. Then he stopped, midway to turning his back and uttering some line over his shoulder, and thought better. "Are you all right, Tace?"

Tace was, of course, mildly offended at the implication that they were not, but then they deflated. "I will be, I think. I just…" They waved a hand, words failing. "Goodnight."

"Goodnight, Tace." Varric watched them leave the room, footsteps silent and deliberate, and let out a long breath through his nose. He had a feeling his association with Tace was about to make his life even more complicated. He was too old for this shit.

[comradecowplant]

i don't want spook the nervous filly that is Maybe This Show Wont Suck by saying anything but after being extremely unimpressed with season two (THE CREEPY OLD MAN CHAINED TO THE WALL WAS LITERALLY ABOUT TO TELL YOU ANSWERS ABOUT WHO PUT HIM THERE BOYD WHY DID YOU SHUSH HIM??????? and then tell no one about it for half the season UGH lack of communication that is of obvious mutual benefit in order to keep characters pointlessly confused/at odds with each other is such a lazy writing pet peeve of mine) I think From is really getting back on track this season. An interesting horror-mystery premise with effective creepy-ass monsters that we're seeing a fascinating escalation of this season. Now just don't drop the ball!!! 🤞🤞

[skrunksthatwunk]

just put my snake in his newly refurbished enclosure and he's doing laps <333

[abrahamvanhelsings]

it's unreal that when i have to use a shared desk at the office the first thing i have to do every time is clean months of grime off the mouse and keyboard. like are you people all fucking insane. are you children. do you not know how to clean up after yourselves. do you just eat a hotdog for lunch then put your greasy fingers right back to the keys. jesus fuck.

[my-melo-reads]

spoons

[padfootastic]

Related to Andromeda sending Sirius a copy of the arrest photos, she also sends a copy to Bella. She’s fully aware that Narcissa would have done so already, but is unable to resist the urge and knows Bellatrix would find the photos hilarious. Her note to Bella reads “My dear darling sister, have you lost your mind? How you went to Slytherin when you have no sense of subtlety is beyond me, but then you always did share that lack of subtlety with our beloved cousin. I thought you’d like these pictures, you can really see the family resemblance here. The different reactions of the others is something I thoughts you’d appreciate, especially your husband’s exasperation when contrasted to the horrified Auror right next to him, I certainly found it funny. Love you, don’t die or murder anyone close to me and/or Sirius, refrain from getting arrested again, and tell Lucius that Cissy can do way better than him. P.S. Tell Narcissa that I was right, I said Sirius would escape first and then you after him. XOXO.” Narcissa very nearly heads to Andromeda’s place to throttle her when she reads that last line and only refrains because her son sent a letter that arrived right then that distracted her. Bella obviously is gleefully telling Lucius over dinner that night all the ways he doesn’t deserve Narcissa, Narcissa sighs and says “Bella, please, just one night” but Bella says that she’s Narcissa’s older sister so she simply must do this and also do extra to make up for the absence of their other relatives, Draco is wondering if perhaps he’d been wrong to want to meet the Aunt Bella his mother told him about all these years, the Lestrange brothers refuse to focus on anything but their food regardless of how many times Lucius looks at them for help, and Lucius wishes he had any other in-laws.

i love love love these dynamics sm <333