#not delicacy LOL

[dallonwrites]

Ashley touched him with a delicate precision that Beau had imagined was the same type of delicacy he used in ballet to perfect a pirouette or an arabesque, that holds onto a quiet consideration of the body and all its parts.

so you're telling me i wrote line this like a month ago and then completely forgot about it only to be jumpscared by it right now at 2:28am and have Feelings over it????

[tapeworrmart]

Withnail and I is my fav end of Dec film. I did this art nearly 4 years ago.

[spotaus]

So this might seem like a weird question, and this IS going anonymously because of it BUT

How many characters in New Age would be able to describe the taste of human flesh.

I feel like with the provided backstory, Killer could be a candidate for it, and I wouldn't be surprised if Nim had some sort of whim at some point even though I'm pretty sure you said they were vegetarian but I could have hallucinated that or smth

You can very much ignore this if you feel uncomfortable with it, btw. I just find this interesting

Hi anon, this ask is unhinged abd I love it SO dearly, please feel free to send more if you get the urge 💖 this is actually something exciting I hadn't even thought about! So... let's see who all I can list off for this idea...

-> Killer. Like u said Anon, I think he IS the most likely candidate! I don't think that it's a meal he'd have eaten often, nor would he openly joke about it, but I think that somewhere like the Temple where he was raised, or on the streets after he left Chara (the Black Market wasn't picky-) would be where it happened.

-> Nim. Oh. Yeah. She would've, I'm sure. (Also tbf I have no idea if I said that or not, my memory is SO bad, I'd probably have to check w/ Ancha lol- but for this let's imagine she's not.) I don't think anyone would be able to convince her if she knew what it was up-front (she thinks humans are lesser, but kinda in the way ppl don't usually think of brown bears as a food source?) But she's definitely had it before. 'Exotic cuts' that she never bothered to fact check lmao. Fancy and expensive, so she bought them!

-> Dust. Now, this one is a little weird, but I have good reason! Dust has a reputation to uphold when he's a crime lord, and has to get along with leaders of other crime branches to keep his power AND keep the lines running. One of the other kingdoms (which I'm establishing is basically full of shape-shifters which eat human flesh) was a prime source of income for Dust because they had a LOT of animal meat they weren't harvesting. In meetings, well, sometimes the meal involved the dishes of that kingdom, so human flesh! (He will NOT admit it didn't taste bad.)

-> Fresh. And no, not for the reason he'd normally know lmao. I think that Fresh's connection with the beasts (which I now realize are kinda stand-ins for his furby collection-) leads some of then to bring him gifts! And he lives usually out in the wilderness so a hunt is a hunt, y'know? Monsters are off-limits but like. If the beast brings him *just* the meat? He takes his chances abd hopes it's not People. (Some of it is, and he knows it, he could definitely identify it if given to him 🙏)

-> Reaper. He's not proud of it anymore, but back in the day when he was the general? Bringer of Death? Yeah, he ate a guy once. Used it as a fear tactic against their enemies, which in his defense DID work. But he wouldn't do it again. He would recognize the taste tho!

Soooo..... 5 of the New Age characters would be able to describe the taste of human flesh! (At least for the main cast lol-)

I do have honorary mentions though.

-> Ink: Has bitten people enough to *probably* have an idea of the taste.

-> Geno: Tried to do it "for science" when he was in the academy working on decay magic. (He reversed the decay enough that the flesh was fresh, he was curious!) He was told that if he did they'd suspend him, so he missed his opportunity :(

-> Cross: Can't tell you about the taste of flesh, but human blood used to get into his mouth all the time when he worked in his old kingdom, so he could tell you about that instead!

[mad-hunts]

good morning, y'all!! i hope that you guys have a great day and just to introduce my mutuals here to a new little fun fact... who's trying to let barton make shakshouka for their muse 👀 because let me tell you, barton makes some MEAN shakshouka

(shakshouka is a meal consisting of eggs poached in a sauce of tomatoes, peppers, onion, and garlic. it also normally has cumin, paprika, and cayenne pepper in it, just in case you're not familiar with the dish!)

[captainbasch]

Someone accidentally gave Yihn a sip of mt. dew and now he is experiencing The Horrors. This boy exclusively eats archon loaf -someone help him! @ailuromance

[tibialtybalt]

Trick or treat!

Yes... treat! For you, a delicious crab leg meal. To think about Rane to

[itspileofgoodthings]

idk I just can’t think of another story where the emotional core is a boy realizing that he has loved all along but been too stupid to realize it until now and to have that movement make SENSE and not put the girl in a situation where she’s getting something sort of secondhand. I’m sure it exists but like —-

[bubblemakerman]

how can I Wink, Wank, Wonk in these conditions?

[chikoyama]

In a world of delicacies, there existed so many interesting fillings and flavours to choose from. Ice cream, mochi, crepes, bubble tea, milkshakes — you name it. How could Chiyori possibly experience everything in just one go? No, she’d have to come back multiple times for the chance to try out new and different flavours. Perhaps with different people even! Yes, she’d have to do that. This was important! It was for research purposes!

[fabuloustrash05]

I’m gona eat ur art wether u want me to or not >:3

Nom nom

Um thank you, that's not my art, but thank you! lol

[anghraine]

I went ahead and updated Love, Pride & Delicacy!

LP&D is my (eventual) Elizabeth/f!Darcy P&P AU, though it's more just an Elizabeth fic right now as she deals with various consequences of the premise. (15k and Catherine Darcy has yet to show up in person >_<)

Anyway, the new chapter is the shortest yet by about a page. But it set up the next chapter so conveniently that I couldn't think of a better way to structure the story than ending there. So after a year of dithering, here is the update.

Note: there's an element of the Fitzwilliam backstory that comes up here and involves quite a bit of racism/colonialism/misogyny if you think about it, which the characters don't fully grasp.

[draw-you-coward]

might have to start drawing horror for my mental health 🥹 WILL be screaming crying yelling the entire time

[akkivee]

i do miss writing fanfiction ngl lmao

[wachi-delectrico]

How can we reconcile the idea that sexuality and sexual orientation do not correspond to a specific set of behaviours and actions and that sexuality and sexual orientation aren't just about sex with the fact people will insist a straight man having sex with another man makes him gay

[mavikiu]

EYYYY weather rodent appreciation! We have a rodent weather day too, but it's in june. I was born on that day and everyone always forgets about the little guy!

He's even so cute, look at him

I usually view February as having no holidays and it’s always a surprise to remember that to many many people, February is one of the most holiday-filled months, containing both Valentines Day and Football Day

[bellaroles]

Plot? What plot? All I see is one cat slave who’s the best seafood chef in the kingdom and a whole family of royal cats that always either eat, play fighting with each other and sleep like all cats do!