#not saying theyre exes but

[adevblog]

Dreamland Circus Characters and lines from songs I associate them with part 7: Flier Swing

Dreamland circus is a Visual Novel im working on, i havent drawn the sprites yet but I do have the characters made in a picrew. (this one and this one to be exact)

Flier Swing, one of the acrobats, she/it, has heterochromia, looks mean but is actually very sweet and kind, no one knows where it got the crow from

"When I was little

I was taught to garden

So I spilled my pockets on plants

And you always let them die

Because I was evergreen

You were an arsonist

You forgot about me in a week

But my garden is still dead"

(Evergreen/Arsonist)

[nonranghaes]

joshua thinks he loves you too much. that's why he's strolling up to this house 'late' for this christmas party, dressed up in a suit (rather than waiting for you in cozy sweats like you promised), and a bottle of wine he stole from jeonghan's apartment on the way over. this, in his humble opinion, is what a best friend is for: pretending to be your date when you see your ex with someone new at a christmas party you didn't know he'd be at. it's easy enough to find you socializing with this tight-lipped smile that melts into something genuine when you see him. he passes off the bottle of wine to the host and makes a beeline for you. you're a vision in blue and it's all too easy to look at you like you outshine everyone else in the room.

"hi, honey," he says, pressing a chaste kiss against your cheek. he lowers his voice to a whisper, "you owe me."

"i know." but you curl an arm around him all too easily, pulling him into your side as you immediately start introducing him and coming up with some casual lie as to why he's late.

the moment the two of you have a second to yourself, he leans in, pretending that all he's doing is stealing another little kiss and not also whispering to you. "where is he?"

"tall guy in the green sweater across the room. his new fiance looks like a candy cane."

joshua glances over, eyes widening a little at the red and white stripes that seem to jump out at him now. it's cute, sure, but still catches him off guard in a 'how did i miss them...?' kind of way. he turns back to you, and suddenly the word hits him harder. "fiance?!"

joshua remembers this guy too well: mister 'i don't think i'll ever get married again,' which wasn't a problem in the slightest in general, but it was one of the multiple reasons you ended up ending things with him. you just give him this tight-lipped smile, a hand coming to rest on his chest for a moment. you know. he can see the way you waver a little in front of him.

"fifteen minutes," he says to you. "and then we'll fake an emergency."

your hand slips into his, and he feels the way your lips press against his cheek and linger a few seconds too long. long enough to make him think a little too much about what it could mean. "thank you, honey. i owe you."

(his payment comes in the form of watching horror movies with him, dressed in your sweats again... and again when he feels you fall asleep against his shoulder, his heart fluttering in his chest.)

[sleepyslag]

It's so so scary to accidentally wander out of the phannie tumblr bubble and see people still insisting they're platonic business besties

[gotta-bail-my-quails]

dandadan beauty and the beast au but instead of like true love solving it or whatever they just go and fucking beat up the witch who cursed them

[chuchulovelymunimuni]

I think the mindset that a queer relationship is not “canon” just because they don’t end up together in the sources end is so stupid and I see it on here all the time. Gay characters will call each other ‘my love/dear/sweet,’ profess their love for one another, and perform song and dance numbers about loving each other their whole life long but if they don’t kiss on stage then it’s not real enough for you? The same people who preach about media literacy skills are begging for tell don’t show love stories come onnnnnn

[kachowblueninja]

Ron Weasley in another universe is sitting at his desk rn scribbling the shape of his bestfriends scar on to his page

Head over heels for the scruffy haired boy

[earthtokhal]

Interesting how everyone else in the situation had interviews and podcasts lined up to be released a day after the announcement except the man who supposedly knew since Baku.

Also interesting is that Lawson stated in said interview that it was awkward because he knew and Daniel didn't.

Also interesting is that even if Bayer knew, the fact that he said "no" denying the rumour and not saying "it hasn't been decided" left the door open for any possibility. The only time he changed his stance was when people started questioning the fastest lap.

Also, what's interesting is that this sounds like the same regurgitated nonsense that DC was spewing out just the other day.

Anyway, Daniel Ricciardo deserves an award for the incredible acting he did the whole weekend, according to some people.

[pali-and-proud]

Would Buddy hurt anyone? Why was Buddy shocked when he hurt Chase with the spear? AND WHY THE COMPLETE DIFFERENCE WITH THE SPEAR AND DEACON WITH THE WOLVES?!?

I GET TO TALK ABOUT BUDDY AND DEACON. AHAHA.

Thank you for the Q <3 I love and respect you, but I am going to bypass the first two questions because I am filled with thoughts on Buddy and Deacon's dynamic. Because I don't know if more people noticed (I'm 100% sure others have noticed) but Buddy and Deacon absolutely parallel each other.

What's Buddy's big motivator, as established by the Dreams By Night episode? To escape Ex Libris. To be free, essentially.

What's Deacon's big motivator, as established by The Book of Deacon? To lead his own story, without his parents controlling everything. To be free, essentially.

Buddy, from the beginning, harps on Chase's lack of preparation. Deacon, from the beginning, gripes about Chase's lack of preparation. Deacon over-prepares, to the point where Chase asks him what different scenes mean and what happens in the story. Something he used to do with Buddy, because both Deacon and Buddy indulge Chase in their explanations.

Deacon gets caught off-guard by Chase's perceptiveness, and Buddy gets caught off-guard by Chase's personality. And Chase might gripe about both, sure, but often about superficial, irrelevant details. Complaining about Deacon always being busy, or complaining about Buddy being pretentious. (Not about things of substance, like Deacon having enough money to attend college AND disliking the experience, or about not even knowing Buddy's name.)

We all laugh about Buddy being paranoid, but Deacon matches him pretty well. Deacon isn't spilling any names. Deacon, like Buddy, understands the necessity for secrets. Who makes the plans to hide Prunella? Who keeps telling Chase not to talk to Buddy about her?

(A thought for another time, but--something about kids of strict parents being sneakier, and something about Deacon always convincing Chase into keeping secrets.)

Deacon's being reasonable, and we know that, because we're listening to his reasoning, and his reasoning is nothing like Buddy's. (Buddy's all "EVERYONE is out for themself," while Deacon is a lot more subtly judging the shirtless Hot Topic wanna-be.) But their ACTIONS match each other.

Are they the same character? lmao absolutely not. They have different experiences, different mentalities, different perspectives. Deacon has a support system, whether financial (parents) or emotional (Bronze) or even social (Chase). Buddy has a bright eyed, stubborn kid who sees a vampire and somehow therapizes him, and sees someone covered in thorns and reciprocates their hug because he knows it was needed.

But how similar they are really shines in the Requiem arc. Deacon and Buddy match the other's barbs seemlessly, and they call out the other with ease. Deacon insults Buddy's fashion sense + teeth, Buddy tricks Deacon into nearly getting mauled by wolves, which is probably an escalation, and Deacon immediately starts plotting a revenge. "When I get my hands on him," he outright says, implying some retaliation, and yet he sees Buddy and Chase wrestling a vampire to the ground and immediately asks "What're we doing?"

He immediately joins them. He has no idea what they're doing or why they're doing it, but they're doing it, so he alas has to ascribe to it. And then you remember that Chase is the one who jumped Vamp, and Buddy ALSO has no idea what they're doing or why they're doing it, but Chase's doing it, so he alas has to ascribe.

They get each other, is what I'm saying. They're foils in methods (Deacon annoys Buddy verbally, Buddy annoys Deacon physically////Deacon chooses to maintain peace via secrecy, Buddy prefers honest communication despite the impacts/////etc etc etc) but they're mirroring the other. They're two beams of light, coming from the same source, going in completely opposite directions.

Buddy hurting Chase risked everything Buddy had gained, all the trust and the companionship and the grossly genuine friendship he gained. The physical pain risked ripping the emotional connection between them. Buddy hurting Deacon DOESN'T rip open anything, because however far Buddy takes things, Deacon's prepared to follow out of annoyance and spite alone. They have the same priorities: keep themselves (+ Chase/others) safe, and humble the other when necessary.

And Buddy has an embarrassing crush or something. everyone point at the idiot and laugh

[kirkwallguy]

it's so strange that out of all people weekes, a non-binary pansexual person cares this much about making solavellan like this and by that i mean let's be real they want us to care about it lol. like want us consider it. all the interviews about it. basically saying "all relationships are good but solavellan is especially special guys it's gonna be a default even. like consider (...)" politely saying that only a specific path of playing deserves such appreciation and is "so interesting and so deep and so meaningful" and it is SO unprofessional. why are y'all acting like this as devs and writers. literally using a ship name if i'm remembering correctly.

people waiting ten years for this game and a basic example is that dorian and dorian romanced inquisitor refer to each other's as friends for secrecy? what the hell are you talking about this isn't about realism this is about fans having their time with the consequence of their game choices.

idk it's just weird to see

honestly im always hesitant to pin the solavellan-centric narratives on them (mostly because im already mean about their writing being bad and don't want to add that LOL) but it IS wild to me that a game that lauds itself as this massive queer friendly story also makes it so engaging in a heterosexual relationship is pretty much required if you want any choice you made in the previous game to matter. if this was in a game that didn't performatively market itself as queer friendly then i actually wouldn't care as much in all honesty.

and yeah i agree it's unprofessional. nothing wrong with having a favourite romance, especially if you wrote it, but when there's an obvious discrepancy in quality between gay and straight romances that mirrors the homophobia i see in the fandom (when the writers have also been more involved in fandom than any other fan space ive ever been in) it just makes me feel a certain kind of way!

[dragonji]

now I Know this is being overdramatic and petty which is why im posting about it instead of actually saying anything but I wish to fucking god my roommate would stop having ppl over without warning me beforehand.

[npdzane]

Heh them amiright guys..

[bagea]

some of my favorite illustrations from the SD Gundam artbook

[hsslilly-blog]

shirt with a heart and child of divorce written on top but then there’s a picture of huntclaire. you wouldnt get it. i do

[microwaving-tesilid-argente]

oh to have a patron god who unconditionally loves you to bits.....

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[3-aem]

thinking about my exit interview that was super informal but at one point i was like okay i will say something positive about the team and my ex manager was like okay

and then we both sat there in silence for a solid minute

[faaun]

i feel rly sad and conflicted abt one of my best friends on earth but idk who to ask for advice bc i usually would have consulted her in this situation lmao