#not tagging Squirrel or so

[brokentranstar]

Re-reading Starlight with my girlfriend and can I just say Brambleclaw is mean and a dumbass later afterwards but the scene where they break up for the first time specifically and scenes before that is kind of just Squirrelflight being unreasonable Personally, in this instance I find both of them as being morally grey, both of them are people with their opinions and that's okay, I'm glad they have emotions, but Squirrelflight is overreacting, like Leafpaw SAYS, even, lol.... The conversation really goes like "You can't talk with Hawkfrost, he's evil!!" "Proof?" "OMG U NEVER LISTEN TO ME"

Genuinely, Squirrelflight gives no proof and gets angry/upset when Brambleclaw doesn't agree with her just like that Especially since Squirrel's whole point is that Leafpaw told her Hawkfrost is bad, and he is, but why is Squirrelflight allowed to listen to her sisters every word and react based on that, but Brambleclaw can't even breathe too close to Hawkfrost? Heck, Leafpaw doesn't even care, and Hawkfrost being evil is HER battle.

Remember: If your SO tells you they saw a rainbow squirrel, you have to believe them immediately, with no proof, or else they have every right to break up with you!

I don't like Brambleclaw, or Hawkfrost that much, but this part of the book really irritated me.

[vitaminccapsule]

i was a big squirrel girl fan as a kid

[gaemms-chamois]

consider: winter coat flametail with huge ear tufts

[invinciblerodent]

btw yes, I'm also still stuck thinking about how in the cutscene at the start of the attack of Astarion's siblings, Astarion himself is standing right next to your bed.

Every time that scene is mentioned or brought up on my dash, I just keep thinking about how the bed the PC is shown using in the long rests (which seems to me like the top left one as you enter that side-room), and the one in which he's presumably been resting, are basically on the very opposite ends of the room.

like... sure, it already has me scratching at the walls to think about how, when unromanced, he probably felt something was wrong and went immediately to wake you and let you know (trust!!! friendship!!!), but it has me extra feral to think that he had abandoned the bed he had originally claimed in favor of yours, and was sprung from his lover's embrace by the arrival of his siblings. (Because you can't talk about cuddling, and cuddliness, and call yourself "cuddly Astarion" in the same scene, without actually cuddling sometimes lol.)

I kind of like to imagine that even on top of it being self-defense, springing to his feet so fast, there could also be something instinctively protective in the fact that he so quickly puts his own body between you and danger.

I mean,

right before the camera would focus on him, he's bent forward, snarling at them to get away, coiled to strike even unarmed (well. as unarmed as a vampire can be), and only relaxes into the conversation-pose when you stir, and Aurelia speaks.

And like, that doesn't feel like a conscious action, or even much of a purposeful decision from a mechanic standpoint (most likely the devs needed him to stand there-ish for there to be enough room for the PC to get up, and stand next to him for the conversation's camera angles to make sense), but I do like to imagine that at this point in the relationship, he just... acts without thinking, and puts himself into the more dangerous position on instinct. It lines up very nicely with that sweet, rather earnest line he says in the Wyrm's Lookout scene. (PC: "All that matters to me is that you're safe." Astarion: "I know you do. It matters to me, as well. I want to be able to protect you, too.")

... The rest of his "this is for us, this is to protect you, we're a team" lines are of course calculated, manipulative bullshit, and taking them at face value would be a mistake even if there is a kernel of truth at their core, but I think that one is genuine, and it's corroborated by this unthinking jump to your defense.

[bearotonin-international]

Apex predator, my ass. I’m going to pet the dog 🐻🐻‍❄️🐼

perhaps now is a good time for some responsible bear programming to remind everyone that as cute and cuddly as they may seem, bears are lethal apex predators and should absolutely be treated accordingly if ever encountered.

DO

NOT

PET

[vesperione]

IS YOUR MAN an elderly scientist able to cheat death who is definitely using his research illegally with the ability to create sacrifices for higher deities who lives in a mansion in isolation, who’s also gay, with a stockpile of some sort of necessity in the basement, who also has a habit of holding you at gunpoint.

Bcs idk what to tell u because that might be Kurt (Dread Weight) or Henry Hidgens (Hatchetfield) and I’m morbidly concerned over the fact this happened twice

[bobabep]

hit 40 followers so here they are :3

split and bive arent finished obv,,,

[pup-pee]

lalalalaa

[meownzter]

Doodle sheet that I did back when I first started watching mh that I found

[arttsuka]

Seeing hannibal trend made me draw them as animals. Hannibal is a deer 🦌 and Will a dog 🐕

[living-la-vida-lesbian]

was going outside to check if the cicadas have arrived yet (they haven't, thank god) and found a dead robin. this feels like an omen.

[hulloitsdani]

SHARENA WEEK DAY 6!!!!

SHES DONE!!!!! WHOOOO!!!!

Took me a minute to finally knock this one out and I'm honestly restraining myself from going crazy on the shading and background. But that's eight characters in a style I don't normally work in. I already over estimated the time this would take. I'm calling it here for my sanity.

But with that out of the way, I wanted to thank everyone for the support during Sharena Week!! And an even bigger thank you for the people who made stuff for it! I'm putting it all your art in my pocket. I am running away with it. I am intently staring at it once I have escaped the authorities.

This has been very fun! Big thank you for @sharenaweek / @sharenalovemail for hosting. Please please please go check out everything she's doing. Stare at 'em with your eyes!

And with that I'm gonna back into hibernation! See you once Kiran Fire Emblem inevitably takes over my brain again :D

[twentytwoarts]

my friends and i made an au where the classic world is trapped in a time loop and classic sonic basically has the worst time of his life

[herebecritters]

Did you know that @ickyguts blog is a year old today?

Here’s our man before getting trapped on the Isles for (seemingly) all eternity

[rain-on-wax-feathers]

nonhuman burr, washington, and eliza!!!

[drdailyfetus]

dose 11 bro just be making enemies everywhere he goes