#of being CHERISHED!!!!!! FUCK!!!!!!!!!!

[bloodtwin]

𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠   𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡   𝐭𝐡𝐞   𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐞   𝐛𝐚𝐠    。 。 。

             𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭   𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞   𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐛𝐞𝐝: 𝚃𝙷𝙰𝚃'𝚂  𝙰𝙼𝙾𝚁𝙴 ！！

@mindsreprieve:  💌  to  write  a  valentine's  day  letter  to  my  muse  (Ist  leaving  Puck  an  embarrassingly  sappy  letter  because  they  would  actually  combust  if  they  said  it  in  person?  More  likely  than  you  think)

              𝐆𝐔𝐈𝐋𝐓   𝐍𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐘   𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐒   𝐇𝐈𝐌   𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄    when  he  first  lays  eyes  on  the  envelope  on  his  bedroll.  Puck  can't  help  the  deep  sense  of  dread  in  the  pit  of  his  stomach  ;  an  old  instinct  from  a  mind  lost  to  time.  Were  he  a  vampire,  he  would  not  burn  in  the  sunlight.  Instead,  it  would  be  love  poetry  that  lit  him  aflame.

Puck  is  not  so  clueless  that  he's  ignorant  to  what  day  it  is,  or  what  that  day  means.  (  .  .  .  Well,  he's  not  anymore.  He  was,  perhaps,  a  little  more  clueless  a  few  days  prior.  The  others  had  to  explain  it  to  him.  )  He  knows  what  likely  lurks  within  that  envelope,  and  he  is  ashamed  to  feel  discomfort  because  of  it. 

              That  isn't  nice,  he  thinks,  frowning  as  unusually  shaky  hands  pluck  the  love  letter  from  the  envelope.  Someone's  taken  the  time  to  express  themselves  to  you,  and  you  almost  gag  at  it  ？

What  kind  of  monster  had  he  been  in  his  past  life  that  he  feels  this  way  ？

Oh.

              Oh. 

The  letter  is  from  Ist'aufein.  Why  does  that  make  it  worse,  somehow  ？  Feelings  Puck  has  never  experienced  before  suddenly  rush  through  his  body  at  the  realization.  His  face  flushes,  heart  quickening. 

He  has  to  put  the  letter  down  before  reading  a  single  word  of  it.  Mechanically,  he  stands  from  where  he'd  got  comfortable  on  his  bedroll  &  begins  to  pace  around  his  tent.  Wheels  turn  in  his  head,  but  they  can't  keep  up  with  how  his  heart  races.  All  he  knows  is  that  he  has  stupidly  neglected  to  think  about  any  of  this  until  just  this  very  moment. 

There's  always  been  something  different  about  his  dynamic  with  Ist'aufein,  hasn't  there  ？Something  of  which  Puck  can't  quite  make  the  shape  on  his  own.  Something  he  could  have  gone  a  lifetime  without  solving,  if  not  for  the  letter  left  unread  in  his  blankets.   

There  is  one  thing  Puck  fears  more  than  anything,  so  much  so  he  can't  even  force  its  name  out  of  his  mouth.  Being  known,  being  understood,  being  ⸻

He  casts  an  uneasy  glance  towards  the  letter.

              You  have  to  read  it. 

But  that  will  doom  them,  won't  it  ？If  he  reads  it,  he'll  know.  He  can't  know.  He  can't  let  them  in.  Puck  is  a  giver  who  does  not  receive  ;  he  is  not  meant  to  receive.  He  gives  all  of  himself  to  everyone  &  expects  ⸻  demands  ⸻  nothing  in  return.  Otherwise,  he'll  take  too  much.   

Despite  himself,  he  finds  the  letter  in  his  hands  again.  Like  a  magnet,  he  gravitated  towards  it.  He  has  to  know. 

Golden  eyes  soak  up  every  word,  ( Gods, they're sweet ; of course they're sweet. Too sweet. Dangerously sweet. ) , gliding  past  them  over  &  over  until  the  page  gets  blurry.  Red  lips  tremble,  a  strangled  sound  squeezing  past  them,  and  those  pale,  shaky  hands  let  the  letter  slip  out  of  their  grasp. 

              What  a  curse  it  is  to  be  loved  in  return. 

[lotus-pear]

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[littlefankingdom]

Bruce Wayne is canonically a very handsome man (he is called a "pretty boy" and he is in his 40s, for fuck's sake), and he is pretty famous as a rich philanthropist who doesn't want to leave his awful cursed crime infested city. So, there must be a ton of people thirsting over him on the internet. Fancams, edits, fanfics and imagines ("kidnapped with Bruce Wayne 😍 by a Gotham rogue"), the whole charade!

And anytime one of the batkids stumbles on a thirst post, they have the most dramatic disgusted reaction, loudly gagging, before sending the link to the batkids chat, because if they must suffer, then they should all suffer. Clicking on a link in this groupchat is like playing russian roulette, and getting rickrolled is a good ending.

[marypsue]

Man, it's cool and all if you see a metaphor for marginalisation in the monstrous, and if you want the power fantasy of 'what if you could just eat anybody who threatened you/pissed you off'. Me too.

However, as soon as you start saying 'no, these monsters are a 1:1 on Specific Marginalised Group, and you have to treat them in the fiction like they are directly representative of real human members of the marginalised group', BUT you also, in the fiction, make them hurt/kill/eat humans? And then try to shame me, your audience, for noticing or engaging with the bit where they kill people, because you made them directly representative of a real-world marginalised group? You have lost me, and also, I think, the plot.

[xxplastic-cubexx]

They finally did it everybody they said the thing!!!!!!!

"How much do you love Charles Xavier?"

"HOW DARE YOU ASK ME SUCH A QUESTION???!!!??!!?!!??!!??!!!"

HE SAID THE THING !!!!!!!!!!

[authenticcadence18]

Yall we are actually getting new phineas and ferb this year I just remembered and am feeling like. Giddy, 2010s era joy about it 🥺🥺

[gomzdrawfr]

Sap

Past Gomz would burst into tears knowing Present Gomz gets asks about oc stuff

[saiainopresai-v3]

im with saihara on this one (which one? take your best guess before checking tags!)

[spaceratprodigy]

Ooh palettes 🥰 Jasper and Faith in either Malabar squirrel or cherry pie?

@darkfire1177 — [ palette prompts ]

✨ The Unplanned Variables ✨

[tiredyke]

i cant stand feminist discourse on this site because its like 90% "feminism means equality which means you can't say anything bad about men and you have to criticize women just as much as men because misandry is just as bad as misogyny" and these posts always get thousands of notes from other people who call themselves feminists likeee

[lamina-tsrif]

miscellaneous ftf sketches bc the new video got me thinking

[crescentfool]

the persona 3 protagonist 25th anniversary nui in food appliances!

[renlyslittlerose]

Imagine being so pitiful you get upset over how fictional men have fictional sex

And imagine being so pitiful you voice your trash opinions to an author who is just minding their own business

And imagine being so pitiful that you do this all on anon like a little coward

Just imagine...

[cephydeluxe]

most Simeon/MC fics r kyute as hell, but a lot of them focus simeon's reason for "falling" (aka: disobeying father's rule of never extending a human's life by stealing the ring of light) as solely because he loves mc,

and like..... that's ok 😐 and all, but I feel like it kinda narrows simeon's character a bit ((but the following thoughts below r my interpretation so take this more as appreciation than a criticism of any other interpretations of simeon))

Simeon, regardless of whether or not it's reciprocated, still feels brotherly love for the brothers. They were once his brothers, and when it came time to wage war against them in the name of their Father, he refused to fight them and was demoted.

His love for his family made him refuse God's orders because the idea of harming his family was worse than the disapproval of God.

"ok well what does this have 2 do w the ring of light" shut up ill get 2 that >:(

I'm not gonna recap much cause my phone's at like 8% idgaf srry 😒. The only important parts is that mc's existence and pacts w the brothers is highly unstable and causing chaos in the three realms, and the only ways to fix it are to either kill lucifer with the night dagger, or to obtain the ring of light from the celestial realm.

So it's either trade lucifer's life for mc's, or steal the ring from micheal. The ring is immediately ruled out because demons can't enter the celestial realm, and it would probably (most definitely) cause a political shitstorm if a demon did steal it.

So the only option left is to kill lucifer, and right as mc is given the choice of killing him or themself, here comes Simeon, fresh from the celestial realm with the stolen ring of light in tow

Now, most fics tend to depict these events as simeon risking his status as archangel (an already unstable position given his refusal to fight during the war) as a huge romantic sacrifice because of his love for mc.

And that's,, cute ig but there is so many more things going on in that scene (2 me at least, solmare isn't really known 4 their writing 🫢)

Simeon's sacrifice in stealing the ring, in potentially incurring the wrath of God, in committing the same sin Lilith did to be disowned and even killed by their shared Father, and in risking his home he was raised and lived in for his entire life,

was both for his family that he has missed for thousands of years and for the person who healed them when he himself was unable to.

The TSL series (written by Simeon before the exchange program) are a retelling of the events between the avatars and mc. Even after they are cast out of heaven for treason and simeon is demoted for not wanting to hurt them, he still cares about them and wants the best for them, writing stories about them and their "Henry".

Even if the brothers treat him coldly and distantly, he still cares about them deeply enough that the prospect of killing lucifer? Their eldest brother?

The one who constantly does everything in his power to keep the rest of his family safe after the death of his sister?

The one who traded his loyalty to the demon prince after just landing after being thrown out of his home?

It's completely unthinkable to Simeon.

So that just leaves MC, then. The reincarnation of Lilith and the friend of all seven brothers, even after being violently killed by one of them,

(belphie, cough cough)

Still accepts all of them and keeps them together, and at this point in the story, is practically welcomed as a fixture in their messy yet tight-knit family.

For MC to sacrifice themself for the brothers would be to break them, to leave another unfillable void in their hearts like Lilith did so many years ago. The moment things would return to normal and Lucifer regained his memories would be devastating, knowing that yet again he failed to keep his family safe and whole.

Grief for MC's death would be felt far and wide, Simeon included.

Both outcomes of using the night dagger are unthinkable to Simeon, both causing unimaginable grief for everyone.

So the ring of light is all that remains.

It's a no-brainer, really.

Angels aren't restricted from the celestial realm, and if the ring is stolen by an angel, it has a way less likely chance of falling back on the devildom, on the fragile peace him and many others have worked so hard to facilitate between the three realms.

So what if the consequences will primarily fall upon Simeon alone, it matters little to the certain disaster either outcomes of wielding the night dagger will bring. Both Lucifer and MC will be unharmed, and the chaos will end.

But could you imagine the feelings he must have felt?

In the chamber where the ring of light is kept, having just snuck past Micheal, a twist in his gut from breaking the most basics of holy disciplines he has spent his entire life embodying, just staring at the ring of light in its container, the last momento of a father's love for his favorite child before disowning him.

It's a warning, a sign that tells Simeon that he will be next to fall if he takes this ring.

He takes it anyway, throwing his loyalty to God away if it means saving Lucifer, saving his family, saving the peace they've obtained without him.

A penance, maybe, for his inaction in the war, when perhaps one seraphim could've made a difference, if not win the war, then at least could've spared Lilith's life.

Can you imagine how he must have felt, standing in front of MC with the ring in his hands?

Lilith's sin that started the war wasn't just that she fell in love with a human, it was when she extended the life of her lover because of it. A clear defiance of Father's will, to negate written fate for the sake of her selfish love was what got her killed.

And here Simeon stands, staring into the eyes of her reincarnation as he offers them the ring that will save them, extend their life, and doom Simeon to walk the same path their angelic ancestor died on.

The ring is a promise, of the disownment that Simeon faces, of the pain he will endure in defying God's word as an angel (whose sole objective, down to the very fabric of his being, to the very purpose of his creation, is to embody and enforce), of the corruption of his very soul that paints his ivory feathers black.

It's also a promise of devotion, of commitment to this deadly sin, this selfless sacrifice, to the human he's fallen in love with, and to the family he longs to be close with again.

It's a vow, for all the atrocities he's willing to commit for the sake of protecting those he cherishes above all else.

It's a vow, for the deeply rooted love for the human, one who's very existence is the result of the tragic end of the angel who came before him and paved the doomed path he now walks.

Like Oroboros eating its tail, Simeon's love for the demon brothers and MC is never-ending and inevitable.

When asked, he says he wishes he could've fought with the brothers in the war, so he could "stay the same as them" and that the war weighed heavily on his mind from time to time.

Ever since he watched them be cast down to hell, he was destined to fall with them someday, too.

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(christ, this got so out of hand, this is probably a huge mess to read, srry I'm not a writer or a media analyst, this is just ramblings of someone who's got some really dramatic art to make.) simeon 4ever bby <3

(also I could make a separate post from solomon's pov where he's willing to sacrifice a pact with lucifer, something he's worked for years for a chance, just to save MC, but im sleepy goodnight)

(most of this post was written while I was listening to elden ring ost, thank u bayle the dread for making this post way more dramatic than it needed to be)

[pleasedontcareaboutme]

It's missing my father hours rn so imma just dump a bunch of pictures here and cry

( sorry i don't know the source of anything I just had them on my phone)

(also dont read the tags i just need to let it out lol)

[noomyguts]

half way through the vampire armand, and he loves love and god and family and the world, like can't emphasis enough how his love for others is repeated to be the direct connection to his humanity

hope nothing bad happens to rock the foundations of his very being