#one step ahead of you

[godihatethiswebsite]

hey I just wanted to tell you how much I’ve been enjoying tethered bonds!!! your writing is so gorgeous and I devour every new chapter. I just recently saw the new wicked movie adaptation and it rekindled my love for musical theatre and now all I can think about is how omega coded the song I’m not that girl is like it fits her perfectly!!!

Aww thank you so much, lovely! ❤️

Funny you should say that.... >> *stares at my spotify playlist link for tethered*

[djkerr]

TGW 03x20 Pants on Fire

Kalinda, One step ahead of you. Good luck. Cary

[ricky-mortis]

“You’re a caveman. And I’ve invented fire.”

Close-ups under the cut :)

[marciaillust]

the patrician is just a guy to me

[ruporas]

lonely

[ID: A limited palette of green and pink, Vashwood comic. The first page serves as a prologue. The first panel shows Vash speaking to someone off screen while Wolfwood is lingering behind him. A black arrow is drawn pointing at him. In the second panel, Vash is buying donuts in the distance while Wolfwood is once again in view, lingering. and the black arrow is drawn pointing at him. In the third panel, Vash is leaving a cubicle and turning towards his right with a slightly peeved expression. He sees Wolfwood, leaning against the cubicle, waiting for him, and with the black arrow drawn, pointing at him, implicating the consistent hovering of Wolfwood’s presence during Vash’s everyday. At the bottom of the page, they’re drawn out of panel with Vash turning to Wolfwood and saying with an irritated expression, “You’re really following me everywhere, huh?” Wolfwood responds, “What, you got a problem?” Vash responds without hesitation, “Yeah, kinda...”

The second page starts with a new day. In the first panel, Vash is seen alone, weighing apples in his hands at a mart, with crowds passing behind him. In the second panel, he turns to his right and starts to say, “Hey, Wolfwood...” In the third panel, he’s startled from seeing a stranger, whom he’d accidentally called out to when he was expecting to see Wolfwood. He says, “Oh, you’re not him. Sorry!” In the fourth panel, the stranger walks off and Vash muses, “Right, he said he had something to do today...”

The third page begins with a close up of Vash's miffed expression, the continuation of Vash's thoughts, "Now that he's not here, this is just like how I used to be, but... It feels lonely somehow. Oh well, I'll see him again tonight, like always." In the second panel, it shows Vash walking through the marketplace crowd, alone. In the third panel, the door panel is a close up of the door opening with a peek of Vash's head. He says, "Wolfwood!" In the fourth panel, Vash is holding a bag of food with a bright smile and says, "Are you hungry? I got you something to eat today!"

The fourth page begins with a shot of the room, two beds being highlighted, one of them being made properly with the blanket draped over the bed and the other with the blanket folded and pillow sitting on top of it. There's no sign of Wolfwood. The second panel shows Vash with a disappointed look as he thinks, "He's still not here?" The third panel shows Vash putting the bag of food on the table. Stapled to the paper bag is the receipt with a written note "For Wolfwood." Vash's thoughts continue "He does like to stay out so, I guess there's no reason to worry..." The fourth panel shows Vash sitting his bed somberly with his thoughts continued, "It's not any of my business anyway..."

The fifth page starts with a close up his blank expression as he looks downwards, thinking, "Even if he left completely... That'd be understandable and better for him. I'll just travel alone again... like before... Huh?" The next panel shows Vash's composure break, tears welling up in his eyes suddenly, as he didn't expect to cry. He starts to sob, putting his hands to his face to quiet himself and wipe at his tears, as he says, "Ugh... Dammit... I miss h..." The last panel shows Vash leaning over into his hands, still crying, and in the back, the door swings wide open with a bam as Wolfwood walks through with the punisher swung behind him. He shouts, "SPIKEY! You in here?!"

The sixth page starts with Wolfwood confused, looking at Vash and Vash looks back, just as confused, with tears in his eyes and snot out of his nose. Wolfwood starts saying, "Ah? You..." No longer in panels, at the bottom of the page, Wolfwood takes the Punisher off of himself and starts to walk towards Vash, continuing with slight concern, "What's wrong with you? Did something happen?" Vash, hurriedly begins to wipe at his tears, denying immediately, "No! No, I'm fine! Nothing happened!"

The seventh page, Vash points towards the table, with a hand still wiping at his tears and he smiles as he says, "I uh got you food. On the table." Wolfwood looks towards to the table and responds, "Oh. I was getting hungry, thanks." He turns his head back to Vash immediately after with an uncertain expression, knowing the other wasn't responding to his concern, and says, "But, I know you're an idiot with this stuff, so I'm reminding you again. Don't brush it off if it's an issue, alright?"

The eight page, Vash's tears have dried and he looks to Wolfwood with a soft smile and responds, "Yeah. It's okay though..." A panel at the center shows a side view of Vash approaching Wolfwood. At the bottom of the page, with no panel, is a close up shot of Vash's hand, holding onto the edge of Wolfwood's jacket sleeve, as he says, "Because you're here now. Wolfwood."

The final page is a back shot of both of them standing next to each other, Wolfwood's head tilted slightly to the left, not fully believing Vash as he says, "That doesn't answer anything, Spikey." Vash responds, "There's no need to talk about it! You should enjoy your food. Let's have a drink too?" Wolfwood responds, "Tsk, tsk. Fine, yeah. I could use one." END ID]

[suckishima]

ughhhhh the way that tsukishima and yamaguchi pull off their first ever serve and block and we get a glimpse into tsukki's thoughts at that moment and he isn't thinking about how sick it felt to get that stuff block or excited about making the point itself, no, he's remembering snapshots of yamaguchi—from the first "lame" and how he started off so small behind him, to the steps yamaguchi has taken to run full speed ahead of tsukki, surpassing him not in skill but drive and passion and "cool," to the courage it took for yamaguchi to stand up to tsukki and throw that hated "lame" back in his face, and now they're here standing on the court having pulled of what is considered volleyball's perfect play together and tsukki's response to that feat, to those memories of previously getting left behind by this person he once probably saw as beneath him, is to run straight back toward him and celebrate with a smile

[rustedleopard]

martlet, trying to navigate clover through the underground in such a way that it avoids having them be detected by the royal guard: it's a shame that ava got totaled while we were steering clear of waterfall where undyne patrols and now we're no longer on a straight shot to your freedom... buuut, on the bright side, we're so far off the beaten path that we won't have to worry about too many people finding you ^v^

starlo, on stage in front of a large audience in one of the most popular tourist attractions in the underground: LOOK EVERYONE! THIS HERE IS A HUMAN! THAT'S RIGHT, A HU

[neproxrezi]

someone else could write it better than me but i love how the fucked up nasty shit you can make harry do/say/be in disco elysium isn't just like, random stuff caused simply by the player having free will and control over him but they're parts of who he is and who he has been

you're not a tabula rasa. you're a sudden shock of blank pages in a big, aged, damaged book and sometimes the paper you're trying to write a better man on is torn and you see something through the gaps nobody needed to see ever again. and it's just there now again, back to the surface

[the-sonic-crew]

I AM ALL OF ME! I AM-

I see no, hear no evil Black writing's on the wall Unleashed a million faces And one by one, they fall

Black-hearted evil Brave-hearted hero I am all, I am all I am

I, I, I, I am Here we go, buddy, here we go, buddy Here we go, here we go, buddy, here we go Go ahead and try to see through me Do it if you dare One step forward, two steps back, I'm here (One step forward, two steps back)

Do it, do it, do it, do it! Can you see all of me? Walk into my mystery Step inside and hold on for dear life Do you remember me? Capture you or set you free I am all, I am all of me

I am, I am all of me (I am) I am, I am all of me (I am) I am, I am all of me (I am) I am, I am all of me (here we go!)

I see and feel the evil My hands will crush 'em all You think you have the answers I'll laugh and watch you fall

Black-hearted evil Brave-hearted hero I am all, I am all, I am

I, I, I, I am Here we go, buddy, here we go, buddy Here we go, here we go, buddy, here we go Go ahead and try to see through me Do it if you dare One step forward, two steps back, I'm here (One step forward, two steps back)

Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it Can you see all of me? Walk into my mystery Step inside and hold on for dear life Do you remember me? Capture you or set you free I am all, I am all of me

I am, I am all of me (I am) I am, I am all of me (I am) I am, I am all of me (I am) I am, I am all of me (here we go!)

I am, I am everyone, everywhere Anyhow, anyway, any will, any day I am, I am everyone, everywhere Anyhow, anyway, any will, any day I am, I am, I am I am, I am, I am I am

Do it, do it, do it, do it! Can you see all of me? Walk into my mystery Step inside and hold on for dear life Do you remember me? Capture you or set you free I am all, I am all of me

I am, I am all of me (I am) I am, I am all of me (I am) I am, I am all of me (I am) I am, I am all of me (here we go! Here we go!) (I am) I am, I am all of me (here we go!)

I am, I am all of me!

[somedayslater]

i didnt read the last chapters since i discovered it was the end (but i was spoiled by tumblr lol)... i didnt want to believe it... i want to still look forward to new chapters of No Home :(

For the last few years eunyung and haejoon have been my companions. I healed a little while following the story of eunyung, feeling like its ok to be angry and wanting revenge on your family and the society that continues to want to keep you in a "house" where you are mistreated. How the world isnt made for children at all, the absolute unfairness of it all. That you can choose to keep going, and if you do so its ok to keep your distance with what hurts you.

I healed too with haejoon, who came to terms with the fact that he will always be overcome with sadness and grief from time to time, and when that happens he can only let himself feel and wait for it to pass, and try to look forward to the next day.

Honestly this manwha was the best ever. I couldnt read this manhwa as a form of escapism because it was too real. It pulled strings in my heart i didnt know i had, made me question a lot of things about myself, about others, about my relationship with others. It made me have painful discussion with a few people. Following this manhwa, most of the time, was really unpleasant lol. I hated then loved eunyoung, I liked and then disliked haejoon (yeah sorry haejoon, i think you can be really cruel and stupid and i wanted to strangle you a few times in the last arcs (i would NOT be friend with that guy lol) -thats why this character is so amazing). But i felt so much while reading it i wouldnt trade it for anything. It was funny, it was dumb, it was deep, it was enraging and healing, but most of all it was sincere. The most sincere depiction of what being a person in a deeply flawed society is, and how there's happiness even while surviving.

It was so frustrating to see the manhwa go in a direction i didnt want it to go ! I wanted it to become my cozy refuge, where every problems are magically solved, where haejoon and eunyung ends up understanding and loving each other in a cliché way, where theres a new home with my *fave charas* and its a series of feel-good interactions. Instead the problems kept pilling up, most of them didnt have a satisfactory conclusion, eunyung and haejoon kept hurting each other and distancing themselves. Haejoon just cut contact with his father without knowing what were his nefarious motives or without this guy facing any consequences, we dont know if eunyung's parents will keep bothering eunyung unchecked, we dont know if they're going to be happy and rich, or if, realistically, as orphans without generational wealth and deep traumas, they're going to end up in a shitty life situation.

And i couldnt thank wanan enough for this. They didnt take the easy way, the feel-good way, the way that would have given them a probably bigger fandom so a bigger source of money. I'm amazed by how they managed to hold this whole story so perfectly. Not a single misstep. Everything they draw was where it should have been, every action from the characters were understandable (and frustrating lol), the fucking subtlety of the developing relationships, no deus ex machina and no miserabilism. I didnt always agree with wanan's ethic or what i perceived of it (i think stealing or being violent is ok depending on the context, i dont think working hard to earn money is a virtue) but i respect how they choose to present it. I didnt talk about the other characters because honestly they didnt move me as much (except marie), but i love them so much too. I felt sad that eunyung and haejoon didnt become best friend 5ever (or even lovers hehe) but honestly, understandable lol. If i was one of them i WOULDNT become close with the other at all, so its kinda amazing they could still find this level of mutual understanding.

In short, wanan is an amazing story teller.

And an amazing image-composist (have no idea how to say this in english). The artstyle doesnt look like much, but this gave wanan a wide graphic range to convey emotions that wouldnt have been possible with a more sophisticated style i think -how will i forget the red swirlings mixing with eunyung skin ? The expressions, the choice of colors, the choice in showing something in particular without giving a clear explanation on why (often haejoon's surprised or contemplative face, which made me re-read chapters a few times to try to understand what was happening in his big head). It didnt feel like wanan thought their readers were stupid, nor did they play the fake-deep style. It was perfectly balanced.

And so even if i didnt read it, i have no doubt the end will be the same. Im so sad they decided to end this manhwa, but i know prolonging it would have been greedy and that ultimately, the manhwa would have suffer for it. Some authors do that : they have a popular series going on, and for whatever reason they keep writing new chapters without a clear goal and so the story becomes diluted, messy, useless. I love when they do this, because i can say goodbye to a story progressively as my interest in it wans, without feeling sadness or loss. But it makes me not think of the story at all in the future, since everything that was good about it became buried in new shitty chapters. Because wanan didnt do that, i know that i would think of no home for a long while, maybe forever,

,like i really lost companions when no home ended actually. Because it really, really hurts, knowing i wont be seeing new faces of the no home characters anymore. I know it sounds probably stupid ; i feel genuine grief here lol. I want to know what will happen to them, if they are alright, if they found a place in the world... if there is something to look forward after all, and i really dread not having answers every monday anymore. and the fandom is so small i cant comfort myself by re-entering the no home world every week or whatever... does anyone else feel this way ToT ? maybe i should participate myself but well,, i wouldnt know where to begin...

And saying that ! I'm almost never on this blog, i dont really have socmed accounts, i dont participate in fandoms at all. But I spent a looot of time reading and watching people who does -without being connected or interacting with posts or fanfics at all. AND i really want to thank you all for giving me so much material to chew, posts that made me think, fics that made me smile, drawings that inspired me, witnessing interactions that made me laugh. I was and i probably will continue to be a ghost on socmed, but i really want you to know that you had an impact on me and i was looking forward to your new posts (and will continue to!).

the "every no home chapter is a test of my willingness to Not blow my own brains out" and explosion eunhae monday of @skiptoyuri

the regular nohome posters which makes me happy to check tumblr regularly @shimamitsulover @lesbianpegbar @luckyswamps @tomoyoo @cloudbends @t0a2ter @solcarow @dragon-of-timeless-blue

the awesome artists who keep producing bangers nohome art @gohaejoon @maxsolosur @jjd5426 @bnnuycafe @ct-bunny @lentl-soup @fartaycat @jjd5426 @prokkoli @moxymaxing @ginangtan

the nohome posters that i enjoyed running into @pleuvoire @homolobotomized @podoro-vines @fmet @welpuu @revertrate @obstinaterixatrix @kulluto

the artists that made me interested in checking no home @cienfll @craysmo @ant-eaters @idledee @fruiitlins @froqpi-art @201918b @tinfishmeal @ohrsoh @30mingirlfriend

thanks @ditherslam for the awesome fanfics, obviously i read them all and they're some of my favourites. youre an amazing writer and i cant wait for the next chap of "your atoms"!!

thanks @homeless202 for being an insatiable nohome poster for a while (and @grannykombucha !)

im forgetting a lot of others but i really wanted to thank you all for your time, energy, work. i never interacted with your posts or with you but i really want to convey how cool it is that you all contribute to make no home a more well-known manhwa and the fandom alive

thank youuuu (hope the @ are ok tell me if its bothersome ill delete it)

and really, really, thank you wanan ! waaaa i want to cry

[seirindono]

The Missing Scarf VII - part 16

Blue means *STOP

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[atomicradiogirl]

it’s always sunny in philadelphia and everything is the same except paddy’s pub is a lesbian bar and the gang are all lesbians. that is all.

[temscraft]

the world building, foreshadowing, character development and storyline of parkour civilization is genuinely so fucking good

[kairithemang0]

Owen's a fast walker send post

[suckishima]

"He's always one step ahead of me after all."

[stupidlittlespirit]

I understand, I didn’t mean to sound like your struggle or mine is on the same level. It’s just stinks that bad shit happens to good people especially when you did everything the best you could.

Yeah no I understand where you were coming from, it's okay! Bad shit happens to everyone. It isn't about deserving or not deserving it, good or bad. Nor is it about levels.

Remember that even when you do everything right, even when you avoid all the pitfalls and tropes in the scary movie, sometimes the axe wielding maniac still gets you. Not because you did anything wrong, but because that's just what happens. That maniac gets lucky. It isn't fair. It sucks.

But you don't have to accept your fate. Instead, you have to acknowledge that axe in your shoulder and you have to decide whether or not you're going to let him pull it out of you and hit you again, or whether you're going to punch him in the throat, pull it out of yourself whilst he's down and hack him to death with it.

And sometimes that will be hard. It will feel impossible. That wound in your shoulder will cut deep and it will bleed and bleed and bleed. You won't feel like you can even lift the weight of the weapon, let alone kill your attacker with it. But you still have one good arm! With that one good arm you can hit him and then he's caught off balance for a moment.

And in that moment, you have room to breathe. Even if only for a second. You've created even the smallest of opportunities for yourself. You've managed to get out of bed. You've managed to brush your teeth. You've found the strength to open your eyes.

You've taken the first step. The next one will be harder. It will be painful. It will be difficult. But you have one good arm and by god, you are going to do it! You can do it! I believe in you!

Covered in blood, crying, screaming, limbs hanging off, it doesn't matter. What matters is that you do your best with what you have.

And listen, this is a horrible analogy because sometimes you can't do anything. Sometimes you just succumb. But that's okay too. You can't win them all. But you can win some, and I think that's enough to motivate you sometimes.

You will eventually build a life for yourself that is so beautiful, you'll wonder how you could have ever doubted its existence. It may not be grand, it may not be luxurious, but it will be yours. One day, you'll be making dinner in the kitchen in your own apartment (or in your parent's house!) and you'll be hit with this sudden thought of 'man, I'm glad I pulled that axe out'.

I know you can do it. I believe in you.