#or maybe it's the nature of it

[lylahammar]

My take on unicorns! I'd really love to make a mythical creature field guide someday, since the Spiderwick Field Guide is what inspired me to start drawing in the first place 🥰

[doom-dreaming]

"when i was your age, i was working three jobs to help support my family" and "when i was in college i was sleeping on a mattress on the floor and living off of soup"

YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE HAD TO DO THAT. NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO DO THAT. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN TO YOU THAT THIS ISN'T A CHARACTER-BUILDING LESSON, IT'S JUST BAD

[evenlyevi]

Moonlight

[cordspaghetti]

The twin devils, humbled by her blunt force trauma

[vennitrii]

hey man maybe if you think about the fact that dogs dream, and that non-human animals play, and that octopuses decorate their dens, and that there are non-human animals that have cultures, and that ants teach each other, and that fossils exist, and that there are so many forms of language and communication, and that fellow apes look so much like us, and that we are not alone you'll see the beauty and joy

[troutpaws]

fish requests #1 :-D

[ky-landfill]

[los-plantalones]

[stonebutchery]

and don't get me wrong, that's the nature of their codpendency under this extreme pressure.

what i'm trying to say here is that they're both doing things to each other to keep themselves mentally and emotionally afloat, which in turn is what ends up keeping each other afloat.

reading the screenplay, i’ve noticed that when lawrence feels powerless or cornered in reaction to adam’s actions or words, he lashes out specifically by targeting adam’s vulnerabilities.

adam explains he wanted to become a vet but was discouraged by the school requirements, and in fact reveals he never finished high school (not explicit, only implied, right before he pivots to a distraction and talks about the corpse not having future prospects, to crack a joke), but lawrence does try to comfort him by telling him "it's never too late" to instill a bit of hope in adam. and then he becomes suspicious of adam's avoidant fidgeting with the photo over the edge of the tub, he feels powerless and he re-asserts that power by targeting a vulnerability. he picks on adam's intelligence. he calls him stupid.

similarly (and, although this is strictly part of solving this puzzle, i'm sure lawrence does experience some sympathy here), lawrence decides to ask adam why the tape referenced adam wanting to die. he asks him why he felt suicidal. adam once again seems reluctant to explicitly explain himself. instead, he continues using implication to avoid directly addressing his vulnerability, which is almost like painting a target around the big, soft, weak spot in the center of his references to his sensitivities, something that lawrence zeros in on each time he lashes out at adam. once again, adam tells lawrence he feels worthless (in so many words) and lawrence, angry about what he's learned about adam's covert documentation of his infidelity, calls him worthless (in so many words). a gutterfeeder, a bottomfeeder.

when he's cornered, lawrence resorts to wounding him, perhaps because he wants to have control over the situation and he wants adam to know he's in control.

and of course adam wants for larry to be the calm one, the one who knows what he's doing (because he sure isn't), he wants him to get both of them out. even despite adam's own outbursts. when he says, "fuck thinking, don't you wanna scream?!" it's almost like he's testing how stable lawrence is. this guy he knows he was tasked with stalking and photographing, who has a stern and calm and resolute demeanor, something he's already latched onto ("despite himself, lawrence's stern, even tone has the effect of settling adam a little," "are you alright?" "are you injured?" "what's your name?"). something adam is aware enough of to protect when he hides the hostage photo of larry's wife and daughter. not only because he still holds suspicion of lawrence's role in this ordeal or his motives, but because he can't lose that stability lawrence provides him.

the way that these two trust and distrust, the way that their codependency relies on a dynamic of protecting and soothing, it just drives me fucking insane.

[lucabyte]

On autonomy, and what it means to be Obliged to Help.

Bonus:

[bunnieswithknives]

In which Dev finally talks about what happened to Peri :3

part (1/2): next

[payasita]

two-step

[ruporas]

captain's warm hugs! (id in alt)

[automatisma]

It's so interesting to me that Slay the Princess is the kind of art that leaves little room for structured interpretation of the text because it's so good at exploring what is it about (almost everything you want to say about it is already in the text! just go play it again), while easily supporting a lot of derivative reimaginings, remixes and fanworks.

[shepscapades]

Maybe now would be a good time to mention that Etho doesn’t technically join hermitcraft until after the start of Double Life… which means. Yeah dbhc Etho is still in reset-mode for the entirety of Double Life (this is about equally upsetting as it is genuinely hilarious)

(Despite being explicitly told not to force Etho to re-deviate by Xisuma and Doc, and after roughly a month of no luck, I’m sure you can imagine the impatience and desperation that went into Bdubs’ decision to sign Etho up for the next life series, considering the last one was the last time Bdubs really saw Etho. Or. As himself anyway.)

[fruittt-punchhh]

(18+, toji smut ahead)

was thinking about sleepy! toji all night lowkeyyyyy

like when he gets home and he’s so tired he doesn’t even greet you, just grumbles and huffs like the old man he is??? kicks off his stupid boots and takes off his sweaty shirt as he draaaaags his feet to the couch??

sleepy! toji who needs comfort in a way only you can give. so tired he doesn’t tell you what to do and doesn’t ask either.

sleepy! toji who grabs your ankles, pulling your legs sideways on the couch before he finds place between them, stomach flat on the couch as he takes in your scent through the panties he bought you last week.

sleepy! toji who pulls your panties to the side just enough to get his tongue on you, diving nose first into your heat as he drinks straight from the source.

sleepy! toji who’s too tired to care what he looks like, all sweaty and mangled from work, his face buried in your cunt just how he pictured earlier in his shift - the pure filth that he was tainting the beautiful image of you, lost in pleasure with your soft skin all blushed and slick with sweat, just for him.

sleepy! toji who’s even too tired to care what he sounds like, moaning like the slut he is at heart as he enjoys his long-awaited meal.

sleepy! toji who gives you no time to recover after your orgasm, pushing your legs up by your face before he pulls his heavy cock through his zipper.

sleepy! toji who fucks you rough into the couch in missionary - not a usual contender on his list of favorite positions. his words are slurred, all drunk and dazed from his exhaustion - “let me see my pretty girl’s face, yeah?” he says after you cover your face in your arms, embarrassed at the display of intimacy that was usually absent.

sleepy! toji who still, at his most intimate, has you arching off the couch with each orgasm as you scream cries of his name, leaving you feeling so loved and simultaneously so fucked out of your mind.

sleepy! toji who’s noises are so much more present than usual, moans all drawn-out and loud as he loses himself in your sex. he begs you to cum again for him with a ‘please’, a word you haven’t heard from him in months.

sleepy! toji who’s fully gone now, panting out breathy praises as he watches you take all of him so well.

“so fuckin’ good, honey”

“take me - mmph, so well”

“this pretty.. fuckin’ cunt’s gonna.. make me cum,”

“jesus… christ, y/n”

sleepy! toji who pumps his load deep into your guts, still fucking you with lazy drags of his hips as he stares at you, lip bitten and eyes hooded before he pushes into you fully to give you a kiss goodnight.

(sleepy! toji who actually finds a towel for you first this time, stripping his remaining clothes with a ‘you comin’, baby?’ as he heads upstairs)

(sleepy! toji who is def the lil’ spoon tonight)