#paterns in nature

[kristo-flowers]

Launaea arborescens

[homoangel]

[identityquest]

here with me

[usyrps]

aegon can understand high valyrian very well, but he struggles speaking it. studying languages is difficult for him, it took him long to pick up the basics of it even in writing because he doesn't have the patience required for it. he also never felt much innate bond with his targaryen/valyrian ancestry, never felt the need to connect with his father in that way, and so it seemed irrelevant to him.

[sanasanakun]

Maybe I’m stupid (likely) but I feel like Gojo resembling Toji in his battle with Megumi!Sukuna is trying to show that he is a paternal figure in Megumi’s life. Like the two different sides of Megumi’s male paternal figures (or I guess the two most consistent male adult figures in Megumi’s life)??? I don’t buy that Gojo was a father figure for Tsumiki and Megumi (to me he was more like Spencer from ICarly lmao) but like…i feel like the outfit similarity is trying to say something about their relationship on a familial or paternal scale…but im too dumb to fully phrase this how i want so maybe just ponder on this for me hahaha

[gothsuguru]

love delving into suguru’s overthinking brain <3

[mosscreeper-ao3]

You ever see a fandom opinion that has you like

and you have to force yourself to be normal about it because it’s ultimately harmless but also jfc how did you miss the point that hard.

[cealtrachs]

One of my favorite things about Vagabond is how beloved Kojiro is within the narrative. A deaf-mute swordsman with a kill count nearing the triple digits. Referred to as a "monster." A "beast" and "crazy tiger." A "person purely devoted to the sword."

"Even if you love him, you've got to fear him." And yet, he is wholly loved by so many.

Animals love him. Birds land on his body, and cats curl up in his lap. An untamable horse on the verge of being put down accepts Kojiro as its sole rider.

Children love him. They follow him like mayflies and giggle when he notices them. They give him group hugs. They beg him to train them.

Women love him. Sex workers refuse to charge him and even thank him for being a good lover. They comment on his warmth. The women in Kokura adore him (as do all village residents, within a day of meeting Kojiro).

Even his enemies love him. They refer to him as "cherished by all swords." They remark on his sparkling eyes as they are disemboweled and beheaded. They note that Kojiro fights without hatred or rage - only a look of mild curiosity, or open joy. They watch him develop new techniques on the battlefield, and celebrate!

They seek and - it's fairly ambiguous whether this is supernatural, or a projection placed onto Kojiro by outsiders - fully understand what Kojiro is conveying through his swordsmanship! And Kojiro is excited by this. Being seen. Understood.

Swordsmanship not as a method of domination or centralizing political power but an expression of love. A dedication to craft and singular method of communication!

Kojiro's opponents almost never survive, of course. But when they do, they imagine him telling them to become stronger. They see him in their dreams. They speak of him as they would an old friend, years later. Even Musashi - Kojiro's natural antagonist, in history and in fiction - thinks back on his "way" while watching Kojiro spar.

"So their primal instincts tell them that they are not enemies."

[gedwimora]

it’s probably a sign that one of the things i do while half asleep in bed is tinker with phrasings for how i want to explain the massive canon divergencies i have planned for rhaen.yra and dae.mon…

[aboriforma]

Unending envisioning enveloped in shatterproof folds

[Published Aug 28, 2018]

‘What are the objectives,’ the warframe growls, and Warren bounces back to the mission director’s signal – still silent.

‘I don’t know…’ Warren sighs, ‘they seem to have gone dark now.’

The loki keeps its distance from the market settled just meters from the resting transport carrier, even as the Martian dust whorls around the comforting invisibility. And Warren allows them, merely presiding over the mission as they wait for the mission director to return. Small paws pad through the dust as the warframe eyes the transport ship, waiting beneath its massive shadow as the cloak persists – impatient.

Warren’s thoughts choke, this is his chance. ‘Do you have a name?’

‘Does it really matter?’ the loki snaps back, turning over a shoulder as they feel the teenager’s presence float over his nerves.

Warren sulks, turning away from the merging senses, he berates himself as he waits for the passive voice of the director to guide him. Following orders is so much easier than forcing himself to be pro-active… mind holding his sensory cheek in resentment. He observes as the loki snaps his cloak back on as they wait, a shiver shaking down their spine.

Silence…

‘Sorry,’ the warframe returns, heaving a sigh through their dark blotched vents, glancing over the abandoned Martian architecture surrounding them. Barren and laid waste with blast marks, the adobe structures sit smoldering and splattered with blood and gory remnants of the small colony. The loki’s dull cerulean eye slits browse over the landscape, hoisting the catalyst between their arms.

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Jade Shadows epilogue - Teshin's Refuge (excerpt)

There is a child in my head. Not you, my love. Some battle-shattered thing, a ghost, a dream. She calls me by a name I do not choose.

Who are you? I ask.

"Your operator," the child says, "C'mon."

What did they DO to you?

"Let's go! We're being called up! Time to fight!"

My hand raises of its own volition. It is trembling. I hear the unvoiced tears in her thoughts.

"I can do this. I'm a Tenno. I can do this."

I repeat softly, firmly: What did they do to you?

I feel the child curl up, fetal. She whimpers.

"I... I want my mom."

[richs-pics]

Colours of autumn

[alrightbuckaroo]

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[baura-bear]

These two sweaty twinks better start making out sloppy style

[ge]

geomjon should have stayed alive not for mt hua but so that i could see him age until he had wrinkles under his eyes and smile lines on his cheeks. until his gray hairs were more prominent than his black... gilf NOW!!!😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

IM ALWAYS SAYING THISSS i think biga actually mightve spared us when he decided not to do this cuz imagining geomjon in place of geomhyeop acting exactly the same and going on all the same adventures w the disciples.. i think seeing that adapted into the manhwa would have genuinely killed me..

[theheadlessgroom]

@beatingheart-bride

Susannah was once more very bashful at his praise of her, cheeks still rosy as she bowed her head as she took another sip of tea, too shy to look him in the eye: As far as she was concerned, it was the least she could do for him. After everything he'd done for her, not only saving her, but making sure she felt safe and secure in her home afterwards? Making sure he was healing comfortably...it really seemed like the very least she could do.

Honestly, in some ways, she felt like she wanted to do more for him than just that...sure, she gave him the salve and baked him muffins, but a part of her wanted to do more...maybe she'd make him dinner one of these nights, one of her days off, as a way of thanking him for that heavenly meal he brought her...

...or, maybe, just maybe...she could make him a sweater.

No, no, she thought to herself, quick to discard the notion, only half-listening to Philippe and Doreen now, the latter telling the former all about her fond memories of August Pace, in the short time he spent in her family's employ. No, even if he didn't know the meaning behind the sweater, she felt, perhaps, shouldn't...

...but she wanted to. She wanted to make something with love for him, something he could wear and treasure forever, that much she knew, deep down in her gut, in her heart of hearts...

...but she couldn't help but wonder just one thing:

Would he even want to wear her love?

[gothsuguru]

I need...to hear about dilf!suguru...he's been on my mind lately too😩

KARINA… “a father’s intuition” oh this one is for us like this is for the dilf!geto lovers <333 ok so . i have an idea in the sense that i know certain things i want to put into the fic but i don’t necessarily know the plot yet so i’ll just tell you the things i intend to include!

so we know that geto in general has a paternal/maternal instinct like he’s Mother he’s Father he’s an icon he’s a legend etc… but i love the idea of him being the older!bf to his younger!gf and showing her the ropes almost? i think the fic will include just different scenes in their relationship like maybe one scene will be him protecting reader from someone/something, a scene based on love and his experience with love and teaching reader, maybe a hurt/comfort argument about reader & him and suguru acting more like a father rather than a boyfriend in their relationship, and then maybe also a suggestive scene which i think will be a bit dark yet sexy and i’m THINKING of including almost a punishment? like a mouth/teeth inspection… him being sexy & suave & condescending and showing reader the ropes… idk if that makes sense but it makes sense in my brain i can only HOPE that it comes out well in writing 🙂‍���️🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️