#pls send some in i beg

[necrotic-nephilim]

i recently remembered DickTim Week 2024 is happening very soon and i looked at the prompts again to see if i could get anything out for it and. the Hades & Persephone AU prompt for day 1 has got me really thinking so here's a vague concept i plan to write.

i've been pretty burnt out on modern Hades & Persephone retellings because of how they always seem to fall into the same generic "innocent wide-eyed girl runs from her evil mean mother into the arms of a dark mysterious man because actually she went willingly and chose to marry him" which has gotten repetitive for my tastes. (for clarity i don't care if this retelling is your cup of tea personally, so long as you're not actively trying to rewrite the original myth and claim untrue things about it, if this is your favorite flavor i sincerely hope you enjoy the buffet i just have little interest in it since it feels overdone for me and exhausted of it's supposed commentary atp)

but? but. biblically accurate Hades & Persephone AU has me all kinds of interested. because wait listen so hear me out right. Hades!Dick and Persephone!Tim, obviously. i feel it'd be more loosely inspired by with themes and imagery (though playing with death and nature powers could be interesting, i haven't decided) rather than explicitly making them gods and all. but. something dark and fucked up where Dick and Bruce are especially estranged. maybe to do with Jason's return, maybe to do with them just clashing and having their usual explosive arguments. and Bruce knows the peace needs to be kept, if he and Dick are at odds then everyone starts to pick sides and things just fracture so he needs a peace offering.

and the peace offering is Tim.

Bruce (the stand-in for Zeus) offers up Tim. agrees to have Tim move to Bludhaven and be Dick's... whatever Dick wants him to be. knowing that with the implication comes the likelihood of Dick grooming Tim. and Tim has no real say and is hesitant to put up a real fight. he doesn't want this, he knows what this is going to imply Dick will do to him, but he also knows if he says no things have the possibility to just... fall apart. so he's the unwilling bride, dragged off to the metaphorical underworld (Bludhaven) with Dick, away from his family, his friends, the life he built.

and on the flip side, i think weirdly enough, your best pick for the Demeter stand-in is *Jason*. just, hear me out on that. not necessarily on the side of it being motherly, but on Jason being just estranged enough from the Batfamily to be the one willing to call it out for being bad and wrong and raising bloody hell to get Tim back. maybe it's because Jason wants Tim for himself, maybe it's truly out of a concern for Tim to have autonomy, i'm toying with the idea of it primarily being Tim's POV and him genuinely not knowing which of these is true. (and the truth possibly ends up being a complicated middle ground) and because i like Helena, i think you can use her as the Hekate stand in, the one who strikes a tentative alliance with Jason and tries to go find Tim and bring him back. Tim stuck with Dick, getting groomed and hyperaware of it, possibly even getting fucked the whole time as well, knowing he can't go back without causing massive issues for Dick and Bruce because well, Bruce did promise him to Dick. so he has to adjust his whole life, try to figure out being a vigilante in this new city with Dick breathing down his neck the whole time.

and then much like the ending of the myth, a sort of compromise is struck that's a shaky deal for everyone involved. Tim is put on an essential timeshare, going back and forth between Gotham, where he has friends and family and a support system, then getting dragged right back to Bludhaven with Dick in this brutal cycle that he slowly gets used to and stockholm'd into even liking it. Dick isn't so bad, once he gets used to the quirks of their unbalanced 'relationship'. the sex is even something he can adjust to as well. not quite a happy ending but one that sits in this realistic grey area that becomes Tim's life.

i will write this, eventually, but i don't know if i'll get to it before DickTim Week ends so by posting the idea i'm essentially putting it out into the world so the peer pressure holds me accountable. i just. really like the potential of making Hades/Persephone AUs as fucked up as they can be simply by adhering to the source material and making it a raw story of being stolen away and forced to like this new home you didn't ask for.

also a less fleshed-out aspect of this idea i have ties into Persephone becoming the Queen of the Underworld when she's taken and how the transition from Kore to Persephone could be reflected in Tim. how he makes the best of the worst situation and becomes something far more dangerous and dark when he's in Bludhaven, possibly takes on a new vigilante name/identity and leans into the worst quirks of his personality he tries to tamper because there's no point in not going full tilt Obsessively Weird if he has no choice anyway and it being one small way he takes back his autonomy, and that inevitably making Dick *more* into him, because he gets to see Tim finally just. let loose.

[b1mbodoll]

we need to see more monsterfucking on here methinks! ☝️🤓

[acourtofquestions]

Overhead, the stars shone clear and bright, and though Mala had only once appeared to him at dawn, on the foothills across this very city, though she might be little more than a strange, mighty being from another world, he offered up a prayer anyway.

Then, he had begged Mala to protect Aelin from Maeve when they entered Doranelle, to give her strength and guidance, and to let her walk out alive. Then, he had begged Mala to let him remain with Aelin, the woman he loved. The goddess had been little more than a sunbeam in the rising dawn, and yet he had felt her smile at him.

Tonight, with only the cold fire of the stars for company, he begged her once more.

A curl of wind sent his prayer drifting to those stars, to the waxing moon silvering the camp, the river, the mountains.

He had killed his way across the world; he had gone to war and back more times than he cared to remember. And despite it all, despite the rage and despair and ice he'd wrapped around his heart, he'd still found Aelin. Every horizon he'd gazed toward, unable and unwilling to rest during those centuries, every mountain and ocean he'd seen and wondered what lay beyond... It had been her. It had been Aelin, the silent call of the mating bond driving him, even when he could not feel it.

They'd walked this dark path together back to the light. He would not let the road end here.

[perfectlyfrosty]

*goes cross-eyed* hijack modern au….. but theres dancing (jack is a figure skater maybe?? Singer??? Dancer???? Ballet dancer??????? Maybe hiccup is too??????????) i dont even care what it is i need this so bad u dont understand

Actually i just want any au where jack is famous/an influencer/smth else and hiccup is just That Loser who has a crush on him but pam pam pam jack likes him too haha thats crazy (frothing at the mouth)

[bigtreefest]

I’m so overstimulated right now. It’s like I can hear every single sound in this house and every single thing stressing me out right now is hitting my shoulders all at once. I just…I’m at a loss of what to do

[famewolf]

just realized I could literally email an old hotel I used to stay at that had the most insane jam in the world and see if they knew the farmer that made it ....

[honeypleasejustkillme]

hiiii i’m bored and would love for you to send me some asks while im high as a kite :)

[m4ndysk4nkovich]

i hate it when people have no media literacy and can’t form their own opinions… i don’t understand how you can’t form your own opinions and need to just copy and paste them from other people and if you wanna come on my blog and talk about shit you clearly know nothing about don’t even bother like pls just go back to reddit and leave me alone

[rillabrooke]

thinking about a tale of two cities editions again. someone stop me.

particularly the signature classics edition (below, left). ik those editions have this really soft buttery feel to them (my sister has peter pan in that edition). there's also a "flexibound" edition (below, right)—whatever that means—but i think that one's kinda ugly...... it has red sprayed edges, and it just clashes with the cover :/

and THEN there's the puffin classics edition in the old style (below, left), which isn't anything special except that i have a whole collection of classics in that edition. what i'd really like is them to release atotc in the new puffin classics edition (below, right) cuz i think they look so nice. (ik ik atotc isn't a children's book. but have you seen the other books they've published? dracula isn't for 11 year olds.)

[samsammysamson]

I think I'm just gonna stick to Sebby's campaigns.

[destiny-in-the-universe]

someone please give me an rc9gn ship and i’ll either write a little ficlet for it, do headcanons, or just- i am struggling with ideas; still sort of feel completely wonk about everything, and i just want something to focus on and bc this is the current never-ending interest i’m just frothing at the mouth

also literally just give me an rc9gn character i can muse, a prompt (can be short!), and i will make something. pls- i’m so desperate (and my recent posts aren’t getting as many views? i know people are busy- i get that, but i also?? want some interaction-)

it doesn’t have to be angsty even though that’s apparently my main content lately, but! seriously-

Either this: ship / prompt (song/theme/literally a couple words/etc) / canon or au

or

character/muse / prompt (song/theme/etc) / canon or au

also let me know if you want ficlet or yk- ✨ headcanons ✨ or what, help me

[aler-ii]

Does anyone have any face highlighter reccs for dark skin sims? I’m trying to look for some that highlight the face (cheeks, forehead, chin) :D

[bluelolblue]

If I get enough Santino x John asks, imma make the masterlist for it :D ‼️

Gimme more please 🤲

[klaeus]

hi klaus what is the best art period and why

ㅤㅤ❛ that is a nigh impossible question to answer, as best is entirely subjective. ❜ he is clearly going to answer it regardless, feeling it necessary considering his self-imposed title of art expert. ❛ each era of art made an impact on the craft, and therefore all have inherent value. the renaissance is likely the most commonly referenced period, its focus on individualism still influential today. prehistoric and ancient art are both esteemed due to their nature of acting as time capsules, giving us a window to peer through to get a glimpse of what the world was like in those times. medieval art reflects the cultural deterioration following the fall of the roman empire and is characterized by grotesque imagery and brutal scenery ⸻ making it a personal favorite of mine. the baroque period was all about grandeur and richness, yielding ornate and complex paintings with a heavy focus on drama. then rococo is a softer style of decorative art than baroque, defined by its lightness and elegance. plenty of styles from this era can still be found in furniture and patterns used in décor. if you want my personal opinion of which was best, i would say romanticism and impressionism. the break from tradition in european painting was interesting, and the technique of applying the paint in small points of pure color reminds me of my childhood and making my own pigments. the vibrancy, emphasis on natural light and softness of the works gives them a wistful, near . . . romantic look about them that i find appealing. simply taking a canvas and colors to apply to it and going out to paint landscapes and daily life gets to the heart of what art is - finding beauty in the world and expressing it to others. and of course, modern art is mostly complete nonsense, so i won't waste my breath discussing it. ❜

[dizzybizz]

STAR RAIL SCRIBBLE REQUESTS PLS AND THANK U

a specific character? a group of characters?? ships??? meme redraws??? oooh genshin crossovers?? characters and pokemon??? send em in 🙏🙏🙏