#prepare for the floods

[artcalledky]

Lollipop not a Cock

ArtCalledKY

Play ball

Mother became an addict provided for

By a State

They gave never watched

And UR mother is an addict

A play for state

Child Support Offices most likely gained votes in assistance by a bureaucrat sitting behind a desk, pushed in votes with monthly proceeds

Hey how’s that Weather

The wether or not you should of listened

Except the gains in Tornados

I pray for not and others around me pray for them to go away, it’s been the same since 2015

When I started praying against the Tornado

The one that touched after had no effect

It was probably just the wind

[zephyrchama]

"What did you have for lunch today? "Are you carrying an umbrella with you right now?" "Where were you at 5 o'clock PM yesterday?"

Satan's barrage of questioning was relentless. It felt like for every answer you gave, he had ten more questions ready and waiting. Something must have happened to bring out his detective side once again, but you had no idea what. Satan sure wasn't going to tell you. At least, not until he was certain you were in the clear. You determined that it was best to cooperate so as not to wind up on his list of suspects.

"I was helping Simeon tidy up some old papers he found that had fallen from somewhere." It was hard to get more detailed than that, it hadn't exactly been an exciting event. You quickly added, "and before you ask, we had tea afterwards and then he walked me home."

Satan nodded. "Describe your relationship with Simeon."

You sighed. Did you just paint Simeon as as suspect, too? "He's a really, really good friend. I don't think he'd do anything bad. He gives good advice and help when I need it, bakes me too much food, and will give me signed copies of TSL. He's very thoughtful. He's kind of like a mom friend."

Satan was stoic with a frown until the "mom friend" comment. Only then did his face soften by just a smidge. He leaned in close to stare at your eyes, not allowing you to look away. If you tried, he would softly raise a palm and turn your head back towards him with a slow caress of your face. Perhaps a new interrogation tactic?

"Then, describe your relationship with me."

It was much harder to do that in front of the person you were describing. "You know you're also my really, really good friend," you responded. "I feel like, given the chance, you would do anything for me."

It was true. Though, it was obvious. Satan practically said as much every day. He wanted to hear more. What else did you think of him?

He wasn't out to interrogate you like a villain. He truly wanted to know, did you eat well? Will you be okay if it rains, do you want to share an umbrella? Where were you yesterday if not by his side? There was so much about you that he didn't know, so much about you that he wanted to know. Do you think of him in the ways he thinks of you?

[writer-room]

Its so funny that Arin and Sora have shown to have significantly better emotional intelligence than any of the ninja from all of the old seasons combined. "You should be taking care of your mental health" and "yeah saving the world is upsetting! no wonder you're having stress dreams" oh my precious children. You are surrounded by a teen dad with massive self-worth issues, the only one of two people who remembers the genie incident and also turned into the sea once, guy who's died like 3+ times and committed genocide under mind control, and a child soldier who's been living the hard knock life since age 2.

I hope to god you two are prepared to witness the most mentally unwell behavior you've seen in your entire teenage lives. You think you've already seen how bad it can get now? Fools. Just wait until you get a mission involving the Departed Realm

[ninihowlter]

he will NOT let the pantaloons go

X

[hanfocus]

MANIAC : ENCORE IN JAPAN / DANCE PRACTICE

[imm0rtal-idi0t]

The Living and the Dead | Episode 1

Mr and Mrs Appleby are so stinkin' cute here.

[greenieart]

I was inspired.

[bottombaron]

So after staring into the middle distance for a couple days I'm ready to start discussing some theories I have before the season finale destroys us. They are all very wide-ranging in absurdity but I'll start with the one that I think has the most substance and therefore I think is most likely to happen. Also, I haven’t caught up with the tag yet so if someone already posted these theories, sorry! 

So here is Theory #1, known otherwise as,

Why (I think) I know how Laszlo is going to unfuck Guillermo

The solution, I believe, was stated at the very end of The Roast by Laszlo himself: 

FIRST THOUGHT, BEST THOUGHT

Laszlo has spent weeks deeply committed to solving a problem. He's wasted precious time trying to outthink his first (and probably best) solution – and I'm not just talking about his book sorting. Neither was Laszlo, not entirely at least. I actually do think he was focused at least a little bit on his books because that's kind of what happens when you're stuck on a problem. Your brain wanders to other much less taxing ordeals. Usually, as you solve that smaller problem, you find the solution to the thing you really want to solve. 

So what was Laszlo’s first idea?

All along Laszlo had the answer but Guillermo told him that he didn't think it would work, so Laszlo just didn't pursue it further. (We don't even know if Laszlo knows the circumstances of the test and why it didn't work. Just that Guillermo didn't approve that idea.) So then Laszlo wasted valuable time and energy trying to ~Science~ this problem instead of using his true best skill that was showcased in episode one of the season: his charm. His powers of persuasion (the classical art of bullshitting, as it were) is his true super power. (Sadly, it’s not science. He doesn't really have the patience for science tbh).

But, no, rly, he should bullshit his way thru this. That's what he does best. He can outthink Nandor easily. (well….maybe. with the time spent on his experiments, Nandor could have the advantage of several weeks, if not months, to figure things out beforehand, as dense as he is) He should concoct a bullshit so impenetrable that it unfucks Guillermo from Derek and refucks him to Nandor. 

Further foreshadowing of this you ask?

(this whole season is dedicated to ‘plans’ it’s crazy how much A Plan pops up. maybe i’ll dedicate a separate post to collecting them all)

But alas! The test that The Baron did proved this wouldn’t work, right!?

Well here's some free additional theories to how Laszlo could solve that hiccup:

1. Laszlo figures out (and solves) the reason why The Baron/Neighbor test didn't work in the first place.

There could be any number of factors of why The Baron's neighbor blew up. It could be that The Baron is all that more powerful than the average vampire and so his bite gives an extraordinary fill of uh...vampire-ness? and Derek, being so young and weak, doesn't do much at all. Maybe it has something to do with The Sire. If The Baron was turned by the first being ever affected by vampirism, then maybe that vampirism is slowly depleted the further down the line you go. Derek is probably very far removed from The Sire which means he cannot transfer much of that affliction onwards. Nandor, if he was turned by The Baron (one removed from The Sire) or someone similar, explains how he is so powerful, hopefully tho he wouldn’t have too much power to possibly overwhelm Guillermo's half-a-virgin body (and yes I did like how kinky that sounded when I wrote it). It doesn't really matter the exact reason as long as Laszlo can convince Guillermo to try it and he has a relatively decent chance of surviving it. (convincing Guillermo to go thru with this plan overall is probably going to be the most trouble actually. you don't easily forget a guy exploding in your face)

2. Something to do with the experiments. (or the Nadja’s bait-and-switch tactic she used to catch The Baron/Guillermo from The Roast)

I have a larger theory on the experiments and why I think there's still one in the house, but that's for later. During The Roast, Nandor is pretty convinced that the mutant Guillermo is the real one (despite one pretty big glaring error: he has no glasses. none of the experiments need glasses...), Laszlo might have been testing this theory by having The Baron bring his body to Nandor in the first place in order to see how convinced Nandor would be by it. This might be enough for Laszlo to try to use a duplicate of Guillermo for Nandor to bite. The duplicate will not explode (probably?) due to only being a hybrid of Guillermo's blood and an animal…or something(one) else pretending to be Guillermo… (and if it does, maybe Laszlo plans to shoo Nandor out of the line of sight in order for him not to see. And then you get the angst and drama of Guillermo literally using a scapegoat to take his 'sin' despite his reluctance to hurt innocent creatures)

But will the fake Guillermo actually convince Nandor? It's hard to say, and I love that threat of Nandor realizing that it's not the true Guillermo he bit and feeling even more betrayed. Maybe Laszlo concocts a whole ambiance to the event in order to sell the lie. It has to be special right?

So there's dim lights and candles and (fake) Guillermo is laid out in Nandor's coffin and there's this whole presentation element to it that was left out of Guillermo's turn with Derek. It's more like the fantasy that Guillermo probably always had of being turned by Nandor. It plays out like a romantic love scene. But Guillermo is asleep or has his eyes closed and won't talk or maybe only makes small noises and Nandor's very upset abt this. Laszlo is probably hovering too and Nandor doesn't like that either but Laszlo insists he must be there and it's now it's all awkward and wrong, kind of like how Guillermo felt before he was bit by Derek. (now it’s like Nandor is the bull cucking Laszlo in front of him) Nandor goes thru with it and bites Guillermo and is rushed by Laszlo so he doesn't get to drink or drink too much of his blood and there's fumbling with trying to get his own blood into Guillermo's unresponsive mouth.

Or maybe Nandor finds out because Guillermo's blood is disgusting and he either knows or had hoped it would be good tasting*. or that Guillermo just lays there and there's no reciprocation of desire. But maybe he just doesn't find out and once it's over he expects to be able to lay with Guillermo or otherwise be there for his turning but Laszlo quickly rushes him out of his own room and closes the door behind him.

So now Nandor feels all the same despondency that Guillermo had felt with his turn with Derek. Like this big special moment he's built up for years was a complete dud. Like he missed out on something truly magical and he doesn't know why. And Guillermo will feel like shit too, for tricking Nandor. Laszlo isn't happy either. But it worked and they all just have to live with it. Meanwhile this act that was meant to make Nandor's and Guillermo's bond stronger, only serves to create even greater distance between them. 

Re*: evidence that Guillermo's blood might taste 'different':

3. ANYWAYS. that was theory two. lets talk about theory 3.

WITCHES.

I actually think there's good reason Laszlo has divorced Science and is now going to have an affair with Magic. It's exactly when Nadja says 'has this hex turned me into an uggo' that Laszlo comes to life and exclaims ‘that's it!’. If science wasn't the solution, maybe magic is. It's not like they don't know some witches, or that, at least to a degree, witches actually have some power. (specifically the power to look, vaguely, like someone else.) I'm not certain of the specifics but there's a chance Laszlo could be turning to magic to solve his problems. This would also bring Nadja's storyline more relevant and in focus for the season. The thing I like the most about this theory? Episode 9 describes being invited to a manor owned by someone named Morrigan. Morrigan is a Celtic goddess of war and fate that was probably the inspiration for Arthurian legendary sorceress, Morgan le Fay. (Laszlo's name may also be connected to Arthurian legend, Lancelot. but that probably doesn't mean anything.)

So! That's my three extra theories attached to this one big theory that Laszlo is going to go 'back to the beginning' and use his first thought to solve this. Go with his gut. His first solution was his best solution, all along.

…He simply needs to convince Nandor to turn Guillermo.

The, uh, details of this plan may be a lot more complicated than it suggests.

[haydardotjpg]

Going back to my roots: posting bad-quality scans of traditional sketches. Because why not? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Anyway these two have totally taken over my brain so here have this <3

[nikscribbles]

Brothers supporting Brothers

[tales-from-syscord]

one of my alters got told to not talk in the server because he was straight

What 😭 help??? Lmfao??

[thedrowsydoormouse]

So I’ve been doing a little bit of thinkin’ after the two new episodes of Who about Susan Twist and I had a lightbulb moment I haven’t really seen anyone else talking about just yet.

Spoilers ahead for Wild Blue Yonder, Church on Ruby Road, Space Babies, and the Devil’s Chord. Ok, onto the theory!

We all know Susan Twist is going to be more than just an Easter Egg, but I think everyone is taking the actress’s name too literally. She’s not playing Susan.

She’s The One Who Waits.

She’s there. Always in the background. On the periphery. Watching. Waiting. Because everything leads back to her.

And the first time we see her is in the scene that has the first major world shift in the episode that set up this entire plotline about invoking superstition at the edge of the universe and letting something through.

And who do we encounter pretty much immediately after? The embodyment of Play (Toymaker). And then a little later in we meet the embodyment of Music (Maestro).

Which raises the next part of my theory: What is The One Who Waits the embodyment of?

Death

Death just sits, and waits, and watches, biding their time because everything has its time and Death comes for everything in the end.

And every time we’ve seen her, things start going really wrong. In WBY, she was one of the last people we saw before the Tardis landed on the spaceship, Donna almost died, and the Doctor almost let a NotWe loose on the universe. In Ruby Road, she’s watching Ruby and her friends perform the same night they nearly get crushed by the giant snowman head. She was one of the crew in Space Babies who were forced to leave the station and abandon all those babies to die. And in Devil’s Chord she was in the cafeteria when Paul and John are talking to the Doctor and Ruby about music before getting angry and leaving which, had the Doctor not intervened, would’ve lead to literal nuclear winter.

I feel like too many people are focusing on just the previous lore from the past 60 years which, for any other context makes sense. But this isn’t your granny’s Doctor Who anymore. The tone shift started in WBY means we need to think outside the Blue Box (that’s bigger on the inside) to figure it all out and for once, I think being into SuperWhoLock may have finally paid off! The NotWes are shapeshifters. The Bogeyman was basically a thought form (tulpa). The literal baby eating, musical goblins. The Toymaker and Maestro are both functionally gods. And which god waits patiently in the background?

Death.

It’s not a perfect 1 to 1 with Supernatural but if you find the midpoint between the two everything starts to click into place.

The final Big Bad of the season is The One Who Waits which is Death and not even the Doctor can fully cheat death, they can just keep running. So in the end the Doctor doesn’t actually defeat Death. He just traps them or delays them enough to get away so he can just keep running.

(Also Mrs. Flood is just a normal human who’s past was changed by the Doctor. In the start of the episode, before the Doctor properly meets Ruby (I don’t count the encounter at the club) she has no clue what the Tardis is. But as soon as the thing happens on the roof her past changed to include an encounter with the Doctor when she was younger (I think it’s going to be the episode with the slug things we’ve seen in the trailers because there’s a girl with blonde bangs in a season where coincidence is the driving force behind everything so it has to mean something) which is why her entire personality shifts by the end and she becomes nicer and suddenly knows about the Tardis and knows that Ruby has to go with the Doctor. She’s not Susan or Ruby’s mom. She’s just someone they save along the way.) 

[biteofcherry]

First never ending heatwave, now a damn flood. Can't I have a normal, cozy weather? 😒

[cure-icy-writes]

Are venting channels actually toxic, or are you just woefully underprepared for the compassion fatigue that comes with trying to keep up with and empathize with it?

Are venting channels actually toxic, or do you lack emotional boundaries and blame others for making you feel sad when they spoke appropriately in a designated space?

Are venting channels actually toxic, or have you never felt the need to reach out to community mental health services and hotlines, and thus think that these resources are more than adequate to use instead when the truth is far from that?

Are venting channels actually toxic, or have you decided that loneliness and mental health is solely an individual problem and their responsibility, thus absolving yourself of any ideas about community and support groups?

Are venting channels actually toxic, or did you decide to take the nuclear option after spending your youth being used as an emotional dumping ground by adults and not fully processing that what they did to you was wrong?

Are venting channels actually toxic, or are you just upset that you see them as a safe space and a disabled person with "ugly" symptoms is talking frankly about their experience?

[crescent-dreams]

SessKag Summer Flood 2024

@flowingsakura

For the Dancing and the Dreaming (chapter 9-12) When Kagome goes missing after accepting a mission in a neighboring city, Sesshomaru's pack make their way to find her. The mystery of her disappearance unravels around them as well as secrets hidden deep within the heart of the priestess. For the second time in her life, Rin sees her lord cry.

@ladydanitar

Influenced Sesshoumaru happened upon Kagome's social media account by chance and his interest quickly turned into obsession. After 500 years the demon finds himself in an awkward position once he finally has the chance to speak with his woman who has consumed his mind for months.

@lynnnexus

Ground control to Lord Sesshoumaru The gummies were to help her sleep, Melatonin didn't work so now she's using this. Turns out a certain Inu demon has a sweet tooth and When presented with soemthing that smells like candy, well he'll replace it for the Miko... Sure you will Sess.

Sleep Solutions Kagome can't sleep. After listening to her issue, Sesshoumaru is pretty sure this will help. Kagome is absolutely willing to try just about anything... And really, a little stress relief may well just do the trick. He's even being a gentleman about it!

@matsuharuu

The Addict (chapter 2) He's addicted to sex. She's a psychologist. He wants her... She wants to help him...

Kagome's Will (chapter 21) Kagome and Inuyasha couldn't remember how long they had been friends. She had secretly been in love with him for a long time, but she always hid her feelings to avoid jeopardizing their friendship. One day, she discovers that Inuyasha has started a relationship with Kikyo, a classmate of theirs. Determined to forget Inuyasha at any cost, Kagome unexpectedly finds herself in the arms of a stranger who will drastically change her life and awaken her deepest desires.

We never change (chapter 9) They met in kindergarten. They will meet again. They will discover each other. They will never change.

momstable (Ao3)

An Intimate Moment Interrupted  Don't ask questions you don't want the answers to

Caught on Tape Ouch, adhesive.

Family Game Night (chapter 17) Thursday night is family game night in the Higurashi family, but this Thursday, she's in the past.

@noprobllama92

inertia (chapter 38) Kagome may think she's built a life in the modern era, but she's just going through the motions as her heart remains in the past - until a familiar face lights that spark of hope once more.

@rainandyarn

Knit Me  Sesshomaru doesn't particularly care for Kagome's favorite hobby. He finds ways to distract her.

What Happens In Vegas (chapter 167) One drunken mistake. Two silver rings. And divorce is not an option. They must stay together until the proper paperwork is filed. But what if it hadn't been a mistake after all.

@sereia1313

The Proposal (chapter 36) It was a marriage of convenience, nothing more. He wanted to keep the harpies away from his home, she wanted to keep the loneliness at bay. Neither of them realized their friendship would bloom into so much more.

Security (chapter 129) Kagome takes great pride in running the shrine passed down to her by her family. However, she is not the only one protecting it, and when fate steps in, her path will forever be altered.

A Sweet Reprise (chapter 9) Secrets finally revealed, Sesshoumaru promises honesty from that moment on, but their story is not yet finished.

@valentineheart14

Eternal devotion to his Miko (chapter 40) Approaching the age of twenty, Kagome has matured both in body and mind as she has worked hard to improve her skills since the disappearance of Naraku after their last confrontation at Mount Hakurei. In the two years since then, Kagome has caught the eye of the Great Dog Demon.

Under the Veil When the Shikon Miko is promised to marry a young Demon Lord to ensure peace for demon and human kind, however there are those who wish to live in chaos.

X-box out the balcony (chapter 1) Kagome reflects on her relationship with her boyfriend that started when she had tossed an x-box out the balcony and nearly killed someone.

Yours forever A young maiden who lives near the edge of the dark woods encounters an old demon in the woods who has been enamored by her for years.

Thank you to everyone who made this flood possible! We had 20 fics updated/posted and took up the an entire first page of Ao3!

[anarchopuppy]

Mutual Aid Disaster Relief is such a great organization, please send them your support so they can help people in New England affected by the floods