#ris

[improvised-finish]

Hold your horses now (Sleep until the sun goes down)

Through the woods we ran (Deep into the Mountain Sound) ------ Lehon'a & X'vahl combine their musical talents to create a soundtrack to Ris' beautiful campfire dancing, with the Dravanian night sky as a backdrop! (Seems like a pretty precarious place to camp, but I'm not judging)

(featuring @this-is-ris & @zylphiacrowley!)

I'm so so so happy with how these turned out, especially because getting those instruments to actually exist and then be where they were supposed to took waaaaaaaay too long. They didn't want to play nice with mods, so I was forced to resort to spawning in two more clones of Lehon'a, giving them the instruments, and then burying them underneath the rock so they wouldn't end up in the shot! And then after I got that working, I kept noticing little things that were off (scarf clipping, hair clipping, fingers not cooperating, etc) so I'd have to fix and reshoot. But after much gnashing of teeth, I think I ultimately nailed it :D

And extra thanks again to @zylphiacrowley for sharing the female version of the top X'vahl is usually wearing (so they could be matching) and also the lovely tail mod too! No more perpendicular flat texture tail for Lehon'a!

Also, have a song that very nearly became the caption for this post cause I couldn't think of anything until Mountain Sound spontaneously popped into my head: Jon Hopkins - Form By Firelight

[e-nishka-aosh]

Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime Say the word and I will follow you

a stroll with @this-is-ris...

[this-is-ris]

Get in ladies, we're going flower picking 🌸

Ft. @selnyam 's darling bnuy, Flidais!

[ahollowgrave]

-- your fishing has attracted attention. pt ii.

][ featuring the most beautiful of viera @this-is-ris! Ris is probably safe! ][

[princeheiko]

Winged Death. I liked the over the top pose of this one and decided to ink and color it. It's been awhile since I've drawn Ris' bird monster form.

[treel]

Hello, I'm still alive, with this very self-indulgent meme of Invader Zim OCs. Featuring Stomach Fish (along with a handful of characters that have never appeared in fics and no one besides me and four or five other psychopaths care about)

Selpa gets two spots because he was literally made to be hated. He only exists to be a bastard and I think that's beautiful

[trippingthemoonlightfantastic]

Like the Lazy Ocean Hugs the Shore

Watercolor on Black Paper

2023, 22"x 30"

Blue Iris

[scopophilic1997]

scopOphilic_micromessaging_870 - scopOphilic1997 presents a new micro-messaging series: small, subtle, and often unintentional messages we send and receive verbally and non-verbally.

[sulky-valkyrie]

Tabris!!!!!

huge thank you to @argovelaart for being an absolute peach to work with

[kakasakuzine]

🌸 Next up: Ris and her gut-punching romance 🌸

⚡️ she/her | @liquorisce

Favorite headcanon: Kakashi hates when Sakura gets mistaken to be his daughter. It takes a lot of cajoling and sweet talking from Sakura to make him stop pouting.

⚡️ Carrd | Twitter | Retrospring ⚡️ Status: creation 🩷🤍

[scorching-lights]

Merlyn knocks on the door of Ris's room at the top of the west tower.

@union-of-mad-scientists

The child opens the door, and pokes out its head, as their hair shifts to a scarlet-orange gradient. "Yes, Miss Merlyn?"

[improvised-finish]

Sunrise on the Horizon🌴🌅

No better place to catch the morning sun then Costa del Sol!

(featuring @this-is-ris)

Went to the beach party that @rookiebe threw today, thanks a ton for hosting! Had a great time hanging out and playing some triple triad, and I also took some pictures with Ris since she couldn't make an in person appearance; I'm really happy with how these turned out! Also had the pleasure to bump into @wildstar25's Arsay, thanks for saying hi and playing some cards!

[e-nishka-aosh]

It was like memories of pure light. Thank you…

for the 'couples pose' and 'video game' prompts of the seafloor all saint's wake challenge - feat @this-is-ris

[highlandswarden]

Ingo, probably wandering a forest, finds a short teenager dressed in a white suit. Their hair and eyes seem to glow like a shifting light, moving from red to yellow to orange to magenta to red to orange to magenta to yellow, etc. It is leaning on a red cane, also glowing like their eyes, and staring at him with empty eyes. Almost like they haven't noticed him yet.

-@scorching-lights, Ris

*Something in the back of Ingo's mind whispers to him. A cane, and unusual eyes... doesn't that combination often indicate someone with poor or no vision? He's not sure why he knows this, but he makes sure to walk louder than usual, trying to indicate his arrival before he speaks. Trying not to speak too loudly, he calls out*

Ah, hello? Are you lost?

[ahollowgrave]

-- your fishing has attracted attention. ][ Featuring the every beautiful and radiant and kind @this-is-ris ][

[solitaireships]

🫀 ! with James or Selina? - @selfrinsert

🫀 - "i think i love you."

I got this one twice! So what I ended up deciding to do here was do this for James and for Selina, and just do those as different asks. So this one is the prompt with James! It's set pretty early on in their relationship, so well before they got married

Rating: Gen

Genre: Fluff

Words: 954 words

Divider by saradika

Working out with James is always more fun for Helena than doing it alone. She’s never been big on exercising, only doing it because it’s a necessity to stay in shape with her job as a Huntress. While James and her focus on different kinds of things at Atlas Academy’s private gym— he’s more focused on strength training while she focuses on aerobics— the company is nice. 

Helena’s pretty sure she works harder when James is with her. He’s always incredibly dedicated to his exercise. She knows he likes to come here when he wants to think or needs a distraction, and sometimes it can be distracting watching him at work. But she thinks he keeps her accountable for working out, keeps her moving and trying harder for longer just because she knows he’s nearby. 

Plus, their gym dates are always fun. They’ll workout, spend some time chatting during breaks, then head out to get something to drink or eat after they finish up together. It’s more fun getting to work out when she knows that also means time with James. 

As Helena comes to sit down on a bench after her workout, James is still finishing up putting the equipment away from his. She watches him as he puts away the last of the weight, admiring how he looks in his gym clothes. There’s nothing flashy about the black gym shorts and the gray t-shirt, but he still looks handsome in it. 

And Helena always appreciates the vulnerability it brings with their workouts— James hates letting people see the prosthetics that make up the right half of his body from the shoulder down. She’s seen him in less than this, of course, but she still appreciates the reminder that he’s comfortable with her. 

“Hey,” James greets as he makes his way over to the bench. He sits down next to Helena, taking a deep breath as he settles.

“Hey,” Helena replies. “Good work out?”

“Very good. How was yours?”

“Also good. It’ll be better once we both shower and go and get something fun to drink, though.” She’s drinking from a water bottle now, but that’s not the same. She could use something more fun, maybe a smoothie or juice of some kind. It'll help her feel more refresshed after exercising.

“You’re adorable,” James says with a grin.

“That wasn’t an answer about where we’ll go after this, baby,” Helena replies.

He laughs. “How about that juice place on Bell Street? You like that one.”

“Hmm. Sounds good,” she says. She offers the bottle to him. “A drink to hold you over until then?”

“Thank you, honey.” 

James takes the bottle, taking a long swing from it. He gives a pleased sigh as he offers the bottle back to Helena, and she can’t help but smile at that.

“You’re cute,” she states. 

James says, “I think I love you.”

He looks just as surprised that the words came out of his mouth as Helena is. But as much as Helena hates surprises, this is one that she doesn’t mind. Still, it takes her time to process, a couple sounds stuttering from her mouth but not managing to form into words. 

“You don’t have to say anything,” he promises. “I shouldn’t have— I’m sorry for putting that on you.”

“No. No, you don’t need to apologize, I—” 

Helena takes James’s hand in hers, brushing her thumb against the back of it. She knows that action always means more to him than words. This should at least be enough to reassure him he did nothing wrong as she finds the words to express what she’s feeling. 

“I think I love you too,” Helena says. 

“Good,” James says. His shoulders relax, tension leaving them with the worry that his love wouldn’t be reciprocated. He squeezes her hand in his. 

Neither of them say anything else. Helena doesn’t think they need to. The thought that James loves her and could say it is enough to fill the void of silence, making it feel almost cozy. 

Helena hopes that James will tell her he loves her plenty more times, and she hopes that she’ll be able to tell him that she loves him just as often. 

Helena loves James. She doesn’t think she’s ever been able to say that about someone she’s been in a relationship with. But everything with James is different, and it’s hard to think of how to describe what she feels for him without saying she loves him. There’s a sense of safety that comes with being close to him, a knowledge that she can be vulnerable with him even when she struggles to with anyone else. He’s her rock— and he’s one of the kindest people that Helena’s ever met, even if he prefers to be kind where others can’t see it. Even if things aren’t always perfect, she knows she can always count on James, and that’s more than she could have ever hoped for. 

She hopes that he knows she’ll gladly be with him through anything. Helena wants him to know she cares about him just as much as he does her, that she’ll love him no matter what. 

And that’s a thought that she carries with her as she leans her head against James’s shoulder, their hands still linked together. 

Helena hopes that she’ll be able to tell James she loves him in every way possible. Through words, though actions, through brushes of contact with each other. 

It’s hard to find the words now. But Helena hopes that it will get easier in time. And she hopes that James will be just as able to find ways to show his care for her. She’ll treasure every moment together either way.