#see my French is coming out

[kissingarthurclaus]

Concept sketch of my new JJBA self insert and her stand, BellaDonna (who will eventually be known as Madonna). Inspired by the song 'Like a Prayer' by...well, Madonna! @sapphire-heart-tippy

(lore dump under the cut, TW for mentions of animal injury and religious trauma)

My self insert (who will also go by Jane) grew up in a deeply religious family and tried to be a good jehovah's witness child that made her parents proud.

One day, she comes up with the power to heal various injuries and ailments, almost to the point of being able to revive the dead. She figures she's given this power by the lord himself and vows to do good with it, but when she's found using them to heal a bird that had been wounded by a cat, her mother falls into hysterics thinking that she MUST be possessed by the devil to have such abilities.

She's punished and shunned by her community while her mother prays for a cure and though she tries to repent her power doesn't seem to go away, so eventually her mother snaps and drags her into the wilderness and attempts to throw her to the bottom of an old well.

Her Stand, which had previously not manifested physically, appears then to cushion her fall and eventually she manages to pull herself out of the well with her Stand's help, who she now believes to be a guardian angel. But not wanting to return home, she runs away to face the world alone, growing jaded and bitter over time. She loses all of her faith, and the power to heal inverts itself, becoming a sort of poison. Something that LEECHES life, rather than heal it.

When she's an adult (my age irl so 25 I guess) she's made her way by becomes a bounty hunter/assassin using her Stand and eventually catches the attention of Dio. Who takes her in and explains to her what her Stand REALLY is, promising to teach her how to properly wield those powers if she agrees to serve him. She reluctantly takes his offer, but starts to see him as a familial figure, since no one else had ever tried to nurture or even accept her gift. Dio is the one who giver her Stand the name BellaDonna, after the deadly plant!

[murderessdominatrix]

Ok but like, the funny thing about Benoit blanc is that it looks like a French name, so I imagine the audience is supposed to assume he's gonna have a French accent. And then he opens his mouth and the most usamerican southern English comes out. Out of the mouth of a Very British Actor, no less.

[sexynetra]

Thanks for tagging me @myhusbandharryhamilton and @aqpippin love you both mwah mwah

shuffle your ‘on repeat’ playlist and list the first 10 songs that play, then tag 10 people ✨

Okay I have no clue who has been tagged already so if you’ve already done this I’m sorry xoxoxox I love you all @inespadrille @sapphire-to-the-rain @thecollectionsof @junosjukebox @scrunklyshinyguy @sweetlikesunflowersandhoney @glittertrail @goodemethyd @sweetestberryofthebunch @la-grande-dames

[scraemoo]

I cannot stand the thought of a team dying I can't I can't I can't I

[xheksprostate]

getting sloppy drunk for the first time on accident: woo! i am going to luxuriate in the todays decadent win of the montreal canadiens, mes habs, over the florida panthers and the fact that our baby rookie baby goalie shut out said defending stanley cup champs! and also think salacious things about sam monty montembeault. olé

[chussyracing]

What worries me isn’t the rivalry between Lewis and Charles—it’s Ferrari’s attitude. I get the feeling they’ll want the prestige of being the team that gives Lewis his 8th title, making history. The attitude of experts and team members just confirms this thought more and more. It seems like they’re prioritizing getting a title with Lewis. I feel like they’re thinking Charles will always be there, that they can make him wait even longer. I’d be really disappointed if that happens; I want Charles to be the one to bring the title back after so many years. But it feels like that’s not Ferrari’s priority. I know Charles will handle things well, but I worry Ferrari won’t—they might let him down again.

to be fair i'm not really worried about that (although i will have to ask for new pills for my heart condition before 2025 season starts). i gotta be honest here and say that i do love when charles and lewis fight each other because it is just brilliant racing and above all i am a carfucker inside so i do love the nice clean overtakes, the precise defensive, the breathtaking moments when you think they are not going to make it. and then they still do.

[miametropolis]

ten in the journey’s end makes me so goddamn mad…rose punched through MULTIPLE dimensions, tracked you through all of time and space, single-handedly saved Donna while you were doing fuck all in a market, gave EVERYTHING to find you again and ALL. SHE. WANTS. IS. FOR. YOU. TO. LOOK AT HER!! WHY WON’T YOU LOOK AT HER ITS ROSE!! ITS THE HEART OF YOUR HEARTS!! YOU COULD EACH DIE ANY SECOND NOW HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU SPENT WISHING YOU ACTED SOONER HOW MANY YEARS HAS SHE WAITED FOR YOU, BURNED HOLES IN THE UNIVERSE FOR YOU AND YOU’RE STILL! LOOKING! AWAY!

[keicordelle]

The Daily Inconveniences of an Au Ra: Beauty Standards

(Quick note for context, the Haurchefant of Keshet’s world, and therefore the Haurchefant here, is the Haurchefant from the French localization, who is a lot more blatant about his sexual advances than he is in the English. Keshet is, er, not thrilled about this, to say the least.)

Keshet was aware that he was an attractive man, by auri standards - they had mirrors in the East too, and he was not blind to his own reflection, even if his appearance mattered less to him than his skill at arms. With his lustrous black scales, prominent horns, long spiked tail, and overwhelming height, he was fairly used to being propositioned by men and women alike on the Steppe.

He just hadn't expected that interest to follow him over to Eorzea.

The first time Haurchefant suggested they get to know each other better, he passed it off as a friendly overture. After all, it was clear from the first moment they'd met that the Elezen was gregarious, and it made sense that he'd wish to become acquainted with a capable warrior like Keshet. They had lunch together with Francel after saving him from an untimely death at the bottom of Witchdrop, and he figured that was that.

The second time, the request was a little more overt, but still nothing so obvious that Keshet picked up on it. After all, Elezen did not have horns or tails, and surely the things that marked him as striking among his own people meant little to a race that were effectively long-eared hyur (though he'd found out the hard way not to make such a comment in front of one). And the invitation to work out was innocuous enough, even if the interest in his muscles seemed a little unusual. Then again, it was a perfectly reasonable comment between close friends - Keshet reckoned he'd probably made similar remarks himself back home - and perhaps Elezen simply bonded more quickly than Au Ra did.

The third time, though... The third time, there could be no doubt that Haurchefant's suggestion that they go back to his room together was anything other than a proposition. Keshet recoiled, more in shock than disgust, eyes flicking down from Haurchefant's easy grin all the way to his iron-clad toes and back up to the top of his silvery-blue crown. There wasn't a single scale on his body, he had no tail or horns, and not a single visible scar to counter these shortcomings. His only real physical appeal was his height, which, while short by auri standards, was still enough to satisfy, and the breadth of his shoulders, which seemed to hint at a strong build beneath his bulky armor. In short, by Keshet's standards, he was really not very attractive at all, and more than a little presumptuous to boot, to ask so directly when they hardly knew each other.

And what did Haurchefant find attractive about him anyway? Surely his kind did not value the same features as the Au Ra, when they did not even sport horns and tails. Surely they must judge beauty be the length of your ears or some such metric. Keshet didn't even have ears! Or at least not visible ones. Perhaps, he decided, glancing over at the shirtless men doing squats by the fireplace, perhaps Haurchefant was merely a deviant. That would make sense, and, satisfied with this explanation, Keshet relaxed and recovered from his floundering enough to turn down the offer. (If only that had deterred him.) Later, he was relieved to learn from several others than Haurchefant was known for his peculiar proclivities, and he did not need to fear fending off such propositions from every Elezen he met.

A hope that was dashed when he met Aymeric, who, within a few conversations, insinuated he'd like to take Keshet back to his place and get to know him better.

"What is it with Elezen men?" Keshet grumbled to himself after he'd politely refused. Aymeric had taken the rejection in stride, seemingly unbothered and no less friendly after than he had been before. "Why do they all seem to want to get in my pants?"

(Fortunately, after several moons spent in the company of the Ishgardians, he leaned that this was not, in fact, a universal trait of Elezen men, and that it was his stature and his strength that attracted those who did, which made his stay in Ishgard significantly less uncomfortable than it might otherwise have been.)

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[spineless-lobster]

Linear warfare except when they run at each other they meet in the middle and start passionately kissing each other on the mouth with tongue

[z0mbride]

most beloved tradition i am apart of is a mismatched group of people crocheting baby blankets and then the babies go on to crochet other peoples baby blankets

[fitzrove]

How does anybody learn multiple languages at once 😭😭😭

[lil-gingerbread-queen]

People criticize the violence, but you will not see me doing it. Looks like someone fucked around and find out. Didn't wanted things to go like this? Well, y'all shouldn't have treated people like shit.

Why are you surprised? It's been our history for the last 200 years: the government does a shitty works, the people endure it until they explose and it's a fucking blood bath. 1789, 1830, 1870, 1968...

The people can only endure so much before it's too much. This is too much. The 5th Republic was put in place by a dictator anyway, so it's not a big loss. The Republic is dead, long live the new Republic.

Vive la Révolution, vive la République et vive la France.

[you-will-return]

Got a plushie :)

[randomuzerthelozer]

Do you ever make a full on essay post about something happening that proves a point you had, but then you realise you miss read the post you got the orignal info from and basically your full entire point falls apart(EVEN THOGUHT YOU CAN CLEALRY TELL YOUR ON THE RIGHT TRACK)

(IF YOU WANT TO SEE MY POINTS INA SAMLLER WAY GO INTO THE TAGS I WENT INSANE BRO)

[eyivibyemi]

✧ I won’t really write descriptions for these, but see original post tags for explanation/commentary on the song snippet ✧

[lesbianslovenamari]

This whole thing about Americanisation is really important I’m glad some people here have explained it so well

DO NOT LET SOCIAL MEDIA TURN YOU INTO AN AMERICAN