#so I went with that instead

[fragrantpines]

Come on, come on, come on and follow me

We'll swim towards the darkness at the bottom of the sea

His weak grip tells a silent story, one that has been hidden under layers and layers of masks in order to protect what lies underneath– a heart that has never healed, a man who has never cried. 

"You'll stay this time, right?"

The voice that escapes your lips is unrecognizable to your ear, yet you know that it's your voice because of how it shakes, how it speaks, how it wishes to say more than those few words. 

However, you knew better than to push the man in front of you, for he has done that to himself too many times to count until the only thing left at this very spot was a shell of the man you had once fallen in love with. 

Just like the love we hold, let's hold hands and never let go

If you're here let's take it slow

"You know that I want to."

His eyes do not lie. They are incapable of lying to you. Even though he was a proficient liar, nothing hurts him more than to see tears swell at the corner of your eyes because of his lies. 

Yet, even though the truth in his words rang loud and clear, the tears still fell anyways. Not because you didn't believe him (you would never do so), but because of the way he answered you. 

(“I want to stay with you," he says. "I want to stay by your side till death do us apart… but you deserve better. You deserve someone that can stand tall by your side, not someone who can only hide in the shadows and comfort you in the dark.”)

We'll tip and toe along this winding road

While taking off our shoes we'll keep on going with the flow

His other hand raises until it settles down on your cheek, wiping away your tears gently with his thumb. 

"Honestly, is making you cry all that I can do?"

There is a hint of mischievousness inside his tone, if only to encourage you to laugh instead of shedding tears for someone like him. 

He never understood you. After all, people were always delighted to see the sunrise after a long night, while you continued to chase his shadow deeper and deeper into the night until the darkness nearly swallowed you whole. 

So, why were you still chasing after him? Why would you continue to try and make him stay when all his presence would do is invite more danger into your life?

"Then stay," you murmur above a whisper. "Stay and wipe my tears for me just as you are doing right now, forever and ever."

So keep your eyes locked onto mine and don't look away

When you look up, you can see his resolution wavering before your very eyes. 

To seal the deal, you grip his hand and tug him closer to you, watching as he falls into your embrace without any resistance. 

"Since you're here, can you promise you'll stay?"

BONELESS CARP, TAIBAI DUCK, Lianhua Blood Duck, East Longan Pearl, Longjing Shrimp, Tusu Elixir

Italic words are lyrics from a song called Quiet Room

[chloesimaginationthings]

Was dissecting the SOTM trailer and apparently your monty is a mm member comic is now canon

ANOTHER WIN FOR MONTY ENJOYERS!!!

(Original comic)

[bastardlybonkers]

i feel like not enough ppl are factoring in the cultural clash between laios and shuro and the many micro agressions shuro faced while being in their group. literally the name 'shuro' in itself is one

his name is toshiro 😭 lets also not forget that he has his own communication issues, in the opposite way that laios does- thats literally a factor in their argument, that his envy for laios's ability to express himself sincerely manifested as part of his distaste for him.

ig all this to say like, was their fight heart wrenching, especially when reading laios as autistic? absolutely. anybody whos ever been in laios's position knows how much it hurts to realize someone you thought was your friend doesnt actually like having you around, especially when they didnt tell you and you had no way of knowing due to not understanding their cues. but im begging yall to step back and see the nuance of this situation cause im gonna be real a lot of you are kinda just brushing over it acting like everything is toshiros fault and that hes a terrible person when in reality hes an average guy who really, really clashed with laios and it led to a very long misunderstanding due to their supremely opposite methods of communication. even laios and toshiro, after letting everything out in their fight, were able to come to an understanding and start a foundation for an actual friendship built on better communication

ok yknow what Edit: i shouldve made it even more explicit at the end of this post, i hadnt thought i would need to since i started the post with this, but i think a few too many people are missing my point so i just wanna clarify. i shouldnt have said 'really clashed' and left it at that because yeah they did, but it wasnt just their opposite methods of communication, it is also very much that toshiro was experiencing microaggressions via laios. it may have been unintentional on laios's part, but it still happened and wore him down, made it harder for him to communicate on top of both the more subtle social cues that he was raised with and his own communication difficulties. i also want to say that the fandom reaction to toshiro and the complete ignorance of this point is also racist tbh or at the very least ignorant. i understand that the anime did not cover this panel, and neither did the manga, as this was an omake, but im gonna be real with you guys. there are enough context clues within the story to clue you into this. if you didnt pick up on it thats ok, but i think this is a good lesson in picking up subtext in the stories that youre watching and/or reading. kui shouldnt have to explicitly say 'by the way laios was racist to toshiro' for this point to be understood, and at the very least, when the author portrays a character in a sympathetic light (as kui clearly does) it should make you question Why they are doing so and what makes them sympathetic, rather than youre immediate and only reaction to be 'well i hated what this guy did/said so i hate them and they suck'. idk exactly how to finish this, just. idk. question your biases and gut reactions to things you see in media and stories, and think about whether or not theres subtext that youre missing.

[yellowvixen]

week 32: transparent!

[gerrykeay]

im not putting this post into words. beams into your mind The Parallels

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[newquestion]

I just know you guys would LOVE to be in this position

bonus:

[superbat-lmao]

Jason travels to an alternate universe where Bruce only cares about being Batman. He took in each of his kids to serve the mission, not be his children.

Now, faced with alternate versions of his family, Jason has to grapple with the fact that his Bruce does care, that he is his father. Because the man in front of him now, trying to send him home, isn’t even close.

[miscellaneousrenaissant]

Ep 3 AU in which Evan succeeded on his death save but lost his arm, so K made him a prosthesis while the group was still on Galamanis

[umblrspectrum]

i hate perspective. happy new years also

[tonia-aaaaa]

I'm very late to the party, but here's my designs for these fellas👍

[what-am-i-doing-in-this-fandom]

Click for better quality, I'm begging

Companion piece to this!

[arttsuka]

Another comic inspired by real life

Oh to go to hide behind youn grunkle only to discover it's actually his twin brother and now they're laughing at you

[mizukkay]

[parasitoidism]

80s anime dubbing is truly a lost art form

[caccry]

On your left!!!