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[bi-disastersoup]

Shifters - Part 2

I realize it has been almost a whole year since I posted part 1. I did some experimenting to see if I could get it all into one post this time instead of having to do two separate posts. Hopefully the formatting goes through okay...

Also, this probably goes without saying, but this was all done pre-DT.

Part 1

God I hope that posted in the right order lol

Anyway, I'm trying to work on crossposting stuff again. Wish me luck.

(Part 3)

[cup-o-stars]

Last part for old GF sketches

(Actually, most of these aren't old at all, but their average is brought down by the last picture, which I drew back in August and kept forgetting to post)

[mogwaei]

her favourite flavour is "cursed magical item of Mythical quality"

[sergle]

wheomstever fumbled Queen Titania of the Fairy Realm reincarnated lfg herself (you) is a DUNCE, a tawdry tacky little FOOL and plain old IDIOT. You are talented, caring, intelligent, hilarious... I'd be STUMBLING over myself tom and jerry style to impress you. You deserve to be with someone who has the BALLS to speak clearly to you about your relationship, who can be honest about what they want, need, feel. How they want to be with you. Etc. You deserve at least 20 beaufriends, no... 30. MINIMUM! MAYBE MORE! B ut the bottom line is this absolute WEENIE of an individual sounds like a total cunt and isn't worth losing your life over. They're a loser. Your life is priceless, and not worth losing over someone who can't even fucking break up with you to your face. They! Are! Not! Worth it! Or worthy of you! And it would be a travesty if you let their BOO BOO CLOWN SHOES treatment convince you to give up all the magic that you are for someone who probably can't order chicken nuggets without having a panic attack because that's the vibes they're giving sorry i don't make the rules

what's difficult about my ex is like... I've seen people joking "the receptionist at heaven looking at the guy you killed yourself for and laughing" and stuff like that, that's not how this is. if I showed people a picture of the person who broke my heart, they'd go "damn. I'm sorry." like. they are hot. they are liked. people have always liked them, people like them now, people will like them after this. They will, almost definitely, have an extremely happy and successful life without me. They get hit on like 40 times a week, so they won't have trouble getting another partner after me, they have probably been dating or lining up future suitors LONGG before officially finishing the dumping process with me. I'm the loser in this situation, not them. I'm the person who was lacking.

[kineticallyanywhere]

Time & Space pages 1-2 ( This is the start || ao3 (not yet!) || next ) Starts less than 24 hours after the death of Willy Stampler. With the job done, there's finally time to sort some things out. They just need the right amount of space.

[ameliafuckinjones]

Doing a lot of research about the ARA during the Great Famine along with other Russian and American relations pre-cold war for a potential fic and it's like an oceans worth of history and information is pouring forth. Things that were simply forgotten about in the post-WWII era. You'd never know if you didn't search for it. Also, the similarities between the two nations during the 1860s were just jarring. Here, you had two nations beholden to outdated systems that profited from the subjugation of fellow men in the form of serfdom and slavery. And then comes two leaders from those respective nations, both regarded as controversial liberators during their time. Alexander II issued the Emancipation Manifesto, which saw to the emancipation of serfs, the same year that the American Civil War began, and two years later, Abraham Lincoln would issue the Emancipation Proclamation. It is said that Abraham Lincoln and American abolitionists were inspired by the Emancipation of the Serfs in Russia. The president and the Tsar also ended up forming a friendly relationship in which they often corresponded with each other:

They were regarded by outside observers in Europe as two extremes meeting:

And of course, one can not fail to mention Russia sending warships to the New York and San Francisco to deter any potential interference in favor of the Confederates by Britian and France. One can argue that Russia did it for geopolitical reasons, and that would be a fair assessment. Yet Russia didn't have to do anything at all, being on the other side of the world, far removed from an upstart nation in the grips of its first civil war, of which the consequences would have little to no immediate impact on Russia. But Russia sent those ships anway, and so one must assume it went beyond realpolitik, a rare moment of genuine compassion and empathy on the world stage.

What's even more uncanny is that Alexander and Lincoln met the same fate by assassination, 16 years apart.

The pre-cold war era is truly one of the most overlooked eras in the rusame relationship, but I think it showcases quite perfectly how they're sort of mirrors of each other. So extreme in their differences that they end up becoming eerily similar in the strangest and oftentimes most painful ways. So much commonality to be found in terms of nature and character (rather than mere happenstance of sharing a border, or language or blood) that it is heartbreaking when all that built up rapport and moments of genuine compassion swirl down the drain after 1917 because everything that could have possibly gone wrong did.

[lyxchen]

Hwang Dong-hyuk really said he never does the same thing twice and he stuck to it. He doesn't do the same thing twice so why would Gi-hun survive the games a second time?

[garblegarden]

Underneath the suit, Human Guy is more of an abstract concept. I mean, yes, he is a real guy under there, but he doesn't like to acknowledge that too much. He's got plenty of other stuff going on to make up for that though, like wires replacing his organs and blood on his hands and a certain pinkish infection that claimed his legs and eye that may or may not come back to finish the job.

[insomnya777]

boat boys coded

[shannonsketches]

Why is the anime so weird, it's not even the same series dude?? It's like,

Anime:

GOKU: I have a great idea to bring peace to the universe, and my leadership and compassion alone will unite us all. I have No Flaws and am A True Relatable Everyman :)

VEGETA: NO! I AM THE BEST AND I WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS UNTIL I AM RECOGNIZED AS SUCH!!!!

Manga:

GOKU: Vegeta what's cornmeal made of? I know it's what the corn eats, but what's it made of? VEGETA: Hey Kakarot let's play the quiet game until one of us dies.

[incomprehensi-bull]

y'know i don't believe i've ever seen anyone talk at length about randall and alphonse post-MM. i've been thinking about them a lot recently. they should get to be friends again

[blluespirit]

ch: zuko and katara setting: post-southern raiders note: very ramble-y and not my best work - mostly vibes but oh well. enjoy! (or don't! im not the boss of u)

Katara realises later that Zuko thought she would kill Yon Rah. He was ready for it, he was waiting for it. She didn't think about the expression on his face once she turned away from first the Southern Raiders commander, and then Yon Rah, but she thinks about it now. Still, he never said anything to her, even when he hung back after she walked away from Yon Rah, trying to resist a temptation to do something, say something - he still didn't say anything.

She wants to ask him what he thinks.

That realisation alone is a strange one. She never thought she'd want to seek out Zuko's genuine opinion on anything, let alone something as personal as this. Still, she knows what Aang would say - that violence was and is never an option - but she doesn't fully accept that. Ozai doesn't deserve to rot in some cell somewhere for the threat of escape to linger over everyone's heads. He deserves nothing. Only the darkness of whatever lies beyond.

Maybe Aang isn't entirely wrong, but sparing Yon Rah also didn't feel good, or right, but the thing is, she's not sure killing him would have felt any better. The more she contemplates it, the more she runs in circles around herself.

Maybe there isn't a right answer. Maybe she needed to do it just to do it at all. To see him cower in front of her and beg for his life. To remove the fear of the monster that killed her mother that settled in the back of her mind and settled there like a stone. He is not scary to her anymore. He is nothing at all.

Katara thinks about Zuko and Aang. What does it say about them that one would do almost anything to stop her, and the other would do almost anything to give her what she needed - even if that meant cold-blooded murder? Zuko let her decide on her own terms - even if he thought she'd go a different path. He still accepted that.

She can't discount that he would've helped her do it if she'd asked. He nearly broke the commander's neck on the ship getting answers from him - all for her.

It leaves her breathless in a way she can't describe; more so that he also seems content to leave this wherever Katara wants to leave it. She's sure he'd never mention it again if she wanted it to be that way.

She eventually finds him skulking out the halls of his old holiday house. There's a gaunt, haunted expression on his face that Katara wants to probe, but she backs out at the last second. His eyes soften when they see her - grateful for the distraction.

The light struggles against the drapes, leaving only tendrils of light to soften an old carpet and harden Zuko's expression. She doesn't give pleasantries.

"Do you think I was wrong?"

She expects him to answer quickly, but he hesitates.

"I think he would have deserved it."

Katara bristles. "So you do think I was wrong."

He frowns, takes his time again.

"I think you did the right thing for you. If you'd killed him, it would just be another thing to haunt you."

The fight dies out of her as quickly as it rose. She stares at him and he returns it.

"If I asked you to help me do it, would you have?"

"I - yes." He looks down at his feet, shuffling. "I've never directly killed someone. But I would have helped you."

She doesn't know how to thank him, or if she even should for such a declaration.

It's a shock to her system - as if being plunged into arctic water - that someone would stand by her in such a way. Not judging, simply carving the path. What Katara decided to do at her destination is her decision alone.

"He -" Katara starts, unable to say his name and Zuko's gaze turns sharp, as if he knows what she will say next. "- may have deserved to die, or deserved to live and suffer. The world does not suffer consequences for my action or inaction."

Zuko breathes deeply. She can feel the heat of fire brewing in his exhalation.

"If Aang can't kill Ozai..." her words soften, but the persistence darkness around them weighs them down anyway.

Zuko leans back slightly, just enough so a strand of light burns his face, igniting old scar tissue in a brilliant orange. His eyes turn to the window.

"He's the Avatar," he says. There's a pain in his voice Katara can't help but notice. "He doesn't have the luxury of choice."

[emloafs]

thinking about how hawk joined miyagi do instead of eagle fang in s4 after the two dojos split again just because he's in love with demetri demetri asked him to

[rowanwithaz]

I better see a 100k fic about teacher Izuku and pro hero Katsuki. I'm begging you,guys,this is so much content! HORI WHY WOULD YOU LEAVE ME WITH MORE BRAIN WORMS THAN BEFORE???

[rosemaryreality]

Random poll because i was curious about other people's headcanons about Yuuji's feelings. Personally I'm inclined towards either chapter 143 or Yuuji realizing he loved Megumi just as (or after) he lost him (temporarily. He will be back), because i like the angst of it. But idk, what are your thoughts?

[lyxchen]

Okay I want to say something that is really important to me personally!!! If you make fanart, any kind of fanart that's about or related to a part of a show that has not come out yet (for example a new season)... Then that is still valid fanart once that part of the show is released. Even if the speculating fanart you made can not be canon anymore after the new season is released.

And just as importantly: if you have fanart planned concerning a part of a show that hasn't come out yet, but aren't able to finish that fanart before that part of the show is released, then you should still make that fanart after the new part of the show has come out!!!!

As an example I'll take Squid Game cause that is what I'm currently stressing myself about. I have a lot of fanart ideas that I want to draw or have already started that are speculation on what will happen in season 3. I won't be able to finish or even start most of them before season 3 comes out on friday. But that's okay!! It is totally okay for me to still make that fanart Even If my idea or speculation on season 3 will be proven to be wrong. And that goes for everyone in this fandom. If you have a really cool fanfic idea on how for example In-ho's identity reveal to Gi-hun will go and then the season comes out and it happens differently (which is very likely), then you should still write your fanfic about it!!!

The same goes for fanart that's based on lore that has been updated in the new season.

Also lastly: it's also very cool to make fanart of things that have happened in past seasons and topics that have already been resolved. Just because Gi-hun after season 3 will know that In-ho is the frontman doesn't mean you can't make fanart of him not knowing that anymore. Okay? Okay! Great <3

I love you, keep making great fanart and don't stress yourself because you feel like you need to get all your stuff out there before it can be "disproven". Fandom is about fun and creativity and there is never a point in time where your fanart is "wrong" or "too late" <3