#so you see

[inseparabiles]

Y'all. Christ. I don't know what to do with the fact that there's people actually out there that want to read this lmao.

But I have a question. I work on the principle of never releasing something that isn't finished, but as this is, the story's kind of hit a point where it naturally splits into a second part - the first part's done, and it is that 43 000 words long just on its own.

And given that I have no idea how much there's going to be to the second part, and I'm also worried about keeling over dead midway through when an asteroid hits me square on the forehead while I'm just chilling, I'm wondering if you lot would like me to just... throw it out there? The first half? It's not a full story - but it is a full storyline, starting with the insurrection and ending with the council's vote on the Emperors' lives.

If I put it out there as is, there'd be maybe... two chapters a week of that, and you wouldn't need to wait until year 2028 to read the story. The downside is, putting it out now means that I'm much more likely to make stupid continuity errors on the way that I'll have a much tougher time fixing, and depending on how the second part works out, there might be like. A random break between chapters when I run out of first half with no second half to show for it.

The second half will hopefully finally recognise that Lucius exists when literally any of the characters involved are finally able to get some fresh air and not be locked up inside a very fancy marbled prison on the Palatine 24/7. It'll be so much more complicated than the first part so I just. Yeah. Continuity but also that's a long time before I have something to show for it.

unhinged concept (I'm entering that stage): Lucilla actually does adopt Geta and Caracalla which ruins Acacius's life but also makes him their step-father and they finally get an actual father figure who teaches them how the fuck to hold swords and not be the worst people ever.

and we just cancel Macrinus entirely, which, I don't know what the hell happens to Lucius but that's someone else's unhinged concept to worry about.

And we put Caracalla on a leash because the boy cannot behave. That's no way to treat your mother

[yaoisquidbob]

jade and rose as nana and hachi :)

[aelisbun]

Daily Marble hornets sketch. I tried drawing em from memory.... sure...

[trafficshipshowdown]

Being a Scarian shipper from the start is like being in a Dhar Mann video, frantically searching for scraps because only like, 5 other people ship it. You're friends making fun of you for shipping Scarian and not Grumbo.

Until, timeskip to a few years,

Now you come in with the spot 93 on ao3s top 100 list, on a brand new Bugatti, Scarian becoming more popular than Grumbo, and now your friends grovel at your feet, begging for forgiveness, so you softly open your mouth and-

"So you see"

NO BUT WHY IS THIS SO TRUE!!! I'M GONNA DIE FROM LAUGHTER OH MY GOD!! 🤣🤣🤣

[ophii]

into the ben drowned verse

[bears-ao3-blog]

May I request Engie and Spy? I'm very curious about their relationship since it has only been implied through the story.

Need a Fixin' - requested by @limon-tagetes

There was a soft knock on Spy's quarter's doors and the Frenchman lifted his head from his catalogue of various gears and gadgets, pausing in the middle of circling one very interesting-looking, personally engraved cloak and dagger, since his old one had recently busted and was in need of replacing. He huffed in mild displeasure at being interrupted in the middle of his very important business, but he stood up regardless, setting his magazine down. He took a slow drag and put out his cigarette as well, offering up a simple: 

"Just a moment." 

before he finished and approached the door. He carefully turned the knob, on is guard as always, but it dropped the second his eyes trailed slightly down to see an awkward-looking Engineer attempting to put on a casual act. What the hell was Engineer doing here? Usually Spy was the one to approach the inventor. That's how their odd little relationship began. Engineer would always be working, a constant, something you don't often among the RED base, and if Scout or Pyro weren't already taking up his time, Spy would join him. At first, Spy never really said much, just smoked close by. Then Engineer had asked him to grab him a tool, and was pleasantly surprised that Spy could retrieve it without asking a million questions on what it looked like, what it did, how to use it. Spy simply got up, rummaged through Engineer's toolbox for a few seconds, and swiftly handed him the implement he asked for.  

"Thanks, pardner, that was quicker'n a hiccup! I might hav'ta keep ya around." 

Spy remembers the way the shorter man had looked at him, despite those stupid goggles that the sleuth hated – which he hated because they looked awful, of course...definitely not because Spy wishes he could see the other's face completely. Absolutely not. But the way he looked at him with that lopsided smirk as he spoke with that Texan accent in that voice of pure honey.  

It made Spy question some things. Like his sanity, of course. Why the hell was this overqualified hillbilly who waves a wrench around getting a reaction like that out of him? Was there a gas leak? Were all of his years of smoking finally coming to a head as an incredibly misplaced tumor in his brain rather than lungs? This was ridiculous. 

And it got even more ridiculous, because as the two continued to spend time together, Spy found himself looking forward to seeing him. His stupid jokes were actually funny. He wasn't annoying to be around like literally everyone else he had the displeasure of sharing a living quarters with. The man was fairly educated and could keep up with Spy's pretentious conversation topics. He genuinely enjoyed being around him. Now, he wasn't some schoolboy with a crush. It's not like he lied awake at night thinking about him! 

...and then he started lying awake at night thinking about him. Seething that this tinkering simpleton in overalls managed to catch his attention. Fury coursing through his veins that he found this country bumpkin attractive. Maybe there was a gas leak, because there's no way in hell Engineer managed to lodge himself into Spy's usual type of quick-tongued, badass, capable women.   

"Uhh...hey, Spooks." 

Oh, yeah, he was right in front of him. Spy broke out of his freeze of mild shock, clearing his throat quietly. 

"l'Ingénieur, I am surprised to see you here. Iz there a problem?" 

"Oh, no, no. I just, uhh, haven't seen ya around lately." 

Spy looked back into his private quarters and realized in horror that he was turning back and offering the other to join him. They both stared at each other in surprise and quickly reddening cheeks before Engineer smiled that damn smile and nodded. 

"Well, sure!" 

Spy hesitantly widened the door so Engineer could slip past him, tensing when the other's shoulder brushed past his chest. He peered down either hallway for any prying eyes, knowing news about this encounter would spread like wildfire. Spy never let people into his smoking room. So why in God's name was he letting Engineer? 

It occurred to Spy that there were no places for Engineer to sit, and he was about to speak up about it when Engineer hopped up onto the arm of his lounge chair without a second thought, and Spy wished he never opened that stupid door. He gingerly sat down in the seat, looking up at Engineer, who had to twist to see the other. Engineer smiled again, tilting his head questioningly. 

"So, whatcha been upta, Sneak?" 

Spy pushed aside his panic at being so close to the other, despite the mildly awkward position they found themselves in, and hummed while thinking. 

"Not much, I suppose. My cloaking watch has stopped working, so I was just in ze process of finding another." 

Engineer perked up, his smile widening. 

"Well, why didn'tcha say so sooner? Give it here, I'll take a look at it." 

Engineer stuck out a gloved hand, an expectant look on his face. Spy eyed him skeptically before fishing the golden watch from his inner suit pocket, also taking out his cigarette case in the process. He lit up another while Engineer eyed the device quizzically. The tinkerer made a small sound of understanding and fished out a couple small tools from his belt. He twisted around again and the two made eye contact one more – well, as much eye contact as possible when one of the two's eyes were covered. 

"I see what's wrong. I'll get it fixed in a jiffy, don't you worry." 

Spy wanted to scream as he felt his face warm. He was so close and that stupid, godforsaken accent that he should not like was making his chest squeeze and he was kicking himself internally, repeatedly, to "get your jaw off the floor and speak already!" 

"R-Right, yes. Of course...er, sank you, mon ami." 

He was stuttering and mumbling like an idiot. This stupid man was making him stutter and mumble like an idiot! How embarrassing. He needed to pull himself together, immediately. 

Thankfully, they quickly fell into their usual comfortable quietness as Engineer finicked around with the cloak and dagger, and Spy returned to browsing his spy catalogue for anything that caught his eye, time passing as they idly did their own thing in the other's company. It was 15 minutes or so later that Engineer pressed the activation button with a tiny click, and he suddenly vanished, slightly startling Spy. He froze as a shadow suddenly case over him and he slowly looked up to see Engineer directly in front of him, looming over him with his pleasant smile, offering the watch back with a small chuckle. All the moisture in Spy's mouth vanished as well, and he swallowed with a nervous click as he slowly took the watch. He quickly found himself, and his wide eyes and slightly raised brows were quickly replaced with his usually gloomy expression, glaring up at the man above him. 

"Sank you for your assistance, but I must kindly request zat you refrain from toying around with my belongings, Ingénieur." 

The inventor's smile turned sheepish and his hand trailed to the back of his neck to rub at it, and he laughed again, more nervous this time. 

"Ah, sorry, Spooks. I'll keep that it mind." 

There was a small pause before Engineer spoke up again. 

"I should probably get back to the shop. Wanna tag along?" 

Spy tore his eyes away from his fixed watch, to look at the other again, before his eyes averted as he gave it some thought. He sighed, feigning a begrudging look, despite the answer being a resounding yes within the privacy of his own mind. 

"I suppose." 

And then Engineer smiled that damn smile again, and Spy wonders how long he can keep doing this before he goes insane.  

[eluxcastar]

NEW GENSHIN TRAILER DROP HELLO???

OH NO SHE'S HOT

[shinywitchdaze]

Forced to watch dhar Mann after six months, now I understand why I avoided dhar Mann for six months

[artikals]

I'm the opposite of gatekeeping. You WILL get invested in my interests. You WILL listen.

[butteronabun]

so i went on a sponty sleepover with one of my besties after partying in our uni ( because there was a rave 🎉! ), and we were just. talking about some serious stuff ( life has been hectic lately and this lady 🌸 needs a break ) not until an hour later i was just. telling her about diluc & alhaitham because we were talking about ideal types / what would they be like in a relationship. yes. we went there because she supports my fangirling / delusions since she’s a delulu girlie herself. ( also the fact that our conversation went from “why are we god’s strongest soldiers” to “oh. fictional men. hot” . . . LOL )

anyway, i was just gushing over what she said to me because she was like, “diluc would cook for you!” and i was like. YES! YES HE SO WOULD!!! ( aAaacCshKdjdk i wanted to bite the pillows ) and then we both agreed that he would be so sweet as a bf and that he. . .lowkey. . . was mr. darcy coded. . . 👀

meanwhile, we were laughing our arses off later because alhaitham was an unintentionally funny guy and we would hate him for being so reasonable Logical but even though he would be Logical, he would and always be right. like um. we were the biggest procrastinators and alhaitham would def be blunt and tell us that we have poor time management 😿

he means well, though <3 he’d see me suffer over my essays and he’d definitely straight on tell me that “this line is confusing” and i’ll be like “it’s ok alhaitham. you can say that it sucks.” he’ll just stare at me and perhaps ignore that. then he’ll give me comments / suggestions / revisions if he isn’t feeling lazy that day which i’ll appreciate so much because hello. a smart person. helping me. thanks so much. yes alhaitham. let’s delete this one paragraph i worked so hard. . .skskskskdjjdkdjdje

[cocoagenie]

[dayurno]

do we think kevin listens to fiona apple

no he would kill himself immediately upon the first few chords of fetch the bolt cutters because it reminds him of riko. also under the table. also relay

[beefstrugglenoff]

Well I was going to write up resumes but Wizard101 has just finished updating.

[lumoy-stuff]

hapoy birgtday miguel

[scaly-freaks]

it’s about to rain, the air is pregnant with it. the sky crackles violet with stunted whips of lightning and the streets are so empty it feels like i’m the only person alive trekking home with a packet of crisps i just had to walk half an hour for. and i realise the way this place looks right now, humid and liminal and washed in bruise-like purples, is the way i’ll remember it when i’ve left it behind. and when i do i’ll forget all the bad things that happened here. i’ll just remember my period was late and being happy with a packet of crisps as the thunder cracked its shell open upon my head and the rain broke free.

[and-imjavert]

Yeah no i would be really confused

Imagine you get arrested for a crime you didn't commit. It's super dramatic and the cop arresting you acts like you personally killed his dog the whole time and you're so confused. Eventually you go to trial and you find out the horrible crime not-you committed was violating parole. You're just about to be convicted of this crime you didn't commit and the fucking mayor sprints in and shouts "It was me! I did it!" Then proceeds to get arrested instantly. You'd be so fucking confused right