#soooo excited to do stuff with them

[masked-fairy]

:3 funny siphonophore guy (demon in a human shaped shell)

[fear-no-mort]

thinkign about how alone and unloved morty was for all his life and rick was the first time anyobdy ever put such an amount of intense attention and dependency onto him . and rick had a whole new family and losing them made him stop seeing the value in other people as a whole and morty was the one and first thing that woke him up

[werebutch]

My mom getting a new place is kinda making me anxious I think she thinks I’m gonna move in w her instead of my dad 😭 and I’m not sure why I don’t want to. Cuz she’s way better. But I don’t. And I feel responsible I think and plus my sisters will never favor my mom over my dad… so we’d live apart. but I’m 20 years old I can live whatever I want. But. But but but

[irregularbillcipher]

watched the musical demon show (don't wanna name it so this post isn't in the tags) at the behest of an IRL friend and i can already tell this is going to be a piece of media where i absolutely cannot stop thinking about it, not because i really love the show as-is, but because it has so many individual components i really like and find incredibly fun or compelling, and i'm so frustrated that it doesn't come together for me

i think the main thing i can say about it as a show, setting aside some of the insensitive choices that were made that i really don't feel qualified to tackle or talk about, is that the entire thing sort of gives off this vibe of someone really excited to show you every single oc they made in high school and college and i very genuinely mean that in both the best and worst ways possible

there are some good hooks for season two though so i will absolutely give them that

[songofwizardry]

think it shouldn’t have been legal that my first day of teaching of the year coincided with grey and rain and storms. however! have some very lovely new students, some very enthusiastic returning ones, there’s new cookies in the cafe, and I get to play with pendulums tomorrow, so there are some (many!) positives

[aquilamage]

something something lines that I just know I can read into being Gender Stuff

Kabbu: Ants can carry many times their weight. It is quite inspiring.

Leif: Such strength... Perhaps we were born as the wrong bug…

.

Leif: What a warm glow.

Kabbu: I've never seen anything like this! Could she be one of the 10 sorcerers?

Vi: Nah. It's a firefly! Sis told me some bugs in other regions glow in the dark and stuff.

Leif: Ice magic sucks. We want to glow in the dark.

Kabbu: For the sake of our missions, please keep the ice magic...

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Kabbu: Ms. Kali's made quite a name for herself in town! Her wares are very popular.

Vi: Eh, they're way too expensive.

Leif: And we're already beautiful.

Kabbu: Al...right?

[wish-i-had-robin-wings]

I’m fascinated about the oc stuff you mentioned! I only recently (within the last year) started creating oc’s so I’ve not really thought about creating images of them. I pretty much just save stock photos and photos of celebrities that resemble what I’m imagining, but that can be a pain. I’d love to hear more tips (as well as hearing about some of your oc’s if you’d like to share!)

A beloved mutual, hello!!

It's cool to hear that you're getting into oc stuff, making up little guys is so much fun! You'll have to tell me about yours sometime! I gotta admit though, saving stock and celebrity photos sounds like a hassle :/ I can't imagine what you'd do for a non-human oc…

If you're interested, I have a ton of picrew links I can share (and obviously I can give you ones with more specific aesthetics if you have something in mind, versus just dumping a truckload of random links on you).

I also really like using Heroforge (D&D Minifugre website) to make ocs (D&D related or not). They update pretty regularly so there's always better options (especially for non-human ocs) and colors for more specific customizations. It's especially cool because if you decide you really like it, you can buy your oc as a minifigure (but you can still use the site/save your oc even without buying anything)! I love free websites :3

Lately, I've been focusing on my batch of Minecraft ocs. I was supposed to join a big rp server, but that fell apart so now I'm just 'writing' it all myself. It's been really fun, and I like being able to build an intricate story and characters from a pre-set template that comes with making ocs within a pre-existing world/ruleset (It's just much easier on my busy brain for when I'm not working on my actual original writing or whatever XP). But because of this, I've also been making full Minecraft skins for those ocs. It's pretty much just pixel art, and I am nowhere near the levels of some of the proffesional skin-makers out there, but I've made some pretty cool stuff if I do say so myself!

TL;DR I am not good at art, but my imagination is very hyperactive, so having some of these online resources has helped a ton in just getting something out into the world. I am more than happy to share site links and answer any questions you have about navigating them if you wanna dm me! I'd also loove to talk about all my ocs more, but I know that can be a lot for a tumblr ask…especially if tumblr keeps eating them >:(

Thanks for messaging me, hope this helped some!

(Also, sorry for the weird formatting of this post tumblr is being dumb and I can't fix it for some reason...)

[hawkinslibrary]

hey there, friends ! 

so. it’s may. there have been Many rumors about s5 production start dates. i think both david and joe have mentioned june as a set time, and apparently there’s a recent rumor about preliminary filming this month with certain cast members while others may be busy. idk. i Do know that there’s a potential for s5 to be affected if the writer’s strike happens -- which we should be hearing more about soon. 

as far as we know, they haven’t finished writing s5 yet. earlier seasons were still being written as the show was in production, and even just last season, the duffers made changes and added scenes late into filming -- like the jonathan and will scene from the finale. if the strike happens, the way things are done behind the scenes could change, or production could be pushed back further. 

things seem to be moving as normal for now. and we’ll know more as more news (about the strike + production) becomes available. 

[girlscience]

this might be rude, but finding out friends are canceling plans that I did not want to make in the first place is such a nice little treat

[phagodyke]

this new sufjan album is going to fully rearrange my brain chemistry I can already feel it

[fortunatefool]

Forgot to do a change of address and had to go to 2 different polling places and one of them twice in order to vote also worked a full day so this started at 5pm after a really shitty day, went to one, told to go to the old one, get there, get told no vote but we can help fix it, but the computer doesn't like it, so they try a few things, still doesn't work, so she whips out a thick ass flip phone and calls someone without dialing to help me, and they're all sooooo pisssed that the first place didn't just do this for me bc theyre 40 minutes apart and I stared at 5 and polls close at 7 so I'm crying for a sec, but I pull it together and let them know it's just frustrating especially after a really awful day, the lady on the phone does my stuff, I get there, and I voted at 6:45 baby down to the FUCKING wire I'm drunk now but you get the gist of what happened they tried to suppress my vote but God loves me and wanted me to vote for abortion rights so he cleared a path for me but left a few obstacles to make sure I truly am a righteous warrior with his vision in my heart and he's really into reproductive rights. Anyway I took a dab and rolled a fat joint and drinking schapps nothing can hurt me now I'm so fucked up lolll I love you guys 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖 get some sleep let's see what happens! RADICAL ACCEPTANCE

[oc-cinematic-universe]

now that it's almost october and i've begun doing OCtober stuff i may,,,,, *looks left,,, looks right,,,,,* perhaps. i will share. a lil secret

[saturnaous]

when sellswords and sorcery drops tomorrow I'm going to start KILLING people I'm SO EXCITED. gunnar you look so interesting actually Malcom said he's excited for you I AM EXCITED FOR YOU!!!! GUNNAR!!!! I AM GOING TO START KILLING PEOPLE!!!!!!!

[whumpy-wyrms]

aaa i’ve gotta answer asks and i’ve gotta do the tag games but i don’t have the spoooons

[spottedenchants]

Alrighty, pulled together my fic notes for some rationale and timestamps and things!

TL;DR at the bottom because this is Long

Also, to clarify outside of tags: this is me stating a headcanon for my own canon-adjacent Essek-centric fic purposes- I'm not intending any of this as meta/analysis for the canon stream xD

That said, Touching Sentiments lore anchors ahoy! :D

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First, geometers don't just track where leylines are, but the overall strength of them! (which can indicate if they are moving! 👀👀)

In ExU:C, the absurd strength readings (0.5!! :0) that Laerryn gets from the Grand Geometer tell her the Apogee Solstice is immediately impending, but even a much much smaller strength reading (0.025) would tell her that the leylines are on the move.

When Essek describes his own weather-vane device (which for simplicity's sake I am also calling a geometer here), he mentions that it tracks the way leylines "shift and swell and expand and reduce based on the seasons, [...] the time of year, [and] celestial gatherings and alignments", so it's also measuring their strength.

Solstices are global events on Exandria, so no matter where someone is on the planet (or- in the atmosphere in Avalir's case xD), they will likely see a gradual surge of power even if they aren't near a nexus point.

So it's not location (of the geometer or the leylines) I'm considering here, but leylines' strength. :0

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Second, the timing! (both of the Solstice and of Essek's involvement)

Apogee Solstices occur every 100-120 years, and that 20 year wiggle room is a pretty big window for inaccuracy if you're trying to plan something precisely, such as building large structures in very specific places in order to harness the power of the Solstice at its maximum.

Construction on the Exandria Malleus Key likely didn't begin until Unndilar of 843 PD (3 months before the Apogee Solstice in Fessuran 843 PD), as that is when the Cerberus Assembly took over the Tishtan site, but we know that Ludinus was already working on the Feywild Malleus Key by around 836 PD (seven or so years before 843 PD). In order to do this, he would need to know where to put them, yes, but he would also need to know the time frame in which the final designing/testing/construction needs to be completed by.

Knowing that an Apogee Solstice was approaching (because it is a repetitive cycle), wouldn't it be convenient if Ludinus could outsource research on the precise timing of the Solstice before it happened, just as he did for resource gathering and Key design/construction, to someone with the time (in terms of lifespan and/or cultural record keeping), arcane knowledge, training, and equipment, distance from Empire oversight, and (granted, external) motivation to do just that? 👀

We know Essek had been working with Ludinus/Vess/Trent for 3 years before the peace talks, which took place in Unndilar 836 PD (836 PD being the same year the Feywild Key construction was going on).

Was Essek simply sitting idle after handing over the beacons, waiting on them to provide insight into their findings in a one-way trade while he himself contributed nothing else aside from covering his own tracks? Or was he perhaps engaging in an active two-way trade of information, whether dunamantic or otherwise? 👀

(Or maybe some secret other option, idk xD)

(Also purely an aesthetic note, but that '3 years' puts the start of Essek's involvement at a nice round decade before the Apogee Solstice in 843 PD. xD)

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TL;DR:

Perhaps during those three years TS!Essek was working with the Assembly peeps, he had been giving Ludinus readings on the shifting strength of leylines in exchange for the Assembly's findings on the beacons, maybe even alongside Dynasty-timespan archival data (since TS!Essek has been interested in leyline weave things for A While and leyline research certainly could fit the Shadowhand job description as a 'dark mystery').

If so, that data could have helped Ludinus extrapolate the exact timing of the upcoming Apogee Solstice, thus ensuring he finalized his plans and was prepared to enact them by then. 👀

Here is a cat for you: ♡ॢ₍⸍⸌̣ ʷ̣̫⸍̣⸌₎

is now a good time to state my headcanon that essek's theft of the beacons was a minimal contribution to ludinus's overall plans (in that, aside from the distraction of the war, he only gave lewds like a few months head start and maybe some dunamantic basics, since the assembly would get ahold of the pride's call beacon anyway) and that the part essek actually heavily affected was analysis of exandria's ley lines with that geometer on the top of his towers

[sourcherryandsprinkles]

hiii omg istg your modern jace works have been living in my mind RENT FREE THEY'RE SO DAMN GOOD but like a modern college jace bringing reader to meet rhaenyra and his brothers for the first time would be soooo cute, like i feel like joffery would LOVE that his big bro had a gf and would like pull her to colour with him and do stuff like that and rhaenyra would love her like a daughter, luke would LOVE embarrassing himm <3

Season 2 is premiering right now, but I have to wait until 10pm to watch since I don't have access to HBO Max... Please come to my ask and send me requests/let's talk about the new episode!! I will be opening them after I watch and giving my thoughts on the episode every weeks 🐉⚔️🖤

Thank you  so much for the love for modern!Jace. I really enjoy writing about him. This one was challenging to write as there was a lot of people to write about. I hope you like it!!

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When Jacaerys came home for Thanksgiving, he didn’t tell his family about you. You had only been dating for a couple of weeks and were still getting to know each other. It was too soon to announce that he had someone in his life. But a mother's instinct never fails to recognize the smile on her son’s face whenever he looks at his phone or the hushed phone call she had heard when she walked by Jace’s bedroom. 

Although she wanted to know everything about Jace’s new girlfriend, Rhaenyra respected her son’s privacy and let him tell her in his own time. That was until Luke spilled the beans after coming across a picture on social media where Jace was holding and kissing a girl’s cheek.  

In typical brothers behavior, Jace sent a lot of middle finger emojis to Luke for spilling to their mother. 

After a long phone call with her, a date was set. Joffrey’s birthday was coming up, so Rhaenyra saw it as a good opportunity to meet you. And Joffrey would love for his big brother to be there on his seventh birthday since he missed it last year. 

‘’Mom, we’re home!’’ Jace called as he opened the door of his childhood house, carrying small bags for your weekend stay. 

The sound of footsteps on the second floor filled the small entryway as Jace dropped the bags with a thud, making you jump. You took a deep breath, your nerves getting the best of you.

‘’It’s going to be fine. They’re gonna love you,’’ Jace reassured you, kissing your temple sweetly before an overexcited Joffrey came down the stairs. ‘’Here’s the birthday boy!’’ 

Joffrey hugged Jace, happy that he was home. It must not be easy for him to not see Jace everyday anymore. 

More footsteps came from the back of the house as Rhaenyra, with a blond toddler in her arms, came to greet you. Her warm smile was welcoming. You couldn't help but notice how Jace's features mirrored hers. Except for the hair and eyes. He must have gotten them from his father. 

‘’Hi. It’s lovely to meet you,’’ she said, her voice kind and genuine. ‘’I would give you a hug, but I’m worried Viserys is going to try to pull on your hair… He picked up this bad habit last week and we’re working on it.’’ 

You smiled, feeling a bit more at ease. ‘’No worries, it’s nice to meet you too, Mrs. Targaryen,’’ you replied, glancing at the curious toddler who was eyeing you with fascination. 

‘’Please, call me Rhaenyra.’’

Joffrey tugged at your and Jace’s sleeves, his eyes wide with excitement. ‘’Come, I want to show you my birthday cake. There’s a big dragon on it.’’ 

Rhaenyra was quick to correct the young boy, laughing dryly. ‘’There is no birthday cake in this house.’’ 

You chuckled politely, figuring out that Joffrey must have seen the cake by accident and Rhaenyra was trying to keep it a surprise. 

‘’Jace told me you have a massive dragon collection,’’ you said, driving the young boy’s attention to something else than the birthday cake. ‘’Is that true?’’ 

Joffrey grinned and began to tell you all about his dragons. He fetched some from the playing room and brought them over to show you on the couch, giving you all sorts of information about dragons. There was one of every color and size. Some had horns and a threatening stare, while others looked simply beautiful. 

While you were occupied with Joffrey, Jace went upstairs to drop your bags in his bedroom. When it came back, he watched the two of you from the corner, finding it sweet how quick Joffrey took a liking to you. He was usually shy around new people. 

‘’Where’s Luke and Aegon?’’ 

Rhaenyra set Viserys down on the floor so he could play with his blocks, and shook her head. ‘’I don’t know. Probably upstairs. Aegon is with Daemon in the backyard. Since we cleaned the old playset, he always wants to go outside.’’ 

Leaning over the banister, Jace called out to Luke.  ‘’Luke! Come here, you little shi—’’ 

‘’Language,’’ Rhaenyra scolded, her eyes pointing at Joffrey and Viserys. 

He apologized and you bit back a smile. He truly was a mama’s boy.

You didn’t meet Aegon and Daemon — Jace’s step father — until dinner. The latter looked intimidating, but he kindly smiled at you as you shook his hand. As he was helping his wife getting the food on the table, she gave him a subtle nod of approval, silently telling him that she liked you.

‘’I told you my mom would like you,’’ Jace said, pulling you with him in the hallway while the younger ones were being bathed and put to bed. His arms were around you, chasing your worries away.

You took a deep breath, feeling the tension leave your body as you smiled up at him. ‘’Now I know where you got your kindness and charm from.’’ 

‘’You think I’m charming?’’ 

Rolling your eyes, you tried to get away, but Jace didn’t let you. 

‘’Joffrey is very fond of you too,’’ he continued, his eyes sparkling with amazement. ‘’I’ve never seen him so at ease with someone he doesn’t know.’’ 

‘’He gave me a full lesson about dragons. He is so sweet.’’ 

Hearing this made Jace happy. For him, family was very important, so it meant a lot to him that you were getting along with his family. 

His gaze softened, his eyes locking onto yours before leaning down to kiss you. Your fingers gripped the fabric of his zip-up hoodie, kissing him back until  a loud, exaggerated gagging sound broke through the moment. 

You both turned to see Luke standing at the end of the hallway, a mischievous grin plastered on his face. 

‘’Do you want to see Jace as a baby?’’ Luke asked with gleeful enthusiasm. ‘’He had chubby cheeks…like Theodore from Alvin and the Chipmunks.’’

Jace groaned in embarrassment and you chuckled, imagining baby Jace with chubby cheeks. ‘’I’d love to see those photos,’’ you teased, nudging Jace playfully.

But Luke wasn't done. ‘’Do you know why there is no school picture of him in fifth grade?’’ he continued, leaning against the wall, clearly relishing the moment. ‘’There was this guy at school who was bullying me and Jace decided to put his big brother pants on and take him on a fight. This guy was two inches taller than him and much bigger, so Jace lost and fell, which knocked his front tooth out the night before picture day at school.’’

You laughed, picturing a brave little Jace standing up for his brother. ‘’You’ve always been protective, I see,’’ you said, turning to Jace.  A small smile tugged at his lips. ‘’Okay. Luke, that’s enough,’’ Jace decided, taking you away from him before more embarrassing stories could come out of his brother’s mouth.

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