#sorry for posting this one so late

[allylikethecat]

⋆˚࿔ october prompts 𝜗𝜚˚⋆

Today was really busy and now it's after 9pm in my time zone but I got it done!!

²²⁾ a turquoise-tiled pool

“You should put some more sunscreen on,” said George, causing Matty to lift his head up, blinking sleepily from where he had been dozing in the sun, he had the imprint of the terry cloth fabric of his beach towel on his cheek. His pale shoulders had taken on a pink hue and George knew he was going to be sore if he stayed in the sun for much longer without lotion. But Matty was also like a lizard, trying to convince him to come into the shade would be pointless. 

“Can you do it?” Matty whined, “I’m comfortable,” he said and George sighed, setting aside the book he had been reading, hauling himself to his feet and padding across the pool deck to where Matty had dragged his own lounge chair into the sun. The concrete was hot against his bare soles. 

“You’re lucky I love you,” George grumbled, pouring sunscreen into the palm of his hand, and bending over to rub it into the irritated skin of Matty’s shoulders and back. His skin was warm, both from the burn and from the heat of the sun and he flinched when the cold lotion made contact. 

“Sorry,” said George, quickly as he worked the lotion into Matty’s skin. He hummed in acknowledgement, the sound vibrating through George’s fingers.

“Thank you,” said Matty, drawing out the syllable, drunk on sunshine when George had finished. 

“You’re welcome,” said George, unable to resist smacking the curve of Matty’s ass, causing him to yelp, picking his head up once again to glare before George returned to his own lounge chair, in the shade. He picked up his book once again, a thriller that he had seen at nearly every airport bookstore while touring last year but hadn’t had a chance to actually sit down and read despite carrying it through six different countries. 

They had rented a house on the coast, the waves lapping the shoreline, a turquoise-tiled pool in the foreground, the water glittering blue and inviting in the sunshine. George wished he could snap a picture, wished he could remember this moment forever, Matty laying face down in the sun, half asleep as he did his best to cook himself, the water glittering. But they had been adamant in their agreement, no phones this trip. Both of their iPhones were upstairs in the nightstand of the master bedroom, locked away so there wouldn’t be any kind of temptation. 

A picture wouldn’t do it justice anyway, George thought, turning back to his book. A picture wouldn't capture the sound of water moving against the shore, and against the sides of the pool. A picture wouldn’t capture the birds chirping in the distance, the smell of salt and chlorine and sunscreen. A picture wouldn’t capture the warmth of the sun and the heat in Matty’s gaze as he looked over the tops of his sunglasses, inquiring without words if George was interested in going another round. Heat pooled in George’s belly that had nothing to do with the sun. He sat his book down and grinned. 

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[rioblitzle]

working retail

[threateningwatercress]

their combined level of freak is unmatched

[toktopus-art]

happy halloween 👻 it's haunted house time again

[blackpearlblast]

five days until the state of georgia is scheduled to execute willie pye

[dualitieds]

Happy (late) new year everyone!

I hope 2025 is a bit more productive than the last

[whenthelightisrunninglow]

i'm so glad to finally see them with their aces in pokemon masters 😭

[lulu-draws-stuff]

How does that sound?

[arsenicflame]

Bonus round! Do you use a queue tag?

[angelnet23]

falin from dungeon meshi doodle

[shripscapi]

Ygritte commission for @jaehaeryshater 🩵

[its-mayo0]

Im bbbaaackk

[bloobydabloob]

Holy shit I love your Dirk interpretations, it's so true and I could talk about this shit forever. I feel like another part of his character that people seem to forget (along with Roxy for some reason) is that he's from the future in solitude in an apocalyptic wasteland. I just see that part of his character always removed which is disappointing because I feel like that's a pretty big part, especially regarding his themes around technology, his brother's theme of Time, his own isolation, and how he plays in the vastness of the universe and spacetime.

Art I drew related to the subject because I like to respond to asks with art.

But absolutely. I certainly understand where the lack of discussion over his isolation + upbringing comes from, considering a majority of the fanbase that I have seen builds their ideas based on their own version of postcanon. I’m not entirely sure how that would be fixed, but certainly even in the somewhat recent past I would see a lot more content regarding his upbringing both literally and symbolically. I don’t have much to add regarding the things you’ve mentioned, because they just are what they are. Dirk being confined to a singular room left to him by a father figure he never met, in a future where the only other person left on the planet is someone he cannot pursue a relationship of because of himself, with purely 3 robots to keep him companion, one being an exact replica of his own brain who is *also* trapped inside a pair of glasses, is about as literal as it gets to me.

The contrast to me involving the flooded, organic world in comparison to the little speckle of Dirk’s apartment packed with the dude and his technics is not only a representation of his isolation and entrapment within himself, but also of his lack of control. I think his obsession with & themes of control are a direct product in the case of Dirk specifically *of* this kind of upbringing. His themes of technology are also related to his themes around control. So much of his character is actually revolved around this to me like so much. Dirk is so deeply disconnected from humanity in every way and so much of his character + symbolism is based around that.

It doesn’t even have to be about the symbolism or anything though. It’s just pretty *interesting* in the literal sense that he lives in the middle of the ocean in the future. There’s not only a lot to theorise on to do with his young life there, but on how it might affect him in the way he acts for the rest of his life. The latter part is probably what I see mentioned the most by people talking about Dirk regarding this, I’m surprised I don’t see more discussion on the former too though. I really ought to actually talk more about Homestuck stuff on here. I will do it myself.

Roxy & Dirk’s relationship is largely ignored though because there is a narrative a certain demographic spreads that Dirk resented and blamed Roxy for her interest in him, and thus too many people believe that their relationship was or would continue to be an abusive one. Realistically, I believe it’s important to acknowledge that the way Roxy treated Dirk regarding his homosexuality wasn’t right while still acknowledging the obvious amount of respect and admiration Dirk had for Roxy. I mean we have a huge piece of dialogue from their post trickster mode conversations on the quest beds from Dirk purely stating how he feels about Roxy that people completely ignore somehow. I think this usually happens to characters that are women though. I know everyone says it, but it is true. Jane gets the exact same treatment of boiling her down to solely her negative aspects. The things I see completely mischaracterising both of them are horrific.

I mean how much more explicit can it get that their relationship is obviously very important to Dirk? But I digress. I think the best or I should say “most interesting” interpretations of their relationship usually come from DirkRoxy shippers actually.

I would be interested to hear about Dirk’s relation to his brother’s theme of time though. I don’t have any thoughts on this and I don’t recall ever hearing anyone talk about it before. If you or anyone else would be willing to enlighten me I’d be thrilled.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Lan Wangji Goes To Lotus Pier AU: Part 3: Enveloping Feelings.

(Part 1, Part 2, Part 4)

[kagoutiss]

what if there were 2 old fucks… can u imagine

[daily-odile]

Happy Mira day!!!! Have a mira sketch I never posted + correctly themed pencil doodles cause I don't have access to my laptop