#sorry i rambled and gave two

[lenakluthor]

Do you have a gifset you're most proud of? Hi I love your gifsets so much I hope you're having a good weekend <3

omg thank you so much! this just made my day.

i'm really proud of this set that i made a few weeks ago. i think it's my current favorite set of everything i've done. it took a lot of time and effort and i am really happy with the result. it was one of those sets that i didn't mind putting the work into, you know? i colored two of the gifs frame by frame, took forever picking which scenes and figuring out the color scheme. i'm really proud of it.

i also am still really proud of this one. to this day i still remember how difficult it was to color the top right gif- it was literally so difficult the entire set almost didn't happen. i had to isolate emily's skin tone to be different enough to not register as yellow so that i could color the background (which was also yellow) separately from her face. it took me forever and i probably could not do it again if i tried. that gif, specifically, might be the one single gif i'm most proud of.

[starry-bi-sky]

i need to get this out of my head before i continue clone^2 but danny being the first batkid. Like, standard procedure stuff: his parents and sister die, danny ends up with Vlad Masters. He drags him along to stereotypical galas and stuff; Danny is not having a good time.

He ends up going to one of the Wayne Galas being hosted ever since elusive Bruce Wayne has returned to Gotham. Vlad is crowing about having this opportunity as he's been wanting to sink his claws into the company for a long while now. Danny is too busy grieving to care what he wants.

And like most Galas, once Vlad is done showing him off to the other socialites and the like, he disappears. Off to a dark corner, or to one of the many balconies; doesn't matter. There he runs into said star of the show, Bruce who is still young, has been Batman for at least a year at this point, but still getting used to all these damn people and socializing. He's stepped off to hide for a few minutes before stepping back into the shark tank.

And he runs into a kid with circles under his eyes and a dull gleam in them. Familiar, like looking into a mirror.

Danny tries to excuse himself, he hasn't stopped crying since his parents died and it's been months. He rubs his eyes and stands up, and stumbles over a half-hearted apology to Mister Wayne. Some of Vlad's etiquette lessons kicking in.

Bruce is awkward, but he softens. "That's alright, lad," he says, pulling up some of that Brucie Wayne confidence, "I was just coming out here to get some fresh air."

There's a little pressing; Bruce asks who he's here with, Danny says, voice quiet and grief-stricken, that he's with his godfather Vlad Masters. Bruce asks him if he knows where he is, and Danny tells him he does. Bruce offers to leave, Danny tells him to do whatever he wants.

It ends with Bruce staying, standing off to the side with Danny in silence. Neither of them say a word, and Danny eventually leaves first in that same silence.

Bruce looks into Vlad Masters after everything is over, his interest piqued. He finds news about him taking in Danny Fenton: he looks into Danny Fenton. He finds news articles about his parents' deaths, their occupations, everything he can get his hands on.

At the next gala, he sees Danny again. And he looks the same as ever: quiet like a ghost, just as pale, and full of grief. Bruce sits in silence with him again for nearly ten minutes before he strikes a conversation.

"Do you like to do anything?"

Nothing. Just silence.

Bruce isn't quite sure what to do: comfort is not his forte, and Danny doesn't know him. He's smart enough to know that. So he starts talking about other things; anything he can think of that Brucie Wayne might say, that also wasn't inappropriate for a kid to hear.

Danny says nothing the entire time, and is again the first to leave.

Bruce watches from a distance as he intercts with Vlad Masters; how Vlad Masters interacts with him. He doesn't like what he sees: Vlad Masters keeps a hand on Danny's shoulder like one would hold onto the collar of a dog. He parades him around like a trophy he won.

And there are moments, when someone gets too close or when someone tries to shake Danny's hand, of deep possessiveness that flints over Vlad Masters' eyes. Like a dragon guarding a horde.

He plays the act of doting godfather well: but Bruce knows a liar when he sees one. Like recognizes like.

Danny is dull-eyed and blank faced the entire time; he looks miserable.

So Bruce tries to host more parties; if only so that he can talk to Danny alone. Vlad seems all too happy to attend, toting Danny along like a ribbon, and on the dot every hour, Danny slips away to somewhere to hide. Bruce appears twenty minutes later.

"I was looking into your godfather's company," he says one night, trying to think of more things to say. Some nights all they do is sit in silence. "Some of my shareholders were thinking of partnering up--"

"Don't."

He stops. Danny hardly says a word to him, he doesn't even look at him -- he's sitting on the ground, his head in his knees. Like he's trying to hide from the world. But he's looking, blue eyes piercing up at Bruce.

Bruce tilts his head, practiced puppy-like. "Pardon?"

"Don't." Danny says, strongly. "Don't make any deals with Vlad."

It's the most words Danny's spoken to him, and there's a look in his eyes like a candle finding its spark. Something hard. Bruce presses further, "And why is that?"

The spark flutters, and flushes out. Danny blinks like he's coming out of a trance, and slumps back into himself. "Just don't."

Bruce stares at him, thoughtful, before looking away. "Alright. I won't."

And they fall back into silence.

Danny, when he leaves, turns to look at Bruce, "I mean it." He says; soft like he's telling a secret, "Don't make any deals with him. Don't be alone with him. Don't work with him."

He's scampered away before Bruce can question him further.

(He never planned on working with Vlad Masters and his company; he's done his research. He's seen the misfortune. But nothing ever leads back to him. There's no evidence of anything. But Danny knows something.)

At their next meeting, Danny starts the conversation. It's new, and it's welcomed. He says, cutting through their five minute quiet, that he likes stars. And he doesn't like that he can't see them in Gotham.

Bruce hums in interest, and Danny continues talking. It's as if floodgates had been opened, and as Bruce takes a sip of his wine, it tastes like victory.

("Tucker told me once--") ("Tucker?") ("Oh-- uh, one of my best friends. He's a tech geek. We haven't talked in a while.")

(Danny shut down in his grief -- his friends are worried, but can't reach him. When he goes back to the manor with Vlad, he fishes out his phone and sends them a message.)

(They are ecstatic to hear from him.)

It all culminates until one day, when Danny is leaving to go back inside, that Bruce speaks up. "You know," He says, leaning against the railing. "The manor has many rooms; plenty of space for a guest."

The implication there, hidden between the lines. And Danny is smart, he looks at Bruce with a sharp glean in his eyes, and he nods. "Good to know."

The next time they see each other, Danny has something in his hands. "Can you hold onto something for me?" He asks.

When Bruce agrees, Danny places a pearl into his palm. or, at least, it's something that looks like a pearl. Because it's cold to the touch; sinking into Bruce's white silk gloves with ease and shimmering like an opal. It moves a little as it settles into his hand, and the moves like its full of liquid.

Bruce has never seen anything like it before, but he does know this; it's not human. "What is it?" He asks, and Danny looks uncomfortable.

"I can't tell you that." He says, shifting on his foot like he's scared of someone seeing it. "But please be careful with it. Treat it like it's extremely fragile."

When Bruce gets home, he puts it in an empty ring box and hides the box in the cave. He tries researching into what it is. he can't find anything concrete.

Everything comes to a head one day when Danny appears at the manor's doorstep one evening, soaking wet in the rain, and bleeding from the side.

[spacebubblehomebase]

I just noticed, in your HHStargazers AU no one has pupils - except for Alastor and, if she's canon, Carmilla. Does that mean slit pupils are a sign of a demon in disguise?

Good eye! 👈👈👀 (Pun unintended.) Though I don't really plan for this trait to be repeatedly shared amongst the disguised demons. Mostly to not limit my designs to an obvious tell. But the slit pupils were indeed intentional flaws I added in for those two in particular. Because according to MY headcanon, both angels and demons are beings beyond human comprehension. Thus, it's only to be expected that even when they TRY to fit in, they'll be unable to keep EVERY aspect of their uncanny nature concealed. At best, they're imperfect imitations of what "normal" should be. It just so happens that in my AU, angels have a much easier time concealing most of their little quirks and oddities away than the sinners for my own reasons and as for WHY no one ever grew suspicious of the eye thing, it's because Charlie's curiosity could be easily curved. While for Lucius to point this out, he'll have to admit that he's been staring at Alastor's eyes a lot whenever he gets close enough to drown in the depths of his gaze and- EHEM!!! Which he's NEVER done, mind you! AhahaHAH- What slit pupils??? Never noticed those before. Nuh-uh. NO siree. NOPE! Lucius is normally so, SO normal about Alastors VERY much normal eyes in a TOTALLY normal amount of normal. A-ANYWAAAYS!!! Lucius would also be a hypocrite if he was bothered by them considering his own occupation and the people he's usually surrounded by (yet to be revealed). As for the other humans, Alastor doesn't care enough about their opinions for it to be a threat to him and people often just avoid the guy unnerving them with his creepy ass stare. So it's all good! Hope you like these bonus fun facts! 'Cause I have a feeling I left you with just as much questions as answers, but that's the fun of an ongoing story, yeah? Stay tuned~! 😉✨️ -Bubbly💙

[purrvaire]

black sails + tumblr text posts I have on my phone

[sillystringcheese]

If/when Ace Attorney 7 ever comes out I NEED Klavier to play a big role. He’s been done soooo dirty by Capcom; he was only a small side character in Dual Destinies, and he didn’t even show up in Spirit of Justice. Capcom has so many opportunities for him too!!! Make a case where Kristoph is murdered, Klavier is the accused, and Apollo has to defend him or something like that!! I’ll take anything at this point I’m just begging for a proper Apollo Justice sequel..

Anyways, Klavier had been through a LOT from AJ to DD and I would love to see them explore that more. Show us more of the man behind that glimmerous fop persona. There are so many opportunities and I feel it would be such a waste to not take them. I want to see Klavier interact with some of the other characters too, like Phoenix or Maya or Edgeworth or Blackquill (especially Maya though, I could see her being a Gavinners fan)

Now honestly I think Capcom already kinda fumbled big time with not giving Klavier… really anything (other than another dead loved one) after AJ, but I think they could redeem it if they tried. Believe it or not, in an interview, it was revealed that they were going to have a 5th episode revolving around Klavier and Kristoph in AJ!! But, due to time, it was scrapped. I think they could still implement this, though. Perhaps tweak it so it fit the current timeline and make it the “main” case, or something…

But anyways, these were all just my silly opinions and wishes. Happy Ace Attorney Investigations port release eve, and to all a good night…

[million-golden-drachmas]

𝖯𝖾𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗁𝖾𝗅 𝖡𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗈 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟦 by @percy-and-rachel-events (late entry) 🔹𝖧𝖺𝗂𝗋𝖻𝗋𝗎𝗌𝗁

A twist to the original 'meme' where Percy calls Rachel a good girl for saving him with that dam blue plastic hairbrush.

Does this even qualify as an entry for the Hairbrush prompt tho😅?

[imagionary]

OH BOY Dave sure can! Do THAT! Was that presentation a one time thing or does he do that for kicks Translation: SHOULD I BE SCARED OF HIM

Itsa one time thang, babe, dontchu worry 'bout it, aight? ~

Unless you's plannin on crossin' me- hahaha! Just playin', or am I?

[sukugo]

me when when I when he when when

HEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[tea-earl-grey]

lower decks is the best star trek show. i'm not taking constructive criticism at this time

[mushroom-for-art]

Hi @bluejay-flies, I hope this isn't weird but I saw about your Aurorus mewtwo fusion fav and struggles and thought well hey I've been drawing a lot of mewtwo designs including fusions, I could draw you a little something and uh then I went hog wild with color options for you, the design is completely yours and you can pick whichever color version you want! (hell mix the colors and such I don't mind!)

Of course if these aren't really the vibe and you're not a fan of the design that's completely okay there's no obligation to accept and I won't take offence I had fun and got to do a fun drawing exercise either way :)

[twipsai]

Psst~ I think we should still be getting some splatfest and like maybe 2 more big runs, just no more fresh seasons and emotes and stuff

~🦀

thank you small crab on my shoulder but im already crying. so

[beanmaster-pika]

Jing Yuan and Yanqing are important to me for the wholesome factor yeah but also like. Themes of the cycles of life in a positive way. For all the people Jing Yuan has lost, life still continued forward and gave him a son. In this essay I will-

[melodyatlas]

don’t get too discouraged, love 💕 if you find yourself feeling like there’s nobody out there, just remember that dating apps aren’t reality. these companies make money hand over fist in keeping you from finding anyone good

oh my god this is so sweet?? i really appreciate the thought!

but im not really discouraged, dating has never been a high priority for me, like Ever. lmao. all my relationships were what i consider to be quite natural and not something i ever actively sought out. i only decided to try to try it out in a more deliberate manner bc i recently moved states and i work from home so its difficult to meet new people in any sort of capacity and i thought i might go a little crazy without some new human interaction

i dont think i'll stick with it though lmao, i'm too demi for most of the people who use apps i feel like? i don't like feeling someone out with the sole intention of deciding if i wanna date them? it feels weird and artificial

[markie-boo-in-your-area]

(Could you explain what swap AU is? I want to ask questions, but I don't really understand the AU from the few posts I've found).

So basically:

Mark Owens, instead of being a pessimistic christian like in canon, is a delusional (as in; he doesn't want to acknowledge his past misfortunes.), optimistic, and twisted guy who is pretty.. neutral, about God's existence. Like, he doesn't really care if God exists or not. You get what I mean? Anyway, during The Good Samaritan (TGS) he had a crisis where he was forcing himself to not revert back to when he was still a faithful slave to God's dubious commands (because he isn't sure if the Bible wasn't truly twisted to bigoted beliefs). Then comes along Michael the Archangel whom prevents Mark from taking his own life in place of Cian. Which made matters even worse. To put it simply; Mark realises the potential powers he has thanks to God giving him Gabriel's blessing, so he abuses it in anyway he can (be it felonies or potentially fatal experiments that he inflicts to himself because God won't allow him to die until Lucifer is defeated).

For the entirety of TGS, Michael replaces Cian's role as Mark's guardian. Why? Well Mark is far worse in this AU than in canon. Probably worse than his OG counterpart. Swap Mark is very violent and harsh when he gets in a angry state. So yeah...

[lazaruspiss]

"Anti-Villain: Despite his very checkered past, and him being a genuinely unpleasant person in some aspects (such as his racism), Luke can be played as a sympathetic character who genuinely cares for Hannah, gets along with Rebecca, and does not commit any reprehensible deeds in-story." god i love tv tropes. like ok yeah ok i was trying to remember the word for "guy who sucks major ass that wormed his way into still being sympathetic"

[shittywriterbrain]

working out worldbuilding or characterisation is so strange because you willingly go insane for three hours talking to yourself about things that don't exist and it's simultaneously the most exhausting and fun experience you could ever have