#sorry it's short and a little literal

[wolfsbanesbite]

Em, it's birb, please may I have pando with song 19 in these trying (for me) times <3

Friday I'm in love - The Cure

Lando looked forward to Fridays.

He loved being an F1 driver and the chaotic life he led. But Fridays seemed much more special for him. Much more fun.

Because on Fridays he was in love. It was the one day of his busy week he could see Pierre and no one would say anything.

Thursday was always so busy with media, Saturday was busy with quail and of course Sunday was busy with the race.

But Friday free practice sessions meant Lando and Pierre could meet up between sessions and talk. It wasn't anything special but for Pierre and Lando it meant they could share a quick kiss and soft words. It wasn't much but it was something and that's all that mattered.

[egophiliac]

bring your son to work day

[lullinglily]

pairing: messmer x wife!tarnished! reader

notes: i've never had anything i've written exceed a character limit before. can't believe the first time was because of a request, things i usually try to write short and sweet little hcs or stories for. anyways i hope this was enjoyable!

( part 1 )

He knew once you approached him that you would make your choice known, whether your answer would break his heart or not he was unsure. Either way he was sure he’d have no other option than to accept it. He knew his sweet, perfect, stubborn little Tarnished better than most. 

Had you chosen to stay his cheeks would flush with delight. He’d sweep you into a tender embrace and secretly plan a feast befitting a king later that very night. The both of you would never again separate for longer than a day or two — never. 

Especially not after the devastating news he’d just learned. Speaking of which, I doubt he’d acknowledge it so early on. If it hadn’t been for the topic of your decision, he’d have sent you away to spend some time brooding on his own for a good week. 

“O darling returned, never again from thee I shall part.”

And thus begins your life anew as the Lightless Lady of the Shadow Keep.

If you were to leave then he’d beg you to stay just one last night, and hold you with all the care in the world. It would be quite difficult for you to leave him then, but he knew you’d find a way out of his arms eventually. He’d press a solemn kiss to your lips after ensuring you were well-prepared for wherever you would go next, tucking one of Marika’s blessings into your belt as he did so. 

“Precious wife, apple of mine own eye,” he began. “Rest upon thine throne as Lord, but forget not thine home. Forget me, my dearest, not.” 

[vash-in-the-void]

guys i got to see this amazing cosplay by @lesoldatmort and @artofalassa and now i'm making everyone else look at it

literally exploding

i love them

:DD

[shakingparadigm]

what is the theory that ivan manipulated the event where till and mizi met the wagyein?

It's not a theory, actually! It's confirmed that Ivan orchestrated the whole event. The true reason as to why however is still unknown. The information provides more context to this scene, though:

During the earlier times of ALNST the most rational explanation for this scene was that Till ran after a flower crown (presumably Mizi's) and Ivan followed him in out of curiosity. Now we know that Ivan was conveniently just standing there because he was waiting.

Side note, I find it heartbreaking (and maybe a little funny, sorry) that Till most likely didn't notice Ivan in this scene. That's just like him, isn't it. Always too busy running after Mizi while Ivan trails behind, an ever-present shadow.

I'm not sure how Ivan manipulated the circumstances for both of them to end up there, but it is confirmed that everything was intentional. What strikes me most is how they describe this particular scene:

I can't copy down what they said word-for-word (Patreon info), but they described Ivan watching "creepily" as Till and Mizi are faced with danger. We know that Ivan was familiar with the Cerberus wagyein beforehand, enough to touch its teeth and even to rest himself inside its maw. To Ivan, the wagyein is not dangerous, but to Till and Mizi, it could be. Ivan prepared the wagyein, led them there, and watched "creepily" from afar as Till fell on his knees, seemingly injured.

The closest I can get to making sense of Ivan's "scheme" is that he wanted to see how other children would react in a dangerous situation. Ivan's always been an observer, after all, and he's learned to survive by copying the more "normal" behaviors of his peers. This situation occured when Ivan was still young and had not yet developed his more charming mask, so perhaps he staged this encounter to study a situational response, to learn and mimic the emotion of fear. And what better subjects for the experiment than two of the most expressive and reactive humans of their batch? It helps that he was already fixated on Till beforehand, too. I think Ivan became irreversibly obssessed after this incident, especially since it's framed as a turning point in Ivan's life, comparing Till to the stars.

This is just my attempt at an interpretation, though. It could very well be for another reason. He most likely chose Till and Mizi specifically for personal reasons, not just for reaction. I'm still not sure on the purpose behind the whole thing.

The team wanted to capture Ivan's "dark emotions" through the shot of his stalking, which could relate to his more sinister intentions. His gaze can be read in a few different ways, though. Curiosity, interest, fear, etc. Maybe that's why they decided to redraw the shot in ROUND 6.

I think this better sells the feeling they were trying to convey.

[human-encounters-diary]

Day 16

As the human and I did not share any duties during this particular cycle, I decided now might be a fitting time to inform the Vitrichl about the aforementioned book, which could possibly grant a further insight into Terrans.

Despite the quite serious circumstances we are currently in, I was able to secure a time frame to initiate a conversation regarding this topic.

I repeated the information V-7 had been able to conjure on this as well as other stories and reports on humans.

"There seems to be one…obstacle, though: The book‘s last documented location is in system Skė-51-33, which does not seem to be even remotely near our current route.", I eludicated.

The Vitrichl seemed to consider the information given, keeping in mind the reason the SIIR Noxos usually avoids this particular system: its unfriendly and occasionally aggressive nature.

Concluding, I was able to convince the Vitrichl through the benefits this book could provide in the task of studying humans, causing the Vitrichl to eludicate that changing the route was currently not possible, but as soon as the chance was offered to us, we would make a short detour through this system to retrieve said book, given that the book was still located there.

In the meantime, I was tasked with retrieving as much possible information on this particular and other sources about humans.

Our arrival on Fendaar is imminent, as we are nearing the planet‘s atmosphere. Further reports will follow.

[sharkaroni]

It's the last day of Serirei week 2024, the theme is festival/beach, and Serizawa turns up to the local haunted festival despite not being on the schedule today.

I wanna say a huge thank you to @thenoodledart and @brockoliguy who put this week together, I've had so much fun writing these silly shortfics and seeing what everyone else has been doing too!!

[mostotherthings]

Tim explains Reese's feelings

Orca 的陪伴讓Reese渡過了最艱難的時刻，你總是那麽溫柔的安慰我照顧我的心情，甚至泰國台灣往返只待一天只是為了做早餐給我吃替我整理家裡，有你的陪伴真好。

With Orca by his side, Reese went through the most difficult time in his life. You were always so gentle to comfort me and take care of my feelings, even flying from Thailand to Taiwan and staying for just a day to make breakfast for me and to tidy up my home, it is so good with you by my side.

萌萌頭時期的Reese 有了人生第一個像親人一樣的兄弟，那時的眼神裡都是愛與希望。

Reese who was just a boy with a cute hair-cut, had for the first time in his life brothers who were just like family, the expression in his eyes was filled with hope and love.

如果當初沒提議辦那場演唱會是不是Matt就不會離開，也不會讓Neil一蹶不振～

If I hadn't suggested holding that concert then, would Matt still be around... and Neil would not have been devastated

小海的出現像一把鑰匙一樣解開了所有人的鎖

Xiao Hai's appearance was like a key, that opened up everyone's locked up emotions

讓七年後活在自責的Reese 把塵封已久的所有情感打開，學會放下執念、重新愛自己、愛Orca，找回對音樂的那份單純與熱忱，讓我們一起完成那場未完成的演唱會吧。

To let Reese who had been living in guilt for seven years, to let out those feelings that had been locked away so long they had turned dusty, to let go of the guilt and feelings he had been holding on to obsessively, for him to love himself again, love Orca, to get back the innocence and passion he had towards music, let us finish that concert that we did not manage to hold before.

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bonus: Director's comment

@ lienchienhung I love you

@ timliou1020 i love you too. without you there would not be the Reese we know now

[nicoscheer]

01/08/2023

Porto Ercole, Italy

He looks so boyish, like the backwards cap and the dangling foot

His standard Apple cable headphones I can’t he’s so sweet (probably either listening to the Beatles, Bowie, some classical music, the strokes or Miles new album 🐢 and maybe getting some inspo for AM8)

THE TATTOO I can’t 🤣🤣 like after leaving the fandom wondering for five years what he possibly did with the Taylor tattoo, the little shit just doesn’t give a fuck

Pretty sure that’s the hotel, cause towels, the pool and the dock all fits

Also like im sorry but if you look at the pics of Harry Styles and Olivia from the beach that were taken by Backgrid they look near identical

Also cause i was already on the subject of Harry Styles:

Are they in the same place ?! cause towels and the furniture and the stonewall. That would be fuckin hilarious but probably they already know each other well through Alexa Chung

Alrighty confirmed Harry also stayed at Il Pellicano (he was photographed with a bag with the hotels name on it)

[buttercup-art]

AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH OMG OMG OMG-

[sskk-manifesto]

Ep 5!!!

[hightaled]

wait hello?

[pikkish]

idk if this is a good prompt but put doomguy in myhouse.wad I think he would find it enriching

Right, so I've been mulling on this one for a little bit now, n I'm not opposed to writing something for you, I'm just not... entirely sure what to write? Because the thing is, myhouse.wad doesn't actually really have anything to do with Doom as a story. Sure, Doom is important in that it's the vessel through which the story is told and one of the connections between the narrator and his dead companion. But as far as Doom itself goes, and the story about a man who was too angry/stupid to die, fighting demons and saving earth, none of that is at all relevant to myhouse.wad and its story. For all intents and purposes, Doomguy isn't actually a character in myhouse.wad. So I'm not really sure how exactly to fit him in there.

[dawn-of-worlds]

Luck, Be A Lady

[Emex turn 3: rest (5) + bonus (2) + dice (6+6) - create avatar (10) - avatar creates order (8-2) = 3]

A new godess* is born! A Tolinak called Tutsokis performs various miracles, surpasses all mortal limitations, and becomes the Queen of Fortunes. Her followers in life become the first of the Fortune-Seekers, an assorted collection of gamblers, entrepreneurs, mercenaries, adventurers, con-men and other risk-takers.

In the youth of their people, the Tolinakka lived a blessed existence: in a mild and pleasant climate, in fruitful valleys on the shores of placid lakes, completely lacking in external threats, and favoured by the gods. There was some strife and warfare, of course, but mostly in limited fashion, and on the whole the dwellers of the Cradle would have considered themselves lucky to be living in such a perfect paradise.

They would have, that is, if they had had a word for "lucky".

They knew "fated" of course, and "blessed" and "cursed", and so, when in a small village on the shores of Thon-Kirrilak a most unusual child was hatched those were the words used in heated discussions. The child was clearly unusual, but whether the gods smiled or frowned upon her was less clear: Her exoskeleton was purest perfect black, like a starless night - an uncommon colouring, and considered most beautiful; her limbs strong, and her voice loud - clear signs of a healthy body and will. So far so good, an uncommonly (but not unheardly so) beautiful and vivacious baby, but on her lovely pitch black head she had four horns, rather than the normal two - and also eight eyes, and on each hand: four fingers.

The horns were generally considered auspicious - a sign of Zoreinaks' favour, but four fingers were a clear deficiency - would she even be able to hold things, use tools, learn to write? And how inconventient it would be to count! But the eyes were truly contentious, by the same reasoning as the horns, they could be seen as a duplicative blessing, but not one anyone had seen, or heard of, before. And they were mighty strange-looking for sure, perhaps even freakish. That much of a deviation from a divinely shaped norm was surely a bad omen?

But while the debates raged loudly and long, her parents would hear nothing of it. Her father proclaimed that she would become the most beautiful of all Tolinakka, and named her Tutsokis ("Good-looking", or "Goot-at-looking"). While some villagers were less than convinced by this, there was not much they could do against such supportive parents, and they contented themselves with grumbling that the child was surely not long for this world anyway.

But while they would ultimately prove correct, it was certainly not in the way they might have thought, and Tutsokis grew up to become healthy, clever, and energetic.

People quickly noticed that the strangest things always happened around Tutsokis - and always in ways that worked out to her benefit.

When she was still an infant, her parents learned that keeping her safe was a thankless, fruitless, and pointless effort. Keeping her contained proved impossible, as each day, she escaped her cradle in ways more unlikely than the last. She would eventually be found among the woods, playing with wild animals, or splashing about in the shallows, or some other situation ill suited to toddlers, and worse yet for their parents' nerves.

When she and the other children went pearl diving, she would always find the biggest most beautiful ones; when the other children grew tired of this and went into the lake without her, they could search for hours for barely anything, only to find when they returned, that a great shark had drifted ashore near the village - and in that sharks maw, choking it, had been a turtle - and in the mouth of the turtle, and oyster - and in the oyster, the largest, most perfect pearl anyone had ever seen. And who had found that shark? Tutsokis of course, wandering about the shoreline, dodging her chores.

Once, a roving warband approached the village, looking for plunder, but finding a group of young Tolinakka playing a game of dice. Dice were not unknown at the time, they had long been used as tools of divination and for communion with the ancestors. But this game was new, and an invention of Tutsokis'. The rules were simple, just the highest rolls won, but the players bet shining pearls, and this caught the attention of the warriors. Before they could decide to rob them, however, Tutsokis invited them to sit down and play, and, seeing no harm in it, they agreed. At first it was good fun, a chance to win precious pearls risking only what copper baubles they might have brought, but while they won almost as much as they lost, Tutsokis kept rolling sixes. Eventually the many of the warriors had lost their bracteates, their arm-rings, their horn spikes, their armaments, and even the shirts off their backs. Some of them grew very wroth, once they'd lost too much, and no longer saw a way of winning this game. They accused Tutsokis of cheating, though none could say quite how, and wanted to take it all back by force. Tutsokis simply smiled, looked at them with her unnerving eyes, and asked if they perhaps wanted to borrow some of all these weapons she now owned? This joke did not land very well with most of the warriors, and it could have ended poorly, but the leader of the band was not one of those that had lost it all, and had actually made off with a neat little fortune in pearls. So when he laughed, and praised the girl for her wit, it was enough to defuse the situation. The warband left peacably, though not necessarily happily, and the village was spared.

In fact many more would accuse Tutsokis of being a cheat, but if she was, she was a poor one. For while no one ever figured out how she might do it, it became very clear very quickly that she did always roll sixes, and that it was pointless to play against her. But the game caught on among the others, and soon enough spread around the Cradle, spawning new and more complex variants.

The Tolinakka knew little of magic back then, but many suspected her of somehow controlling forces beyond mortal ken, and she gained as many gainsayers as admirers. But people learned quickly that it was better to have Tutsokis favourably inclined, and they often tried to stay in her good graces, by gifts, compliments, or obeisance. She had a mercurial temperament, however, and flattery was as like to end in ruin as in fortune.

Upon reaching adolescence, Tutsokis, like many other young Tolinakka, was struck with wanderlust, wanting to make her own way in the world. And so, on the cusp of adulthood she left her village, accompanied by only loud "Good Journeys!", and more than one silent "Good Riddance!". Not one week after she left, the whole village burned to the ground in a freak accident. Or not quite - Tutsokis' parents' home was one of the few spared.

But Tutsokis would not learn anything of that until later, she was out seeing the world. She visited many places, and left behind too many stories to recount here, but suffice it to say, word quickly spread and soon she was known before she even arrived. Some started accompanying her, hoping to catch her glance and some of her good fortune, and it is from these we have the most tales of her many deeds and miracles - though perhaps not the most reliable. Around this time, while there were no real states, there were many petty kings and queens among the Tolinakka. The concept of kingship was one they'd inherited from the King Irradiant, and many a warlord proclaimed themself the king of this or that valley. But there were also philosophers, hailed the Queen of Deontology, or some such branch, and the merchants proclaiming themselves Kings of Copper where too numerous to count. So it was not strange when her followers started calling Tutsokis the Queen of Fortunes, and it was under this moniker she would gain notoriety.

Eventually, in her 32nd year, Tutsokis made her way to the Thunderous Inlet. Here she found a great bay, covered in constant storms, and many other adventurous Tolinakka seeking enlightningment. But the lightning rarely strikes on shore, so those who dare must go out on the waves, or risk waiting a long long time. But the small boats the Tolinakka knew to build were much better suited to the calm lakes of their homeland, than the rough seas of the Inlet, and many more drowned here than were ever struck by lightning. Tutsokis, however, simply walked up to the cliffs overlooking the bay and gazed out over it. Seeming to seee something, she then turned to her companions and raised one arm. Immediately, she was struck by lightning. Her companions, shocked, but not exactly surprised, tried to ask her for her insights, but she raised her second hand to silence them. And was promptly struck by lightning again. This did stun them somewhat, but Tutsokis simply grinned, blinked with one of her many eyes, and threw herself off the cliff. Though some tried to follow, the sea grew very rough then, and none who jumped in returned alive. Those that did stay ashore though, swear that they saw Tutsokis galloping across the waves, on top of the water, before losing sight of her.

Her disappearance caused quite the hubbub around the Cradle, and became a favourite topic of discussion among philosophers of all grades. She was never seen in the flesh again, but many have claimed to see her in their dreams, or that her eight shining eyes sometimes look down from the night sky, and those people often find success in risky endeavors. But apotheosis did not make the Queen of Fortunes any less capricious, and counting on her being, or staying, on your side is far from a sure bet. Her most avid devotees continue to court her favour, and over the centuries, many would try to follow her path out into the ocean to find where she might have gone - though typically in vessels, rather than on foot.

[shoechoe]

one thing i like about manga diavolo is how his hair and eyes change constantly from one page to the next

[ghost-bard]

The day women characters in jrwi are treated better is the day i can know a little bit of peace.