#such as increased hiding

[howdoesone]

How does one convince an Olm that it’s okay to come out and see the light?

Introduction to the Olm: The Mysterious Cave Dweller The Olm, also known as the “human fish,” is an enigmatic amphibian that resides in the dark, underwater caves of the Dinaric Alps in Europe. With its pale, almost translucent skin and ability to thrive in complete darkness, the Olm is a fascinating creature of the deep. Its eyes are underdeveloped, a testament to its life in perpetual…

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 263

Once More, we return to Tiamat prompts. 

It was a wonderful idea, really! If one of them couldn’t break the barrier, then surely their combined might would do it! And it had! It had worked, even if their remaining humanity was sacrificed. They’d done it, they’d made it where everyone could escape, could leave!

… Except for them. Someone had to close the portal. And it all would have been fine, if not for the remnants of the GIW. One last hail mary from the imbeciles, they all supposed. Trapping them here within the Zone. 

Separated from their families, from the pair of children they had agreed to raise. At least their siblings would watch over Ellie and Jordan. Kyle could hide them, make sure they were safe. Jazz… Jazz was gone, the final straw in this plan. 

They screamed, they raged, they destroyed in grief for those that didn’t make it, and for those who had but had nowhere to go. No portals opened, even as they tore at the green around them. They fought, any that thought they were weak, that they were merely a beast, an abomination trapped in chains of science and gold. 

There was nothing that could be done, Frostbite had said, sympathy in his voice. No way to turn back the clock with how entwined they had become, Clockwork had explained. The only thing they could do was wait, Pandora had tried to sooth, despite it doing nothing. 

They wrenched open the coffin in a hazy fury, tearing apart armies like it was blades of grass. Their maws devoured dead who had lost themselves and become mere husks and thralls, lashing tails ripping through armour like it was nothing. 

And then as titans, they clashed with the one who had once stolen the city here. There was no desperation from them this time, no armor besides scales unbreakable as flames and storms and ice and thorns ripped islands apart. There was no desperation besides that of their opponent’s. 

There was a pleasure in their victory, before it was wrenched away. What use was a crown when their family wasn’t there? When their daughter, their son, their children were not there by their side? 

Paulina laughed, hysterical as ectoplasm dripped from her maw as Kwan howled. Their body was covered in it, their rampage that had no use, no reason leaving a trail of destruction behind them. Is this what they wanted? 

No. 

Danny raised his head from the dissolving corpses to look towards the obliterated roof of the Keep, once so terrifying now turning to dust like the crown. The crown reforming above their heads, heavy and almost choking. 

They would carry this weight together. Would restructure things, would do what they had wanted to do for Amity before the Barriers. They’d work together to rebuild the Realms, make it safer, make it safe for those newly dead. 

No matter how long it took, no matter how hard it would be to fix the destruction they had wrought in this meaningless battle. (“Danny, you’re the spokesperson,” Sam spoke up, thorn-like scales ruffling. “You’re most familiar with the realms thanks to the Infinimap.” Fair. “We’ll need allies, we’re only nine people.”)

(“Let me talk to the egyptian afterlife,” Tucker sounded exhausted, hood folding back. “I’m most familiar with them… Star, Paulina, you’re both Princess Dora’s favorites-”)

(“We can do it. Just give us time.” “Maybe a to-do list.” “Clockwork. We need to talk to Clockwork, he’d be most familiar with this.” “Rest first, nerds. We’re all… exhausted.”)

(Valerie laughed tiredly, blades melting to heal a broken horn. “Time isn’t linear here Dash. You know that. I know that. For once we’re the ones with time to spare.” It would take years to get things up to snuff. Make things Safe for when they could bring their families here.)

Their eyes opened as the now flimsy chains shattered, a smile stretching across the shared face of their humanoid form. Soon. They could return to the mortal realm soon. Just a little more, and they could see their little ones.  They'd waited a thousand years, they could wait a few days more.

(also have sketch)

@fairy-lights-and-blobs @radiance1 You both seem to enjoy my Tiamat prompts/Aus lol

[maybe-a-gatto-or-a-catto]

"When our powers combine, we're an unstoppable team.

...At least, that's what I believed."

[funnyjokespuns]

sleeping beauty au right. you know how isa starts near the favor tree right. how awkward would it be if he found siffrin-siffrin asleep and was like "hey wake up. wake up why arent you waking up." then loop-siffrin has to come along like "HAHAH oh god SO LONG STORY SHORT"

also do they not notice. that loopfrin has both their eyes just w heterochromia

Loop 1: A really normal not at all agonizing situation

Thank the stars above that gear stays with you through the loops and at least, during the subsequent times this has happened, loop actually had siffrin’s outfit on. Not that it made it any less painful

As for the heterochromia thing. The others. Do notice.

Loop doesn’t quite understand why the others look at them that way, at first. They assumed they looked exactly like siffrin. After all, loop didn’t know what they looked like as a star. Barely had time to know they looked any different, as not-quite-siffrin.

…but loop is quite skilled in the art of excuses.

Maybe, eventually, they take the eyepatch….. but i also just like drawing them without it.

[ashiyn]

the charity event made me reconsider the fact that i thought i was finally normal about grian btw. i clearly very much am not

[mimikusu]

okay but, can I have someone sick at a ball and one of the servants with the kink?

They've been doing a lot of planning for this, spending a lot of money on their outfit, maybe they're even the host*ess... so there is no way in the world they're not going, even though they're all sniffly and sneezy - trying to be as discreet about it as possible (out of courtesy mostly). And then there's that one person among the servants, following their every move and noise with their eyes and ears - making excuses to offer them anything ever so often, or ask for instructions on how to proceed with the evening program. Maybe at some point in time it's too obvious and they will maybe ask for some help with their make-up or clothing as an excuse to go somewhere more private.

[hephaestuscrew]

In Ep45 Desperate Measures, Minkowski really needs the SI-5 (particularly Jacobi) to believe that she will shoot Maxwell if they don't back down. In that particular situation, she's desperate to be seen as unafraid and ruthless. If she can convince the SI-5 that she is willing to kill Maxwell, she can avoid having to find out whether she is. Only by giving the impression of being relaxed about violence can she avoid having to commit it.

But her hands betray her. As Minkowski points the gun, Maxwell notices how "her hands are shaking. A lot." Minkowski can't hide that sign of how on edge she is, no matter how much she might want to. Maxwell tells this to Jacobi with a little laugh, giving it as evidence for her certainty that Minkowski won't kill her. Jacobi believes Maxwell's assessment of the situation, but her assumptions are wrong; Minkowski fires that gun with her trembling hands. She's not the sort of person who can kill with steady hands, ruthless and unafraid. But she can still kill.

Later, in Ep53 Dirty Work, Minkowski claims "even in that moment, I didn't mean to do it... the noise. The explosion. It was a reflex. I think it was." I don't entirely believe this explanation of the incident, but I do think there is probably some element of instinctive motion involved when Minkowski pulls that trigger. In which case - contrary to Maxwell's assumptions - the lack of calm suggested by Minkowski's shaking hands could have actually contributed to her shooting Maxwell. If her hands are shaking, her reflexes are probably tensed, and her finger is trembling on the trigger, which just needs one small movement to fire...

[dreadfutures]

Man. The wind rises is gonna haunt me forever. I know if I show that to my grad school "I'm taking the US Military Industrial Complex's Money and Giving It To Green Energy!" bestie she will probably hit rock bottom. What a mirror to hold up to a scientist or engineer entangled in bloody engines of our society.

What a loving, beautiful homage to being an engineer. having a passion and excelling and bringing others with you for the purity of the practice. And what a human, complicated, messy world it paints where sometimes pursuing that dream is a fantasy to cope while your inventions kill people or enable killing people. do you die without applying yourself, say goodbye to your big dreams and shutter them? Do you let someone else be the one to take your place in that role? Does pursuing your dream in this way ultimately poison a dream, something that once gave you joy and drive turning into a dreadful nightmare? Was there another way? Does it matter?

The slide rules were *insane* to see btw. I gasped lmao

And the scientific process, by which I mean the iterations and observations and prototyping, that was great.

[gayturians]

one of the reasons there's contention between poor people and not-poor-but-not-wealthy people is that 'one bad day away from being poor' still isn't being poor. we should all be on the same side but i think a lot of people really don't understand that "i could be you tomorrow" is not the bridge-building sentiment they think it is.

[spinecurlingmice]

I act like a scared dog during fireworks

[fluffs-n-stuffs]

Friede, honey, you're not beating the dad allegations anytime soon I fear /lh

[shailion]

If you ever want to feel like a bird of prey try grabbing a kitten that is very quickly running away from you.

[ourladyoftheflytrap]

Heartbreaking to think about how many women will miscarry or do at home abortions and then die in the following year because they didn't feel like they could tell their doctor about it, so their doctor didn't know to be looking out for the warning signs of impending maternal death

[satancopilotsmytardis]

I truly adore the idea of Dabi having a little buddy for while Duster is gone and your art is so cute I love to see it!!💕💕💕 Have you ever considered making little stickers for your Etsy shop? I’ve always wanted to buy stuff from there but the shipping is the killer 🥲

Ah, thanks so much! Unfortunately, I can't do much about the shipping costs, as is, both USPS and FedEx are about to increase their rates again, and I'm barely breaking even on those costs already 🥲. And I haven't thought of doing stickers because right now I don't have a scanner/tablet that I could use to make them, but it is a cute idea! If I can figure out how to make that work, I might just give it a go!

[funnuraba]

We love a compatible couple!

[codgod]

“maybe we’ll hit the cmart, get some supplies and stuff!”

“oh, cool, like when my parents dropped, uh, me off for training… you’ll come back though, right?”

gill?? 🥺🥺🥺????