#swolf

[cakeyouareoh]

I just like how scott pulls one over on gerard at the end of s2. very satisfying. he’s been stuck between derek guilt tripping him and psychopathic grandpa blackmailing him for half the season, and he dupes them BOTH. A+ trickery and not something you typically expect from scott.

[vriskart]

i wanna be a pop star~

[cakeyouareoh]

@magpie-trove

Mal's Teen Wolf rewatch: Lunar Ellipse (3x12)

[tratadista]

[unkillability]

wait def didnt think to get liek an actual good natural lighting pic before gifting it but happy swolfmas for @hharsh

[tomoleary]

Yves Swolfs “Durango”

[mscoyditch]

By Xavier Swolfs. Belgian. b. 1942-

> Svetlana Skorokhod > Watercolor Lovers

[kingsl2yer]

@valeswolf asked: ❛ i’m not afraid of you. ❜

The   faint   clink   of   his   armor   echoed   softly   in   the   empty   hall   as   Jaime   leaned   against   the   cold   stone   wall,   his   gaze   fixed   on   the   Stark   girl.   Swolf’s   glare   that   bore   into   him   with   the   full   weight   of   her   family   name.   She   was   her   mother’s   daughter,   through   and   through—unyielding,   her   stance   defiant   despite   the   shadow   of   the   Kingslayer   before   her.

A   corner   of   Jaime’s   mouth   tugged   upward,   a   faint   ghost   of   his   trademark   smirk.   “Good,”   he   replied,   his   voice   smooth   yet   strangely   earnest.   “Because   I’m   not   here   to   give   you   a   reason   to   be.”   Jaime   stepped   forward,   slow   and   deliberate,   his   golden   hand   catching   the   faint   torchlight   as   he   raised   it   in   a   gesture   of   peace.   “I’m   not   here   to   hurt   you,   Karlyn.”   He   paused,   letting   his   words   settle   between   them.   “Whatever   stories   you’ve   heard   about   me,   whatever   truths   you   believe—know   this.   I   swore   to   your   mother   that   I   would   keep   her   daughters   safe.   I   don’t   break   my   promises,   not   the   ones   that   matter.”

He   sighed,   his   voice   softening   as   he   added,   “If   I   were   here   to   harm   you,   you   wouldn’t   have   had   the   chance   to   tell   me   you   weren’t   afraid.”   It   wasn’t   a   threat—just   the   truth,   delivered   without   the   sharp   edges   it   might’ve   carried   from   another   man.   Jaime   wasn’t   looking   for   her   submission,   only   her   understanding.   He   had   made   his   vow   to   Catelyn   Stark,   and   though   the   gods   may   have   laughed   at   the   promises   of   men,   Jaime   Lannister   did   not.

[gubbly]

these are my idol swolfs @hharsh

[nogitzune]

the teen wolf legacy discord turned into the taylor swolf legacy discord for april fools, so i decided to make taylor swift into a werewolf.

[spaceintruderdetector]

weird west tale

Lonesome (vol. 1-2, Yves Swolfs, Skorpio, 2018-2019) : Yves Swolfs : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

[cakeyouareoh]

finished season 1 yesterday, and I still can’t get over how scott, still confused about all this werewolf stuff and barely having started to come into his own as the sort of person he is going to be, doesn’t hesitate to save jackson the moment he realizes he’s in danger. the kid who is currently blackmailing him and is making moves on the girl he likes and is just overall a giant jerk to both scott and stiles. and then scott goes and saves him twice. scott, who despite how mad the fact makes him, could never just leave him to die if there’s something he can do about it. and if that doesn’t sum up scott’s overall character I don’t know what does.

[vriskart]

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[thirdoasttraining]

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[tratadista]

Yves Swolfs

[unkillability]

literal last minute artfight for @hharsh of swolf (milpom style)