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Ivan: If y'don't get that thing outta my face I'mma smash the fuck outta yours. Oscar: C'monnn you haven't eaten all day. Ivan: I ain't fuckin' hungry!

[itsbansheebitch]

Horse Rant

ok listen horses are fucking insane theyre smart, like dog smart, but they are so soft and lovely yes this is my horse girl moment fight me. HOWEVER they are also MENACES. My aunt's friend was putting away a horse in a barn and when she turned to close the barn door the horse ran up to her and BIT her BACK. Have you ever SEEN horse teeth??? Theyre MASSIVE!!!! And the horse BIT HER omg i cant. Horses just decide to bite every once in a while and it is TERRIFYING how much damage they can do like wtf wtf wtf wtf???? Horses can tell if youre sure of yourself and riding a horse actually helped with my anxiety a few years ago since i was nervous but you cant let the horse know that so you have to both ACT and LOOK not anxious because the horse can literally tell by the tone of you voice, posture, etc, etc, if you dont know what youre doing and will TAKE OVER for you and will REFUSE to listen to your commands. It's like some wild fake it till you make it shit like wtf wtf wtf??? Anyway horses are great and scary and theyre like extreme weather theyre so pretty but if you dont respect them youll get your ass handed to you thank you for coming to my TED talk

[cromulentreader]

Magic Intro 101 with Kaye and Jude

While re-reading Tithe I noticed Kaye’s intro to magic has a few parallels with the scene where Jude wakes Van.

Kaye had accidentally used magic before and Jude may have used it to save herself. I suspect the Land granted her magic while saving her instead of Jude saving herself, but I digress.

Both Kaye and Jude describe it as prickly like getting in touch with nettles. 

“It feels like when your hand falls asleep and then you move it. Prickly, like you said, like little shocks of energy shooting through it. It hurts a little.” Tithe “I feel once again that strange sensation of being stung all over with nettles.” TQoN

It's interesting Kaye focuses the magic on her hands while Jude just feels the magic all over. I read it as just down to the fact that Kaye is being instructed to do so. They both pictured it, which according to the Kelpie is the easiest way to start.

“You pictured it. That is the easiest of the senses. Now you must learn to hear it, to smell it, to taste it. Only then will your magic become real.(...)” Tithe “ I imagine the earth under me, imagine the power of it seeping up through the soles of my feet. I picture it filling my body.” TQoN

But now comes the harder part. A trust exercise for Jude. In Jude’s mind, it sounds more like a command than surrendering to the magic because she has trust issues. Many trust issues.

“To do magic, you must focus on what it is you want to do, then let go of the energy and trust it to do your bidding.”, Tithe "The Ghost puts his hand on my shoulder, steps as close as he did when instructing me in the art of murder. His voice is soft. “Jude, stop trying to force it. Let it come." TQoN

Totally a theory, but I think Ghost and the other fae would wrongly assume Jude had enough context on how to wield magic from being raised with the gentry and watching them practice enchantments. But Jude probably was distracted thinking about 10 ways to kill a guy and/or what was Cardan wearing that day. Edit because this isn't long enough: we are told Kaye is building magical energy. Jude might be pulling it from the Land instead of generating, it's not very clear to me.

[sammygender]

the thing thats always missing in conversations about gender in general is the fact that 'cis', as an identity, is not a innate Thing Some People Are, but rather a state of acceptance society grooms us into from birth

[emptygrav3yards]

I probably don't need to explain myself at all but I've been finding out I'm ND these past few years after wondering why I'm a different flavor of human than everyone else.

I'm really bad at interaction even online but I love reading all of your replies and tags on posts. I don't mean to seem antisocial. I just don't know how to communicate. BUT I do pay attention to things and remember people who are always on my dash :-)

[inkyrainstorms]

Milestones

@aroace-get-out-of-my-face I sincerely and honestly wish you a very get exploded.

[lululawrence]

You Should Be Here With Me

A 2024 Advent Fic by lululawrence

Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson | 34k | 26 Chapters

The festive period is a traditionally hectic one in the world of Premier League football, and this year is no different. A lot is riding on how Manchester United is able to come through the fixtures in the coming weeks.

Louis and his teammates know all too well the pressure that is on their shoulders. They need to prove, not just to fans of the club but the entire league, that they still have what it takes to be a team worthy of fighting for the top of the table.

Throw in the fact that Louis is all too aware that he's not getting any younger in a profession that demands your peak physical fitness year round and the incredibly fit Harry Styles, who is part of the club's social media team, and this year's festive period might just be the most important one yet.

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NOW COMPLETE!

[starmocha]

Can confirm: Xavier is our garbage disposal boyfriend

[seattlesellie]

need gentle scared to hurt u abby strap need frantic whispering "hey, tell me if it hurts, don't wanna make it hurt" as she pinches ur chin abby strap need wiping away ur tears shushing you gently abby strap need forehead to forehead grunting whimpering abby strap need "taking it so good, my best, fuckin', girl" emphasis on best abby strap need cheek kisses nose kisses abby strap need overprotective "you're not patrolling with us, y'hear me? say yes, respond" abby strap need angryyy frustrated "you're my whole entire fucking world and if someone hurts you they'll die" abby strap

[coachbeards]

#married.

bonus:

[sandgrassbagel]

personally i think dean deserved to crash the fuck out big time and end the world if he wanted to after losing cas AGAIN in 15x18. like the fuck do you mean this severely traumatized man whos been pining for his best friend for over a decade receives a love confession from said best friend, just for him to fucking DIE, and then his own kid becomes god but doesn't bring said best friend back to him.

dean watched cas die in front of him FIVE TIMES and in between each death he fell more in love with cas. john lost the love of his life ONCE and crashed out so hard he fucked over his kids' lives forever and went on a over 20-year long warpath of revenge. sam lost the first love of his life, jess, and spent the next 2 seasons on a warpath of revenge... BUT DEAN WATCHES THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE DIE 5 TIMES AND EACH TIME HE SPIRALS IN GRIEF HE GETS SHIT FOR IT???? let my man spiral and crash the fuck OUT he DESERVES it like goddamn

[masochistartt]

the king of nelson road.

[nxll-n4m3]

A neat little thought I had. Ultrakill related, and inspired by an animatic I cannot find again. By the way, whoever made that, I love you. It was beautiful.

Thinking about a V1 that's bigger than Gabriel. A bigger, meaner war-machine. Gabriel is meant to appeal to humans; sure, he's very tall by human standards, but not overly so. V1 wasn't made to hold appeal, it wasn't even really made to be intimidating. It was made to be an efficient, effective killer. V1 was built to dominate in a war it never saw. So of course, it's massive.

The first time Gabriel really got to stand next to V1, he was shocked. When they're both moving unreasonably fast, and Gabriel is floating several feet above the ground, it's quite hard to discern size differences. However, here, on the ground? Gabriel found himself looking up at V1. Tall, broad-shouldered V1. Gabriel wasn't sure what emotion he felt then, but it was certainly something.

They'd been allies for a while now, their fights becoming more like sparring matches for enrichment and to fuel V1's hunger and need for battle -- still, it did something to Gabriel each time he got close and let V1 feed from him. The machine's hands digging harshly into his sides, feedbacker resting more gently against his lower side, nearly against his hip, while the knuckleblasters claws pressed into holes left behind from the nail gun. The way it towered over him, its one glinting eye looking down at him with the bottom shutter of the optic slightly raised. It always caused something to bubble inside him.

Maybe not love, but something equally as raw. More feral, perhaps. It made him feel alive in a way he'd never experienced before. Gabriel sometimes wondered if he knew what living really was before V1 had made him learn what it was like to struggle -- to bleed.

After the first time Gabriel noticed it, he didn't stop noticing it. V1 was large enough to effectively throw Gabriel around, if allowed close enough during a fight. At one point, it parried his sword strike back against him, and used the half second to grab his other wrist so he couldn't swing again; the small pause between the grab and V1 slamming Gabriel to the ground being much too brief for the angel himself to be aware of, even if that moment had felt longer to V1.

It kept him pinned, both wrists bound up quickly with the whiplash while the knuckleblaster and feedbacker dragged against his armor and covered skin. V1 settled over his thighs, the weight of it being enough to keep him from squirming. Like this, Gabriel almost felt more aware of how much smaller he was than when he stood next to it and had to look up. He wasn't used to being small, but he wasn't used to willingly letting a mechanical companion savor his blood either. It was.. nice. Gabriel liked being close to V1, even if it was just for fueling the machine. Gabriel refused to acknowledge further how it felt, out of caution for his own physical reaction to it. He let himself appreciate the view, though.

[floofery]

Eventually, everyone leaves.

...do I drive them away?

Some birthday art for Basil... angst .... yummy

Bonus:

Pov its ur 17th but your ever-present guilt that follows u wherever you go is still haunting you

Another version:

some speculation in tags!

[propheticlyre]

i cant stop thinking about the significance of names in aftg. neil josten/nathaniel wesninski. andrew minyard/andrew doe. jean yves moreau/jean moreau. jeremy knox/jeremy wilshire.

[rainofthetwilight]

anyway with how I've seen wyldfyre haters (somehow) still around I need everyone to look at this post