#tell me more!

[horrorwomen]

Oh? A weird little horror game in a language I don't understand, with no copies to be found and a fanbase of -2 people? Oh hell yeah, I wanna know more and definitely get real sad bc I'll never play it!

[pocketgalaxies]

"my father sent me to the monastery when i wasn't what he wanted me to be."

[thatoneandlonelyemo2005]

Okay okay but consider blink discovering a secret

Oh and what would that be? his love for Mush /j

[mycological-mariner]

Beautiful thing happened today: the guy doing headshots had these brilliant nautical tattoos and I, a known ship nerd, pointed them out and said I thought they were brilliant. And he launched into how for 12 years he worked on a tall ship at one point as the captain. He got all excited telling me about it and asked if I was working on any ships. I said no, but I’d love to, have wanted to ever since I was a kid; he asks if I know so-and-so, to call him and even just being a passenger will get you credit with skippers. And at this point I’m grinning and laughing and I really want to talk more about sailing and historical stuff with this guy. He goes “Right tilt your head this way, you wanna look warm and approachable yet tough for any skippers!” Probably the best headshots I’ll ever get, those smiles were sincere. Then he recommended me his favourite book - its 700 pages and it’s 300 years of historical fiction called “We, The Drowned” which I’m checking out asap because it sounds brilliant

[sunnyrosewritesstuff]

This is my favorite review segment! These are self-chosen and I swear every year it gets harder!

Top 5 Writings of 2023

5. Temporarily in Different Worlds

Thorin pulled him in close and held him tightly as he shut his eyes against the place where he would be forced to watch Bilbo leave him. Thorin pulled back only far enough to meet Bilbo’s lips, pressing and sucking as if he could drink the ocean straight from Bilbo’s mouth. Bilbo was the one to break their kiss, but only leaning far enough away for their foreheads to still be pressed together.

“I love you, Thorin.” He murmured.

“I love you, too. Promise me you’ll be safe?” 

“I promise.”

“Promise me you’ll come back?”

Bilbo’s lips quirked in a small smile. “Now that I’ve found you, nothing but ice could keep me away.”

4. The Twelve Transformations of Bilbo Baggins

“So this quest…it’s to get back the part that makes you feel incomplete?” Bilbo questioned.

“Yes, but not in the way I thought.” Thorin grumbled.

Bilbo watched as he seemed to be trying to pick through his words. He had to wonder how much harder it was for him to have this conversation in Westron instead of his native language of Khuzdul.

“You see, my father’s was Family. He always knew he was going to find that in another person. But my mother’s was Creating. So she threw herself into her work as a smith and no one, not even the Crown Prince, was going to distract her. But there’s a feeling you get when you know you’ve found ‘a right path’. It’s a warmth that consumes your entire being, and therefore, if you’re ever in danger of losing it…it’s coldness that nearly robs you of all your senses. It was this feeling my mother felt when my father was injured in an orc attack that made her realize, he was her path. And she ended up with her greatest creations, or so she said, my siblings and me.”

Bilbo smiled, thinking of his own mom at that point. She always called him her ‘greatest adventure’. 

“Did you feel the coldness when Smaug came?” He asked, curious about this One business.

“Yes.” Thorin admitted slowly. “But there was another time I felt it.”

“When?”

Thorin’s gaze, which had drifted, immediately snapped back to connect with Bilbo. Holding him in his earnesty that had Bilbo’s toes curling at the foreign sensation.

“With you. When you were being held by two trolls, threatened to be ripped apart."

3. Ambassador to Madness

Bilbo thought about the sheer sleeves again, and felt like his entire face would catch fire at any moment as he realized the level of unrespectability he had been enduring.

“Thorin, have I been appearing…prurient?”

What could only be described as a whine came from Thorin taking Bilbo’s embarrassment to mortification.

“Sweet Yavanna! I can��t do this now. Just what was Bifur thinking?!”

“It is very tastefully handled! Everyone here is just going to think that you’re…”

“Promiscuous?” Bilbo growled.

“...exotic.”

“Why did Bifur do this to me?” Bilbo groaned.

“Because he’s a very good tailor.” Thorin mumbled under his breath.

2. Just to See You Happy

“Balin.” Bilbo’s voice wobbled. “Why are you doing this? Is it…because of him?”

Frodo had so many questions. Who were they talking about? And why did it make them so sad? After a long moment, Balin released a sigh.

“Much like Erebor, the loss of Khazad-dum is an injustice that we can finally correct. Are you asking if our previous adventure still affects me? Well, lad, doesn’t it us all?”

And 1! A Light in the Dark

Thorin immediately ducked his head, and if Bilbo wasn’t so sure it was an emotion he deemed beyond Thorin Oakenshield, he would almost say that he reacted shyly. 

“I also don’t like the dark.” He claimed in a soft, near whisper. “I wasn’t afraid of it, but…mountain caves are darker than dark. I mean, look at this.” 

Thorin’s arms swept out over the view before them.

“The stars, the moon, even your insects. Even when it’s dark you can still see. The mountain isn’t like that. You’re just…trapped and blind. And the pressure! There is nothing like the pressure of having an entire mountain looming above you, and you’re the one who has to shoulder the responsibility, you’re the one who has to rise to meet their expectations…”

Of course, there were some that I couldn't throw away when I was making my list so here's my honorable mention list! If there's a scene or line that I wrote this year that didn't make it on this list but you felt like it should...feel free to add on!

To Spoon Feed You Comfort (New WIP)

He continued his thought though in that low, deep drawl of his. “I had you pegged five seconds into our meeting.”

Bilbo swallowed around the tight lump forming in his throat. 

“Please, enlighten me.” Bilbo challenged.

Thorin held eye contact for a long moment, before his shoulders squared back, as if in effort to pull himself up taller. Bilbo refused to be cowed though, which seemed to be noticed by the twitch in Thorin’s eyebrow and the quirk of his lips.

“You have the biggest burrow in the town. I noticed as I passed by…twice, thinking it had to be an inn or a palace.”

Bilbo opened his mouth to interrupt, but Thorin continued.

“So you are a hobbit lord which means you probably have too much time and too much money on your hands. You are polite, kind-hearted, considering you haven’t thrown us out yet, but you don’t go out of your way to help people if tonight has been any indicator. You thirst for adventure, as noted by the sheer volume of maps on your walls, but you fear danger. Because why else would you still be here?

And that’s what can’t be overlooked. I can handle spoiled, pompous, inexperience, but your fear would doom us. All I’ve asked of my kin is loyalty, honor, and a willing heart. I can afford to accept no less from you. And if that is something you can’t give, stay here.”

Bilbo swallowed and swallowed again after Thorin had finished, his eyes having fallen to his toes long before Thorin had finished. It was perhaps the third time that he tried to speak that he realized he absolutely hated how close to the truth Thorin actually managed to land. The only part Bilbo felt he could argue was he wasn’t kind-hearted. He hasn’t felt anything but cold and numb in that cavity for a very long time.

Seeing Stars

“I don’t hate you.”

Bilbo honestly didn’t know what to say to that. Thank you? It certainly didn’t help Bilbo’s current predicament any as his body already began to mistake Thorin’s assurance as a confession. Before Bilbo could even breath a word though, Thorin gave a pained cry before crumpling to the ground. Gollum stood behind him with an oversized rock looking rather proud of himself before scrambling away.

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 “Not the butter, you brute!”

Oakenshield: Prince or Thief? (New WIP)

“Well you are proving to be a very accommodating captive. Do you do this often?”

“You’d be the first who dare attempt it.” Thorin responded.

“Ah.” The hobbit grinned before leaning in to whisper in Thorin’s ear. “I’ll be sure to take it nice and slow then.”

[tua-braindump]

On the topic of A/B/O, five has omega energy to me 😭

Hmm I could see that! I mean I feel like in order for him to survive the apocalypse he'd have to have been Beta or something.

I just didn't link him with Omega in my brain because he's so possesive-aggressive.

I'd love to hear your thoughts on why you think he's Omega energy :)

[rayandgay]

outing myself as team 'ray and boston should f*ck it out once, as a treat'

[tuiyla]

my sudden urges include chocolate and an etymological look at all main characters in Glee. #justgirlythings

[paintedcrows]

Did anyone tell Ford (bonus doodles: Family Movie Night, 70s Classics)

[marlynnofmany]

If that doesn't have potential for some fairytale nonsense, I don't know what does.

[littlemut]

[official-lucifers-child]

still thinking about the brainrot that fast fashion has caused in people, like i made this pair of pants that are black and white with a cool flowery design, and an acquaintance saw them and said "wow i'd pay like 20 dollars for you to make me a pair" and i could barely think with how utterly horrified i was at that; i told them that 20 dollars wouldn't even cover the materials, let alone the hours of work that went into cutting, sewing, ironing, hemming, altering, etc. they just had this look on their face when i told them that, when i said i wouldn't make them a pair for even 100 dollars because that was still way too low of an amount, a look that said "you're crazy for thinking that those cost 100 dollars" and maybe i am crazy but holy shit, 20 dollars for a pair of handmade, durable, lined pants fitted specifically to your measurements? 20 dollars for upwards of 60 hours of work? 20 dollars for several yards of high-quality fabric, thread, and buttons? 20 dollars???

[artistic-cocoon]

Saw someone on twt say they wanted to see Percy drawn like Yusuf Dikec and I couldn't help myself

[adamparrishmybeloved]

panic by dom the composer is declan-coded

obsessed about this recommendation!

artist has 838 listeners on spotify!

the song was released TODAY!!!??

who are you!!!??

[isjasz]

[Ready for a new game?]

day 11 definitelynottober - heart in your fist & week 1 weeklyhermittober - beginnings

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IM SO READY LETSGO SO EXCITED FOR THE NEW LIFE SERIES💥💥💥💥💥💥

[violetmuses]

That fact that he’s getting inked is making him even more attractive

@yassbishimvintage 🙃