#tet is adorable

[blorbingqls]

hi i made a new wallpaper of The Eclipse the series?!

a reference to my initial post here, i sort of was in my firstkhao depression era so i decided to rewatch the show and make a wallpaper out of it (i might make more since this is more of a mix)

i might rewatch moonlight chicken for the sake of it but if you have any suggestions, let me know!!

[whiskeyskin]

This

Premise: Astarion begins to understand how hellish it is catching feels.

• Astarion x afab!Tav • 18+ • M rating • MDNI

Astarion's POV, reference to blood feeding, warmth and comfort, hating the fact he's falling, light PinV, lotus pose, sensual, romantic, playful, past trauma's getting in the gods damned way, reliving bad memories, understand, love, deciding not to have sex, feels

2.6k words

Thank you to @casualya for this beautiful picture 😍💜

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Astarion gasped, his mouth and throat coated in their delicious blood. So decatent, so warming and sweet. He felt intoxicated by it. A smile curled across his lips, still breathing heavily, mouth open.

"Can you taste the whiskey?" Tav asked, through a murmur of light-headedness and amusement.

Astarion hummed in appreciation against their soft, taut skin. He adored the way they smelled after he fed. Like warm lust, soft bedding and comfort on a rainy day.

He hated it.

Especially when they softly rubbed his back in soothing circles, making his resolve wane further.

His eyelids drooped as he slowly blinked against the lulling feeling of being with them like this. Naked and intimate but with no immediate threat of sex.

"I can," he licked his lips, catching drops of their taste in the creases of his mouth, "Is that why you taste especially warming tonight, my dear?"

He lazily dragged his tongue over the two slowly oozing pierce marks; the evidence of his condition inflicted on another.

Tav shuddered and grazed the back of his neck to lightly fist and twirl his hair. Astarion grasped the Amulet of Silvanus around his neck, muttered the incantation and the tent flooded with blue healing energy.

Tav's naked chest pressed against his own as they inhaled deeply, carried by the spell's energy. They sighed out and peppered kisses against his forehead to the side of his cheek, their skin now feeling similar temperature, instead of his usual cool against their warmth.

There they sat, facing each other in relaxed embrace, Tav's splayed legs hooked over his own. The rhythm of Tav's breathing a sweet lullaby as he closed his eyes, leaning his temple against theirs in complete bliss.

It was awful.

All he'd wanted was a little promise of protection. For them to fall for his manipulations and honeyed words. To use his extraordinary talents and devastating good looks to his own advantage for a little tet au tet. Sex for protection.

Not this. Not kindness and understanding. Not feeling rested and nurtured and important. Feeling safe, truly safe with them. With all of their tadpoled rabble, in fact.

He could feel the warmth radiating off their core as they sat like this, the blood he'd drained from them headed only one possible place.

He could smell them. The allure of their sex. Their want and need for him. Their siren's call to sheath himself fully inside them. But with Tav, there was the safety of knowing that it need not go any further than this, unless he wanted it.

While they didn't understand the full severity of his complicated relationship with sex, they were acutely aware of it and always insisted on his unabashed consent and when it wasn't, they'd simply dressed themself, said goodnight and left for their tent.

It had left him flabbergasted.

That was the most erotic part of sex with Tav for him. The he had that power. That control to say "No" and they would obey.. listen.. allow it.

He wouldn't be forced to go through with it. Wouldn't be compelled to do it. Wouldn't do it to avoid lashings. They would simply get dressed and leave for their own bunk.

However that stint ended the first night Tav had suggested to sit like this together while feeding, for the sake of intimacy; completely naked, with no sex at all. They'd walked out of tent without a word, leaving him unexpectedly frustrated.

He'd riled himself wild the rest of the next adventuring day with the notion of fucking with free-will, that they'd been fucking every night since in some fashion, or another.

The freedom to have sex only, and if only, he wanted to but to still have the electricity of the warm up act? He could feel himself growing harder with the thought.

"Should I ignore it?" Tav whispered against the shell of his ear.

Astarion swallowed, traces amounts of the blood still present. He pulled them even closer, the head of his cock jutting against their swollen lips. Tav made a small gasp, then he felt a small smile against his skin before a kiss was pressed there.

"Tell me we don't have to.." he started, and fanned his fingers out across their back.

"Never. We never have to do anything unless you want to." Tav answered, shaking their head softly.

Astarion's eyes fluttered closed, "Tell me you'll leave if I asked you to." He said, trying to suppress a moan, as his fingers dug against the musculature of their back.

"Without question." They replied. Astarion squeezed his eyes shut tighter and bit his lip.

This. This was something he'd never had. Freedom to say no.

He'd hadn't experienced this, not in over 200 years. Someone who respected his choices, his opinions. Someone who empowered him to take chances in his own abilities, to find confidence in new skills. Someone that he found himself searching for in a crowded place. Someone that openly gave themselves to him without expecting anything in return. Someone who he.. cared for.

Gods below.

"Do you want me to leave?" Tav asked, their tone non-threatening and understanding.

Astarion shook his head and pressed his face into the crook of their neck - his safe place, his haven.

It was Hell.

He pulled them even closer, the bedroll unbunching as he lifted them higher on his thighs and spread their sweet lips apart.

His hard length glided from their clit to their entrance and gently prodded, their hole twitched against the intrusion then relaxed.

Tav breathed a moan and leaned back their head, exposing their neck to him again. Both of them began to writhe with miniscule movement, rocking against each other.

His cock butted from the position he'd tried to suavely place himself in and slid wetly up the length of their vulva.

They chuckled breathless and contented, "Why does sex never go as smoothly as it does in novels and verse?" Tav mused, tilting their head in amusement.

He softly snorted a laugh and burned the brand of his kiss against their clavicle, then smirked out the side of his mouth, "Indeed, my love. I need a little help it seems."

He gently thrust upwards, his cock gliding against their pink, glistening lips, so they would understand what he meant.

"Picking at the lock but need an extra hand to open it?" Tav laughed softly, reaching between them to gently push his length into the correct angle for this position. Astarion flexed his thighs to afford more space and lift them higher.

Their wet folds made deliciously slick noises as his cock slid into place and his head was engulfed by their tight entrance.

They both gasped, their breath mingling as they moaned together. Tav bit their lip and gently rolled their hips to tease his tip, to sucker and release as he barely entered them.

Suddenly, he was plagued with his well practised, tired and loathsome feeling of revulsion and hatred. He tried to push it back, to contain it to the subconscious part of his brain.

He pulled himself back, to look down at the sensation. A low twang of lust to hit in his belly watching the head of his cock disappearing into their waiting vagina, massaging and teasing him.

Tav's hand was resting on his lower abdomen to keep him in place, the other wrapped around his neck.

"You feel so good, my darling."

Tav smiled seductively, but said nothing.

Again, the feeling of revulsion reared up inside him, filling his throat with bile. He shook his head against it, snorting breath through his nose.

"Tell me it feels good, Tav."

"Always, Star."

Tav slid their hand from the back of his neck to delicately capture his jaw, feather light and soft. He leaned in desperately, folding in on himself to get closer.

He was taken back to the palace, to that bedroom.. to the hundreds of faceless underneath, or on top of him.

He gritted his teeth, and strained against it. He blinked back the visions, willing himself through it. He just needed to get through it and everything would be fine. He just needed to find another way through it than his usual routine of disgust and revulsion at what he was doing.

It wasn't a victim, not another body to appease Him. It was Tav. It was..

"We can stop-" came Tav's voice, concern tinged their tone.

"-No," he protested, "Don't you dare." He warned with a devilish snarl, kissing them deeply, tongue lashing with theirs.

He wouldn't be beaten by it. Wouldn't let Cazador keep ruining his life.

Astarion gripped then curve of Tav's ass to pull them toward him, to make them full with his cock but they dug in their heels to stop him.

"Wait, let me.." they trailed off, leaning themselves backwards with one arm to give then leverage.

They rolled their hips upwards in languid circles, using their strength to hold themselves up higher.

Astarion stared down at their meeting. His pale purple head dipping shallowly into their hot, pink cunt. Their combined slick glistening as his tip reappeared from their entrance. He almost swallowed his own tongue.

He never looked at it before Tav. Where the sexes met. It disgusted him. Why would he. He would always look away, or look between the mark's eyebrows. Never in the eyes and never watched how bodies moved with him.

"It's beautiful, isn't it? How I envelope around you, welcome you inside me?"

"Y-yes.. my d-darling," Astarion struggled, feeling his cock thicken as he stared down at Tav's inviting folds.

It felt like he was being choked from desire as the feeling sent electricity through his hips and down to his toes. The slow, deliberate friction suckering against his most sensitive part.

However, despite his efforts, the elation was soon tainted by nausea and self-loathing.

Gods he wanted to be normal. To experience and enjoy sex the way you're supposed to. To have the ability to relish in the delights of the carnal, not to be repulsed by them.

He wanted it desperately. Almost as much he wanted Cazador dead. He wished he could give himself fully without the baggage and hurt and trauma he carried.

They deserved more than him. Deserved to be with someone that could make them truly happy. That didn't come with emotional scars that dug so deep they'd never fully heal.

What could he possibly have to offer, except his exceptional ability in bed?

He wrapped an arm around Tav to help take the weight and slid them down his cock another inch, to envelop his tip completely.

Tav whimpered and bit their bottom lip.

Pleasure clenched low in his gut and Astarion moaned, and sought out their nipple to suck and bite on. Something tangible, something physical. To keep him present, to keep him centred. Something to show his affection for them, how they made him feel, what they were doing to him; despite his past creating road blocks.

Tav gasped and heaved their chest upward, legs splaying further. Astarion bucked in rhythm to add to motion.

"I adore watching you like this. Spread for me. Moaning just for me.."

It was true. He did. He just desperately wished that the act itself wasn't marred by sickening, cloying hatred.

He was so conflicted. He understood that this was different; the feelings when he was with Tav were unlike anything he'd experienced for those torturous decades, but the other darker side of himself refused to relent it's vice-like grip.

"I'm very happy for you, Star but I'm going to get a cramp if I don't move." Tav chuckled, resting themself back down onto the bedroll, his cock popped out and now felt cold from the lack of warmth.

"Well, can't very well have that, can we?" He mocked with a true playfulness only they brought out in him, "Shall we change positions in a very sexy and alluring manner, my dear?"

"Oh, not our usual tangle of limbs and curse words that come from us trying to extracate ourselves?"

"Perish the thought. I'm a consummate professional."

"Professional bastard."

"That too."

They giggled softly within each others embrace, then pressed a familiar kiss. Astarion lingered just a second longer than they did before Tav scooched themselves back and stretched out their legs, groaning.

"Ugh, I swear this adventuring lark is tough on the old bones." They complained, impersonating an elder in the warbling tone.

"Your bones are hardly old, mine are far older than yours."

"Your bones are also Elven and Vampiric, and therefore immortal. So yank those reigns, Grandfather." They sassed, pointing and flexing their feet, stretching out their legs. Astarion gave a genuine laugh.

His chest ached. He didn't know why. It was a dull, throbbing ache that seeped warmth into the deep reccesses of his soul.

His brows creased together at the odd sensation and swallowed, embracing it. At least it was different to self-loathing. It was calming but made his body feel like it was struggling for air. He recognised it.. vaguely.. from his early years of enslavement.

Guilt poured over him, dousing the warmth gathered in his chest. Reliving the scant moments of connection and the internal conflict that followed, the fear of disobeying, the desperation of attempted escapes.. the darkness.

"You alright, Star darling? Looking a little peaky, even more peaky than your usual snow white self." They flexed their eyebrows at him with a smirk.

He swallowed, "Oh, yes. I'm fine." His answer was automatic.

Tav's brow twitched, "What is it?" Their tone was soft, light but with a pull of seriousness. Astarion swallowed again, gazing at them, reclined and comfortably naked, in the amber glow of the candlelight.

He couldn't talk about this. Not now. Not yet. He wasn't ready. Not here.. when the world seemed so far away. He had to keep it out. Keep Him out. He wanted to stay in this bubble with them. Inside his tent, in their small patch of nowhere. Not yet. Don't take them away yet.

"Hey, hey.. talk to me. You're worrying me now." They leaned up to grip him arms but stopped short - a gesture toward his dislike of being touched when these memories overcame him.

Gods. Why were they so nice to him?

"Absolutely nothing. But are you alright, my dear?" He asked, trying to deflect, "Are we tired? Does the poor, frail human need their rest?" He taunted with a babied voice, lightly pinching at their soft thighs.

"I will end you if you don't stop jiggling my thighs." They threatened emptily, with a grin and a raised brow.

"Beautiful thighs," he objected, shuffling closer to them and pulling them back into him, "I often get lost in thoughts of losing myself between those thighs." He flashed them a dangerous look, shielding them from the horrors beneath.

He just wanted to return to their previous engaged activity; he wouldn't let his past win.

He wanted to bury himself deep within them and paint their walls. Claim them. He wanted to stay inside them as they lay in the afterglow, warming his cock and keeping his seed pressed within.

But at the same time, he wanted none of that.. because it was all tainted. Even though it was with Tav. It still.. hurt.

He palmed the curve of their hips beneath the splay of his hands, up to their waist and down the cup of their behind. He took the meat of their thigh and brought it to his mouth. He sucked and kissed at their smooth skin.

"And I have also fantasied about you between my legs." They admitted, as nonchalantly as if they were discussing the weather, "whether it's your cock, or your mouth. It doesn't matter which. Although, when it's your mouth, it shuts you up for a while, so that's a massive boon." They smirked, as Astarion caught up with the joke quickly and squeezed at their soft flesh to tickle them.

They writhed and laughed together, as Tav protested between cackles, while he dared them to repeat.

Breathless from enjoyment and glee, they laid back, settled into each others arms. The last titters rumbling, as they coiled limbs around each other.

Several moments of silence passed easily around them. Tav's breathing soothing him once more, bringing him back to the calm, chasing away all thoughts of his tormented past.

"I do adore laying with you like this, when it's just us and.. it's just us." A quiver strained his voice, a strange gripping sensation held his chest and threatened to surge outward but he caught the feeling and held it tightly before it overcame him.

Gods, not this level of Hell again.

"Mm, me too." They whispered, gently stroking his forearm.

A few more wordless moments passed before them, "Star, is it alright if we don't have sex tonight?"

Astarion's head jerked, an oxymoronic wave of relief, surprise and disappointment tumbling over him, "Of course, if that's what you want?" He propped himself up on his elbow.

They nodded, scrunching up their nose, "It is, yeah. I'm quite sore and bruised. Apparently Silvanus' blessing doesn't extend to aching bones and tender vaginas," They shot out a giggle together, "I'm not used to having sex every night. It's a lot for me," They made an uneasy face, "It's why I wasn't letting you in any further than the tip, if I'm being completely honest. Are you disappointed?"

"Well, naturally I am a little.. but.. well.." He looked into their warm eyes, and it's glow radiated into him, "If we're being honest with each other; I'm a little relieved. I wouldn't mind a break."

"Oh, thank god." They breathed with a sigh of relief, smiling widely.

"You don't have to sound so elated." He teased, with faux indignation.

"No, no. It's not that. It's just.. I didn't want to come up short in the bedroom for you. I mean, you're used to a lot of sex and-"

"Darling," He stopped them with a hand, "Consent flows both ways, you know? If you're not feeling it, tell me for God's sake!"

Tav's unease dissolved in front of this eyes, "Thank you, love."

Tender fingers reached for his chin and he willingly followed them down for another sweet kiss.

"Also, you're not going to believe this but I was maybe doing the same with you. I didn't want to let down the fantasy of being with a Rakeish Vampire."

"So, we've both been competing with our own ego's and projected expectations, even though the other was feeling similarly?" Said Tav plainly, pointing out the irony.

Astarion nodded and Tav laughed without humour.

"Well, I suppose that's why they say communicating is key to a good relationship." They shrugged, giggling gently.

A relationship.

Is that what this was?

He'd not been in a "relationship" since well before his turning.

Was that what the warmth inside him had been trying to tell him? Had his cold, dead heart been beating during this time they'd spent together and he hadn't thought to notice it?

Had he developed.. feelings right under his own nose?

Gods below.

"What? You've gone all quiet and pensive again." They rubbed his shoulder to pull him from his stupor.

"I have?" He blinked.

"Yes, you do it a lot," They twirled a curl between their fingers and shaped it around his ear.

Suddenly his vision started to blur, and instead his mind was filled with their first time at the Tiefling party. They'd done exactly the same. He was still inside them, and therefore still dissociated from the event. They'd pulled him back by fixing a stray curl. He'd smiled in genuine affection at the motion.

And in the Crèche. They'd just finished the gruelling fight against the Inquisitor, the others had been looking for an escape away from the main entrance, where the Githyanki hoard waited. Tav had walked over to him to check on his wellbeing, and absent-mindedly stroked a blood-soaked curl out of his face.

And the Underdark. In the Sussur Grove. They'd told him how beautiful he looked bathed in the light of the magnificent arcane tree. That was the first time he'd kissed them. Truly kissed them. Without a plan, or manipulative word. He'd just wanted to kiss them. They'd threaded his hair around their fingers at the nape of his neck into a tight curl that he'd tried to keep pristine.

The gesture was so gentle, so miniscule, so innocuous, yet so monumentous to him; a simple thing that brought up not nightmares from his past, but treasured memories from their time together. Moments not drenched in hate and fear, but in adoration and affection.

"What is it you're thinking about with that particular facial expression, I wonder." They traced a faint scar on his shoulder, smiling up at him.

Gods, he wanted to say it. Could he say it? Was he even capable of it..

Eventually, he said, "I am used to a lot of sex but it's sex that I didn't want."

Tav paused, their eyes searched his face, and raised a hand to cup his cheek. He leaned into it like a cat rubbing against it's favourite human.

"I didn't have anything, not even my own body. I did as I was told for so long, I'd quite forgotten what it was like to want."

Astarion scrunched up his face, emotion from uncharted territory replacing the repugnant bile that once fought it's way out. He placed his hand on top of theirs and brought their palm to his mouth, pressing a firm, almost desperate kiss.

"This," he started, staring down at the person he'd willingly die for, "this is what I want."

Tav's eyes began to fill, as they pursed their lips over their smile to conceal it and failed miserably. They brought their other hand to his cheek and brushed away a tear he hadn't realised had fallen, thumbing another away with the other.

"I know. Me too."

They gently pulled him down to lay with them, wrapping arms and legs together, melted into each other.

They fit perfectly together; a practised position of theirs.

His favourite position of theirs.

Tav gently kissed his forehead and held him closer, twirling their favourite curl behind his ear. They soaked into each other, perfectly in-sync. Bodies and minds intertwined and existing in pure harmony and peace.

His haven. His safe place.

Shit.

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Room for more? There's always time for more smut and sweetness 😜

[flanaganfilm]

I heard "Wind Through the Keyhole" is your favorite Dark Tower novel. What makes it your favorite? It's my second favorite, after Wizard and Glass, and I was surprised most other fans didn't like it as much as I did. Although I did read in right after Wizard and Glass since I start reading after everything was released, maybe it would be a different experience coming to it after finishing everything else.

There's something about The Wind Through the Keyhole that just breaks me. I adore all the books, of course, and of the big seven, Wizard and Glass is also my favorite. But Keyhole is a fascinating coda, a beautiful reunion, and a devastating goodbye.

Because it came out after the others, there is a sense of homecoming that kicks in right away, as you find yourself reunited with these characters you love so much, who have yet to find their fates. The ka-tet is unbroken. It is that rare, beautiful, impossible thing that we all yearn for - a chance to be with those we've lost again, and to see them as we prefer to remember them. I started crying in the first chapter.

The story itself feels like a lullaby, a beautiful little epilogue that ties together all of the themes of the other books and distills them into their most pure, potent form. There are lines of dialogue and prose in this that pierce me, and encapsulate even the most elusive emotions from the journey of The Dark Tower. Here are just a few passages that tattooed themselves on my heart while reading:

--

“What if I fall?', Tim cried.

Maerlyn laughed. 'Sooner or later, we all do.”

--

“It was not fair, it was not fair, it was not fair. So cried his child's heart, and then his child's heart died a little. For that is also the way of the world.”

--

“Time is a keyhole, he thought as he looked up at the stars. Yes, I think so. We sometimes bend and peer through it. And the wind we feel on our cheeks when we do - the wind that blows through the keyhole - is the breath of all the living universe.” --

“In the end, the wind takes everything, doesn't it? And why not? Why other? If the sweetness of our lives did not depart, there would be no sweetness at all.”

-- And finally, my favorite quote from the book:

“The two most beautiful words in any language are: I forgive.” That's the thing about this book - it is full of forgiveness, and empathy, and looks back at the road behind us with older, wiser eyes. It deepens and somehow completes Roland, Eddie, Susannah, and Jake. The Dark Tower (book 7) gives us final mental images of them, and even admonishes us to "remember them well, like this," but I find myself remembering them in Keyhole more than anything, sitting at the fire, lost in a story. The final moments as they walk on, wading back into the raging river of the story I know so well and toward their inevitable fates, gives me a sense of loss, of love, and of things being right. Ka is a wheel, and I feel it turn twice in the series. At the very end of Book 7, for sure, but also here - I feel the wheel turn in Wind Through the Keyhole in a profound way, and find myself moved as I huddle with these characters on one small spoke of that wheel, reveling in the kind of stolen reunion we only dream of in life.

It's a thoughtful, mature, beautiful look back, and for me it somehow ties the whole enterprise together in a way I could never have expected. The Dark Tower isn't complete without this book, and in a lot of ways, this book reveals the soul of the journey more clearly than the others. Just speaking for myself, of course, and I imagine mileage may vary. But this one brings a smile to my face and a tear to my eye, maybe because it carries all the other books with it.

[rotten-dan-art]

I made creacher designs based on me and my friends from my server, arent they adorable? gjfkdjfkd

and then friend Shiny (Smorncher) made them emojis!!!

me, @stoopidstapler @sadisthetic @steamed-tets @pigeon-mermaid (Wick dont got a tumblr) @mushrooms-and-blooms @tagussie @rotten-spaceymage

[cosmicmote]

the warmth of pasta in melted cheese

oh how I adore you,

and not only you,

for there is four tet's planet, too

chet baker's almost blue

some lovers' carvings

and also, sticks of fish.

to quote another poet:

I am what I feel and think and do,

and part of that is to create and consume

if not the all of it with your fair shake;

there are better audiences around.

words ©spacetree 2024

[stuiie]

EXTREMELY rude of you to open my eyes to rhaenys/reader with that fic rec only for me to devour it within 1 evening and THEN I find out there are 9 AO3 fics of them!!!! EXTREMELY RUDE 😡😤

👀

But it was good right?! 😉

There are 2 ongoing fics with great potential to feed that little monster that was created.

A place for you and me (and our dragons) by @ofhouseusher Beautifully written and I think you will love it a lot. I just know this will become one of my favorite fics. Please check it out.

Then we of course have @madamspellmans-met-tet and her story Camyla, the Petulant. Also a really good read from a very talented author I adore very much. So I just know it will be great.

Am I forgiven now? 😇

[dabisbratz]

hihi im back :3 last ask got me thinking abt how much kuroo would love edging u to the point where u can barely function, ur just a whiny drooling mess at his feet. like im thinking he might do it for days or even weeks bc he loves it SO much when u beg for him?? it's so pathetic n adorable, he'll probably patronize u the whole time ur on ur knees squirming n crying "aww does the sloppy baby wanna cum?" and then finally when ur so desperate u cant even think straight he'll just rail u so hard and so rough and u will reach the edge of the most earth shattering, mind breaking orgasm where ur seeing stars and ur almost sobbing from how good it feels, & then he'll just pull out and walk away as if nothing happened. ok sorry i had to - 🐾

ohhh rightright!! n if you beg pretty enough he’ll sigh, feigning annoyance as he taps his chin n goes, “well, if you wanna cum so bad then who am i to deny you?” just to overstimulate you until you’re covered in your own cum, shaking n swatting away his hands with tears in your eyes, babbling nonsense while he fucks your own cum into you n wetly kisses your neck. you wail around him n sob, saying you just can’t possibly cum again, but he’s shaking his head n tacking on a nasally voice, imitating your pleas n goin: ‘p-p-p-please, tets’ ! wanna feel you for days, please let me cum!’ with such a cruel n pretty laugh.

[narumakiii]

🎮 — favorite video game(s)?

munday meme.

Favorite Games? that's gonna be a list holy hell. I apoligize in advance but thank you very much for sending me the ask @maudlxne ♡

So obviously The Legend of Zelda - Games like I played 99% of them and I geniunely just adore Hyrule so much. Especially TP, SS, BOTW and Minish Cap made me so so so happy to play. Easily some of the best games out there!

Then I have to say Kingdom Hearts. I've played those since they came out. God. I absolutely LOVE Sora and Riku, Aqua, King Mickey, Axel, etc. those games have made me laugh & cry!

Pokemon Games! All of them! Nothing to say besides I remember playing them on my Gameboy Color and god. That joy never left me. I have a switch nowadays and I'll never not play them.

Stardew Valley! I 100%tet the game a couple times alone & with others. You can also mod it. It's such a fun, relaxing game!!! If you love indie farming and romance games I can really really recommend it. The creator makes all updates for free and the base game is like 15 bucks. I have easily a couple hundreds of hours in it.

Monster Hunter! Easily some fave titles there! No need to explain just always fun to go on hunts with friends and/or my husband.

Divinity: Original Sin 2!! As someone who plays DnD with a group and has been doing so for a couple of years now, Div2 hits all my spots. it has some Pathfinder-esque elements too. the game is absolute ingenious and came out a couple years before Baldurs Gate 3. it's a lot of hecking fun! I can recommend it!!

Dragons Dogma & Dragons Dogma 2; absolutely wonderful games. Esp DD2 did a lot of Quality of Life changes. The game plays beautifully, the combat is so so fluid and never boring. I love the story and choices. I think I got like 200 smth hours trying to get all the Endings and maxing out my Affection Level on my pawn.

& last a classic: Terraria!! Another small game I have so many hours in. This game is serious fun with friends and never stops being relevant because of mods & updates!!

Honorary mentions without explanations; Star Rail, Hi3, Lethal Company, Phasmophobia, Core Keeper, Hollow Knight, Journey, Slay the Spire, No Man's Sky, Little Witch in the Woods, Harvest Moon, Deep Rock Galactic, Abiotic Factor, Harvestella, Star Ocean the Second Story, Risk of Rain 2, Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous

[thedreamcrosser]

The Art of Automatic Heritage

Made by friends and fans (like you!)

Commentary by Dream Crosser

When I heard that the game Stray was finally out I was only vaguely keeping an eye on it at the time. To me, it was that cat game that had been in development for a while, so when it came out I was not expecting to jump into it right away.

Boy, did I wish I should have played it sooner. When I finished playing it I had something of a raging itch to have more of the game. The lore of the world had me hook line and sinker, and I had to have some kind of outlet to let it out.

I could not draw, but I had an idea for a character that I was begging my twin sister to draw for me, just like we were in grade school again. She was in art collage at the time so she did not have much time for my raving, but a rough sketch was born and my itch was sated.

For a while at least… Beryl became my baby and soon I found myself writing about her to calm myself down in between the times I could sit down at work. All I wanted to do was to dive into this world so badly, so getting back into an old hobby seemed to be my saving grace.

Jumping on to Twitter I found that other people online were making their own OCs. I found one particularly friendly person and I just had to play along with their character. I made a cute role-play comment and out popped this cute picture by @Lenny_lazyDraw of their character Cleo with Beryl.

As my fanfiction began to take form I began to chat more and more online with others of the fandom. To be honest, you guys have been the ones to keep me company for a long time, and I want to reassure you all that while I am not on the internet that much anymore I am still alive and well and still thinking about you all on the physical side of life. But as for my time on fanfiction, I also took some time on Discord. Discord for me was a place where I could have real conversations with people. If it was not face-to-face it was through text, and there was no pressure to have likes and to post pictures. You could truly be anonymous and somebody at the same time.

I was invited to a roleplay server called TheStraycord by none other than ThemSoundwaves. It started on the unofficial Stray server with us talking each other's ears off and finding we had some things in common. A love for writing, dubstep, and the silly. When she invited me over to TheStraycord I immediately made myself comfortable and dove into a role play. I was on that server every day, and soon I caught the eye of none other than a “Dumbfoundbot.”

Also known as ViralPenny on Twitter, Dumbfoundbot surprisingly loved the characters that I created, not knowing that I have made fanfiction of my beloveds. On Twitter, they asked for OCs that they could draw for people. My twin sister and I both volunteered and found later our characters had their portrait done.

I would not be surprised if he heard me scream in delight from my home in Florida all the way in the Philippines, because he for sure did not stop. Before I knew it a picture of Whitney was made as well.

Folks, to say I died would not be enough to express how happy I was. I could tell the feeling was mutual for the artist because when we were finished with the roleplay these art pieces popped in chat.

And they are adorable!

What a week that had been! I am glad that happened as well because for some reason this series of events kicked off my twin sisters’ inspiration like none other. Not only did she get into her Stray Oc character more over time, but she finally did a full-color character sheet of Beryl.

Just in time to show it off on her graduation day as well. And while I hope she draws more I hope even more that she draws for herself. Even her sketches I adore. Here is one she did on chapter 5.

While things have slowed down a bit, that being the Stray fandom on A03 and currently my time on this fandom, life in the real world has sped up. Having my first child and recovering from major surgery had taken a number out of me. But I am glad that everyone else is still moving forward. Heck, I am especially happy that ThemSoundWaves is finding time to draw as well. She gave me a phenomenal take on Dr.Mike and I look forward to adding his description more to future chapters.

Artists, I love all of your art. Please continue to love what you do and don’t let what is going on in the world stop you from doing what you love, especially with this AI nonsense going around. As for my readers, please go check out and support these artists. They deserve all of their hard work to be rewarded.

Automatic Heritage will continue. The next chapter is about to be completed, it just needs some time. I do know that this project will continue as long as I can see that there is interest, that being kudos and comments. Not that I am holding this story over my reader's head, but that I am going to use this as a way to see that there are people interested and to stay faithful to the few that are. No point in forcing myself to write when there is no activity.

Thank you again my friends, and may the sun shine warm upon your face.

*closes document* “ah… that should be it…” *gets notification from Discord* *opens Discord*

*screams in cute robot*

Art done by @Jesterdysphoria on X (aka twitter)

[theencountertableofficial]

Hey I absolutely adore the podcast and I was wondering if u guys are okay with people making oc's for the TET universe? Either way I wish everyone a lovely day and all the good vibes✨

Yeah that is absolutely fine!! Actually I super encourage it!!

[arizonabowl]

༄ Mermaid! Reader x ngnl headcanons ༄

Tet!

- teto/tet le dieu du monde de disboard à un faible pour les sirènes c'est l'une de ces créations préférées

- il te donne des surnoms comme "ma sirène" ou "Nymphe"

- lorsque que vous vous voyez teto/tet te regarde comme si c'était ma première fois que vous vous voyez pour admirer t'a beauté

- t'es écailles sont comme des pièces rare exposées au musée il adore les toucher et sentir la textures mouillés de ta peau rempli d'écailles

- vous vous donnez rendez-vous à un endroit près d'un lac à chaque fois que vous avez envie de vous voir

- il adore tes cuisses quand tu n'a pas t'a queue de sirènes parce qu'il y a des petites écailles au dessus de t'es cuisses

- "je pensais pas qu'une Nymphe comme toi pourrait me rendre fou à ce point..tu est trop belle.."

- quand tu sors de l'eau tu as des étourdissements à certain moment c'est pour ça que tet/teto a toujours une bouteille d'eau sur lui pour que tu reste hydrater

- "MA SIRÈNE?! TU VA BIEN ?"

"Arrête de paniquer teto..je vais bien"

- tet/teto a l'habitude de se balader dans les airs (il assume pas mais si il se balade dans les airs c'est surtout pour essayer de te repérer et t'observer de loin)

- quand tu n'arrive pas à dormir tet/teto fait tout pour que tu t'endorme dans ces bras

- ou alors quand tu n'arrive pas à dormir tet/teto te porte dans ces bras et fais une balade aériennes sous les étoiles et en général cette technique marche plutôt bien..

- "fais attention à toi petite sirène..j'aime bien manger du poisson tu sais ?"

- "moi j'aime manger des humains."

- "c'est un raccourci pour dire que t'a envie de me manger ?"

- "a toi de le comprendre à ta façon.."

✩ ✩ ✩ ✩ ✩ ✩ ➪

Shiro!

- shiro ne savait pas l'existence des sirènes jusqu'à ce qu'elle te voit..

- fasciner par ton apparence elle lit des livres qui parlent de sirènes et plus d'informations sur elles

- elle adore la sensation de t'a peau sous ces doigts "si douce..c'est quoi ton secret ?"

- les écailles sur tes joues sont probablement l'emplacement des écailles sur ton corps qu'elle préfère

- elle adore poser sa tête sur t'a queue en guise de coussin pour qu'ensuite tu lui caresse et joue avec ses cheveux

- sora est jaloux à chaque fois qu'il te voit avec shiro parce que lui aussi aurait aimé une belle sirène comme toi qui pourrait lui caressé les cheveux

- elle fait souvent des belles tresses avec t'es cheveux puis rajoute des coquillages pour faire des petites barrettes

- c'est toujours dans une petite grotte que vous vous retrouvez pour discuter et pour montrer votre affection l'une en vers l'autre

- quand elle n'arrive pas à dormir elle t'appelle tout le temps pour que reste avec elle

- "raconte moi tes activités..je sais que tu n'a probablement rien à dire sachant qu'il est tard mais..entendre t'a voix m'aide à dormir alors au moins..parle de tout et de rien s'il te plaît ?"

- quand c'est toi qui n'arrive pas à dormir elle vien dans la grotte en cachette puis vien s'asseoir au bord du lac pour que tu puisse allonger t'a tête sur ses genoux et une fois que tu est bien installée elle fais des mouvements doux dans tes cheveux pour t'aider à t'endormir..

- elle fredonne l'une de ses chanson préférée pendant qu'elle te caresse la tête

- "merci votre altesse.."

"s'il te plait appelle moi shiro.."

"merci shiro.."

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Sora!

- il t'aime comme pas possible.

- la première fois que vous vous êtes vu il a rougis en observant ton corps rempli d'écailles

- ça va sûrement paraître étrange mais il adore des palmes et t'es mains "c'est marrant on dirait un canard :^"

- il adore placer des baisers sur la paume de t'es mains

- quand tu est dans ta forme humaine et que tu prend un bain dans leur château bien évidemment il ne te regarde pas pour respecter ton intimité mais il rougit tellement qu'un jour il a saigné du nez

- il te prête souvent ses habits pour que ton odeur reste dans ces vêtements

- il est souvent stressé à cause des responsabilités d'être le nouveau roi d'imanity alors souvent il te demande de venir dans sa chambre puis s'allonge sur toi pour se détendre

- il a tendance à oublié que tu est une sirène et que tu a besoin d'eau, alors quand t'a peau devient pâle de ton manque d'eau il se met à paniquer et te donne un verre d'eau

"je suis trop con j'avais oublié que tu avais besoin de t'hydrater..je suis désolé"

"c'est pas grave ne t'inquiète pas je vais bien"

- un jour il t'a léché la main pour savoir si t'avais un goût salé..(je vous jure il serait capable de faire ça-)

- il aime te brosser les cheveux et souvent il te fait des compliments comme "t'es cheveux sont magnifiques.." ou alors "t'a les cheveux de raiponce ou quoi-?"

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J'espère que sa vous a plus et j'essayerai de faire une partie 2 !

[liviavanrouge]

Baby

Sirius: *Bursts into the infirmary his eyes wide* TOPAZ!

Arcturus: *Beams, looking at the newborn in Topaz's arms*

Spica: My niece is adorable...

Sirius: *Walks over, smiling wide* Ah...she's so small..

Topaz: *Smiles sleepily* Of course she is..

Sirius: *Chuckles, touching the babies hand* Hey Crystal...look at you

Arcturus: What's her full name

Topaz: Crystal Pollux Queen Tet, decided to name her after her godfather and his clan

Pollux: *Perks up then beams* Haha! I called it!

Sirius: *Smiles, holding Crystal in his arms* Ah I wonder what she's gonna be~

Spica: *Glares at Sirius* Pull any stunts or pranks with my niece and I'll whack you

Sirius: Noted!

Vega: She'll grow up strong like her mother, maybe even cheeky like her father

Alpheratz: Hah, I can see it now!

Gina: *Laughs, beaming* Crystal is gonna be a delight!

Sirius: *Chuckles, gently poking the newborns cheeks* Yeah, she is...

[cryptid-time-bby]

TET posting once again my soul is alive and well

Anyways Scott Travis is so complex and so human and I adore him for that

[ben-the-hyena]

So I watched the Lackadaisy pilot. I want to precise, except the trailer, a few drawings, gifs and animation tests I knew nothing about the story, I never read the comics or knew the names of the characters

I must say... mixed feelings. But overall hopeful

I really liked the Cafe Daisy bit, it looked beautiful and had a nice cinematography (the fact Mitzi misses her husband is established a very natural and casual way that doesn't feel forced), nice colors, the music in the end was so catchy, its funny bits WERE funny and had me laugh or at least giggle (THIS is how you make an adult animation, not by forcing in profanities), Mitzi seems to be a very interesting, complex character with an elegant design and a sweet and melancholic tet powerful personality (I think she's my favorite character for now), Wick and Zib were cool for different reasons one being elegant and a bit posh yet awkward and the other a depressed yet cool drunk musician, Viktor was threatening and very cool in his own way I love big angry guys doing a "nice" job they look too scary for...

This bit really saved it and had me like the pilot and look forwards for more because (and I know I will be shit on for thinking so) the first 16 minutes really bored me and I kept wondering why, except the animation which indeed is smooth and beautiful (unsure if it was intentional but I do love how they left tge sketchlines, it reminds me of the bronze era of Disney), people were praising it. It took waaay too long to truly start to get in action, the 2 trigger happy gangsters (are they a couple) sure looked and sounded cool they seemed to be too much bidimensional (but eh it IS a pilot so I'll let it pass), the action was... not hyping me at all (I was like "😐" during the whole chase and a good part of the sneaking mission, it didn't make me feel anything), and BY GOD do I feel like I'm gonna hate Rocky. He REEKS character made to be "the likable and funny fan favorite for the sole reason he is so random lolz and LOOK he dresses up nicely and plays violin even when it's not needed or helping at all that's SO quirky, Tumblr sexyman material ain't I rite ???", he was exasperating, a jackass meant to be charming which I found failed completely, and his random obsession about explosions and the way he was being insane about it which is meant to be funny only had me be tempted to turn off the video for how annoying it was. And he's gonna be a main character... I REALLY HOPE this is just because it's the pilot but so far I think I will love him as much as I loved DT17 Dewey siiiiiigh...

However even in that first part I found Freckle cute and his crush for Ivy (who is cute too !) adorable, and I did get happily surptised and laughed at him being SO trigger happy and turning into a whole different person with guns, THAT was the only part of the first part I found funny enough to laugh for lol (and I did find funny when Rocky gives him the dynamite like it is nothing or when Rocky threw the dynamite at the villains before ricochetting back to him, but not to the point of making noises). I also did get a change of opinion about that mysterious Mordecai. Ibitially he looked and seemed as bidimensional/boring as Serafine and Nicodeme, then when he stepped out and proved out to be good with a gun too became a little more introguing, then whenever the sneaking scene was focused on him and Freckle it actually did have tension since both are as good as each other and how unlike Freckle who was (understandably so) panicking he was instead as calm and collected as ever and I love cold and pragmatic villains, I grew to love the little gimick about hearing a clock whenever he aims to showcase how slowly it takes him to aim yet how 100% efficient precise it turns out to be just like a Swiss clock, that was clever, and then when in the end he COULD have shot Ivy but I feel like by seeing it is her chooses not to, it got me hooked. Why ? How ? Does he know her ? Does he care ? Who is she to him ? NOW that is the one moment from the first part that had me want to know more

In short, not the best and it took too long to catch my interest, but at least it does catch up later on. Except Rocky. Only part of the srcond part I didn't like. Whenever he opened it. Fuck Rocky

[caseyjonesisinthehouse]

before this year closes out, i just wanna take some time to thank all of my close mutuals for making this year so so special.

@cinnamon-phrog - i don't say it nearly enough, but i absolutely adore you. the back and forth tagging in cute animal pics has legit been one of the highlights of my year. sometimes i'll scroll thru my dash just looking for something to share w/ you. if there are any fandoms or anything u want me to tag u in as well, let me know!! thank you so much for adding that special little something to my life <3

@ohnoivemadeamistake - the goemon printer post is literally one of my favourites of all time, solely because of the interactions we had on it. even thought we don't talk that much, it still brightens my day whenever i see ur tag in my notifs. rottmnt arson gang for life!! <33

@dukeswonderousmenagerie - I know we don't talk much anymore, and i'm sorry about that- i just didn't know how to navigate conversations after my interest in lupin iii dropped off. i still very much treasure our convos, and i hope your fic writing goes well next year- you've certainly got skill.

@warrenstonehead - we've only been moots for a few days, but fuck if it isnt the most fun i've ever had in the tmnt fandom. yelling abt tmnt with you and tets has been absolutely fucking awesome and i cant wait to scream about it even more next year. ((and possibly educate you on more american states. seriously, what am i gonna learn next, you've never heard of colarado??))

you guys, along with practically half the people on my dash, absolutely made my year. i would be so much worse off without you, and i am so so happy that i managed to stumble across you in this weird-ass hellscape known as tumblr.

[foliege]

#SOTD CATCHUP PART TWO

part two of the series in which I try to catch up from my nineteen day absence from posting

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foliege song of the day 051

Alps 2 - Blur Vid (Throwing Snow's Mix)

another cool apple music playlist find... i love the production work on this

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foliege song of the day 052

The Japanese House - Sunshine Baby

i've been a fan of the japanese house for a bit now and this song is unbelievably good

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foliege song of the day 053

Porter Robinson - Mirror

after listening to it once again, i can honestly say mirror is my favorite song ever... it was going to make this list eventually and what better time than now

nurture has so many great tracks but mirror is so special to me that i don't think another song can compete with it, at least for now

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foliege song of the day 054

The Knocks & Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - Walking On Water

i decided to try out the spotify dj mode (i've been an apple music user for multiple years at this point) and it made me realize i hadn't heard this song in way too long... teed is honestly one of my favorite singers ever and this song is a great example of why

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foliege song of the day 055

Corsica Arts Club - California I Follow

the way i was introduced to this is honestly hard to believe. i went to go see a 20th anniversary screening of tommy wiseau's the room and they were showing some of his other projects as pre-show entertainment... he directed and appeared in the video for this song!

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foliege song of the day 056

ATRIP - Für Nimmer

i heard this song on an apple music playlist and was honestly super confused at first because i had heard für immer by atrip in the past but this new reworked version was entirely a surprise to me... such a fun one

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foliege song of the day 057

Gracie Abrams - Difficult

heard this one on a commute and was struck by it, especially the chorus... honestly idk what else to say but it's good!

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foliege song of the day 058

Tainy, Rauw Alejandro, & Skrillex - VOLVER (feat. Four Tet)

did not know how much i needed to hear a four tet sample over production like this... such an incredible song

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foliege song of the day 059

Tinashe & Wax Motif - Undo (Back To My Heart)

heard this song in a frozen yogurt restaurant of all places and had to shazam it immediately... i absolutely adore pop music that sounds like this