#that title took everything out of me

[matchabot]

trouble shooting star ★

[wingmotif]

Robin, so confusing Superman Annual #11 / New Teen Titans #20 / RHATO #6 / Dick and Jason both in the Robin suit -- Titans (2018), S1E6 / Batman #140 / Batman #416 / New Teen Titans #31 / Battle For the Cowl #3 / RHATO Annual #1

[luck-of-the-drawings]

!!! FLASHING LIGHTS WARNING!!! [IM NOT FUCKIN AROUND!!]

REACHED THE CUSP OF 'THIS MAY NEVER BE ABSOLUTELY FINISHED N IF I DONT SHOW IT NOW, IT WILL NEVER SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY.' SO HERE, A PROJECT IVE BEEN ORBITING AROUND UHH SINCE 2021 OR SO.

[lovesickeros]

lord its so dark in here the sahara desert of tsaritsa content you are like a shining oasis. your characterisation of her compels me & mihoyo would be hard pressed to top it imo.!! caaaaan i humbly request yr thoughts on her first meeting w a reader of any kind, or maybe even multiple kinds (sagau, sagau god au, isekai, etc) if you so desire...

it really is like a desert here. being the fan of a character we aren't getting until the last damn nation is driving me up a wall but i will persevere bc if nothing else i support morally bankrupt women in media. we r in a severe drought over here but i do my best. unfortunately nothing i say is ever coherent so pull out your translation notes its abt 2 be messy

also this got out of hand but thats bc first meetings w the tsaritsa are tricky to write + a LOT of her characterization lies in deeper exploration then just surface level yknow...NOT A DIG AT YOU this is just my excuse for rambling. gently pats the tsaritsa she can hold so much complexity i do not have the word count to delve into it completely :]

gonna talk cult au for a bit here though because that's 99% of my content. and honestly? she thrives in sub au's of the cult au like villain au + imposter au. it's basically made for her. i mean, early days, the imposter au had been going around for a little while but one of the first few ideas was the Fatui taking reader in so like. it kinda technically actually was. pretty sure cult au Tsaritsa popped up because of the imposter au. a lot of it's writers kinda left though which. man am i getting old or.

anyway.

there isn't much of a chance her first impression is all that positive. at best it's usually neutral, imo, but rarely if ever positive. specifically because i view the Tsaritsa as someone who isn't as fanatical as most of the acolytes typically are towards the creator. she's not exactly going to worship the ground you walk on unlike a certain geo lizard. which is partially why i think she thrives in the sub au's i mentioned.

imposter au, for example. she meets you at your lowest. there's no gaudy extravagance or pampering from the acolytes waiting for you because your own acolytes have turned on you. for all intents and purposes you aren't a "god" at all. which is why i don't think she meshes well with normal cult au reader. the Fatui are made up of outcasts, basically, and imposter au slots right in just perfectly. you're weak, at your lowest, when you meet the Fatui in the imposter au. and the Fatui can help you, too.

a mutual exchange, really. the Tsaritsa sees a tool she can use to one up the rest of the nations and especially Archons, and she has no qualms about you using her and the Fatui in turn. you both want something out of it, after all. whether you just want to be safe from the rest of the acolytes, or you want revenge, or whatever else..she'll give you the power to fulfill it, and she gains the strongest piece on the chessboard when all is said and done.

the best way i can describe the first meeting is "practical", i suppose. she sees an opportunity in you. the ultimate gamble. because if she "saves" you, and you dont trust anyone else because they tried to kill you, well..she holds all the cards, doesn't she?

but the Tsaritsa, imo, is just as capable of being just as fanatical towards you as anyone else. she just won't worship you as the creator. but as yourself? clawing your way back to your divine power and taking back what belongs to you? the Tsaritsa is, to me, a character who's character flourishes in long-term fics more because she changes a LOT between "just met reader" and after having been with reader for some time. she's practically apathetic at the beginning but a lot of her character, in my characterization, shines through LONG after the first meeting.

[alcrystallize]

⌜ @lionheartedsunflower ⌟ ⌜ +1 axe prompt ⌟

⌜ ✥。.:*: – one thing led to another, and before alcryst knew it, the flow of the crowd he was practically drowning in rushed down the mountainside to a secluded area with a roaring bonfire that envied the livelihood of the party. he would have thought that the procession of the ethereal ball would exhaust all attendants, but perhaps it was not as rambunctious as he believed it to be - given that he was not even present to bear witness to it firsthand. the party scene - with the exception of royal balls held in the castle - was not up his alley, so the fact that he was here, to begin with, was bizarre. like a fish out of water, he wandered around the area for anyone that resembled familiarity to him - the last thing he wished for was to be the reason the party dies, and everyone marks him as the one to never invite. or tell. or even acknowledge. again.

"oof, my apologies--" alcryst stammered through an awkward apology to the person he had accidentally bumped into, until the familiarity he was seeking came true - and in the form of lady nordion, no less. "professor nordion! w-what a surprise it is to see you here. were you at the ethereal ball before this? i'm not too certain how i ended up down here, but…" oh, how that could have been left to more interpretation than necessary. "i'm sorry!" he gasped, covering his face from embarrassment. "that's not to imply i'm intoxicated or anything like that! i would never!"

honestly, at this point, part of him wishes he was in order to forget this entire interaction. ⌟

pop lock and throw it

[pimento-playing-hopscotch]

🤐🫣🫣

[sillyfudgemonkeys]

Me: I'm ok.

Also me:

[p4nishers]

can we actually take a moment and remember swan upon leda? can we actually shut the fuck up and sit the fuck down and think about our lord and savior swan upon leda because i'm tired of doing it alone every single day guys

[ammyandissunbesties4lyfe]

very fun announcement that after a whole year's break, chapter 2 of Pinprick, my silly little poncleprophet fic, is now up.... ^_^

"That's what's getting to you? That's the first thing you're interested in right now? Dirt?"

note that there's formatting errors because of my heavy use of italics and how ao3 hates italics but i truly don't care atm. sorry if u see awkward spacing but it happens any time i go to edit a tiny little thing in the chapter i am tired of fixing it 💔

[toxicrevolver]

Post the song that got you into your favorite group/artist + the first song you think a new listener should hear from them

Tagged by @smushedmuffin thanks for the tag!!!

You’re getting two bcs my all time favourite music group is My Chemical Romance but also you get a kpop answer bcs I can.

Song(s) that got me into My Chemical Romance: Teenagers and Welcome to the Black Parade

First song I think a new listener should hear: it’s actually a b-side from The Black Parade album. It’s called Heaven Help Us and it’s one of my faves from them. Also Desolation Row would be a good first song it’s from Watchmen (idk what that is.)

Song that got me into NCT: again it was two songs. Oddly enough both by NCT Dream. It was their version of Candy and Glitch Mode

First song I think a new listener should hear: if you’re wanting to get into NCT as a whole I’d suggest Alley Oop or The Bat from their latest entire group album Golden Age. If you’re wanting to start with a single subunit imma suggest Rodeo or Nectar both by WayV bcs that’s my fav sub unit.

Tagging (no pressure): @haahka @loveable-sea-lemon @onlyoneofsideblogtrashheep @harrgrove @babetanatat @skinzchoerim @serendipminie also tagging @we-survive-endlessly just so they can see how bad my NCT brain rot is. Thanks bestie you feed my brain rot so well.

[airenyah]

should i just. study theater- film- und medienwissenschaft

[ppapagei]

my boss knows absolutely nothing about art & yet insists on going through the supplies in the studio without me just throwing away shit without asking. and then when im there to help talks down to me constantly over how to arrange everything, what to keep, how fast i‘m working, etc. then changed my schedule this week so i don’t get a 3 day weekend before the students are back. Im so pissed this shit keeps happening. like im the one teaching and actually working here day to day, i know what im doing!!!!!!! you live out of the state, by your own words you’re not an artist & don’t know shit about art, ur are just here to renovate the building over the summer and do admin. i snapped n was like it would go faster if you trusted me to just work and didn’t stop to go through everything with me…. And now i was sent on a lunch break :)))) gonna EXPLODE

[coldgoldlazarus]

Probably a bad take, but IMO at least, original Nearl > Radiant Knight Nearl

[illdothehotvoice]

Oh now that it's 2024 and Dark Moon HD is coming out y'all better start being nice to Dark Moon I stg I do not want to see anyone talking about it being the worst Luigi's Mansion game. In this case worst does NOT equal bad dhjgkfdh.

[green-eyes-and-orange-ties]

I posted the Seb and Styx writings 🍋 🥰 🍋

[zevrans-remade]

i’m reading all the lovely tags on my latest da gifset and i’m just 🥺🥺🥺💖💕💓