#the buttons chronicles

[creampuffqueen]

New Year, New Incorrect Quotes

… did you miss these? i bet y’all missed these. anyway:

yangchen’s team my absolute beloved. they’re so special to me 🫶 also we need more appreciation for jock!yangchen who has a competitive streak

now for a ton of yangvik nonsense because i have so many

(*shoves my headcanon about yangvik never officially labeling their relationship down your throat*)

we’re so back 😎

[mblematic]

so weird that the lymond chronicles aren't more of a thing on here. most "author would have been posting jawdropping, DEEPLY psychologically upsetting m/m smut on ao3 dot org" books ever

[grissfirecracker]

xcx doodles (⁠｡⁠•̀⁠ᴗ⁠-⁠)⁠✧

[addisong]

Here's part 2 :)

I know Eliza wasn't actually a member but I still wanted to include her. Also, yes, I did indeed search 'Coriolanus Snow' aesthetic on pinterest for Valentine. I'm no prouder saying it than you are hearing it, but desperate times call for desperate measures 😔

Part 1 w/ everyone else

[fanwarrior-suffering]

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[kaitcreates]

The Shadowhunter Chronicles Character Showdown

Round 1, Round 2 , Round 3

Maia Roberts vs Elliott, (Feb 23)

Axel Mortmain vs Dru Blackthorn, (Feb 23)

Kraig vs Mother Harthorn, (Feb 24)

Kieran Kingson vs Ari Bridgstock/Joshi, (Feb 24)

Robert Lightwood vs Simon Lovelace-Lewis, (Feb 25)

Unseelie king(Arawn) vs Charlotte Fairchild, (Feb 25)

Julian Blackthorn vs Ke Yi Tian, (Feb 26)

Jem Carstairs vs Maurice Bridgstock, (Feb 26)

Jordan Kyle vs Nene, (Feb 27)

Hypatia Vex vs Jace Lightwood-Herondale, (Feb 27)

Hodge Starkweather vs Malcolm Fade, (Feb 28)

Stephen Herondale vs Church, (Feb 28)

Woolsey Scott vs Henry Branwell, (Mar 1)

Sona Carstairs vs Sophie Collins, (Mar 1)

Gideon Lightwood vs Tessa Gray, (Mar 2)

Magnus Lightwood-Bane vs Sebastian Morgesnstern, (Mar 2)

Luke Graymark vs Thomas Lightwood, (Mar 3)

Ash Morgenstern vs Maryse Lightwood, (Mar 3)

George Lovelace vs Cristina Mendoza-Rosales, (Mar 4)

Jia Penhallow vs Alastair Carstairs, (Mar 4)

Rosemary Herondale vs Catarina Loss, (Mar 5)

Andrew Blackthorn vs Annabel Blackthorn, (Mar 5)

Meliorn vs Max Lightwood, (Mar 6)

Rupert Blackthorn vs Thais Pedroso, (Mar 6)

Cordelia Carstairs vs Mina Carstairs, (Mar 7)

Ty Blackthorn vs Matthew Fairchild, (Mar 7)

Barbra Lightwood vs Shiyun Jung, (Mar 8)

Beatriz Mendoza vs Diego Rocio-Rosales, (Mar 8)

Anna Lightwood vs Zara Dearborn, (Mar 9)

Tatiana Lightwood vs Raphael Santiago, (Mar 9)

Tavvy Blackthorn vs Livvy Blackthorn, (Mar 10)

Arthur Blackthorn vs Isabelle Lightwood, (Mar 10)

Jessamine Lovelace vs Mark Blackthorn, (Mar 11)

Elias Carstairs vs Claude Kellington, (Mar 11)

Marisol Garza vs Eugenia Lightwood, (Mar 12)

Benedict Lightwood vs Amatis Graymark, (Mar 12)

Bridget Daly vs Paige Ashdown, (Mar 13)

Jocelyn Fairchild vs Esme Hardcastle, (Mar 13)

Grace Blackthorn vs Madeleine Bellefleur, (Mar 14)

Camille Belcourt vs Horace Dearborn,(Mar 14)

Michael Wayland vs Cecily Herondale, (Mar 15)

Alexander Lightwood vs Anush Joshi,(Mar 15)

Rayan Maduabuchi vs Clary Fairchild, (Mar 16)

Celine Montclaire vs Manuel Casales Villalobos, (Mar 16)

Christopher Lightwood vs Ragnor Fell, (Mar 17)

Rafeal Lightwood-Bane vs Chairman Meow, (Mar 17)

Adaon vs Maureen Brown, (Mar 18)

Patrick Penhallow vs Gabriel Lightwood, (Mar 18)

Cameron Ashdown vs Julie Beauvale, (Mar 19)

Eliza Rosewain vs Kit Herondale, (Mar 19)

Nate Gray vs Aloysius Starkweather, (Mar 20)

Jesse Blackthorn vs Alec Lightwood-Bane, (Mar 20)

Gwyn ap Nudd vs Will Herondale, (Mar 21)

Emma Carstairs vs The Dark Sisters, (Mar 21)

Seelie Queen vs Lucie Herondale, (Mar 22)

Diana Wayburn vs Valentine Morgenstern, (Mar 22)

Charles Fairchild vs Jon Cartwright, (Mar 23)

Lily Chen vs Bat Velasquez, (Mar 23)

Helen Blackthorn vs James Herondale, (Mar 24)

Elyaas(Demon) vs Jaime Rocio-Rosales, (Mar 24)

Johnny Rook vs Irene, (Mar 25)

Aline Penhallow vs Alexei de Quincey, (Mar 25)

Max Lightwood-Bane vs Divya Joshi, (Mar 26)

Janus Herondale vs Imogen Whitlaw, (Mar 26)

[completeoveranalysis]

[2]

OH YEAH we ended on a cliffhanger last time. Evil Wolverine panicked and tried to kill everyone. Very out of character for him, I'm sure.

Now everyone gets to practice their Shocked Kid faces while we enjoy the cliffhanger thatIdefinitelyremembered and pretend that Evil Wolverine might have actually succeeded.

Oh but THAT is a fun page. Evil Wolverine himself thinking he actually did it and killed them all with one tantrum attack. 

But surprise! Block button.

[shadowsong26x]

Today on 'There Are Absolutely Stupid Questions...'

...so I'm gonna ask one.

That's it no further nuance we are having Dumb Opinions on the internet tonight!

[tervaneula]

Okay call me crazy but it's 5 AM and am thinking about YOUR leo x usagi (sue me/lh) but listen here... Listen.. Listen...

I love my fluff like my France fries dipped in sauce 🩷

So i thought of about one of your previous NQK chapters where leo tries to wake up but can't because he's just exhausted or burned out but he have to!

When he was with his family - after going back in the past - he somewhat had to wake up and do something unless his family would get worried about him but after marrying his honeybun Usagi?

I can imagine leo feeling guilty like " I need to do something today, something productive... Doesn't matter what " and Usagi whom sleeping next to him is like " Do you have too? " Like Usagi has no problem spending the whole day with his hubby, cuddling in bed, having a nice breakfast in bed (bet they feed each other) and doing bad flirts and top it off with saying how much they love each other as they share kisses.

You know. YOU KNOW. This has been my go-to comfort ask for over a month now and it's been so, so needed. Thank you so much for sending it. It's beautiful.

And now that I haven't been well, I needed even more comfort so I wrote a little ~800 word thing for it :') <3

Leonardo blinks.

And blinks again.

His blurry gaze sharpens slowly, the switched-off ceiling light above him coming into focus little by little. He takes a deep breath and slowly lets it out, finally closing his eyes.

He doesn't know how long he's lain awake just staring at the ceiling, unseeing, barely hearing the rain outside, the thoughts inside his head yelling at him to get up. Get up, be useful, get up, get up, get up.

He can't get up and he can't make the voices go away. He's stuck and he can't do anything about it, his fists clench in the sheets, a frustrated sob forcing its way out of his dry throat– 

"Mmh, Leo? How long have you been awake?"

Leonardo twitches his head to the side and sees two brown eyes glinting in the low light of the late morning, looking at him, fuzzy from sleep but intent, and a brow furrowed in concern. He tries to reply but he swallows the words instead, closing his eyes again with a barely-there shake of his head.

He hears a soft hum, feels the mattress next to him shift and soon two arms are wrapping around his neck, a warm weight settling on his chest. Yuichi nuzzles his cheek, then his neck, and presses his face against him. His fur is so soft on Leonardo's scales.

"You don't have to get up, you know," the white rabbit murmurs, voice gentle but still rough from sleep, "we've nothing to do today."

Leonardo disagrees.

"...breakfast."

"There's cereal in the cupboard and berries in the fridge."

Leonardo huffs at the straightforward reply and somehow that spark of amusement lets him finally regain control of his own body. Yuichi has trapped his right arm under him but the left one is free to move, and he moves it straight up to bury his fingers into his partner's sleep-fluffed hair. He earns a soft chitter for it and he purrs in response, feeling a sorely needed warmth spreading from his chest outward.

-

Yuichi forbids him from getting out of bed, getting up himself, and bringing a tray filled with various low-effort breakfast items with him when he comes back. There's the promised cereal along with a carton of yoghurt, a big bowl of assorted berries, a bunch of grapes, a cold coffee drink and two glasses of orange juice.

Leonardo drags himself upright and the tray is carefully set on his thighs. Yuichi burrows under the blankets, emerging right next to him and pulling the tray towards him so they both have equal access.

"Well then," the rabbit smiles, light and loving and loved. "Dig in!"

-

They finish eating, unhurried and comfortably silent, content to enjoy the taste on their tongues and the warmth of each other's presence. Yuichi picks up the emptied dishes and moves them to the floor, then turns back to Leonardo, grinning from ear to ear.

"Guess what's next?"

"We… get up?"

"Nope!"

-

It's late afternoon when Leonardo wakes up. He stirs slowly, indulgently, so very different from before, feeling warm and cosy between his mate's arms. His beak is buried in silky soft fur, his head cradled in an embrace so gentle it's as if he's something precious, something to be treasured and held with utmost care.

He's been on the verge of tears the whole morning – well, the whole day at this point – and they finally start to fall. It's a quiet cry, merely a release of the anxious energy that's finally letting him out of its grasp, a relief.

He breathes in Yuichi's scent, comforted and– and happy, he thinks, so very happy.

No matter how cruel Leonardo's mind is to him, Yuichi makes sure to never judge. They both have their bad days, Leonardo's being worse but it's never been a problem for the rabbit.

He looks at him and accepts him and is there for him, for better or for worse.

He reminds him that it's alright to take it slow. It's alright to just exist.

He loves him, his jagged edges and gooey core, the whole of him. 

And Leonardo knows he loves Yuichi more than he could ever put into words, more than his actions could ever express. 

More than there are stars in the sky. 

Leonardo doesn’t know what he’s done to deserve a love like this but for once in his life, he doesn’t question it. This good thing that he has, this new life he’s built with his family strong by his side – it’s not something to doubt, to ruin by stubbornly waiting for the other shoe to drop. He feels deep in his chest that this is it. 

This is it for him, and no matter if he’s earned it or not, he will hold onto it with everything he’s got. 

(he holds onto Yuichi just a little bit tighter.)

[wall-maria-around-ba-sing-se]

Xenoblade 2's underbaked parts due to it being rushed make me so mad precisely because I can't even argue the game's release should've been delayed since it so obviously and immediately reaped the benefits of catching the Switch's growth wave at the same time of not having to compete with the abundance of JRPGs that the Switch's library would later build

like damn. I guess pushing the project out the door before it was done cooking actually did result in a larger success than if it had been delayed and polished properly this time.

I'm just glad Monolith didn't take the wrong lesson from it

[bookishjules]

Best Sizzy moment in your opinion?

it's the bite scene. it has to be the bite scene.

the thing is.. this is the first truly intimate moment we have between the two of them. up until this point they've both been almost dancing around each other like a whirlpool, slowly moving closer and closer, leaning on each other, protecting each other, etc., but in ways that don't necessarily have to be acknowledged as indicative of just how much they mean to each other, yk?

and if isabelle hadn't gotten drunk the night before. if she hadn't let down her walls enough to invite him over just to sleep, and if that night hadn't set a precedent for this one where they are both sober and awake. if simon hadn't been hungry.. it's just one thing after another that strips the layers between them until it's just simon and isabelle. and the bit of forced vulnerability on simon's part leads izzy to give him pieces of herself as well. admittedly it's babysteps.. but that's still huge for izzy. she doesn't like seeing him like this. doesn't want him to put off prioritizing himself and his needs out of fear.. of himself, of izzy's opinion of him. because she does trust him. she does want him. so she shows him that. and as she does so she reveals, at minimum, the implication of her own insecurities in this situation. and those willing cracks in the facade of fearlessness she clings to are like the flecks of gold simon notices in her not-as-black-as-he-thought eyes.

the fact that the scene starts with the two of them awkwardly trying to fit together and ends with an easily achieved comfort, and that between those two moments sits a conversation dipping into vulnerability and intimacy.. i could hurt you. let me see your face. you're not nothing. nothing about you is ugly. they're a part of you. i trust you. i want to be with you. it scares the hell out of me. you are a heartbreaker. maybe you'll break my heart. ..it says so much. so much about what a shift this night is, even if its intangible, even if the result isn't that obvious. the shift toward ease and simplicity and security is there.

and don't even get me started on the metaphor of simon siphoning the output of isabelle's heart into himself. of izzy letting him. the acknowledgement that this is different than it has ever been before. in so many ways this is just a physical representation of everything they achieved through their conversation. it's izzy saying you need me. let me be here for you. let me let you use me. which is itself a reciprocation of not only the night before, when izzy needed simon and he came just for that reason, but also of moments like that in cog when he comes to her after max, and he lets her use him because it was what she needed. but it's deeper. it's vein-deep. and the pleasure they both get in the act of sharing blood is just proof of how right they are together. of how scary this whole thing is but also how worth it.

[trashblog-things]

can anne rice vampires have piercings? i don't remember anything about it in the show or books. from what I've read it seems like their bodies might try to heal it like any other wound, but I'm not sure. maybe if you had them before you're turned you get to keep them?

my point is, i want season 3 lestat to have his belly button pierced.

[ashykneecaps6]

Yuichi on the hunt

CW : BLOOD.

You guys think the big guy put up much of a fight? :]

FUN FACT : The bounties only need one piece of proof for the kill, so it's understandable he'd take the hand because of the identifying tattoo !!!

[artsyaprilmr]

It is objectively more funny to think that M has multiples of the same clothes because they are the least irritating on their senses, BUT ALSO i cannot believe that M wouldn't dress up sometimes with their love for keeping up the "aesthetic".

Tl;dr: M's outfit must: 1. have an alternative vibe to it, 2. be comfortable and easy to move in, 3. cover most of the body.

[you-know-that-one-the-one]

Playing xcxde is being in a constant state of going "well back in my day we didn't have any fancy schamncy *inset qol imporvement*" and then ending with the thought "this is better tho"

[meliazine]

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