#the red tapestry

[dishonorableplace]

watercolor study

[saamaton]

oscar's mum telling a story about how oscar had his clothes all over his hotel room even when he was staying as a guest of the crown prince during this year's bahrain gp? yeah that tracks

[targaryen-dynasty]

Taking some inspiration from the Targaryens for my next home renovation. (via hbomaxnordic on Instagram)

[visenyaism]

anyways in the roleswap au that exists in my mind where orin gets memory wiped and tadpoled while the dark urge runs the cult i think she’d end up some weird amalgamation of illusion wizard + assassination rogue plus one level of glamour bard or something because while her hands remember how to kill the thing that really sticks with her is her compulsion to Make Pretty Things. she thinks maybe she was an artist back in the Gate :)

[yrsonpurpose]

@rwrbmovie & @rwrbsource’s rwrbweek day 3 | favourite side character / dynamic ✿ Bea seizes the pot of tea from the center of the table and dumps it into his lap. “Oh, I’m terribly sorry, Pip!” [...] She heaves him out, throwing Henry a thumbs-up over her shoulder, and shuts the door behind them.

[d3sir3lin3]

Who let chosen get veneers 😦

[royalnavyart]

✨ Other stuff ✨

So here's the first version i did with the red color palette i tend to fall back on. But idk i felt kinda trapped by this palette lately, i kept coming back to the same colors again and again and it felt very ... limiting? Also he looks lowkey nefarious in this version?! 😂

[enjoyjellime-png]

Fragaria Memories clear files and tapestries ˚୨୧⋆｡

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[vintagehomecollection]

Decorating with Pictures, 1991

[everwitch-magiks]

a rich and complex tapestry

When Alex first hooks up with Henry, he's expecting a fun one-night-stand and maybe the occasional booty call. He does not expect to get so completely pulled into Henry’s orbit that it forces him to reevaluate everything he thought he knew about his sexuality. And he's not sure if it makes it better, or way worse, that Henry is actually a professional at all this stuff — what are the odds that Alex would hook up with the one guy on campus who hosts his own radio show about sex? 'Sleeping With Henry' is about to gain one devoted listener.

This was such a satisfying fic to write! It was genuinely one of those that felt like it wrote itself - and I don't know about y'all, but that's not how it usually works for me. Right from the start, I felt so certain of what I wanted this to be: I wanted to write one that really dug deep into Alex's bi realization. That's a theme that features in a lot of RWRB fics, including my own, and of course it's also a vital part of the RWRB canon. With this fic, I wanted to explore that deeply, to really take my time with it and write it in a way that felt vulnerable and heartfelt and very, very real.

I'm bi. And whenever I write about Alex being bi, I am writing a little bit about me being bi - never completely about me, but y'know. It's one of the things that really drew me to Alex's character in the first place, the way his bisexual realization was handled in the book. That realization is something I almost always include in an AU as well - but oftentimes in a oneshot, the timeline for any type of emotional character development can become quite condensed. And while I immensely enjoy both reading and writing oneshots wherein Alex's bi realization takes place over the course of a few hours - in fact, that can be so fun! - in this oneshot, I wanted to let it take quite a bit of time.

Also? I very desperately wanted to write Henry as an irresistibly confident sex guru on late-night radio. What's not to like about that?

In the excerpt below the cut, Alex and Henry have just had sex and Alex is about to tell Henry that actually, he still sort of thinks he's straight. Mostly.

Henry slumps down against him, but he doesn’t immediately pull himself off. It gives Alex a few moments to assess the feeling of his dick in Henry’s ass in a more technical sense, without the burning urgency of an impending orgasm. And it’s… well. It’s nice? He shifts his hips a little, biting his lip when that makes Henry groan slightly.

Suddenly, he’s infinitely curious about the opposite side of the experience.

Henry nips at Alex’s throat, possibly in retaliation to his wiggling. “You alright?”

“I’m fantastic,” Alex drawls. Except then Henry starts to pull off, and Alex instantly palms at his shoulders. “Hey, could you… stick around? I’m having a moment.”

“Is that so?” Henry wonders. He sounds mildly confused, which is way better than put-out. Alex will take it. “If you’re suggesting another round, I’m going to need a bit longer.”

“I mean, we could do that,” Alex says quickly. It’s a great fucking idea. “I was just kinda taking it all in.”

He feels Henry go still against him. “What do you mean?” Henry asks softly.

“Um.” Fuck. It’s possible Alex should’ve mentioned this earlier. “I’m, y’know, mostly straight? Like, about ninety-six percent or so. Historically it’s been a hundred, but recent data suggests otherwise.”

Henry makes a noise Alex can’t quite decipher; it’s both startled and a bit weak, but when he speaks there’s distinct amusement in his voice. “Christ, Alex. I'm not sure you're aware you're saying that with your cock still in my arse.”

“Fuck right off.” Alex couldn’t fight his dumb grin if he tried. This is exactly why he and someone like Henry, regardless of gender, could never work out for real; Henry is way too good at cutting through Alex’s bullshit. Alex wouldn’t stand a fucking chance.

Read 'a rich and complex tapestry' on AO3!

[croch-eeth-et]

Holiday got cancelled so I used today to make 2 funky grooving guys to bring joy

[butchshevik]

I feel like all the weird responses to the variety of polls coming out that in some way shape or form ask "is it ok to engage in sexual activity in a place that is not your/your partners bedroom" really show how cooked we are on like. a basic social level

[closetofcuriosities]

[nyxiemania]

The wizards of Thay have a penchant for presentations of the powerful.

I made these tapestries for the background of my last piece but they ended up so blurred and in the background I figured I should post them separately too! These were a fun experiment in working in a more simplified style, trying to create the art that a nation which honors a bunch of evil wizards might make.

[phykoha]

I know nothing about Mr Ancient Hero but he is blorbo coded

like dude, what even ARE you?

[asoiafreadthru]

A Game of Thrones, Eddard IV

He found four members of the small council waiting for him.

The chamber was richly furnished.

Myrish carpets covered the floor instead of rushes, and in one corner a hundred fabulous beasts cavorted in bright paints on a carved screen from the Summer Isles.

The walls were hung with tapestries from Norvos and Qohor and Lys, and a pair of Valyrian sphinxes flanked the door, eyes of polished garnet smoldering in black marble faces.