#this got longggg

[afreakingmilkshake]

[chaos-of-the-abyss]

How would you envision Elrond and Elwing's reunion in Valinor 🥺? I can already imagine they would hug for a lonnngggg time to make up for the years of being forcefully separated from each other. Also, Elrond would be ecstatic to know that Celebrian and Elwing (in my head, lol) have bonded and become close to each other.

yesssss i too believe they would hug and cry for a very long time, like they'd just fall into each other's arms <3<3<3 and elrond can finally break down embraced by his mother the way he never had the chance to for literal thousands of years. a tangent, but i don't think elrond ever felt comfortable showing such extreme, uncontrollable vulnerability in front of others -- having been kidnapped as a child by the people who murdered most of his community and as good as forced his mother to suicide, he pretty much came to hide anything that could be perceived as "weakness" for fear of how maedhros and maglor would react to it. and even though he does grow more emotionally healthy once he finds people with whom he can truly have a good relationship, he still finds it difficult to so entirely let down his guard around people. but with elwing -- it's like he's a child again. as soon as he sees his mother's face, the exact same face that he remembers from his memories and his dreams, the exact same face he associates with strength and love and bravery ever since he was young -- everything all comes rushing out. it's like all the tears of pain and fear at her being taken from him are finally flowing after being reined in for millennia.

i can't imagine how utterly cathartic their reunion, at long last, would be to both of them. they wouldn't let go of each other for a while, that's for sure, and they would probably spend hours and hours and hours learning everything they can about each other. i doubt they'd be willing to be apart for at least several days after that. they are going EVERYWHERE together for the next month. joined at the hip. elwing at some point introduces him to all her friends and kin that she's met and connected with since she came to valinor, and elrond finds a litany of relatives who are delighted and proud and awed. lots of teleri especially are so heartened, particularly the ones who knew thingol from before they came west. that's the great-great-grandson of their king's beloved brother. and speaking of thingol -- elwing has already grown close to him since she came to valinor, she and elrond go to visit him together, and thingol cries once again and adopts yet another descendant. tbh he adopts every single descendant of his that sails west. spoils them rotten like they're children even though they're all grown adults who've seen some shit. what do you mean he can't shower them in every single gift that catches his eye or comes to mind. they're his descendants, he can do what he wants!! he will coddle them, and elrond is by no means an exception.

it's also my hc that elwing and celebrian meet when celebrian arrives in valinor! celebrian tells her mother-in-law all about elrond and all about elladan, elrohir, and arwen. elwing adores her daughter-in-law and celebrian is one of the few people who she'll regularly hang out with. they visit each other and everything, elwing is there with her when celebrian meets her telerin relatives (who already all know and love elwing). suffice to say you're right, elrond is absolutely delighted to learn how close his mother and wife have become. they all spend heaps of time with each other -- with earendil, too, when he comes home. it won't take away the injustice of elwing losing so much of her son's life, and elrond losing his mother at such a young age -- but it's good. at last they're the family they couldn't be long ago, and they're all very very happy together

[hypewinter]

So Barbara right?: Obviously much like Steph, much of Barbara's story happens independent of the batfam so there's nothing really to change. I'd say the only key difference is that she's moreso Jason's friend than anyone else's (you know cause it'd be fun).

It's finally Dick's time to shine: To celebrate Jason's official adoption, the Wayne's go to the new circus in town. The happy atmosphere of the night is quickly cut short by screams of terror as the flying Grayson couple falls to their deaths. Cass is the first to react, rushing over to the Grayson child and shielding him before he can see (or hear) them hit the ground. The other Wayne children are quick to follow, expertly dealing with the frightened crowd and leading them out of the tent in an orderly fashion. Bruce is the last one to take action, meeting up with Commission Gordon to detail what transpired. When all the dust has settled, the audience has left, the bodies have been taken away, and Dick Grayson is an orphan.

Naturally Bruce defaults on his trusty dusty tactic of simply becoming the boy's guardian but there's a snag this time, the state won't let him. They go on and on about how Dick is an emotional child and he needs a lot of one on one attention and he wouldn't get the proper support he needs in the manor and bla bla bla. Which would all be valid points, if the state didn't just turn around and put the poor kid in a boys home. Bruce is obviously pissed. Beyond pissed in fact. But until the courts rule in his favor, his hands are tied. You know whose hands aren't tied though? Damian's. Damian is a full scale legal adult who lives on his own and has the backing of his father (who just so happens to be one of the richest men on Earth). The state has no choice but to meekly hand the boy over.

Dick is a feral little monster. Constantly angry, constantly lashing out. He far surpasses early days Jason in sheer ferocity alone. But Damian is undeterred. He knows feral. He's seen feral. He WAS feral. This brat will not break him. Damian starts employing the methods his father used to help him deal with his emotions back in his "I just found out I'm the son of assassins and I'm so angsty" phase. Mainly the method of punching your feelings away. He gets Dick a punching bag and also trains him in every martial art/self defense method under the sun. When that proves to still not be enough, he does the next best thing, he takes Dick with him out on patrols. Dick finally starts working through all of his emotions surrounding his parents death, especially when he starts getting leads on who killed them. Eventually, he finally figures out who killed his parents and where they are and he's out for blood. He tries to sneak out but Damian is already waiting for him by the window. Dick prepares to get into a fight, only for his gear to be tossed at him with Damian already climbing out the window. He's stunned for a moment but he's also not about to look a gift horse in the mouth. So the two go to catch Tony Zucco together and the rest is history (Bruce nearly has a heart attack when he finds out Dick is Damian's sidekick. Why does no one in his family want to be normal!?).

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[switchytransboy]

had some fun with halo’s feet tonight with plenty of toe ties 😏😍 their feet were so well restrained these could have passed as makeshift stocks hehehe

@ticklishprey

[luck-of-the-drawings]

THE ORDER OF PALMS An order of holy folk that serve The Helm, working to create powerful Aasimar Paladins for the purpose of protecting any who hire their help. [BACKSTORY UNDER CUT]

One day, Gjör and her peers were lead by their mentor Opheria, to a mission far from their home. On the peak of that mountain village, they saw upon the horizon, the castle of their home go up in flames. Horrified and scared, the apprentices sought to follow their mentors guidance, and followed her lead into a small barn. It was there, that Opheria proceeded to slaughter each and everyone of the apprentices. It seemed she somehow had a hand in this sudden attack on the Order of Palms. Gjör D'annevual survived a sword through the 'heart', on account of a rare condition, that places her heart on the other side of her chest. When she finally managed to bring herself back home, the Order was insulted by her survival. She had so many better peers, why couldn't any of them have survived? This runt was seriously the only thing that survived Opherias wrath? It was better to just wash their hands clean of this. Thus the Order decided to banish Gjör from their ranks. She now travels the land in search of a purpose.

[yesterdayiwrote]

Interesting how we've gone from F1 teams being downright reluctant to sign junior drivers to there now looking like there may well be 6 'rookies' on the grid in the 2025 season (Antonelli, Bearman, Bortoleto, Colapinto, Doohan & Lawson)

I think there's a lot to unpack with it and how it's come about (I think it's a combination of some good recent reserve outings proving that younger drivers are capable after having their opinions skewed by a run of lower quality pay rookies and teams realising that there's actually marketability in fresh blood after seeing how Oscar was so popular) but it does make me sad for the talented junior drivers who've missed out due to either wrong place at wrong time or teams not being brave enough to take a risk.

[touteytout]

everytime i use my markers i am forced to realize just how much my art has changed over the past like. 8-10 years bc i have p much every peach and teal and purple color that copic ever sold and only like 2 nasty greens....

[burnishedrebel]

Why am I not surprised that less than 24 hours after updating my core rules to be super clear, they get broken once again. Ughhhh.

[bug-farm]

[ophernelia]

i was scrolling through ashleyplays' twitter and saw she posted you before. i literally love her hows it feel to live my dreaaammmmm

Girlllll, that's all because of the tik tok algorithm! We were mutuals on there back when I had it. Literally love her sims content and her lifestyle content too! I was geeked too so I get it lol! I even showed my momma lol. She's fantastic. A true creative and a trendsetter!

[holocene-sims]

for better or for worse, i've been bitten by the fallout 76 bug 🫡

[coffeeandcalligraphy]

"french novel" by richie hofmann / "move-in day" by @coffeeandcalligraphy

Stay right there | Lost Gods

"...of course his brother wouldn’t forget him, he couldn’t, no one could forget Jeremiah, especially not Harrison who thought he’d be okay if this was his life now, the quiet Saturday mornings rating the persuasiveness of infomercials, laughing at the laundromat as they shared a quick kiss by the dryers, evenings where they held each other and knew they would be held, Harrison thought it might be nice to remain here forever..."

An excerpt all about love for Valentine's Day! <3 The full version is under the cut!!!

He’d overheard their conversation once, Jeremiah in the middle of an assignment as he walked his brother through long division on the phone. Harrison was stooped against Jeremiah’s bathroom sink, shaving clean ledges of stubble off his face. The apartment still smelled like orange and vanilla which Jeremiah had been boiling all afternoon—a trick his mother taught him years before to mask unsavory scents, though nothing smelled off that day, he’d just wanted to do something nice. As Harrison thwacked shaving cream off his razor and into the sink, he listened to Jeremiah talk on the phone. He’d heard his voice in so many forms—at a bare whisper in the mornings when he offered to put on coffee, at a sarcastic mutter as he complained during Psycho about men with mommy issues, at a giggle when at the bar, they teamed up on 80s trivia night and beat everyone bad, the plastic trophy still on Jeremiah’s bookcase. But Harrison hadn’t heard his voice like this. Deliberate almost, every consonant rounded and warm, like he was reciting poetry.

Harrison watched him from the mirror. Jeremiah was slumped over the desktop he and Rory shared, only half of his face visible because he covered the other with his hand. He looked stressed. The first assignment of the school year due so early, and Harrison realizes now that he hadn’t even asked what it was, is still unsure what Jeremiah had even been studying. He held the home phone to his ear with his shoulder, sharpening a pencil over and over until it broke and he inevitably started again. Three mugs teetered on the desk, all different drinks just for him—green tea, a decaf latte, hot water and lemon, all gone cold. Harrison would heat them all up again as soon as he finished like he’d done for the last two hours and like he’d do for the next. But for now he watched Jeremiah, a man who jotted down class notes at the same time he helped his brother through homework. They hadn’t seen each other in years—on an evening when neither Jeremiah or Harrison could sleep and they took turns naming hits of iconic pop divas every time a car honked past their building, Jeremiah confessed he worried his brother would forget him. Then, Harrison ran a finger up his wrist and said that wouldn’t happen, a brother’s love could last centuries, but he didn’t know that. He was an only child and not really a figurative brother to anyone at all, at least not anymore. But as he waved his razor in the sink, watching Jeremiah nod although his brother couldn’t see him, listening to Jeremiah say, yeah, you got it, you got it, his voice suspended in gentleness somehow, he knew he was right.

Right then, Jeremiah turned so his face pointed directly into the bathroom, and in the second before he realized he was being watched, Harrison thought of how lucky he was to be here, to know this man who was more like an angel, to be in his bathroom borrowing his shaving cream, to spend the night again and maybe even forever, with him, something playful in their time together like a childhood sleepover where they’d drape cucumbers over each other’s eyelids during a re-watch of Rumble Fish and share a bowl of Cheetos on the couch, and Harrison thought it was kind that Jeremiah spent the previous hour answering his brother’s questions and rephrasing a confusing math problem until they both seemed to get it, that even though they were separated by a country, it was like they were in the same room and that that was a conscious effort on Jeremiah’s part—of course his brother wouldn’t forget him, he couldn’t, no one could forget Jeremiah, especially not Harrison who thought he’d be okay if this was his life now, the quiet Saturday mornings rating the persuasiveness of infomercials, laughing at the laundromat as they shared a quick kiss by the dryers, evenings where they held each other and knew they would be held, Harrison thought it might be nice to remain here forever.

Sorry, Jeremiah mouthed as soon as he noticed, his face bronzed in light, the focal point of the room, this man, the material of abundance an artist sees a masterpiece in, and he held up his hand as if saying I’ll just be a minute, please wait for me, but Harrison wanted to tell him it was unnecessary to apologize or to rush. As Jeremiah started to rise, telling Mika he had to run soon, that he’d call tomorrow as usual, Harrison wanted to say take your time, the sun setting, the evening almost touching them. Stay right there.

[angelhummel]

Welcome to the Every Rachel Berry Outfit season 3 round up! It's been a long time coming but it's finally here. And this is also the longest style summary yet, so buckle up! Brought to you as always by the me, AngelHummel

Season 3 gives Rachel 192 new looks. She has the most outfit changes in Michael and Goodbye with 14 outfits each. While Pot O Gold and Nationals are tied for the least amount of outfits, with a mere 3 each. This is also the fewest outfits featured in any episode overall

While Rachel's style matures this season, it also gets a lot more samey. Gone are her animal sweaters, and gone is the variety in her silhouette. These days, dresses are her best friend.

Though she's never been a big fan of pants, that article of clothing is all but eliminated from her wardrobe this season. She's gone from 23 in season one, to 16 in season two, to 11 in season three. And the majority of those are either workout clothes, or pajamas. She also wears a pair for a coordinated group number (something else that is lacking in s3), and a pair as part of her Saturday Night Fever suit. Her only real pants outfit features a pair of shorts - soon to be a staple of Rachel's wardrobe - seen at the very end of the season

Pants weren't the only thing Rachel decided were restricting her legs too much this year. Knee high socks and tights' stocks plummeted this year thanks to Rachel leaving her legs bare more often than not. But of course these signature accessories haven't vanished completely. This season, Rachel sported...

25 pairs of knee socks. Okay, still a lot, but we've cut back from s1's 38 pairs

18 pairs of tights. Again, sounds like a lot, but compared to last season's 45 count...

13 pairs of ankle socks. She was trying something new but must've decided they weren't for her, as they don't appear after the halfway point of the season

As for accessories that have all but been wiped out, the headband fans were starving this season

We see Rachel sporting headband a pitiful 6 times - and one of them was Tina as Rachel! She wears two stretchy headbands to hold her hair back, once during dodgeball and once while in the shower. Then all the girls wear headbands in 3x14's competition. The only real headbands we see her wear are both in 3x22. An homage to her fashion roots, before she can branch out and find new styles

The 2011-2012 school year was a real "Say Something" Hat Year for McKinley, and Rachel was no exception. In addition to her headbands, she also wore 9 hats, along with flowers, bows, blue streaks, a welder's mask, and several other fun accessories for a total of 25 head based accessories

Most memorable of all? A wedding veil, a prom queen tiara, and a graduation cap. Landmark accessories, all of them.

And the final lost staple of Rachel's old wardrobe? Plaid skirts. She only wore two this season. But plaid made an appearance a total of 9 times, popping up in her outerwear and dresses more often. She also featured hearts a handful of times, and even a few florals this season

But the patterns that featured most in her wardrobe this season?

Stripes, which appeared 21 times, and...

Polka dots! Which appeared 24 times.

Rachel's wardrobe also featured 26 costumes this season, including matching group number outfits, themed looks, and all her potential Maria outfits

And of course it wouldn't be an outfit review if we didn't quantify the colors of her wonderful wardrobe. Have to appreciate them now because New York definitely bleaches out her rainbow a little. But for now...

Rachel rocked every color under the sun this season, but some much more than others. While some people, like myself, might associate her strongly with the color pink, that didn't even crack the top 5 this season

Honorable mentions this season are grey and pink, featured heavily in 16 and 17 outfits, respectively

Fifth place with 20 looks is Navy

Fourth place with 23 looks is Blue

Third place with 30 looks is Red

Second place with 41 looks is White

And in First place with a total of 52 looks is classic Black

And finally, to close out this extra long review, we will conclude with a visual list of my Top 10 Favorite Rachel Outfits of the season

[nbmudkip]

RRRAAAAAHHHHHHHHH FINALLYYYYYY

[thegingergal]

me: i have made my peace with hbo rome’s historical inaccuracies and come to appreciate (some of) them

also me: VORENUS GETS ANTONY’S ICONIC IDES MOMENT?

[moonmacabre01]

🍒, 🥀, ⚔️, 🪄, 💫, ♟️, & 🧋 for anyone!!

🍒 (Cherry) - Out of all of the Dream Friends [Kirby included], which ones would they get along with the most? The least?

for Fondue, Perihelion, and TK

Obviously Fondue gets along best with Bandee and Dedede! But I think he'd also like Adeleine, who he probably developed a soft spot for when she stayed at Castle Dedede. On the other hand, Marx would(and does) annoy the everloving daylights out of him, and he dislikes Taranza.

Peri would greatly enjoy Magolor's company, to the mage's surprise. It's good to know the Lor is in caring hands. It'd also like talking about technology with Susie, comparing methods and experiences. Though they'd dislike Marx's senseless disorder.

TK would really like Flamberge, a fellow hothead, and for some reason I think he'd be fond of Gooey? He knows a good boi when he sees one ig. DMK would frustrate and confuse him though. Are you Meta Knight or aren't you?!

🥀 (Wilted Rose) - Do they have a Soul form? What would it look and act like? How much control over themselves do they have? Is it still possible to save them, or are they too far gone?

for Pheonix Knight

Pheonix Knight indeed has a Soul form! Four flaming wings, giant clawed hands holding a bident crackling and kept together with raw energy, and harsh glowing eyes full of grief. For a Soul form he's actually very lucid, but fixated on vengeance, no matter who or what is in the way. As to if they could be saved . . . it was possible, but the only people who could have pulled him back couldn't find him, or weren't born, or had were the indirect cause of him falling down this path. In the end his soul was claimed by the Scarlet Butterfly, before it could be any further damaged.

⚔️ (Crossed Swords) - What weapon(s) do they wield or specialize in, if any in particular? Any special properties? Do their weapons have names or epithets? [e.g. MK’s Galaxia, Morpho’s Doomblade]

For Carmilla

Carmilla's a bit of a Jack-of-all-trades, but she specializes in crossbow and throwing knives! None of her weapons have unique properties or names.

🪄 (Magic Wand) - Are they capable of wielding magic? Is it a learned skill, or is it innate? What sorts of spells can they cast? Do they possess any magical items or artifacts? [e.g. the Dimensional Mantle]

for Rosentine and Brocade

Rosentine's magic is all learned, and mostly works with plant and growth magic. She can also call apon the heart magic in the blue gems of her brooch and crown, which she uses to defend herself when need be.

Brocade's magic, on the other hand, is innate! She used heart magic mostly in combat, but learned healing magic as an adult to make sure her friends don't die doing their stupid shenanigans. She also wielded the crystal gun, which became an heirloom for the Royal Family of Ripplestar.

💫 (Shooting Star) - If they were to wish on a clockwork star, like Galactic Nova or Star Dream, what would they wish for?

For Perihelion

They would wish for knowledge, about technology, and about the people around them that they never fully understood. Maybe if they understood their peers more, or knew enough about technology, it could be free of the isolation brought apon them by their twin tails.

♟️ (Pawn) - Does your OC get possessed easily, or do they have the willpower to fight back against any possible attempts? Have they been possessed before?

For TK

Taurus has a very strong will, so at very least he'd put up a strong fight against any possible puppeteers. And he'd have a bit of an extra edge against Dark Matter as well, since he's spent the past ~7 years wielding a sword containing Dark Magic.

But he's not infallible. If someone or something was especially fierce in it's attempts, or just appealed to his ego, it's likely be enough to pull him down. He's been able to avoid situations that would put him at risk of possession so far in life, though.

🧋 (Boba Tea) - Come up with a Kirby Café item themed around your OC! It can be a savoury dish, a drink, a dessert, or something else entirely.

For Brocade

I think Brocade's dish would be a light, fluffy cake with lavender frosting, topped with whipped cream and diamond-shaped cookies decorated to mirror her wings. It'd come with a cup of herbal tea, with a special design on the teacup.

The Cake Brocade Has on Sunny Afternoons