#this i'm sure is what you were expecting

[beevean]

47 Macula, mwah. ❤️

…out of spite.

"You are sick. What you're doing is sick."

Dracula merely raised an eyebrow at Mathias' childish outburst.

"Now, what are you blabbering about?"

"Everything!" the little Lord shouted, hands moving in a frenzy. "This... senseless slaughter, carried on by inertia! The way you use the knights in your care as slaves, when they look up to you as a mentor! You are a disgusting creature, and those poor boys don't deserve you."

Dracula wrinkled his nose, annoyed at the smell of anger in the man's blood. Oh, so he was serious, wasn't he.

"And I am supposed to heed your words why, precisely?" he asked, not caring whether or not the man answered - he was merely wasting his time. "You don't actually care about the blood I'm spilling, do you, Mathias? Not when your own hands are covered in it."

"It's different and you know it." Mathias didn't even have the strength to look at him in the eye, the coward that he was. What a pathetic worm: he filled Dracula with shame for what he used to be.

"Why? Because you kill in the name of an uncaring God while I spite him?" Dracula rose to his feet, relishing in the shudder that shook Mathias' body; he reserved no gentleness for him when he grabbed his chin and forced his head upwards. "Little Mathias, you are not angry at me. I know you more than you know yourself."

Those green eyes of his burned with hypocritical righteousness. "Don't you dare compare yourself to me--"

"And that is the crux of it, isn't it?" Oh, he knew alright. His human memories were fading away, slowly but surely, but Mathias was doing everything in his power to remind him of the person he used to be: weak, fragile, scared, and with an inflated sense of self-worth. Of course, such a man would despite what he was fated to become. Well, too bad for him.

"Mathias Cronqvist, let me give you some precious advice, from someone older than you can fathom yet." And with that, he claimed Mathias' mouth and bit his tongue, to shut him up at last; his struggles were feeble and human against him, and it took no effort to remind the man of who was in charge, who had the right to speak, and who exactly he was deep within his heart.

He licked his own blood as he said: "Make peace with yourself posthaste, or you will suffer."

[residentialsinyomakai]

HELLO!!!! mini art dump thingy for y'all,,,, haven't been in muuuch of a drawing mood but I have things I've made for other things! except the last two; those are for fun.

[allbuthuman]

VASH YOU CAN'T FUCKING SAY THAT

[asurrogateblog]

The Syd Poll

the topic of this poll is one that is frequently avoided in the pink floyd fandom, but inevitably one we all consider – our individual views on what we think caused syd's psychological struggles (and by extension, led to his departure from the band). I think that – at least in this neighborhood of tumblr – this is a conversation we are capable of having in a way that is civil, nuanced, and at least minimally disrespectful to syd.

So, to help facilitate this, here are some ground rules:

let's all assume we have a mutual understanding of the complexities of this. syd could never actually be reduced down to a poll, and all of our viewpoints are limited in various ways

the poll options just serve as just a conversation starter, and responses are not necessarily a statement of absolute beliefs

feel free to discuss as much or as little of your own perspective as you feel comfortable sharing.

in the case that debates break out, please try to assume good intent – and also demonstrate it (unless, for instance, someone is being blatantly insulting beyond a misunderstanding that needs correcting)

please do NOT vote if you are not actually a pink floyd fan with at least basic knowledge about what we're talking about here.

The options I've included below are not meant to be exhaustive, they are simply the "theories" that I have seen most commonly circulated. I have also decided not to include combinations. I'm fairly sure we'd all agree multiple factors were involved. Rather than make the poll too complicated, I ask you to instead select the one that you think is the "most" important to your viewpoint, and clarify further in your tags/comments as you wish.

so. here we go.

READ BEFORE VOTING ^^^^

(note of correction: "late-onset schizophrenia" should just be "schizophrenia". the typical timeline for onset of symptoms is late adolescence/early adulthood, so syd would've been well within that period at the time)

[payte]

So….when you first started Stella’s story, had you any idea it would be like this ? 🥰

I definitely did not! I don't normally allow myself to just start spur of the moment saves. When I get attached to my sims, I try to stick with their save for as long as I can and normally feel a bit guilty moving on to something else.

I'm so glad that I followed the inspiration to start Earth Angel though! Everything was just: "What if I make a cute little retro alien?" "Well, there's an alien themed challenge I can try out with her - it can be real casual!" And then Johnny, Ophelia and Ripp entered the picture and it was all over from there 😆

I am so attached to this family and I have so much fun playing and writing up posts! In game, I'm almost at Gen 2 already - not something I was planning to ever happen but I've got rules written up for and everything! The best part is getting to share this wholesome family with you guys and seeing your reactions to everything! That is really what keeps me motivated to post, so thank you so much! 🥰

[babybirbb]

Just started watching suits recently and was wondering if you had any good fic recs, particularly AUs. The nature of the show really lends itself to Selkie fics imo but also I just love selkies

anon i need you to know that as soon as i saw your ask i immediately went scouring through the AU tag on ao3. i’m not gonna lie, i'm not usually an AU reader but i wanted to challenge myself to provide some recs as unbiasedly as possible.

at first observation, i noticed a lot of the AU fics were still in some way canon (divergent and adjacent)-- usually splitting off somewhere along the show or a situation where Mike or Harvey is still a lawyer, while the other was not. i will say i skipped over smut-based (omegaverse, bdsm) and lengthy fics (under 20k is nothing, anything more than 50k is pushing it for me) cause i just did not have the brainpower to even try to get through them :/

so of course the ones i ended up liking were mostly canon divergent/adjacent but i tried my best to get you something different. what i managed to dig up for you is under the cut and i really hope you like them anon (also fyi these are all pretty much marvey fics, hope that's okay!) <3 also thanks so much for the ask! i enjoyed this little scavenger hunt haha!

As the World Caves In by SupernaturalIdjit16 | Mature - Zombie Apocalypse, Warning for the usual triggers that come with zombie apocalypse. It’s not a complete work but it literally got updated today!

Here at the end of all things by tattooedsiren | Explicit - Apocalypse, Hurt/Comfort, Mike and Harvey protecting each other, Mike does shoot someone and goes a bit into the psychological aftermath, light smut towards the end

The Haunting of Penthouse B by Skara_Brae | Teen+ - Supernatural Elements, Happy ending, Mike’s a ghost…or is he?

Meet Me at Midnight by butdaddyilovehim | Teen+ - Superheroes/Superpowers, Protective Harvey, he's also Batman…need i say more?

Complications by LearnedFoot | Teen+ - Canon divergence, Fake/pretend relationship, Harvey decides not to hire Mike, instead asks for his help to spite Jessica, of course they end up falling in love

The Touch by FrivolousSuits | Teen+ - Magic, Angst, Soulmate inspired, it’s also from Donna’s pov which was super fun and interesting, as was the nature of the magic

TBR list:

Wear My Name by Lunarflare14 (Teen+) and whatever the question by tattooedsiren (Explicit) - These are both Fake/Pretend relationship AUs based/inspired by The Proposal movie! (a very good movie imo)

The Game by FrivolousSuits | Teen+ - It’s a Hunger Games AU so i am intrigued, just haven't gotten around to reading it yet

Ocean Dream by Blue_Five | Mature - i apologize for being unable to provide you with a selkie fic so the best i could do was the incomplete merperson au... i hope it's enjoyable...😅

[crescentfool]

having the hc that minato is ace is incredibly funny sometimes when you think about how ryoji is oh so very bi because it's like. "ah. death stole my ability to be attracted to people," in the same way that ryoji stole minato's eye color and energy level. like wow, thanks ryoji, you just keep finding things to steal from minato!

[ophierian-vp]

[yes-asil]

I came and stayed for wandersong, on that note (ha) whats your favorite song?

All of them???

But I really love Order March

[fauvester]

1 of my interns told me that she's excited to work with me and she's my fan... I AM ON THE GROUNDDD

[kebriones]

Τεσσερακανουντος σταυρος κρεμεται στο λαιμο σου

Κι αυτοι φιλουνε το σταυρο μα εγω το μαγουλο σου

;-;

[supercantaloupe]

ive never gone to see an opera live in europe let alone one outside of a major theater that regularly records and broadcasts their productions so grain of salt etc but i think there's some kind of distinct cultural difference between how european companies do "reimagined" productions of operas vs how american companies do it

[icewindandboringhorror]

I occasionally wish to reach out to old friends/acquaintances I haven't spoken to since high school/some other even earlier time in my life, but I have SOOO little social energy even for required tasks (like making dr phone calls or etc), I never have any leftover for extra ones, and it would be very odd to message someone I haven't spoken to in like 5 years out of the blue but then take 4 entire months to respond back lol.. My natural curiosity with nostalgia/collecting details of the past/etc. (literally if I were born a little earlier I would definitely do scrapbooking or something lol) is very strong, but, alas, not strong enough to beat out the Social Issues Demons apparently

[adore-gregor]

i'm back on tumblr (again)

[wonder-worker]

Any judgement on [Richard III's] reign has to be seen as provisional. The critic of the reign only has to consider how the Tudors would now be regarded if Henry VII lost at Stoke, to realize the dangers of too many assumptions about the intractability of Richard’s problems. But it would be equally unrealistic to ignore Richard’s unpopularity altogether. The fact that he generated opposition among men with little material reason for dissent, and that the disaffection then continued to spread among his own associates, says something about what contemporaries regarded as the acceptable parameters of political behaviour. There is no doubt that Richard’s deposition of his nephews was profoundly shocking. To anyone who did not accept the pre-contract story, which was probably the majority of observers, the usurpation was an act of disloyalty. Gloucester, both as uncle and protector, was bound to uphold his nephew’s interests and his failure to do so was dishonourable. Of all medieval depositions, it was the only one which, with whatever justification, could most easily be seen as an act of naked self-aggrandizement.

It was also the first pre-emptive deposition in English history. This raised enormous problems. Deposition was always a last resort, even when it could be justified by the manifest failings of a corrupt or ineffective regime. How could one sanction its use as a first resort, to remove a king who had not only not done anything wrong but had not yet done anything at all?

— Rosemary Horrox, Richard III: A Study of Service

[constantvariations]

Recently saw a post in the Adam Taurus tag (an exercise in patience, that tag) that claimed that the signs of Adam not actually caring for the Faunus cause start as early as the Black Trailer. Their evidence?

Blake: What about the crew members?

Adam: What about them?

They proposed that the lack of concern Adam felt for the SDC crew whilst knowing that Faunus were often employed against their will meant he always put his revenge above the needs of the Faunus

Let me tell you, my jaw dropped at the stupidity

The way they went on, you'd think he was about to kill a small nation's worth of SDC workers, but like.

Babe.

It's a cargo train. Their skeleton crew barely has bones

According to the Association of American Railroads, the standard practice is a two-person crew, a locomotive engineer and a conductor, but it's not uncommon to have a crew of one. It would undoubtedly suck to be one of those guys if Adam had succeeded, but it's not the unbridled massacre people seem to think it is

As for the Faunus angle, I highly doubt any slave would be given the skills of either of those positions, much less left in charge of who knows how much lien's worth of name brand products, so no danger of accidentally eliminating the unfortunate kin there. Had they been Faunus that did join the SDC of their own volition, then they's be SOL just like the humans

I'm so tired of people making shit up or blowing things out of proportion to justify their Adam hate