#this post is an open invitation for

[rylikebread]

Do you like what you see 🥰😌

[mofsblog]

Hey Arkayners, how do we feel about Kayne comparing Arthur to the Blackstone (something they deeply desire but can never have)

[cosmossystem]

can pro-endo and/or pro-ship blogs interact with this post or follow us or send asks or something? weve been dealing with right-wingers & medicalists in our notes for like a week now and its been a bad time. and also we wanna make more mutuals on this blog <3

[ryllen]

Look what came through the mail today! The letters & ( •̀ω•́ )σ 3 little gremlins from letterstoear.

Just wanna say i adore the flower stickers on the letters too much, they are that much worth mentioning.

[the-one-who-lambs]

The evolving relationship between Narinder and the Lamb, as explored through physical touch over seven scenes. Godhood is rough, whether lost or found, but it's easier with dear company.

A collaboration between @z00lea (drew the art) and I (wrote the fic), based on the Cult of the Lamb anniversary prompts. Zoo, thank you so much for being such a fun collab partner!

[thevoidstaredback]

My dad is an avid Trump supporter. Like, me and Twin have tried to make him see reason, but it's just not clicking for him.

Apparently, dad has given Twin 48 hours to compile evidence to convince him that Trump is a shit person. So, in a last ditch effort, we're gonna put together a power point of everything we can find.

If you want to help us, fantastic! Go ahead and leave links and stuff here. Meanwhile, I'm gonna dive into my TT archives and start digging

[bird-divorce]

have we considered that ed and stede know about sexual sunday? like thankfully innkeepers era gentlebeard do fuckall and get sexual sunday literally every day of the week amen. but either when they're still on the ship or in a modern au or what have you they literally have sexual sunday in their calendars. frenchie's like ed babe we're all picnicking at the park Sunday afternoon -- you and stedey wanna join? and ed's like oof sunday afternoon? can't bro our schedules actually *quite* packed. frenchie: oh yeah? whatcha up to? ed: um. church we're going to church. jim: .....aren't you jewish???

so anyway however much they love their friends, today they went to the farmers market in the morning -- got pastries, looked at all the cute outfits and cute babies and cute dogs, and ed picked out some flowers for their kitchen. and then they went home and are now relaxing in the hammock in their small sunny breezy back yard and stede is feeding ed the berries they bought this morning with one hand while the other is slowly dragging up the hem of ed's long flowy skirt....

[deoidesign]

Happy EDS awareness month!

I'm a webcomic artist with EDS. be aware.

EDS affects many parts of my life. I have chronic fatigue, chronic pain, and I need to use a cane! I often find myself ruminating on themes of chronic illness in my work, whether or not I am intending to include them.

I already can't paint anymore, it hurts my hands too much... Anything that requires small details or precise motions will hurt me for days. I have a lot of grief around it. But working digitally allows me to still create!

I animate, I illustrate, I get to tell my stories. I have to go slow, take huge breaks (often against my will) and recover slowly. But, working in this space allows me the grace to do this.

So, I just wanted to share a bit of my experience with my audience, and say thank you for reading my work and supporting me! It means the world to me, and I hope maybe someone in my audience feels a little more seen through me sharing this. It causes me pain, but I love myself; and that includes my disability.

[layton-heritage-posts]

ok genuine question, what is up with the Layton fandom and headcanons about Layton being trans? Like what’s the basis for that theory?

There are some reasons why people like to headcanon Layton as Trans, but I think the biggest cause for the headcanon is the end of Azran Legacy:

"Theodore Bronev... I thought you should know that's your real name."

"You're mistaken. My name is Hershel Layton. I need no other name."

Wow Layton, you're standing up to your father and correct him when he calls you the wrong name? You decide on your own who you are? That's so cool of you and every trans person on this earth.

Anyways yeah, Layton has an actual deadname. Isn't that neat.

[lucabyte]

i am looking at nohats au 👀 please share more

So! NoHats! I'm going to grab you and use this to ramble. A Lot.

The NoHats AU is @samhainian's it's just that I'm the strange little freak who takes the words said unto me and executes on them. But I can still do a little explainer on what our overall thoughts and vibes are. (And, that we are in fact propping up a little box with some cheese under it here. 🪤 Please (PLEASE) feel free to pick up what we're putting down.)

We're far from the only ones exploring a "what if siffrin fucking died" AU, though the main difference with NoHats is the placement of the death in the timeline. Instead of being 'Mal Du Pays Wins' or 'Act 6 encounter goes horribly wrong', the death is… Just after the (literal) falling action.

(This placement is because Sam is a comic book fan who thus has become used to characters being ripped away at the cruelest times by shitty writers. THANK FUCKING GOD adrienne is not that and isat is delightful yippieee, but, back on topic.)

Giving the party the full understanding of What Happened that you get by putting the death after black hole siffrin, but before the A6 encounter leaves an interesting gap to be filled. See, making Siffrin's death very much not Loop's fault means that… this once again reads (when not read as simply a tragedy...) as the universe doing what it sees fit to fulfull Loop's wish… Thus making Siffrin's death Loop's fault again, but only in their eyes. And only in a way they could express if they were honest about who they were…

And this is where having had excuse to waffle about my general Postcanon Loop thoughts the other day comes in handy, because Sam and I have that as our canon-compliant reading to begin with, NoHats plays off of a lot of the same readings of Loop's character. Namely: Uh Oh Somebody's Lying By Fucking Omission Again. (BECAUSE TO BE FAIR THIS TIME… HOW THE FUCK WOULD YOU HANDLE THAT?)

Now, neither Sam nor I are fanfic writers, so this has been a little bit trapped in our heads and DMs (and my unfinished art but,)

But our thoughts on how NoHats like… Goes.

Siffrin's death is peaceful, but that does not mean the aftermath of it is. I can't imagine the party takes it well, especially after understanding the circumstances of the Loops. (And, of note, in A5 where nobody had the discussion on what to do with each other's bodies should something happen…) But I'd imagine it traumabonds them somewhat (understatement of the century) and now knowing how the rest of the party feels, they resolve to travel together for the forseeable future.

The party track down Loop to deliver the terrible news, since they were clearly Siffrin's friend too, and invite Loop along to travel at least long enough to (let them grieve) get the burial over with. Loop, here, can be helpful in knowing what Siffrin would've wanted where the party would be at a loss. Loop, I think, takes a bit of a lead on the funerary aspects of it all, because, um. (Performing rites on your own body, huh?)

Then, as things are after a death, life just… Kind of has to continue on as normal. The party travel, pick up Nille, and get to know Loop as this mysterious new person. Maybe in this situation they might stay in Bambouche for a while to give Bonnie more stability since. They are probably taking it the worst. It would've come out of absolutely nowhere for everyone in the party obviously but god, for a kid? For A Kid?

It should be stated NoHats is not intended to be grimdark, just y'know. An exploration of grief. This is also why it's got a bit of a lopsided focus on Bonnie vs the rest of the party because hhrrhghghhghghhhghhghhh <- incoherent

Now, a crossroads.

How does the party discover Loop to be Siffrin? How long does it take. How much have the party embraced them as part of the family (especially with something as intense to bond over as this)?

There's the Odile option. Have her put it together and have to bring it up somehow. This could also be done by Isabeau, perhaps. He's smart. (which. God. If anything's the real Isabeau Torment Nexus it's this)

Then there's the other option batted around by Sam and I. The: The Universe Dislikes Duplicates option.

The items in the house that fzzt away when inspected. The Universe doesn't like there to be two of something, at least not when they're acknowledged. But one of something is just fine…?

Which is to say. I'm not a personal proponent of 'Loop getting their body back'. EXCEPT …… except this one time.

There's only one Siffrin now, so they don't need to be obfuscated to exist.

Consider, if you will. Loop swallowing their guilt for long enough to be comfortable. Falling back into old habits. Without another Siffrin around to compete for the niche of, they actually begin to act like Siffrin again. Not intentionally, it's just… The party is as welcoming as they've always been. And the party swears they keep catching glimpses of a face under all the light.

Then, one day, while still not fully human again, the resemblence becomes undeniable. Loop having not even noticed until everyone looks at them like they've seen a ghost.

Has it been months? How long have they kept up this lie? Is it even a lie, to them? They're Loop. But they were, once, Siffrin.

Even after explaining it, does that make it better or worse?

Bonnie cuts through the betrayed, struck-nerve reactions with a sobering "I missed you."

… Anyway !

Yeah so that's the vibe for NoHats. As for LoopLoops? That's more nebulous. I think it can go anywhere really in the NoHats timeline. I err personally toward the "Loop continuously replays the last 10 minutes before Siffrin's death almost immediately after they find out and have to parkour their ass up the House in the most distressing situation possible to try and get them to hold on, just please hold on." (Remember! Siffrin can remember the contents of Loop's loop backs in the A6 fight!)

But there is the possibility that this happens months, or worse years down the road. One last Loop back. Throw it all away for the chance to just get that one thing you didn't know you even wanted but now know you NEED.

Misc:

Okay miscellaneous time.

This is where I admit that I have a bunch of unfinished NoHats art that I haven't gotten around to yet because I feel like a right tool being so obviously Loop-Centric with my fancontent (I AM . . I REALISE I AM NOT DOING MUCH TO BEAT THE ALLEGATIONS.) So like if people want to see that please say because euaghghghhfh <- the nervous.

this is like the most fucked up place to do isaloop fr. anyway.

one of Sam's mid-game observations that I'm just going to share for no particular reason is that Bonnie's hair shares a bunch of shapes with Siffrin's. The flick up at the top, the 3 pronged shape of the fringe… just something to think about.

Without 2 Siffrins around to compare each other to it'd likely be a lot harder to notice Loop's similarities. Doesn't mean that those similarities don't sting more in this context though.

If you do NoHats without LoopLoops. The concept of this all fading into memory years down the line while they just have slightly-glowy but otherwise regular Siffrin hanging out is fucked up to think about. Just like real grief. Augh

6. a peek into the original dms as a treat from us

[jaarijani]

im missing jere today so heres some pictures from the bottom of my käärijä folder that make my heart go ‼️‼️

[florshedworf]

balloon faces to cope

[oflgtfol]

GUYS GUYS GUYS SYMBROCK NATION COMMUNITY WAS APPROVED

[rosekasa]

there is something so. intensely frustrating about feeling incapable of showing up for people the way that they want you to

[perilegs]

i know astrology is fake but i'm not too keen on how a lot of people on this website seem to be clowning on it as a hobby a bit too hard. i swear the woman who thinks it's neat how she and her friends with the same sun sign are all similar isn't trying to say that you are who you are born as and there is nothing you can do to change it. it's a hobby. an interest. what happened to finding meaning and joy in the small things. does it affect you if someone enjoys tarot reading or crystals. does it make you upset someone has interests that they enjoy.

[hunting-for-sport]

crazy to me how people still put so much effort into trying to compare isaac to liam (granted, i get that one it mostly makes sense to me) or theo (i get this significantly less it's such a superficial comparison) while talking about later seasons characters when hayden romero is literally right there. both isaac and hayden were younger siblings to people in civil defense positions (soldier and cop, respectively), both were some of the only characters in the show, barring scott, who actually had jobs at some point, jobs that both worked as a result of a family situation that were also not objectively appropriate/normal for teenagers to be working, both ended up on the side oppositional to the main group for a period of time, isaac with derek, hayden with theo, with little to no choice in the matter (yes, technically isaac had a choice not to take the bite, but it was a choice between that and staying in an abusive house, then after his dad died it was a choice between going with derek or yk, being homeless and a murder suspect) and had marked shifts in their personalities/the way they presented themselves as a result of it, eventually shifting back to something closer to their true selves when taken into the mccall pack, and gaining renewed senses of selflessness + protectiveness. both isaac and hayden held intense, long lasting grudges, they were both characteristically blunt and probably too willing to be honest with people. despite their physical prowess and, at times impulsive, willingness to fight, both also proved their ability to think/work strategically often. oh and then both of them moved away from beacon hills and were promptly forgotten about, sparing a single mention of them leaving. this is really just a basic comparison and there's probably a few other similarities im forgetting but it's been a second since i last watched season 5 & 6 so. anyways i just think the isaac/liam and isaac/theo comparisons have been fucking done to death at this point with no particularly interesting insights and i wish people would branch out and also actually remember that hayden exists for once.