#tis a gamble

[hood-ex]

"Hey, Brother, There's an Endless Road to Rediscover" by TheSilencer has a scene like that. It's not quite the same as the one in the comics, and Jason is not back in time but I think it's similar enough ? (It's in chapter 5)

Omg I'm scared to start reading this story alskdja. Summary and tags? Very interesting. The fact that it hasn't been updated since December? Ahhhhh. Tis the curse of the incomplete fics.

[o-i-w-u]

I think im gonna animate this segment cus holy shit the brainrot

also i was reading the comments on the video, its pretty much divided into "NO BLOODMOON DONT HURT FC OR EARTH" and "OMG bloodmoon is so cute", i just think thats a lil funny

*talking about how they're gonna kill everyone*

"-Vegetas busting it down."

"wha-? how could he dance?"

"i don't know-"

"look at him! "

"i thought spikey hair would stop him :("

"stakeout."

"staaaakeout?"

"stakeout! stakeout! stakeout!"

god fucking damnit i love bloodmoon. what a guy

[aquinnix]

Traffic Character Analysis - Tango

Tango is very quick to act. He is propelled by his emotions and tends to let them take over. Everything that happens to him is shoved down deep inside and builds and builds until he finally bursts. He is deeply motivated by revenge, if someone wrongs him, he will get back at them tenfold. Tango is not afraid of what others think about him, he is happy to speak his mind and put his cards out on the table, just not all his cards. Tango makes a big impact in small ways that ripple and twist into waves. In reality, he holds all the cards and keeps them close to his chest. He has an interesting relationship with life and death. He uses fate as a bargaining chip without a second thought. To him, life is simply a commodity, same as any other. Tango is willing to sacrifice himself if that means that things go according to plan, fulfilling a perceived destiny. But that’s the thing, for someone so intrinsically connected with something so vital, for someone who tries to be everybody’s friend, for someone who’s alliances are ones of deep trust and reliance, Tango always ends up alone. He always takes his last breath away from the warmth of those he cares about. The fact that he is seemingly able to control life, doesn’t mean death will be so kind. 

[daydreamgoddess14]

Hello my lovely! After playing at what animal would Mia be over the weekend it’s got me thinking about the other Slow Horses OCs. What animal do you think Seren would be? And, if I can be cheeky for a sneak preview, I’m very curious about your new OC from A Thief’s Gamble! xx

Oh hiiii! Have I been thinking about this since I saw your ask the other day? Of course I have! Thank you so much for asking, lovely 🥰

Seren

Ahhh, I miss Seren! I always pictured her as quite earthy - in touch with nature and completely comfortable with herself. I see her as a brown bear - deeply protective of those she loves, looks soft and snuggly, but is far stronger and tougher than you might think. The spiritual symbolism of the brown bear is that it acts as a guardian and guide, offering wisdom, strength, and protection to those who seek it & I think she totally embodied that for River & David.

Read The Ties that Bind

You can totally be cheeky! She might remain nameless, so meet...

The Thief

A self-made woman in a man's world, the Thief is a snake. On the surface, she is very calm and collected with an air of mystery and sensuality. She will revert to a quiet, self-protective mode, because, like most snakes, she's quite shy and insecure. The thief is used to a solitary life spent looking for acceptance, so she uses her poisonous wit and quick tongue to help keep her enemies at bay.

Find out more about The Thief's Gamble - coming soon!

This was so much fun! I might have to do Ella next from The Escape Artist, though that one is a fair bit more obvious!

[crowleys-bentley-and-plants]

The Unforgiven III by Metallica should not hit so hard wtf

[dreamicus]

The fun thing about the character of Leonard Horatio "Bones" McCoy is that the situation with his father called into question his very purpose as a doctor, which, really, is his only purpose as a character on the show. Should he preserve life, or ease suffering? It's an incredibly difficult decision for anyone, but especially for a character defined by his role as Doctor. Good stuff

[real-doozy]

u wait.. comin home at 5 in morning

LEMME SMELL THAT DICK 😤🙄😒

[an-eldritch-peredhel]

#dang it do i have a new oc now

Sounds like!! I'd love to hear more if you've got it!

(referring to my tags on this post)

You will meet a stranger, sometimes, if you make a habit to frequent taverns, inns, halls for game, or even the one tree where the young Bracegirdle cousins sneak off to play marbles. Well, you will like as not meet many strangers, except in the last case, but this one will be different. Or perhaps you get lucky, and don't frequent such places, but find yourself in one unexpectedly, and meet them regardless.

Everyone in Gondor knows someone who knows someone who met Lady Luck, no one has met her themself. If you do, starry-eyed romantics say, you'll be blessed with good fortune for all your days. The pragmatists tell you you'll be blessed with the good sense to discern a scam.

He may smirk at you after winning a bet, some dark-haired man, using his earnings to buy a round for the bar. It's always a different man, but it always goes to Alwed's tab. It keeps the crowd from getting too rowdy, even if the more superstitious get on edge.

No one remembers meeting them the first time, but dwarves with common sense avoid Audr's shell games and silver-toothed smile- you always win, but it's never worth it.

A woman with greying-gold hair and stiff fingers might call herself Eadrun, and challenge you to a game of dice. Few decline, and far fewer win.

For as few elves remain in Middle Earth, the one who calls himself Herendil and laughs as though his name is a joke should be recognizable. He seems young and lighthearted in a way most have lost, but he will play you cards, win just as much as he loses, and disappear, never recognized.

A hobbit-lass may giggle, red curls gleaming in the sun, and introduce herself as Peony Sandheaver, her family is visiting from Bree, and she wants to see how Shire-hobbits play Jacks.

Sometimes an orc prays over a set of knucklebones, knowing that at least one god will hear one prayer. Orcs have little luck in battle, but uncanny luck with dice.

There are countless stories, just as many true as not. Countless names, far more unnamed figures, always just out of place enough wherever they are to be interesting and promise new tales, never enough to provoke suspicion, not at first.

Even those in the Blessed Realm may find this dark-eyed stranger. Always dark-eyed, like bottles of dark glass. They stop by Aulë's workshop on occasion, to learn and suggest and play new games. They never win the first round, but most have the sense not to bet anything they aren't willing to lose on the second.

Oromë's people call them Umbarnica with a laugh and a toast in welcome. They thrive in the drunken revels after a successful hunt, sharp as ever as they dance from game to game, cackling at ill-advised propositions offered as collateral for or against a bet. Usually this means them winning to avoid it, a frequent enough occurrence as-is, but every now and then they'll decide to let someone get lucky. The bragging rights are the real reward.

And there are no guarantees with this stranger. No way to ensure their favor, though many ways to get their attention, few good. They like irony, take pleasure in hubris reaching its fall. They love superstition, even if they don't always honor it, and they love stories. There are gods that can be mistaken for kind, they are not one of them, created to serve the king the Dark Lord could have been. Their favorites are fickle, their grudges subtle but long-held. They love cheaters, unless they're at the end of the attempt. They will always catch you, and you will always regret it. They slink through candle-shadows and pipe-smoke, grinning, dance in town squares turned to faire grounds, curl up on comfy chairs indoors on rainy days.

But sometimes, in these days, you won't meet a stranger at all. Sometimes your storyteller will get a bright-dark glint in their eyes, and some dice will roll strangely high and some dice will roll strangely low and either way the story will be better for it. And if the next time the group meets you need to take a moment to remind the storyteller exactly what happened last session, well. That's why you take notes.

So pray to the dice-god, card-master, quick-sighted. It might do you no good, but they love superstition, and they love stories. And when you play a dark-eyed stranger, don't cheat at cards.

[clown-demon]

((He's my spirit animal cuz he's a gambler like me...

[upsidedownsmore]

legit elden ring dlc has taken away like almost all motivation to draw in the past week or so lmao, but i really gotta get the backgrounds done for hollowframe dante and jade before tennocon gah

[lavendersartistry]

“Mother of the Zodiacs”

Mistress Sinner officially has a reference sheet! This a revamp from an old design for a AU I rather not name!

[LORE HERE:] Sinner is a Goat Peacock, a variant of Hell’s succubi. Her turquoise eyes and species mark help define her peacock traits in contrast to her many goat features (horns, hooves).

Are you allowed to simp for Sinner? Yes, but be aware she isn’t going to be head over heels for you and everything. She will play with your feelings before deciding if you are a candidate to be a lover of hers. And she is not polyamorous, so not many can be her lovers. It is still okay to simp for her, she would just play with your character or sona’s heart for a while at first.

Sinner is the Creator of the Zodiacs, being the biological mother of the 13th, Ophiuchus. She favors Gemini, Cancer, Virgo and Aquarius more than the other Zodiacs because she personally believes they have much potential in their element and become right hands to their respective planets. She also favors her son a lot due to him being an outcast among the Zodiacs and aids him in reaching his true potential in his unknown element.

[DO NOTE: This is MY interpretation of the Zodiacs. Please do not go “I’m (Zodiac) but I’m not like this” or anything along the lines of this. They do not relate to you.]

Sinner does have an official simp card! Come to my DMs to claim one! Thank you for looking at my art! Want to see more? Go to my Carrd!

[rabbitcruiser]

Gambling was legalized in Nevada on March 19, 1931.

[orchideae]

I'm typing up some responses to these asks, and this sounds crazy, but man, I only just realized how utterly in love I am with Yelan's trailer.

I'll make a post where I'll be dissecting her trailer like I did Kafka's, but it really hit me tonight how even in the first 10 seconds, they really emphasize this 'noir' element that it has. Now for anyone who's unfamiliar, 'noir' is often used in a film noir concept, which is a genre of film that usually involves crime, mystery and a lot of moral ambiguity; and its presentation is also quite specific, often defaulting to B/W or de-saturated visuals in bleak or low lighting, often in weather and hours of the day that only add to the setting and mood respectively. Along with this, because it emerged during the 1940s and 1950s, it goes hand in hand with a lot of smokey, smooth jazz music, as that was the era when that peaked.

All of these things are present in Yelan's trailer. Immediately when you load in, you see Liyue Harbor in the background but it's not during the hours during which it's bright or at its most beautiful, no, it's bleak, grim and it's raining, and immediately we hear a slow piano kicking it. And when we zoom in on her and the man that she's talking to, they're momentarily out of focus and we really see the stark contrast of the warmth of the lights and the street that they're standing in while there's something close to a downpour. And god, the reveal of her face, or more specifically, her eyes, is so incredibly delayed that it immediately adds a sense of mystery, but more so, of intrigue, something so significant to her character. But to return to the weather for a second; Genshin is usually so bright and rain isn't exactly the most common— that the rain in this, and the mood it creates, really stands out to me. Instead of the bright colors that we're always faced with, we instead see very desaturated colors which bring it closer to that B/W feeling that is so inherently and intrinsically tied to the 'noir' genre. And the music, ugh, and it continues, it literally becomes so jazzy, none of this can be a coincidence, but now I'm even more hooked to her character. Ugh. It's literally what I said in my NY'E' post, every time I think I don't get more crumbs, I either am given more or I re-watch things and have all these new revelations. Hoyo, this has got to be a strategic and very intended decision, it's driving me crazy.

Yelan started as a character I wanted to pull for game-play purposes (was told not to, and then I learned she's pretty much a must pull), and then finally got, to finally playing through Perilous Trail and going 'uh oh', to then still wondering sometimes why I love her as much as I do. And then I realize this stuff, and everything makes sense and I love her even more.

[apocellipse]

divorced wives. i need to make them weirder

[un-chained]

((Next week on Thursday, marks my 3-4 week with NO casino.. I can't remember if it's been 3 or 4. I think 3? I ALMOST went on Thursday, but I managed to stay strong.

[jrueships]

apple juice or orange juice

THAT RLLY DEPENDS 4 ME! i'm usually an apple juice enjoyer cus i don't trust orange juice with that pulp. i hate pulp!!! but i do like fresh drinks!! Getting orange juice is like getting strawberry icecream, if it's like? Real real? With real chunks and stuff? no thanks 😒.. now if it's SMOOTH and ARTIFICIAL? yessirrrrr SIGN ME UP!!!