#touching someone in their sleep

[salamispots]

dream from several days ago

[p4nishers]

i need a whole episode, a book and a podcast on EXACTLY what crowley was thinking during this moment

[melit0n]

One of the lines that caught my eye in Emergence was "So tell me what you meant by 'living past your half life'?" In chemistry, a "half life" is the time it takes for a substance to decay to half of its original mass.

Further, half lives are also prominent in physics, specifically, nuclear physics. It has the same definition—amount of time taken for a nuclei to half itself—but is, as its name suggests, focused on how much useful energy is produced via the decomposition.

This also links in with the later lyrics of "space dust for your fuel rods." Fuel rods are used in the control of a nuclear decay reaction within a nuclear power plant. This could be interpreted as either Vessel's lack of autonomy, or Sleep losing dominion.

If it's anything to note, "space dust" can also be radioactive.

So, with this all in mind, living past a half life is, in its basics, working towards rot. Existing as a dead man walking and overtly aware that you are.

To me, this could be in reference to Sleep. It's been emphasised that, while Sleep is one of the oldest Gods, He is a forgotten one; kept alive by rituals and those who are beckoned by song to follow Him. Aka, kept alive and powerful by Vessel.

Sleep has long since lived past His so called "half life," and, in toe, He is, therefore "well versed in the afterlife."

While I don't think it works as well, mainly because I consider the majority of this song to be Vessel having a go at Sleep, instead of vice versa, this could be applied to Vessel as a mouthpiece, too, posing the question of; how long until your humanity disapears? How long does it take until you pass your half life, and begin to speak and see only that which bloodless and broken creatures do?

How long until you aren't even you anymore?

And, when that change happens, which it will, eventually, will you emerge and become "someone new," or stay as you were?

[bbutterflies]

insomniac adrien & finding comfort and safety and falling asleep in the arms of people he loves and trusts with his whole being

[made-my-peace-with-all-the-bad]

Oh nothing, just them ☹️☹️

[iwasbored777]

I don't understand people who say that Gwen and Miles don't have to end up together just because they're a girl and a boy and how a girl and a boy can be just friends but at the same time those people claim that Gwen and Hobie most likely slept together when she stayed over just because they're...you know...a girl and boy, and that a girl and a boy can't be just friends...

[tohruies]

HNY friends !! please hold out your palms and take this .. ♡

i think i very often talk about how kind and loving my friends are on here to me though there will never be enough opportunities for myself to thank you for sharing with me a piece of your heart .. but here in this post … i would just like to celebrate you, if that is okay. the goodness of your heart that you show others, the effort you put in and the will that you muster up to do good and be kind even when you may be feeling like poop. perhaps you might even compare your kindness to others !! maybe it feels like you’re not doing enough !! but i would like remind you that the ways in which we are kind looks a little bit different on each person. and that no amount of kindness shown is ever in vain. and it never ever goes to waste, even if it feels like it may not be appreciated by whoever you are trying to share your love with.

and i think !! i think it is very easy to feel like this — like your efforts may not be noticed, or that you’re falling short. but every single act of kindness ripples out into the world in ways you might not even see yourself 🦋 in fact, this is usually the case! no matter if the way you love others is through big, grand gestures to surprise, or through quiet support — small gestures that can go unnoticed, it is all an act of kindness !!! and it is all equally valuable ♡

and you know ! i see it !! as a chronic noticer LOL i see it all !!! i see all the kindness you share with others — surprise gifts, an ask to let someone know you’re thinking about them, tags and comments you leave on people’s posts and fics, dedicating a piece of writing to someone, even just … clicking the heart button ♥︎ i see it all, and i know for a fact that if i do, then so many others do too !! we see all the ways in which you share your heart with others, and i am certain that so many people are grateful for you. i know i am ! and i just wanted tooooo. thank you ! 🤗 for showing up however you can, and loving others in your own special unique way because it really does make this wretched world we live in brighter !! and kinder ! with each sweet act you offer. and this new year i so sincerely hope that you can count on that kindness to be returned to you 10 fold 🥺 100 fold, even !!! even when it seems like it couldn’t be further from the truth ( it is NOT !! you always reap what you sow ) though it may take some time, i know for certain that that love will come flying your way . so please ! please !! please believe it TT ! and i hope !! i hope you will let me play a part in returning that love you so freely share 💘💘 okay okay okay sorry this is enough i’m done i’m holding you all so gently THANK YOU i love youuu i love you i just STARTED CRYING AGAIN A THIRD TIME WRITING THI S WEUIRRB 😭 everyone is just so precious and special and loving in their own way 💗 and i think that’s so beautiful 💗 and it makes me cry happy tears !!!! 💗💗💗 happy new year once again my precious friends !!!!!

[callixton]

i do have controversial taskmaster rpf opinions that will ostracize me from both sides of the equation but idc so be it. the britcom rpf boom caused by taskmaster has lowered the median quality of britcom fic so much that it’s magnitudes more difficult to find anything worth reading*. my theory is that taskmaster has lowered the rpf knowledge/effort entry point bc you don’t need to know anything about the people you just need to know their very obvious d/s persona on a singular tv program. and so few people are spending the time to get eerily accurate and detailed about psycho analyzing british comedians. hence the drop in quality

[celestielbeing]

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[hood-ex]

I hate the "being forced to share a bed" trope, but I love the "being forced to share a sleeping bag" trope. The sleeping bag is where it's at. Fuck that bed.

[myfemmeb0yfriend]

when i am upset i think about how one day i will be getting soothed to sleep by a pretty girl/person i'll get to call my girlfriend/partner in a cozy apartment that we've made a home out of and that is enough for me to fall asleep to.

- this post was made by a minor, mdni accs dni!

[lliquidllyrium]

Brainstorming a post canon story where Lucanis is adjusting to life as the first Talon under Caterina’s watchful eye and juggling that with his and Rook’s relationship. Thinking Caterina will be a hardass as usual and criticizing most things Rook does (works with a De Riva but might be even more fitting with a Rook unfamiliar with the politics of the Crows) while Rook is trying Very Hard to earn her approval for Lu’s sake because despite his tense relationship with his grandmother she is important to him.

Culminates in Caterina speaking with Rook alone one night and out of nowhere Caterina swipes their cheek with her cane, leaving a very precise but shallow cut. She tells Rook that had it been an attack from an assassin truly meaning to take their life they would already be dead, and that being the lover of the First Talon requires someone vigilant and able to care for themselves.

Lu returns to their room that night (stressed as he normally is these days) and Rook tries to keep that side of their face angled away from him but Spite catches the scent of dried blood and tips him off. He’s worried and furious of course, but Rook is reluctant to tell him who did it and when they finally do Lu goes to storm out and confront Caterina. Rook stops him and asks if it’s him or Spite and Lu is a little taken aback and hurt that Rook assumes that because it is Caterina who did this he would somehow be less willing to react. He swears that Rook is family, and if Illario is not exempt from consequences for harming family Caterina is at least going to get an earful. Rook apologizes for assuming he wouldn’t stand up for them against his grandmother, and for treating Spite as a rabid animal with no self control. Cue sweet moment with hugs from both arms and wings.

Lu takes a moment to clean the wound up gently, also collecting his thoughts and calming himself down. Rook realizes somewhere in the middle of this that the clever old hag had meant for this all along. Harm Rook superficially after weeks of building tension -> get Lucanis mad enough to confront her in a blind rage -> pontificate on lessons about allowing judgment to be blinded when it comes to Rook. It was a test to see if he would charge in blindly to defend their honor or if he would take a moment to think and plan. He had almost failed, and would have if not for Rook.

He isn’t thrilled that it makes some sort of sense, but she is a 70-something year old assassin who was First Talon until recently so she obviously knows her shit. He approaches her later and insists that both he and Rook had heard her loud and clear, but any further lessons or advice for him will be delivered via verbal communication and counsel. Caterina agrees, looking as proud as a stoic old bat can. She may not be happy with the tone that he takes but something can be said about the fact that he is willing to take it with her after all this time.

She explains that it is crucial that if he as First Talon is to take a lover he must accept that he will not always be able to protect them from the dangers this life entails. They must be able to defend themselves against all threats, but even more important is that if something should happen to them, Lucanis will keep a level head. His enemies will expect him to be blinded by grief and rage, sloppy and prone to leaving himself unguarded. A true First Talon will keep his head about him and make his enemies suffer. A true First Talon will honor a loved one’s memory with the blood of their enemies, not by falling on a sword in their name.

[herewithinthevoid]

so go ahead and wrap your arms around me // emergence

i want to talk about the threatening tone beneath the surface of this invitation for an embrace and how the distortion in the voice during these lines echoes this concept i cannot begin to properly put into words 𖹭

you've got diamonds for teeth, my love so take a bite of me // the offering

make me yearn for your embrace // take aim

trapped under the surface of your words... talking with razors on your tongue // like that

[fatuismooches]

EVEN MORE CUTE DOTTORE MOMENTS TO MAKE YOU SMILE 🙏 (because I am too tired to post anything of quality)

[mylove-thresher]

I’m still so very mad but my pookies (you guys) deserve drawings

[wackywatchdotcom]

thinking about how ever since ive gotten really into pomni i consistently forget that i can just draw characters hugging. i dont draw her getting hugs despite being someone who tends to draw characters getting hugged a LOT and bc i draw her so often it has stopped occuring to me particularly often that oh yeah, that is still a thing i can draw, particularly with other characters