#unexpected place

[dimalink]

Unexpectedly for myself, I find myself in a park. In a small forest. In the city. So, trees are high here. Roads are with asphalt. And benches. Whole location. Made out of roads and trees. And benches.

Birds are singing. Trees are high. Without leaves. And they are standing like that around a roads. Like a pillars. And you are walking such road. And road leads you somewhere in a far. So far that you cannot see the end. Like a fog. But there is no fog. It is simply, a big territory. Forest. And little roads. So, you can walk here for a long time. And watch these trees. And listen to the birds singing. Trees are with green moss and that’s gives them even more to be interesting. Looks like all these trees are growing here for a long time. And that’s gives idea one more time, about a whole universe out of trees. Someplace they are covered with moss.

And if you are find yourself tired – you can sit at the bench. Anyway, there is a place for civilization here. Asphalt on the roads. And benches. It is amazing but city landscape is near. So, you cannot be lost here.

And so, this way, it is a whole backrooms place. Where are trees along the road and it looks like it can be endless road! It is a beautiful place to think about QBasic. Or just have a rest, free time. Any kind of these places. Any kind of such park with trees.

[abd-illustrates]

💜 Doppel & Glass 💜

Finally got round to doodling some of the Heartless crew again - been juggling some very intensive work and life stuff lately so it was therapeutic to get lost for a lil' while drawing this one. (Thanks again to everybody who voted in those polls a bit ago - The results were very interesting so I'm looking forward to drawing more of the most-voted characters sometime soon)

[DO NOT EDIT OR REPOST TO OTHER SITES / ACCOUNTS] ♻️reblogs are lovely tho!♻️

[s-dei]

Chris Redfield can't understand this life

[skitzlee]

i am reading homestuck for the first time (in the lord’s year of 2024) so no spoilers …. but i just met gamzee & so far hes one of my favs :)

bonus:

[orofeaiel]

👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️

[jessmalia]

While most people think it’s our brain that controls our actions, it’s often our hearts that get the biggest work-out. It can make us do the craziest of things. But it can also let us take a chance on new adventures. Because when we open our heart we can explore a world of love and be pleasantly surprised by the people already in our life.

The Vampire Diaries 4.19 // Gossip Girl 3.18

[i-dare-say]

You know what I love about Binghe's character? His role in the story and the way it changes our perception of him through the narrative.

We first meet him as this poor boy and we, just like Shen Qingqiu, get swept by the image of the white lotus. He's a teenager, and we're told that at this age he didn't have any of the darkness that would reign over his life after the Abyss. We're only shown an obedient and sweet Luo Binghe. He is the "young and innocent protagonist".

But we know about his future. Shen Qingqiu tells us so many times that the Abyss will corrupt him irreversebly, that he will come back and take his revenge on the scum villain. The problem is that we see the story through Shen Qingqiu's point of view, he is our protagonist, making Binghe our villain. So we read about the disciple days with the constant thought that this boy will one day become the antagonist.

And see, there's a slight difference between villain and antagonist. A villain is perceived as someone with bad intentions, while an antagonist is just someone who opposes the protagonist.

When Luo Binghe comes back from the Abyss, he is both villain and antagonist. He goes against Shen Qingqiu (antagonist), and the story tells us he wants to kill him like the original PIDW (villain).

Then it's revealed that it may not be exactly like that. First, we're shown that Binghe has romantic feelings for Shen Qingqiu (which, yeah, it's obvious to everyone but him, but still), giving Binghe a new possible role in the story: love interest. This immediately reduces the perceived danger of his actions. It brings him closer, it makes him a safer character.

Yes, there are stories with villainous love interests that do horrible shit, but we're dealing with the most common way narratives treat this type of character: generally, the love interest is good. And so, the moment this role is put upon Luo Binghe by the narrative itself, it also influences the reader.

But Shen Qingqiu, and consequently we, don't lower our guard. Despite being the love interest now, we also know that Luo Binghe has conspired to take down his master and organized the sower plague. He's attacked Huan Hua Palace, killed Gongyi Xiao and many others, putting the blame on Shen Qingqiu. By the end of book 2 he's villain, antagonist and love interest.

But it all gets proven wrong. That almost everything that happened to Shen Qingqiu was not because of Luo Binghe. We discover that there are other villains in the shadows.

The sower plague and the the attack at Huan Hua Palace was caused by Tianlang-Jun and Zhuzhi-Lang. Qiu Haitang's involvement and Shen Qingqiu's imprisonment was one of the Old Palace Master's schemes. All of this destroys Binghe's role as villain and antagonist.

This is the moment Shen Qingqiu decides to trust Binghe, pushing the reader to do the same. Because he's just "love interest" now and by the standard conventions, he's good. We trust him to be. Shen Qingqiu himself starts to project onto him that same image of white lotus. Since our image of Luo Binghe was so bad previously, this makes it jump way higher. It lulls us into this much better perception of his character.

The Old Palace Master was a villain and he died, as villains are often destined to. The only obstacle remains Tianlang-Jun, who doesn't harm Shen Qingqiu because of Zhuzhi-Lang's wishes (not an antagonist), but also wants to merge the realms (villain).

So our protagonist and love interest move toward the action, the big battle against the final boss. The villains get defeated easily and after the truth of what happened to Su Xiyan, Tianlang-Jun gives up his plan. His role as villain ends there. But the story has more antagonists to reveal.

Luo Binghe has never stopped being one. The narrative only hid his real motivations and let him cover himself with the role of love interest. And at this moment, he drops the mask and lets all of his feelings out, everything he didn't tell Shen Qingqiu nor the readers. He becomes the final antagonist, the one we've had since the very beginning.

The thing that saves him is his status as love interest, because no, he's not the only one to blame for what is happening. There's Xin Mo, who has fed on his insecurities and negative feelings, and Shen Qingqiu himself. He is the one who has constantly pushed Binghe to the side, believing himself to do the right thing, first by giving Binghe his death and then by trying to keep him "protected" from his father.

In the end, Luo Binghe wasn't a villain. Shen Qingqiu was, and he dies. But since he's not a real villain, he's allowed to come back.

When everything is over, their story comes to an end. The narrative itself leaves them free, to be whoever they want to be.

[horizondemise]

Mahito in Unexpected Places: Under Your Bed

He’s waiting there, just beneath the edge of your blanket and peering out at your room. Almost unable to suppress a laugh because he’s just so excited for you to see the gifts that he left for you.

You’re going to be happy, aren’t you? Mahito can’t wait to see your face when you see his gifts. He worked really hard to make them, you know. It took a lot of concentration for him to keep them formed just right. He didn’t want them to come apart and he wanted all of them to be the same size.

The curse kicks his legs a little as he waits and he can finally hear your footsteps in the hallway. Drawing closer and closer. The excitement is palpable and a big grin spreads across Mahito’s face when you open the door.

You don’t notice the gifts at first. Throwing your bag aside and flopping down onto your bed with a sigh. It takes a bit of time for you to notice, but when you do, your eyes widen and you bite back a scream.

There are these things on your blanket that almost look like bugs. Like insect husks; gnarled and shrunken in on themselves. You choke on a sob when you lift one in your hand, your stomach churning and nausea setting in. The shape of these “bugs” feels almost human.

“You don’t like them?” The voice comes from below you and as you lower your head, your blood runs cold. Something…someone…is sliding out from beneath your bed. A man with skin decorated with lines of stitches and a set of mismatched eyes, his long hair brushing against the floor as he pushes himself up.

You’re stunned. How did this man get into your home? What are these buglike things on your bed and why does it feel so creepy to touch them? Tears slide down your cheeks as you look at the shriveled little figures again.

A set of cold arms slide around you to pull you tight against his chest. “It’s okay. I know you’re happy. I got rid of your neighbors for you!” He pouts and drags you into his lap. “You’ll be happier now. No more loud, annoying neighbors! It’s just you and me~”

[ffverr]

Illyana and Kitty alive and on that board...which could also mean nothing.....

[iamespecter]

So Pauline's type is redheads with heterochromatic eyes?

Congratulations, you are the first to figure that out! You get a free Pomni shirt! (terms and services still apply)

[zaacoy]

freenoodles request!! Tang smoochin his husband on the snout and Pigsy getting extremely flustered!! (I love these old gays so much they are my fathers actually) ((real)).

he caught him off guard

Here are your dads, thank you for your request!! Very cute concept to draw out thank you very very much :D !

Small bonus! heeheehoo :3c

[thyandrawrites]

I've been voting on bnha's official "world best hero" poll and this is exceedingly petty of me but I think it would be pretty darn cool if the villain fandom could unite and make a villain win instead. Can you imagine them being forced to make a movie about the league and going to hori to tell him "hey so your readers think the world's best hero is shigaraki" after that godawful ending dhdhsjjsj

[bunabi]

DAV spoilers (again)

knowing what we know now, I wonder if the darkspawn actually take on the appearance of the Evanuris and not the other way around

maybe Ghilan'nain & Elgar'nan look fucked up because that's just a side-effect of their powers

maybe that's why Corypheus was able to use Solas's foci

and if it's Solas's fate to end up all blighted too — or become a giant wolf abomination — that'd be such a sick boss fight

[ahalliance]

if étoiles actually snaps and starts being full toxic tryhard in the coming days then you know this event is actually truly evil

[hailthegodsong]

okay danny king of side quests

[fidgetspringer-art]

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