#unfinished sort of

[leviathism]

leviathan x gn reader;; shitty levi

It made him upset when you pulled away from his touches.

Leviathan had never been a touchy person. He had always been averse to touch, no matter who it was with. He’d only really tolerate it from Asmo or Mammon and he’d rarely ever be the one to initiate it.

So when you had quickly left him after he tried to hold your hand and sit close by you, he had been angry, sad, and obviously jealous.

You were probably touchy with all his other brothers. He could already imagine you snuggling up to Asmodeus at night or helping Mammon after a scary movie or cuddling Satan as you two read a book.

Why couldn’t you two sit close together when playing a game or watching a show? It made his blood boil. So he decided to watch you with his brothers, ready to snap at any moment you touched them.

Before you had seemed normal to him. You were easy to talk to, to rely on, and you never favored one brother over the others. You were perfect. He hated you.

But then he saw his brothers starting to get annoyed with you. How you always leaned away from Mammon when he accidentally blurted out he loved you for the third time that month or when Asmodeus flirted a little too much in a single conversation. When you declined Lucifer’s offer to expensive restaurants and wanted to go to a more deserted and less expensive place.

And how you tore up any magazine wondering who you had a crush on, whether it be Lucifer, Mammon, or Asmodeus. (Or even the forbidden Belphegor? After killing you, could the two of you find love?)

You never answered any questions. When Lucifer asked if you ever wanted anything more, or when Asmodeus asked what you wanted in a relationship. When Mammon tried to make you play 21 questions with him and you always took a shot on all the deeper more risky questions.

Nobody knew anything deeper about you than what your favorite color and hobby was.

Why don’t you like being touched? That’s what Levi wanted to know.

He saw how you would drag Mammon away from expensive watches he could never afford. But then he saw how you’d slip out from under his arm.

He saw how you let Belphie nap on you if he leaned on you after he fell asleep, but when he was awake? You’d quickly find an excuse to leave.

Nobody could put the moves on you. Even when Beelzebub shared his food with you, you were sure to add “bud” to the end of your sentence when you thanked him.

Leviathan was stumped. And still angry. He didn’t care that you didn’t touch any of his brothers. He still wanted to be the exception. He wanted to be the one you would touch and comfort and love.

He was so busy stewing in his negativity in his room that he was startled when someone shook his shoulder.

“Are you alright?” He looked up and saw you and almost screamed. He jumped out of his skin and you had to catch him to make sure he didn’t slide out of his chair. “Whoa!”

“What are you doing here?” He snarled, wrenching your hands off of him. You dutifully withdrew your hands, staring at him shocked. How dare you be shocked. He almost exploded. He felt like Satan.

“You didn’t answer my texts. And you kept staring at me for the past week, dude. It’s kinda scary.” He’d show you scary. He huffed and looked away, crossing his arms to show how serious he was being. How stone cold he could be. You didn’t want anything to do with him? Fine.

“…”

You uncomfortably shifted, stepping away from his chair. “Did I do something wrong?”

He didn’t answer and instead finally looked at you to glare at you.

You faltered, obviously not expecting that look from him. “Um, I’ll come back later. Bye.”

You were so quick to leave, shutting his door firmly behind you. Just like how he usually asked you to do. He stayed in his spot for a while. He had wanted you to touch him. You had, but not in the way he wanted. He didn’t know what he wanted.

[heritageposts]

What does life in North Korea look like outside of Pyongyang? 🇰🇵

Hey, I'm back again with a very scary "tankie" post that asks you to think of North Koreans as people, and to consider their country not as a cartoonish dystopia, but as a nation that, like any other place on earth, has culture, traditions, and history.

Below is a collection of pictures from various cities and places in North Korea, along with a brief dive into some of the historical events that informs life in the so-called "hermit kingdom."

Warning: very long post

Kaesong, the historic city

Beginning this post with Kaesong, one of the oldest cities in Korea. It's also one of the few major cities in the DPRK (i.e. "North Korea") that was not completely destroyed during the Korean war.

Every single city you'll see from this point on were victims of intense aerial bombardments from the U.S. and its allies, and had to be either partially or completely rebuilt after the war.

From 1951 to 1953, during what has now become known as the "forgotten war" in the West, the U.S. dropped 635,000 tons of bombs over Korea — most of it in the North, and on civilian population centers. An additional 32,000 tons of napalm was also deployed, engulfing whole cities in fire and inflicting people with horrific burns:

For such a simple thing to make, napalm had horrific human consequences. A bit of liquid fire, a sort of jellied gasoline, napalm clung to human skin on contact and melted off the flesh. Witnesses to napalm's impact described eyelids so burned they could not be shut and flesh that looked like "swollen, raw meat." - PBS

Ever wondered why North Koreans seem to hate the U.S so much? Well...

Keep in mind that only a few years prior to this, the U.S. had, as the first and only country in the world, used the atomic bomb as a weapon of war. Consider, too, the proximity between Japan and Korea — both geographically and as an "Other" in the Western imagination.

As the war dragged on, and it became clear the U.S. and its allies would not "win" in any conventional sense, the fear that the U.S. would resort to nuclear weapons again loomed large, adding another frightening dimension to the war that can probably go a long way in explaining the DPRK's later obsession with acquiring their own nuclear bomb.

But even without the use of nuclear weapons, the indiscriminate attack on civilians, particularly from U.S. saturation bombings, was still horrific:

"The number of Korean dead, injured or missing by war’s end approached three million, ten percent of the overall population. The majority of those killed were in the North, which had half of the population of the South; although the DPRK does not have official figures, possibly twelve to fifteen percent of the population was killed in the war, a figure close to or surpassing the proportion of Soviet citizens killed in World War II" - Charles K. Armstrong

On top of the loss of life, there's also the material damage. By the end of the war, the U.S. Air Force had, by its own estimations, destroyed somewhere around 85% of all buildings in the DPRK, leaving most cities in complete ruin. There are even stories of U.S. bombers dropping their loads into the ocean because they couldn't find any visible targets to bomb.

What you'll see below of Kaesong, then, provides both a rare glimpse of what life in North Korea looked like before the war, and a reminder of what was destroyed.

Kaesong's main street, pictured below.

Due the stifling sanctions imposed on the DPRK—which has, in various forms and intensities, been in effect since the 1950s—car ownership is still low throughout the country, with most people getting around either by walking or biking, or by bus or train for longer distances.

Kaesong, which is regarded as an educational center, is also notable for its many Koryŏ-era monuments. A group of twelve such sites were granted UNESCO world heritage status in 2013.

Included is the Hyonjongnung Royal Tomb, a 14th-century mausoleum located just outside the city of Kaesong.

One of the statues guarding the tomb.

Before moving on the other cities, I also wanted to showcase one more of the DPRK's historical sites: Pohyonsa, a thousand-year-old Buddhist temple complex located in the Myohyang Mountains.

Like many of DPRK's historic sites, the temple complex suffered extensive damage during the Korean war, with the U.S. led bombings destroying over half of its 24 pre-war buildings.

The complex has since been restored and is in use today both as a residence for Buddhist monks, and as a historic site open to visitors.

Hamhung, the second largest city in the DPRK.

A coastal city located in the South Hamgyŏng Province. It has long served as a major industrial hub in the DPRK, and has one of the largest and busiest ports in the country.

Hamhung, like most of the coastal cities in the DPRK, was hit particularly hard during the war. Through relentless aerial bombardments, the US and its allies destroyed somewhere around 80-90% percent of all buildings, roads, and other infrastructure in the city.

Now, more than seventy years later, unexploded bombs, mortars and pieces of live ammunition are still being unearthed by the thousands in the area. As recently as 2016, one of North Korea's bomb squads—there's one in every province, faced with the same cleanup task—retrieved 370 unexploded mortar rounds... from an elementary school playground.

Experts in the DPRK estimate it will probably take over a hundred years to clean up all the unexploded ordnance—and that's just in and around Hamhung.

Hamhung's fertilizer plant, the biggest in North Korea.

When the war broke out, Hamhung was home to the largest nitrogen fertilizer plant in Asia. Since its product could be used in the creation of explosives, the existence of the plant is considered to have made Hamhung a target for U.S. aggression (though it's worth repeating that the U.S. carried out saturation bombings of most population centers in the country, irrespective of any so-called 'military value').

The plant was immediately rebuilt after the war, and—beyond its practical use—serves now as a monument of resistance to U.S. imperialism, and as a functional and symbolic site of self-reliance.

Chongjin, the third largest city in the DPRK.

Another coastal city and industrial hub. It underwent a massive development prior to the Korean war, housing around 300,000 people by the time the war broke out.

By 1953, the U.S. had destroyed most of Chongjin's industry, bombed its harbors, and killed one third of the population.

Wonsan, a rebuilt seaside city.

The city of Wonsan is a vital link between the DPRK's east and west coasts, and acts today as both a popular holiday destination for North Koreans, and as a central location for the country's growing tourism industry.

Considered a strategically important location during the war, Wonsan is notable for having endured one of the longest naval blockades in modern history, lasting a total of 861 days.

By the end of the war, the U.S. estimated that they had destroyed around 80% of the city.

Masikryong Ski Resort, located close to Wonsan. It opened to the public in 2014 and is the first, I believe, that was built with foreign tourists in mind.

Sariwon, another rebuilt city

One of the worst hit cities during the Korean War, with an estimated destruction level of 95%.

I've written about its Wikipedia page here before, which used to mockingly describe its 'folk customs street'—a project built to preserve old Korean traditions and customs—as an "inaccurate romanticized recreation of an ancient Korean street."

No mention, of course, of the destruction caused by the US-led aerial bombings, or any historical context at all that could possibly even hint at why the preservation of old traditions might be particularly important for the city.

Life outside of the towns and cities

In the rural parts of the DPRK, life primarily revolves around agriculture. As the sanctions they're under make it difficult to acquire fuel, farming in the DPRK relies heavily on manual labour, which again, to avoid food shortages, requires that a large portion of the labour force resides in the countryside.

Unlike what many may think, the reliance on manual labour in farming is a relatively "new" development. Up until the crisis of the 1990s, the DPRK was a highly industrialized nation, with a modernized agricultural system and a high urbanization rate. But, as the access to cheap fuel from the USSR and China disappeared, and the sanctions placed upon them by Western nations heavily restricted their ability to import fuel from other sources, having a fuel-dependent agricultural industry became a recipe for disaster, and required an immediate and brutal restructuring.

For a more detailed breakdown of what lead to the crisis in the 90s, and how it reshaped the DPRKs approach to agriculture, check out this article by Zhun Xu.

Some typical newly built rural housing, surrounded by farmland.

Tumblr only allows 20 pictures per post, but if you want to see more pictures of life outside Pyongyang, check out this imgur album.

[popfizzles]

Scientists and professors have begun documenting wild Eevee with little to no human socialization that are becoming reclusive, feral, harder to capture, and eventually growing to undocumented sizes.

It's a well known fact that Eevee's normally unpredictable and Volatile DNA stabilizes after evolving. However that seems untrue for Eeon, as it retains a largely diverse moveset, embracing its constantly changing genetic structure.

This instability and lack of human interaction makes Eeon threatening to stumble across in the wild, and caution is advised.

[addamii]

Empty’s just another word for clean.

[taxinealkaloids]

behold hitherto unposted htn doodles! harrow+her terrible mentor, harrow+her terrible roommate

[trashyshrew]

[pillsopa]

teen Victor deserves flowers and a standing ovation :-)

[felsicveins]

I don't think I ever posted human Patty

[mementomoriwithacherryontop]

I could wax on for many, many posts about The Case for Crystal Palace and the amazing chemistry we see between Edwin (George) and Charles (Jayden). But for now, allow me to wax on about this scene.

They are having an emergency meeting in their non-soundproof closet (Guys. Crystal can hear every word.). We know how much Edwin cherishes the agency, cherishes Charles. We just saw an entire montage showing how well they work together, a synchronization formed over decades of working side by side. They're a well oiled machine. Partners. Best mates. And, *insert record break scratch*, change is afoot. There's a live human girl in their office. Edwin's sharp eyes have clocked the way Charles looks at her, and his fists clench at the suggestion that a *human girl* could join their Dead Boys Detective Agency. It threatens EVERYTHING they have painstakingly built over the last thirty years.

There's not even a client! And certainly, they wouldn't allow a kidnapped human child to be their client. That is, to put it simply, not how they work, despite how insistent Crystal is acting as she flings open the closet door and barrages him with opinions that most assuredly do not matter. But then, Charles gives him *that look*. The one where earnestness sparkles in his chestnut colored eyes.

And he says, "Oh, come on, Edwin! Wouldn't it be good to get out of town for a bit?"

And he adds, voice dropping an octave, "...what with Death being in our office so recently."

And the proverbial nail in the coffin, "...and besides. You're really going to let a little American girl die?"

Ah, checkmate.

Edwin sighs, eyes closed in defeat. Charles grins like the Cheshire Cat that he is.

Because, how can he say no to that?

[aaeeart]

had an idea the other day, but wasn't committed enough to actually polish finish and all, but here's the enigmatic Force duo anyway <3

(commission info)

[madness-and-folly]

and then they lived happily ever after <3

[brainrotisseriechicken]

(pirate au) sophia light!

. i finally remember how to draw again lmao

[zairaalbereo]

Since it’s Mr. Kenzari’s birthday, from the depth of my WIP folder, something I started a while ago and then didn’t quite know how to finish.

[reborrowing]

GT July - Sour

a secret, sacred rule of borrowing is that you never give anything back ever, even if you were wrong about what was in that candy pouch

[silna-pdf]

In the last few moments, singing a gentle tune

[WIP again]

[tonia-aaaaa]

ah yes, the ✨️Intro Post✨️

wish i could comunicate all of this telepathically, i hate using words, fuck words, all my homies hate words

"word" doesn't sound like a real word anymore

anyways

some links:

my insta

my youtube (kinda mid, lower your expectations please)

stuff i use to make my art:

Samsung Galaxy TAB S7

IbisPaintX (for all sortsa digital art)

FlipaClip (for vids/animatics)

Pinterest + my dogwater samsung phone camera (for references)

Canson sketchbook + scrap paper + stickers + literal trash + Copic & Posca markers (for traditional art/collage)