#vertically instead of horizontally

[blaiddraws]

smooth light fury but it's because she's aquatic not because Girl Dragon. she's got broader paws and flatter paws to swim better, and catfish whiskers just for funsies

[filialdisciple]

Dark protective Hermes will forever be my favorite and I love the way you draw him and Luke!

Like, it’s so interesting because, Hermes is a god, most importantly a trickster. It wouldn’t be hard for him to just take Luke away and keep him from danger.

Even if it does require him to…break, a few bones in the process so Luke doesn’t leave

YES ❗❗❗❗ And thank you hehe dark!Hermes is also one of my favorites 🥰🥰 I adore the idea of Hermes taking advantage of his domains (boundaries, travel, etc.) to manipulate the world around Luke.

And since you mentioned trickery, I couldn't help but imagine Hermes hearing sixteen—almost seventeen, oh, his boy was growing so fast—Luke's fervent prayers pleading with his father to give him a quest, please, dad, let me prove myself—

The sweet plea dances across the empty space inside of him, where a mortal's heart sits and a black hole in a god's lies.

Humor the boy, a voice from long ago within him whispers. The past years have been oh, so droll as time marched on as it did, interspersed only with fleeting romance and occasional sex. Nothing has stirred his interest and attention like his little Luke.

His Luke, adorable Luke, who ran away from May's home, unconsciously manipulating Hermes' domains to his benefit as easy as breathing. The way he took care of Hermes' other sons and those under the protection of his cabin only made Hermes want to spend his days watching him all the more.

Every good boy deserves a treat.

Hermes gives Luke a quest to fetch a Golden Apple at the Garden of Hesperides. Luke's offering of thanks to him was delicious despite the sour aftertaste of mild disappointment.

Hermes hums to himself. Should he give them a bit of a challenge?

The power beneath Hermes' fingertips sang. He isn't sure if it was because he issued this quest himself, but he could feel the chains that bound him to the limitations of godly interference in the mortal realm loosen. As the god known for his wit and cunning, Hermes slips away from the loosened chains with ease.

The freedom makes him wonder just how far he could go before Fate pulls him back. His eyes trace Luke's movements, the way he slid past a monster before stabbing it in the back before a charming smile of triumph stretches across his face. Just how much can he slip from the eyes of Fate?

Hermes follows them in amusement. From the smooth, easy path that they started with, Hermes began nudging them in different directions. He turned short roads into winding paths, open spaces into dead ends. Hermes chuckles to himself when Luke's eyebrows furrowed in confusion and annoyance.

An ancient, buried piece of him claws at him as he watches the way Luke's own questmates begin to question his judgement and sense of direction—a direct insult masked as concern. He watches as Luke bristles and barely holds himself back from snapping at them.

They were all obviously tired and high-strung after the several detours Hermes forced them to take. It made the quest more exciting.

Less exciting, however, was the wound that Ladon etched into his son's face.

Hermes hears Luke's heavy breathing and gasps of pain before he sees him.

He walks casually past the corpses of Luke's questmates; his poor boy uselessly dragged them away from the Garden of Hesperides. If he hadn't he wouldn't gotten as injured as he did.

A glint of gold makes him look down. Hermes ignores it, kicking away the shiny apple that had rolled against his shoe.

"Who's there?" Luke calls out, his hands pressed against his face in an effort to stem the gush of blood pouring from his fresh wound.

Hermes chuckles. "And what do you think you can do in that state? Silly boy, you can't even see."

A stuttered breath. "...Hermes?"

Hermes clicks his tongue.

"...dad."

Hermes smiles. "Good boy," He places his palm against Luke's cheek, ignoring his son's flinch. Poor Luke, he can't even open his eyes. "Now, what do we say we take you away from here?"

He observes the way Luke pauses, the way his head twitches towards the direction of his dead questmates. Hm, could this be a minor ability from Hermes?

"You'll take us back to Camp Half-blood?"

Hermes doesn't have to think about it.

"No. You and I aren't going back to Camp Half-blood."

[wildclaw6460]

Vicar Amelia my beloved <3

[coline7373]

[keeps-ache]

buttons i've made !! :D

[one-bunny-a-day]

15/11/2023

wadda hell

[tweedle-dee-turtle-dum]

Just learned it's national TMNT day!

Have an ongoing project I'm working on.

I just have to put on Leo's little yellow stripes and then do Donnie and Raph and all my lil guys are done! I love them so much

[skipar00]

I had a dream I somehow came to acquire Mother Sonny out the trash and took him home and he did move on his own when I wasn't looking and shattered my phone screen with his mind but it was okay bc I showed him unconditional love

[cerealnuee]

Anakena, Rapa Nui (Easter Island)

[aliosne]

Nothing makes me want to light all my belongings on fire and walk into the sea like trying to tidy up

[petrodragonicapocalypse]

one more 3D stereogram from the musicvideo because Wow i love this shot. enter their beautiful world<3 <3

[pumpkinwastaken]

I think i got my new pc build all figured out. Bit over budget. But since this is a thing that would hopefully last me for around a decade. i'm excited! This will be the second pc i will fully build myself, not like, upgrade an existing pre build pc or anything. I will reuse parts where i can and my budget pc's case which will mean my next pc is a very nice small form lightweight unit that i can bring with me to lan parties! Also very cool, 4K screen! One of the reasons i want to up my resolution is to get with the times, i'm using a monitor that barely displays full HD. And while it looks fine to me, and this pc could run the way it does for 5 more years i feel like. It is showing that i gotta get with the times and not be stuck in the past. Windows11 barely has the min spec requirements for me. New games i gotta run with optimization mods or on lower settings. And the most infuriating thing of all! Min window sizes for things like Discord is big enough that it hogs up half my screen! And since i only use a single monitor, not very nice to have that!

[moonmoonthecrabking]

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We’ve had a few art nights at youth group, and here are my four latest pieces. I think it’s a possibility that one could interpret something from the colour scheme. I don’t know, though, I’m not sure. What do you think?

[magic-mayhem-mischief]

2/3rds of the way through the pattern, and honestly I’m not sure if I’ll be adding an extra row of pumpkins or not. I just feel like it’s going to be quite small? But it is for a baby so I’m not sure if it’s okay being on the smaller side.

I’ve also used WAY less yarn than the pattern calls for despite meeting gauge (called for 200g of yarn, and I’ve probably used about 75g if that?) so I’m wondering if the size is a me issue 😣

[luetta]

guy who creates endless sandy desert dreamscapes that take eons to cross: "muahaha! i love tormenting dreamers with a sublime treasure forever out of reach beyond an infinitely retreating horizon!"

guy who creates bottomless pit dreamscapes to fall down through where you pass by flashes of forgotten childhood memories: "your dreamscapes are middling and derivative. mine are avant-garde masterpieces that instill a forlorn sadness more potent than you could ever dream of"

[honestlyvan]

As someone who doesn’t use Twitter and hasn’t used it since 2016, at this point I feel like every even slightly Twitter-esque (let alone overt Twitter-esque) design choice Tumblr makes gets yelled about because People Really Just Fucking Hate Twitter whether they realise it or not.

Which, like. Fair ‘nuff. I also hate Twitter, which is why I don’t use it. But nobody ever really gives these design decisions any time to percolate on this site in favour of kneejerk “they changed it and we hate it” reaction. Public likes are not new. Multiple tabs on a dashboard (some of them not things you opted into seeing) are not new. Having to block ads with external tools is not new (and it’s a big deal that photomatt said the words “ad blocker”, like, you couldn’t get that shit on any other profit-driven site, everyone is too scared for their precious monetisation)

The new sidebar, also, I think is pretty ugly right now but it’s probably going to go through a few iterations. I, personally, really wish they’d put the search bar literally anywhere else (maybe group search and discovery together IDK I’m not an UX designer) and I think accessing sideblogs has been too complicated for a while now, but none of those are the same as “this looks like The Other Blue Site”.

Like I’m not a graphic designer. I am certainly not a fucking UX designer, and I think those people are either all nuts or all geniuses. I’m pretty sure the new layout is being extensively heatmapped rn, and what changes it’ll undergo are gonna be done based on that, based on comments that are along the lines of ‘this change would make me more productive’ and less on “WEEEEEH CHANGE IT BACK CHANGE IT BACK CHANGE IT BACK”. 

Your animosity towards change is not meaningful user experience information. You misclicking on shit more *is*. If this layout is really *that* bad and terrible, Automattic’s research tools will demonstrate it as such. The developers now are actually much better versed in Web 2.0 design, for better and for worse.