#we are soooo close

[gingergofastboatsmojito]

The Bear's new mating season

So after binging Grotesquerie's S1 entirely, there's one thing I'm kinda no longer worried about: SEX.

I used to draw a line between what I wanted and what I actually expected to get in terms of sexually explicit Sydcarmy content. I was all for the 9 and ½ weeks style but expected a good kiss/cut to the morning after and nothing else. And I was mentally prepared to settle for that.

BUT

After seeing this on the screen of FX/HULU/Disney

I'm confident we will get the Sydcarmy endgame we deserve, smut included.

Of course, it's not going to be this sexually explicit because we still have to deal with Storer's style, which is obviously not Ryan Murphy's. However, our chances of getting to see a good Bear mating season have just increased exponentially thanks to the precedent set by Grotesquerie.

And I say AMEN to that.

[forestery-mods]

News update!

Asphodelos gaiters are ALMOST ready! i should have them out by tomorrow <3

here's some sneak peeks:

I worked really hard on them! They come with a bunch of extra customization stuff too, but I'm not spoiling what, exactly :P

[casscainmainly]

As much as I love Duke and Damian being the most adorable brothers ever, the tension between them is way underutilised. They both have very tenuous relationships to the Robin identity, and if you look at their interactions in Robin War, it's shot through with insecurity and dislike:

Specifically, Damian consistently refutes Duke's right to Robin. Robin War is the event that leads Duke to quitting Robin, and arguably he does this mostly because of Damian; Tim and Jason don't really interact with Duke, and Dick essentially endorses him. But the beef is not one-sided, because Duke consistently hits on Damian's insecurities as well:

Damian belittles Duke's friends and entire cause; Duke highlights how unwanted and abandoned Damian is. They are simultaneous Robins with incompatible views of what Robin should be. Damian, fresh from his journey in Robin: Son of Batman, sees Robin as atonement, a link to Batman, and a representation of his personal growth; Duke, in the middle of We Are Robin, sees Robin as power, freedom from adult authority, and a representation of collective community.

The worst thing Damian can say about Duke is that his Robin is meaningless; the worst thing Duke can say about Damian is that his Robin is alone. They both say that to each other. And then, they both give up Robin:

In Duke's case, he precedes saying "I'm not Robin" with "that's the difference between you and me." Their Robins are so wildly different, their ideals so opposed to each other, that they cannot co-exist as Robin. The risk of losing what Robin means to them, especially for Damian, fuels a lot of their early animosity.

This opposition continues in Batman & The Signal #1, where in Duke's dream sequence, there is only one person he imagines wanting to oust him from the family - Damian. But Bruce also pits Damian and Duke against each other in Batman: The Secret Files: The Signal, in Duke's favour:

Bruce drags Damian down ('requires continuous supervision') to uplift Duke ('Gotham's best'). The writing in this comic is very questionable, but this is reminiscent of the way he talked to Cass about Steph in Batgirl (2000). Cass is the acceptable girl vs. Steph's unacceptable femininity; in a similar vein, Duke is the acceptable Batkid of colour, whereas Damian's heritage is 'inconvenient'.

Which is why it's all the more important that, despite everything, Damian and Duke do love each other.

Damian, despite all his (understandable) ambivalence and outward disdain towards Duke, pretty much spends the entire comic trying to save him:

And Duke, when Damian defects to the Owls, staunchly refuses to believe he's gone for good. Tim and Jason also protest, but they get knocked out pretty quickly. It's Duke who refuses to give up on Damian. It's Duke who won't leave Damian alone.

Even though their Robins are complete opposites, Duke and Damian both know how big a deal it is to choose Robin; as the two Robins of colour (besides Dick, whose position is slightly different), they know how easily Robin can be taken away. It's why Duke, a virtual stranger, is the one to break through to Damian when nobody else could.

This panel from the end of Robin War hits so hard in context. Every interaction up until this point is antagonistic, and they have every reason to hate each other - but they don't. They choose not to. They choose to love each other instead.

[beerpresure]

120/150

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[aousboom]

tan always gotta protect his baby 😌

WE ARE (2024)

[ygodmyy20]

Floating kisses

close up under cut

[ldpdluvr]

one night, freshly turned louis feeds from lestat and he drinks so much that lestat carefully cradles his head in both of his big palms and gently pulls him away from his neck "mon cher, i have no more to give", he doesn't want to stop him but he's feeling faint and hungry again "I will go feed and come back home to you, saint louis"

in response louis looks up at him with big round eyes that hold so much hurt in them, lestat said he would take care of him, so why is he stopping him from feeding from him? he promised that he would give him the world so why can't he give him this? and now he wants to leave louis alone to go hunt..?

lestat obviously isn't privy to louis' thoughts anymore but he can see the glassiness that covers his eyes, he can see the sad frown on his face, he notices the way louis is looking at him but not really seeing him and decides that he won't can't leave him alone in this state

so he gathers louis further into his arms, pulls him onto his lap and holds him throughout the rest of the night, occasionally rubbing a hand down his back as if he's comforting a frightened puppy, and peppers kisses on his forehead, nose and cheeks because louis' makes a cute lil sound every single time that he does

When louis eventually comes back to himself he's a bit embarrassed by his actions and tries to pull away but lestat doesn't let him ofc, he holds him tighter and tells louis how sweet he was for him "louis you never told me just how much you liked my blood" he says, his smile evident in his voice

by the time sunrise comes, they have made their way to the coffin and louis is snuggled up to lestat with his face once again in his neck (this is louis comfort place), lestat has his arms wrapped tightly around him and just like that, completely surrounded by each other they fall into a deep sleep.

[3416]

sportsbycwinnie on twitter posted this pic they took from the devils game and i've been thinking about it for an hour.... mitch's stick is literally between auston's legs 😭

[jangmi-latte]

you can't bring rollo to class, you can't have chats with rollo BUT has a fully voiced personal story AND he's paired with grim(yuu). what do you want me to do??? shove the nectars down his throat or smth to level him up and have him say smth like "what did you make me drink maria?" or "to have one drink something as a form of purification, you really are pure yet tainted by those blasted mages."

gross. more please praise me more.

[chaos-of-the-abyss]

someone could write pages and pages and pages and pages on elu thingol's life. he could be the protagonist of like five book trilogies each with 600 words per book. he was born in cuivienen where the first non-divine life awakened; he lived through morgoth's earlier attempts to corrupt the elves and very likely lost people he cared about to them; he witnessed the war of the powers; he was among the first of his people to see valinor, having visited it under the invitation of the deities who helped originate the universe; he was the sole flesh-and-blood being in all!! of!!! history!!!! who met, fell in love with, and married a goddess that was there before creation even existed; he and said goddess were the progenitors of a unique bloodline that produced some of the legendarium's most famous figures; he separated from his brother for a very very long time; he was so loved by his people that they refused paradise if he wasn't there with them; he fought battles against morgoth's forces and saw loss as well as triumph during those battles; he was one of the oldest beings and longest-reigning kings in all of beleriand, not to mention he ruled its most ancient and most mystical, otherworldly kingdom; he was the father of two of the most famous heroes in-verse, whose deeds and stories continued to be told millennia after their deaths; he was again the first!! and!!! only!!!! elf-king in all of history to adopt a human as his own son. and throughout it all, he has a cohesive character arc. he grows to respect a people whom he once distrusted and looked down on; he comes to accept the choices of those he cares about even if he doesn't agree with said choices; he has to learn to let go of his loved ones no matter how much it grieves him. if those five trilogies existed i would be reading and rereading every single one obsessively

[heartbeetz]

I can't think of a proper caption for this. Ummm...

❤️💥💥⚠️❤️🧨❤️🔨🏳️‍🌈💥💥💥⚠️🧨‼️❤️💥⚠️⚠️🔨🔨💥❤️‼️🏳️‍🌈💥‼️🧨💥⚠️❤️❤️‼️⚠️🔨💥⚠️🏳️‍🌈

[luv-indigo]

OLNF Week Day 5: Sci-fi

this was heavily inspired by those alien cat memes. in this au, i like to think nadine and cheyomi would be siblings. they were hatched from an egg or something. incubator buddies?? :3c

wyd if two aliens pull up to golden grove in a space shuttle?? @olnfweek2024

these two are on their first mission on earth to conduct research on the local environment. they’re not supposed to interact with the humans but they’re just so fascinating. they can’t help it if they watch the locals from afar (especially two particularly interesting individuals) and are incidentally spotted…. oops.

nadine and cheyomi panic at first thinking they blew their mission but to their surprise, the two humans approach them. they declare a new side mission! observe (befriend) the two humans!

[tititilani]

So are you also obsessing over how it is the boys fit into Charles' bag at the end of episode five or are you normal

I'm just imagining them having to stay close to each so Edwin doesn't get lost forever in the void that is the bag, maybe Charles keeping a tight grasp on Edwin's wrist the whole time and them just pressed against each other while they wait it out

I'm sooooo normal

[kaleidoscopeminds]

luke in dc n1 💜

[jjngipilled]

reading the entirety of house’s wiki page

and last but not least..

[menlove]

like just as a general piece of advice if you Do go shopping/out to eat/whatever on a national/bank holiday feel free to wish people a happy whatever holiday but if you open your mouth and talk about how nice it is for US to have the day off just know that the person behind that counter wants to jump over it and strangle you with their bare hands. like take 2 seconds of self-awareness to realize the person literally providing you a paid service As You Speak very quite fucking obviously does Not have the day off like you do

and if you're in a country w tipping culture please for the love of god tip on holidays like :')