#what is chronological order anyways

[littlelovelyra]

Random thoughts:

So… for my series “In darkness, Hope Flickers” i just released the third chapter. I feel like I should have maybe had two shorter chapters before this detailing some of Lilah’s time away from Astarion before the chapter that is titled “Mine.” - I dont think its too late to add it so I may do that this week 🤨 it would just mean if people were interested they would need to go back and read them 😅 but at least in AO3 i can order the chapters.

I should have thought it through a bit more but ya girl had the gortash / astarion scene in her mind and the chapter had to be written and shared ;-; *forgive me*

[artilite]

i keep forgetting to post when i draw OOPS so here's a doodle dump !!!!

[toldentops]

talk about kinoga. NOW.

GAH I JUST THINK THEY ARE SO............. well first of all. they are so cute and handsome. look at them right now

Second of all I have one million feelings about them and it's barely an exaggeration. For those who aren't familiar, Kinoga is one of my beloved splatoon ocs and I think about them all the time. Originally made when I tossed a "what-if" idea about Trito, my first splatoon oc, who was once part of the octarian military, if he runs into one of the old squad members on the surface, and Kinoga was born with the help of @igneouskit. Brainworms ensue. its terminal. check out their toyhouse

(extremely brief rundown for those unfamiliar with splatoon lore the relevant bits are as follows: some octolings are part of a military that were forced underground after a war with the Inklings over land due to rising seas. At some point during the plot, the song Calamari Inkantation is sung by the two idols, which is apparently imbued in the DNA of all creatures and compels octolings to see the surface. In the splatoon 2 DLC, octo expansion, some octolings are recruited by a shady company called Kamabo Co, which entices participants to enroll in tests through a deep sea metro, and offers the "promised land" as a reward. Completing the tests entails collecting parts of a blender, and the "reward" is getting blended into sludge. This sludge can get injected into other octos which causes them to lose their will and consciousness ("sanitization").

timeline-wise much of their story takes place between splat 2, through octo expansion, and is currently in the splat 3 era. When they were still in the military, they ended up hearing the Calamari Inkantation like Agent 8 did. Kinoga and their squad were incredibly close to each other. Unwilling to just up and leave the underground but wanting to give their squadmates a better life, Kinoga hears about Kamabo's "promised land" and wants to seek it out, so they leave the squad to embark on the metros and promises to return. They do not <3 Some of the tests make them encounter sanitized octolings and they begin to question what's really happening in the metros. Their tipping point is when they run into Agara, one of their squadmates that decided to enter the metros to look for Kinoga and ends up being sanitized. Kinoga, facing the crushing realization that their squadmates had followed them, unaware of the danger, narrowly escapes being killed by Agara and eventually makes it to the surface.

This results in them experiencing a good amount of crushing guilt about leaving, they never knew it would lead to the possibility of dooming their whole squad that followed after them because they were loved and trusted. Kinoga had no way of letting the rest of them know that they should turn back and it's so. AAUGH. They have no choice but to continue on, finding life on the surface and eventually making it to splatsville with the belief that the rest of the squad may be gone. Agara and Trito end up running through the metro, Agara gets sanitized and Trito survives, albeit without getting a nasty scar from an accident that nearly got him sanitized.

Trito makes me insane also. he's my funny silly rabbit. I care about him so so much. trito goes through the metros, to maybe catch up with kinoga or meet them at the promised land, trusting that it was worth leaving if Kinoga decided it was worth it for all of them too.

Trito, upon learning about The Horrors in the metro later, realizes what could have happened to Kinoga and Agara and is unwilling to return to the rest of the squad with this knowledge, struck by the possibility that they're both gone. <-also has to realize that these horrible things have been happening to all the octlings that left to go do the metro tests. He too, eventually escapes to the surface and makes it to Inkopolis.

Years later, Trito, on a day trip to Splatsville, encounters Kinoga on the streets, and they lock eyes. and. fuck. They thought they were dead and had dealt with the grief and accepting that they were gone, effectively pushing those thoughts aside, and now they're physically in front of each other and they have to deal with it again. they make me SICK. Kinoga knowing that trito went to the metros and followed them and made it out also. Trito knowing that Kinoga experienced the horrors as well and survived. Neither of them able to return to tell the rest of the squad but they're both here, alive on the surface and aarrghhhhhhh. now they have to cope with this. they hastily exchange contact information, having to leave each other again, and end up meeting later to really catch up.

I'm so normal about kinoga and their relationship to trito post-domes. They don't even realize that they miss each other so much because they accepted that they were already gone. Seeing how much the other had changed. Being each other's only tie to their previous lives and it dawns on them that they never can move on from this. Kinoga struggles to tell Trito that they couldn't bring themselves to go back, not knowing if they could escape a second time, not knowing if any of their teammates were still left, already dealing with occasional spurts of being wracked by grief. Trito feeling the same, wanting to forget the terrible things and find happiness on the surface, but disheartened when learning that Kinoga also couldn't bring themselves to go back to look (though now that the both of them are together.....they do eventually muster the courage to go back to the domes to look for their old squadmates). It like. sucks so bad. They didn't intend to abandon their squad, but they were given circumstances where they just could not, and none of the other squad members could have known and suffer for it. aarghhhhh.

They end up at Trito's place, Kinoga and Trito end up being very affectionate towards each other after reuniting, definitely Trito being clingier...Compelled to hold onto each other and not let go, not after feeling so much regret about leaving in the first place. It's like. they left once before and terrible things happened out of their control, so they're allowed to hold each other as close as they can so it doesn't happen again (THE DEMONS) (GRIPS). it's irrational for Trito especially to think that he'll never see Kinoga again when they have to leave, since they live in separate cities and have to go in the morning. and kinoga knows it's irrational and they do their best to comfort him anyways because. who could blame him for wanting to keep them there after being gone for so long and so unexpectedly. The slow, crushing experience of not fully registering that someone could be gone and it creeps up to them until it hits. auuuuugh. they have to be so tender with each other, not really knowing where to take things afterwards but relishing in the moment of having each other there. riding the high of each other's comfort. fuck. this post is just getting worse as it goes. Trito breaking down in Kinoga's arms because he's had to hold in his grief and having nowhere to put it and then finally being able to release it. just being able to feel Something again. kinoga feeling so heartbroken to see trito like this, remembering that he was always so outspoken and smiling and having him curled up against them unable to say anything. holding him as tightly as they can. Feeling the need to take good care of him. They aren't his squad leader anymore but they still feel compelled to look out for him because then they can feel like they're doing at least something right. whatever. you guys get the gist. I'm way too much of a sucker for like...............pained intimacy. I'm down terrible. I think both of them deserve a little kissy and more. again. very touchy and affectionate with each other, I guess theyre still like "friends" (A WARRIOR'S BOND. OR WHATEVER) and are not "together" like a couple but here are words from igneouskit who put it better then I could ever. they love each other so much and they make me blow up. worlds most situationship

and also one bit I forgot to mention is that Trito has a huge scar on his chest that he hates talking about, it just brings back the fear and pain felt when he got it, and by association reminds him that he's alone from his squad who may never see again, so he's very protective of it. Upon getting back to kinoga, they do find out about the scar accidentally, and Trito lets them. like auuuugh they were so familiar with each other and now get to see what's changed since the last time. exploring eachother's bodies. whatever

Kinoga also ends up feeling really guilty at some point for Trito being immediately so affectionate towards them, they harbor thoughts that they don’t deserve it after having him go through that pain, and trito having to tell them that he made his own decision, nobody was forcing him to go, and besides, did it to see kinoga and now that they’re right in front of him he can give him all the love he’s been holding for them. Auuughhhh. Like don’t worry about feeling guilty for it. It wasn’t their fault. What matters to him now is that they’re both alive and with each other. I feel like blowing up

Even after Kinoga goes back to splatsville the next day trito is still aches about them......like a few days of reunion could never be enough to compensate for the years that they spent apart. every time they meet up after that trito jumps in kinoga's arms and kiss them like it was the first time they'd reunited

anyways. they eventually go back down to the domes to find the others. By that time, Agent 8 had dismantled Kamabo, the Sludge shit was no longer in operation, and octolings have started going to the surface. Kanu, another squad member, left the domes to find Kinoga, Agara, and Trito(jilon was another squad member who left for reasons I haven't decided yet). Denchu, the last remaining member, stayed behind, holding on to the hope that the missing members would someday return (denchu is a whole other can of worms. theyre everything to me and I feel so terrible for them <3). Trito and kinoga meet denchu, they update them on everybody else, leaving agara unaccounted for. Kinoga, who was the only one to see Agara firsthand, knowing that she might be completely unsalvageable, hesitates to bring it up, but Trito insists on going to look for her. aughhh. kinoga wants to spare trito the pain of seeing her dead or unconscious. They do eventually find her </3

She is alive, but not doing well at all, Kinoga desperate to maybe find some way to undo sanitization and restore her to full health, knowing full well that it may not be possible. They take Agara back with them to the surface and Kinoga spends a lot of time agonizing again over having caused this, feeling that agara's state is somehow their fault (ITS NOTT they're beating themselves up so bad for this because they feel responsible for the squad. aughhh).

I think thats all I have for kinoga. for now. obviously there are more thoughts I can get into but currently my brain has just latched so hard on trito and kinoga's fun situation and I love them so much. didn't think I'd get attached to them this bad but here we are </3. I hope everyone who has read this far also enjoys them as much as I do

[ffc1cb]

i’ve always found it peculiar how during meeting the chargers cutscene the game just assumes your character automatically understands what krem is talking about when he mentions binding (though, granted, it’s all very unsubtle). like, this is a roleplaying game. what if i want to play a character who just doesn’t get it

[ntshastark]

"You were the lone bright spot".

An Emma/Tony Reading Order

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First of all, many thanks to this post by daour! Almost all of the first part is based on it! Second, not all of these are kind towards Tony as a character - specially the Uncanny X-Men Annual (where he's awfully skeezy) and Iron Man Special (where he's painted as a predator), so be forewarned.

Issues in bold are the ones where they either interact a lot or have significant interactions, and the ones with an *asterisk are just cameos or indirectly related.

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Pre-Krakoa Era

Uncanny X-Men 2009 Annual (their terrible first meeting)

*Devil's Reign: X-Men (2022) #2 (flashback cameo)

*House of M (2005) #1 (Avengers and X-Men fight about Wanda)

Civil War (2006) #2 (past fwb arrangement revealed)

Uncanny X-Men (1963) #526-527 (dinner and reminiscing)

Avengers vs X-Men (2012) #2 (they're both in all the issues, but this is the only one where they actually interact - aka fight)

*Iron Man Special (2014) (Emma mentions Tony in an extremely negative light)

*History of the Marvel Universe (2019) #6 (first mention of their future wedding)

Krakoa Era

X-Men: Hellfire Gala (2022) #1 (the seeds for their future allyship are planted)

*The Invincible Iron Man (2022) #1 (flashback cameo)

The Invincible Iron Man (2022) #4-6 (diplomatic talks)

The Invincible Iron Man (2022) #8-9 (becoming allies)

Uncanny Avengers (2023) #1 (Avengers/X-Men secret meeting)

*X-Men (2021) #25 (Avengers/X-Men secret meeting)

Thanos (2023) #1-4 (together in the Illuminati)

X-Men (2021) #26 (quick chat)

The Invincible Iron Man (2022) #10-11 (the wedding!)

Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant (2023) #2 (PDAing in front of Kamala)

The Invincible Iron Man (2022) #12-14 (the consummation!)

*Fall of the House of X (2024) #1 (really cute really tiny cameo)

*X-Men (2021) #30 (Tony working with the X-Men even w/o Emma)

*Fall of the House of X (2024) #2 (Emma mentions Tony)

The Invincible Iron Man (2022) #15 (battle couple)

*The Invincible Iron Man (2022) #17 (mid-battle check up)

The Invincible Iron Man (2022) #19-20 (the goodbye.)

Post-Krakoa Era

Here's hoping

[v1ctory-or-sovngarde]

𝖗𝖊𝖘𝖕𝖔𝖓𝖘𝖎𝖇𝖎𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖎𝖊𝖘

little oneshot in which miz'ri struggles with the responsibility of being the dragonborn and kaidan does his best to be comforting

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something i wrote in 2023, i think? sappy and cliche but whenever i open it and read it i'm like wowww this author knows exactly what i want omg <3

A muffled noise caught his attention. Kaidan was standing at the enchanting table, trying to understand exactly how the thing worked, and he looked at the doors to the bedroom curiously. There was silence for a moment. He was just about to turn back to the enchanter when–there was the noise again. It sounded pained. Furrowing his brow, he approached the door and rapped on it gently.

“Arach?”

No response.

Though part of him figured he should let it go–who knew what she was doing in there?--he felt drawn to investigate. The mercenary pushed open the door slowly and peered into the dim light of the room. He could make out the form of Miz’ri curled in the bed and, as his eyes adjusted, noticed she was covering her mouth with one hand. Maybe he was interrupting something. Awkwardly, he began to close the door again, but the sound of a shuddering breath made him pause. 

“...Arach?”

A soft sob escaped Miz’ri, who was curling in on herself in what seemed to be an attempt to disappear entirely under the blanket. It was the same noise he had heard a moment before. Kaidan stepped through the doorway into the room and made his way toward her warily. Once he was standing next to her at the side of the bed, he reached out to touch her shoulder wordlessly. She didn’t lift her face from under the edge of the blanket.

“Go away.” Her voice, meant to be forceful, came out unsteady.

Any other time, he would do as she asked. He knew what it was like to need solitude. But he lingered there and hesitantly pulled back the furs enough to see her tear-streaked face, her eyes squeezed shut. She didn’t try to stop him, though she did turn to bury her face into the pillow.

He moved to sit on the edge of the bed and laid his hand on her shoulder again. “Is everything alright?” Stupid question, he thought. Clearly something was wrong, but damned if he had any idea what that was. The least he could do was ask.

Miz’ri peeked up at him with one eye, glassy with tears. Her brow was knit, but it was more pathetic than truly angry. She swallowed hard. “...Not really,” she admitted, barely audible.

That was a first. She never admitted to anything. Unsure how to proceed, he squeezed her arm lightly. “Tell me about it?”

When she answered, her voice was small, defeated. “...I didn’t ask for any of this. I didn’t ask to be dragonborn.” 

He wasn’t sure how to respond. It was an honor to be dragonborn, at least according to every Nord legend he’d heard from Brynjar; he hadn’t given the weight of the responsibility much thought until that moment. She bore the weight with poise–or, at least, he hadn’t seen her falter under it before. Miz’ri dragged her hand across her face wearily.

“I only came to attend the College. I expected dungeon crawling–looked forward to it, really–but this pressure…” She roughly wiped away tears with the heel of her palm. “All of these people, they expect miracles from me. I’m not a miracle worker, and now it’s my duty to slay the world eater?” She gave a bitter laugh. 

Deciding to test the boundary between them, Kaidan moved his hand to tuck a shaggy lock of hair behind her ear. He half expected her to push him away, but she only closed her eyes again and breathed out shakily. If nothing else, it seemed the small gesture was welcome. That was a step in the right direction. He just needed to be gentle, though it had never quite been his strong suit.

“Can I…?” 

He motioned toward the bed, trailing off. Miz’ri considered him for a few seconds before inching away from the edge of the bed. Watching carefully for any sign of disapproval, he laid next to her so they could be face to face and curled his arm under his head. Heat rushed to his cheeks when she looked at him fully, searching for something in his expression. She was fidgeting anxiously with the furs on the bed as she looked at him silently. His chest ached when he noticed tears welling up again.

“...I don’t know how I’m gonna manage this.”

He lifted his free hand to her face to brush away tears with his thumb. She blinked in surprise at the tender gesture; he almost pulled away–Is this too far?–but instead rested his palm on her wet cheek. 

“You don’t have to do it alone,” he murmured. Miz’ri leaned into his touch, and it made his heart stammer.

“I don’t want to drag others into my own mess,” she whispered.

“It’s not just your mess.” It was anything but. He wasn’t sure when his fondness for her had started, but he’d become accustomed to being at her side–found it purposeful. Rewarding, even. It made Kaidan wonder how much he had held back for her to think she had to face fate all by herself. He smoothed her hair away from her flushed face and looked at her seriously. “Miz’ri. Look at me.” 

She obliged. For so long now, he’d seen her power through it all with intense ambition. Seen her refuse to back down from a fight, to give up on a mission, and, despite any circumstances, she would always stop to offer him her hand. The dragonborn had pulled him up and out of the darkness. Perhaps it was time he learned to swallow his pride. He slipped his arm around her, pulling her closer, and murmured into her hair.

“I’m here. And I won’t let anything happen to you.” Her breath tickled on his skin. She didn’t answer immediately, melting into the touch. “Alright? Whatever you have to fight, we fight together.”

Relief washed over him as he realized she wasn’t going to push him away. He’d thought about this many times before, what it would be like to hold her and savor the closeness. It wasn’t until she pressed her face into his chest that he realized just how starved he’d been for touch.

She mumbled into the fabric of his tunic. “D’you promise?”

“I promise.” Kaidan tightened his grip slightly in reassurance. When he didn’t have to make eye contact, it was easier to open up. He rested his chin on the top of her head.

“...Kai.”

“Mm?”

“Can you…” Her fingers curled into his tunic tightly, which sent a little thrill through him. “...Will you stay with me for a while? It’s been difficult to fall asleep,” she said quietly. 

“Yeah. Of course I will.” He didn’t dare say he would stay as long as she asked, for however many nights she would have him. He let go of the mage long enough to pull the comforter up over their shoulders, then settled back down into the soft warmth of the bed and stroked her hair one last time. “Try and get some sleep.”

Her crying jag seemed to have finally settled into calmness, judging by the even rise and fall of her chest. Kaidan closed his eyes, content, as she rested her hand against his collarbone. He almost didn’t hear her murmur, “...Thank you. I don’t know what I’d do here without you.”

He smirked. “I’ll remember that the next time you’re annoyed with me.” 

With that, they fell into a comfortable silence. It wasn’t long before sleep overtook them both, faster than it ever had when they slept apart. No matter what happened beyond this, they could belong to each other for one night.

[yandere-daydreams]

i just want to pop online real quick and apologize for the inconsistent posting schedule lately T-T i want to say it's because of my new big boy job or medical issues or something but i've honestly just been getting really into the barbie animated movies lately and it's taking up a lot of my time.

[grimgummies]

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[iimexpensiive]

I FINALLY FIXED IT, MY DASH IS CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER NOW. I AM FREE. Anyway, for those new...any new accounts made after a certain point cannot turn off 'for you' and 'in your orbit' from the settings menu; the buttons are still there but they do not work. Now, this wouldn't be a problem since you have the bar atop the dash that says 'for you' 'following' and whatever...the only problem I was having was on desktop, I have three extension that help my dash look like old tumblr and function...which eliminates those tabs. However, I was able to resolves this by going on mobile and switching to and pinning the 'following' tab. Thought I'd post for any new blogs who need this help. I AM FINALLY FREE AND CAN SEE MY DASH PROPERLY. THANK THE STARS.

[reticent-fate]

part 2/26? (might be restructuring uploads so it might be 27 parts instead. dw about it.)

from the beginning

inspired by the whole genre of otherkin hrt comics (obviously, i just forgot to mention it in the body of the first part)

[lumiereandcogsworth]

i think one of my greatest confusions in life is the way that youtube’s default playlist design is reverse chronological order. like there are so many times when i want to watch a youtube series from start to finish but oh no sorry you must start from the newest one and work backwards. go fuck yourself

[du-hjarta-skulblaka]

So far today I have;

Actually gotten a decent night's sleep

Arranged to meet with adult disability payments people to sort all my ID

Booked an optician's apointment

Requested to register with a local gp

Looked into bank stuff and resolved Fuck It, I want to talk to a human being in person in a bank when I go to Glasgow later in the week

Made myself a tasty and faggy little brunch

So damn productive day by my standards so far already, remaining potential Tasks are;

Wash dishes

Make Big Soop

Mayhap draw something

[achronalart]

World history, USA style, a story in two pictures from a 1937 history series spotted at a charity booksale.

[laurzvahll]

such a quick topic shift but like, I’ve been wanting to post ocs more but also this is my fandom blog so I’ve been thinking of maybe making an oc blog mostly centered around one of my stories ( inmortui) but I’ll also post other ocs once in a while

[wizardfvcker]

i understand the argument but also makes me sad to see people online say to not start discworld with the color of magic.... my best friend fail wizard rincewind is in there

[pinehutch]

have I packed? Basically

have I looked at five different routes on Maps and then continued to pick the most direct one? Yes

have I washed the straw that I'm calling my hair this week? no comment

am I in bed before midnight? yes

but am I sleeping? No, because I'm doing critical pre-road-trip activities (playing music supervisor for movies that don't exist, i.e., making unhinged playlists about fictional characters)

If I can keep my eyes open long enough to actually finish this tonight I'll make it public and post a link; otherwise, next week!