#whoops typo in tags

[dawnthefluffyduck]

Drew ralsei while looking at some pious guys in a middle ages art history class

[wasyago]

i imagine it's quite chilly in the black sea (for the lack of sun and color), so they're wearing slightly warmer clothes now uwu

+ thoughts

[that-disabled-princess]

Was inspired by this post and made my first ever zine!! Ignore the crochet hook, that's because I needed both hands to take the photos and didn't have anything else to hold the zine flat.

[thesimquarter]

some 81x33 GIFs I made a while ago

[demonslayedher]

I can't wait to see what Ufotable does with this panel:

[kirby-the-gorb]

[topsyturvy-turtely]

about love - an essay

(really, it's a rant)

what the actual fuck is love about? i mean how freaking RANDOM is love??? "hey yeah remember this person you have met ONCE in your entire life? yeah they are your soulmate, only one, love of your life etc etc" or like "yeah so i know you have KNOWN this person for your entire life but... they are actually you know... THE ONE you wanna MARRY"????

how the fuck are those two talking about the same goddamn fuckin thing???

and like... you know why it's called "falling" in love?! BECAUSE IT IS SO RANDOM AND COULD LITERALLY MEAN ANYTHING. you fell and broke your leg -> oh yeah they are your forever crush where nothing ever happens, leaving a pain behind that makes you think of that incident. oh woops you just stumbled it's all good -> a passing crush. you fell hard and hit your head, probably got rolled over by a car -> it's a toxic relationship. you fell and got caught -> the love of your life was waiting for you to fall for them and caught you (WHAT?). you fall and take them with you and you end up giggling on the ground -> congrats, idiots!

or like whom you fall for??? for the person of the same sex, the opposite? another one entirely? you think you have a type and then this ONE person comes along and you're like "wait what". HUH??? HOW DOES THAT WORK. and like maybe there's a age gap, or a social status difference, or IDK WHAT and then people start being all weird about it???

WHEN THEY HAVE TOLD YOU YOUR ENTIRE LIFE TO FIND THEM?

and then you might fall for multiple people but want to be in a monogamous relationship??? WHAT DO YOU DO THEN???!

and then there are POLYAMOROUS people which are like... i mean you go but... HOW DO YOU GET MORE THAN ONE PERSON WHILE SO MANY PEOPLE STRUGGLE TO HAVE ONLY ONE???

and then there are aromantics, which is like a whole different liga...

it's so fucking RANDOM. i'm definitely not having a tiny whom do i love crisis... do i even love someone? do i WANT TO? could i change it if i wanted to?? OMF!!!!

[sungrave]

Alright just before i pass out cuz i just finished A court of frost and starlight foe like the third time and i just feel like Tamlin deserves more but thats not what i want to talk about right now but the part where Rhys botches about the wings and says i never heard an apology because hear me out, Tamlin might never apologize because

1. He is loyal af. He probably thinks he made big mistake, no forgiveness, he betrayed his friend, he broke faith and his loyalty is a joke

2. He thinks and im gonna kill die on that hill, that he should have been able to protect them or to save them or just done more . And because he failed, he deserves no forgiveness

He doesn't ask for forgiveness or apologizes because he is convinced he was and still is at fault and he deserves the hate and the suffering for what wasnt even probably his fault (because let's be honest it's pretty obvious his father and brothers were horrible and it was entirely completely on them)

[stopthatfool]

Writing WIP! Hell yeah!

Thanks for the tag @woodsywarbler! (so so so excited!)

As it is 3 AM... my mind is pulling a blank on who to tag... my apologies! I hereby tag everybody and anybody who would like to join in!

My current WIPs all surround ch.7 for The Jeep Universe (I promise I'm working on it, and on this day, at 3AM.. i shall provide proof)! Though let it be known, that the scene I have typed up (everything else still locked away in my notebook...) is slightly nsfw! Very slight! Nothing graphic, just the beginnings of something!

There aren't any major spoilers for The Jeep Universe under the cut, it's mostly just a sneak peak!

“Don’t say that,” Ice whispered. His voice was kind of broken. Voice kind of hollow and harrowing. Kind of heartbreaking. It made Mav want to say sorry again. He almost did. Please. I’m sorry.

But instead, Maverick said, “Okay.” Because there’s nothing else he could’ve possibly said. The script didn’t tell him he could say anything else. 

There was more manhandling, Ice moving Mav’s body, the bones cracking and moans erupting, from pain or pleasure, neither were sure. Ice still reacted to each sound with a deep breath of his own, a hitch inward, his whole body reacting, full of tremors and shakes, like a whole structure crumbling down. A thumb pressed inward and hit the flesh, pressed deeper like he was trying to dig a hole. And maybe he was. Or still is. Maybe Maverick doesn’t care what Ice wants to do to him as long as he’s there. Doing it. Because he wants to. Because he wants to be around Maverick. Regardless if it’s to dig a hole or patch one up. Maverick will take it, can take it. Willingly take it. 

Mav found himself up against the couch cushions again, his legs spread, his bad knee spread out delicately, and the bulge in his loose boxers was even more obvious. Maverick’s hips shifted unconsciously in search of more friction, a way to convince himself that Ice was touching him directly. 

It went slowly, the way Ice made his way from the armrest to stand in front and over Maverick, his shadow covering all of him, looking down at Mav like that day with the cigarette and the car doors almost slamming shut. But this time, there was no anger. Just the two of them in the dark, everything barely visible, like how they would do it six years ago. Everything was shadowed and secret. A secret with a broken man on the couch with a desperate, broken look from the other standing above. 

No words were exchanged between them. Just the eye contact and the saying without saying. No words. Just the looks as Ice slowly lowered himself to his knees. Maverick heard one of Ice’s knees quietly crack as they bent. They never did that six years ago. Six years. Six years. Six years. Fuck. 

All tentative but firm, Ice placed his burning palms on Maverick’s thighs. Ice looked, and Mav looked back. Maverick coughed lightly. The spell didn’t break this time. Ice watched the whole way through. Ice just closed his eyes when Mav was finally done and whispered. “Please.”

[yagirlraee]

moodboards for my new story.. 🥳

[solojihyo]

FAVORITE RELEASES OF 2022

i was tagged by @wonjinist, @lisanamjoon, and @moonbyulys to share my favorite releases from this year! thank you all for the tag <3

it took me awhile to figure out what to include on this list - there are so many title tracks and bsides i enjoyed this year that aren't on here, but the ones i did include are releases i thoroughly loved. favorite releases of 2022:

smiley by yena // smiley, lxxk 2 u

invu by taeyeon // invu, can't control myself, set myself on fire

oddinary by stray kids // maniac, lonely st., charmer

love dive by ive // love dive, royal

minisode 2: thursday's child by txt // opening sequence, trust fund baby, thursday's child has far to go

face the sun by seventeen // hot, darl+ing, shadow

im nayeon by nayeon // pop!, no problem, love countdown

we need love by stayc // beautiful monster, love, i like it

between 1&2 by twice // talk that talk, brave, basics

antifragile by le sserafim // antifragile, no celestial

honorable mentions (from artists who aren't on this list already):

youth / , (comma) by kihyun

drive by miyeon

underwater by kwon eunbi

loveable by jo yuri

the astronaut by jin

shout out by enhypen

voltage / blah blah blah by itzy

i'm pretty late to doing this, so feel free to ignore if you've already done this / don't want to! tagging: @yoojimz @minghao-s @sahyoz @ddaengddeongz @lserlver @lixblr @pink-vacancy @jeongtokkie @woozi @dokyeomblr @kimsmingyu @soolucky @onewaylover

[softboiledteacozy]

"Making a big deal out of any dish they make for you" combined with "help fix their outfit before they leave" for any combination in 4ggravate. You can pick two, three, all four, i just want to be at least a little vague for revenge.

You definitely get to be a bit vague for revenge since my own prompt was pretty vague. Wonderful prompt, btw, so thanks Alex 💜

Prompt list here

I surprisingly ended up focusing on Kavetham, though the whole thing is still 4ggravate and does involve all four of them. I tried to be brief because otherwise I would have ended up with a multichapter thing here.

Story under this readmore:

"Will you hold still for a moment?" Kaveh hisses.

His hands pull at both ends of a dark green silk tie which currently hangs listlessly around Alhaitham's neck, as though it has given up on ever getting tied. Haitham sighs, not for the first time this evening, and rolls his eyes far back enough that his head tilts back with the motion.

"I swear, you're like a petulant child sometimes," Kaveh goes on to say, but Haitham can feel the warmth rolling off his tongue, completely at odds with his words of choice. The architect's fingers find their way to Haitham's chin and hold him in place. "There, stay just like that. I'll be done in just a second."

"Why are we doing this again?" Haitham finds himself asking. He actually holds himself still this time, perhaps enjoying the way Kaveh's breath tickles his exposed neck as he leans in to do an intricate knot that will inevitably feel too tight the rest of the evening.

"It's our anniversary," Kaveh replies matter-of-factly.

"Our anniversary was two months ago."

Kaveh's hands stop, but they keep a gentle grip on Haitham's collar. This lets him know Kaveh is not done with him yet, so he does not move. He does, however, stare the man dead in the eye and cock his brow at him in silent question.

"You actually remember." It should feel insulting that Kaveh sounds so surprised, but Haitham supposes he can't blame him. It's not like they've ever made a big deal of it at any point over the years.

"How could I forget? I even cooked for you that evening."

"You mean you made that yourse-- Alhaitham! You should've said something. I thought you'd just happened to order takeout that day."

Haitham sighs, again. "I learned the recipe from the owner of the tavern because I know you like that dish. Before you say anything, Cyno was the one who did the actual talking. I don't know if he sweet-talked it out of the man or just intimidated Lambad into giving it to him. He just handed me the paper, and I simply followed the instructions."

Kaveh opens his mouth but can't seem to find the words to say, so he just closes it again. He repeats this motion a few times, lips flapping uselessly, before finally remembering he has a half-tied tie in his hands and Haitham is still waiting for him. So he pulls at the ends once again, this time to wrap the tie up in an intricate knot that contrasts beautifully with the subtle pattern on Haitham's dark suit. He then pulls him by the tie into a kiss, hoping this will convey all that he cannot bring himself to express in words right now.

"You're welcome," Haitham mumbles against his lips once Kaveh pulls back. "Now why are we doing this again? Since we've established it's clearly not our anniversary."

"Not our anniversary," Kaveh corrects him, poking Haitham in the chest and then pointing to himself. "Our anniversary." And as he says this, he draws a circle in the air to also encompass two people who are, unbeknownst to Alhaitham, currently waiting for them at a candlelit restaurant in another part of town, overlooking the moonlit bay.

"Oh," is all he can think to say.

Haitham takes a moment to think back and try to pinpoint the exact day Kaveh is referring to. It's clearly not the first time the four of them shared a bed; that happened some years ago during a shared leave where they had happened to coincide in their choice of lodgings at that lakeside resort in Fontaine. It couldn't be when they'd teamed up to overthrow the government because they weren't all together at that point yet. Perhaps Kaveh was thinking of something more mundane... And that's when it hits him.

"You mean when the four of us had that talk at the tavern last year."

"Of course."

"You've been keeping track?"

"You mean you haven't?"

Haitham ignores the jab. He takes a deliberate step back, turning around to look at himself in the mirror where Kaveh had been touching up his make-up before he saw Haitham struggling behind him.

Not bad, he thinks as he inspects Kaveh's handiwork on the tie. Having given himself time to think this through, he finally speaks, "Not keeping close enough track to consider today as significant in our relationship, or to even think of it as our shared anniversary, no. Especially not as our first one."

Kaveh steps up behind him , chin resting on his shoulder as he joins him in the contemplation of their reflection. Their eyes meet in the mirror. "Then when /would/ you consider is a good date, since you're getting pedantic about this?"

Haitham doesn't answer right away, taking the time to consider the significant times the four of them have shared together over the years. They've toed the line between casual involvement and established relationship for quite some time, perhaps never actually needing to give it a name or anything like an official status.

It wasn't until a year ago, when they had been gathered at the tavern on a regular night out, that the topic had been broached - by Kaveh, no less.

Cyno had been idly shuffling a deck, talking about the beauty of probability with Haitham, who was in turn debating with him over the use of strategy in a controlled environment. Tighnari had been lightly leaning against Haitham, partly to listen in to their conversation and partly just because it was a cool night and Haitham's cape always felt comfortably warm to the touch. Kaveh, half-finished wineglass sitting before him, had been sketching them, as much for the dynamic posture the three men had adopted as for the simple desire to capture this moment and freeze it in time, even if just in a simple drawing.

He had suddenly stopped and looked up from the sketchbook, waiting for their shared attention to focus on him before asking, "What are we?"

The ensuing debate had continued late into the night, spilling out of the tavern after closing time and back to Haitham's house.

And the rest, as they said, was history. Perhaps Kaveh was right in this regard. This simple night probably did count as their 'official' anniversary, in a way.

"I'm not being pedantic," Haitham clarifies first. "I just hadn't considered that we even needed a shared date, especially since the process itself was a lot more involved than just the four of us deciding we were together. Are we supposed to celebrate every iteration of our joint relationship?"

Kaveh shrugs and moves away, rummaging through a small lacquer box where he keeps his jewelry as he looks for the perfect accesory to go with his white suit.

"I don't see why not," he says as he reaches back to tie an emerald pendant around his neck. Haitham wordlessly grabs it from him and attaches it himself. Kaveh nods in thanks as he continues speaking. "Any excuse for a celebration is worth pursuing, isn't it?"

"Says the man who likes to lavishly spend on everything," Haitham chides him.

"This is just a one time thing. Tonight is special... Well, they're all special, but tonight is a cause for extra celebration because it was a culmination of sorts. I'm sure even you can see that."

Haitham sighs. "Alright, you've made your point, and I see where you're coming from."

Kaveh beams, and Haitham swears the room feels a little brighter than it did a moment before.

"So you agree?" Kaveh prods.

"I never said I agreed. I just said I see your point, which is not the same."

Kaveh then grumbles for some time, as though debating with himself whether to take Haitham's bait or not. Eventually, he throws both hands in the air with a huff. "You know what? Fine, I'll take that. I'm sure Nari and Cyno will agree with me anyway."

"So long as this doesn't set a precedent for how we're supposed to celebrate our respective anniversaries in the future," Haitham warns him.

"Don't worry. I'm sure you and Cyno can keep locking yourselves up in your room all day."

"And Tighnari will still be perfectly content not even acknowledging the date beyond sending a flower and a simple homemade dish," Haitham agrees with a curt nod. "Where are we going now anyway? You wouldn't have made me dress up like this just to head to the tavern."

"It's a surprise," Kaveh sing-songs.

Haitham makes a face at that. He does not like surprises. He does not like having to deviate from his usual routine. Kaveh is more than aware of this fact, so he's quick to amend. "Don't worry, it's just going to be us four, and the place is quiet. Nari and I scouted out the site beforehand to make sure you'd be comfortable."

"I trust you," Haitham nods, and Kaveh knows this encompasses all of you. He looks visibly less distraught too, which feels like a victory. Kaveh is confident he might even convince Haitham to repeat this every year, if he plays his cards right.

Haitham goes to fetch his keys, wallet, and book, stuffing them inside his belt pouch before opening the front door. No turning back now. "Fine then, let's go."

Kaveh is in the process of grabbing his own set of keys when a thought belatedly occurs to him.

"...Wait. Does this mean you've had Lambad's recipe in your possession for two months, and you haven't let me have it yet?"

"We're going to be late."

"Alhaitham!"

The two men step out into the night, softly bickering all the way to the restaurant. Here, at the only occupied table, one of the two men opens his eyes, one long ear twitching.

"They're here," Tighnari states.

"Did you h-ear them coming already?" Cyno asks with a grin.

Tighnari masterfully manages to avoid even acknowledging the pun. "They're talking about hummus, apparently."

"And they say romance is dead."

This actually earns Cyno a chuckle from Tighnari, but their conversation is cut short as they spot Haitham and Kaveh approaching. Nari waves at them and sees Kaveh visibly perk up as he spots them sitting at the table.

"Sorry for the wait," Kaveh greets them. "We ran into a little problem."

"I hope you two have bean well," Cyno replies, getting up to kiss the two in greeting.

"You heard us talking about hummus, didn't you?" Haitham states as much as he asks.

"I have no idea what you're talking about," is all Cyno will offer.

As Haitham sits at the table and regards the three men before him, he feels something tugging in his chest, and the feeling only intensifies as both Cyno and Nari reach for his hand and give it a gentle squeeze to welcome him.

As they raise their glasses and toast to the four of them, to whatever it is they have cultivated here, Haitham admits one thing to himself, albeit privately. Perhaps Kaveh was right in this regard. Perhaps some things are worth celebrating, if only as a culmination of their existence.

[incorrecttigerandbunny]

Kotetsu, to Barnaby, mockingly: Stop being so mean to me, or I swear to God, I'm gonna fall in love with you!

[appleimps]

I would be a poison monotype trainer for sureeee :3

Man. Aaahhh. I am thinking about pokemon now and trainer oc, Chel, who is a poison monotype trainer and an ex-team Aqua member ;o;

This is his team (his are all fully evolved, I was just still playing thru sapphire when i took this sndbjdn)

I started a run for Chel on ScarVio too but i didnt... get very far bc tbh i just wasnt enjoying ScarVio much but tbh. I am feeling the itch to return to it now.....

For ScarVio i think I planned on making his team: Wooper, Varoom, Shroodle, Salandit, Toxel, and Glimmet

[blade-that-weeps]

Colour headcanons: peacock blue: Is your character honest? What sort of lies do they tell, if not?

Generally speaking, to a fault, yes. He finds the energy and upkeep necessary to spin and maintain quality lies to be not worth the effort, and isn't really prone to deception to begin with. He views it as much more reasonable and simple to just tell the truth, even if it complicates matters - at least you can deal with it confidently. The lies he does tell are born of pragmatism - he'll deceive an enemy, or mislead when matters of sufficient import depend upon it. They'll be short and simple, though, and not at all complex.

[gregkinz]

  Tomgreg week 2023 day 1: first kiss

There are several things that coexist in Greg’s universe right now:

Greg can’t go to prison.

 It just can’t happen. Greg, bullied all through grade school and beaten up in the back parking lot several times Hirsch cannot go to jail. Greg is bad with people and worse with conflict. He’s going to get snapped in half on day one.

Greg really shouldn’t ask Tom to go to prison for him.

 Because Tom will do it. Because at basically every turn whenever Greg has asked Tom for something he’s gotten it, over and over, even when he doesn’t need it or deserve it. No one has enabled Greg’s whining as much as Tom has. Tom is there when no one else is, Tom is always there, over and over, Tom is there beside Greg.

Tom is probably the most reliable and important person in Greg’s life currently.

 Greg needs Tom around. He needs Tom for his job, for support, and for genuine human connection because Jesus Greg hasn’t made a single friend in New York City. Besides Willa, anyway, she doesn’t count because she’s too cool for Greg and can only hang out once in a while when she’s not doing something extravagant or important.

Greg can’t let Tom or anyone else know how attached he’s gotten, because caring for people the way he cares for Tom is like standing in the middle of the road yelling ‘hit me hit me!’