#ws all around

[ofoceansandtombsanew]

i would have pulled pudding like way before sanji. my weird black kid isms would have found her third eye so cool that i would have gassed her up so much. then we get older and i go 'we should run away like your sister did'

[kaylor]

ordered a burrito so i can play skyrim all evening. this is not the life i envisioned for myself when i was 17 but it's honestly better.

[lizard-spams-your-dash-too]

Massive W for FF7 remake giving Tifa a visible bulky sports bra

[love-songs-for-emma]

tumblr drafts r such a cool invention in the way that i get to let a thought out but dont have to inflict it on anyone or embarrass myself

[aq2003]

the way hamlet acts in act 5 scene 1 juuuust clicked to me. like my impression was "smh my head he is so toxic, he did NOT love ophelia as much as laertes did, what is wrong with him" but actually i think the thing that sets him off isn't just laertes' display of grief, it's also how everyone takes it seriously. everyone treats ophelia's funeral like a funeral and is sympathetic to laertes and understanding of his desire to jump in a grave with her etc but these same people around hamlet expected him to celebrate his uncle's coronation and move on from his father's death at the same time. in that moment hamlet sees laertes as similar to the actor narrating priam's death in act 2 scene 2 and it makes him SO mad (and he regrets it later in act 5 scene 2 which is after he realizes laertes' emotions are as real as his own. probably why he calls him "brother" as well)

[ribbononline]

Hey! First of all, I love what you do! It's really beautiful, I just wanted to ask you what software you use to make your illustrations? And what software for pixel art? Thanks in advance for your answers. Keep up what you're doing, it's really too beautiful! <3

Heya, thank you so much for the kind words! Fairly simple answer here, I use the same software for both- I work in Clip Studio Paint. I DO have asesprite and I really want to learn how to use it, mainly for patterning/tiling in pixelart. But currently all I use is CSP. It's served me well!

Pixel art can be done in basically any program that has a pixel brush luckily. But ye this is my usual setup! The one upside of working in CSP is that I can do my regular non pixel art concept sketches right there on the other side of the canvas in cases where i feel i need to haha

[bonefall]

imagine if cinderpelt stabbed a boar during the boar attack to save sorreltail while kitting and also gets run through by its tusk at the same time. shredtail would be hooting and hollering from hell like “HELL FUCKING YEAH LETS GO BABY LETS GOOOOO GET HIS ASS” i could be wrong and forgetting the boar attack replacing the badger attack in bb!twilight goes differently but it’s the first image that came to mind when you mentioned in the tags you wanted cinderpelt to have a stick and stab something with it

[ID: Mr. Burns from the Simpsons eagerly winds across a balcony to cup his hand to his dastardly ear in a Grinchly manner. The camera zooms in as his fingers curl outwards and his brow piques with malicious interest.]

Perhaps she knows that she, alone, cannot defend her brother's mate and her nespring against the terrible beasts outside. As one snuffles at the cave mouth, slobbering at the bloody scent of afterbirth and sweet-sharp taste of fear, Cinderpelt realizes that the looming shadow of flesh and fangs is just small enough to squeeze into their hiding place.

But not large enough for another boar to follow.

As the hog blocks out the thin beams of light in the entrance of the cave, it catches a straight, ruthless path towards her in its shining eye. She tucks her weapon below her belly and braces its stem against the ground like a stake. Her head is held high, meeting its stare as her bait. A comfortable, familiar pain throbs through her hip as she stares into the gaze of the boar as if it's a headlight.

This won't be the first monster she's fought in her life-- but it will be the first one that she drags down with her.

[freezinglemur]

It burns…it hurts. 

It hurts so much.

Slow, shaky breathing is the only sound to leave the little sapling as it lays in the grass, keeping its eye shut.

Why? It had tried so hard…it had one job! One purpose! And now? Now?! Now…now it just hurt.

Hate. They should feel so much hate, but it is too tired now to feel such a thing in the way it thinks it should.

It almost wants to cry, not that it has much energy for that either if it wanted to.

Their few thoughts are paused by a gentle touch. It’s…familiar, and cooler in temperature. It doesn’t burn. Somehow it's simultaneously and contradictorily warm in a sense, but not in the same way fire is. They can’t explain the sensation, but it knows who the sensation belongs to.

The void gently brushes one of their hands over the little spirit’s head. 

Why didn’t xe just give up? Feel disdain towards it like everything else? Why hadn’t they fought it like the burning ram had, even upon knowing its intentions fully? It should hate that being, but it can’t find the energy to right now. Xe did get them free, it supposed, even if it was all for not. It should–

“Shh…”

The thoughts pause again. The burns…hurt slightly less where the void lays xir hand.

“You did your best. It is time to rest now, Birch. She’ll be here to collect you soon.”

She…? Master…?

It’s hard to say, the sapling is exhausted. The void tucks a small, familiar lantern under the tree’s cloak. It limply rests its hands around it…something else to focus on. It was nice to not have darkness for a time. What a waste, now…maybe they will keep it. Out of spite–that’s all…yeah. Just...just out of spite. Right.

It feels the void rise, the figure gently removing their hands and taking a few steps back. A tendril still holds on a moment longer. Perhaps they’ll stay...?

It isn’t long before Birch is scooped up by someone else, however; someone…familiar in a different way. The void says a farewell to the sapling, and to whomever has picked it up, but the little tree doesn’t process the words well, and they cannot answer. The tendril gently falls away, returning to its owner.

The spirit feels so weak, and so tired…so very, very tired.

‘It’s time to rest, little sapling. Until we meet again.’

It gives in, it falls asleep.

And Hex departs with it in her arms.

(Based on the events of @ask-the-secret-weapons (Bonus below))

The two share a brief glance. They share an understanding, somehow, perhaps if only due to the tree and their connections to it.

Opal, as they call their vessel, stands and watches Hex depart. They hold no malice towards her nor the sapling; in xir mind, it hardly did anything wrong.

All the grudges, sins, hatred, and malice from being trapped so long–those souls had every right to feel as they did in their restlessness, and the tree only was fulfilling its given orders and purpose. Very little wrong with that, in the Void’s many eyes.

The horned god of the hearth hardly did anything wrong either; He was created, though told little of his purpose. Sentient with the ability to question, he deserved answers, to think, and to choose what to do. While Opal had hardly expected such a hasty decision to release little Birch from the burning Ram, they did not blame the Wickerman for his choice. Very little wrong with that, in the Void’s many eyes.

The town itself. It has done many wrong, and many right. Some deserve the wrath that was coming, some may not, but no one particularly wants to die. They are not wrong for wanting to preserve themselves, either. Very little wrong with that, in the Void’s many eyes.

The Phalanx. Believing they could contain things forever, they have grown so accustomed to disaster being contained or controlled. They have lulled themselves into a false sense of security, believing they are forever on top. That they can use these “secret weapons” as they call them, for whatever they please one day. “Strength in Control,” and yet, they have little control now. Perhaps they can lie to themselves longer. Rather amusing, in the Void’s many eyes.

The rest of the “weapons” themselves…quite the collection. A shame, a princess stolen away, what is she without her people, twisted into a form meant for war? What would the supercomputer think if she knew what had happened to this old friend, would she morn? A doctor, kept complacent by its programing, his only purpose to make others “happy,” what is he when forsaken? An escaped employee of this superstructure, running to make a life for himself away from disassembly; is he wrong for wanting and taking such a freedom? 

They cry out for aid, it is a shame, in the Void’s many eyes. The Void hears all the cries which do not manage to reach anyone else, desires that hide deep within, the void listens, and it provides its own aid in certain ways.

Alton, you are supposed to heed the call of your creations, and yet you give them silence. You shirk your responsibilities, and they pay the price.

And in the Void's many eyes...

There is something wrong with that. 👁

[trixstriforce]

i love how botw/totk zelda is LITERALLY the Most complex character in the franchise abmd botw/totk link is LITERALLY the Least complicated character in the franchise...love wins!!!

[yamisnuffles]

I know I'm not the first to say it, but everyone really should reread their own fic. It's such a treat lol.

[pinktinselmonstrosity]

lads i'm solo travelling for the first time ever in a couple of weeks and i just had my first stress dream about it 😭 like. two weeks out so who knows what the mental situation is going to be like the night before 🥲

[holychopshopgalaxy]

james during the alfred hamilton dinner scene

[variantia]

BELLUM. I failed my driving test again :')

I fucked up the maneuverability the same way as before, but a lil worse, and I overcorrected on some things for the actual driving from last time

scheduled another test for the 2nd but also my permit expires on the 6th so I DO NOT wanna have to get my permit again if I don't pass next time ughhhh

sad and angry but it is what it is

thank you guys for all the luck wishes !! hopefully third time will be the charm

[aq2003]

saw a letterboxd review of 2009 hamlet saying they didn't like how hamlet just seemed to be crazy all of the time and i was reminded of when david tennant said this

[boypr1ncesss]

ANYWAYS . look !!!!! not only did i finally found a toy i collect at the thrift store (normally Very dry for toys (the section is 99% board games)) but it was an andy (the area is also normally Very dry for raggedies even in different thrifts/adjacent) and i was looking for an andy !! it's like the stars aligned .

[cxlrose]

MY ARTIST FRIENDS CHARGE SO EXPENSIVEV