#yes I made it angsty

[star-child-wonders]

Stay?

Shakes x Skaara

Summary: Skaara had a long day at The Vice and had come over to the city rover's football pitch to be alone and practice, but an unexpected guest has already been there.

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It was pretty late when Skaara began walking towards the old football ground. He won't admit it but he misses this place a lot, after all this is where the deadly duo formed and fell apart. This ground had seen everything, the meet, the talks, the sillies, the tears, the anger and the friendship.

He looked up to the sky, watching as the sun started to dig it's heels and painted the sky with all the warm colours. The reds, the yellows and the oranges blurred together and it all looked beautiful.

The red reminding him of a certain man in red, how his spiky hair swayed in the wind as he concentrated on getting the ball in the net how his beautiful honey eyes shone so bright when he passed a level, how his lips turned and how his laughs lit up the world around him.

He always thought about it, what exactly happened to them? Why did they fall out? What pulled them apart? As these thoughts raced in his head he walked straight into a pole. He heard snickering, furious he turned to see who it was and his face fell.

There stood Shakes Jomo Mokena in all his glory, his dirty green shirt, dark blue shorts, his signature red studs and that shit eating grin that he used to have long before the fall out.

Tho Skaara wanted to give a snarky remark he opted to stay silent. Vince had been giving him a headache and he really just wanted to be left alone. So he turned around to leave.

A football hit his leg lightly, he turned around and saw Shakes gesture him towards the field. "Wanna have a friendly one-on-one? For old times sake?" He asked, Skaara thought about it. 'Fuck it, it's for old times sake.' He just turned around and gave a smirk.

In just a bit the ball was flying around the field as the two teased and gave sarcastic and snarky remarks. But still both were laughing the same.

After many goals and saves, both fell and laid on the ground giggling, cackling and snorting. Soon the laughter died down and both fell into a comfortable silence.

Previous thoughts came back to Skaara and before he could stop himself, he said "what happened to us? The deadly duo?" He bit his tongue mentally slapping himself for asking the question. "Honestly, I don't know.... According to you we fell because I stopped training with you. But to me we fell because you needed me to set you up for the goals. But now that I think of it, we are both equals. We are both amazing footballers and we are both loved equally." Said the man.

Skaara fell silent, he never realized it but he had needed Shakes, always. They've been together since they were 5. Ever since Skaara moved in with his aunt and uncle after his dad's death. Skaara only ever remembered his dad, when he asked what happened to mom he always said "she used to love stars and now she's one of them."

He still remembers the crash after he and his dad were coming back from camping, how they were both laughing and how everything had suddenly started to hurt. He remembers waking up in hospital and his aunt rushing in and hugging him close, him asking about his dad, both of them freezing before telling him "he's with mom, among the stars".

He still remembers knowing all the bullcrap they told him thinking that he knew nothing. Then moving to Doha CIA and meeting Shakes. He remembers seeing him with his dad and getting jealous. It just wasn't fair, how come he gets to have such a good life and he is suffering?

Then the news of his father going missing came out, he felt sorry for Shakes because he knew the feeling. They continued to be friends and always had each other's back. They played together, ate together, went to school together and had fun together.

What happened.......

"..... Karra... Ska.... SKAARA!" He herd someone call, he saw that the sky had turned dark and the stars were shining bright. He looked to see Shakes saying something, "let's go home, it's getting late." And he extended an arm to help him up. Skaara took the helping hand and got up.

"Let's do this again someday. I had fun." Skaara admitted. "Of course! We can always still train together." Shakes said giving him a genuine smile, all the worries Skaara had melted away. How can someone be so forgiving? After all he had done to him, how is this man still willing to get on good terms again? He will never know.....

But he knows one thing. He can never live without Shakes, his little crush has come back and it plans to stay this time......

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[destiel-wings]

but on a serious note, Dean has lost Cas so many times already, and this is from 14x13, (right after they destroy the pearl and John disappears) and Dean sees Cas come home and recognize him and he knows he has him back, it's not too late again, there's still a chance. I think this is the last time he risks losing him before he really loses him (15x18), but here, in this moment, there's still hope.

He still has him.

just a pair of bros looking at each other like bros

[astrologysaysno]

A Mobei-jun that plays hard to get cannot win over Shang Qinghua without outside intervention 99.99% of the time, and I have a vision why.

The thing I envision the most out of Shang Qinghua is that when he created Mobei-jun, never really decided on a lover for him. It was Shang Qinghua's and for Shang Qinghua only. Blue eyes, broad physique, stoic demeanor, all his type, 100%. Someone to love him and hold him in his dreams as he writes out this ever increasing trashfire novel he writes to survive.

But he lives in the PIDW world now. A world that has filled in the gaps with everything that he once wrote. So he thought maybe he had a chance. He made Mobei-jun as a perfect pair to him.

Then Shen Yuan arrived. Then everything else happened.

Now Shang Qinghua grapples with the thought that, of course they are nothing like the characters in the novel. Just look at Binghe. He was supposed to be this suave, conniving demigod of a person who would conquer civilizations in a heartbeat. Now he's stickily clinging onto his former master turned husband for dear life, obsessed and unequivocally in love.

What does that mean for the rest of the characters?

Shang Qinghua built Mobei-jun in the image of his ideal love interest, to give him affection and someone he can shower his love to. But just like Luo Binghe, Mobei-jun isn't that version he created in his novel. He has desires. Desires Shang Qinghua has not built into the lore. Thought processes and reactions that are not in line with his version of Mobei-jun.

And he is not Shen Yuan. He believes he has no capability to change the world Shen Yuan did as Shen Qingqiu. In his time as Shang Qinghua, every single major event in PIDW before Shen Yuan's arrival played exactly as it was supposed to. And the one time he had the chance to change it, he stuck to the story and saved Mobei-jun.

So when his king begins to date someone, a demon or cultivator that's clearly much prettier, smarter, stronger, and much more ruthless, Shang Qinghua bows his head and gleefully accepts their romance, for he is a coward.

Mobei-jun is not the version in PIDW he has created just for him. To box him into that image would be blinding yourself to the fact that this is not your novel anymore. This is its own world. And Mobei-jun is not his to keep. He is his own person.

So he won't think twice when Mobei-jun stares at him for a bit too long as Shang Qinghua congratulates him. He won't speculate as Mobei-jun looks at him in the party ball, his arm wrapped around the arm of his date. He will not question as he sees Mobei-jun's significant other leave his chambers or his king's increasingly frigid attitude towards him, nor will he ask about how it feels as if Mobei-jun is waiting for something, longing for something.

Shang Qinghua is not Mobei-jun's keeper,and Mobei-jun is not for Shang Qinghua to have.

[unganseylike]

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“Love Like Ghosts" // The Raven Cycle

When your true love is destined to die, is already dead, or will always be leaving. And other moments of ghostliness. 

[puppyeared]

The garment, worn by those in good standing with Hyrule royalty, has been reworked with the latest improvements, such as a new shoulder guard.

[karleksmumskladdkaka]

Diabolik Lovers More, Blood Vol.3 Mukami Ruki Stellaworth Tokuten Bromide & Short Story Paper

Originally, these were tokutens you'd get for buying Ruki's CD through the Stellaworth store. Nowadays you might find them sold at flea markets or second hand stores. The story is written from Ruki's POV, and takes place right after the ending of his CD, with him and Yui still on the rooftop.

Enjoy the angst (*꒦ິ꒳꒦ີ)d

(Don't repost anywhere!)

[heartplaces]

‘cause when she loves, she only shows it through dead deer

a study on the unwilling patron saint of arcadia bay, heavily inspired by del parson’s “lost lamb”.

[firstofficerkittycat]

i need to find that fic where kirk and spock were in iowa in the middle of winter and spock insisted on going out to help him run errands and fell in the snow and got hypothermia and kirk ran him a bath to warm him up and then it turned out spock was actually having a great time and hgave himself hypothermia on purpose just to get jim to takw a bath with him because he is a masochist

[theprinceandthewitch]

I really do find it incredibly irritating how TOH plays all sides of the shipping board just because they don't want to upset shippers.

It's why you get Evelyn looking more like Luz than Willow - it's also why her face is never shown. Even if Dana didn't want to get into the Caleb/Evelyn and Philip murder drama, there isn't any reason for her face to be obscured UNLESS the goal wasnt to upset shippers

It's why you get Luz's type of of boy being angsty warrior princes like Hunter - it's also why all of Hunter's important moments involve Luz and not Willow.

This is why you get Hunter dying and coming back to life looking like Caleb pleading with Luz to help him fight Belos in TTT, but then his entire arc culminates with him holding pinkies with Willow FTF. This is why all the interesting themes Hunter brought to the table were completely kneecapped by his relationship with Willow.

It's fucking bizarre LMAO.

[fortjester]

“I’d like to play you another song about suicidal depression. It’s about – if you are a certain type of person – me – . . . uh, you hear about somebody who did something horrible and drastic and you feel bad, but there’s a part of you that goes, ‘what, that’s, now I know, now I recognize my kind, because he did that.’ So this is about a guy who did a terrible thing and he couldn’t live with the memory of it, and so he went and did a worse thing, and it’s called ‘Cry for Judas.’”

- John Darnielle, frontman of the Mountain Goats

[capswarmedals]

i am going insane over my modern capvers au SO I DREW THEM (in my new silly style)!!

*inspiration from THIS post*

the history teacher and the music tutor (but he's not in that day so he goes to pick up his hubby (they're not married))

[sleepy-spacetronaut]

Detox old man yaoi - Queer platonic BillFord

Start note : Okay little clarification, Bill in the top right corner is crying, but the picture quality is bad so it’s hard to tell what the heck is going on. And I apologize for Ford’s weird haircut, I’ll give him his fluffy hair back (I tend to mess with character’s hair a lot…never on purpose , I swear 😁 unless I make them bald.).

Once Bill returns to Gravity Falls for the sake of his redemption arc, his relationship with Stanford is bound to be rocky. They bicker a lot and often cannot get along on the way to do domestic things. It would take a long time before they start to bond together again , considering how the trauma of the past abuse left Ford scarred for life.

Thought since Bill can’t do much with his limited powers, Ford doesn’t perceive him as a threat. They hang out together sometimes when Bill doesn’t have to work at the cash register or around the shack. Bill still had trouble identifying what exactly he feels for Stanford, and would try to pursue him romantically for around a month before giving up. (I headcanoned Ford as oriented aro-ace for this specific AU)

But sometimes they have wholesome moments they share: Bill and Ford seldom sit on the couch together, and when it happens, they cuddle up and Ford combs his fingers through Bill’s hair while reading, it’s soothing for both of them. Bill tends to fall asleep very quickly after that—he’s desperately touch-starved and has no idea—-

Bonus (something from my camera roll) :

[all-my-ocs-are-evil]

Grojband, but as a band from an early 2000s shoujo manga

[capripatch]

Heliotrope💜

[phoebepheebsphibs]

Ok so

Earlier this last year (right around when I posted the Raph carrying Mikey art) I got into a jokey angst battle with someone on TikTok. They said it was so sad. He was correct in that observation. They said they'd strike me with lightning, I retaliated with the threat to draw angst of his favourite turt. He threatened to sick Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades on me. Hahah, so much fun! So silly!

Only issue is…. I took it seriously. Aaaand drew some heart-wrenching angst for the guy. Aaaaaaaaaaand only after I finished it did I realize I misread the situation, and he was only joking and thought I was only joking and prolly would see my friendly fire of art as something not so friendly. So. Uh. I didn’t post it on TikTok.

Anyways have a sketch...

CW major injury, blood (black and white cuz it’s a sketch), and death

Why do I hurt the ones I love the most…?

[abluescarfonwaston]

I am a simple (trans)man. I see the reboot of Ranma 1/2 and ask- but what if he HAD to stay a girl to stay safe. Because some big bad was actively on the hunt to kill Boy!Ranma or something.

What if Ranma hadn't been caught in the bath by Akane and had gone to school with her, (refusing to wear the school uniform like normal). Watching Akane defeat the army of boy's at the gate only to swoop in and kick Kuno's ass resulting in him falling for 'the pigtailed girl' right away.

What if he'd gotten there and been so excited to have all these guy friends again (its so hard on the road) only to realize they're just trying to date him, not talk to him guy to guy like he'd hoped. (He feels no remorse ordering that fifth Ultra Brownie delight special with their wallet)

Complaining to Akane in the dojo after school as Ranma's personality just starts to peak through and Akane agreeing 'That's why men are Awful'. Ranma withdrawing that little bit back in as he realizes that - no. Akane doesn't get what he's saying- and she would hate him if she really knew him.

Ranma bellowing out for them all to back off because Akane is MY FIANCE. The awe and silence and then 'but that's not even legal' murmurs. HUH?! SAYS WHO??? 'the government...' 'Oh... Huh.'

The divide between how big and powerful Ranma acts verses the moments when he notices how short his arms are. How small he is. Shrinks into an ill fitting body in a way Akane wishes she could stop from her friend.

The horror and Relief that comes with Ryoga's appearance. An old rival who Knows. Knows and is angry and furious but treats him just like he expects to be treated. And maybe his legs Are too short and he still misjudges the distance but there is something so freeing to knowing he is being seen as he really is.

Ranma slipping out of the house early, before sunrise, so he can escape. Pour hot water over his head and just be Himself for a few minutes that day. Even if it's risky. Even if it gets him killed. Because he was willing to die to become strong, but he didn't think that meant losing his manhood first.

Akane spotting a boy training in the park, pausing because for a moment she thought- but it was a trick of the light. They just share a braid, that isn't Ranma. Her friend and 'fiance' Ranma.

Being drawn in my something. By that pigtailed braid or the force of their blows and the smoothness of his movements.

Or maybe by how he keeps kicking the target with his calf instead of his foot. That's a big one.

And she hates men. Absolutely despises the whole lot. But she offers him a correction and he looks at her in such shock.

"Y-yeah. I know. I guess I'm just not used to being tall."

Her offering a suggestion. Him doing it right this time as she nods. Offering to spar.

Didn't you say you'd hate to lose to a man? "Nah I already have a fiance." "What does that have to do with anything?" "Isn't there a thing at your school that if someone beats you they get to take you on a date?" "Oh my god other schools know about that?" "Furinkan is pretty loud." "Yeah it is..."

"Do you like her?" "Who?" "Your fiance." "Oh... I guess. She's kinda cute. But she hates me." "What'd you do?" "Why do you assume I did anything huh?" "Cause youre a boy." "... What about yours then?"

"Mine?"

"You have a fiance don't you?"

"I guess. But she's a girl."

"How'd that happen?"

"My dad's an idiot."

"Yeah. Mine too."