#youth & consequences

[anachronic-cobra]

How many death threats do you think I'd get if I wrote a queer book where the Devil falls in love with Adam from the Garden of Eden when something causes him to Fall from Heaven? And they both have to unlearn their religious trauma? And I retcon the existence of god because I think that's a more interesting take on the concepts of heaven and hell?

[forgetful-river]

Aradia August Day 19: Ashen

[finalfantasyx]

"她還能撐多久 你便還能悟多久" | "the longer she lasts, the longer you'll have to apprehend it."

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"對帝王而言 有些珍貴是無關緊要的." | "to an emperor, there are precious things that become unimportant."

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SNGX Xiaoluo gifset: [11/?]

for @a-sea-with-no-shores, Qianluo's incredible six-hour standoff as promised months ago--and all my Xiaoluo babies. Tagging @jianghushenanigans, @eunuch-enjoyer5, and @feng-huli. Merry Christmas :)

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bonus:

[masterfuldoodler]

girlbossed too hard.... unless...

[klapollo]

just saw a reposted tiktok of a conventionally attractive thin white woman doing some monologue about how you should do everything to be hot (thin and conventionally attractive) bc she lost weight and now she makes all her money off her appearance..........uh ohhhh who's gonna tell herrrrrr!!!!!

[townsenddecades]

1312 – Day 1

TOWNSEND FARM

Despite his best efforts, as the year 1312 begins, Benjamin finds he is not a particularly good cook. He supposes he will get better at it with practice, but he misses his sisters and mother all the same. Now that their stores are running low – it is the end of winter, after all – they’ll have to contend with their burnt breakfast if they want to eat at all.

There is a ray of light in the form of Malika coming to visit. They have seen little of each other in the past few months – winter tends to make people seek their hearths, and the Townsends live too far outside the village for it to be an easy hike over the frozen roads – so he is overjoyed to get the opportunity to finally talk to her. Although talking is not what is on their mind in the first few moments of their reunion. He still doesn’t understand how the most beautiful girl in the village has come to be interested in him of all people, but he does not intend to complain.

In fact, asking her to make their ideas of marriage official is all that has been on his mind since he received her father’s blessing, so he officially asks her to be his betrothed. It is a mere formality at this point, but Malika enthusiastically assents.

They flee inside for warmth after that and find themselves alone in the cottage. Benedict and Benjamin’s younger siblings are all shut up in Benedict’s workshop. It’s possible they don’t even know Malika has come over to visit, unless one of them noticed her passing their window.

They use their privacy for some more of that delightful kissing, and as if to shut out the winter’s chill, things quickly heat up after that. They know it’s foolish, of course, but they are so happy about their future together and so driven by their hunger for each other that neither of them cares. Their feelings are far too new and exciting for that.

Other considerations are a problem for a later date.

CRAWLEY HOUSEHOLD

Despite the Townsends’ hesitance about travelling, the Crawley family journeys out of Praaven to attend a feast at the abbey, which Anna attends. Her husband has noticed that she has been unusually quiet of late, after she had just seemed to recover her spirits after the passing of their daughter. He worries, and those worries lead him to gently breach the topic while they are out on a walk over the snow-covered grounds.

Anna sighs. “I have been, haven’t I? I’m sorry. There’s something on my mind.”

“What is it, love? Is there something I can do to help?”

“I doubt that. But you should know, nevertheless. Because I…I’m with child again.”

That stops him dead in his tracks. It hasn’t even been half a year since their daughter’s death.  “Are you sure?”

“As sure as I can be.”

He reads his own conflicted emotions on her face. He’s happy. Of course he is. But his joy isn’t as innocent as it had been when she told him about her first pregnancy. But his wife she doesn’t need his fears or doubts.

“Anna, that’s fantastic!”

“I just worry. What if it ends…like last time?”

“It won’t”, he says firmly. “I promise you, it won’t.”

WATMORE HOUSEHOLD

The Crawleys and the Dudleys aren’t the only ones receiving signs of a coming addition to the family. In fact, it seems like there is a veritable army of children to be born. Edith, too, has been feeling rather ill of late. Another wave of nausea hits her while she is preparing supper for herself and William, which does not make handling food any easier.

Other than her illness, marriage has been treating her well. Their life is quiet – especially now that they don’t have fields to tend to – but she enjoys having her own house and keeping it for her husband.

When returns home, she tells him of her suspicions over supper, and although he cautions him that they’ll need to widen their income to be able to feed and clothe a baby, he is looking forward to it just as much as she is.

WATCHER'S NEWS:

Nigel de Bellefaye has celebrated his sixth birthday this quarter.

Prev: 1311, Day 4 <--> Next: 1312, Day 2

[themyscirah]

This is technically a Diana's age poll but I framed it partially around Julia's rescue because that's the event I need to contextualize and whether or not Diana is a thing yet is p important for my purposes. I would keep the Pérez run and postcrisis continuity in mind when answering this bc that's when this is relevant but I'd keep in mind that even though Diana is very young there (like early 20s) we don't know I don't think if she ages differently as a child (esp as a themysciran AND being made from clay) and in some versions she is older than she looks and was made earlier

Edit: I accidentally logic-ed this out in the tags lol 🤦‍♀️but feel free to still vote however you want. Going to publish this anyway bc I think I made some good points later in my tags

[iniziare]

Tag drop: Seele (Honkai: Star Rail). Listen, I used to write her and I miss her a bit, and also: there's Belobog people around. And also, well, she's much more interesting than people give her credit for. Also, prepare for some 'rewriting', because Belobog's pacing in specific ways kind of blew a little bit much.

[mapecl-stories]

[moonmoonthecrabking]

would it work to bribe the youth with fanfiction

[lydiacatfish]

there's a bit in the new camelot soundtrack (i'm not sure if it's in the original or not because i haven't seen it) where arthur realizes "i'm not a man... i'm a king" and it just breaks my heart!!

[tankgotstuckinthecircusgate]

big fan of characters who don't have a chance to die and have to live with the mistakes of their past & loss & grief

[alexisjackson999fanfic]

[yournextmove]

are you good? you reblogged the "i just need to finish this degree" meme like fifteen times

Nope! I'm seven years into a four year course. I need to be tested in four more lessons, and to complete a thesis to graduate. I've been ignoring my thesis for a whole year and I've done SO MUCH WORK ON IT WHY, and exam period starts in less than a week and I cannot be arsed to deal with it at all.

In fact, I can't be arsed to deal with my degree so much, that I've been in cram school since the beginning of September, cause I want to retake our national exams to get into med school, an affair that my parents are wholeheartedly supporting. And so, I'm already studying myself into an early grave, degree notwithstanding.

I wanted to give up on this degree entirely, not on account of it being bad, but on account on me being unwell for like a decade, but my parents have spent so much on my education and I can't just wash my hands of the whole affair. I'm physically and mentally exhausted, and soooooo I'm clogging everyone's dash HAHAH

Thank you for asking, though 💖 Felt better to scream this into the void, ngl

[newkiqx]

I just watched this and from 1923 to 1951 I knew maybe half of the songs and after 1951 I knew every single song until 2016, where I apparently lost my connection to pop music... and i'm just 33

from 2016 until 2023 i only knew the 2017 one. oof. I literally don't know the other songs.

(x)

[tamaharu]

reading no home.. its good. the title section the author does where the characters are slowly revealed as the arc progresses is a really interesting visual choice, as are what layers they put over what character.