#The Golden Present

[ash-and-starlight]

one day, in a thousand years

#I THINK I HAUVE COVID #oh to meet your love after a thousand years at a museum exhibit of your past lives #thinking about them makes me so sick so ILL DISEASED #I AM NOT IMMUNE #spc i’m cursing u forever for this wtf. WTF bro wtf #ouyang’s last thoughts were a desperate plea for esen to wait for him. #he has NEVER called him by first name he has NEVER asked him anything #and his last thought is asking him to wait #and esen does. bc he would have given ouyang anything he asked for #god i hope u get rawed so good it makes up for all the lost lifetimes u earned it #he who drowned the world #she who became the sun #the radiant emperor #general ouyang #esen-temur #(zhu also present in the golden imperial dragon and the golden light of gayness that brought them together again) #my art #not super proud of how it turned out tbh tbh it looks better in my head 😔😔 #would’ve stayed in the drafts if not for my need to feed this 4 ppl fandom #and if not for robin motivation nfngdjfb ty kissa you forever #id in alt text

[tofixtheshadows]

Hot take: Laios wouldn't actually mind an arranged marriage. Obviously "reluctant royal being pressured into marriage" is very fun for shipping purposes. But I have harlequin blood, so bear with me. Join me on this journey of character theorizing/shipping nonsense that makes it abundantly clear I have a Scrivener document I'm neglecting.

Laios was promised to someone from a young age. He and Falin both were; it's probably how their parents ended up together. They both broke it off by leaving their village, but it didn't seem to be a factor in Laios's own decision. And when Marcille, presumably, asks about his hypothetical love life (bicorn chapter), he not only brings it up readily, but actually seems kind of flattered? lmao

I love when smug Laios comes out. Underrated factor of Laios's personality for me is how much he enjoys being seen as cool. I think you'd expect Laios to be embarrassed or uneasy over this line of questioning, and the fact that he isn't is fun to me.

So when Yaad and his other old advisors bring up his need for a wife, Laios is ready to go along with it. Not necessarily thrilled by the prospect, but he was raised to think of marriage as a business arrangement you do because it's beneficial for your household/bloodline (as was often the case historically). He's already made the big step to claim a throne, and the idea of becoming village chief after his father seemed to have been vaguely in the back of his head all his life. Besides, if he has to do it anyway, I think he'd take comfort that there was a formalized process for an otherwise socially messy undertaking.

This dovetails neatly with my personal headcanon that Laios is gay but unaware of it. He comes from kind of a repressed culture- or at least I can imagine he does based on context clues- and has spent most of his life being ostracized in one way or another, feeling like he's on the outside of humanity. So he doesn't realize that his lack of attraction to women is unusual- he assumes that nobody really enjoys romance that much. It's not like his own parents married for love. It's just something people play up for stories, right?

It's all tangled up with his fraught desire for human connection and platonic companionship anyway. Meanwhile he's blithely unaware that the things he says about Toshiro are not normal bro things. Oh you'd totally marry Toshiro, Laios? Tell me more.

I see this in Marcille too. Firstly due to her unstable development, which has only recently allowed her to reach maturity (I headcanon her as somewhere between 20-22) and secondly due to her being a half-elf (infertile+a too-long lifespan), I think she has the expectation that she's simply not destined for love. The half-elf character she relates to in her favorite books says as much. So she, too, confuses a genuine lack of heterosexual attraction with the belief that this is just because of her half-elf status distancing her from it. Plus, she spent over a decade as a student/researcher in a nice little sheltered academic bubble, at an all-girls academy populated by adolescents. She's the most sheltered of all the characters: she's only spent the past year in the "real world", and she still focuses all her romantic attention on living vicariously through her favorite characters or her friends (except for Falin, conveniently!).

And Marcille would absolutely want to live vicariously through Laios and his future wife. She would not want him to go through a dispassionate formalized process: she wants her bestie to have a fairytale romance! What is the point of being a heroic king in a mythic castle if you can't even get a love story for the ages out of it?

This would result in a lot of Laios meeting with eligible bachelorettes at Marcille's urging, looking to Kabru for help the entire time and being grilled by Marcille afterwards about what he liked best about each girl. "She had nice, um, teeth?" They're both so close to getting it.

Kabru, meanwhile, is agitating for Yaad and the other advisors not lock the country into a hereditary monarchy, they have the chance to do something radical here, to break away from the systems that the elves and dwarves uphold. At the very least, let Laios marry for love, or formally adopt an heir and name them his successor if he wants, he's already sacrificed enough for the sake of Melini. Don't make him jump through these circus hoops for the chance of some trade agreements, we can get those without a royal marriage. And even if Laios was willing to go along with it, he does look at Kabru like he's his hero for sticking up for him.

The vague unhappiness Kabru feels at the idea of Laios being married off is easy for him to ignore. Kabru didn't actually get better at honoring or even recognizing his own wants just because he's moved past the dungeon. And Laios hasn't gotten the hint about his crush on Toshiro and is still 50/50 on saying casually shocking things, so when he remarks that he doesn't need a wife anyway when he has Kabru, he has no idea why that gets him the looks it does. After all, where he's from, men marry women to run their households, but Laios has castle staff for that, and Kabru is handling the rest?

That comment alone ticks one month off their collective gay awakening countdown.

Anyway. How many repressed gays in their twenties does it take to run a country?

Answer: Yaad can tell you.

#dungeonposting #DUNGEON MESHI SPOILERS #I always have to use that tag for the dumbest reasons. because of my harlequin blood. #Labru #you get that tag because that was the point of my post it just took awhile to get there #also pretend I made some kind of joke with a pun about screwing at the end. believe in me. #Golden Country trio #^tag for ME. rotating scenarios with them in my head is a personal treat. #I haven't figured out where Kabru falls yet #he's very bad at introspection and very good at denying himself #but god knows what a guy like Kabru who moves through society the way he does experiences #several possibilities present themselves and I haven't yet decided which one is most plausible. or funniest. #pairing: to be human

[piratefishmama]

Steddie meeting years later down the line after going their separate ways, reuiniting at some dog park where they're both calling their respective dogs names and those dog names happen to be--

"EDDIE, GET BACK HERE!!"

"STEVE, DROP IT, GET THAT OUT OF YOUR MOUTH!"

#Eddie got himself a golden retriever as a christmas present from Gareth cause 'dude you're so single it's making us sad' #and Steve has this little scruffy thing Robin rescued that for some reason decided to love him more

[starcurtain]

I would pay such good money for confirmation of whether Ratio and Aventurine have worked together before Penacony. How did it happen??? The talks that went on before Final Victor... The initial spark of inspiration to stick Those Two Guys together...

Like, I just have to know if someone in the IPC deliberately tossed Aventurine and Ratio on to a team together (with or without good intentions). Are any of the higher ups in the IPC or the Intelligentsia Guild out there counting on this partnership working out for the best?

To be a fly on the wall when Ratio found out who he'd been hired to "consult" with...

And Aventurine, getting the IPC mission orders across his desk like "Ah, yes, finally. He's here. My Government Assigned Boyfriend™."

#honkai star rail #aventurine #dr. ratio #ratiorine #aventio #golden ratio #I'm just mentally cackling at the idea #not sure what's funnier #AVENTURINE being the one to take one look at Ratio and going #'I am about to devise so many plans that need the Intelligentsia Guild's input' #OR #the higher ups setting them up instead #Aventurine was just minding his own business #hustling for the Stonehearts #makin those deals #and then all the sudden BAM #Genius Be Upon Ye #No wait!!! Please also consider #Ratio taking one look at Aventurine and suddenly coming up with #a ton of research ideas that just absolutely needed the Strategic Investment Department's direct funding #poor gambler did one (1) group presentation and it changed the trajectory of his whole life #some people get an end-of-year bonus after a big work project #Aventurine got a husband #nooooo #Now I'm just imagining a scenario where they have a chance meeting #and then BOTH keep coming up with RICE PAPER THIN excuses to see each other again #while the other Intelligentsia Guild and IPC members are just watching like #“This is kind of embarrassing”

[honsool]

STANDING NEXT TO YOU (2023)

for @yoongikook ♡

#HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOLLIE<33 #jungkook really did give us the biggest present in the world 😭 #i havent giffed in like.. 3 months I'm sorry if these are bad I lowkey forgot how to dsjhfdsh #anyway i hope you have the most wonderful day<3 #jungkook #bts #jungkookedit #btsedit #btsgif #bangtan #golden #standing next to you

[esdeaths]

Are you telling me that the "legendary battle" gloreth waged against the monsters was just a child raising a play sword against their shapeshifting best friend because her village was scared of them and now an entire civilization is built on the ideaolgy of a glorious knight fighting a great evil thats only based on the fear of a very small group of people 1000 years ago

#nimona #can you guess what i just watched? #i thought it was pretty alright #but the more i think about the implications the worse it becomes #the warping of history to benefit a narative those in power tell the people #idk this part just really struck me #they did such a good job with the transition of actual gloreth to the idolization of her #the juxtaposition of a child with a wooden sword #scared and wanting to be accepted by her community #and the imposing statue wielding a golden sword in the middle of the city #it was all about fear #we dont even know if the “monsters” are multiple #or just a single lonely girl #wanting to also be accepted by a community #the implications this movie presents is just aahhh

[lieutenant-of-darkness]

Mairon in Valinor

Artwork by @drawulan, commissioned by me

#Mairon #Mairon in Valinor #before all the shit went down #look at him #fire spirit #flame eternal #and all the pretty gems and golden adornments #look at the background - the universe was just created #their commissions are open #I gifted this commission to myself as a birthday present #very pleasant process #and LOOK AT HIM #afsosrfsoisdfdklgj #Mairon the Admirable #My Precious #sauron #silmarillion #silmarillion art

[slythereen]

lestappen playing padel publicly… rbr and christian posting lestappen content… openly supporting their friendship all of a sudden… do you think christian horner sent max on an extraction mission

#christian was like contract offers are not enough we need to lure him with vibes and fun hehes #do you think Christian has max texting Charles shit like tough luck mate 😔 if only you had a team that supported you 😔 #you can’t convince me that there isn’t a second (or third???) campaign push to poach Charles going on rn #like if there isn’t one after that race idk what rbr is doing #get him while he’s weak Christian!!!!! send the bestie you’re gift wrapping for him to get the job done!! #rbr charles #the agenda is here it’s present I’m living and dying by it #Ik some of y’all think rbr would be horrible to him but frankly I don’t think they’re that stupid tactically #their pr game is better than most at the very least they wouldn’t want the horrendous optics #and lbr the narrative of stealing Ferraris golden boy and treating him better goes crazy #that’s the sort of ego rush diabolical marketing rbr thrives on #i mean. look at daniel #charles leclerc #f1 #lestappen #red bull racing #*delphi

[23-tiny-wishes]

May your soul live, achieving millions of years, you who love Thebes, sitting with your face to the north wind, your eyes beholding happiness - inscription on the "wishing cup" lotus chalice, the first object encountered inside the antechamber of KV62

#happy belated 100th rediscovery anniversary king #aight so everything is based on objects from the tomb #thats The Duck Tunic #its number is 050a #it is adult sized #going on vogelsang-eastwoods colour reconstruction (its faded over 3300 yrs) #duckie sandals 021f and g based on veldmeijers reconstruction they are also adult sized #diadem and meteroric iron dagger and flexible inlaid apron were all found on his mummy #ring on his left hand is the kneeling king presenting maat one which was found on that finger of his mummy #holding the lotus chalice obvs #staff is based on the ones the guardian statues have #sash is based on 100f an Amarna style belt #openwork belt buckle (alleged) whose number i dont remember #bracelets were found on his mummy #no wig was found in the tomb so its based on his depiction on the golden throne #shebiu collar and broad collar also from the tomb and the shebiu is the correct colours i tried to make the collar correct too #anyway u get the idea #ancient egypt #my art #tutankhamun #archaeology #described in alt text #oh and the hieros say the good god nebkheperure the son of ra tutankhamun #given life forever

[tongues--and--teeth]

Happy Pride to these three specifically

#for reference #GC is Aromantic WL is Demi AroAce and Dark Cacao is Asexual #I hesitate to put like serious labels on them bc I think that if you’ve been alive so long that entire nations religions and their cultures #have just been wiped from history and everything down to gender presentation norms have totally flipped you’re not going to fit perfectly #into a label especially when all five of you are from entirety different countries #also because I don’t think any of them would actively say they were that label because they just straight don’t know about them #crk #teethart #cookie run fanart #cookie run kingdom #fanart #my art #artists on tumblr #dark cacao cookie #dark cacao crk #golden cheese cookie #golden cheese crk #white lily cookie #white lily crk #pride month #I know it’s the 8th I don’t care it’s still pride month

[hyakunana]

I was yesterday years old when I realized I've been coloring my Exo wrong all this time — but instead of updating in game, I'm retconning my art

#destiny 2 #destiny the game #destiny art #bungie #exo guardian #the young wolf #oc guardian #fanart #in which alfa the hunter was legit born with wormhusk palette in her head before it ever existed #ngl i was bothered a long while with the white head for many reasons #1. too bright 2. elsie's head is also white 3. didn't fit her color scheme #so prb if she had white head i would change to a golden tint bUT THEN REALITY SLAPS ME #PAST ME HAS BEEN RIGHTER THAN PRESENT ME WTF #fun fact tmblr ppl i got my own apartment 8D not living there yet tho #gotta buy literally everything else but AY biggest part is done

[books-books-smolderinglooks]

💜💛❤️

#young royals #yr s2 spoilers #wilhem x simon #wilmon #simon eriksson #prince wilhelm #wilhelm #was I going to find a way to gif perfection that's fish scene with the new pieces of wilmon heaven presented to us. you bet your butt!😊 #fish scene my beloved ❤❤ #golden dream 💛 #30 days! #my gifs yr #youngroyalsedit

[antidotefortheawkward-art]

Sun Wukong's assorted lingpai (mandate tokens)

[ID: 1) An illustration of the two sides of a mostly rectangular lingpai made of wood. One side reads "令" and the other reads "弼马温", both written in seal script. The bottom of the lingpai is adorned by horses facing outwards, clouds by their feet.

2) An illustration of the two sides of a stone lingpai shaped mostly like a rectangle, but flared at the top and bottom. One side reads "令" and the other reads "美猴王", both written in seal script. The top of the lingpai is adorned with a dragon-pearl surrounded by flames and clouds. The bottom is adorned with mountains, the sea, and coral. The borders of both the top and bottom are decorated with clouds and flowers. The top is swirled in a way that resembles a lingzhi or a ruyi.

3) An illustration of the two sides of a red jade lingpai, shaped mostly like a rectangle but with a curved top. One side reads "令" and the other reads "齐天大圣", both written in seal script. The top of the lingpai is adorned by a ruyi with a flower and mountain at its center. Below the ruyi is a lotus flower, which sits on top of the forehead of a Yazi carving. Clouds extend out from either side of Yazi and below him are flowers. The two sides of the lingpai have the carvings of cloud pillars wrapped in a stylized waterfall. At the bottom are clouds which could also be the foam from the waterfall. Lotuses float atop this foam/these clouds. At the center of the bottom is a mountain with a ruyi at its foot. This ruyi also has a flower within it.

4) The lineart for the three lingpai, with accompanying commentary. The one labeled "BiMaWen" reads "carved and burned wood," "simple, only horses and clouds," and "ornamental, basically no power." The one labeled "Beautiful Monkey King" reads "carved from a chunk of Sun Wukong's stone egg," "customized from Ao family royal lingpai template," and "mostly sea, cloud, and dragon pearl imagery." The one labeled "Great Sage Equaling Heaven" reads "carved from red jade," "fully custom, in style of an emperor's lingpai but HuaGuo," and "flowers, waterfalls, mountains, ruyi, Yazi, and clouds imagery." At the side are simple doodles of the three lingpai. The first is light brown with a yellow cord, captioned "simple cord, no tassel." The second is grey with a red cord and tassel, captioned "silk cord and tassel." The third is red with a red cord and tassel, captioned "braided cord," "jade and gold accented." End ID]

#my art #journey to the west #jttw #xiyouji #visual development #prop design #in case youre wondering about the note on the Beautiful Monkey King lingpai- #yes he did harass Ao Guang for that #as soon as he came back from being BiMaWen he wanted a proper lingpai of his own #so he marched down to Ao Guang's palace with a stone in hand and demanded he get it properly carved #the Great Sage lingpai was carved by the artists of the Heavenly Palace and presented to him when his title was recognized #you may have seen a rough draft of that lingpai on swk's belt in the Seven Sages lineup 👉👈 #much simpler though of course gdhfsjkkdskl #at the time i was thinking of it as being carved from red wood #but nah now it's a solid chunk of jade you could knock someone out with it #also- 如意 means 'by one wants'- same as the ruyi in ruyijinkubang 'as-you-wish golden staff' #but ruyi here refers to the clustered swirls (google image it) bc its a common auspicious piece of imagery #Yazi is one of the famed Sons of the Dragon God #he's a violent and skilled fighter so he's usually used to adorn weaponry and armor #but i think swk would get a kick out of his lingpai having Yazi on it too

[pureanonofficial]

My pace is frantic My temper's cross With words romantic I'm at a loss I'd be the first one to agree That I'm preoccupied with me And it's inbred, kid So keep your head, kid

#Dungeon Meshi #Delicious in Dungeon #Marchil #Chilchuck Tims #Marcille Donato #It's still Chilchuck's birthday where I live so this is a birthday present for him <3 #Old man guilt in the morning <3 #(In my head this is Golden Kingdom ill-advised fumbling--and in the morning he will hate himself) #But for now Marcille's lips are soft. #fanart #my art #artists on tumblr #krita

[dxitydoo]

A (final?) update on my crochet Golden Deer banner

Hello and welcome back to my now-almost year old crochet project

And I have finally finished it (the crochet part of it anyway)

There he is

He’s definitely not perfect. A little rough the edges in some places and not quite as rectangular as intended

I also still need to sew in the ends (the back is Very Messy rn) or back the whole thing with fabric so I don’t have to do that (which I might do anyway to give it some additional support)

I also want to try and block it out a little bit so it’s vaguely more square than it currently is.

But for now.

It’s done!

#ngl I’m so proud of it #it’s incredibly imperfect #and if I could go back and redo some parts of it #knowing what I know now #I think it would be better #but it’s presentable! #crochet #fe3h #fe3h fanart #golden deer #golden deer crochet banner #fire emblem three houses #fire emblem 3 houses #fire emblem #fire emblem crochet #crochet project

[is-the-owl-video-cute]

Did you see the part where Meg was annoyed that only dogs can be qualified to be service medical dogs? lol guess she's mad a bird can't be a service cardic arrest animal. Once again pulled up the "people think only DOGS can be trained to do this!!! How dare they!!!" *grumbling about mammalian bias* argument. I'm sorry Meg but your fucking bird or a rabbit cannot be a service animal for the blind or anything that dogs have be bred to do

me when they won’t let my service crocodile into Walmart:

#Dogs are favored because they have been domesticated for thousands of years and selectively bred for extremely specific behaviors #they also have heightened hearing and smell that can allow them to detect certain medical emergencies early #and because a dog can be predictably trained to not attack someone #yes you can train a Komodo dragon to perform a lot of what is asked of dogs #but as a wild animal guess what #they are more likely to attack someone because they are more likely to perceive normal human behavior as a threat #and even domesticated non-mammals just generally aren’t built for a lot of what a service animal needs #what would a service pigeon do for you exactly #and even if it could do something to help you it’s still a pigeon and if you take it outside there is a very present chance #of a hawk plucking it off your shoulder as dinner #generally don’t need to worry about a golden retriever being carried away by eagles #not to mention dogs being able to be potty trained which. Many animals cannot reliably be #even rodents and other small mammals can’t generally since they don’t have voluntary bladder control