#a name given out of love.

[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

[markscherz]

The eye of Uroplatus garamaso, the new gecko species my colleagues and I described yesterday. Check out that weird pupil! Four little diamonds in a chain.

#gecko #lizard #animals #eye #herpetology #wildlife #Uroplatus #Uroplatus garamaso #I have always loved the eyes of these weirdos #why would you want four separate images on your retina? #while you are at least ostensibly asleep? #sounds like orc mischief to me #also I don't know if you guys are aware that we named another one of these geckos after Treebeard #Uroplatus fangorn #so happy about that one #it's the only species I've named after something by Tolkien so far #which is kind of surprising given that my personality is composed largely of Tolkien nerdery #but there are other fandoms I have not yet acknowledged at all with species names #so keep your eyes out for some Star Trek names in the future #there's taxonomy in that nebula #this has been your evening tag ramble #enjoy

[lunarin64art]

That feeling when he can't stand to see you that way, no matter what you do, no matter what you say😩😭💔

#scott pilgrims precious little life #scott pilgrim vs the world #spvtw #spto #scott pilgrim #wallace wells #lisa miller #scollace #kim pine #natalie adams #envy adams #don't rlly know if I like how this turned out but oh well;;; #hope its obvious that this is based on the song “Scott Pilgrim” which the creation the comics were inspired from #the lyrics always make me think of Wallace and Lisa's feelings for Scott every time I hear it #ofc you could also relate it to Kim especially since the singers voice kind of reminds me of her #but overall the lyrics fit these two much better since Scott never truly “saw them that way” despite how long they've liked him #and they always seem happier to see him compared to Kim #Im surprised tho that I havent yet seen anyone draw these two together now that their dialogue parallels have been acknowledged more lately #also tho I wish more people pointed out that they both got cucked by red heads LOL #and Kim and Envy actually do look really similar when scott first meets them #makes me wonder if Scott subconsciously went for Envy since she reminded him of Kim (which would be fitting given that you could argue that #Envy dated Scott because he reminded her of Todd. Since he and Scott are confirmed to be meant to be seen as similar to one another #so much so that even their first and last names rhyme #last thing I'll add tho is that while Wallace and Lisa are very similar even personality wise #the one big difference is that despite that whole conclusion on vol4 of Scott not cheating on Ramona with Lisa because he loves her #the writers apparently think it would be “organically correct” for him to have an affair with wallace LMAO #but I guess we shouldn't be surprised since Wallace and Ramona are both in the front of the official valentines art which is clearly #a deptiction of Scotts wet dream or smth (oh and you could also argue that Wallace and Lisa parallel on that art since they're both #shirtless with white socks.. which could be a reference to how lisa wears skimpy clothes for Scott and Wallace often only wears boxers #to like sexually frustrate Scott for fun or smth

[ofswordsandpens]

I'm sincerely very happy for anyone who is enjoying the show but every time I see takes that the show has improved the book characterizations or that the book characters are underdeveloped in comparison to the show...

#our experiences are very different lmao #pjo show crit #sure the show isn't completely out yet #but id argue that the characters (namely the trio) seem way more developed and well-rounded in the book by this point in time (episode 4) #and look im not saying every change the show has made is bad #but by and far there has yet to be a change to characterization that feels like an IMPROVEMENT from the source material lmao #the closest contender I'd say is show Percy does seem a tad angrier than book Percy #but again I wouldn't call that an improvement... its just different and I think that /change/ works because it feels like the same essence #but even that has had some issues because I feel like the show has inadvertently cut down some of Percy's canon book empathy here and there #I think the show has nailed Annabeth's pride and intelligence and her warped worship of her mother #... but they've also made her hyper competent to the point that she's not making half of the mistakes she did in the book #which ISNT good because book annabeth is smart but she isn't infallible #its a big point that she has the theoretical intelligence but none of the real world experience/application #she gets tricked by medusa and goes to visit the Arch just cause she loves architecture and that's okay!! she's twelve and a nerd! #I also dont like that they've cut/toned down her little crush on Luke #actually they've not even showcased the familial bond between annabeth and Luke either in the show so like lmao #and then grover #by now grover's fear of failure and repeating this past mistakes and wanting a license has already been acknowledged in the books at least #in the show?? not so much #and his canon book suspicions and wariness of medusa... were given to annabeth #like medusa in the book was Grover's moment to shine cause his instincts were right! #and in the book fight he even very intentionally attacked medusa #but his highlights there were cut completely in the show #and finally sally #...idk who that is in the show but that's NOT my sally jackson #percy jackson #mine

[an-eldritch-peredhel]

The thing that draws me most to this fandom, and the things that makes it unique, is that by the mere nature of the works we love, everyone's Arda is different. And not just in the usual headcanon-y ways that are typical of every story, but even down to important plot and characterization points.

Who is Gil-Galad? What is the Oath and what does it have power to do? What really is the Dagor Dagorath? How do the Laws Of The Universe work?

And beyond that- what parts of HoME do you pick and choose? LaCE? Does anyone try and work with Tolkien's horrendous math? Have you taken parts of your Arda from older or other worlds, with the Cottage of Lost Play and the exile of the Gnomes?

Have you given names to the wives and daughters? What do they mean- who are they? Mother-names or father-names for those who only had one?

I just really love how even when two interpretations of the same world seem utterly incompatible, they aren't. I'd love to see other additions/headcanons!

#gil estel speaks #i wanna see the things that everyone thinks makes their own arda unique! #like for me how daeron is luthien's brother #and nimloth was a marchwarden #and finwe and miriel and indis were desperately in love even when they couldnt do anything about it #and how anaire named her children after the valar #anaire and lalwen both served under tulkas and that's how she met fingolfin #findis' fathername is sartafinwe- steadfast #i've named all of finrod's faithful- invented two new elven peoples which some of them hail from #orodreth's wife is named eithrel- aeglos was her spear first #my gil-galad is... probably finduilas. they're still working things out #but aeglos was also the spear that stabbed her- her mother had given her aeglos before she died #but an orc disarmed her during nargothronds fall and it got lost #i don't know it just means a lot to me

[aroaceleovaldez]

honestly, boldest move the fandom could go for is collectively deciding to characterize Nico as the type to like, never use pet names in ship stuff. itd be kinda funny.

#pjo #riordanverse #nico di angelo #hear me out: we've had enough of the fandom woobifying nico or being weird about over-emphasizing him being Italian #together we can make a difference by acknowledging that Nico is not hot. he's not uwu boyfriend. #and the idea of nico ships being the dichotomy of that one tumblr post - ''hey babe. love of my life. sweetheart. darling.'' ''hi [name].'' #is really amusing #also nico feels like the type to refer to people by last names or titles frequently #like as a formality #so inherently him referring to people just by their given name implies he's on a more casual basis with them

[seventh-fantasy]

okay... idk at all if this has been discussed or that I'm just stating the obvious. I'm posting any way to get more feedback.

so. can we be sure that the last boat scene even happened (in the way we saw it at least)

yeah the letter was delivered to the intended recipients. the letter also did say 李相夷绝笔 lit. the final writing by li xiangyi. there's a brief exchange between him and the assumed "boatman" asking him where he was going. and we see he spat blood while writing yeah but:

llh/lxy's eyesight had been failing for some time.

Professional Letter Writers are a thing in the past in service to people who can't write their own letters (idk enough to verify the historical accuracy in this specific context though)

what has been bugging me since forever is the manner of speech of the letter. yeah it's different from their everyday speech, but that's actually perfectly fine since this is A Letter so I'm good with it being more formal. but... there's something I just can't quite pinpoint. especially with the use of the 君 jun pronoun by llh/lxy to refer to dfs when there could be other pronouns with less connotations of intimacy (and scholarly/imperial court system) implied and still conveyed cordiality, marking a shift in their relationship. (I'm not well versed with wuxia as a genre enough to know what are the conventions. someone else who does can say something though.)

whatever these put together means (eg. he may not have written the letter personally, or he wrote it in a different situation from what we saw, etc etc.) alongside:

this scene existed only as part of a visualisation as the letter content is revealed to the audience (or assumed to be fdb reading the letter to dfs & guests of the wedding spectators of the duel)

the boat lxy/llh jumped on is not the same as the one he was writing the letter on - the boatman is also not on it despite the conversation at the beginning, but lxy/llh's dressing and hairpin are the same as the ones before he jumped. (the boatman delivered the letter so he's real though.)

also as @wonderfulnonsense happened to have just pointed out in the tags left in my other post: it's in fact the same boat he took to go fight dfs at donghai 10 years ago. (edit: or maybe it isn't? as pointed out by anon.)

if we viewed whatever we perceived in this scene as imaginary (not what actually happened), then the reading of it being a metaphor for lxy/llh being on his way to enlightenment just makes sense. (the boat being a carrier on his spiritual transformations.) especially when you consider that 彼岸 the other shore is another concept in buddhism to represent enlightenment, alongside the motif of lotuses. (credits to @markiafc for the buddhism reading - edit: mark's meta here) and then, consider the beach ending... yeah.

#莲花楼 #mysterious lotus casebook #my posts #lhl #lhlmeta #断剑又绝笔...... #this was a question / discussion brought up internally but i wanted more feedback / ideas so. and also for the record #but ofc...if there are details missed out that completely prove this wrong then pretend i never wrote this #pls blame it on the brainrot #lhl discussion of the day is buddhism meta. #taoism and buddhism readings loving hand in loving hand. #honestly i did not think of the story specifically as a path of enlightenment until i was writing the meta #and then it was a downward spiral there on. #it makes a lot of sense given how it's a story about cultivation of the personage (and the struggles of it) #which is the goal of all chinese ideologies. not just taoism and buddhism. they just have different answers #mark is gonna come back with a massive buddhism meta. i'm excited and afraid #also the detail i am sitting on is what is the significance of him signing off as lxy. on top of his r/s with dfs being from lxy's pov. #considering the way he has been identifying with lxy ever since he took over llh as an identity. #PLUS when i first heard lxy thanking dfs for the wangchuan flower. the chinese didn't include the subject of flower #i thought he was talking about 忘川 METAPHORICALLY bc i forgot that was the name of the flower HJBJHHJBJHB #yeah so like this is the river of oblivion he's on or wtv (i'm just babbling now) #also i said INTENDED RECIPIENTS. but the envelope cover is also interestingly empty. though boatman knew who it was meant for

[rubynymphyy]

Pokeddexy Day 25: Legendary 🌟

The Gambler (any pronouns), naughty. Doesn't come out into reality much so he doesn't bother with fitting in (unlike... the lake trio). Uses proxies for almost everything... is she actually a shut in? It's probably a sore loser, so watch out!

agonized over whether the back bustle/skirt was necessary for an hour so here they are without it:

she’s wearing some sort of big collar that covers her neck and shoulders, I think? seeing its face would absolutely smite you from the face of this earth. design definitely going to get some reworking in the future but thats all for today folks!

#pkg pokeddexy #pokeddexy2024 #pokemon gijinka #pokemon fanart #character design #pokemon gijinka ocs #my art #giratina #giratina gijinka #i like the concept that you Absolutely Do Not Use True Names For Legendaries #meanwhile ?? out here desperately thinking of people as [My Boss] and [My Manager] because they weren't given any aliases #love giratina there are so many things you can do with giratina #tried very hard to focus on what kind of giratina would take the plot place in pla-type story.... #posing.............. is taking a back seat to figuring out design #mayb this weekend something more exciting will happen #Sin City pkg

[mla0]

i always liked the idea of habit more in the sense of it being a force of nature, not an entity with its own sense of self. like, if habit were using vinny, noah, shaun, or someone else, it'd be completely different in terms of personality AND actions. it might still have the same general distaste for the man or whatever, but besides that everything else can be up in the air. i thought this was the direction it was gonna go in the early parts of EMH, and it's safe to say i was a teeny bit disappointed

#og #everymanhybrid #emh #no hate if you love canon habit though i just love this concept for something like this #especially given the name #it's like an influence with no central self on its own #brings out your worst and most hidden traits and pushes you to the brink of your physical limit #and then leaves you hollow and confused and full of guilt

[neolxzr]

ok how delusional am i allowed to be for the valk climax story. will shu finally call mika 'mika'?? will they hug?? embrace???? KISS???? SAY I LOVE YOU???? GET ENGAGED ON SCREEN???

#cryn rambles #enstars #shumika #i am so unbelievably curious #i hope they give us a hug. i think they deserve one #im really holding out for given names here but is that too far #if they do though. i told you so #i hope shu gives another gay speech about how much he loves mika like he did in machina that was my favorite

[ramblebrambleamble]

"But then I realised that the things that interested me and brought me joy terrified and hurt everyone else."

I always wondered why Durin died in such a relatively good mood but Elynas' words make it make more sense. It's not that Venti's music kinda hypnotised him to make him stop attacking Mondstat; it's that he was just playing the whole time. Unfortunately, his idea of playing terrified and hurt the populace.

It's also interesting that Elynas has the potential to be brought back to life despite being an entire literal pile of bones. But it begs the question of what death is, if it is not a true death. What is it that makes his bones and his being remain, when all the small things we kill turn to dust? Why does Durin's heart still beat? Is Durin the mountain, now? Is the reason Dragonspine is so dangerous that, even now, he does not understand his own strength?

#genshin impact #genshin impact spoilers #i guess? anyway i finished the melusine quest and learned more about Elynas #what draws albedo up dragonspine is not just his alchemy studies #but the echo of 'brother' from the core #could durin be revived given a sufficiently motivated abyss herald to help him? #also love how elynas is fond of jakob 'just tried to kill everyone else using my body as a weapon' [redacted] #this thing is not human! it does not have human values and notions! #durin would probably need a blood transfusion but i am sure elynas would gladly provide #it's a very nice sea monster and it wants to be your friend. as soon as it figures out how to be alive without causing #mass panic and destruction the (wedding) is back on. #ingold! that's jakob's last name #anyway i love him. elynas that is. not jakob.

[bayesiandragon]

Not sure I care enough to engage with the post, but to read SVSSS + extras and come away with the interpretation that SJ doesn't care about why YQY failed to save him, just that he did fail, and therefore would never forgive him or change his behavior towards him if he learned the truth, feels off-place to me. It seems to lean into the view that SJ doesn't actually care about YQY, just sees him as a useful tool, and thus couldn't be hurt by the supposed abandonment - with that interpretation it would then make sense to think he would neither care nor change his behavior (towards YQY) upon learning what actually happened.

#generously put - I suppose it's not an interpretation that the text of svsss completely forbids #but I don't see it as the most probable interpretation by a long shot and it doesn't explain their interactions or themes well at all #given that Shen Jiu eventually canonically forgives YQY even without an explanation I don't see why he wouldn't if one was earnestly given #I could see SJ continuing to throw some lingering degree of fit if he learned that YQY had indeed tried but failed #(and YQY honestly doesn't need to elaborate on the whole trauma only the important part - that he set out too late) #but I really don't think their relationship would have been anything like how it turned out in canon #no real comment on how SJ's actions would change on ~everything else~ since it's so counterfactual after that point and we know he's a git #I do honestly feel that the novel bolsters this idea with the whole thing at Maigu Ridge #where SY learns of YQY's tragedy and immediately sees what he has to do to avert the same with LBH #he saw how important it was to explicitly let LBH know how loved he is even if he can't explain everything because it CAN change things #and it does for them #the responsibility part is... well everyone is responsible for their own behavior - including SJ #now I don't have strong opinions on this next part #but regardless of trauma or his right to remain silent - YQY has some responsibility for the ~direct~ consequences of the choice he made #namely referring to SJ's belief that he was callously abandoned and his pain and anger over it #but he is absolutely not responsible for SJ's “everything else” #idk just had some thoughts

[blobbei-art]

Desmond “Has Not Felt Anything Similar To Parental Affection In Like 30 Years” Sycamore

Been replaying Azran Legacy and I completely forgot Layton’s parents and Desmond know each other so maybe they kept in contact?

#professor layton #hershel layton #desmond sycamore #descole #desmond locklair #lucille layton #azran legacy #layton #art #fanart #my art #tagging his german name too because I Simply Have To #anyway the idea behind this is that Layton's parents kept in contact with Desmond after adopting layton #bc they obviously didnt wanna seperate the two brothers and felt bad for not being able to adopt him #so theyve always seen him as an honoary son of sorts or at least that if he needed anything they would absolutely try and help him #and post azran legacy after layton finally finds out he actually visits them bc they insisted on it #and he immediately turns soft after being given any sort of kindness or affection #i dont think they have a parent-son relationship but as stated before. they do see him as a honorary son of theirs bc hes layton's brother #MOST IMPORTANTLY desmond and layton make up instead of descole just fucking off #ive been re-binging this and i just generally remember i love descole a lot and i miss the series so much

[0m3n-0f-d3ath]

Happy Halloween 🦇

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#happy halloweeeeeeen #my art #digital art #illustration #art #my oc art #finished piece #2023 art #artists on tumblr #vampire #vampire oc #trying to make them a vampire hunter girlfrend #yes I gave yet another oc a mullet #because I have a mullet and I love it #haven’t given them a name yet :( #shout out to their ruby knife and ruby piercings

[enhanced-operatives-division]

Head in hands. 'I Spy' with Pulp is such a banger for Zor. It's giving me the urge to finally think about designing them (+ redesigning a couple others..). There's something so good abt some of the lyrics like: "you see I spy for a living // and i specialise in revenge // on taking the things that i know will cause you pain". Like....likee.............

Theres earlier parts that also make my brain tick: "it may look like to the untrained eye // im sitting on my arse all day // I'm biding my time until i take you all on // my lords and ladies, i will not fail // i will prevail, cause i spy"

PLUS the name. That did not help the situation. Alas Different Class by Pulp 🤝 IEYTD Characters. Similar can be said about the Chicago soundtrack but thats a. Whole other ramble

#and that whole other ramble is gonna take place in the tags rn #i have mentioned it a few times tbh but yk. yk i have given it more time. #for starters: roxie's suite is SO PHOENIX dear lord #it's this really upbeat jazz track which sounds SO IN PLACE with the rest of ieytd #furthermore: roxie is a very juniper aong ESPECIALLY early in his acting career brah #and later on is razzle dazzle thats. so juniper i will die on my hill it's SO juniper #when youre good to mama is very fabby to me it just oozes with this confidence and i just. with her higher up postion in zoraxis i like it #i can't do this alone is very fabby trying to convince solaris to work with her. i really like it in a sense she's trying to prove herself - #- to solaris ESPECIALLY because in the musical it's like a disingenuous want to work with the other which i also thinks fits #and then theres mister cellophane which HELLO REGINALD CRANE. #i can't quite place it but i think about it constantly. doesn't help that i love that song SO BAD #i tell ya cellophane mister cello phane should i bend my name mister cellophane #AUGHHHHHHHHHHHHHBH GRGRGRRGRGRBBRGRGRGR #im normal i swear #cell block tango. i would love to do that with all the women/fem alligned people in ieytd because not ONE OF THEM have EVER caught a break #that's. all of them. bows. #i LOVE chicago SOOOOOO much its such a good musical #i have taken most of these songs out of context and i would love to do an in context au for them all #but trying to figure out who would be who is a problem tbh #I've mentioned it before qnd it's still something i mull over #sigh #anyways. pleade ask me abt ieytd and music i can yalk a lot as you can see #i think i will put #ieytd #because uhh rambles....auhh

[derelicthorror]

oh yanovan my best best friend

#HE USES WEIRD OATHS THAT NO ONE OUTSIDE OF THE RV HAS EVER HEARD OF #he Will take the name of rook in vain too he doesnt CARE #yanovan #save me yanovan .. and he's like. im off the clock (<- excuse. he is simply unwilling) #yano sleeps like 10 minutes a week because his maintenance standards are IMPOSSIBLE and no one else meets them. #what do you mean you don't triple check the alignment of the negentropy capacitors. amateur. #and he's also Going to accompany you on every mission. that's a given he'll be half asleep like FINE . fine where are we going. jeez. #and you were like how did you even hear me planning out a trip to the grocery store your room is a floor down and you were unconscious #and i love him #derelict doodles