#bc its TOO DAMN LONG

[radish-club]

From what I understand people were initially dismissive of Pact saying it was bad (WRONG) but later gave it a reassement saying it was good (CORRECT).

Similarly, I saw folks being dismissive of Pale saying it was bad (WRONG) but one day it may also get a reassessment with people saying it was good actually (WRONG).

#listen i have complicated feelings about it #it feels like many of its fans can't tolerate even light criticisms of the themes and protagonists #and many of its detractors consider it unsalavagable or the parts they say are the bad parts are the parts i find compelling if you #dont interpret the story agreeing with its protagonist or trying to model them as correct and righteous #however i dont even always believe that bc the story feels inconsistent re: many of its more interesting themes #and this is why all this is so frustrating #and then theres the detractors who havent even read it which is annoying but i cant exactly blame them #bc its TOO DAMN LONG #i should probably make all this its own rb post or smthg #anyway #pale #otherverse #wildbow

[keii]

Drew a nalu sketch bc for some reason my old ass art of them is making its rounds again on here lol

#this one's for u tumblr... for having me relive my terrible nalu art LOL #i will never revist fairy tail in its entirety again #but will i watch ship videos about em? yea LOL #idk what anime ship i have that has had a grip on me like them bc wtf... ft was so ass #okay it wasn't total shit but like it dragged on for too damn long #all that build up with absolutely no consequences... like... there's no tension?? NOTHING WAS DIRE LOL #but i guess that's what to expect in ft... well i wasn't expecting it when i was reading/watching it #was hoping ppl DIED!! LOOL #but i pushed through the entire anime and manga JUST for them... #mashima figured out the formula of building up a pairing bc wtf is in nalu that had such a strong hold #art #nalu #fairy tail #natsu #lucy #natsu dragneel #lucy heartfilia #killamonart

[gatzbright]

[october] one year of togetherness.

@/dreamsecretclub: dteam Christmas won’t be happening unfortunately, thought I’d say before that way Christmas can still be great :) totally out of our control unfortunately, can’t wait for the future still :)) 2022 incoming ♥️♥️

Dream: I'm gonna expose George's feelings on his behalf ... He was just saying, he was like, 'I think I'm depressed', and we were like 'What do you mean?' and he was like, 'I don't know. I don't do anything, and no one's here, and I just wanna come to the US'. And Sapnap was like, 'Well, what if I came to the UK?' and George was like, 'You should'. And then Sapnap went and filed for his passport the next day.

Dream: Because George hasn't got his visa yet, Sapnap's going to the UK. Sapnap: Fine. I'll go. [Dream Team laughs] Dream: So, unfortunately, Sapnap's getting the first George hug. [George Laughs] Sapnap: I'm getting the first George hug.

Dream: I feel like if George isn't here by, like—I wanna be like, 'Well, next month'. I feel like if George isn't here by September, my like, mental health will take a dive. Massively. And that sounds like, fucked, but it's one-hundred percent true.

Dream: You will see the fact that George, um—George's reaction to seeing me ... We said when he got his visa he could FaceTime me, so, stuck to the plan. Not saying anymore because you have to wait for the meetup video.

Dream: You sure you don't want to wait to see me in person? George: I'm ready. I've got my camera set up—I'm all ready to go! Dream: I guess I just, I wasn't expecting this. I'm gonna go look in a mirror and make sure I don't look like trash. I'll be right back! George: [laughs] Okay ... Oh my god.

George: After years of waiting, I was finally going to America.

Sapnap: Dream? Dream: Yeah? Sapnap: Clay? Dream: Oh god. Sapnap: I brought him. He's here. You excited? Dream: I am ... very nervous. Sapnap: Nervous but excited. Dream: I'm nervous, but I'm excited! I'm doing excited hops. Sapnap: It's a big day—an exciting day! ... Take your time. This is big stuff. He's going to be living here forever.

@/GeorgeNotFound: Just met Dream!! :)

“This doesn’t even feel real,” George says in the video — a sentiment he reiterates to Variety when asked about how he felt in the moment. “The sun was directly behind him, and it was blinding me, and he had an aura about him.” 

George: It's so bright, I can't even see you. You're like a—you're like a god with the sun behind you!

George: I guess I gotta go get my bags in, and time to live in the Dream House. Dream: The Dream Team House!

@/GeorgeNotFound: why didnt you post the one where you actually kissed me?

dream @/dreamwastaken: just felt better leaving things up for larger interpretation

George: Look it's Dream, and Sapnap. It's all of us!

Dream: [softly to George] Rise and shine. We're home.

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#WAAAAAAAH HAPPY ANNIVERSARY OF MEET UP AND FACE REVEAL GEORGE IN FLORIDA DREAM TURNS ONE YEAR OLD DAY !!!!!!!!! #ijust spent four hours on this holyfuckdbdhf my brain rn #I WANNA FINSIH A FIC FOR TOMROROW/TODAY TOO. it is 3:30am i thinki should Sleep thoand sdothat tomorrow #mygod #this iss o satisfying to look at now #the references are always so god damn long but i LOVE DOING THEM no matter how much of a pain they are bc its like hey. h ey look dnf real #dnf is R eal bc LOOK. LOOK LOOOOOK. (also we're gonna ignore the formatting of the referencing bc it fucked up Many times IM NOT FIXINGAGA #ok thanksfor ur attention enjoy goonight mwah <3333333 #dnf #dreamnotfound #web weaving #compilations #my webs

[lethalhoopla]

Kickass dwarf-supported acrobatics with mage!Hawke? In my Kirkwall?

It's more likely than Varric makes it out to be.

(actually, it's just that Cassandra wouldn't believe him)

---

closeup bc hell yeah:

#dragon age #da2 #dragon age 2 #varric tethras #Hawke #mage!Hawke #they/them Hawke #Hawke and Varric have been fighting side by side too damn long to not get up to some shenanigans in a fight js #Rowan Hawke #Varric/Hawke #(i mean sorta but yknow lmao. it's canon for my hawke shh) #lethalhoopla art #was gonna be a quick sketch bc its a crime i haven't drawn em yet but #then i decided to go a lil ham on the details bc fun outfits are fun #oh well XD

[kaysdenofchaos]

looking at my bs fic's chapter lengths and realizing i absolutely did not divide it right lmao

like raph + donnie's chapters? follows the movie, relatively short, 7 pages each.

leo's chapter? april's chapter? TWENTY PAGES. EACH.

im on mikeys chapter now! its passed 10 pages and im barely halfway through!! im suffering!!!

#/lh #this is my first time writing smth this damn long i am so bewildered #im still adding scenes too so that mikey's chap actually makes sense #bc oooo boy its a doozy #praying and hoping i get it done before 2024 #and maybe after ill finally GET THAT DTIYS DONEEEEE #khaotic

[084392]

i figured since its taking me so long to draw the other champions that i would be nice and post the girls outfits already...😔

#pokemon #champion cynthia #champion iris #champion diantha #was kind of going for kind of different vibes for all of them??? #cynthias champion look is HEAVILY inspired by french-teapot's cynthia redesign btw! #i drew dianthas first which is the real reason hers looks more fancy and over the top than the other twos....but #i also wanted it to be kind of theatrical ig? since she is a big movie actress? and as kind of a contrast to her casual look #also i still have to draw nearly all the men. idec if hers is ooc at this point. it looks decent. its fine. #and ik that iris's champion look is definitely less fancy?? than canon but...thats bc i dont really? like her canon champion outfit... #and wanted something that felt like it wasnt just her original outfit but. bigger? #....oh my god nvm i need to shut up. these tags are getting too long. #dear lord. what am i going to be like if and when i finish the whole damn thing and put them all in a photoset....

[orcelito]

Super sexy me is so sexy I accidentally set off the fire alarm while baking pie shells for my pumpkin pie. And now I don't know if I should've even baked them in the first place. But well. Too late now 👍

#speculation nation #i am not a fucking baker so something always goes wrong when i make these pies 😭😭😭 #but i am craving my grandma's pumpkin pies... i gotta bake them myself if i want them rn... #see the thing is ive previously bought pre-baked like. graham crusts #but i was like 'that crust sucks lets get a different thing' #so i got tbis dough shit that i put into pans. the box said to bake it. and so i was like ok cool #then as they were in the oven i looked at the pumpkin pie recipe for starting the filling #and then saw that it says 'unbaked shells' and so 😥😥😥😥 #but too late now and it worked fine with the graham. and well. the filling is what i care about the most. #the crusts are just an excuse for having pie filling. #anyways i did set off the alarm. i think it's bc the oven was on so hot #the box says 450 which is hotter than i ever usually do. the pies themselves ask for 350 #so well i turned the oven off and i have the microwave fan running #which oh yeah the fucking handle to my microwave fucking broke. it fucking broke. #i think i'll duct tape it or smth lol. microwave itself works fine still. and i dont want people in my apartment. #it's just the bottom part but it sure did just. splinter off. that shit is Broke broke. #and i scared the shit outta my cats And me with that damned alarm. and now i am just waiting. #calming down some. chilling the crusts. soon i will resume making the pie filling. #it's not like it even takes much time i am just. Nervous now. #i wanna let the oven cool off more b4 i have it going for like 45 mins lol #the crusts are kinda ugly. one of them is inflated on the bottom. these pies r going to be disasters. #so long as they still taste good......thats what i care about the most... #maybe my crusts will end up nuclear... if that happens tho ill just eat the filling out of the crust... its fine... ill be fine... #😭😭😭😭😭😭 why is everything so hard

[b4kuch1n]

frog documentation. frogcumentation

I think I mentioned a while back I'd post nibling frog momence after the gift's done given. which happened on the 2nd this month I just forgot lmao. anyways we can do it now. I used the boigameista pattern scaled up to four pieces of A4 print paper and decided to double deck it to a two layer thing, not unlike a pillow, for ease of washin. because it was gonna be gifted to a one year old child

took a long time and made a number of mistakes bc hand sewing makes me worse as a person but this guy was done in time for the birthday occasion and that's what matters. chose non-fuzzy fabrics for it because we live in a dense city in the tropics and from personal experience if I hug something made of fur I would explode. the original plan included felt patterns on its back for bonus textures for baby but that wouldn't stretch well along with the rest of the thing so had to hold that back. eventually we got this

zipper across its ass, the coat type of zipper bc I miscalculated when ordering. but it did have a shape and that's all that matters to me. will be a fun game for the baby to grow up and be severely misinformed about what a frog looks like

happy extremely late birthday to this thing also

#bakuspecial #uhhhh. whats my craft tag. I forgor. update this later #frog plush babeyyyy #I want this thing to last until the heat death of the universe so I felled all the seams down. dont recommend doing this by hand #Im so stubborn lmao I refuse to get a serger I will simply get better at hand sewing instead. damn its taking kinda long #there used to be a Lot more frogs around hanoi. but the lack of clean water ponds and lakes have driven down the population #I live like right at the edge of the city rn tho (will no longer be the case in five years) so there are still a lot of aminals #house robins. skinks. fireflies (!!!!). praying mantises. tree frogs #they love to hang out at the fountain inside the complex right across the street. had to pick em up to return to the fountain #from the hot brick tiled ground a few times #theyre so small. theyre so small.... #I miss house geckos they dont show up a lot in our apartment. I wish they would they would love the cockroaches around here #and of course. bc the kind of rice we eat is more short-grained and thus usually not all the way dried like the longer-grained type we have #so many rice weevils. do u know those little fucks do not drown for a Long time #do u know they lay eggs inside the rice grains and that's how u find out ur rice about to become the weevil beverly hill #by washing the rice and seeing hollowed out grains float up. I have become an expert at this. #but I get to see skinks in random bushes so who am I to be pissed about that. skinks rule #this has been baku talks about animals for a mile of tags. thank u for listening #well. its evening and the family wants to go out so that's what we're doin. hope u have a good time too wherever u are #see u this midnight when I reblog every new posts I've made in the last week or so lmao

[toxooz]

omg i literally love wheelbitten as a comic and ur art is amazing

random question but how long have u been drawing as an artist and do u have advice.............

thank uuuu and I've been drawin my ass off since I could hold a pencil and I'm 24 (25 next month) now so this shit wasn't overnight by any means lmfao idk the way i did it was have A Thing that you like drawing and just draw the fuck outa it and eventually you'll get better for sure whether it be the desire to get better at drawing said thing makes you do research and study something to become better at it or just literal muscle memory from drawing said thing so much. I had lil spouts of taking time to get better at specific things like anatomy, shading, ect. by studying it but overall i just subconsciously got better by mentally picking up new things everytime i draw and analyzing the world around me. Even recently i got to see that with drawing tactical gear (that ive never really drawn before and never wanted to draw in my life) soley bc i just REALLY fukkin love Ghost and Konig

i went from being terrified and intimidated of drawing tactical gear (even trying to put a gun in front of it as if that was any better lmfao) it used to be vague as hell and my brain would shut down just trying to look at the references(i remember having a ''shit man am i even gunna be able to draw these characters???'' moment of dread the first time i was drawing Konig pffft) to absolutely loving drawing tactical gear and seeing how much more detailed i can make it with every new drawing, so a complete 180 but that's bc im just totally obsessed with the characters and drawing is how i express that sO thats mainly what i mean by just have a thing that you love and want to draw and the rest should follow with time, patience, and practice. I think it's about training your brain and motivation to pick up on details or a certain way something looks in lighting (or lack thereof) bc my brain is probably wired a certain way after art being like a centerpiece of my development to the point to where drawing is just What I Do and at this point if i dont draw for even a few days i start getting vaguely antsy and fidgety it's crazy lmfao SO idk if this is worded like i need it to but yeah art and the act of drawing can be frustrating as hell but it should be enjoyable and rewarding above all else at the end of the day!

#i drew bc the piece of shit im unfortunately biologically related to drew a lot when we were kids so id just copy her #then i drew winged wolves and dragons and the occasional horse for like 7 years then The Axel obsession started #where i drew axel from kindom hearts literally all the time and had 870000 aus for him where i would draw for all of them #when i tell you the obsession for him was catastrophic u best believe but it kept me drawing like a motherfucker until i made my monster oc #which was around the age of 15 is when i started consistently drawing humanoids #OH YEAH i had a whole lion king phase too in 2011 where i would strictly draw lions all the time and my first record of drawing online was #on the lion king fanart archive (which i still visit to look back its like visiting an old janky friend:') ) #but yeah then my heart was stolen by my ocs and all the potential designs i could make them #and thats where i am now aside from the festering COD masked men obsession boiling over in the corner AHA #so basically latch onto an obsession and pick up that damn pencil #even as a kid if i liked anything the immediate connection was trying to draw it #didnt matter how weird to draw or undrawable it was my ass would be in that notebook bc its the only way i know how to express myself lmfao #this is long as fuck but NOW im out peace skskksk

[everyneji]

Do you ship Neji with anyone?

Hehe. I answered this once but I'll definitely talk more on it. I love Shikamaru/Neji, and considering I published fic for them as recently as of 2021 those feelings are still going strong. Generally I prefer my ships to have a little more, er, content, but they captured my imagination so what can I say ...

If my followers will forgive me for getting indulgent for a spell, there's something very charming about how, in the Sasuke Retrieval Arc, Neji is keeping up with Shikamaru.

When they're trapped by Jirobo, Neji seems a little surprised by Shikamaru's false surrender, but keeps quiet. Now he's not a loudmouth like Kiba and Naruto, but he's also not shy about speaking his mind. However, between his own observational skills, a likely respect for the command structure, and Choji's words, he doesn't interfere. He's then right in step with Shikamaru and Choji when the plan starts.

Neji then explains that he observed everything Shikamaru did (that the prison recovered from Kiba's attacks at different rates) and why Shikamaru spoke to the enemy and so on. We expect Choji to work well with Shikamaru 'cause they're besties, but Neji was essentially a stranger to them and he's right there with them because he can get why Shikamaru does what Shikamaru does.

When they break free, Neji briefly assumes command to stop Kiba and Naruto from attacking while Shikamaru is busy thinking of another solution. Shikamaru names Neji his second-in-command -- and I know it didn't come up earlier because it wasn't relevant to the story, but in a more Watsonian perspective, it seems like Shikamaru should have done this at mission start. Neji is the shinobi with the most experience there. So did Shikamaru just assume they wouldn't have to split up or he wouldn't die (optimistic) or would he prefer to evaluate someone's leadership potential before trusting the lives of his buddies to them? I'm more inclined to believe the latter.

From all this we gather that they're both intelligent, observant people who quickly gain a mutual respect of each other when asked to work together. I happen to be a big fan of relationships between people who are both strong-willed and opinionated leader types. Yes, they can clash, but so long as they're respectful of each other there's so much potential for an interesting dynamic to explore.

They're also both lowkey people with compatible lowkey hobbies (cloud gazing & bird watching, napping & meditating) who I think could just relax together, though Neji's got a more active personality to keep some of that spark and spice. Neji needs some relaxation in his life ... Shikamaru can be very tender and emotionally intelligent if he feels like it, and Neji could use that too. What does Shikamaru need? Someone who is unafraid to challenge him, haha.

In fact, figuring out what Shikamaru wants (answer: a hardass with a nice smile) is easy because we see it in canon, but what about Neji? That, my friends, is a separate post I will make because I get very sidetracked from just gushing about my little rarepair.

Thank you for the question! ♥ In the end, I stand by my opinion that so long as Neji is getting some love all's fair! I've read or at least seen art of every Neji ship that exists I'm pretty sure … I just want good things for him. ✌️ Also, if you want to talk more specific shippy stuff, feel free to hit me up on my Naruto sideblog @hallwaydodge!

#not everyneji #ask #long post #neji hyuga #shikaneji #.i had to rewrite this whole damn thing bc u backspace once tumblr deletes ur whole damn post #.ok so wanna talk abt what i'm writing its a rly long post series neji lives shikaneji au #.its playing on the conceit of this naruto sd episode but played straight (neji fake dating naruto to test his worthiness for hinata) #.but that's just the inciting incident for the first part of the story #.it's really about young adulthood and grief and trauma and martyrdom #.and thinking you're too smart for feelings to surprise you #.its where i dump all my neji feelings when i get overwhelmed #.if i reference writing a fic on here it's most certainly that one

[skitskatdacat63]

Orb...

+ process kinda

#istg lineart is just a horrible terrible thing LOL #i sketch and it goes very well and i am very happy and i feel very creative!!! #i have to do lineart and it makes me want to give up the piece ..... #i get to paint and im like omg i could do this for hours !!! this is so fun !!!!!! #thus: orb #im very happy w it so thats why im posting #idk how long the actual piece is gonna take so might as well post a little sneak peak ig #lmfao i gave up on the crown bcs it was too complicated and then drew this. maybe the crown will come back. prob not #im surprised w the process of this. i usually struggle a lot w accurately referencing real life things #and i usually end up tracing them just to understand how the form works #and god ive drawn so many complicated things for this piece and havent had to trace at all???? okay????? #i mean ofc its not entirely accurate bcs the craftsmanship on the original orb is actually insane #but i think ive got it down p well :) #ill have to try to make the gold look a bit better at some point later on but for now its !!! #i like how half my art i post here is either chibis #or just the most brainrot intense historically detailed shit ever #yes no one i talk to probably knows what a globus cruciger is but GOD DAMN IT IM GONNA DRAW IT ACCURATELY #had this thought ^ when i looked at my top posts and my last post was those nando chibis #and then after a week of not drawing after that im like yeah let me draw several imperial relics #catie.art.

[satans-knitwear]

Some thighs on a thursday?? 💙

Treat me ~ Tip me

#Photos taken while avoiding serious conversations ✨ #The best kind. Obvs. #satans knitwear #Any tips/donations would be massively appreciated right now ✨💕 #Damn. Life sure is something. Got some family in hospital as of a few days ago. Massive heart attack(s) and we hear its all hereditary #So we all gotta go get tested asap. Bc hes young. Remember i went to a wedding not too long ago??? Yah. His. His poor wife #My heart aches about it all #bi girl #uk girl #Alt pinup #pinup girl #cheeky #Pretty lingerie #Strappy lingerie set #wlw #Floral lingerie #Jewelled lingerie

[shazleen]

Is got a hair cut and now I have to like go through the struggle of acclimatising to them having slightly different hair

#i basically cant recognise my partners after they have like. a hair cut #this is not the first time its happened i would just like ???? whenever my ex got a haircut for like. sometimes weeks #like i joke about my bad facial recognition issues but like. im actually not kidding #its also especially bad with intimate partner idk why. #maybe its bc i spend a long time memorising their face and then a change happens and its shocking !! even tho i know theyre gettin haircut #tbh it does happen w friends too one friend cuts his hair dramattically nd im like damn ur a new person woaw #i think it doesnt matter if the hair is dyed tho. bc its the same shape #sometimes i type out these things and have to take a hard look at myself like damn whats going on here

[coridallasmultipass]

Goddddd, Dorothy is waifu for laifu, I s2g. Can't wait to see what conditional saviour bullshit she pulls from this stunt.

#not starting the next chapter yet ive been playing too long already today #but damn i was so excited as soon as i saw the light beam like THATS MY WAIFU HELL YEAH #god i fucking love her so much this just overshadowed the current game event for me lmao #nikke #dorothy nikke #nikke goddess of victory #goddess of victory: nikke #goddess of victory nikke #nikke spoilers #i guess idk chapter 22 or 23 (idr) has been out for a while im just slow on playing the main story #i love my ice queen so much holy shit #i keep forgetting what her main outfit looks like bc i have the pink tea time skin equipped. theyre both so pretty ughhh #i want to use the main skin but im a ho for the pink skin cutscene and victory screen like ughhh the despair is so good #i need to replay over zone but ill cry and im not ready to cry about that again yet its too soon lol #i already played it like 4 times when the event was on #Cori.exe #Image.exe #brb tho making her my new phone bg lmao sorry v cyberpunk my waifu needs the spotlight rn #wish i had a higher quality screenshot i gotta go look for one

[a-gay-little-cat]

"Dredging up distant memories"

Getting his truck back wasn't the happy reunion Tiger would have hoped it to be.

Tiger was forced to abandon his truck not too long after leaving his old campsite for good. Parking it as out off the way that he could, he hoped to return and fix it up with the right tools.

Sadly that wouldn't be the case, the truck gone, likely hauled off by people looking to strip it for parts.

Try as he might, he wasn't able to find it anywhere, eventually writing it off as just another thing lost in this nightmare.

And he wasn't wrong, people took the parts they could, leaving the chassis to rot out in some scrap pile.

Though little did he know someone eventually happened to stumble upon it, the truck making the perfect vehicle to get far, far away from Night City. A stranger spending a lot of time fixing up this quite tacky vehicle.

And once it was up and running again? Tiger received a ping. A geolocation telling where exactly his truck was at. He dropped everything in an instance, rushing off without explaining anything, much to V's (belonging to @gr-74 ) dismay.

He didn't expect Tiger to lead them out into the desert, out to the huge trash piles just outside NC. Even less so to see... that truck. It had Tiger written all over it.

Nor could anything prepare him for the scene he was about to witness. A stranger simply trying to get out of the city (who could blame them really by using this truck they fixed up. A truck that very much so belonged to the other mercenary.

V expected Tiger to let it go, let the person leave. He's always been nice, charitable.

But not this time.

He's never seen him this... angry, tense. Not budging in the slightest and telling the stranger to take a hike. Doesn't want to hear it, just get lost. And get lost they did, yelling at Tiger for his cruelty.

Cruelty V had to agree with. Because what the fuck was that.

The answer he gets?

"Ya wouldn't fucking get it.", followed by him getting into the vehicle.

When asked where he thinks he's going it gets deflected with a "None of your business."

Uncharacteristically cold for a man like Tiger.

After a bit of a drive he arrived at an empty spot in the desert, nothing of interest to see here, just sand and rock as far as the eye can see.

At least, that is what its now. Years ago? It was the last spot his clan camped at before it all burned down.

A loss he never processed, simply buried deep deep down where it was left to fester, never daring to uncover it.

Until the truck appeared and it all got dragged to the surface to show its ugly face.

Tiger spends the next days drinking, sober being far from a state he wants to be in right now.

No one has heard from him in this time, simply wanting to be on his own. Much to the concern of his family and Vincent who figured Tiger was staying with the other party.

Once telling Tiger's sister what has happened, she might know where he is, sending V on a wild goose hunt out in the desert.

Luckily it's not hard to miss that bright blue truck out in the brown and dry landscape.

Stepping closer, the image that unfolds in front of him is not a pretty one. Several bottles and cans of beer scattered about and Tiger staring off into the distance.

Walking up, V asks if he can sit with him, if he wants to talk about it but all he gets in response is a grunt.

What does he care? What's there to talk about?

Vincent has been keeping him at arms length, so why does he want to get involved in his life now?

An exasperated snort leaves the smaller merc. Fine, be that way.

Despite that, he doesn't want to leave, doesn't feel right to leave Tiger on his lonesome like this.

Instead he chooses to look around, see if there's anything here, must be a reason as to why the guy drove to this spot.

After a while of finding nothing but sand, a gruff "Nothin' here anymore." is mumbled from behind him.

Using this as an opportunity to get a better picture of all of this, Vincent asks "Oh yeah? How d'you figure?"

There's a long pause. Tiger staring off into nothing until finally a quiet "Watched it all burn."

The nomad never told him much about what happened, why he isn't running with a clan anymore. It was only ever vague answers, nor did V ever push the topic much.

So when Tiger tells him, tells him about how the camp got caught in a crossfire between corporations in the middle of the night, V stands and listens, asking the occasional question to keep him talking, eventually sitting down next to him.

After a while he trails off into stories of the past, what it was like.

And then it's quiet again for a bit.

Until V offers to get them something proper to eat, Tiger not wanting to leave his truck out here.

It is strange, sitting here, eating in silence, no city noises anywhere, the stars visible above them.

Between bites Tiger thanks him for listening, apologizing for being an asshole back there.

It's not long before V is getting tired, looking forward to his bed.

Offering Tiger to come with, crash at his place.

But Tiger wants to stay, just one more night. He's been out here sleeping in his truck, one more time won't hurt. He'll be fine, playfully nudging the other as a reassurance.

"Well.... I guess I'll see you when I see you."

"Not getting rid of me that easy, promise."

#flashing #flickering #for the gif #cp2077 #its kinda all over the place but im having fun playing talking abt my guy #AGAIN I AM NO WRITER but damn this got long #but errmmm hey. look #its kinda an abridged version bc i have many thoughts n details in mind but this is already sooo much to me #my ocs #tiger #künstlerischer kuchen #i got so caught up writing this i entirely forgot abt the art!!!! #anyways i wanted to kinda try around with having the effect of the old camp flicker in but #idk too much abt funny effects n all so #itll ahve to do

[bookishjules]

the fact that there are people on this webbed site who started watching miraculous when they were kids. like elementary aged. like the target demographic of the show. and are now legal adults here on tumblr dot com.. i just *brain short circuits*

#like this show has been airing for over 7 years #of course the kiddos would have grown #but damn dude #i started watching this show 7 years ago too! #i was 19! i was already a baby adult! #idk its just wild #like my fandom experience with this show is probably so different from those who grew up watching it #and it just blows my mind #it's different with like pjo and tsc bc even tho they've been going on for so long #i was in the group that was the target demographic back in the early days #idk time is weird #the internet is weird #i'm just glad to be here 👍🏻 #miraculous ladybug #ml #mlb