#but i felt compelled to share this

[mattodore]

i switched from gray-blue to ice-blue eyes on matthias and his gaze feels so much more impactful to me now

#river dipping #matthias evanoff #echthroi #i'm editing rn so i'm not trying to show the whole photo #but i felt compelled to share this #honestly can't tell if i like the ice blue > gray blue just yet... #it definitely gives him a colder demeaner and makes him seem less approachable and trustworthy which i'm here for #ALSO!!!! feeling incredibly accomplished because my preset works with matthias still!! i just had to turn off one of the shaders i added :) #.......that's theo but i can't show him bc he has a new hairstyle there #technically this scene is from the past? so really it's his old hair before he grew it out more #but it's a surprise <3 #his forehead is OUT tho which is my personal favorite bc i think theo's eyebrows add so much to his expressions #when i get the chance i think i wanna mesh edit his actual hair so his bangs are pinned back with a butterfly clip #or maybe give him apple hair? idk but i want a sleep version of his hair like that... we shall see

[drinkinggblood]

Frogs

#lighting practice ft layne staley from alice in chains #ragaaaaah RAGAAAAH #sry not my usual content whatsoever. i was compelled. #i was possessed by alice in chains to draw this guys #alice in chains #aic #grunge #alternative #metal #layne staley #i dont usually draw people from real life but idk. i felt compelled too #for one me and layne share the same name (albeit mines from my middle name #which ive taken now to replace my deadname) #and two idk. layne seemed like such a great dude and it really is a tradegy what happened to him #rock music #my art #lighting practice i diddd use a ref pic of layne from a show

[bread--quest]

sometimes when i'm doing a Less Than Ideal Activity, like standing up on public transit wrapping an elbow around a pole and trying not to fall over, or trying to pull my head as far within my coat as it will physically go to protect me from the wind, or trying to motivate myself to go shower and not just fall onto my bed and go to sleep in my work clothes after a particularly long shift, it comforts me to find some solidarity in history. like, think of people in 1940s new york, trying to juggle their purchases and waiting to hear the name of their stop. think of people in victorian london turning up their coat collar and hurrying home. think of all the workers in all the years who've been so relieved to get home and clean up. and it makes it a little easier to get through. and maybe im extra happy to see my front door when i reach it. and maybe i take a moment to be grateful to have indoor plumbing and hot water. and maybe i wave the people sitting down next to me off the bus first when it arrives. and it just helps a little, i think.

#wow look something original!! #i've actually had quite a nice day this thought just came to me on the bus home and i felt compelled to write and share it

[explodingquails]

BG3 Origin Characters and the Florence & the Machine Songs that remind me of them

I gave in and am sharing this list now. Potentially long post below.

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Astarion

Between Two Lungs

And my running feet could fly Each breath screaming "We are all too young to die" ...

Gone are the days of begging, the days of theft No more gasping for a breath The air has filled me head-to-toe And I can see the ground far below I have this breath and I hold it tight And I keep it in my chest with all my might

Gale

Rabbit Heart (Raise it Up)

*for best listening experience please substitute Midas for Mystra in your head

The looking glass, so shiny and new How quickly the glamour fades I start spinning, slipping out of time Was that the wrong pill to take? ...

This is a gift, it comes with a price Who is the lamb and who is the knife? Midas is king and he holds me so tight And turns me to gold in the sunlight

Karlach

Seven Devils

Seven devils all around me Seven devils in my house See, they were there when I woke up this morning I'll be dead before the day is done ...

They can keep me out 'Til I tear the walls 'Til I save your heart And to take your soul And what has been done Cannot be undone

Lae'zel

Queen of Peace

*my favorite F&TM song ever for my favorite origin character :)

Like the stars chase the sun Over the glowing hill, I will conquer Blood is running deep Some things never sleep Suddenly I'm overcome Dissolving like the setting sun Like a boat into oblivion 'Cause you're driving me away Now you have me on the run The damage is already done Come on, is this what you want? 'Cause you're driving me away

Shadowheart

Which Witch

*this is just the universal song for religiously traumatized characters

And it's my whole heart Weighed and measured inside And it's an old scar Trying to bleach it out And it's my whole heart Deemed and delivered a crime I'm on trial, waiting 'til the beat comes out ...

And it's my whole heart While tried and tested, it's mine And it's my whole heart Trying to reach it out And it's my whole heart Burned but not buried this time I'm on trial, waiting 'til the beat comes out

Wyll

Shake it Out

And it's hard to dance with the devil on your back And given half the chance would I take any of it back? It's a fine romance, but it's left me so undone It's always darkest before the dawn And I'm damned if I do and I'm damned if I don't So here's to drinks in the dark at the end of my road And I'm ready to suffer and I'm ready to hope It's a shot in the dark aimed right at my throat 'Cause looking for heaven, found the devil in me Looking for heaven, for the devil in me  But what the hell, I'm gonna let it happen to me, yeah

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And that's all! I might do a second part for some none-origin characters if I find the inspiration. Thank you for bearing with me if you made it this far :)

#song recs #florence and the machine #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #astarion #gale dekarios #gale of waterdeep #karlach #lae'zel #shadowheart #wyll ravengard #it's been 6543526 years since I did a song rec post #but I felt compelled to share my intrusive thoughts on the blorbos #also gif credits to the linked creators! #this is my first time using gif search in my posts #I am not entirely sure how this works so please let me know if you would like your specific gif to be changed

[onedoors]

YUGO TAKANO photographed by PARK SANGJUN

#yugo takano #i dont know this person ive never seen them before but #i was in the photographers ig and i saw these #and felt COMPELLED TO SHARE #aleksbestie #ph

[todayisafridaynight]

#rgg #ryu ga gotoku #yakuza series #ryu ga gotoku 7 #yakuza like a dragon #yakuza 7 #masumi arakawa #jo sawashiro #masato arakawa #arasawa #i guess #snap sketches #i just think its swell masato has two dads that love him very much :) <- he will never respect either of them and i want to eat drywall #ive hoarded this idea for months and finally felt compelled to do it last night #also yeah we're gonna rock with b/w comics for a while. until i remember how values work LMAO #im like. JUST on the precipice of Meh about this but i like it enough to share it so fine #im forcing all of you to remember how to make b/w comics we're gonna suffer together #forcing myself to post this now lest i stress over it for the next hour instead of getting ready for class LMAO #ok bye

[sunnibits]

really normal 41 seconds of con o’neill’s acting choices in 3steps that I have compiled for no particular reason whatsoever 👍 enjoy

#for the izzy mutuals for no real reason just normal scenes in which he makes normal noises :))) #I made this mostly for my own benefit but for some reason I felt compelled to share with the people #I’ve shared several clips from this movie before but #I just. it’s never enough. I must remind people that it exists constantly #I can’t tell you how much I’ve rewatched these couple clips it’s so bad #fully exposing myself but idc #con o’neill

[flashbcaks]

#laszlo cravensworth #matt berry #wwdits #eepy #meme #wwdits tv #what we do in the shadows #if sharing to other platforms pls give me credit 👍 #this is actually a server meme I made but I felt compelled to share it on its own lol

[magicratfingers]

hey it’s almost Sunday Scaries o’clock so here’s two … routines? I guess?? that I like that maybe someone (you??) will like too

Wrung out -

Hot hot hot long shower with a cold cold shower beer and then an intense horror movie. Before bed’ll make it feel like you’ll be getting put away in your coffin for the day

Giggled up -

Cold shower blast, fresh pajamas, fresh fluffy blankets, & a piping hot cup of something and a popsicle. This is for feeling like tomorrow is gonna be a field trip. Bit of prep to get timing right

#process #honestly don’t know why but I felt compelled to share #if u try them lmk

[riddlerosehearts]

so in the white rabbit festival event the first time silver smiles during the whole thing is when ortho's description of foxglove plants reminds him of his father 😭😭

#again i KNOW this event is months old in JP and is an extremely random thing to be talking about right now lol #but i just felt so compelled to share this because god that's so cute and sweet are you serious #twisted wonderland #twst spoilers #sort of. it's not for the main story it's just a small thing from the queendom of roses event

[bloodraven55]

took long enough but the archers a.k.a. the longest-running soap opera in the world finally had two women kiss for the first time last week

#doubt many if any of my followers are even aware of it since it’s a british radio drama about farmers #but i’ve been listening to this damn show for almost ten years now so i felt compelled to share the news #the archers

[sexy-sapphic-sorcerer]

avoid twink death by becoming immortal

#this sentence just arrived in my brain and I felt compelled to share it #i can imagine the wizard bloggers getting behind this #wizard blogging #wizard posting #shitposting #shitpost

[starrysnowdrop]

Ishgardians if we ever get Blitzball

#ffxiv shitposting #ishgardian #blitzball #sorry this popped up on Pinterest and I immediately had this thought #felt compelled to share

[unhinged-nymph]

No further comment, your honor

#i mean COME ON #the fanfiction is writing itself at this point #also what are the odds that this random gmm episode auto played last night and I felt compelled to cap it 🤔 #as soon as Shane sniffed his fingers I knew it was fate #anyway this is obscene and I’m glad to share #rhink #shyan #Rhett and link #Shane and Ryan #gmm #good mythical morning #watcher entertainment #i kind of feel weird tagging watcher since I know they are actually active of here #but alas #ShyaRhink #of course 😋 #rhett mclaughlin #link neal #shane madej #ryan bergara

[justagalwhowrites]

Thoughts, for some reason?

*CW Mental health, suicide (I'm fine!!), general existentialism

I'm not entirely sure WHY I'm writing this but it feels like something I wanted to do so... I'm doing it? I guess? I dunno. This will probably be pretty boring so don't feel like you need to read this at all!

For some reason, I always spend this time of year being oddly introspective. Maybe it's the seasonal depression! Maybe it's the end of the year! Maybe it's the fact that I'm another year older! Who knows. Regardless, I feel like I usually spend this day in particular wishing I weren't here anymore. Just thinking about how incredibly little I've done with my life, how I know I'm just a bit too much of a person to be anything but at least a mild annoyance to everyone around me, how foolish it is to feel like these are major concerns when there are so many people who are actually suffering.

But one thing I learned this year was that I found a lot of identity in who I was to other people and to the world. I lost a huge part of my identity when I changed careers, I had the worst PTSD trigger of my life so far earlier this year that sent me into such a spiral that - for a bit - I wasn't sure I'd still have my identity as a wife, either (turns out, when your fight or flight makes you take off and cut contact with almost everyone for days it scares the shit out of your spouse and that makes it so you have some stuff to work through - who knew?)

Another thing I learned? This whole writing thing makes it better. I've always been a writer but I've never put it out there. I wrote novels that have done nothing but sit in notebooks or Word documents, just so they'd exist somewhere outside my head. In some ways, the fact that those characters didn't exist anywhere else was good motivation to keep living, even when it felt like I didn't want to. I may not have felt like real people would particularly miss me but if I died then the people in my head would die, too, and isn't that sad for them?

And then I started writing fic this spring. Until I shared my first fic on AO3, I could count on one hand who had ever read my fiction writing (besides a short story here and there that got put in a school literary magazine or something.) It was never something I really counted as a serious part of myself, it was just on the same level as other things I do for fun. I never really felt like a writer. Turns out, sharing the writing helps me feel like a writer! I think it would still help if no one read it but you lovely people have made it even better. And it's nice to have an identity that feels like it belongs to just me. No one can take it away from me. I'm in control of it and I think that's been part of what's making stuff feel better than it usually does right now.

Anyway, this isn't to try to just throw my mental health stuff out there - which feels very weird to do even though I don't feel like I've tried to hide it or anything like that? I don't know. I think I'm just doing this to say sharing these stories means a lot to me? That identity means more to me than I really understood before now? That it's been nice to find this part of myself?

Regardless, I'm happy that things are feeling better this year. I'm happy I have stories to tell. And, even if no one ever reads another word I write, I'm happy you're here, too.

Love you!! ❤️

#fanfic #writing #I might just delete this later because it feels very whiny and vulnerable but also I felt compelled to share something so here we are #mental health

[friendlyneighorhoodchaosdemon]

based on

#unfortunately I have had a thought and felt compelled to share #adrian #m.txt #peacemaker #as always #it's missing adrian hours ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡ #he's my special lil guy and he CAN in fact do a crazy trick on the trampoline