#for those that filter on my blog

[crispyjenkins]

(AC wip) The Savage Price of Piety

it's desmond's deathday and i wrote like. 9,000 more words to this wip (first two parts here) last week and i want to brag about it, so happy deathday you wet bastard (mostly gen but with a surprise rarepair, time travel/reincarnation, found family, william miles’ a+ parenting, accidental subterfuge, desmond goes by miles mostly, inspired by study of flight by @esamastation but with a twist!, only somewhat historically accurate swears by which i mean probably not at all but leonardo had some Opinions alright) have some (three) chronological but scattered bits of scenes

  “Oh,” Claudia says as soon as she opens the door, seeing Ezio’s rather wretched expression, “you’ve figured it out, then.”

  “You could have told me,” he growls, following her into the entryway and closing the door behind himself. 

  Claudia scoffs, spinning on heel to lead the way further into the building for the kitchens. “I had one conversation with the boy, brother, I was hardly sure of it myself. Wait,” she halts and points a finger at him accusingly, “how did you figure it out?”

  Ezio, quite graciously he thinks, ignores the subtle insult to his intelligence. Sighing, he pushes back his hood before their mother sees him with it on indoors, and runs a hand over his beard. “I had Leonardo visit.”

  Claudia’s face slackens, before twisting into a rage that has Ezio stepping away warily.

  But she punches the wall instead of her brother, a shouted “Gods damn it!” echoing in the narrow space. Then she spins on her heel and hollers further into the residential part of the bordello, “Mother! We forgot about Leonardo!”

  Horrified by his sister and concerned for his mother’s current mental state, Ezio reaches out to put a hand on Claudia’s arm, but he doesn’t get the chance before Maria de' Auditore is shouting right back, “God damn it!”

  Grumbling, Claudia stomps down the hall and leaves a very confused Ezio hurrying to follow; she ignores all his pleas for explanation until she’s stomped into the kitchen, where their mother is pouring two very large glasses of wine, with very little water to cut down the potency. She passes one to Claudia silently, and then they both drink, though luckily they aren’t attempting to down it all at once.

  “I can’t believe we forgot the Maestro,” their mother mutters to herself as she comes over to kiss Ezio on both cheeks, before shoving the still mostly-full glass into his hands.

  “Forgot him for what?” Ezio wants to know, clutching the glass like a mother clutches a babe.

  “To test if Miles really is an Auditore.” It’s said so flippantly, like it doesn’t affect Claudia at all, but she also collapses into one of two chairs at the little tea table under the largest window. Their mother takes the other, massaging her forehead and looking like she’s grieving their family all over again.

  It occurs to Ezio, as he moves to stand next to the table, that she probably is.

--

“It’s all up to you now, Seventeen.”

  Desmond opens his eyes to the dark of the dormitory, faint moonlight cutting over the floor between his bed and Nino’s, and he can’t bring himself to move — even to roll off his arm that is very much still asleep. 

  Clay still haunts him.

  Five hundred fucking years, and his current twenty-four besides, and that fucker still won’t leave him alone. If Desmond were not so familiar with what an actual Bleed feels like, he’d almost think Clay is stuck in his brain the same way as his ancestors. Thank fuck he stopped Bleeding Ezio’s memories and feelings, while still retaining much of the training.

  Fuck, time travel is so weird.

  Or, reincarnation? He’s not sure of much, but he’s sure he was dead, he’s sure he burned, and he’s sure that though his 15th century mother had affectionately called him [redacted], his name is Desmond Miles.

  Or just Miles, he supposes. Sue him, he panicked when Adele first approached him, and the best aliases are ones you know you’ll respond to, right? If only he’d have had the forethought to divorce himself from his... future family’s surname.

  It sounds different enough with an Italian accent that it hasn’t caused any problems, yet. Like making him flinch. Or snapping that he hasn’t been a Miles since he was sixteen.

  Granted, he still has no idea what he would go by instead. Altaïr and Conner would feel weird, while Sef or Darim are just a bit on the nose, and does he look like an Edward? Malik, maybe. His grandmother here, now, is actually from the Levant, so his skin is certainly dark enough that people wouldn’t be surprised by the name.

Except that feels almost akin to naming himself Leonardo.

--

  So instead, Leonardo spends every spare moment with his best friend, sometimes to brainstorm, sometimes to simply be there for him. It’s during one of these visits, he and Ezio once again observing the youngest assassins in the training ring, that he hears Miles laugh for the first time, and it’s as if ice water has been poured directly into his veins.

  Oh fuck. Oh Saints, oh Holy Father, oh fuck.

  “Leonardo?” Ezio asks quietly, head tilted towards him in concern, but Leonardo ignores him to stumble for the bannister to lean over it and stare down at Miles learning a little jig from Tullio, laughing all the while.

  He had only heard it once, truth be told, and it had been Salaí that had caused it, but even three years later, Leonardo remembers the laugh of Rodrigo Borgia’s sinister little shadow.

  Below, Miles doesn’t stop smiling, but his golden brown gaze yanks up towards Leonardo as if knowing his thoughts are about him. His eyes narrow, then widen slightly in realisation, and then he winces and looks away, which is all the confirmation Leonardo needs.

  Turning around, Leonardo grabs a confused Ezio by the arm and drags him from the training room, ignoring his protests until they find the nearest empty room.

  “Leonardo, what—?”

  “Romulus.”

-

#that last one 👀 #the first one is part of my sib's favorite scene so far #middle one is just des being a Mess #crispy writes #also #absolutely do NOT think about the timeline i beg u #i am gay and Tired #savage price #that'll be the tag for all posts about this fic #if i do end up posting more #anyway the other posts are now tagged with it too #not star wars #for those that filter on my blog #title from poor isaac by airborne toxic event! #which was my 2nd most-listened-to song this year #yoinking some tags from the last posts: #this whole fic is based on the trope of time travel des not knowing how to lie for shit and people making assumptions (à la study of flight #except their assumptions turn out to be mostly right #des isn't ezio's kid tho 👀

[lovelymlem]

me when ppl comment "vore is gross" on my stuff

#if you don't like it then just don't follow me or like my stuff. theres a literal filter you can use to hide those types of posts. #lovelymlem #v0re blog #if you don't like it just leave.

[gracefall-mcyt]

Here's a little thing I animated for my MCYT TMA au.

That's right! Those Who Watch begins posting on March 1st, 2024! The plan is to update biweekly on Fridays, with any supplementals being uploaded on the off weeks. This may change as time goes on and I lose my buffer, but we have to hope somehow.

There are still a couple of things I need to work out in terms of the endgame plot–I'm still missing a statement concept, and I have a small arc I plan to remove, so I need to find the cleanest way to fill in the small gaps it leaves–but again, this is endgame stuff, so I've got months and months of time left to do so, don't worry :)

I'm really excited to finally start posting this. This story has been brewing in my mind for actual months now, and had undergone a lot of changes over time, so being able to finally get it out there is going to be incredibly rewarding.

#those who watch #life series #empires smp #<- tagging those because they're the main two sources #grian #smajor #pearlescentmoon #xornoth #geminitay #owengejuicetv #solidaritygaming #inthelittlewood #now for TWW character tags! #these are mostly meant for filtering locally on my blog so they might not all be unique #Grian Xelqua #Scott S. Major #Pearl Escentmoon #Xornoth M. Major #Gemini T. Rose #Gemini Tay #Owen G. Juice #Jimmy Solidarity #Martyn Littlewood

[good-omens-heritage-posts]

Heritage implies age, these aren’t heritage posts they’re just posts you like

you aren't wrong, i've just decided that maybe that's okay tbh

#not a heritage post #ask #anon #i am fully aware of this. three reasons some of the posts on here are pretty new: #a) season 2 just came out and tumblr's search function sucks. most of the posts i'm seeing after literal *hours* of searching today are new #b) some of those^ posts have got like 20k notes in 24 hours. they may not be old but they're already iconic (ive seen them reposted already #c) it's my blog so im ok with some of the posts just being posts i like :))) #if u want to see older posts then filter the blog for “GO1” or “book omens” and you will get all the ones i've found so far!! #but yeah. idk if there are widely accepted universal criteria for what makes something a heritage post. until someone shows me the rulebook #i am making them up as i go :))) #anyway SORRY im rambling just thought id put that out there until tumblr makes it easier to search for stuff there will probably be at leas #some new posts on here and if u just wanna see the older posts then search for the respective tag on the blog :)))

[crabussy]

whoever sent sunny that cruel ask I really really hope you realise how much that hurts. as if we don't fucking go through enough living life with a disorder as stigmatised as this. only a few people in my life know that I have OSDD because it faces so much stigma. they make fucking horror movies where the killer has my disorder. I don't understand how someone can feel so much malice towards a stranger that they will not only send them an ask basically implying that they Don't Exist and are Pretend, but also take a jab at their identity too?? why are you so unkind? there was nothing forcing you to go out of your way to make a strangers day worse by telling them that they don't fucking exist. systems and fictives have been recognised by psychologists for years. I am recognised as a system by TWO professionals, including a psychiatrist. They both acknowledge sunny's existence because they are professionals in the field of psychology who actually know what they're talking about. you are expressing so much confidence with your ignorance it makes me feel sick. I've turned anons are off on sunny's blog, he's distraught. you disgust me. I am so glad I will never know you.

#I did not go through YEARS of therapy to unlearn my terror of faking my disorder just for some horrible person on the internet #to treat my system this way. you are awful. #rant #ableism #just tagging for the purpose of people who have those filtered #god. I feel sick to my stomach that was so nasty #for reference this person sent an anon ask to sunny pretending to be a roleplayer and pretending to think that sunny was a roleplay blog. #it was glaringly obvious the passive aggressive tone was seeping out of every letter. it was really awful to read I felt my heart drop #and not only that but they made fun of her fucking pronouns???? #I'll probably delete this later but god it sickens me. we are just trying to Live #thats what I get for being disordered I guess

[laufire]

shippers of incest/age gap/any fringe "dark" content anyone might find upsetting: tag their shit, often tell you exactly what they're about in the first line of their bios so you can decide for yourself whether you look at their content, etc.

people who hate these shippers and simply MUST tell you about it: post whatever cutesy platonic art/edit they want to make with an added AND THOSE FREAKS THAT SHIP THESE CHARACTERS ROMANTICALLY BETTER NOT EVEN *LOOK* AT MY POSTS (no tagged warnings anywhere whatsoever).

I'm just saying. as someone who personally does want to go through fandom ignoring certain elements... one of these groups insists on shoving them in my face with no regard for my boundaries. and it's not the "freaks".

#i mostly just roll my eyes at those kinds of ''dni'' added to the bottom of a post #but sometimes it happens to be pertinent to the very ships i filter/choose not to follow some blogs i otherwise like over and it's. #why do i even bother if these busybodies are going to do this just to appear pious jfc #talking to the void #fandom nonsense #bitter lau tag

[xoxoemynn]

To save a specific AO3 filter, just bookmark the filtered page. It'll be filtered? That's all I do. I have a OFMD link for AO3 to my set filters, and a GO link with my set filters for THAT

WAIT THAT IS GENIUS, THANK YOU!!!!!!

#ask #nokaijuentrailsplz #AO3 #AO3 reference #if you've been on this blog long enough you can prob guess what my filter exclusions are lolololol #and I'm always just SLIGHTLY annoyed to have to check those boxes each time #this will soothe my spirit #THANK YOU YOU ARE A HERO!!!!

[prisonpodcast]

.

#reminding myself that I can just like. unfollow people #even for dumb reasons #like sorry this person just reblogs stuff from blogs who constantly wish violence on Dream stans and blogs who’ve either harassed me #or I’ve seen harass someone else on here #just makes me kind of uncomfortable #Im sure they’re nice and all and I know it’s silly but seeing those urls on my dash stresses me out quite a bit lol #no one on dtblr/dreblr dw #it was just like two people too so hopefully my dash gets a bit better now lmao #also I’m tired of all the filtered out q.smp posts they’re such a drag to scroll through #negativity #.___.

[lonicera-edulis]

I feel that I have to put a message for incest/pedo shippers in my posts, because they just keep coming. Although I always thought it stupid to put those sentences, they don't make posts look good. But I am tired. Why are there so many and they don't stop coming?

#I don't know where to put my anger about everything happening right now so proshippers are a target in my blog now #also I am upset I can't block them so they won't reblog my stuff #they still can have my stuff #also discouraging seeing cool artists have that kind of content although it's old but I don't know #I am a hypocrite anyway: if I know that some cool creator is into that but does it rarely I will swallow the bitter pill and carry on #a bit worried that I may be so done to the point of losing interest in fandom (like it happened with the untamed fandom) #the downside of wanting more attention from fandom #my apologies for venting again #I can't find a safe place for my mind #with the brain like mine I can't even go touch grass in peace #in my defence those people didn't put warning in blog description and didn't put tags so they could be filtered #I think it's a basic respectable thing to do #also to mind my own blog description or pinned post where I asked them to go away #I understand that I am acting infantile #ah whatever it is a very minor problem truly #as I said I can't vent about all other things so I find a thing like this and bite on it

[idlebug]

finding a blog that posts cool art music and fashion: 😁

all the other posts are reminiscent of 2014 "pale blogs", full of "ballet aesthetic" adjacent images, very pale thin women's bodies / exploitative model photography, childish anime girls in sexy poses with meme text over them, and text posts from op talking about dieting and skincare: 🙁

#this might sound extremely specific but i s2g i always see this shit on the blogs that show up on the 'in your orbit' thing #and that's kind of insane considering how much of that shit i have blocklisted and how meticulously i try to filter through before followin #and it's esp disappointing when i see this kind of blog is where a cool mutual of mine is reblogging from #i hate being so closely adjacent to this stuff like COME ONNNN i am trying to live in a bubble over here man this is why i'm not on tiktok #and yet i still can't escape the red scare podcast ass aesthetic contamination leaking onto my dash #like this is why i'm just gonna have to stay on my nerdblogging shit forever because it's the only way i can use social media without #having to be subjected to like weird covert proana posting and unendinggggggg obsessive conversation about 'beauty' #i used to be one of those annoying ass fandomblogger turned normie talking about skincare all day and it was the lamest thing i ever did #get real and start blogging about yaoi before i kill you <- joke #ok i'm getting mad on the internet this is bleak i need to go take a walk and look at the stars and the moon and then delete this xo #hashtag spread love hashtag love wins

[placeinthisworld]

bestie I also unfollowed tons of accounts within the past month but how many are you following rn?

bestieeeeeee it’s so bad..barley 400 💀

#answered #anon #anonymous #i feel bad for the amount of ppl i unfollowed/ broke the moot/ softblocked but like it’s nothing personal #i genuinely just wanted to reduce the amount of TS i saw on my dash #and especially those w meathead 🫠 like i don’t want to know anything more than i need to and unfortunately swifties don’t have that filter #i’ve been trying to find active blogs in other interests but like ngl i think the swiffers are the only ones keeping this hellsite alive

[gracefall-mcyt]

Have some TMA au Lizzie and Joel :)

First time drawing either of them, in general, so I'm pretty happy with how it turned out!

I know the physics aren't right, but shhhhhhhhhh they're spooky avatars of fear physics don't apply to them (won't say any more at this point because spoilers, since this is a fic I'm currently writing, but maybe later I'll go into detail)

Further notes below:

Lizzie:

She's wearing a swimsuit and one of those like. Swimsuit cover skirt things? Basically she's ready to swim at any time :)

Fish lady!! Even though it's primarily a Life Series based au, this is specifically Empires Lizzie. She's actually in a unique position, compared to the other Empires folks that show up? Unlike them, Lizzie is specifically season 1 Lizzie. Season 2 Lizzie, I have other plans for.

Joel:

The scarf is meant to be nod to s1 Joel's sash, but it's darker colour is that of the accents found on s2 Joel's toga :)

He's probably the most even split there is in the au, in terms of the two Empires seasons. E!Jimmy has a heavy lean towards s1, E!Shelby has a heavy lean towards s2, etc, but Joel is kinda right in the middle. His appearance and relationships reflect s1 more, while his powers and personality (as seen in the present day of the au, at least) are very much s2 Joel.

#empires smp #smallishbeans #ldshadowlady #Those Who Watch #my art #edit: TWW character tags! #Lizzie Beans #Joel Beans #again i doubt these tags are unique to my blog. but they're helpful for local filtering

[r0semultiverse]

Here's some Kanya Beyond Canon sprites I ripped myself so that I could use them for editing. Feel free to use these for edits or whatever you want, just credit me if you want! 💚

Here's the proof that I went through all that effort to get these ripped properly so that I could freely use them for whatever purposes I see fit.

#I saw lepiosprites blog rules & was like okay can't use that so I'll go find the pages & colors myself #just so we're clear that I ripped this myself; I'm acknowledging that they posted the exact same ones sans the no lipstick which I made up #I just wanted ones up that I could use for edits & whatever else & ppl can upload similar things with different rules of usage 💜 #the page filter was frustrating to figure out but then I realize; those are Rose's outfit colors on her lips... right I saw someone say #something like that months ago 😭 I forgor 💀 spent so much time & so many pages trying to figure it out & it was obvious #this is also for my side blog so now I can have beyond canon Kanaya be in prompts & things #I hope the pixels aren't off or something; that would be so embarrassing 😰 #this isn't me trying to throw salt on anyone or whatever; I just literally wanted a sprite I could freely use; that's literally it /gen #my edits #my transparents #homestuck 2 #homestuck^2 #homestuck beyond canon #homestuck #kanaya maryam #hs sprites #homestuck sprite #mine #op #transparent

[userparamore]

Hey there, I saw you reblogged that I love music by straight women post and I'm just letting you know that the op who made that post is a terf.

thank you for letting me know anon! it’s deleted!

#please never hesitate to let me know if i’ve reblogged a terf without knowing again so i can delete #i never want their shit on my blog #i have all the tags they use filtered so i can avoid those but it’s difficult to know if they don’t tag anything #ask #anon