#high above

[convexly]

heartbreak without loss is still heartbreak by Rona Keller Via Flickr: when things get hard, make sure you have a place to go (when you don’t know where to go, go somewhere far from the place that doesn’t let you rest)

#Rona Keller #heartbreak without loss is still heartbreak #Burg Hohenzollern #Zeller Horn #high above #document your days #iPhone 8 #shot on iPhone #go wildly and slow #wide view #Schwäbische Alb #Swabian Alb #when it gets harder #heavy feelings #mid twenties #July #vintagegreen

[beard89chambers]

thinking from high above

#city #thinking #sexy #high above

[m-blackwell-and-associates]

High Above pt 2

“Pia, my dear.  You look lovely tonight.”  He leaned down to speak to her, holding her hand to his fleshy cheek briefly.  Her blond hair fell loose about her shoulders, a rich mass of shining waves.  She had dressed simply tonight, a long silk kimono covered in a riot of pale flowers, belted loosely over a silk slip the color of shadowed ice.  Follet had wanted her to appear reserved for the unofficial gathering at Excalibur and he was gratified that she had adhered to his wishes without complaint.  It was sometimes difficult to keep her in line.

“Why thank you, my love.”  Her eyes shone sapphire dark, skin flush with the illusion of life and vitality.  It should have been obvious what clan she belonged to when finally raised from the gutter.  Follet remembered the unquestioned faith she put in him when telling her that she needed to bleed for him, to craft a bit of magic to discover the truth of her lineage.  A Toreador of course, as if there had been much doubt, clearly a creature of art and beauty the way she drew people adoringly to her side.  But they refused her after all that.  They wouldn’t accept her among them for her ignoble birth.  That was gratifying.  Better that they shun her, leaving only himself as the means of her survival.  Let them now stew in jealousy over the erotic power she had over everyone that laid eyes on her and the mortal fame her art brought.  Let them envy the wealth that now poured into his accounts.  

His.  All his.

He gestured to the floor of dancing kine, indicating she should select one that drew her eye.  It was slow training but she would learn.  If she did as he asked, she would be rewarded.  Eventually he would get her to understand that his word was law in all things.  The way she bloomed under his benevolence was a reminder of how right it was they were together.  He had allowed her to keep her life and she had cemented his rule.  Pia pressed a kiss to his cheek and he could feel her begin to weave her subtle enchantments, better to ensnare the mortal mind once he came into her presence.  It was difficult for her to resist a pleasure offered.  Any pleasure.  His paramour needed sensuality as often as she needed blood. The only way to keep her safe from her own appetites were to control them, allowing her to sample rather than indulge.

Pia leaned over the railing, better to see the offerings below. Follet rested a heavy hand on her silk clad back, thinking to warn her to watch herself, lest she slip and fall off the walkway.  But, as he moved to speak, Follet saw a single man leaning against the pillar alongside the soaring room.  He was mean looking, wiry and poorly dressed, arms crossed over a thin chest and staring up at the two of them as if he was inconvenienced.  

Follet frowned, although there was no way the man could see the disgust or disapproval on his face against the flashing lights between them.  It seemed as if the Giovanni had finally come to call.

“I’m afraid that business calls, my dear.”  When she pouted prettily at him, hoping to sway him to remain by her side, he shook his head. “Not now.  I will see you again later with the gift you picked out.”

#amwriting #authors #fiction #flash fiction #m blackwell & associates #vampire #owbn #clangiovanni #oc #Ventrue #prince of the city #chicago by night #club excalibur #vampire club #High Above #Toreador #pia hunter

[gun-roswell]

(via Above (haiku))

#poetry #travel #land #clouds #high above

[awkward-parabuteo]

It's manning time for this silly goose :)

#There were a few sparrows high up in a tree above us #He doesn't really go after the very small birds but he seemed curious about them #Still too high for recall training though #Aramis #Harris hawk #Falconry #Raptor #birblr

[tumbimongo]

#jack dt #jack d.t. #high above

[curapicas]

labru be like "what if we spend the rest of our lives taking turns in infodumping and being unnerved by each other's special interests"

#dungeon meshi #dungeon meshi spoilers #and then they did #couldn't get a high res image for the second one sorry #labru #kind of. but I'm pretty sure the situation above is canon #I hope laios food infodump make kabru so hungry he actually remembers to eat thrice a day

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

I want you whipped into shape!

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#poorly drawn mdzs #better drawn mdzs #mdzs #wei wuxian #yu ziyuan #wang lingjiao #wen zhuliu #'When I say jump - say “how high'”? You know you're doing it right when you start to cry!“ #Of course I can't resist the Legally blonde reference. This is the Elle Woods is canon in PD-MDZS blog #I love this scene so much. There are a lot of things to say about it and I would go over the limit if I indulged. #Suffice it to say the main takeaway *here* is that I think YZY is milfboss of the millennia. #I intended for this to be posted on international women's day but my ambition led me to keep trying to make it better. #And by better I mean I spent several days (re)drawing this one and that is **not** what poorly-drawn-mdzs is supposed to be about. #I will be making the next few comics worse to compensate <3 At the very least I will honour my time and tag it as 'better drawn' #('my time' spent hunched over my desk while I chant 'this concept is *not* above my skill level!' over and over again) #Funny story about PD!Wen Zhuliu; he was supposed to show up sooner but I kept accidently cutting the comics he would have been in. #So I like to think he just went on a long coffee run. 'Go get me an (insert coffee chain) pink drink' said Wen Chao. #'He never said from which location' said Wen Zhuliu as he proceeded to walk 100km to the farthest cafe he could find.

[turtleblogatlast]

Leo being put into a situation where there is absolutely no fighting, just verbal manipulation and perception games, would be amazing to witness. We see a lot in the series how good he is at subterfuge and how he uses his perception to manipulate to great effect, so it’d be so cool to really see it put to the test even more.

Manipulation is one of the most effective tactical strategies of all time, so just imagine Leo putting this skillset of his to the full test. Imagine the boys slowly get up to busting bigger and more powerful criminals, including those with networks of crime under their belt, and a simple fight isn’t enough to take them down. For criminals like this, Leo’s skills in subterfuge would be deadly.

#rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt leo #rottmnt headcanons #me back to talking about Leo’s incredibly high affinity for subterfuge #genuinely think it’s one of if not his best and most honed skill #AND IT’S A VITAL NINJA SKILL #above fighting battle tactics and the like #it’s verbal blindspots #Sun Tzu’s The Art of War literally states that “the greatest victory is won without battle’’ #and idk I think Leo would be so good at this and we see him do it in the show quite a bit but not to the amount I yearn for #but yeah like just think Leo getting sent in and his bros standing guard #of course he wouldn’t be the ONLY one involved but 100% he’d be the main player #man idk I just really really love when their specific skill sets that ARENT the fighting ones are used it’s so interesting to me #like we already know Leo can easily take in a whole room’s worth of people and know exactly how to avoid them all #we know he can manipulate manipulators into his schemes #we know he’s good at improv which is essential to the games of speech high end criminals like to play #it would be SO INTERESTING #OKAY HEAR ME OUT- #he’s asked by Big Mama to join her at a criminal ball of sorts #she needs to regain power and he needs to take down big name criminals #thus a deal #no but really it’s so cool seeing Leo specifically do his best tactics through thinking like his enemy and predicting how they’d act

[stil-lindigo]

art vs artist 2023

#it's been a turmultuous year #this place above all other platforms feels like it's been especially kind to me this year though. #high highs and such terribly low lows #for me and the artist community in general #i can't complain. this year hs been kind to me despite everything #ah #but i miss the month of spiderverse where i felt full to the gills with inspiration and hope for the future #that energy has been severely tempered now #what else what else #i got a cat this year #truly a highlight #i got followed by one of my most influential primary artistic inspirations #on twitter #parasocial maybe but it mattered to me then #tumblr my love i hope you stick around #you're the only place i feel comfortable posting this to #archive

[youweremyversaillesatnight]

okay i don't know how wild of a take this is, but hear me out.

cassandra is not the god. kristen is.

now, in terms of game mechanics, that's not true. cassandra is very clearly a god, and kristen is her cleric and follower. kristen gets her powers from cassandra, cassandra gets worship from kristen (and presumably other people who kristen is recruiting).

but that's not how their relationship works.

gods also get power from their followers, you know? they get power from the worship they receive. except kristen isn't really doing a lot of worshipping right now. but you know who is? cassandra. she is begging, praying, for kristen to talk to her, to take time out of her day and all her responsibilities, to listen to the person that has put their faith in her. as much as kristen has faith in cassandra (even if she isn't actively recognizing it), cassandra has faith in kristen.

You don't have to be sorry. Hey, not too many people believe in me, but I believe in you. You brought me back, and I know you've been having a hard time, but when you're in the dark, I'm there holding your hand, okay?

in the last couple episodes, we've seen a lot about how kristen (and maybe craig) are the only ones keeping cassandra from oblivion. normally, it would be well within a god's power to strike down, to smite, anyone they wished, including one of their own followers. but if cassandra hurts kristen, she dies. meanwhile, kristen holds a very god-like power in her hands. she's already killed one god by rescinding her worship. she could very easily kill cassandra.

I see what you're saying. Yes, we are holding you from oblivion, and we're just kinda not doing a very good job right now. That's what you're kinda trying to tell me.

gods are busy. they try to listen to prayers, but they're so very busy and important. all cassandra has right now is kristen. that is her sole focus (aside from maybe not dying). kristen is busy. she ignores cassandra. cassandra texts kristen's friends to try and get kristen to talk to her. in that first episode or two, cassandra is desperate to be heard, to have a conversation, and kristen, who holds all the power, keeps shutting her down.

20 texts in a row saying, "Is Kristen mad at me?" From a goddess.

it isn't that kristen doesn't care. of course she does. gods always care. but her domain is mystery and doubt. she doesn't have all the answers. she isn't omnipotent. she is a teenager who has been thrust from clericdom to sainthood to godhood and she doesn't even know it.

kristen isn't the one bleeding red light. cassandra is.

if you're a cleric, and you let your god die, that's a failure. if you're a god and you let your cleric die, what is that?

#i don't know how coherent this is but i've been looking for god/religion stuff to make a kristen and cassandra web weave and #everything i found kept making me think and think and this is the result #i would be happy to try to elaborate more if people want but this is everything i have at the front of my mind #obviously rn we don't know what the red light is or what's happening to cassandra but i'm not above using it for my purposes rn #kristen applebees #cassandra fantasy high #fantasy high #fhjy #dimension 20 #d20

[adeleine-everyday]

day 18

looking at the world from a new perspective

#i love thinkign about her first time on the warp star.. ...this picture is innacurate shed be screaming her head off probably #but mannn imagine getting to see your world bathed in the suns embrace as you watch from high above surrounded by magic #adeleine kirby #adeleine #kirby series #kirby #day 18 #meant to kimd of look like the twitter style but idk how well this one translates

[penaltyboxboxbox]

did somebody order a HIGH SCHOOL AU

#sending them to american highschool in the year 2014 or so idk #high school aus must be above all else: very cringe #ln4 #cs55 #cl16 #pg10 #yt22 #eo31 #ls18 #mine

[goryhorroor]

horror for every year i've been alive • 1999-2023

#horror #horror movies #ravenous #ginger snaps #the devil's backbone #queen of the damned #high tension #dawn of the dead #the descent #hatchet #trick 'r treat #let the right one in #jennifer's body #insidious #you're next #the conjuring #as above to below #green room #the autopsy of jane doe #it 2017 #the strangers: prey at night #midsommar #invisible man #the black phone #x #scream 6 #horroredit #moviesedit #filmedit #cinema

[sapphire-of-midgard]

some more gow text posts before midterm season takes me

#god of war #atreus #kratos #baldur god of war #freya #sindri #sorry i haven’t posted in a bit #high school is killing me emotionally physically spiritually literally figuratively #all of the above #oh to be a sickly boy in ancient Scandinavia going on adventures with your father who’s the emotional equivalent of a cinder block #i want that life rn tbh

[tumbimongo]

#jack d.t. #jack D T #high above #Spotify