#is lifespan supposed to be

[the-angst-chronicles-fanworks]

The Wolf and The Witch

Part 1/?

Steve knows better than to enter the Witchwood. He’d been warned from the time he was a child, back before the wolf, that it was home to its namesake. And not just any witch, a dangerous one. One that had killed an entire hunting party, unprompted, with the flick of a finger. None who have entered those woods since have ever returned.

Steve knows better than to enter the Witchwood, but he doesn’t have a choice. Robin is slumped over his back, hands clenched tightly in his fur, clinging desperately to consciousness. He can feel her blood, warm and sticky, matting the fur of his back. His own gait is slowed, every step jolting the silver teeth digging into his right hind leg and sending sharp pain shooting through him. He’s not sure how much longer he can run, and he can hear them - the bloodthirsty cries of the townsfolk dead set on his murder.

They had been found out. So many cycles of living in this town, living among its residents as a friend and neighbour, and still they’ve all turned on him. Of all the times for it to happen, too. It was the moon he had agreed to make Robin a wolf. She had already been weakened from the wolf taking hold when they had been attacked, the silver already a weakness but her body not yet given over to the strength of the wolf.

Steve wishes he could take her to Nancy, knows Nancy would help despite everything, but the townspeople have blocked them off, funneled him in his blind panic. His only hope is to lose them is the wood, but even then he might lose Robin to his own fumbling medical knowledge.

But first, he has to get away from their pursuers. Steeling himself with a deep breath, Steve enters the Witchwood.

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Eddie is no stranger to people trying to do him harm. It’s been a constant in his life from the time he was a child, long before his gifts had awakened. And one that had- well. It’s been a constant of his life, sure as the cycle of the moon and sun. So he notices the prickle of someone entering the woods, but he gives it no regard. It happens a few times a year, that someone gets it into their heads that they will be the one to kill “The Witch of the Woods”. None ever even make it to him, losing themselves in the enchanted trees.

These trees are older than him, and their magic is their own. They like him and welcome him among them, but otherwise are hostile to outsiders. In the beginning, he had tried to help those who became lost in the woods, but those days have long since passed. Despite what his uncle says about his soft heart, Eddie’s become bitter and jaded and he no longer pays any mind to those who venture into the woods.

But this time, something is different. Eddie feels the disturbance of someone crossing into the forest, feels the shift of magic as the forest warps around them, and it’s… different. The ways and paths of the trees are second nature to him, he can tell by the shimmer of magic against his skin which paths have been revealed and which hidden away and this…

The forest is being lenient, gentle. The interlopers are shown the ways to peaceful places, soft and danger-free. Eddie can recall only a few times that the forest has been kind to intruders, and it has almost exclusively been to children.

So he’s more than curious already when he feels the buzz of more people crossing the boundary into the woods. A lot more. And Eddie realizes that this hunt is not for him.

The trees are not so kind this time, opening its twists and turns like a maze, a trap for anyone foolish enough not to turn back immediately. They don’t, of course. They never do. Eddie pays them no mind, drawn instead by curiosity to the two that are being pursued.

He steps between the trees, slipping into a space that’s folded away between reality, picking his way with ease through paths that are there and paths that are not until he emerges at the edge of a small clearing, moonlit and mossy. Theres a tiny spring-fed pond and there, limping toward it, is a wolf. It’s huge, the size of a small bear, with a strong frame and thick russet fur.

It notices him at the same time as he notices it, and it’s massive head swings to face him, teeth already bared in a snarl. It’s hackles raise, and it turns fully, squaring up, a threatening growl rumbling across the little clearing to him.

Eddie steps back, already gathering his power until it glows around him with dark energy, because this is no normal wolf. Even without the size and the silver trap clamped around its leg giving it away, he can see it in its eyes, feel in its presence that this is something more.

He recalls his childhood, the warning tales at his mother’s knee. He remebers later, freshly chased out of town and taken in by his uncle, watching as the old man leafed through his ancient book and warned Eddie that he wasn’t the only dangerous thing in the wilds. Eddie has no doubt that he’s come across one of those dangerous things now. He looks at the wolf and knows exactly what he’s seeing.

A werewolf.

#steddie #steddie fic #steddie fanfiction #Eddie Munson #Steve Harrington #fantasy au #werewolf Steve #Eddie’s not really a witch he doesn’t practice witchcraft in any real way #that’s just what the people call him #I’d say he’s more of a sorcerer with a sprinkle of Druid #I’m still calling this the wolf and the witch because they both start with w lol #this was supposed to be a one and done ficlet but it kind of became something else and now I want to continue #magic Eddie #werewolf Robin #she was just bitten like a couple of hours ago poor robs TToTT #it’s important that you know Eddie’s magic is black or dark red and his eyes go black when he really uses it #both Eddie and Steve (and now Robin ) have elongated lifespans #Nancy is Steve’s ex and she knows that he’s a wolf #she doesn’t exactly like it but she’s working on that with herself and she would still protect him with everything she has #writing #my writing #fanfiction #my fanfiction #stranger things #stranger things fanfiction

[fortuneravine]

new icon moment

#the tepig was supposed to be temporary and ive had it for this blog's whole lifespan lmaoo #pokemon #pmd #totodile #fortune art #(oc) mistral

[theghostparty]

Elle est belle, belle à mourir Belle à choisir, un jour, de mourir pour elle

I haven't made any Roméo et Juliette fanart since 2016, but I am back to remind you that Damien Sargue and Cecilia Cara still have a chokehold on my heart

#romeo et juliette #retj #cecilia cara #damien sargue #joyce draws #i'm literally supposed to be doing costume designs for the real actual musical I am working on #my boyfriend reminded me that it's been 14 years since I first watched Romeo et Juliette #QUATORZE ANS #a whole juliet capulet lifespan since I first saw this show

[mspaintbladie]

hi i stole a fox meme from pinterest

#doodle #shitposting #honkai star rail #hsr #hsr blade #mochi's art #i had foxian bladie thoughts again #though i suppose he's not really a foxian since he's the same age as canon but foxians have an average lifespan of 300 yrs mh #mayhaps he's part borisin idk #i could draw him with fake tingyun next since they're both foxisn't i guess

[bikananjarrus]

my brain is melting out of my ears thinking about poseidon and sally help

#i’m supposed to be working lol #posally nation this is for u <3 #i have not written pjo fic in literal years (over a decade even????) but ummm here we are!! #this is not done and i def want to continue this but i had to share this snippet #i was just thinking about percy and sally and their mortal lifespans compared to poseidon’s and yeah #and just how percy will be remembered as POSEIDONS son but not sally’s. and that made me feel ill so #posally #percy jackson #poseidon #sally jackson #pjo #my writing

[puppyeared]

Radioactive

#I need to put something together explaining this but basically: Augusta has pink hair and pronouns because she swallowed a star #which was supposed to kill her but it fused with her body and now she gives u radiation poisoning 💕 #I mentioned before that the white parts on her fur glow in the dark and that’s why #but she can also make herself float and lives for a hella long time bc star lifespan #she can wear her astronaut suit to suppress the radiation and it won’t hurt anyone but you’ll still feel tired and a little sick if you #hang out w her for too long. if you’re human anyway lol #there is actually a reason behind why she swallowed the star but it just sits in my head like microwaved chicken #my art #myart #doodles #my oc #oc #Augusta

[cubbyhole-for-flea-bee]

boss makes a dollar

i makes a dime

so i draws owl-dage

on company time

or; smushing together owl-NMJ w/ meerkat JGY for dopamine generation!

#back at it again making my faves be critters and im unrepenant #nie mingjue #jin guangyao #meng yao #mdzs #fanart #SWORN BRO SNUGGLES FTW #TAKE THAT CANON >:3 #meerkat jin guangyao #owl nie mingjue #chifeng zun #lianfang zun #puttin' jiggy on the expressway he-wants-to-kill-me to he-wants-to-cuddle-me-and-those-cuddles-are-MINE pipeline #in defense of his initial reaction nmj is kind of grabby (and pointy! particulary on the grabby bits) #scaring years off poor JGY's lifespan so he'll also die young hhhhfhdsfhsksfhsf #NMJ absolutely has a double-standard about who may hug whom #its OUTRAGEOUS for him to be subjected to hugs #but its his big brother RIGHT and PRIVILEGE to be the one doing the hugging #mother hen nie mingjue #one of his lil bros is finally appropriately sized for wing snuggles whats he supposed to do??? #NOT preen and protecc and attempt to cuddle the trauma out of him?! pfft #is also convenient for keeping JGY from getting into dubious shenanigans in the name self-preservation #owl-dage is basically a heated feather pillow - 5+ minutes of wing time and JGY is out like light #and even if he was to be woken up he doesn't wanna he's too cozy

[bitterseaproduction]

The Hobbit’s official movie books really push the original timeline as the film one (despite 0 aging of characters in flashbacks pfft) BUT they also present Balin as the most ‘aged’ of the Company in both appearance and description at 178, despite Thorin — visibly far younger — being 17 years older than him.

It’s a conundrum, but I got an idea when I noticed Dwalin in the books supposedly lives to 340, even though a dwarf living to just 300 is supposed to be as rare as a human making it to 100! There’s been arguments that that was just a ‘typo’ on Tolkien’s part, but what if it wasn’t? What if we roll with that? Dwalin did look shockingly younger than Balin even though he’s just 9 years younger! That’s just 3 if you take it in human years!

So, using that 340 as inspiration and a base line, what if we say the direct line of Durin the Deathless plus the occasional offshoot like Dwalin just age slower than the typical dwarf? That their max baseline is closer to 300-350 or even 350-400 versus the usual 250-300? Because, if we go with, say, 400 as Thorin’s base max, suddenly we go from ‘Thorin should look older than Balin’ to ‘he’s in the human equivalent of his late 40s,’ and that seems much closer to the slightly aged up Richard Armitage we got in movies, doesn’t it?

This would also mean Thorin IS older than Balin despite their dynamic, but hey—sometimes your younger cousin is just wiser than you. 😂

#the hobbit #thorin oakenshield #balin #dwalin #been trying to pin this down to figure out how fast Thorin would age in a He Lives AU #if you’re curious? my take would make Thorin ‘late 40s’ in The Hobbit ‘early 60s’ in the LotR opening and ‘late 60s’ by the end #this of course all ignores visible ages in the flashbacks but how are you supposed to rectify those? Jackson should have used younger actor #there’s also a line in the movie books claiming Dwalin (and thus Balin) IS older but then you’ve got the book birthdates IN THE FILM so idk #not to mention the Sack of Erebor '2 centuries prior' HOW WAS THORIN ALIVE AND AWARE DURING THAT IF HE'S 'WELL YOUNGER' THAN A 178 YEAR OLD #haven’t really considered his nephews in this but perhaps they’d have a slightly more extended lifespan. just not Thorin long #I also like this because Armitage talks somewhere about Thorin 'feeling' older than he looks & that makes sense since he SHOULD look older #he's just aging slower than those around him. even among his own people.

[bleaksqueak]

cw pet death under the cut

Well, I guess I largely vanished for the past couple of days for some people. We unexpectedly lost two of our ratties, one of which was one I had a close bond with, so that sure knocked me out for a day. I've been taking care of one of our little old ladies, Sammy, and we expected she would leave us fairly soon, but we lost Willow and Abbie within just a couple of days of each other instead. Have some cute photos of baby abbie and willow since they were Very Loved and had happy lives. Baby Abbie! When we saw how tiny she was (stunted growth, runt) and her little broken tail we had to take her home with us... somehow, miraculously, she could still move the whole tail! It's a mystery how it broke in the first place, and no one knew when we got her. We never had it amputated since it wasn't causing her any distress, and it just over time came to look like a little pikachu tail to us. She was my little heart rat and was glued to me near constantly.

all growed up button:

"FOUL TARNISHED...." And baby Willow!!

So cute in her pot pie the incredibly sweet /sadcute photos of her mommy, Bonnie (still with us!) protecting her the day we adopted them. They were adopted together due to their previous owners having to move and not being able to keep them. Bonnie was convinced we were going to steal her baby, so she kept sitting on her like this:

Willow was curious and wanted to make friends faster than Bonnie wanted, but Bonnie warmed up and finally stopped guarding so heavily. Part of her warming up included her adopting me, so uh... rat mom? She treats me like a baby rat. Mom, I'm a full grown Rat, thank you. Willow was ***fascinated*** sitting and watching Resident Evil 4. She sat through the whole game and any time a loud noise would happen she'd ZOOP back into a sleeve...then poke back out, ears perked and whiskers going. She did the same thing last christmas when we opened presents, so RE4 gets called "CHRISTMAS 4" in our house. also to the other ratty keepers out there, don't worry, the little cage is only a nursery/hospital cage and playtime cage, they lived in a giant critter nation with lots of friends. Anyway, I'm a little sad still so I wanted to share some cute photos and celebrate them instead. We're probably going to be looking around at the local breeders to see if anyone has any baby girls ready for adoption.

#photos #rats #cw: death #cw: pet death #cute photos and cute comments under the cut though #since this is to celebrate them #my sweet little ratties #it's part of owning little animals with short lifespans #the joy they give outweighs the pain of losing them to me at least #and I always look forward to getting to spoil a new generation when one generation leaves #we still have bonnie / lei lei / sammy / wednesday / gizmo and coco #we had eight total in our mischief before #so I suppose we might be looking at getting two or more new little ones #depending on what the local area has and if there are already bonded siblings #willow and abbie both named after two of the soli characters #in our house we have a little headcanon that when they leave they go to a little rattie afterlife train station #so we were saying abbie had to go pick willow up at the station

[orbitsuns]

#this shit was dying LMAO #the mod wouldnt work with teens so i had to age them up into ya's #then i realised my game had bugged eris' lifespan anyway & he was supposed to already be a ya #so now i have to speedrun to the actual beginning of gen 4 WHEN I WASNT READY #ts4 #sims 4 #ts4 screenshots #sims 4 screenshots #ts4 gameplay #sims 4 gameplay #ts4 simblr #sims 4 simblr #simblr #secret garden challenge #secret garden #secret garden┊gen 4

[mitskijamie]

Speaking of. Ted Lasso truly does have some of the worst kid dialogue I’ve ever seen on television. Like when 9 year old Phoebe was like “it’s understandable. You were only together a year, and most relationships can’t even survive one major career change, let alone two.” have you never met a child in your entire life

#oc #I get that Phoebe is supposed to be precocious and weirdly smart but like #no 9 year old (not even the smartest 9 year old in the world) is capable of that level of emotional maturity and wisdom #to formulate a thought like that ​you need life experience and social-emotional skills that no child has #a year is over 10% of her entire lifespan wdym ‘you were only together a year’. a year is an ETERNITY to a little kid #and I know it’s a joke but as an ed student bad kid dialogue is just my pet peeve #watching a comedy like ‘she is not fucking developmentally capable of that’

[doodliver]

Sons c:

I was supposed to just focus on Killua for a current comm but his dynamic with Gon was so wholesome (almost like siblings c': ) that I decided to check the anime itself

#I was supposed to just focus on Killua for a current comm #but his dynamic with Gon was so wholesome (almost like siblings c': ) #that I decided to check the anime itself #Gon has added years to my lifespan just being him #adding his adorable dynamic with Killua doubled it ;v; #Somehow it gives me early 2010's nostalgia even if it's my first time watching #The commissioners and ko-fi supporters will make me fall into a second otaku phase at this rate 😂 #first Persona 4 and now this #I'm a workaholic in rehabilitiation #I really needed this to re learn how to relax and have fun #thank you c: #gon #killua #hxh #hunter x hunter #anime #art #fan art #chibi #cute

[haaam-guuuurl]

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?? YEARS AND YEARS OF TALKING ABOUT A REVEAL AND NOW YOU'RE SWITCHING THE LOVE SQUARE?????

These people are geniuses, and morons, and absolutely unhinged, and it's an amazing plot twist and plot device, and it's the worst thing in the show ever, and it makes so much sense with the way the show has been going, and it is absolutely ridiculous for the show as a whole, and it's stalling, and it's moving forward in a whole new direction, and I hate them so much, and I fucking love it here, and UUUGGGGHHHHHHHH

#miraculous ladybug #miraculous #determination #love square #adrienette #marichat #ladynoir #mlb #marinette dupain cheng #adrien agreste #ladybug #chat noir #cat noir #my posts #i tell myself over and over i don't care about this show anymore and it can't affect me and it's just bonkers it's not worth it #BUT THEN THEY PULL THIS SHIT #HOW THE EFF AM I SUPPOSED TO BE AMBIVALENT TO THIS INSANITY???? #jesus christ it is a rollercoaster being a ml fan rn... #just loving and pining adrien has added YEARS to my lifespan tho #please please don't tell me we now gotta spend 4 other seasons like this??? #but also luka and kagami are THE BEST i love the supportive exes of these morons look for them yess #miraculous: tales of ladybug and cat noir

[anglerfishenthusiast]

no i am going to touch on it a bit actually. the weird push by (PRIMARILY WHITE.) fans that thistle is supposed to be some sort of little baby only 12 years olds because hes like. short and has fucking many issues is so insanely crazy because ryoto kui herself has said that if you converted marcille to a normal human lifespan she would be 5 years old like clearly direct converting other species mixed or not to human years is just simply not going to make a perfect 1 to 1 and its fucking WEIRD that the only other major brown character is getting en masse infantilized when NO other character is getting this treatment

#its not even that i disagree youre supposed to read thistle as younger than the other elves but why is there this like. push to treat him #like hes a literal infant despite... the everything thats gone on in his lifespan and all the shit he does and has done #lemon squeezy.txt

[vanyafresita]

nobody:

me: im just gonna make a dungeon meshi self insert, it's gonna be fun ! i'd definitely be a halfling... cute clothes too... and i.... *looks at holm for a little too long* ah, FUCK IT *draws my very real gnome boyfriend next to me*

#d-d-do you think he would mind our lifespans are completely fucked #i saw that funny page ryoko kui drew about long lived races being disgusted at those who date shortlived races bcs of the age gap #and i think its very funny to.... think... about.... <- totally hasnt been daydreaming inserting myself in the post canon story to date hol #LEAVE ME ALOOOOONNNEEEE #he is so sillu and goofy and cute my little gnome.... I NEED TO BITE HIM CHEW ON HIM HE IS SOOOOO #dies #“the clothes are confusing are they in canon or modern era” #i drew myself first so i was supposed to be in canon #but then i drew holm taking as a base the gnomes info page height chart (forgot to mention) but thrn i gave him modern looking clothes..... #IDK OKAY #tbf i've clothes similar to the ones of my self insert so really we're both wearing modern stuff- im weird but that's just my fashion style #<- trully dresses like the english teacher they are #ANYWAYS #my art #vanya strawberry flavored #im shy so reblogs are disabled lol

[13eyond13]

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#i feel there is sort of a middle ground opinion on the 'light didnt care about his family' debate that rages from time to time #which is more the one i fall into like #he DID care about them but he didnt make them his number one priority and i think he cared more about certain family members than others #like soichiro was his number one family member and then sayu and then his mom maybe more of an afterthought #and even soichiro he wouldnt sacrifice his goals / extra lifespan for... whenever soichiro volunteers to do the eye trade #light is sad about it but doesnt offer to take his place or anything like that #i can kinda see both readings of it i suppose but i think the more interesting/less edgy way to read it is he really deeply cares #but ohba intentionally leaves stuff like that ambiguous/up for interpretation in the manga anyways #so i think it's a bit weird to act like there is clearly only one way to read it and you're a moron if you end up reading it a certain way #on either side of the debate... #p