#the SILENCE from the party

[nat1naturalform]

Me, pumped for a new battle, first in initiative: rolled a 17 to hit, plus 3 😌

DM: Miss

Me:

#the SILENCE from the party #we BOOKED IT #we got super lucky in the end and it was fine but DAMN #dnd #d&d #dungeons and dragons

[letshearitforthebabyboy]

WAIT A MIN WAIT A MIN- Has Peter ever gotten a *Beyoing-* whilst being tied up by a villain?? Bondage seems like an unfortunate fancy considering his job atm JAFVAJA

i think 1) peter's fortunate in that really, it is actually pretty difficult to restrain spider-man because of, you know, super-strength. that's kind of why he's into it, actually. because he has so much strength that it's really hot to him when he actually can get restrained. rare occurrence. takes a whole lot to pin him down.

2) spider-man gets boners all the time and the villains are just in agreement to be polite about it.

#it's like all the times i've gone life-drawing and the male model has gotten an erection and everyone is so. so polite about it. #it happens. body can't be controlled sometimes. #i think peter doesn't register them because there's so much adrenaline pumping through him. and he's too busy punching. #but they definitely happen. i like to be merciful and say he's oblivious to them. #and that the villains he fights are too embarrassed to draw attention to it. #if peter notices then he doesn't say anything either. so it's silence from both parties. #peter goes home thinking nobody noticed. #(they noticed.) #peter (lying in bed after fighting kraven): god i hope he didn't see my boner.

[feelsohighschool]

i'm literally frances janvier in the sense that academic validation means so fucking much to me and i like keeping my anonymity on tumblr

#radio silence #alice oseman #osemanverse #i'm literally just a girl #blogging from betty's party

[daylighteclipsed]

I think if you convinced Astarion not to ascend, he’s there for the Haarlep encounter, and you fail the CON check (push Haarlep away), he should lose his cool and fire an arrow at Haarlep or something and interrupt Haarlep’s magic, giving you another chance to fight instead. I do think the sex abuse survivor witnessing his friend or lover being coerced into sex would notice when they want to escape and would have something to say about it.

#it’s wild how all of your party members stand there and watch this unfold in silence #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #it’s so uncomfortable and humiliating #i couldn’t handle it i had to reload my save and go the fighting route instead #i had lae’zel and shadowheart with me. and i get how they could ig bear this in stoney-faced silence #but i had astarion with me too. and i just do Not believe he’d watch this in silence #not after you’ve helped free him from a life of abuse slavery and noncon #he should protest more than ‘are you sure we can trust [haarlep]’ #or maybe even offer to take your/tav’s place #it wouldn’t work of course. haarlep would insist on tav #but it would further show his char development since act 1 and how much he’s grown to care about you/tav #that he’s willing to put himself through that again so you don’t have to #i mean #I’m not the only one who sees parallels between cazador and haarlep #AND astarion and haarlep #right #I’m not the only one who thinks haarlep would Really Bother astarion. right #I’ve heard astarion is sympathetic (the only companion who is) if you lose/surrender your body #but i just think he should also be the one who’s like hey let’s Not let our friend be taken advantage of like this

[lesbianjonimitchell]

omg... just sent my resignation of membership to the political party i've been a member of for more than 8 years. a third of my life. i've spent countless hours volunteering for them on the board of my hometown chapter and during election campaigns; some of my partymates are basically family. but the party on a national basis have been eerily silent on palestine. the national leader wrote a long bullshitty op-ed titled "the palestinians are suffering, the jews are suffering" in which she refused to take a stance and failed to distinguish between jews and zionists. and also spent more time condemning the crimes of hamas than the crimes of israel.

i have considered leaving the party many times over the years. the fact that they can't take a firm stance on a genocide makes it abundantly clear that i don't belong here. fucking sucks, man. im not sure where i go from here.

#ultimately i always ended up staying because the local chapter in my hometown were considerably better than the party on a national basis #and all of my homies actively dislike the leader lol #but i dont live in my hometown anymore and havent been active in the party for years; and regardless this is so black and white that i #cannot keep supporting them. end of an era. ive literally been a member since i was 15-16. so fucking disappointed in them. idk if their #silence is because theyre priming for the leader to run for prime minister now that the biggest centre-left party has forsaken the left #like the left literally had the majority and they opted to work with the centre-right instead and make a cabinet across the middle #so the leader from my party might be trying to appeal even more to the centre-left. idk. and not my party anymore but yeah #thankfully aforementioned homies have spoken out against israel! but not as much as i'd hoped #margrete auken of the european parliament youre the only one i still respect

[patchwork-crow-writes]

39 - Time and Space

You are the most wonderful person I've ever met, the gentle light to my lonely dark. So then why am I compelled to run and hide from the closest thing to love I have ever known?

I see you standing in the square, staring past the darkners gathered there, perhaps wondering where I am. And oh, how I smile when I see you there, from the safety of the tallest castle tower... but when the searchlight of your eyes sweeps over me, a nameless terror seizes my heart, squeezing so tightly it could burst...!

Words slip through my useless fingers and I find myself at a loss. I cannot articulate my own fear to myself, so what chance would I have trying to tell you about it...? So shamed by my silence, I fear there is no alternative but to hide, though I would sooner run to your side.

I am sorry, my dear. I hope you can forgive my cowardice.

Perhaps a moment is all that I require. A pocket of time and space, somewhere to gather my thoughts before you jumble them all up again. Please remember I am not used to company, and be patient with me as I work through my feelings!

Most of all, I hope you don't take my silence and avoidance as rejection. I assure you that nothing could be further from the truth. I just need a little longer to figure out how to be around you.

After that, I promise that we'll have all the time in the world

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The Dark Menagerie No. 39

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#writing #fiction #fanfiction #deltarune #short fiction #drabble #Ralsei #Kris Dreemurr #Kralsei #Krisei #sometimes silence from another party isn't rejection #Maybe they're not used to positive attention #or any attention at all #Anxiety has a lot to answer for here #But it seems entirely in character for Ralsei to sometimes be overwhelmed by Kris's presence #Even if they don't... actually say or do anything around him #I dunno. It's a whole thing I guess #The Dark Menagerie

[burstfoot]

MAYER DELETE THAT PHOTO RIGHT NOW

Inktober Day 28! Yeah, I know I just posted like 12 drawings... I didn't do todays yet... The rule for this one was "go to the Hot Topic website main page and pick the most embarrassing outfit you can find". I like to think Amiya tells Ifrit where to shop.

#arknights #olivia silence #inktober #doodles #i am SO tired from travelling! thank u everyone for all the love on these doodles tonight #i was drawing the pose (which i also stole from the hot topic website) and it wasnt coming out well and then i was like wait . she wouldnt #do the pose well either #thats cognitive behavioural therapy in action #mental restructuring #mayer #ifrit #sarisilence #(by implication) #see i can post sarisilence too it just has to involve all parties involved being lame as hell (jk)

[marasschino]

what are your thoughts on shinjimina ?

Hmm

So I wasn't sure if you meant shinjimina as in femc and Shinjiro or mc and Shinjiro so I'll do both.

I'll start out w/ Kotone and Shinjiro since I have less thoughts here tbh. Shinjiro is probably one of my fave s-links for Kotone and even then I still kinda wish it was done better but the contrast between them hoo boy. Combined w/ the fact that these two are one of my favorite ship dynamics of "menace who will make anyone a friend and guy that begins to realize that people *do* care about him and that he does have people to go home to".

While it's certainly not my favorite ship w Kotone I can certainly see why it's one of the ships I see most often for both of them.

Now if you meant shinjimina as in Shinjiro and Minato then man I have got lots of thoughts about these two. Like as a concept they are something and I wish they had more canon interactions becuase Minato and Shinjiro are such parallels to each other it's crazy.

Like they both try to distance themselves from the people that they care about AND are simultaneously some of the most caring people in SEES. The first time Minato summons a persona he loses control and Thanatos basically rips out of his soul (and while you could argue that's Death ripping out of him I feel Thanatos is represented as part of Minato in a lot of canon and not part of death), and I'm pretty sure we all know about Shinji at this point. And just one more thing to add to this pile, is that they will both die for other people even if those other people don't want them to.

I just think if Minato had like one real reason to go and talk to Shinjiro like they both would've came out better for it, but they're both passive little shits so they were never gonna approach each other unless they *needed* to. They strike me as the type of duo that could've grown together as people and idk there's something special about that.

But in conclusion I wish there was more Shinjiro/Minato content like there is not enough of them and we gotta make up for that 😭

#asks #They're also definitely the type that would just sit in comfortable silence w each other or do their own thing but occupy each other's spac #Cause like i said they're both goobers that don't like talking to people and maintain “safe emotional distances” from others #But I think it'd be funny if they were to call each other out on their shit bc they're also hypocrites about their emotions #one of the top ten reasons to look forward to reload is minato's canon interactions w his male party members + ryoji (hopefully) #sorry for rambling lmao i typed all this out in a blur at the doctors office #I'll always be a diehard ryomina girlie but shinjimina does have a special place in my heart i promise #shinjimina

[therevengeoffrankenstein]

he's so special to me actually.

#myevilposts #hammer #frankenstein #the revenge of frankenstein #< that's me :^) #men will literally make a creature and try to be immortal instead of going to grief counseling. #(well of course i know him. he's me.) #wait have i told ya'll about how i gaslight gatekept girlboss'd my way through counseling bc the counselor #had family connections to me and i didn't have full patient confidentiality 😭😭😭 #back then i decided to make it all about grieving my great grandmother. which wasn't a lie per se but #was basically a way to divert from my more major problems (debilitating social anxiety that was preventing me from #talking about having social anxiety.) #we would literally spend long blocks of time sitting in silence because i would just. not be able to physically bring myself to answer #the questions 😭 but it was a good exercise in introspection ig. it inspired me to further psychoanalyze myself. #so it wasn't a total waste of time 👍 i fucking guess! #fundamental me lore tag #loveee reposting my profile pic like hi girl ! #like um who invited handsome to the party???

[worstloki]

Brodinsons where one of them words something which comes off as a very descriptive euphemism and cringes and the other graciously makes a ‘carry on’ gesture because they’re just going to overlook how that sentence sounded and continue the conversation

#third party who only hears the single sentence and the momentary silence after and draws back in mute horror thinking ‘THOR AND LOKI?????’ #this post has been brought to you by ‘don’t talk about volleyball in easy terms so your bro understands what you mean’ #this can be applied to most sports btw #Thor talking about training and he’s like oh and then I received the stroke from behind and he 😬😬 and Loki is innocently blinking like go on

[toastsnaffler]

everyone say thank u to my roommate for going to visit her parents this weekend so I can jack it loud and nasty 🙏

#i love her but there are some benefits to having the flat to myself.... love getting to wander around in just my boxers + a tshirt too #things i could do while she was still here if i wasnt a pussy 🙄 #jk itd just make her uncomfortable and im too respectful for that #having a lowkey crush on her is an endless comedy to me bc we would be so woefully incompatible romantically #and also sexually.. historically ive only ever stone topped bc ive never been comfortable enough w anyone to let them fuck me #despite very much Not being stone or exclusively a top. and i think shes some form of sex repulsed anyway so like. sits there dead silence #and also shes so in love with her other friends and i showed up late to that party.... ive been feeling kinda guilty lately bc ik- #she misses them a lot and wishes we'd be able to stay roommates w them too. and im a pretty poor replacement for them tbh #and i love spending time with her but whenever i do i feel kinda painfully aware im not them like i could never fill that space #and asking to hang out more with her always feels like im taking away from time she could be talking to them. or even being alone ik she- #likes her own company and i get that a lot too so its chill but ahh.. man #i dont mean this in a bitter or jealous way at all like theyre all such sweet ppl i couldnt ever hold it against them #theyre kind of a 3 headed cerberus type situation and im like. the stray puppy they found on the side of the road #theres nothing they can do differently i was just born to be alienated from other ppl forever until i die. and someday i hope ill- #finally get used to it and accept i wont ever feel like im enough for anyone else or feel like anything else is enough for me #old wounds healed over 5082 times that still hurt to touch but i cant help pressing my fingers into them anyway bc its a familiar pain etc #anyway lost where i was going with this its just been on my mind again recently. i hate to be pitied i hate to feel like im only included- #bc they didnt want me to feel left out i hate feeling like a shoddy secondhand stand-in and its been a lot of that lately #also been a little annoyed bc sometimes it feels like shes trying to micromanage my social life and girl. we're not close enough for that #im sure its well intentioned but im not part of what they have going on i cant compete in that ring so dont try to push me into it.. #ahhh. its all ok tho one of the guys is coming to visit next month which will be rly fun but ill try to give them some space too #its good at least im doing this processing now bc group situations can be spike traps of triggers for me sometimes #regardless of how good friends i am w ppl and ive already had a wobble a few weeks ago w how i cope and i dont want it to become a #fully fledged regular issue again bc its so hard to crawl back out of that pit. anyway losing coherence here im gonna stop rambling #and go make myself an early dinner and then back to drawing........ #sorry for long tags if ur reading this blows u a kiss but go find a better use of ur time girl!! #.diaries

[disastercit]

could not stop thinking about camp camp characters in miitopia but I don't have access to miitopia rn so I could not make it a reality. hasty drawing is gonna have to be the next best thing

thief max (almost made him an imp but i just didn't really like the imp outfits tbh)

#moment of silence for rhe pair of goggles i forgot to draw #my DAD wanted to play MORTAL KOMBAT on my switch so he moved like 90% of my save data to an SD card that i do not know the location of #so i dont currently have my miitopia save data #mortal kombat eats so much memory its not even funny. its banned from my switch now #and even if i did have my save data my switch hasnt been working for tje past 4 or 5 months (potentially 3rd party dock related) #camp camp #also i swear this pose looked way better 20 minutes ago idk what i did along the way

[beedreamscape]

I mean having EVERYONE was really fun but it beautifully displayed why *big* tables just don't work

#critical role #everyone struggling how to bounce topic from topic #and the farewells had me having deja vu of trying to leave parties where my mom said goodbye but still kept conversation going #and there's this thing. jokes land harder when there's fewer people #so many things splitting the attention. also more people ready to fill in the silence #anyway #it was fun... for a one time thing #hopefully we'll get in the future a table with just the split trio gathering info

[landinrris]

Not to be insane bc I fully thought the idea alone was ridiculous, but the radio silence from Lando and the fact that the last time he was spotted was Saturday in London and based on Max Fewtrell’s streams he’s not back in Monaco is making me start to think that he may actually be on a ridiculous last trip of the offseason this week

I feel that, anon. The only thing at this point that is making me not think that is some of his social media activity (namely the few tweets) is happening at times that would make it the middle of the night in Vietnam. Who fucking knows what that crazy man is doing

#i glanced at the timestamp of his tweet in response to ollie yesterday when it came across my feed... #...and it was around 3pm est which would be 3am hanoi time. so idk #i do think the silence from all involved parties again is inch resting though #time will tell #ask #lando

[lesbianjonimitchell]

wow it looks like the leader of my former political party is finally calling for ceasefire! that only took two months and 17.000+ dead civilians. im glad i left them.

#wondering if this has something to do with the satisfaction survey pseudo-dad told me they sent out. he criticised their silence on #palestine in it and said it was a shame i left before getting to fill it out. yeah. i did send all of the MPs emails though. am glad they're #finally breaking free from the PM's unconditional support of israel. current government actually makes me wanna hurl #and my former party are obviously priming to. be part of the government or cabinet or whatever. as if that wasnt a catastrophe last time #and has taken almost a decade to recover from. lol. lmao even

[thebestfriendstoloverstrope]

i had a big ole inspiration strike in the shower and thought, what if S5 took the interruption trope that the stranger writers love so much for byler but made it vecna? ok bc let's say vecna's watching will (bc he is) and he will definitely try to thwart any character progression will could potentially make that would enable will to grow stronger (and more capable of defeating vecna)... and let's also say that ever since the big rift opened up, micro-fissures in the ground keep opening up randomly, which means you always have to be on your guard bc you never know when a mini rift will open up and make you fall into the upside down...

and let's say mike and will finally (after many episodes of mutual pining and building tension) have their Love Confession moment, and it's building up to it, and after a long conversation of them skirting around the point, will finally finds the courage to softly tell mike, "i think, for me... it's always been you" (with HEAVY romantic implications), and mike looks at him both with so much soft surprise but also so much hope, and mike steps closer to will, placing his hand on his cheek, and begins to say something back, but he doesn't make it past will's name because, SUDDENLY, they both startle as the ground begins to split apart beneath them, and their hands find each other's and they FRANTICALLY try to run away but then a vine lashes out of the upside down and winds itself around will's ankle, yanking him out of mike's grip and dragging him across asphalt into the rift, and mike nearly fell as will got pulled away for him so he's scrambling to get back on his feet, screaming "WILL!" and running after him, trying to grab him, as will cries out to mike and reaches out for mike's hands, but mike's fingertips barely graze will's before will disappears into the upside down, and we get a shot of mike from below as he screams will's name into where he disappeared into the gate

and THEN let's say, an episode later, will is facing off vecna in the upside down, but he isn't succeeding, and vecna's got him suspended in the air as the vines slither up will's body, wrapping themselves around him as they aim to shove themselves down will's throat again, and will is struggling so hard but this feels like this is it and tears are escaping out of tightly shut eyes and it HURTS and he's been in so much pain for so long, and maybe this is the end, and then!

THEN!

out of nowhere, vecna gets blasted away, and the impact breaks his concentration, so the vines release their hold on will and will falls, landing on his side with a gasp, and his eyes fly open to see mike, molotov cocktail in his hand, fury in his eyes, and mike mutters "eat shit, asshole" as he throws another cocktail at vecna. and it won't be enough, will knows that, but all he can think about is that mike is here, and god, does he love him, and as soon as the cocktail leaves mike's hand his gaze flies to will, and mike starts running straight at him, and will stumbles to his feet, and he lets out a "mike," but he can't get any further than that because mike's reached him and he's kissing him. he's got both hands cupped tenderly around will's jaw and he's pulling will's face closer to his and mike's kissing him. and it's all will can do to sob against mike's beautiful lips and bury his own hands into mike's hair, tugging him impossibly closer. and they kiss. they kiss, and they kiss, and will cries, and they kiss some more, and then, too soon, mike's pulling away, leaning his forehead against will's. will fights to catch his breath as mike asks, "you ok?" in the tone of voice he saves for will alone, thumbing away at the tear streaks down will's face, and will just breathes out a laugh. "never better," he replies, and mike laughs too, affectionately brushing his nose against will's.

they breathe the same air for a moment, basking in their finally actualized love, when mike blurts out, "me too", like he's finishing a conversation, and will just blinks at him, confused. "it's always been you for me, too." mike smiles down at him so fondly, and will feels himself tearing up again, his newfound joy so at odds with the hopelessness he felt moments before, and it swells up in him like the dawn breaking, and he doesn't know if he has the space within him to keep this happiness contained. "always has been, and always will," mike confesses into the space between him, and will laughs wetly, cheeks hurting at how big he's beaming, before lifting his face back up to kiss mike again. mike grins against will's lips, then kisses him more and more and more.

will never wants him to stop.

#and then we cut to the party (who joined mike into the ud) who look on in shock #and then dustin breaks the silence by shouting “oh my god it all MAKES SENSE” #and then lucas goes “wdym it makes sense?? where did thid come from??” #and then dustin goes on a huge rant about how mike's behavior about the byers leaving never added up #especially considering he was always complaining about not being able to call even though dustin KNEW mike was getting letters from el #but even then mike never freaked out about el the way he always has about will #no offense el but... it makes sense #and el just smiles and says “no. it does make sense.” #also i headcanon that el knows by now that mike loves will bc when she initiated their breakup she told mike “friends don't lie” #and she was definitely trying to redirect mike“s understanding of where his affections truly lie #anyway rant over #byler #will byers #mike wheeler #byler s5 #byler fic #kinda #will's love for mike goes hand in hand with his ability to defeat vecna #the more he and mike solidify and embrace their love for each other #the more capable will becomes of defeating vecna #hence vecna's interruption #ok rant truly over now