#Are We Still Enemies

[aplacetosharemyfics]

Are We Still Enemies : Chapter 7

Namaari peeked around the corner, making sure their route was safe, praying that she had remembered the path correctly. Raya waited for her further up the corridor, sitting leaning against the wall, chewing on a stick of jackfruit jerky. The brief moment of joy when she’d been freed and collapsed into Namaari’s arms had vanished. Instead, she huddled in the darkness, her cold eyes watching Namaari’s every move. It seemed she still couldn’t trust her saviour.

The piece of Dragon Gem weighed heavily in Namaari’s pocket. It signified Raya’s trust in her. And it represented her betrayal of her people.

“It’s all clear,” she whispered back to Raya.

Raya had refused any offer of help, choosing to lean heavily on the wall as she walked. It looked exhausting. Namaari walked slowly, pretending to listen out for footsteps but keeping an eye on the young woman behind her.

“We need to find Sisu,” Raya panted.

Namaari paused, looking back at her. She desperately wanted to run over and support the feeble woman. But the angry look that Raya cast at her suggested that, if she got anywhere near her, the sword hanging at Raya’s waist would end up located in Namaari’s gut.

She nodded in agreement. They needed to find Sisu, find the rest of the gem, and save the world. She hadn’t noticed, when making her way down to the dungeon, where they kept the dragon. Would Chief Virana have hidden it away to stop rumours? Or would she have displayed the dragon like a trophy? Namaari continued down the corridor, praying that her mother wouldn’t have done such a thing.

Both girls pressed against the wall as the sound of footsteps echo down the corridor. There was nowhere to hide. As the person got closer they could hear their breathing and the sound of the clothes rubbing against each other. Namaari held her breath, reaching out to grab Raya’s hand. She was pleasantly surprised when Raya gripped the offered hand.

“Hey!”

Someone shouted down the corridor, making the two hiding girls jump. Raya threw a hand over Namaari’s mouth, muffling the gasp. But no one was listening.

“Someone killed the Dragon!”

Raya’s hand twitched on Namaari’s face, clenching as she focused on being silent. Namaari gently squeezed her hand. Sisu wasn’t just a Dragon to Raya. She was a friend. Namaari was lamenting the loss of the last Dragon. Raya was crying for the death of her friend.

“The Druuns are coming!”

Their footsteps echoed down the corridor as they ran desperately for their lives. Namaari let her breath out but it caught in her throat. Without the Dragon, was there any hope left for them?

“Help me up.”

While Namaari was wallowing in self-pity, Raya had already moved on, a plan formulating in her head. She gripped Namaari’s shoulder, using it to push herself to her feet. It took a few seconds, but Namaari eventually responded, clambering to her feet and hauling Raya up so she was supported on her shoulder.

“We need to find the rest of the Gem.”

Namaari nodded. As they made their way quickly towards the courtyard she wondered whether this was just Raya clinging to a final hope. But she trusted Raya. And even if it was another dead end, she was going to follow Raya to the end of the world.

#Are We Still Enemies #raya #raya and the last dragon #chief virana #virana #namaari #ratld

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

not "i ship these characters" or "i want them to bond platonically" but a secret 3rd thing (I want them to be forced to interact by the Narrative bc they would HATE that)

#who needs romance when i can watch two narrative foils painfully tolerate each other's existence #bonus points if they are forced to Work Together To Solve A Problem #and they end up working surprisingly well together! #they make a surprisingly effective team! #they even confide some backstory with each other & bond a bit & understand each other better #and when it's all over they shake hands & amicably agree that they still cannot fucking stand each other #'this was an interesting sidequest & I'm glad we got to experience it. #but all things considered i genuinely never want to see your face again' #Enemies to Chained-Up-In-An-Abandoned-Bathroom-Together #to Enemies #two stray cats forced to share a cat carrier for a trip to the vet

[ohmyglobwhatthefrickamievendoing]

Love that Izzy got in one last shot at Stede in a situation where Stede could under no circumstances retaliate and won their two season long bitch-off by then immediately and permanently peacing out

#EDIT: reblogged a slightly longer version of this because they were friends when izzy died! - #- they'd both showed they cared about each other in some form by the time izzy died & he STILL had to be a lil bitch to stede one last time #the real reason izzy died: to get the last word over stede #izzy & stede were actually a comedy duo and i'm so sad we got so little of them #whether they were enemies or friends they were always bitch4bitch and that dynamic will be /deeply/ missed #ofmd spoilers #ofmd #our flag means death #our flag means death spoilers #our flag means death season 2 #ofmd season 2 #ofmd s2 #our flag means death s2 #in spirit this post is: #stizzy #gentlehands #izzy hands #stede bonnet #ofmd izzy #ofmd stede

[artharakka]

Beautiful, But Broken

#bg3 #tiefling #tw blood #c: Viivi #so I redid my bg3 character because I wasn't feeling durge that much. So now my sibling does durge and I regular tav Viivi #(changed her to tiefling for funs) #at least I meant to do regular tav but uhhhhh things have gone very unfortunately very fast #anyway. Viivi is an artist; she does painting sculpting poetry and some prose. Experimenting with this and that #unfortunately she is deaf which made making connections a bit hard in the fine arts world #fortunately she has a patreon with one very generous patron (she's fey warlock)✨ who has bestowed some gifts of charms for her #which have opened doors of many art galleries #She's not a fighter so although she is confident in her own lane she is also very aware of her mortality #so she avoided any fights she could #which might have saved her but also got her into the mess of her lifetime #you see she couldn't fight the entire goblin camp and their leaders. She would've just not survived that. So she convinced them #that she is a True Soul. She is good at convincing people. It worked. They thought she is on their side. Good #Halsin also though Viivi was on their side. Halsin attacked Viivi's party. Now Halsin is dead. #So Viivi and her group were still alone deep within enemy fort. Viivi made new plans. She frees the prisoner who says he will warn the grov #Good thinks Viivi now they know to flee. I will go to Minthara and tell we got the information from prisoner of the grove location #she will trust us and we walk off #when we get back to grove they have not fled and Minthara is at the gates #Minthara wants Viivi to sound the horn. Zevlor wants Viivi to sound the horn. Viivi asks Zevlor to please tell this plan in detail. #Zevlor says just blow the horn already. Viivi does that. Minthara thanks Viivi for leaving the gate open as planned #Zevlor does not thank Viivi for that. Viivi is confused as she did not leave the gate open. (for real the damn gate was left open) #So I did a Massacre. #now Karlach is gone Wyll is dead. Lae'zel is also dead #but apparently Minthara is ready to be very loving and sincere with Viivi. The most helpful person she has met in very long time. #Viivi might love her #so that is how she's doing.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Daughter of delta Yu, show them that you're no fool!

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#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #yu ziyuan #jiang fengmian #jinzhu #yinzhu #wang lingjiao #wen zhuliu #elle woods #Not officially appearing but this is very much supposed to continue on the running gag of her being a character in pd-mdzs. #Yes I have been thinking about how Yu and Nu sound the same. Would it not be funny if YZY and Elle Woods were martial sisters? #Oh man I really hope help gets to lotus pier in time. I hope things turn out okay despite the odds. #I always wondered what YZY ended up fighting with once she gave away zidian. Supposedly she would have a sword right? #Let us also factor in the fact she gets her core 'melted' and can't use spiritual weapons anymore. #We know for a fact that this does not stop someone from still kicking ass. #Thus I propose: Yu Ziyuan as a bare knuckle brawler. In my heart she's a multiclass barbarian/monk. #As *if* she would go down without causing a bit more bloodshed once her core was gone. #Gatekeep Gaslight Girlviscerate your enemies.

[agentc0rn]

I was meant to protect and nurture life, not destroy it.

#pokemon fanart #pokemon xy #pokemon x and y #eternal flower floette #az floette #pokemon legends z-a #floette #kalos #my art #pokemon #pokemon legends za #I imagine Floette was very hesitant to use Light of Ruin unless needed as a final resort #Which she had to in order to protect AZ's kingdom and prevent the enemy from further advancing #considering the recoil damage of Light of Ruin #maybe she died because of that :( plus wounds from other mon's attacks... #Still curious as to know if was she naturally powerful to begin with? Did she get strong over time through training?? #Or was it the bond between her & AZ that corresponded to her strength (sort of akin to bond evolution minus the transformation) #we may never know lol unless they mention about it in Z-A

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

Bard-aby <3 except he's only loosely a bard bc i don't subscribe to absolutes <3

rambles:

BARNABY WITH PANTS??? BLASPHEMY!!! however this is a (dnd-inspired) fantasy au so. pants! loose pants tucked into modified boots because no one can tell me No!

based off of Clown's pokemon au human Barn, it seems like he might be a bit of a jewelry guy! he was wearing rings! and had an earring! also i think Barn just looks great w/ some extra shinies, yk yk

since ties aren't really a Thing in fantasy settings, i combined the iconic pattern w/ his vest for a two-in-one. then suspenders bc they fuck severely! his belt buckle is a bone both as a nod to the pattern on his tie / house decoration, and to go along with how Wally has an apple buckle! besties stay twinning!

you can't see it but on his other side he has his pack & his smoking pipe holster, which attaches to his belt! it's very high quality leather that he spent so much money on. his pipe is important to him - he carved it himself out of wood from an important tree from his childhood, so he wants it to be properly stored & protected! he has two kinds of tobacco for it - normal, and magic tobacco that essentially allows him to cast minor spells w/ the smoke

the feathers on his hat are from Ms. Beagle! in my mind he left the farm to go adventuring on a bit of a bad note, but his mama made sure to give him a couple feathers to take with so that she'd always be close <3

he keeps his claws blunt so that he doesn't accidentally scratch people/things, and so that he can play stringed instruments without cutting the strings. while i imagine for this au he plays a wide range, he prefers Loud Handheld Instruments that allow him to sing along. so in mind he has an Accordion here! loud! jaunty! but i imagine he also keeps a recorder in his pack for when Frank needs annoying. (he did have a lute, but he broke it over someone's head in the act of defending Wally's honor)

im still trying to pin down the right balance of colors for his outfit, but! for a little au tidbit - all of his spots are the same two blues as his ears. in this im imagining that he, at a young age, learned a very basic cosmetic spell that allowed him to change his spots color to mimic Ms. Beagle's! he wanted to look like his mama! but by the time he's in his late 20s he no longer changes his spots

ohhhh i forgot to add his pockets. Oh Well

#i wanted him to look um.... Put Together? #barn strikes me as a character that likes to look a lil sophisticated in a way! #and i wanted that to come across in this fit... dont know if i succeeded #i still wanted to have Bard-ish / Barnaby Vibes #i can easily imagine him reclined by a tree absentmindedly playin his accordion... smokin... in this outfit hat tipped down over his eyes #barnaby my beloved <3 #and bardaby my beloved <3 #also ill admit!!! #that lute is traced from a real image lmfao there was no way in hell i was scribbling that thing from scratch #scribble salad #wh fantasy au #i lowkey feel bad for barnaby when he finds out about the whole warlock thing #bc hes been traveling with wally for Years #barnaby likes to think that he knows everything about his little buddy #and then wally has to be like 😬 #yeah im actually not technically a real person #also there's this 'demon' i have a pact with & also a weird kinda non-platonic Cant Be Accurately Labeled intimate relationship with #oh and i sometimes sacrifice innocent people to it in a pinch. the rest of the time we eat enemies' souls #and barnaby just has to! deal with that! like oh great! his bestie has been lying to his face since they met! #ands its been Seamless Lying! #suffice to say barnaby has a crisis #and now since wally can be more open about home #there's a sort of... pointless Rivalry for wally's attention/affection #even though barnaby definitely misjudges the situation and how home feels about wally... #oh switching gears back to the instrument thing! #in my mind barnaby also knows how to play the harp really well #and howdy's tavern has a corner for live music - which includes a permanently placed harp <3 #so i think on quiet days barnaby will go play the harp while howdy cleans glasses & the others do their own quiet things #maybe its raining outside! or Snowing! but the tavern is cozy and warm & there is beautiful music <3

[chappellrroan]

which ship dynamic are you?

#enemies to loverswelp #here we are: the infamous enemies to lovers. #you started off on the wrong foot #but learned to tolerate each other until you eventually fell in love. or- you still hate each other #but you can't help but be drawn to them (i like this one better) you probably just want someone to be obsessed with you #(or u like being degraded a little bit i wont judge) #okay not accurate or maybe idk #do this 🤭

[blue-jos10]

literature is to andrew what exy is to neil.

and neil is a god of literature the way andrew is a god of exy.

#neil is apathetic about books when his words can rival poets and andrew is apathetic about exy when his saves can rival pros #they both hate each other's apathy over easily having what they desire yet instead of making them enemies it draws them to each other #aftg #neil josten #andrew minyard #honestly the fact that we can still find weird dynamics between these two goes far to say how perfect they are for each other #i love them sm #ok time to go back to dropping off the surface of the earth bye #all for the game #andreil #blue's bs

[zooophagous]

If I were going to visit a deep, colossal abyssal death pit, I would not tempt fate by doing so aboard "The Titan," the mythological beings trapped in torment in the dungeon of Tartarus.

Just gonna put this one next to The Terror and The Erebus entries under "Nominative Determinism"

#for real I dont wish this sort of horror on the worst of my enemies but the cinematic irony of it all is right there man #maybe they'll still live possibly if we believe in ourselves and with a tiny pinch of magic #titanic submarine #oceangate #tagging it so you can blocklist it if you're sick of it

[im-still-watching-anime]

kakashi: i know orochimaru is here but you need to remain calm naruto

naruto: you’re right, i’ll control myself

orochimaru: sasuke—

naruto: YOU ARENT GOOD ENOUGH TO EVEN SAY HIS NAME ASSHOLE

#naruto #naruto shippuden #naruto incorrect quotes #sns #sasunaru #hatake kakashi #uzumaki naruto #orochimaru #uchiha sasuke #naruto being absolutely incapable of being chill around orochimaru is so special to me #naruto with literally every other enemy in the series: hang on we should hear what they have to say #naruto with orochimaru: we NEED to kill him no matter what #team seven fighting literal gods and people trying to actually take over the world #but STILL all having the deepest beef with orochimaru like im obsessed with them #they hate that man!! #meanwhile he’s just chilling SOMEHOW living through that entire series lol

[aplacetosharemyfics]

Are We Still Enemies : Chapter 6

There wasn’t anywhere in Fang where the princess couldn’t go. But there were areas where she was advised to stay away. Including the old weapons storage which was now full of food from the previous harvest for the long winters. Because at the back of the large warehouse was a small door with a large padlock. This was the entrance to the dungeons.

Namaari gripped the knife that hung at her hip, prepared to force her way down there. But a simple lie: “Chief Virana thought I could make her break,” worked just as well, though the guards followed her down the narrow corridor.

The lighting was dim, barely enough to see the ground at your feet. When the path split, Namaari had to step back and let the guards lead her. They walked in silence but there was still noise around them. It sounded like someone crying in the distance. Shivers went up Namaari’s spine as she wondered how many people her mother had hidden down here. She didn’t even want to consider the other secrets her mother might have hidden.

Raya’s belongings hung outside her jail cell, just out of reach from inside, like they were tempting her. Her bag had been emptied completely onto a table, the contents rifled through like Raya had hidden the last piece under a pile of jackfruit jerky.

Namaari had been taught about the ways of Heart, to learn how to overpower and control them. Out of curiosity, not because she wanted to know more about Raya or anything, she’d continue to study them, going further into the records. It was there she found an old notebook from before the five tribes had been formed. It described a desolate land, a desperate search for food and water. And included instructions on how to survive in such a world. Including the last possible option: jackfruit jerky.

Namaari had snuck the little book out of the records to continue to read - this was back when she was young enough to dream about running away and going on exciting adventures. She was quickly taught otherwise.

It was only when she first talked to Raya, at the banquet where everything went wrong, that she was reminded of the dream. Her mother had instructed her to do anything to gain Raya’s trust, and sharing a dream seemed a perfect approach. So she shared what she remembered from the little notebook, including the jackfruit jerky.

Finally, Namaari looked from the jackfruit jerky into the cell. She was sure what to expect, she’d never even known her mother had a dungeon let alone attended an interrogation. But this was so much worse.

Thick cuffs dangled from the ceiling on chains, cutting into the skin of her wrist where they held her. Crusted blood ran down her arms. Her posture was slumped forwards, not enough energy to keep her to her feet, and her head hung limply from her neck. Namaari looked into the cell with a blank face. Welts ran along Raya’s tanned skin, tearing through the cotton shirt, leaving a line of red blood welling to the surface. Namaari swallowed. Out of the corner of her eye, she spotted the whip.

One of the guards slammed their hand on the bars, jolting Raya awake with the sudden noise. She raised her head with, what looked like, a lot of effort. Namaari had seen her eyes often. Admittedly, she’d focused a little too much on the eyes, but they were … always so full of life. Raya’s eyes, now, were dead. They were dead as they slowly ran across the three faces. What had they done to her in those few hours?

Thankfully, when they landed on Namaari’s face, there was a glimmer of emotion. Unfortunately, that emotion was anger.

“You backstabbing binturi!”

She thrust herself forwards, straining at the chains, baring her teeth in a display of anger larger than Namaari had ever seen before. Because she’d never really seen Raya’s anger.

“You come to gloat?”

She was almost frothing at the mouth.

The guard slammed their hand on the bars again making Raya flinch back.

“How dare you use such language towards the Princess.”

The other guard had taken the whip off the wall, twisting the thick leather in their hands. Raya immediately quietened down, pressing against the wall, tucking her head into her shoulder to protect her face because that was the only thing she could do to prevent injury.

“That’s better.”

Namaari hated the way these guards were too used to threatening people. And she hated the way she couldn’t do anything about it.

“Now,” the guard said, crouching down to get within Raya’s line of sight. “You’re going to have a nice long chat with the Princess about where you put that last piece of the Dragon Gem.”

Raya’s eyes widened and raised her head to stare straight at Namaari. The guards could have taken it as fear, but Namaari recognised the shock and gratitude.

“Here,” the guard passed the whip to Namaari, laughing as Raya whimpered at the sight of it.

“Have fun.”

And they left.

Namaari quickly dropped the whip, kicking it away from the cell before searching through the various items on the wall. Because it was a standard cliche that they would leave the key on a hook on the wall. Indeed, beneath Raya’s cloak was a small hook on which hung a large key.

It wasn’t until Namaari had opened the door and removed the cuffs, letting Raya collapse into her arms, that Raya finally relaxed. She sunk into Namaari’s arms, laughing at the absurdity of it all.

“Thank you.”

#Are We Still Enemies #raya #ratld #raya and the last dragon #namaari #chief virana #virana #tw abuse #tw torture

[mishapen-dear]

tbh i think that even unwinnable fights should be winnable. some of the BEST fights i've ever run as a dm were ones i built kill the players (in a fun way. I had some cutscenes prepped so even the loss would be a different flavour of win)- but then they were clever bastards and managed to either win the fights or pull themselves out of trouble. I think it's perfectly fine to plan for a fight that players aren't supposed to win, but you need to let them. if they can't win, they can't lose, and the meaning of that encounter is diminished. do that too many times, and they stop trusting you to give them roleplay prompts and start expecting to sit there waiting while you drive the story for them.

but if they can win... if there is always the chance to win, no matter how impossible the odds, then they ALWAYS have hope. they always get invested. they feel the big emotions of success or the big emotions of failure, and you fucking Win as a dm/roleplay prompter/lead bastard.

#qsmp neg #qsmp crit #discourse #<- for blacklists #im not grumping or anything im just musing on like. the mechanics of why everyone is so upset about the latest fight #and how it can be avoided while still keeping these fights genuinely difficult and intense #its hard because there's so many players and they all have wildly different strengths and weaknesses #so someone who could take on the code easy needs that enemy scaled differently than someone who isn't a big fighter #but it's hard to do that in a world where they interact w the same enemy #and you only have so much man-power to cater to a big server like this one #and then you bring in the big powerful items that the players can and can't access but which the admins have ultimate power over #and the fact that some of the admins themselves have lag issues or aren't super great at pvp so they accommodate that with better gear #and it starts getting messy #but for the fights themselves yeah regardless of what armour or gear or killing-methods they use there should Always be a win condition #and idk maybe there was one and we just didn't get to see it #but if that win condition is 'parents sit in the safe room with their babies while the others are overrun' #then i think there are ways to build better win conditions #anyway i love game design and player/dm interactions qsmp hire me now i want to know your behind the scenes #jk im too busy to apply #but man. i wanna nerd out so bad that sometimes i think about it

[allthebestnamesweretaken]

Some noteworthy quotes from the few episodes Josephine had taken over Clarkes body:

“You don’t get it. If Bellamy knows that Clarke is dead then all of this is for nothing. You may as well just kill us all now” - Murphy to Josephine

“The people you care about are in trouble. I guess you just care about her more” - Josephine to Bellamy

“I’m not losing her again” - Bellamy to Octavia

“Clarke I need you” - Bellamy to Clarke

“I’m not letting you go. You’re a fighter, now get up and fight” - Bellamy to Clarke

And I’m supposed to think they’re platonic????

#bellamy x clarke #the 100 #bellarke #bellamy blake #clarke griffin #enemies to lovers #platonic my ass #JRoth I will never forgive you #still not over the fact they didn’t kiss after he saved her #can we take a second and acknowledge how Bellamy looked in this episode #you could see the pain in his eyes man #HE LOVES HER #SHE LOVES HIM #THEY LOVE EACH OTHER GUYS #he was literally willing to kill everyone in that compound to avenge her #also Octavia had the same smile when they hugged that she did with their hug from season 2 #omg now I’m thinking about the hug from season 2 #they mean so much to me

[c-sui]

#pokemon #pokemon colosseum #trainer wes #rui #colosseumshipping #sui's sketches #bg's are still my enemy

[candlewinds]

#KDRAMAWOMENSWEEK 2023 | Day 4: Bad Girls Club

Kim Hye Eun as Park Hong Joo in The Guest (2018) Kim Hye Jun as Queen Consort Cho in Kingdom (2019-2020) Ji Eun as Kang Wol Hye in The Red Sleeve (2021) Park Ji Yeon as Choi Ga Yeon in Bloody Heart (2022) Kim Hieora as Boss Yong in Bad and Crazy (2021) Han So Hee as Yoon Ji Woo in My Name (2021) Uhm Ji Won as Won Sang Ah in Little Women (2022) Song Hye Kyo as Moon Dong Eun in The Glory (2022-2023)

#kdramawomensweek #kdramaladies #kdramaedit #kdramadaily #kww2023 #indecisiveness got the best of me so I decided to take 'club' literally #😈 #we talk a lot about other giffing woes but not enough about the TRUE enemy: #'I need that one little scene from that show I watched over a year ago and have zero idea what ep it was in' #still sad about wol hye though I wanted to give her her flowers #:(( #I only just caved and started watching the glory 🤕 weak-willed!! #*edits #long post for ts #the guest #kingdom #the red sleeve #bloody heart #bad and crazy #my name #tvn little women #the glory