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s0lar-ch3ri · 5 months

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my non jrwi friend on "are you a jay kisser or chip kisser?"

okay so my silly lil friend (@red-might-be-dead) made a tumblr post on chip and jay kissers (post can be found right here) and being curious i asked my non jrwi friend (@arcadianxanadus)

his response?

"i am a GILLION kisser. actually no, a hugger, im too aroace for kissing. since when you look directly at gillion he's 5''10 meaning i could simply bury my face in his tits, aka a great hug. and when you don't look directly at him he's like 5''1 meaning we're like the same-ish height so hugs are easier and more comfortable to achieve aka a great hug. in conclusion gillion best boy." (well, not the best boy part, but as he has hijacked this post, what he says happened happened)

and when he(more accurately I bc i have stolen cheri's computer) was asked if he would prefer to hug either jay or chip, if he had to choose his answer? "jay. bc again, titties." (note from @arcadianxanadus: tis not intended in a sexual way, as said before, im aroace, to me sex is only used as an inspiration to accentuate clothing/dresses that i design(i will only share the designs if you ask politely and offer digital glitter))

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0meatloaf0 · 6 months

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I was looking through my computer files and I completely forgot that I whipped up these bad boys when I was revisiting one of my childhood favorite dress-up game creators (specifically the ones they collaborated with this artist on) a while back, and I've realized that these deserve to be memorialized on my blog. (That red-haired design of Chromos is old, don't mind that.)

Damien, Tia, Remy, Charis (c) bittersweet-fl0wer Chromos, Atlas (c) me: now featuring shockingly accurate characterization!

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mozart-the-meerkitten · 8 months

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*thinking about the SOS Chronicles kids* wait, oh no, Silas is that one you think is normal BUT NO, he might not have a dragon co-habiting his brain or be a cat-lizard child with anger issues, but that boy is not normal.

#the sos chronicles #writing #writers #my charies #my books #my writing #silas starfell #how many 11-year-olds can navigate an incredibly unstable anomaly field in a space shuttle they aren't trained to fly #casually walk into a DEATH FORCEFIELD because that is his best friend his LITTLE BROTHER your honor glowy lights and wind be darned #decide to go awol and search for said friend/little brother on his own with only his weird sister #and kill a man for threatening said little brother #also running into multiple battles with NO fighting skills #or muscle #or any kind of training whatsoever #silas nearly died so many times as a child that he just does not fear death now apparently #not for himself anyway #cassie's not normal either aghalksgdjfsd but at least she's got crazy hair #silas LOOKS normal #but nah he's just as unhinged he's just better at hiding it #because SOMEONE has to be the stable reliable one here

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thewrongsorts · 2 years

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❝ it’s perfectly safe! safe-ish. ❞ (for Charis)

alice starters // accepting!

Her eyebrows jump, and she looks over at the creature with a politely hesitant smile... not nervous, really, but certainly somewhat skeptical. “I don’t suppose you could clarify ‘safe-ish’? For someone a little less familiar with animal handling,” she adds, a little humor finding its way into her voice.

#beastmasterr #answered #charis v: swimming to the light [healer]#rp: charis

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katrotica · 7 months

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Remember that crazy hot topless golfer that I posted a while ago and also went a little crazy posting a bunch of gifs of that specific topless golfing clip? Well, this is her. Not golfing. Just being insanely hot. And sparkly. Maybe she’s a vampire. That would work for me. I wasn’t expecting this kind of pic of Grace Charis, and thought they would all be golf-themed but obviously she doesn’t want to be typecast. The original pic was really nice with the sparkles and the different light colors on her body but the background was pretty plain and I’m really happy with how I managed to incorporate the colors on her body into the rest of the image. Honestly sometimes I don’t make these images better, just different. But I dare say this one is better!

#grace charis #katrotica

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karriethemechtech · 8 days

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I’ve been reading through all the TROs I can in prep for the landing action on Helios. I’ll be later with the General’s SLDF cadre, but for now I have warnings for the landing force:

The WoB are fond of three things: PPCs, Plasma, and C3i. If you’re not prepared when they bring them out, they’re gonna eat you alive.

PPCs: mind that they may have snub-noses PPCs shoved in places you don’t expect. Those mechs will want to be close to you! Also be careful of their fondness for IS Heavy PPCs. While they don’t have the range of a cERPPC they maintain every bit as much headchopping power.

Plasma: Plasma rifles would be scary if they were only ammo-fed PPCs, but unfortunately they’re worse. Plasma rifles have the nasty side effect of causing heat bleed into the target’s systems—basically, if anything on your mech is prone to overheating expect it to be twice as bad. My suggestion: remember that gauss runs cool and punching mechs generates no heat at all. Other than that be choosier with your shot placement if you see any of these around.

C3i: This right here is probably the killer they have. Hell, I’d be afraid of mechs throwing rocks with a C3i net. Unlike a traditional C3 net, there’s no centralized node, so ECM’s only gonna have limited effect. Every level ii of mechs will probably be linked! If they get close to you and can send close-in data to someone up on the hill with a longer ranged weapon, expect lights out.

Tl;Dr: WoBbies bring equipment that’s designed to make you worse at your job and less sure of how to do it. Keep your eyes on the prize and don’t forget to smile! Might be the biggest battle of your lives.

@lt-chari @the-tired-merc @starcolonelkatrinamoon @wolf-among-mechs @harwood-pmc-official @msn-04iinightingale @the-clawtake @snords-sword Stay safe gang. We’ll be there soon.

#battletech #mechwarrior #story event

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gentilfarfalletta · 27 days

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Charis Ammon, Sodium Light, Warm Night, 2023, 6 x 8 inches, oil on canvas

#charis ammon

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mihrsuri · 4 months

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We sat down with Rupert Graves post Season Three of The Tudors (warning - this discussion will contain huge spoilers for the entire season, particularly the finale).

(Or an in universe Tudors OT3 verse version of The Tudors TV show actor interview. Ellie belongs to @nocompromise-noregrets <3)

So, Norwich is really gone?

Couldn’t have happened to a more deserving person!

I was particularly taken by the way the show uses the historical reports that a range of emotions apparently played across his face as the axe fell to say that he realised exactly how much the monarchs valued Thomas Cromwell?

It was such a bloody good way to frame it as a narrative - so much of his [Norwich’s] self image is tied up in being the smartest person in the room and to have his utter unravelling end with that realisation that he’d never understood at all - it’s fantastic to play as an actor, because you get to just utterly take apart the character. It was also personally just fantastic to see this odious fucker getting what he deserved, to understand just how disgusting and small he is.

I was going to ask you about that, about how it was playing someone who is a monster with a handsome face and charm?

So not just as a father, though that was a huge part of it, but as a human being? It was horrifying - as an actor I don’t feel like I need to justify a characters actions - and here especially, because ultimately my Norwich is a fictionalised version of a real historical person or even to understand it but I did have to ‘get him’ to make it work - I made a lot of visits to Welles Hall - they were fantastic.

A lot of guidance?

Absolutely! Ellie (Dr Eleanor Richardson, Chief Archivist and the discoverer of the Norwich Papers) and Ahmed (Dr Ahmed Rushton-Bridges, historian and author of ‘John Norwich: A Biography’) gave me a tour and an understanding of his diaries - it wasn’t a pleasant subject but they did an incredible job. And it gave me more of a sense of him, especially as a younger man with that sense of entitlement.

Did you visit his town house?

I did. I will say it’s a beautiful space now in theory but the atmosphere in the actual rooms makes your blood run cold, that’s the best way I can put it - they’ve been blessed and cleansed and a thousand and one things but something haunts that place. But it did give me something to draw on, both James and I.

[James Frain who plays Thomas Cromwell, Duke of Essex in the Show] He visited as well?

Yeah actually. We both found it very hard going honestly but we both felt it was very important that we went - for different reasons for playing these people. Afterwards we went and had a cry together - did that a few times throughout the season and then tried to keep it light. My method was that to play this we actually needed to have that trust with each other - to both be able to be safe.

Also shout out to that scene with Norwich and King Henry - though I don’t suppose you could tell us what Henry whispered in his ear?

Johnny (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) and I have agreed to take that one to the grave [laughs]. No, it was done in silence and so you only see Henry’s back for a reason - it was actually specifically Jon’s suggestion that the absence of words and faces actually works better for the menace and for this being a ‘historical rumour’ we use in the show [historical note: King Henry VIII did indeed visit The Tower shortly before the Earl was executed but the rumour that he did so to meet with Norwich is simply a rumour] - it also adds to the mystery!

Did you know there were people swooning over your character and the chemistry you and James Frain had?

I know a lot of people don’t know the history - I don’t blame them for that, it’s not something you’re going to cover in school in detail and it’s pretty recent but, no to answer this once and for all - it’s not meant to be sexy. Or if it is it’s meant to make you think about, well, the discomfort of how predators don’t look like predators - they are charismatic, they can be good looking and smart and present themselves like an ex lover - which Norwich genuinely believes and doesn’t make it any more wrong or repulsive.

It is meant to make you look back and see just how uncomfortable Cromwell is, how predatory it is - I know there were people who got it and I’m glad we didn’t…we didn’t present it through Norwich’s narrative. His narrative is there, but it’s not the one the show actually has, I don’t think.

And of course in lots of ways it makes sense that people swooned over Norwich - it’s how he was seen in the world before everything came out! The people who try to defend him after that though, that disgusts me.

I have to say you and Jeremy Irons Norfolk do have a fascinating something going on…

We joked that it was very much a ‘worst recognises worst’ situation but yes, there’s something there - a mutual respect and ‘only one I’m fond of in this world’ which I don’t think either of them expected. So yes, that was absolutely deliberate!

#ot3: political power trio #lil and her ridiculous aus #fic #tudors ot3 verse reference

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thetwilightroadtonightfall · 1 month

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“Up in the clouds

Oblivion sounds

Whatever way you go,

It's not right if it's not with me.” 🍂

——Overmorrow x The Bird by Ok Goodnight Part IV

notes under the cut:

I kept this simple both as a callback to pt. 2 and bc that was the limit of my artistic abilities tonight uwu

In the oc file, I talk about the big void left behind by Agapios’ passing. There’s Charis’ pain, a child losing his father, but there’s also Xenia’s pain, a wife losing her husband, and Fidel’s pain, a tired helper and family man losing the prospects of a brighter future

The sad reality is that in their sorrows, they weren’t always able to be the parental figures Charis needed at the time. More often than not, Charis was the one who found the strength to keep things together, to keep their hopes and dreams alive

now for the symbolism~

Charis’ light(/hope/resilience) resonates with the light of his past (Agapios) and the light of his future (Ephemer), shining even in the deep darkness of grief that blankets the family

Ephemer and Agapios are parallels for this but are also just similar kinds of people in general—bright, strong, and selfless to a fault

Charis also acts as a literal guide for Ephemer, strong enough to break though the clouds of his despair…and through the gutter/frame separating them 😌

#overmorrow #my fics #my art #charis oc #xenia oc #fidel oc #agapios oc #overmorrow x the bird #2 more parts to go…

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effeminateboyninja · 1 year

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konoha 13 music hcs

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I can’t listen to a song without making it about characters so here’s some headcanons for what kind of music each of the Konoha 13 characters would like/listen to

note: big ty and credit to @kingkonoha, my resident Neji-expert for getting me started with his part! your mind is wonderful.

more here:

jonin sensei | sand siblings | akatsuki

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team 7

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Naruto - Yung Gravy // Lil Nas X // Post Malone // JAWNY // Lewis Capaldi // Ed Sheeran // Imagine Dragons // The Chainsmokers

Sasuke - MCR // Minor Threat // Dead Kennedys // Against Me! // The Offspring // XXXTENTACION // $uicideboy$ // Killstation

Sakura - Taylor Swift // MARINA // Lucy Dacus // Mitski // SZA // Roach Girl // King Princess // Avril Lavigne

Sai - Mitski // MCR // The Cure // Joy Division // Depeche Mode // Cocteau Twins // Alex G // Florist

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team 8

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Kiba - Jack Harlowe // Yung Gravy // Drake // Travis Scott // Tyler, the Creator // Childish Gambino // Lil Yachty // NF

Hinata - Leith Ross // Beach Bunny // Taylor Swift // mxmtoon // Mitski // The Staves // Hozier // Laura Marling

Shino - death’s dynamic shroud // Nmesh // 2 8 1 4 // Gorillaz // Death Grips // Denzel Curry // JPEGMAFIA // Injury Reserve

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team 10

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Ino - Nasty Cherry // Charie XCX // Doja Cat // SZA // Saweetie // Megan Thee Stallion // Miley Cyrus // Avril Lavigne

Shikamaru - Mac Demarco // Tame Impala // MGMT // Alt-J // Cage the Elephant // Goodbye Honolulu // Frank Ocean // Metallica

Choji - The 1975 // Wallows // HUNNY // Hippo Campus // Red Hot Chili Peppers // Mac Demarco // Tame Impala // SZA

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team gai

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Neji - Ludovico Einaudi // Claude Debussy // Maxence Cyrin // Boil the Ocean // Carlo Boscoli // Lullatone // The Blasting Company // Christian Camarao

Lee - Queen // Wham! // Tears for Fears // Electric Light Orchestra // Elton John // Journey // Harry Styles // BØRNS

Tenten - Paramore // Lorde // MARINA // Grimes // Orla Gartland // No Doubt // HAIM // Mitski

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#shino has two moods: chill and pensive bugboy #and SICKO MODE #naruto headcanons #naruto hcs #naruto shippuden #naruto modern au #team 7 headcanons #team 8 #team 10 #team gai #team 10 headcanons #team 8 headcanons #team gai headcanons #ebn; hcs #naruto #sai

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chariaki · 2 years

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He looks just like a dream...

The prettiest boy I've ever seen...

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-----------------Kozume Kenma---------------

Hot af gamer & CEO boyfriend:

-Clingy

-Back hugs

-Body massages for you

-Easily jealous

-Wants you all for him only

-He belongs to only you

-Artistic

-Fcking hot deep voice

-Looks hot in a business suit

-Obviously gorgeous, attractive, and over all--so fcking fine.

-He feels like... the vibe you can get when its a nice, relaxing gray & rainy day, and you're at home chilling with your coffee/tea and delicacies placed on the bed table, while you're all cozy wearing your favourite sweater, with a fluffy comoforter as a blanket, and watching your favourite show/movie.

-The unexplainable cozy, warm and happy feeling i get in a cold and dark room, with only the tv as a light.

-Kozume feels like that.

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Hello again, lovelies! It's your lovely writer, Charis~~

This post is a Kozume appreciation, because he is very attractive.

I got those cool Kenma fan arts from pinterest, so credits to those hardworking artists who did an amazing job!

Also, if you want me to do more appreciation posts like these, you can freely requst for any character you want me to do!!

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That's all. And remember,

You are loved and cared for. 💕🌼

#fypツ #haikyuu!!#kenma kuzome #haikyuu fluff #cute #hot male #haikyuu imagines #haikyuu x yn #kenma hcs #kenma x y/n #kenma x you #kenma fanart #kozume kenma #hq headcanons #hq kenma #hq fanart #haikyuu fanart

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gender-mailman · 6 months

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•Beta trolls:

Firafe Restar: maid of life, prospit~ <:)

Trel(o)n P(o)llyn: shylp of d(o)(o)m, derse /:)

)jeferii Fhiiest: kniight of breath, derse( B)

ter1n0 Char1s: mage de bl00d, derse

Nerat1 Jort1n: he1r of heart, prosp1t 3:D

MerinA TriAng: seer of spAce, derse <I=:)

Kurei°ir L°Luryan: thi°ief of rage, derse >:)

-o->Equile Meagin: rogue of light, prospit (=z

Toper! Memery: page of vo!d, prosp!t <8D .

<>Bonnie Trelis: mage of time, derse =:]

]meerin Futtex: slyph of time, prospit[

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•alpha trolls:

-carmin Restar: prince of life, pr0spit-

S/o\laty P/o\llyn: mage /o\f d/o\/o\m, derse

Betrin F)=(iest: seer of breat)=(, derse

oTarian Charis: witch of blood, derse+ =3

_eriNky JortiN: thief of heart, prospit_

Vak<Ira Tr<Iang: knight of space, derse -_-

KI°Itron Luryan: heI°Ir of rage, derse

-|==>Tokian Meagin: muse of light, prospit 8]

L()lkar Memery: bard of v()][d, pr()sp][t

Safiry Trelis: l<>rd of time,derse =>:)

---(- Maryna Fishas: page of light, prospit -)---

Merlin Futtex: r{}gue of time, pr{}spit }{

#mailman speak #💌 i talk too much : talking #homestuck #anyways heres the troll ocs-

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zeus-japonicus · 1 year

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Can you tell us more about Asian Pirate musical?

it would be my pleasure, thank you for the question!

[Image description: Five illustrations of characters from the waist up under a banner that reads Asian Pirate Musical. Top left is Zheng He, a Chinese man wearing a red yuanlingpao with a golden dragon design, and a black futou. He points with a scroll and has a sword at his hip. Top right is Sek Yeong, an older Chinese woman with a bob of grey hair. She wears a light blue Tang suit with a red and gold half-cape, and jade accessories. She holds a pistol and a dagger. Bottom left is Keliling, an agender Southeast Asian person wearing multicoloured clothing, including a plastic poncho and a large rimmed hat with SEA patterns. Middle is Nazar, a Black person with a curled afro. Nazar wears batik orange clothing with an apron whose pockets are lined with tools. Bottom right is Riang, a non-binary Southeast Asian person wearing multicoloured clothing including a high-necked vest with see-through sleeves. They hold a holographic spanner against their shoulder. Every portrait is set against a map from the era and location that they are from. end ID]

The year is 2049: A lone pirate sails the Straits of Melaka under a red sky, alone… until a storm throws seafarers from across time and space onto the same ship. The five form an unlikely crew: 14th century Muslim diplomat and navigator Zheng He, 19th century pirate queen Sek Yeong, 23rd century space revolutionaries Keliling and Riang, and 21st century climate survivor Nazar, desperate to get off a dying Earth. Together, they delve into what it means to be free, to resist and to grieve, and to stand in solidarity in the face of our future.

Asian Pirate Musical (APM) is the baby of me and six other rad creatives. We had a Work in Progress showing just before Covid (literally the week where everything started shutting down in London.... what a wild time to cram hundreds of people in an unventilated theatre built in the damp arches beneath a railway track...) and then we wrote the whole show in lockdown. We're now at the point where we're pitching it to companies and throwing applications for money at various walls but... yeah.... it's not the best time to be trying to get a show on in London, ngl.

If ya wanna hear some samples of some of the songs, you can find them on youtube:

so, yeah, queer asian found family pirates is kind of a theme for me! hopefully one day soon we'll find its home, and you all can join us for the trip! we have socials and a website and stuff so, if you wanna keep updated with it, you can follow us there ^^

Also, the header art was drawn by Charis Loke, who is very cool!

#ask nemo #asian pirate musical

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the-oc-lass · 5 months

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Nimona OC - Charlotte Swiftheart/Corova

I forgot to mention that in the Knight Charlotte AU, Charlotte is the one who loses an arm during the knighting ceremony, but not for the same reason. Don't know if this makes it more appealing to anyone, but hey, somebody lost an arm still.

Anyway, I'm dreading finals next week and I just want to lay down and cry a little bit, but instead I'm going to lay here and write a shapeshifter, a wanted man, and a rebel leader have a little dance party and have fun together.

Enjoy.

First, Previous, Next

It was the most fun she'd had in a long time, if she's being completely honest. She'd found herself wearing a pair of sunglasses that Nimona had almost definitely stolen at some point, having a dance party with a wanted "villain" and a big pink shark. She'd danced with said pink shark, who had at one point sent her stumbling across the room until Ballister had caught her. And she'd danced with her friend, grabbing his hands and giggling as they wiggled and twirled. It had reminded her of their time at the Institute. Nimona was a new and welcome addition, of course, but dancing with Ballister reminded her of when they were kids. Of how when she and Ambrosius could pry Ballister from his studies, they would take time to turn on music and dance for a little while. On rare occasions, she'd even been able to convince one of them to sing with her. It was nice. For a little while, she forgot what they were celebrating and just had fun. She didn't think about the past month, or the past few days. The problems that have popped up melted away. And now, she finds herself holding a camera. Ballister had taken a few himself, with him and Nimona, and she had quickly offered to take some as well.

"You look like you're squishing him!" Charlotte laughs, even as she snaps a picture of bear Nimona squeezing Ballister. Nimona shifts back into herself and bounds over, reaching for the picture as it pops out. She grins at it, then tosses it on the table with the rest.

"You haven't been in any with us, Chari!" she says, grabbing onto Charlotte's arm. Charlotte laughs.

"I didn't know you wanted me in any," she says.

"Well, duh!" Nimona says, now dragging Charlotte over to Ballister. He takes the camera from her and holds it up, and Charlotte takes the opportunity to grab Nimona and squeeze her. The camera flashes, and the picture pops out. The next thing Charlotte knows, there's a flash of light, and Nimona is no longer in her arms. Or, she is, but as a cat. Said cat Nimona scurries up onto Charlotte's shoulders, and Charlotte laughs. Another camera flash. A few more pictures are taken before Nimona jumps up and turns toward them. "You know what else this party needs?"

"What?" Ballister asks, a fond look on his face. Nimona gives him a wide grin.

"Pizza!" She immediately turns and bounds toward the door. "Be right back!" As she throws the door open, wings sprout from her back.

"Be careful!" Charlotte calls after her. Ballister sighs contently and sets the camera down, sitting down on the sofa. She smiles and sits next to him, leaning back and closing her eyes. The sofa creaks slightly, and she can hear Ballister shifting next to her. When she opens one eye to peek at him, there's a somewhat conflicted expression on his face. "Bal?" He looks over at her.

"Can I ask you something?" She opens her other eye and shifts to face him properly.

"Go ahead," she says. He shifts too, mirroring her from not even a foot away.

"Were you ever scared of her?" She hums, but she doesn't really need to think about it.

"No. But I never really understood that part of what we were taught as kids. The whole monster thing, I mean. I just never understood how we could look at something and call it a monster just because we didn't understand it." She shrugs one shoulder. "Can't really blame the rest of the kingdom, though. Fearing monsters has been ingrained into us from the moment we learn what fear is for generations. I guess it just never took for me." He looks at her for a moment, a contemplative look on his face.

"Why did you want to be a knight then?"

"Because of you." His eyes widen, and he sits up a bit. She smiles. "What, did I never tell you that?"

"You're serious?" She shrugs.

"It's obviously a little more complicated than that, but yeah. I always wanted to help people, and seeing you get taken in by the Institute to be a knight inspired me. I wanted to be like you. Don't you remember how much I idolized you when we met?" He relaxes again, and there's something fond in his eyes.

"I just remember you being the first one to be nice to me. And then you told me that you were like me, and I didn't feel so alone." She smiles softly, and he smiles back. After a few moments, she turns her head to look back toward the door, which the wind seems to have blown closed.

"Knowing Nimona has really solidified why I questioned the monster stories. Even all the way back to Gloreth and her monster. Can't help but wonder if everything we've ever judged as monsters was just something we didn't understand," she says, before looking back at him. "I think I'll determine if something is a monster based on who it is, not what."

After some undetermined amount of time filled with quiet chatter, there's a knock on the door. She and Ballister make confused eye contact, then Ballister slowly rises and makes his way toward the door. Charlotte watches from the couch, ready to spring up and fight if there's trouble. And when Ballsiter opens the door, her body does, in fact, spring. Backwards. Because the Director is standing outside the door with a pizza in her hands. Wait, pizza? Charlotte peeks over the couch again, and the "Director" laughs before transforming back into Nimona, who takes a slice of pizza from the box and pops it into her mouth. Ballister sits up from where he fell back on the ground, looking at her with an unamused look. And suddenly, Charlotte's laughing too.

After making sure that her sword is back on her hip, she makes her way over to the sofa, leaning on the back of it to watch the TV over Ballister's shoulder.

"Zombies are immortal, eternal beings. There's no way to kill them."

"But what if they come for us?" Dramatic zombie noises come pouring out, and Charlotte watches Ballister pick up his drink from the corner of her eye.

"I can't believe I'm about to say this, but I actually feel bad for the zombies," he says, lowering the bottle from his mouth. Charlotte chuckles a bit, but they're both met with a soft snoring. They turn to look at Nimona, who is contently sprawled out on the other half of the sofa, fast asleep. Charlotte tilts her head and smiles fondly. She hasn't seen Nimona this content before. Even at the sanctuary, her guard always seemed to be up. However, the peace shatters as she turns onto her side, shifting into a wolf and barking fearfully. After a few moments, she turns over again, shifting into a cat and making more scared noises. Charlotte straightens, and Ballister carefully reaches a hand toward her.

"Stop. Don't," Nimona whimpers in her sleep.

"Hey," Ballister calls gently. Nimona shifts back into herself as she wakes up, curling away from Ballister's hand. "Hey. It's okay. You're safe. We're home." Nimona visibly relaxes as Ballister soothes her, closing her eyes again and smiling a little.

"Home?" she asks, before yawning and stretching her arms up. She turns over onto her side, and Charlotte adjusts so that Ballister can take the blanket from the back of the sofa and drape it over Nimona. "I like it here." Nimona grabs the edge of the blanket and snuggles further under it. "Let's live here forever." Charlotte smiles softly, reaching out and affectionately brushing some of Nimona's hair off her forehead. After a moment of looking at her, Charlotte looks back at Ballister.

"Look after her, alright? I'll be back tomorrow," she says. He looks up at her.

"Where are you going?" he asks. She sighs.

"I'm still the leader of the KB and the sanctuary. I have to make sure everyone is okay. It's a longer walk to the new place." He hums, then rests his hand on one of hers.

"Be safe. We'll see you tomorrow." She smiles, then leans over the couch to press a kiss to his temple.

"See you tomorrow." As she stands up, she casts one final look at Nimona and smiles gently, then turns and heads toward the door.

She has no idea. None of them do.

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bitletsanddrabbles · 10 months

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So awhile back...sometime last month, if I remember properly...@charie-caphine requested a snippet of Thomas Barrow x Peter Pelham. And I've had ideas!

One idea I don't think I have the cultural know-how to pull off. I mean, I'm familiar with other cultures and could maybe extrapolate, but mrgh. I don't think that would get me where I wanted to be with the piece.

The other requires rewatching and rewriting a full episode. Could I do it? Yes. Given everything else on my plate, is it likely to happen before I die of old age? Not so much, no.

But my brain keeps trying to come up with a sequel to Yes, Doctor and while it's generally been floundering (not to mention my beta reader accidentally blew the shit out of my next-to-last scene and can't suggest any alternatives that actually do what I want), there are some bitlets that are very firmly kicking around my brain. So I wrote one of those up.

Hope it suffices for now.

Doctor Barrow lifted a hand toward his pocket, then hesitated. “Do you mind if I smoke?” “Do I mind?” Peter asked, as amused as he was caught off guard by the question. “You’re the doctor.” “Don’t I know it,” the other man muttered, his hand moving the rest of the way to his pocket. Apparently he’d taken the question as an affirmative, because he came up with a pack of cigarettes. He fished one out, put it between his lips, and dipped into a different pocket for a lighter. “Rest of the staff won’t lay off me about it,” he grumbled as he flicked the lighter to life. “As if they don’t down enough caffeine to short out their kidneys.” He tucked tucked the lighter away as he inhaled, causing the tip of the cigarette to glow. Closing his eyes, he tilted his head back and blew a stream of smoke into the night air. Suddenly Peter didn’t care about health issues. The street lights caught the edge of the other man’s face in the darkness, picking out the line of his cheekbone and nose, turning the smoke into a twisting bloom. Without really stopping to think about it, Peter raised his camera and pressed the shutter release, capturing the image before it was gone. Without moving anything but his lips, Doctor Barrow asked, “Did you just take my picture?” One eye cracked open and found Peter in the darkness. “Um, sorry,” Peter replied, chagrined. “I’ll delete it, if you like, but it was just such an evocative image, I couldn’t help myself.” The other man opened both eyes and looked at him a moment, bemused, then said, “Let’s see it then.” Obediently Peter pulled the image up on the LCD and held it out. The doctor studied it, taking another drag as he did, although this one was nowhere near as picturesque, then shrugged. “Just don’t let anyone else at the hospital see it. I’ll never live it down.” Peter turned the camera off, ignoring the small shiver that went through him at the thought of having a picture of the other man just for him. There was probably nothing in it, after all. “I’ll keep it between the two of us. Promise.”

#downton abbey #downton abbey fanfiction #writing #fanfiction #thomas barrow #peter pelham #thomas barrow x peter pelham #snippet

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walkswithmyfather · 1 year

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[This is pretty long, but so worth reading!]

“What Does the “Grace Upon Grace” Mean That We Receive in Christ?” By Heather Riggleman:

“Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given” —John 1:16

“Sometimes I wake in the dead of night and the day’s poor choices flood my mind. The guilt, the heaviness, and the pain make me question if God will ever get tired of my issues. Yet, He gives me grace upon grace—something I will never truly comprehend on this side of heaven. Before I gave my life to Christ, I questioned how anyone could love someone like me. The hopelessness and regret try to shroud me in a cavern of darkness. Yet, the incredible light of God’s love illuminated His priceless gifts of mercy, forgiveness, and grace.

Have you ever felt the weight of feeling unworthy? Or the way hopelessness untethers your soul? But then you meet the One who gives grace not because you deserve it but because He loves you anyway? God gives us grace upon grace because we’re all flawed, imperfect human beings in need of saving.

Jesus loved us so immeasurably that He sacrificed Himself with all of His infinite perfection. He took the penalty of our sin and made it His own. There is sin, no darkness, no crime ever committed that His limitless purity and goodness has not already paid for. In other words, Jesus’s actions became the unthinkable transfer: the perfect Son of God taking our darkness, crimes, hatred, deceit, and lies, becoming our unrighteousness so that we could receive His perfection as our own. This is the definition of grace. The word translated "grace" in the New Testament comes from the Greek word charis, which means “favor, blessing, or kindness.”

What Is the Meaning of 'Grace upon Grace'? John 1:16 says, “Out of his fullness we have all received grace in a place of grace already given.” In other words, grace upon grace. This passage tells us that Jesus’ fullness is the never-ending source of grace. Let’s break down this verse:

#1 “Out of His Fullness…”

Whatever we have in Jesus, it comes from His fullness in God. Through this relationship, He is full of grace and truth (John 1:14). We are incomplete without Christ. He is the Word of God in flesh. He revealed our heavenly father to us. Through Jesus, we have all we could ever need. He is our infinite source of grace and truth.

#2 “…we have all received grace”

If you’re alive and living on this planet, you have already benefited from God’s grace and goodness. Every sinner, saint, atheist, agnostic, and doubter have all received His gifts of through being alive, witnessing God’s hand-painted sunsets, the breath in their lungs, or the love of a parent. Everyone has benefited from the goodness in this world that God not only created but provided.

Matthew 5:45 says, “He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.” All have received the grace of life.

#3 “…in a place of grace already given.”

Jesus died for our sins so that we can live in Him and through Him. God sent His one and only son as a perfect sacrifice to take our place on the cross. This is the gift of salvation. The gift of undeserving grace. Before Jesus there was only the law, John 1:17 says that “the law was given through Moses.” The law was given to the Israelites but it did not truly make us free nor did we have complete communion with God. But then Jesus arrived on the scene making the law of Moses more like the “ministry of death” (2 Corinthians 3:7). Because of Jesus, we have received grace upon grace that was already given. On top of salvation, God continues to bless us every day with new mercies out of the riches of his glory (Ephesians 3:16). His ultimate goal is that we enjoy the glory we have in Jesus! John 17:24 shows us Jesus is praying for us, “Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.”

What is the Origin of Grace? Grace was birthed in the heart of God and began weaving its legacy throughout the Old Testament and into the New Testament. Jesus came into the world as Son of God, to make Him known to us in ways that were not yet fully known (John 1:17). For without this gift, the wages of our sins were death. So, Jesus took our place on the cross. He died a sinner’s death, paying for our sins. When there was no way, Jesus made a way. Jesus saved us through the gift of grace—a gift that cannot be paid back. Ephesians 2:8 says, “For by grace are you saved, through faith, and that not of yourselves.”

Out of the fullness of God in Jesus, we all can receive the gift of grace. Grace was already given in the beginning, but it was replaced with a new and greater grace! God’s grace is new each day, sometimes we are in need of grace moment by moment, even breath by breath and before we can comprehend the gift of grace today, God heaps on the gift of grace tomorrow and the next day.

We often think of grace beginning at the cross, but the story of grace goes back to the beginning of time. All the way back to the first few chapters in the book of Genesis. The story unfolds in the Garden of Eden. Adam and Eve disobeyed God by eating from the forbidden tree and unleashed sin into the world. God then banished them from the garden.

I used to think they had to leave because God was punishing them. After all, they had broken His rules and refused to take responsibility for their choices. It looked like God had given them what they deserved, but God was coming to them from a place of grace.

He sent them from the garden because sin had corrupted everything. If they had been allowed to stay, they would’ve kept eating from the forbidden tree of good and evil; right alongside the Tree of Life, the tree that gave immortality (no disease, no death, no heartbreak, or separation from God). If they had been allowed to stay, it would have been a life of unending shame, a life of carrying all the brokenness that their sin had brought with it. In God’s amazing grace, He shepherded them out of the garden and had a plan to redeem all of humanity so we can all experience the resurrected life His Son Jesus would one day provide.

What Does the Bible Say About God's Abundant Grace?

This means Jesus has come to touch and transform our lives. He brings us out of pain, fear, disappointment, poor choices, regret, hopelessness, and ushers us into a life of forgiveness, mercy, grace, and love. But He doesn’t want us to just be grateful we aren’t going to hell or that He eases our burdens—He wants to have life and live it abundantly. He wants us to be free of guilt, shame, or anything else that might blind us to His purpose, fullness, and love. In John 10:10, Jesus said, “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” The word “abundant” in the Greek is perisson, means “exceedingly, beyond measure, more, superfluous, a quantity so abundant as to be considerably more than what one would expect or anticipate.”

Jesus wants us to walk in His footsteps and live in today’s grace so that it fills us up and pours over into friends, family, and strangers we encounter. Each day will have struggles and disappointments that give us the opportunity to bring the fullness of God or let our issues get in the way. Yet, each morning the rising sun brings the promise of God’s grace fresh and new. It covers us with love, joy, peace, and all the Fruit of the Spirit. May we taste the manna of His grace and flourish in His love!

A Prayer for Grace Upon Grace: Lord, thank you for your abundant, abounding grace. Thank you that we don't have to earn a drop of the mighty river of grace that flows freely for us today. Thank you for the unexpected, unmerited favor you've showered on my life. Help me put myself in the path of your love and grace. Help me not neglect the disciplines I need to meet with you regularly and to drink from the water of life. Thank you for your rich love. Amen.”

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