#Embracing each moment

[ruporas]

post rescue

#trigun maximum #vashwood #vash the stampede #nicholas d wolfwood #trigun #ruporas art #i love to romanticize the 2 vague short days they got to spend together #2 days bc i know ww dipped the moment marlon informed him his gun was fixed… orz #but in the meantime…. clingy all over each other while they both recover their strength #a feathery embrace in less tense circumstances and a vulnerable display of want and protectiveness on vash’s end

[nellasbookplanet]

I know this is old hat to just about everyone, but I'm more and more enjoying Imogen and Laudna as not just a mirror of the Briarwoods but also, and perhaps even more so, as a foil.

Laudna may be the death magic goth with a necromancer in her head, but out of the two of them, Imogen is the stronger mirror of Delilah. She’s the one with the undead lover, the one prepared to break the world by risking Delilah's return as long as it got her Laudna back, the one with the drive and the thirst for power and knowledge. Laudna meanwhile, while also tempted by power, is mostly just along for the ride, deeply devoted to Imogen over anything or anyone, alive only because Imogen found a way to resurrect her. They have looked each other in the eye, recognised the same seeds of darkness and the possibility of giving in, and said 'Together either way'.

But they are also in many ways a direct subversion of the Briarwoods. Delilah and Sylas both seemed perfectly happy to have made a pact with Vecna and revelled in the power he granted them, even knowing the disaster he would bring and the horrific acts he asked of them. Imogen and Laudna meanwhile, while tempted by power and openly voicing said temptation to each other, actively fight against it. Imogen was prepared to risk Delilah's return for the sake of Laudna's resurrection, but she would've fought her every step of the way. She's tempted by the power and knowledge of Ruidus, but also prepared to give all of it up if it means saving the world, because unlike Delilah she chooses to care about people other than herself and her lover. Laudna may be prepared to follow Imogen into hell itself, but she may also be what would lead her back out, because unlike Sylas she doesn’t just recognise darkness in her lover, she wants to fight it alongside her.

This is what I mean when I say these two hold the potential for great darkness. They wouldn’t function as a mirror and a foil of the most romantically iconic critical role villain duo if they didn't. But holding the potential for darkness and corruption also means holding the potential to resist and fight said darkness at every turn. It gives them the potential to choose kindness and struggle while still keeping a little bit of that darkness in their hearts, because without it, they never would have found each other.

#critical role #imogen temult #laudna #cr3 spoilers #imodna #southern gothic #cr3 #i still get weirded out by the way large swaths of shippers will happily compare imodna to the briarwoods because #'ooh romance and aesthetic and breaking the world for each other ~~' #and yet will completely lose their shit when someone actually engages with the darker aspects of their characters #and talks about their relationship as anything other than perfect and fluffy and supportive #guys. the potential darkness is what makes them interesting. it's where the flavor comes from. embrace it #I'm hoping for more moments where they give in a little to that dark the way laudna did when killing bor'dor #i mean laura even said last 4sd that imogen very well might next time because she Wants To Know!! #please go there miss bailey I'm begging it would be such an interesting turn for both imogen and laudna! #delilah briarwood #sylas briarwood #nella talks cr

[cottgewhorfairy]

the way that mulder and scully are the modern day orpheus and eurydice…something something one dooms the both of them by turning around

#orpheus turns around not because of weakness but because of love. he cannot live one moment without looking at her #but also thinking about heloise in portrait of a lady on fire suggesting that it was eurydice who asked him to turn around #mulder and scully choosing to love but by doing so subjecting each other to a lifetime in darkness #but they also choose to live in darkness! they embrace it in fact! #txf #msr #fox mulder #dana scully

[ace-apple]

something about qcellbit becoming the worst version of himself specifically to tell the people who've cared for him that he doesn't deserve it, all he does is kill and hurt and reopen old wounds and make new ones. "look at what youve been "loving" this whole time," he says.

and they love him anyways.

#mcyt #qsmp #q!cellbit #thinking about qcellbit embracing old wounds from prison and stuff specifically to further his self-sacrifice and pushing others away #saying “look at me why would you want to be near me when im no different than i was then?” #but they all know he is different than he was then. he just refuses to believe it. #the unconditional love these characters have for each other at their worst moments makes me insane /pos #it makes me believe that they will figure it out in the end and it will be okay

[codakk]

dave "the only touch i know is my older brother's violence" strider and jade "i've long forgotten what the touch of another human being's felt like" harley both being lonely best friends struggling with their touch starvation but maneuvering through it and healing from it with each other's guidance and company

#xi #davejade #dave putting up walls to hide his starvation from everyone else #jade softly knocking at the walls hes put up and waiting for him patiently until he feels ready to let her in #even if waiting a thousand years for him meant letting her touch starvation grow hungrier and consume her completely #dave finally letting jade in but bit too late and now jades been left waiting and starved for too long. she just misses the warmth of a hug #dave hating the sight of his best friend so... sad and weak and tries to awkwardly hold her even if he doesn't know what a real hug is like #dave tentatively reaching out for jades hand for a few moments before his own starvation gives in and pulls her in for an abrupt embrace #its awkward. very. dave hugs jade with his elbows pointed out weirdly and with his hand hanging in the air not knowing where to rest itself #but once jade hugs back by looping her arms around him and pulling him close all the tension disappears between them and it feels just righ #just. the thought of both of them being just right for one another. willing to sacrifice themselves for each other. #your honor i love them

[pinkyjulien]

Valentin & Mitch | 620/?? 

He didn't really cared for his hair, or for his new scar, one more on his already fucked up side. But it was still hard to go back camp, everyone cheering, checking in... He couldn't netrunner anymore. Couldn't use his neural implant, couldn't force on his biomonitor for a while- he hated it, hated feeling useless. While Panam updated Valentin on everything that happened those past weeks, Mitch took the occasion to sneak out and shave his head. Heck, it'll grow back. He did it back when enroling for the war, with Driss. Valentin remembered it too, from the old pictures he showed him. And upon seeing him like that, Val couldn't help but burst into tears

"Hah! awh, babe, don't cry" "Whyyy, why would you- You didn't have to! I don't want you to- to see yourself like this, to get reminded-" "It's fiiine, I promise you I'm fine. I wanted to" They'll grow back together 🧡

Amazing art by friendo @_lucky_38_ 🥺💛

#Cyberpunk 2077 #Mitch Anderson #Valentin Da Silva #Aldecaldos #OTP: High Voltage #MLM #Screenshot #Virtual Photography #OUUGGGGHHHHHH #😑😑 something something about Mitch shaving along side his lovers Twice- for different kind of battles #Valentin panicking because he doesn't want Mitch to potentially get triggered into bad PTSD episodes because of it #but ever since they met each others Val been able to ease those pain a bit- not heal them not erase them but help with handling them #Being there for each others at all time and supporting each others during the bad moments #😊 the next weeks they'd give each others heads all the smooches #then when their hair grows back Mitch gives Valentin his lil zap on the left side and itll stay part of him ⚡ #but for now Valentin needed rest! 😤 Mitch made sure of that #hgfh Lucky gifted me this art last year and I deadass cried a bit hhhghfh #they look SO PEACEFUL IN THIS EMBRACE 😫 #fav #gift: art

[fortune-maiden]

The more I work on my long fic the more work I’m realizing it needs…

Maybe I should just take it down for now and repost it when it’s actually ready

#don't mind me having a moment #the main issue I’m realizing is Hualian #XL is a pov character but there’s no real stake for him in this adventure #so there’s no real conflict or growth for him to be had #but on the other side some of the planned scenes with sqx just won’t work if he’s the pov character #because he’s unconscious for them #and there’s no other character who can really fit the role XL plays #because he’s the one sqx trusts the most #things to think about #maybe I should shift gears to my 3T fic instead because the goals for all 3 are defined there #it’s not something I think about as much when writing oneshots #but character drive and motivation is important #the pov character needs to have a reason for acting #that goes a little further than ‘he’s my friend and I’m concerned’ #the fic has some good themes with sqx & the peis #I need to find a parallel for hualian that xl can work on #another theme is disappointment (and that it’s ok) so….. #(hualian being one of those couples who support each other 200% makes them kinda boring to write in this sense) #(I think I might need to embrace the ooc a little >.>

[ohitslen]

Me listening to any song with the mention of holy things, love, cigarettes and longing:

omg… is that…Vashwood…?

#anyways cigarette by offonoff is a song I really like #but I haven’t listened to it since a good while ago and as I was playing one of my playlists it came up and I went (⊙_⊙) #is that a Vashwood? #I love that song and now i tied it to my fixation. great #like I beg of you that you at least READ the lyrics and tell me to my face that it’s not the vibes #‘’this moment is forever. we even though each puff will take us further from together. she’ll have me until the very last drag” #and ”laying with you. I feel like moving clouds high in the sky. it’s been too long since I realized you’re real #you know maybe I am delusional and I fully embrace that #it’s the cigarette and love allegory for me babes #hahA anyways Vashwood #trigun #Vashwood

[greymoon]

putting these together because the new year might not save you but the reminder that every day every second is a fresh start and a chance to change is important.

#new years resolutions #new years #my year in lists #los campesinos! #i like new years btw so i don't feel like gareth really but #you can renew yourself anytime if you really need and reason to change #let the clock tick over a second and embrace the new moment #your past selves and future selves don't need to fight each other #the harmony of their existence and how they make up parts of who you are #but they don't define you forever #the only constant is change and that can be a pleasant thing #g music #Spotify

[enarratives]

If they happen often, the memes are made; and when the memes are made... they become a symbol! A story is created - that's how things become more entertaining, and then history is made.

LCK + Favourite Entrances and Victory Ceremonies - Spring Split 2023 Regular Season

Feat. LSB Envyy, KT Lehends, KDF LCK, BRO UmTi, T1 Gumayusi, HLE Kingen, LSB Willer, T1 Keria

#edit #gif #lck #league of legends champions korea #i salute your willingness to embrace cringe gamers #it's an important skill #trying my best to provide content as equally across the majors regions as possible except lpl because i cannot find anything #jay you missed one i liked #if you have one you wanna see uuuuhhh slide into my inbox baby. or use messages. idk #going frame by frame you see which moment each of them begin to regret their life choices. it's great #lolesports #league of legends esports #lol esports #mine

[pinkpruneclodwolf]

*comes back from the grave to grip your shoulders* FGO/TWST but its Adeuce who are the equivalent of gudao/gudako amd Yuu is the equivalent of a lostbelt king (me thinking like a mix or castoria and morgan), and the three of them meeting in NRC again.

-ray

Raynon PLEASE

THE ANGST??? IS THAT WHAT U WANT??? SUFFERING??? PAIN????

Oh but can you IMAGINE the Lostbelt being a crude recreation of what Yuu longs for? Can you imagine Grim being forced to evolve so that he can guard Yuu because at the end of the day Yuu and Grim are nothing without one another.

Yuu who tries so hard to appease the vestiges of humanity that play up the traits of the Seven Dorms and their family, where they blend and mix and you cannot discern their faces.

The amalgam of comfort and grating unfamiliarity. The hollow feeling that you are where you've always wanted to be and yet you cannot settle because in the end the experiences that you've gone through has forever changed you.

Adeuce having to face off against the crude versions of themselves based off the recollection of Yuu.

They didn't want to reunite like this. Not like this.

#twst #twisted wonderland #scream into the void and i'll answer #ace trappola #deuce spade #twst grim #i honestly think that Yuu as a lostbelt king would be tragic #because Yuu's memories are now oversaturated with the memories of their friends #that when they try to form a lostbelt based off of their home it ends up being a twisted [pun intended] reminder #that reinforces Yuu's fear of never finding a way back #and in this case Yuu was not able to go back #so they molded the world to the best of their ability #i can imagine one of the key figures in bringing Yuu down and helping Adeuce being a family member or a friend #Lostbelt Yuu's defeat ending in the harrowing realization that theyve been immortalized in this state of abnormal #that they can never return to the warm embrace of home #a place they longed for so much that they were willing to destroy themselves and overwrite the world for it. #and Adeuce can do nothing but console them in their last moments #I genuinley think that Lostbelt Grim would be one of the first to fall #a glass cannon who would follow Lostbelt Yuu to hell and back #taking on the traits of each overblot to protect Yuu's dream #because they need each other #because they love each other #And he would love to experience the love that Yuu speaks so fondly about #the love that pushed them to rewrite the world to their bidding #the love that destroyed them soul body and mind

[tutuandscoot]

Oh nothing, just Scott getting Tessa out of their Moulin Rouge ending pose.

#this is one of the first things that sent me crazy about them. #namely the bun cuddle in the first one #but really all of them. #it inadvertently shows what incredible care and awareness he has for her. #understanding the position she is in #her character- having just died and to make it believable she has relaxed and he is holding her ‘lifeless’ body #so to make sure it’s not uncomfortable or difficult for her to get up he helps her all the back to her feet. #supporting her head means she isn’t going to strain or hurt her neck getting up. #and gives her time to get back on balance. #these are all minuscule things but along with everything else is inductive of what a caring #protective partner he is for her. #this is so important to me I get so emotional over it I love staring at any version of it #especially when it ends with one of their ‘I need your body to be part of my body. I need our skin to be one’ kind of embrace #also that first one he wraps his fingers all the way round her neck my god the exhilaration of that moment #that energy running through them I can’t even imagine there would be nothing like it #and to feel that together/that running through both of them an interesting each other holding that close #god what a magical experience #fd: moulin rouge #moulin rouge ending #and their cuddles

[mostlykind]

no because the way these footballers leap into each others arm and stare into one another’s eyes and hug and cry and laugh…… there’s no way they’re not a little bit in love….

#also. sometimes they have strange celebrations and moments #and I’m like at this point it would be less gay to just kiss each other #like mbappe and Giroud idk what they were doing but it was giving romantic leads in a romcom #and had they just pecked each other it would have been less romantic thst That #btw I mean this in the sense that I feel like they’re too scared to just embrace and kiss but what they wind up doing #is more romantic than what they weee avoiding 😭 #anyways it’s funny tho they can keep at it #even tho sometimes I’m like nothing u just did warrants That #if u love ur bro it’s okay #rahma’s rambles #World Cup

[lyricalambrosia]

Last snippet until i write this last section and then ill be posting the next chapter 👀 it will still take me a while (fighting my ADHD and trying to write between class assignments, etc), so don't expect it within the next few days or anything, but it IS almost done i swear 💀 i'll also say this chapter will probably end up shorter than the next one (and shorter than the last. i hope.)

#trigun #legato bluesummers #millions knives #millionsummers #assuming of course i ignore the tiny part of my brain that wants me to rewrite the entire middle section for the drama #instead of just embracing the silliness of these two being so caught up in each other that common sense kind of failed them for a second #like that meme. i was so caught up in my horde of apple juice that for a second i lived in a world where racism didnt exist. you know. #thats them but instead its we were so caught up in being together again that for a second we lived in a world where cops werent real fjdksk #anyway. the silly route has some potential moments for cute fluff too and it leads into a scene i had to cut earlier which makes me so happ #uh if you feel like this needs a tw let me know but from my persepctive it seems vague enough to me to not need one #ill still update the fic tags on ao3 tho just in case #my writing

[like-sands-of-time]

If you don't write Ben as trembling, shaking, tripping over himself, stumbling to his knees for Rey I don't think you actually understand the character as he was in that moment

Rey could have ended that war by taking his hand tbh. If she had taken his hand she absolutely could have convinced him to do anything in that moment. He just killed his master, the man who had been in his head for 30 years, manipulating and destroying him from the inside out. He had no sense of personal identity, just a loose sense of morals and ideals and his obsession with her. She fully controlled him.

Obviously she did what she thought she had to do but I'm only observing. She wanted the death and fighting to stop. I do think if she had taken his hand she could have convinced him. He wanted to bring about peace and balance like his grandfather, he just didn't have all the right tools, like, rey's goodness and a different perspective.

#ben in that 10 minutes between killing his master and losing rey was so overstimulated #not only has he lost the direct link to snoke whos been plaguing him with nightmares and fear #so deeply intertwined from when he was in his mothers womb that ben truly knows no different #but he and rey have fought side by side.. wordlessly communicating through their bond perfectly in sync with each other #theyve both repeatedly killed for each other and saved the others life #what exactly is supposed to happen next? she came to him willingly but does she want to stay?? he needs to get her to stay #his brain is scrambled fried baked whatever #his proposal is Mr Darcy in the Rain Fail Moment but hes not hopeless just hopelessly devoted to her #all im saying is theres a universe where rey sees the good ideas in his head and the chance to change things now hes in charge #leia may have been a princess and politician and luke may have helped save the galaxy #but its ben who frees the skywalker name from enslavement.. anakin was always under the emperor and he was no different #it could have been very interesting to see their tentative union while dropping hints in the last few minutes #that snoke was one of palpys clones. then it wouldn't have been so out of left field in the next movie #and we can get an even better showcase of rey embracing the dark feeling is surround her #palpy is drawing her in this time instead of ben and she doesnt even have to be blood related #I'd actually rather she still was rey of nowhere #but hes manipulating her and bens redemption arc is him saving her.. bringing her back to the light #but showing her how having both isnt so bad.. how being light and dark is ok . how love and anger and fear arent the end of living #so in helping her hes embracing his Light and her Dark and the conclusion is oh actually #this black and white moral structure is inherently fucked and balance is the only true answer to anything #ben solo #rey of jakku #reylo

[found-wings]

"[ There‘s a small, almost strained chuckle from Etoiles. ]" blocked blocked BLOCKED AND REPORTEDDDDDD HES IN SO MUCH PAIN the way that the feds know that there's no way that even their best men can overpower etoiles in a fight as he even toughs out the attacks from the workers who can't even be hit untill he can escape or trap them- so they're using the people close to him to break him down because God in this au he goes through So. Much. Pain. every emotional battle he fights with phil ends up with phils recovery being reset over and over again and he had to watch his friend loose himself piece by piece. but at least phil was still Himself- the only instances where he was far gone was durring dissociative episodes that could be dealt with, or when the feds fucked him up and rendered him feral. but at least he partially recognized people, he was more comfortable around etoiles and fit and kept many aspects of his avian lineage that couldn't quite go away as easily as any human characteristics he gained. and everytime he was reeled back to reality- but here? there's just Nothing.

now when rebooted back to zero, he has to watch a shell of his friend work for the very people who harmed him in the past and by some of the indicators in the conversation ('experiments . . . again?') that they're Still hurting him. but in the last instances, phil knew who he could turn to. in times of need he had people like fit, forever, etoiles, hell even tubbo or cellbit. but now- even if any member of the island would be there for him in a heartbeat when he eventually cracks- he can't remember that. there's some people he seems to trust more then others but he doesn't know why and can't know why as long as he's under the feds thumb and it HURTSSSSSSS. CUCURUCHO WHEN I CATCH YOU. - 💿

JAJSJAJAHSH

I‘m the most normal person about this (LIE)

PLEASE

I need Etoiles to crack with this. To feel like there is no getting back this time, because all the other times even with Phils messed up memories and struggles in staying connected with reality, struggling to cope with all the fixings and breakings and so much more, there was still always this little hope. This little point they cold build up on and secure Phil back.

But this time? There is nothing.

I need Etoiles to not just crack, I need him to break. Will they ever get Phil back out of this? How many more times do they have to go through this? How many more times does he need to face the fact that the Federation always comes back, always makes sure to put them through something yet worse than the last thing?

Phil doesn‘t know him, Phil doesn’t know anyone and that’s yet the hardest fight he has to face. Not even Death is worse than the fact he lost Phil like this.

There‘s no going back.

#i need for if they ever get Phil back that Etoiles clings to him so badly. he can‘t lose Phil again #not like this not ever again #i need people to want to speak to Phil and cheer for him being back and question everything and talk but for some of them to go. #no #let Etoiles and Phil just be for now #give them both this moment to just exist and be with each other & forget about the entire world just for a moment #I need Etoiles‘ embrace to a hug this time to be tight as he holds Phil #for Phils hug in return to be so gentle and soft #whether out of exhaustion or just because he‘s afraid of hurting Etoiles or god knows the reason #let them have this moment #RAAAAH #my sillies :((((((( #code philza <3 #💿 anon #winged.rambles