#FINALLY A GOOD DUO

[landhoe]

@SKY GERMANY YEET RALF AND HIRE NORBERT

#FINALLY A GOOD DUO #look nirbert doesnt know everything but i am loving thissss #the truthbombs #the honesty #loveeee it #f1 #usgp #sebastian vettel #norbert vettel

[birrdies]

carry yourself through the frozen desert, empty your thoughts into the well of pressure (x)

finally tried my hand at some 3L desert duo designs (ft. matching back scars) !!

#birdie draws #haven't drawn in soooo long it feels really good to finally finish something #if no one draws desert duo was tanned and sunburnt to hell then i am dead #also no wings for grian #no wings in a death game hahahaha so silly #but his wing pattern is based on a shrike haha #ask me about grian and shrikes im really normal i promise #desert duo #desert duo art #third life #3rd life #life series #life series fanart #grian #goodtimeswithscar #scarian

[its-shells]

“So,” Grian says, “this is awkward.”

Scar says nothing. Scar had said nothing for quite a while, honestly, sitting cross-legged in the void and playing with the hem of his cloak. Or with the flower stems woven through the hem of his cloak, as it were. Lilacs and poppies. Grian had thought it painfully ironic the first time he saw them. Scar hadn’t. Not until now.

“So,” Grian says, again, “I can explain? I think?”

He can hear stifled giggles behind him, Scott and Pearl discussing the last moments of the fight. He feels Martyn’s heated glare between his shoulder blades too, knows that he’ll be getting an earful about taking his final life whenever the fourth winner can get his hands on him, but at least Martyn’s been kind enough to leave him at the mercy of the fifth for now. Or not kind enough, as it were. Whether or not Scar has any mercy for him is an open question.

“Explain what,” Scar says. It’s not a question, which is just as well, since Grian doesn’t really have an answer.

Can he explain?

“Well,” he says, “there’s these death games.”

The death games he technically started, and then technically couldn’t stop. The death games that weren’t meant to be blood sacrifices, but probably count as happening on somebody’s altar. The death games that no one ever wins, but technically–

“Technically, the people who win them get to keep their memories.” He scrunches up his nose. “Or, uh, recover their memories of the previous ones, I suppose. Which is what’s happening to you. And Martyn, and Pearl, and Scott, and I was the first, so–”

“One heck of a headache, right?” Pearl yells behind them. “Was even for me, and you’ve got four whole timelines to deal with!” She flops backwards onto the floor, which is the void, pressing the back of the palm to her forehead theatrically even as she peers up at Scar through parted fingers. Scott rolls his eyes and grabs her hand.

“Give them a moment, Pearl,” Grian hears him whisper. “I know you weren’t there for Third Life, but I’ve explained it to you a dozen times, so–“

“So,” Scar says. “Third Life was real.”

It’s a strange way of putting it for someone who hadn’t remembered it at all until now.

“That’s a strange way of putting it for someone who hadn’t remembered it at all until now,” Grian says, because he’s always loose-tongued after dying. Scar stares at him, unblinking.

“That’s a strange way of thinking for someone who declared the first ever game a double victory,” he says. His head is tilted to the side.

Grian stares back.

“That didn’t count.”

“It didn’t not.”

“You didn’t remember until now.”

“I didn’t not.”

“That makes no sense.”

“Doesn’t it?” Scar shrugs. He plucks a flower from between the dark threads. It’s a poppy. “No less than the rest of it. No less sense than me waking up with sand between my toes, or burns on my arms, or bamboo in my pockets. No less than the dreams. Those didn’t make sense either.”

“It’s not like you ever asked me to explain.”

“Would you have?”

“Not the point.”

“Isn’t it?”

Pearl is still giggling. Martyn is still staring. Scott is quiet.

“Maybe it is,” Grian admits, quietly. It’s not an apology. It never will be.

Nor is it forgiveness, when Scar leans forward to tuck the poppy behind his ear. Nor will it ever be.

Sure feels like it sometimes though.

#OMG IM FINALLY SHOWING UP IN THE TAGS SO YOU GET THIS #is this good? idk i’m too drunk to tell. but i sure am obsessed about secret life ending. #secret life smp #secret life #secret life spoilers #grian #goodtimeswithscar #gtws #scarian #desert duo #desertduo #slsmp #slsmp spoilers #shells writes

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

I don't care who wins the shipping semi-finals, they are both my little investigative darlings.

#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #wei wuxian #lan wangji #x-files #fox mulder #dana scully #No matter who wins this poll - Spirk will win the final round. We all know this. #But woah! I know x-files used to be crazy popular but I'm surprised to see it have a fandom on tumblr! #X-files was a really important show to me and MDZS has also become something special in recent years. #What can I say! I love a good mystery series with a duo who's magnetic affection for each other changes your brain chemistry #there will be no tolerance for hate here btw. This poll was for fun and so was this art. #There's like a hour left to vote as of this being posted. Best of luck to them both. #but also they would love to hang out in each other's worlds. They would.

[andsomemaniacgotridofthewheel]

Aziraphale is not wrong.

Aziraphale is not wrong.

AZIRAPHALE IS NOT WRONG.

aZiRaPhAlE iS nOt WrOnG.

He has nothing to apologise for.

He has nothing to be ashamed of.

#aziraphale #good omens aziraphale #final fifteen #the final fifteen #ineffable divorce #good omens #good omens 2 #good omens season 2 #good omens s2 #aziraphale defense squad #justice for aziraphale #good omens meta #aziracrow #ineffable idiots #ineffable husbands #ineffable dumbasses #az fell #ineffable spouses #ineffable partners #ineffable duo #aziraphale x crowley #crowley x aziraphale #good omens show #good omens tv show #air and gravity #azira fell #nikku's posts #nikku.txt

[the-awful-falafel]

I really hope Rick and Morty as a series will finally move on from portraying Rick's love for Morty / his family as this special, redemptive trait that Morty just needs to open his eyes to. Or portraying it as something Rick just needs to be emotionally honest about, finally admit in a grand gesture, and then everything will be healthy and resolved.

Two things can be equally true: Rick can sincerely care about Morty, deeply enough to be tender with him, showing gestures of affection, being protective of him, being truly proud of him... and can also constantly let Morty down, put him in mortal danger, make Morty feel responsible for his emotional health, treat him awfully and in manipulative controlling ways, and not be there for him when it matters most. His love is real, but is also a fickle thing that Morty cannot always rely on. That uneven dolling out of affection is exactly what entrenches the abuse and damages Morty further. Even now that Rick is slowly improving as a person, his simultaneous love and unreliability persists in milder ways, and the long pattern of abuse leaves deep scars on his grandson.

In my opinion, it makes perfect sense for Morty to see Rick's care for him as this unreliable, dangerous, and potentially non-existent thing, but also to paradoxically crave it nonetheless. Every time he lets his guard down and starts to trust Rick too much, he's been kicked in the nuts for it to varying extents-- even recently. I don't think he actually believes Rick cares nothing for him, but he's been trapped in this cycle of good and bad for so long that his self-worth is eroded and wholly defined by his grandpa's conditional affection, and he's scared of and dependent on it simultaneously. Even if Rick became truly healthy and openly caring from now on, that won't change how he's screwed up Morty with his behavior.

The series isn't going to make any meaningful progress if the writers keeps cycling around the superficial "does Rick care? does Morty know how deeply Rick cares?" question that they've asked since Season 1, instead of progressing to more meaningful, realistic questions about what Rick's love even means after all the past seasons of codependent abuse, and how much it should be worth to Morty in the end. (Ideally, much, much less than it's worth now.)

Yes, Rick cares. Yes, he loves his family deeply. But as with many forms of abuse, that's part of the problem.

#rick and morty #rick sanchez #morty smith #character analysis #slightly rnm critical ig because my cynicism towards the recent seasons' writing lol #they could take this a good direction though if they decided to be consistent and honest about the main duo's dynamic #as well as Rick's direct culpability in perpetuating it that has yet to be seriously confronted #bit of a longshot though #at least the season 7 finale fed me crumbs of it being a possibility #this series likes teasing heavier topics but being mediocre at the follow-up. so we'll see

[misted-buttercup-enjoyer]

I don't hear enough people talking about the moment Grian said, in the Third Life finale, "Is this it? Is this when we show our true allegiance--to each other, and that's it, and we turn on everyone else?" And Scar says "Yes, we do it! For the fallen kingdom! For Pizza!" and Grian replies "For pizza!" and then they use Scar's slow falling arrows, he gets himself and gently hits Grian, and they float down together into the mayhem below. Because that moment was LEGENDARY!

#there were so many great moments in the finale #that one kind of got brushed over #but it's soo good #i never stopped thinking about it #“our true allegiance--to each other and that's it” #desert duo #trafficblr #life series #3rd life #goodtimeswithscar #grian

[overanalysingfandoms]

Don't think about how Martyn won the only series that Ren wasn't in

Don't think about how Martyn gets close to winning everytime and fails

Don't think about the reason he failed in Last and Double Life being him betraying his allies

Don't think about how every season Martyn has been loyal to Ren above all else

Don't think about how Martyn only won by betraying his loyalty

Don't think about how the Unguided Hand was the strongest

#did you think about it? #good well me too #now we can all cry about it together #martyn inthelittlewood #inthelittlewood #limited life spoilers #limited life smp #limited life #rendog #renthedog #renchanting duo #renchanting #dogwarts #dogwarts duo #treebark #trafficblr #trafficshipping #limited life finale #the mean gills #the unguided hand #the red king #the hand

[jestroer]

tiny itty-bitty ranchers i drew literally right after DL ended

#wanted to draw a little series of them visiting each other on hermitcraft/empires #never did but they did that themselves so! #its all good #but i still think that this little thing is adorable so i thought id post it finally #little smol tiny guys #tangotek #jimmy solidarity #solidaritygaming #team rancher #rancher duo #court jester's art

[5hrignold]

reminder

#rewatched this sneak peek for the first time since i first saw it and ugh. UUUUGHHGGHHH. #it hurts me a lot I’m ngl….. like to see charlie be so critical of something pim likes #except this time it’s even more painful because it isn’t just that pim likes it he also thought charlie would like it too and he literally #took him out and did this just for him because he thought he’d like it. he thought charlie said something so he went out of his way to #organise something to show to him to make him happy. and also how like… expectant? charlie is acting in the clip #like the way he just kinda frowns at pim whenever one of the dudes says something particularly out there #and it’s like. dude what the fuck #ive Said it once i’ll say it again i think charlie needs to lose pim during an episode or something. itd humble him #i mean that KIND OF happened with the finale but look where they are in s2 #as usual what i always say. absolutely no actual complaints. if anything i Love this because it’s very clearly like #im so excited for this particular episode because you can just TELL its gonna be such a good one for their relationship #like looking into it analysing it n stuff #literally anything with them together has me screaming and cryjing they’re one of my fav duos ever #ok my hands are shaking bye #smiling friends #💝 #smiling friends spoilers #also this is just Such a cute clip. the way pim runs and how charlie slugs on close behind him looking all grumpy #and how happy he looks to be calling him his best friend… actually peak i fear this is the peak of the season (joke

[en-chi-la-da]

What are your thoughts on Yuma x Vivia? I seem to be in the minority cause Vivia's mostly shipped with Yakou, but I personally see Yakou as more of a father figure to Vivia. Also amazing art as always.

short answer: they mean da world 2 me 💜

#rain code #kokolight #ask draw #long answer> UHHH chapter 4 is so good for many reasons. ch 4 really helps jumpstart them as a duo/pair and ESPECIALLY #as character foils. one example being their opposite views of what it means to fight for the truth as detectives #vivia wanting to believe in a safe lie vs yuma wanting to find the cold hard truth #and with vivia finally wanting to aid yuma in the mystery labyrinth despite the harsh truth bc yuma helped HIM #with finally understanding his role as a detective. and having to come to terms with facing the truth even if it's hard and sucks :( #PLUS THE GUMSHOE GABS AND THE HEIGHT DIFFERENCE obvs #'guy who's a bit short x guy who's too fukcing long' lmao #vivia twilight #yuma kokohead #mdarc #master detective archives: rain code #ari art #i actually have a bigger kokolight post ive been itching to draw so look out for that too eventually ✌🏼 #AND TY ANON!! i can also see yakou as a father figure but with yuma mostly lol #or at least the older cousin you know that's kinda wierd but you still like hanging out with them :) that's what yakou can be #to the NDA gang LMAO

[odessastone]

Earlier I had a game with an Ashe and Cassidy duo who were engaged in what I can only describe as a Lovers’ Quarrel lmao. They spent the first half of the game fighting with each other, spamming “NO” at the other and jumping to their deaths. Honestly I was mad but it was also funny as hell. At one point the Cass went up to her and said “I’m your huckleberry.” To which she replied NO. and he promptly turned and jumped off the map

#you’ve heard of jealous Gency duos now get ready for self-sabotaging Cashe duos #they finally got their acts together in the second half and they were REALLY GOOD but it wasn’t enough to turn things around 😞 #overwatch #cole cassidy #elizabeth caledonia ashe #as someone who ships them as a disaster couple this is EXACTLY how I picture their dynamic tbh LOL #they’re on a nice expensive international vacation to Eichenwalde and at first it’s all smiles and laughter #then they’re stuck together on the long ass flight and in the hotel room for days on end #and everyone around them starts seeing the cracks forming lmfao #til it eventually culminates in this big public blowout #I was playing Illari and I could just FEEL the extra irritation radiating off her #she went in on this vacation group with the last of her allowance money. She’ll never make that mistake again

[fountainpenguin]

"I'm not the kind of girl to get messed up with you- Hello! ... You're all right, but I'm here, darling, to enjoy the party..." (x)

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New Dog's Life chapter today! ~ 3rd Life series fan-season

Chapter 31 - “Flame (Etho, Skizz, Pearl)”

❤️ Read on AO3

💛 Start from Chapter 1

💚 More Pixels Imperfect fics

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Scar files a microaggression complaint with the HALO team. Pearl helps Scott settle in while he recovers from glitchy code. They have a spat that's not about a sticker.

Meanwhile, SnifferMyFeet and Etho separate their souls… and start an honest talk about Sniff's identity as Sniff, not Joel. It was needed. It's for the best.

(First 900 words under the cut)

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Etho - Fox

Status: Resting

Self-taught programmer, full-time hero

💙  💙  💙

He gets it now.

It's like ice in your water. It's like marshmallows in your cocoa. It's like wind beneath your wings. The final week before he's due back in Between (reluctantly, but definitely due), Etho flops on his bed and sprawls his arms to either side. Is he giddy? He doesn't mean to be, but this feels…

… Oh, it's a game-changer. Which is exactly what he texts Cleo after scooping up his admin panel. They won't see it if they've left their private server, and since Session 2 of Dog's Life could be starting any day now, there's no telling how long that may take.

Etho: hey so Etho: remember after limlife 4 or 5 when we talked about burnout?

Grocery shopping. For a family dinner- he and Cleo both made one (like a peace offering) in a way that wasn't really flirty married life roleplay, but more like… regular, everyday person roleplay. Did all their shopping together so they wouldn't cook the same thing. Call it 'date night' if you want; he walked her home and there might've been a little 'dramatic logout' roleplay in there. We don't… We don't need to go into detail about it.

To some people that's romantic and to some it's completely gross. Not really sure why… It's a natural process, isn't it? Soul-eaters can't help being what they are, and you may as well snap at endermen hybrids for struggling with eye contact or shame unthreaded players if they expose their glitches instead of keeping them covered up. This world's too big and life too long for arguing. Do you really want to make enemies and be rude to people who are going to carry the echo of your words for the rest of their lives?

Lend a helping hand. Extend a little kindness. Be polite. Respond to the hurt. Try not to avoid responsibility when others are counting on your strength. Sit with the injured, even when the night is cold. They're simple goals, but so easily forgotten these days.

Etho: I think you said if I felt stuck then I should break my routine for a while

Nothing happens for several minutes. Etho rotates words without meaning through his head, then types out something else.

Etho: you were right. I get now why you go on adventures with Martyn. Why you let him and no one else log you out all the time. Thanks for the advice. Let me know next time you need a favor. Rating this cycle 10 of 10 and I owe you big xD

He takes a long, guilt-free nap in his cushioned bed. Catching up on block updates and videos really drains a guy (especially this close to the end of the Hermitcraft season, not to mention Vault Hunters and a Life series on top of it), but he spent all morning prepping the bed and it's already providing every agonizing tick of its worth. Two hours later, he's stirred awake by a buzz on the admin panel.

ZombieCleo: yay! So glad that worked for you <3 I want to hear all about it. Maybe in a couple weekends you can watch MCC with me and the kids + Martyn? If we catch a minute alone, I can recommend more stuff you might be into ;)

The kids refers to Bdubs and Scar, who skated through Limited Life like energetic teenagers spreading their wings. It's goofy, it's endearing, and Cleo's got her roleplay voice on because she knows it makes him snort. His tail gives a twitch as he tries to keep a smirk from creeping out behind his mask.

Martyn, huh? he muses, but doesn't say that. Cleo circles between lovers, friends, and exes like a pollinating bee.

Etho: whoaaaa Etho: inviting a fox? that's dangerous! ZombieCleo: nose out of your tail, fur boy Etho: dibs on Martyn, I see ZombieCleo: If you're serious about returning the favor, Martyn says Rhetoric's down here and this might be our best chance at smash and grabbing from your mum's museum Etho: Hm… ZombieCleo: I mean, you did leave my eggshell when you rescued Grian and that other soul

Yeah- it looked distressed. Now Sniff's down here. He can actually talk now when he couldn't before. Honestly, not the worst decision he could've made.

If anyone's going to try getting into the Fox Dragon's museum, a fox has the best chance of doing so. It's kept separate from the nesting cave where souls respawn, but even the deadliest traps won't keep foxes out since they'll just respawn. Unless they're traps that can't be dodged even with careful planning, or some sort of system that short-circuits code. The phantom roost is nearby, right? Frankly, phantoms are excellent trackers, they can fly, and they're probably the fastest of all non-swimming hybrids, so a phantom alone provides great security as-is.

Etho: I'll think about it. Not tonight, though. Full moon fox face isn't for me. Also if there are raiders there then that's probably the worst time to show up ZombieCleo: Fair ZombieCleo: I can think of something else, but if you ever get the chance, I want it back Etho: duly noted ✌️ ZombieCleo: btw say hi to Scar and Bdubs when you see them. They've been cracking nonstop jokes since you disappeared. One can only imagine they're attempting humor to bury immense throes of pain Etho: D:

[Full chapter on AO3 - Link at top]

#trafficfic #EthosLab #SnifferMyFeet #Boat Boys #GoodTimesWithScar #galaxy duo #Scott Smajor #Skizzleman #Joel Smallishbeans #PearlescentMoon #trafficblr #Dog's Life #trafficshipping #hermitshipping #Sort of... It's complicated #(Checks notes) - ''Spent a week digesting the soul of your ambiguous ex-half-husband and now you can finally talk to him'' #''Yeah turns out he's clingy and obsessed. Good luck.'' #I mean the lyrics are right there so y'know what's going down #Dog's Life art #Sniff and Pig #Pixels Imperfect #ridwriting #fic announcement #apparently art #mcyt #This was. a very hard and messy drawing but he's worth it. my goof. also it didn't crumple in the scanner so it's a win for me

[rosaacicularis]

scarian bodyguard au

#idk who’s who but like #you get the VIBES #you know?????? #what if they are both mumbo’s bodyguards and the bodyguard in shifts so they literally learn about and crush on each other THROUGH mumbo #hold on let me cook #and mumbo is like a famous tech? guy because he’s good at redstone #and scar and grian finally meet at a big like event 🤭🤭🤭 #mumbo is so sick of them <3 #scarian #desert duo #hermitshipping #grian #gtws #hermitcraft #mumbo jumbo #au concept #bodyguard au

[bitimdrake]

people have talked at length about the Dick/Tim/Damian Robin debacle and I do not currently have the mental space to wade fully into it (except to say that demonizing any of them is dumb). But I do want to say:

One of the most incorrect fan claims is this idea that Dick was playing favorites when he picked Damian over Tim because you guys. you guys.

At the time Damian became Robin, Tim was Dick's beloved little brother who he'd adored and fought beside for years, who he'd entrust his life to without hesitation, who he affectionately proclaimed to be even better than him as Robin, who he genuinely enjoyed hanging out with

and meanwhile

Dick couldn't fucking stand Damian

#* #*dc #dc #dc meta #canon vs fanon #dick grayson #damian wayne #tim drake #they bonded LATER #L A T E R #and it was a very good and important bond! I don't think I need to tell anyone how close dick & damian ended up #but the first time they met dick was literally like I Am Begging The Universe To Smack This Kid #dick making damian robin was the least favoritism thing ever #dick was like hm #do i want to finally find light in the darkness of my dad's death by spending all my time with my beloved darling brother timmy #or do i (sigh) want to stop this annoying kid from returning to a cult because bruce would want me to :/ #(name a more iconic duo than dick and an unrelenting sense of duty etc etc) #10to2

[andsomemaniacgotridofthewheel]

Aziraphale: "I'm going to Heaven to make it better, to make sure the Angels actually do good, and to prevent the end of the world!" Human Good Omens Fans: "Ew, dude, NO, really BAD idea, don't do that! Stay home and keep kissing Crowley."

#aziraphale #final fifteen #the final fifteen #ineffable divorce #good omens 2 #good omens #good omens season 2 #aziracrow #ineffable husbands #ineffable idiots #ineffable dumbasses #ineffable spouses #ineffable partners #ineffable duo #good omens s2 #nikku.txt