#I could not stop I was determined

[ghostlykidplaidbanana]

After like 4 days of non stop drawing, I have finally finished this stupid thing 😭😭

Audio can be found here (credits to ProZD)

#ok time to ramble in the tags #I hate my brain seriously man I hyperfixated on making this for the whole thanksgiving break #I could not stop I was determined #but it messed up all my plans to get school work done #I couldn’t control it tho aaaag #oh yeah my first procreate dreams work ever :0 #procreate dreams #rottmnt #tmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #teenage mutant ninja turtles #rise of the tmnt #art #save rottmnt #rottmnt leo #rise tmnt #hypnopotamus #warren stone #animatic #meme #rottmnt meme #rottmnt meme animatic

[treasureplcnet]

Semi-desperate Mithrun in regards to Kabru post-canon is so fucking real. On top of everything else, the guy kinda sorta literally gave him a will to live. Like. Mithrun's an acts of service logic type guy and was already attached to him. And how the fuck are you gonna return a favor like That. Beyond the continuing demon hunting and shit he probably rings up Kabru once a week like "You wanna hang out. I know you're stressed all the time every day. Come hang out with me." And is like yea, this is a normal response to a guy making you see you still have a life. And doesn't process the fact he's in weird complicated some kinda love with him.

YES !!!! mithrun hasn't desired (or hasn't believed he desired anything besides revenge) and when he's starting to develop feelings for kabru, he's nervous and a bit surprised. to me the realisation is slow and methodical, like "i miss kabru. i want kabru around. i feel his absence. what does this mean. all a part of newly wanting things i guess. totally normal to do this." -> 6 months later "oh"

and last time he fell in love, mithrun became a dungeon master and his entire life changed. now he's got his life back, learning about loving that, and kabru complicates many things. i think even kabru would have hesitations, mostly over how he believes elves can't understand short lived races, and if there is a 'future' for them that they'd both be happy with. i want to see them work it out together. it's very beautiful to me :)

#bisexual mithrun i love you happy valentines #kabumisu #dunmeshi #answered #anon #not that like. kabru would assume the worst of mithrun or anything either wrt understanding/his hestitations #but its literally. canaries talked about utaya like it was a good outcome and kabru has lived his whole life like this #and been told that the worst tragedy in his life where he loses his hometown and family is actually not the worst that could happen #and something about the continent he is from being very elven-influenced . like there is a reason his upbringing made him like #very determined to make sure shorted-lived races are well treated and aren't ignored or trivialised #and even brought him to the conclusion that they will never understand what it is to be like a human . i never stop thinking about this #its not than he believes mithrun would be deliberately short sighted but still worries . and maybe the fault is not even with mithrun !!! #kabru knows mithrun will outlive him. can he himself accept that? can he go into a relationship knowing he will leave him-- #--regardless of if he wants to or not? LIKE KABRU WOULD CARE!!!! #he would not want to leave mithrun!!! he would want to stay!!!!! it breaks his heart not to live his life with him!!!!!!! (dies) #i love the drama with relationships like this where one of them lives much longer it actually means a lot to me

[strangerwheelerthings]

I don't know if it's because it's been too long since I last watched Stranger Things, but I genuinely don't remember a happy Nancy scene post Barb...

This is such an interesting thing to think about because it's not as if Nancy looks miserable in most scenes of the show. In fact, she often looks determined and occasionally excited even. She has smiled before, but excitement about progress in a case, something she's passionate about because of Barb, isn't necessarily happiness. So this is something you have to look beyond face value for.

Nancy suffers quite plainly with survivors guilt and with a lot of trauma. She isn't healed from what happened in Season One, and I don't think she even let herself really start until after season three. Not with so much unresolved. She also hasn't had the help she really needs either. However, Nancy has experienced happiness since Barb's death. There are moments she forgets. It’s only healthy that she's not so obessively mired in her misery that she can't have moments to breathe.

It's been a while since I've watched the show, too, so I can't say if there's a Jancy scene where she's just happy. Their get-together scene was very in the middle of Barb trauma, the wake up together scene is very stressed and rushed. Jonathan has been good to her, but all their scenes are a very mixed bag of emotions with happiness not really being the predominant one.

There are three small scenes from season four that come to mind. The first is Lucas's game. Nancy is quite genuinely proud and happy for Lucas in that moment of success. It's such a small shot, but it's one of a few scenes that show us that Nancy cares a whole lot more about Mike’s friends than she ever says.

The second is the scene with the dog, right before the plot plummets Nancy right back into her guilt complex. She's starting to live, and she lets herself be, for just a second, when she steps away from a murder investigation to just play with a dog. This is the first real evidence that her passion for her work is not just about Barb anymore.

The last scene is the officially friends scene with Robin. It's simply a moment of establishing connection, and both girls are just so warm in that moment. It's another sign of Nancy starting to actually heal. She's happy to have a new girl friend, not scared or guilty like she would have been before.

#yeah I gotta be honest I dont know if she had any really happy scenes in season 3 #i know season 2 is sorely lacking #as much as I love exploring Nancy’s trauma she is so much more complex than that #she does see the good in her life even if it's sometimes hard for her to accept #you're right though in that the show doesn't really let her be happy the way i wish she could be #thinking of some scenes took a second as i tried to determine when she even could have been during the seasons #the source of Nancy’s worst pain is also the source of her moments of joy #care for other people #Nancy sees the good in the world and she wants to protect it but she doesn't always feel worthy of taking it for herself #she experiences genuine happiness when other people are happy #and she has moments of pride and determination in season three #but season four really feels like the start of her taking some of that for herself #in the form of keeping robin close by #of stopping to talk to a dog #Robin is especially significant because she keeps her grounded in a moment where she very easily could have been pulled under with - #- reimerging trauma because of Fred and Vecna #nancy wheeler #robin buckley #jancy #ronance #stranger things

[madbalalaika]

#bruh I was so determined to romance karlach #how could you do this to me wyll #stop it #the freaking dance scene 😭 #bg3 fanart #baldur's gate 3 #wyll x tav #wyll ravenguard #tav #direidi #<- i'm sorry welsh speakers for her name might be utter cringe to you #but I thought it was very cute and suit her character well #art #fanart #sketch

[hiis-theme]

i've noticed there's a slight problem on ao3 of people tagging undertale fanfics as deltarune when there's. literally no deltarune aspects. or only a couple here and there. i feel like that should probably be reserved for undertale fanfics that prominently feature deltarune characters/are a full-on crossover-

#puppy rambles #deltarune #undertale fanfics are great and all but when i look through the deltarune tag i want deltarune fanfics #not undertale fanfics that don't include any deltarune aspects or like #maybe mention a deltarune character's undertale counterpart offhandedly- #the only other instance i could think of where i'd get it would be if you're referring to chara as kris #which is probably a more accurate name tbh given what we know about them both they act very similar they're definitely equivalents #though appearance-wise kris is closer to frisk actually (skin color + red eyes which chara is never portrayed with) #in the soulless pacifist ending frisk having red eyes when possessed by chara is probably because. frisk has red eyes- #idk why they possess frisk and take the player's soul anyways- actually they're probably trying to make you fucking stop #“PLEASE stop killing everyone. i literally took your soul why are you still here-” #“determination” “DON'T USE MY LINES AGAINST ME-”

[capriciouswriter207]

The Curse of Deepfrost

A new Hermitcraft/Decked Out 2 fanfiction on AO3

The kingdom has fallen, its population decimated. The outskirts are already caught in the maelstrom of ice and snow, and it moves in on the capital. A few pockets of civilization in and around the citadel have survived thus far, but food supplies and hope are dwindling as the wind picks up and blasts ice in their hearts.

The only thing that can chase away the cold is hidden deep below the earth. In the deepest dungeons of the citadel, a spell is rumored to be located, strong enough to dispel the winter. Yet all who entered through the doors have never returned.

With little left to lose - and with the encouragement of the survivors under her wing - a young woman named Pearl steps through the doors to help her people and put an end to the eternal winter.

(updated bi-weekly on Thursdays)

Tags

PearlescentMoon, EthosLab, TangoTek, GeminiTay, impulseSV, Major Character Death (happens before the story even begins), Pearl-centric, mostly Pearl and Etho with Tango, Gem and Impulse starring in only a few chapters, Mystery, ghosts, Deepfrost as a curse that needs to be lifted, fantastical elements, the dungeon reimagined as a shifting cursed environment, with equally cursed inhabitants, major character injury

Excerpt of chapter 1

All the children played outside when the snow fell. They ran out of their homes in their t-shirts and shorts and grabbed with their bare hands at the many snowflakes. Excitement filled the air - such that they forgot almost everything else and enjoyed themselves to the fullest with this miracle. 

Perhaps one did look at their parents and saw their concern about snow falling in the middle of summer.

Pearl wasn’t watching the parents discussing this strange event with whoever was closest, nor did she see the children play. Her gaze was drawn to the skies and to the gray clouds that closed in on the sun. She reached out her hand, allowed the ray of light to caress her one last time before the clouds choked and blocked the light. Her hand lingered in the air for a moment before she pulled it close to her chest.

The moment often crossed her mind. The sensation of the light, the warmth against her skin. How lucky she had been - she captured the final moments of the sun’s warmth and now carried it with her. 

Nowadays, she shivered in the presence of whatever flame they managed to create before the deepfrost claimed it. Wearing five layers of clothes barely kept her perpetually numb toes from freezing off of her feet, and hugging someone for body warmth was not as productive during the day. Even so, people always looked forward to the next flame, the next sliver of warmth, that next spark of hope.

Her mind was on that last flame and the sun again while she sorted through her belongings. Inside the room she shared with her friends, she moved her items either onto a neat pile in the corner or into her backpack. Most were placed in the pile, and after a second pass, only two more items made it into the backpack. Her bedroll no longer took up space on the floor, and half of her personal rations lay atop the pile. Beyond that, only her personal belongings that she was emotionally attached to would make the journey. Her friends could still use everything else.

A cold wooden bowl, not properly cleaned out from the last time it was used, was the last item that disappeared into the backpack.

#hermitcraft #hermitcraft s9 #pearlescentmoon #ethoslab #geminitay #impulsesv #tangotek #new story! #this time a fantasized version of decked out #including an icy cold curse and one person (pearl) determined to stop it #mostly pearl and etho-centric #the others will appear in some chapters where necessary #this idea started as “deepfrost fairytale” and now it's more than that #i don't know where else it could have come from #but i'm excited for this #capricious writings

[cherryys]

if i had a nickel for every time a dark-haired introvert with attatchment issues tried to save a pink-haired extrovert with self-worth issues from an eldritch horror, only for the pink-haired to step in for the ultimate sacrifice to save the dark-haired introvert, i'd have two nickels. which isn't alot, but it's weird that it happened twice, right?

#you could take this a step further with both madoka and yuuji determining their self-worth on helping other people #even to the detriment of their own health #and how megumi and homura respectively try to stop them from their self-destructive tendencies #and how megumi and homura are both to blame for yuuji and madoka's involvement in jujutsu society/magical girl world #and how both madoka and yuuji were both excited to save people #only to have their innocence stripped away by having front-row seats to the earth of their blonde-haired mentor (mami and nanami) #god. i could go on for hours drawing parallels from both couples #tragic yuri and tragic yaoi in one post wtf #itafushi #homumado #i will never shut up about them i fear #jjk manga spoilers

[isalisewrites]

Guess what kind of bitch I am?

The kind who wakes up at 4am to reach her goal of 700 words per day before her 6am scheduled surgery.

I told my friends:

If I miss a day of writing...

I will go nuclear.

I saved the world from the apocalypse, simply by writing 700 words day of surgery. I am a god.

#isa's ramblings #2024 writing goals #the bitch hasn't missed a day yet and nothing can stop her #I am FUCKING DETERMINED #IF SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED (unlikely very simple surgery) THEN NO COULD SAY THAT A BITCH WASNT DRIVEN

[bereft-of-frogs]

I feel like I'm borrowing all my time | 5.3k

Greez can’t do much but trail Cere, who moves like she knows where she’s going. He’s only really half sure she has any clue, figuring she’s mostly putting on an act so no one questions them. That’s the best way to get into someplace you didn’t belong, just acting like you did, holding your head high and charging forward, and he supposes it works here like it works anywhere else. They really don’t belong here, in every sense of the word. Greez has never been anywhere he belonged less and it makes his skin crawl if he thinks too much about it. They really don’t belong here. Everything is out of place, out of order. It’s all already happened. There’s nothing they can do to change it. But some things transcend time. (aka the only Star Wars time travel fic I will ever write. ...Probably.)

[ ao3 link ]

Truly, if you had asked me...about five weeks ago if I would ever write a Star Wars time travel fic I would have said 'hell no'. The thing is I understand why they're so popular -- what tragedy couldn't be fixed with a little foreknowledge and rewinding the clock to warn people? also when your main series spans decades and the expanded universe literally millennia, often the only way to get your faves to interact is to introduce a little time travel, so I get it -- but I am very particular about time travel fiction and I really struggled to fit this type of time travel into my conception of this universe and the Force and then...I just got all the plot out of the way and let the angst take over. Isn't that always the way though? Just let the drama shine through. Don't worry about the 'plot' or little things like 'how do they actually time travel though'. Anyway, add it a literal set of dice and some non-linear narrative shenanigans (you know I love those!) and you've got my unexpected favorite fic of whumptober 2023. How. Who have I become.

Please enjoy ;-)

#the held heart (whumptober 2023) #star wars #jedi fallen order #time travel aus #I literally bought dice for this #this fic cost me $9 #no i was happy to support my local comic store that i'm always browsing in and never buying anything #but it is kind of funny that this fic cost me $9 #could I have done this digitally? yes but it just felt better for it to be determined by gravity and not an algorithm #and now I have a nice set of dice and the comic book store has $9 #it's one of my stops on my 'sunday strolling with a coffee' but unlike the other bookstores on my route i hadn't bought anything yet

[skydigiblogs]

y'all bandai themselves is assigning me with the apocalymon autism

[ID: A photo of a someone holding a copy of the parallel art of Apocalymon from the Exceed Apocalypse expansion of the Digimon Card Game. The alt art depicts Apocalymon's humanoid body with an intense expression. The card itself is in a gold sleeve.]

we only bought four packs (the first time we have bought packs since 2021) and this was the last card in the last pack

we're getting the whole pizza with this one fellas

#sky talks #digimon card game #yes i know apo is a restricted card #but i have that apocalymon autism real bad right now so even though i barely know shit about DCG #i'm like determined to make it work #also the dcg tutorial app is really good for what it is but. god damn. #i am remembering why we stopped playing card games in college because worrying about interactions is a pain and a half #one game takes me like 30 minutes minimum even with the app making the flow easier for my brain #anyways #when i tell y'all i screamed #i could not chill for about an hour after this #he came home fr #now i feel like i HAVE to find a FLGS that actually has people playing digimon lmao #(as if i wasn't already gonna try to) #ALSO having not played card games since like? 2018? #(and considering the only card game we really played was MTG) #i am losing my mind over how pretty and intricate foil cards are nowadays??? #like i also collect pokemon cards and YES there are some very gorgeous older pokemon foils #(there's this one pidgeotto card with starburst sparkles that is dazzling) #but the intricacy of the pattern work in some of these foil cards is nutty #i have to wonder what kind of tech goes into making card art do that #anyways uhh #i'm going to bed now that i've spent 6 hours riding this high #download the DCG tutorial app

[strangersynth]

reducing mike and el's love for each other to something that'll make their relationship stumble and fall if not evaporate when they break up will never not be like emptying a room and then walking in and wondering why its empty.

#like it would be great if there was fighting involved im not gonna lie #mike and el being like lets break up <3 yeah okay :D makes no fucking sense okay they're both lost #and neither reacts well to that kind of stuff. mike is incredibly defensive and el is incredibly determined to getting the truth #and she could very well scream and he might very well scream too if he's still getting defensive like a yknow like an ass #im not gonna say 'neither is' like ik whats gonna happen in s5 but i will say neither /should/ be soft enough for a mutual breakup with #no sort of angst when they're both at the very least conflicted (in different ways) because of their relationship #but aside from all that fighting what i mean to say is idk that i agree with the fact that the biggest issue with mike and el is that they- #-have no foundation like they could never work even as friends #when at the end of the day that is essentially just an anti-mi/even rage that falls flat when this could stop at friends. #they dont need to bore the life out of each other and be in constant tension forever in order to go their ways #theyve done countless things for one another there is love there. and it does not cancel out mike and will nor el being free from mi/even #its givin ''mike said im not scared of u to el but he said what is wrong with u when she got lucas unconscious so he is scared of her!'' #big picture maybe #elmike

[sophieswundergarten]

Okay. You know how most fandoms with siblings have a "separated" au? Well, I think we have a unique position to have an MBS "not seperated" au.

Imagine that Nicholas and Nathaniel never got split up. Either they both get adopted, or they both remain in the orphanage/run away. What would even happen? Nothing. They're just two super geniuses who do stuff as a highly effective and close-knit duo.

ALSO

Because in this story, Curtain wouldn't have started the Emergency/Nicholas wouldn't need to create the Society, the kids would be kept separated! Reynie would stay in the orphanage (Maybe he'd get adopted at some point?), Kate wouldn't have ever lost Milligan (Unless you want to make someone else the villain, in which case she'd stay with the circus), Sticky would have either ended up in an orphanage/lived on his own/or never have run away, and Constance would have kept living in the library (Or maybe, since the Recruiters wouldn't have gone after her, she would have gotten adopted).

#I don't know why this grabbed my brain #But I think it would be really interesting #Especially because there could be any number of things that brings them all together #Chance or one of the twins anyway or another villain #Also there are a great many ways you can handle the Original Society #(Milligan/Rhonda/Number Two/Nicholas) #Maybe they start a bookclub and Rhonda/Number Two come because they are very determined children #And Nicholas is like “Nathaniel. Nathaniel we can't just NOT adopt them” #And Milligan just comes because #Also it would be cool if the girls met and the boys met before all of them came together as a quartet #Like Nicholas adopts Constance right off the bat and then comes across the Wetheralls somehow #And maybe Sticky ends up at Reynie's orphanage or Reynie ends up at Sticky's school #There's a lot of variables #Going to stop talking now #the mysterious benedict society #mbs

[lord-squiggletits]

Pharma/Ambulon is a ship I kinda want to get into because it feels like it's a ship that has a lot of drama potential. It's not enemies to lovers but it's like, ETL lite. I guess there's just something in there that you can pick at to find some angst? Like, Pharma hates Decepticons and so he hates Ambulon because he's a Decepticon, but eventually comes to love him later on? Or you could work in something about Pharma's deal with Tarn/the DJD to save Delphi, in which part of the reason he makes the deal is so that he can protect Ambulon (I've seen many fics take this approach even with platonic/not particularly close Pharma and Ambulon).

I don't think I ship it in a "these guys would make a great long-term/stable couple" way, I think I ship it more in a "this has great angst potential/they have really complicated feelings towards each other" way but I don't really have any ideas for how.

#squiggposting #like for example we do know that pharma trusted ambulon enough to make him his ward manager over first aid #i might be mixing up the order since i remember ambulon is the one who demoted first aid #like you could argue that even if pharma hates decepticons that didn't stop him from working with one #then again pharma apparently never even gave ambulon the codes to the quarantine room he should've had as ward manager #but we honestly don't know enough about their time working together to really say #we know what first aid thinks of pharma but we don't know what ambulon thought of pharma #presumably not much better but like. he was the ward manager and would've had more contact with pharma #maybe there would be some sort of determination on ambulon's part to get pharma to see him as worthy? #some sort of breaking down of pharma's preconceptions of ambulon as an ex decepticon? #i mean. pharma hates decepticons but ambulon isn't a decepticon any more. could be some potential there

[lys-jeorge]

Anyone wanna know an inconsequential BTS thing I always found a bit sus and for some reason just popped back into my brain?

Yeh? ok

When they're asked who the best dancer is and they all say J-Hope, now the other 6 all agreeing on this? I'd be suprised but it's not inherently sus, the sus is J-Hope. What's your answer my guy? Even if he thinks it's himself usually they have a someone other than themself answer they'll use, you'd think even if he wanted to say himself he'd say probably Jimin, but someone else, him not doing that is so like...

when they were rookies they were told this is what their answer should be, and they've stuck with it ever since.

#bts #like you're gonna tell me none of JK Suga and RM prefer Jimin's dancing? I frankly don't think that's true #yes i'm calling them liars yes they lie about shit of course they do #bleh #but this isn't even like a proper lie #it's a #idk #this is what the answer is meant to be and it was always meant to be and we don't think about what that means anymore or if it is true or n #it's not an answer to the question #it's a programmed response yk #but even if they all do prefer j-hope which would be fair he is amazing #what's with him #what's his answer #why doesn't he answer #you can say yourself that's fine #like it's just so #there is no opinion happening #it is a programmed answer and for why #like when they were actual babies and establishing roles in the group maybe having a pre determined answer made sense #or was useful #probably could move past that #or stop asking it's fucking stupid question #like what's better dali or monet #idk my guy what are you into they're both technically incredible it's art what speaks to you #this isn't a question someone else can tell you the answer to in any meaningful way #so tl;dr #i think they were told to say that #and they just never thought about it again #probably don't even consider what their individual answer would be if they were gonna give it

[emperorcartagia]

where is his emmy

#i actually cannot get into this because i wont stop but this shit is so damn good. #i love how big and scary his eyes get when he gets defensive #peter/londo absolutely ATE this scene too like... ACTING!!!! #its just so good its such good delicious food for meee yummy #i just love how intimidating londo is and how sinister he can be #weve been seeing how determined he is and how he schemes to get what he wants #but theres something special about seeing him knock a former ally down a couple pegs #but also bill forward is so god damn perfect for this role in every way its really great #he physically compliments londo in his apperance being taller being more thin his softer features in his face his smaller nose #he is essentially londos waluigi and i love it so much #it makes his role as a foil for londo even more apparent and striking. its perfect. #i love the little mannerisms he has when he acts as refa #his head movements #the nodding thing he does where he tucks his chin into his chest to get Serious #he carries himself in such an Alien way and it is perfect physical acting for a centauri character #he really understood this role and understood the character and i dont think anyone else could have played him #and gave the performance he did #he is soooo criminially underrated #the way that he barely blinks is so slimy and scary it is so fucking perfect. excuse me. #also as an aside #'ohhh londo' #i need to lie down. i hate him. #also refa and londos chemistry is actually insane in every scene they have i am locked the fuck in because theyre both so capitavting #and they work with each other So Well #i need to just write my damn essay on him and get it all out of my system because whew. #lots of thoughts for a guy in six episodes ! ! !

[zukkaoru]

okay at 2am last night i had a sudden realization that after sigma touches fyodor and then falls back, there's no blood. when fyodor has used his ability in the past (in the ep with karma & ace, and then on the soldier at the end of s3) there was always blood, seemingly from the neck area. but neither the manga nor the anime seem to show any blood after sigma took fyodor's hand which means. i think they just passed out from information overload - ango said it's common when the amount of information transferred via ability is large. and fyodor might have estimated sigma would pass out, and then wake up after it was too late to save everyone, which would be far worse torture than simply dying

#bsd spoilers #bsd s5 #has this been said before? idk #i think we all got too caught up in the d.azaic.huuya show #anyway also random thought but obviously there has to be some sort of contingency for fyodor's ability #if it was literally just 'killing people by touch' at least DAZAI would know that's literally all it is. and why wouldn't he share that? #so there must be some other condition that has to be fulfilled in order for fyodor's ability to work #and it's possible sigma simply. didn't meet that condition. #my only current thought is that it only works on people who are afraid #karma was very clearly afraid of fyodor as soon as he saw ace was dead #and i presume the rest of ace's men on the boat probably felt the same way #some random prisoner tricks the man whose been controlling their lives for Years into hanging himself? yeah that'll strike fear into them #obviously it's harder to tell with the soldier in the s3 finale but i wouldn't say it's a far stretch to guess he's afraid of fyodor #meanwhile sigma - while they do have the thought 'this could be the last thing i ever do' right before taking fyodor's hand #does not look fearful. they look determined. #this is how they can get a home and that might be enough to overwrite any fear of fyodor they could have #BUT who knows. i could also be completely off target #my mind has just been picking apart every last bsd-related thing it comes across #the brainrot is taking control and idk how to Stop Thinking #hello grace here #actually ngl now that i actually type out the fear-activated ability thing i kind of love it #even if it ends up being wrong it kinda slaps and would be really cool to see #grace reads bsd