#I offer this instead <3

[tennessoui]

brain will not let me sleep until I say

same age padawans au where they’ve been in a weird wired frenemies thing for ages but now that they’re both mature adults (all of 24/25 years old) they’re more friends than enemies….

And it’s Obi-Wan that Anakin tells when he’s decided he’s going to leave the Order, not anyone else. He has a wife. There was a pregnancy scare a few weeks ago and it made her want their relationship to stop being a secret so they could really have kids. He has to leave the Order. Doesn’t Obi-Wan understand?

Obi-Wan, who has been a little in love with Anakin since they were younglings, does not understand. Not one bit. Instead of wishing him well and helping him pack, he goes to the Council and requests a mission in the Outer Rim….perhaps a month long or more…perhaps undercover? No contact with anyone on Coruscant. And maybe they could assign Anakin Skywalker as his back up? He can help with the undercover aspect.

And at first, Anakin is pissed because he was planning to resign from the Order in the next few days, but Obi-Wan convinces him to go on this mission with him….one last mission as a Jedi. To say goodbye to the Jedi life.

Obviously, Obi-Wan sort of wants to go on one last mission with Anakin because in his dreams, he wants the mission to go so perfectly that Anakin stays with him the Order. But realistically, he mostly wants to go on this mission to say goodbye to Anakin and then let him go, soaking up all his warmth and light, memorizing every casual touch bestowed on him because he knows they’re ticking down to the last handful of seconds together.

But then obviously the mission works TOO well and Anakin falls in love with Obi-Wan but doesn’t admit to it even to himself before they’re on the ship about to head back to Coruscant and Anakin realizes he doesn’t want to leave this planet because he doesn’t want to leave Obi-Wan if it could always be like this so he crashes the ship during take off so they can stay longer because he’s 24 and doesn’t know how to handle the immensity of his love except through destruction

#Kit’s silly lil AUs #obikin #I couldn’t finish the Democratic fic part today writing was so hard :( #I offer this instead <3 #hopefully will get it up tomorrow #but anyway: no physical cheating but probably emotional infidelity as anakin falls in love with obi-wan but doesn’t notice #and a lot of pining but being brave about it obi-wan which could also turn into finding his rebound in the outer rim obiwan #which would then turn into seethingly jealous anakin #+ bonus points is that their cover is theyre newly weds #and obi-wan is like <3 you can touch me mister we have an open marriage <3 #and this poor guy at the bar is being stared down by a vicious anakin and he’s like uh does your husband knkw that ???? #but yeah here for pretty newly knighted obi-wan creating a situation where he gets to feel anakin touch him and kiss him on the cheek #and hold his hand and call him pet names #all the while being convinced that this is all he will ever get so he has to be satisfied with this #that the yearning will stop and he will find comfort in the memory of anakin’s arm around his shoulders once he’s left the order and obiwan #to be with his wife #also obi-wan gets wasted one night and someone asks how they met or when they fell in love #and obi-wan accidentally tells the drunken truth #not the cover story #and it makes anakin go 👀🧐 #but then he gets too drunk and forgets it

[isjasz]

[Day 96]

Together they become GUY!!

(Context: On the stream yesterday they were joking about just combining into one player for decked out LOL)

(And Hermittober: Day 1 Frost ❄️)

#dddaily4sherin #hermittober #grian #goodtimeswithscar #desert duo #isdoodles #hermitblr #hermitcraft #speedran this right after i finished reviewing for test HELASKJAJ #I wanted to draw tango epic dungeon master too but no time #had a cool composition idea too rip </3 #maybe later on i can just do trad doodles for both hermits that fit the prompt and desertduo so we get both #or i just go insane and draw two whole digital pieces in one day who knows LMAO #if i have the time #but i really want to draw a bit of hermits and friends other than desertduo for the duration of hermittober too :D #also you guys should be happy i couldve drawn the dl snow bucket event instead but i decided against it and offer fluff thumbs up

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

*throws this at you at the speed of sound and runs away* I just want you to know how unwell your description of fantasy Wally and Home makes me. An intimate relationship with no fathomable label!?!!?!!! One of them is a creature/demon of void!?!!!!!??? They love each other but not quite romantic maybe not platonic but perhaps a secret third option!?!?!!!!! :DDDD!! ANYWAY! here ya go!

Plus an uncovered version

Took an artistic liberty or two for style, hope you don’t mind

#GOING INSANE INSANE INSANE #the SWAG- #obsessed w/ how home IS his shadow thats such a good fuckign detaaiiiilllll #the shadow the HANDS OOGH the red dots in his pupils the Everything #emphasis on Everything #thank you i will be insane over this. continuously #i WILL be coming back to admire it... #EEEEHEE HEE GLAD IM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THE ROT LMAO #offerings to the bog #wh fantasy au #man. i want this on my wall.... #i just keep scrolling back up to look at it instead of adding more tags AHA <3 #wonderful stunning perfect showstopping effervescent-

[staticrevelations]

Imogen and Laudna at the Solstice / "Everything" by MUNA

#imodna enjoyers please give MUNA a listen if u haven't #if u need a sampler queue up Silk Chiffon - I Know a Place - Kind of Girl - Everything and maybe Solid #or just their top tracks they're all good #probably preaching to the choir here but #also i wish i knew how to make gifs but i do not so i offer you mildly edited screenshots instead <3 #imodna #laudna #imogen temult #critical role #bells hells #cr3 #campaign 3 #apogee solstice #MUNA #mine

[exotic-inquiry]

Day seven: Swords

#wayfarerweek #wayfarer #wayfarer game #amali sero #more than a day late to posting this T-T but we technically made it to day seven! #next time I will have the forethought to give myself more prep time than just a couple of days #oh and also substituted the day 7 prompt since I was having a hard time coming up with a visual idea for pact.. #so instead i offer you many sero sketches for the prompt swords<3 (ended up using it as some v needed dynamic pose practice) #with that the week is complete! saw so many beautiful pieces of art and absolutely fantastic writing!! #there’s just so many incredibly talented folk in the wayfarer community! also ty organizers for putting this week event together!!<33 #my art #my oc: finn briadis

[being-luminous]

they're on vacation 🥚

background from unsplash

also, not pictured: the tape holding up v's sunglasses

#is that a sunburn or did someone just smack his head really hard?? #no one knows #anyway hi im still here #no fic yet but please accept this most humble offering instead #in my head this is some weird amalgamation of aus #schrödinger's harrymort if you will #my art #i don't expect i'll be using this tag a lot bc im no artist #but at least i have it now. just in case #will the shitposting ever stop? you ask. no <3

[daylighteclipsed]

I think if you convinced Astarion not to ascend, he’s there for the Haarlep encounter, and you fail the CON check (push Haarlep away), he should lose his cool and fire an arrow at Haarlep or something and interrupt Haarlep’s magic, giving you another chance to fight instead. I do think the sex abuse survivor witnessing his friend or lover being coerced into sex would notice when they want to escape and would have something to say about it.

#it’s wild how all of your party members stand there and watch this unfold in silence #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #it’s so uncomfortable and humiliating #i couldn’t handle it i had to reload my save and go the fighting route instead #i had lae’zel and shadowheart with me. and i get how they could ig bear this in stoney-faced silence #but i had astarion with me too. and i just do Not believe he’d watch this in silence #not after you’ve helped free him from a life of abuse slavery and noncon #he should protest more than ‘are you sure we can trust [haarlep]’ #or maybe even offer to take your/tav’s place #it wouldn’t work of course. haarlep would insist on tav #but it would further show his char development since act 1 and how much he’s grown to care about you/tav #that he’s willing to put himself through that again so you don’t have to #i mean #I’m not the only one who sees parallels between cazador and haarlep #AND astarion and haarlep #right #I’m not the only one who thinks haarlep would Really Bother astarion. right #I’ve heard astarion is sympathetic (the only companion who is) if you lose/surrender your body #but i just think he should also be the one who’s like hey let’s Not let our friend be taken advantage of like this

[blackjackkent]

Suggestion for your fic prompt request :)

Jaheira and Karlach - "stories around the campfire" - Karlach is full of questions about the old days, and Jaheira tells her a story she may not have expected.

TYSM for this prompt! This one made me smile a lot. (I really love writing both Jaheira and Karlach, so writing both of them bonding is, as Karlach would say, aces. :D ) I really hope you enjoy it!

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Comrades and Lost Children

Pairing: Jaheira & Karlach Characters: Jaheira, Karlach Rating: G Warnings: None Word Count: 2.3k Setting: Several hours after the death of Ketheric Thorm Summary: Jaheira and Karlach share memories during a late night after the fall of Moonrise Towers. other bg3 one-shots | send me fic requests!

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A shadow among shadows, the black panther pads through the twisted forest outside Moonrise.

The curse is already beginning to fade with Ketheric’s death. The land is hardly yet safe, but the silent creature can step without pain in the milder patches of darkness. And it seems joyous in that freedom; a low purr rumbles in its throat as it darts repeatedly from the path to climb a gnarled tree trunk or roll in a struggling patch of grass, scenting out the places where nature’s strength is starting to recover within the broken landscape.

It’s a short journey north to Last Light, but the panther’s meandering route takes it past the moonlight-bathed building. Instead, it makes for the small camp where Hector and his companions have been lodging since their arrival in the shadowlands. Unsurprisingly, given it is nearly two in the morning, the camp is still and silent; only a lone tiefling figure sits up keeping guard by the slowly dying fire.

So softly does the huge cat move that Karlach does not at first notice its approach. It is almost within the circle of firelight before she registers it - but when she does, she moves fast, leaping to her feet with a startled cry and bringing her sword to bear on the beast. “Holy shit--”

For a moment the two of them stare at each other, unmoving. Then the panther's body begins to shift, magical energy flowing off it like a surge of dark water. Jaheira's lithe form uncurls within the burst of power into a standing position from the hunch in which the wildshape left her. “Is there a problem, Karlach?” she says, looking calmly into the point of the sword drawn on her.

“Oh, thank fuck,” Karlach says. She slumps with relief and lets the weapon drop to her side; a nervous smile bursts onto her face at once as she recognizes the other woman. “You scared the piss out of me.” 

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#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 fanfic #bg3 fanfiction #bg3 fic #baldur's gate 3 fic #jaheira #jaheira bg3 #karlach #karlach bg3 #karlach cliffgate #i enjoyed writing this so much; thank you for the prompt! <3 #i think i've decided these two are my favorite characters to write by far c: #(maybe tied with lae'zel) #also if i had a nickel for every time this week i posted something about jaheira getting wine-tipsy and opening up to someone #i'd have two nickels #which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice XD #no hector liveblog tonight bc i have gw2 raids in a little while but i offer this instead :D

[fallowfrog]

kamurocho gurlz

#yakuza #rgg #ryu ga gotoku #goro majima #kiryu kazuma #goromi #yakuza fanart #rgg fanart #idk i wanted to see kiryu in a dress too :P #if i can't find the energy to finish my v-day drawing take this as an offering instead <3

[mostlymaudlin]

if you're worried about repetitive sentence starters in narrative writing (ie: frequently starting with "I" or a pov character's name), i think the most important thing to focus on is not the kind of words you're using, but rather the moving parts in your story that are being highlighted.

english is best suited for a subject (I) - verb (wrote) - object (this) sentence structure; that's the format that the reader will inhale without noticing, easy as breathing. it's also the easiest for you to write (hence, your draft full of sentences starting with pronouns). for a lot of the delivery of your story, you should be in that "stealth mode" so that the lines you want noticed can really leap off the page in comparison. messing with the subject-verb-object pattern signals to the reader that there's something to notice, and writing is awkward when it's full of sentences that say, "look at me!"

if you're worried about variation of sentence starters, you want to zoom out on the narrative and think about the scene you are trying to show, or the point you are trying to make. let's do an example from my own writing:

That’s not all true. Baz had already mapped out the best regular flights from Heathrow to LAX. He was talking about weekend trips in the middle and FaceTime date ideas he’d found on Pinterest. It filled Simon with dread. Baz wasn’t taking any of it seriously. As silly as the role was, everyone knew Bad Blood was going to be huge. Baz was the exciting, fresh face joining a star-studded cast for the most audience-friendly teen vampire show in history. Simon wasn’t going to let him blow it.

all the blue sentences follow, in general, that subject-verb-object pattern. the pink sentence is the outlier, and it's also the most significant line in the paragraph; in this story, this is the moment where you finally learn simon's motivation for previously breaking up with baz. the rest of the sentences all start with a noun, but they're different nouns based on what needs to be said.

here's another way this could be written:

Simon knows that's not all true. He'd watched Baz map out the best regular flights from Heathrow to LA and look up FaceTime date ideas. Simon worried that Baz wasn't taking it seriously. He knew Bad Blood would be huge, despite the concept being silly. But Simon knew Baz was the exciting, fresh face joining a star-studded cast for the most audience-friendly, sexy teen vampire show in history. Simon wasn't going to let him blow it.

this probably looks more similar to the kind of paragraph people get nervous about. simon simon simon -- like, stfu man! what's really happening is just that simon is not the best subject for all of these sentences. it's true that "simon knows" and "simon watched" and "simon knew," but we already know all that, because we know we're in his head. when you look at paragraphs like these, you want to identify the true subject of your sentences. even in the most introspective of paragraphs (like the above example), the narrator is usually not the Most Important Noun.

let's do one more example for when you're writing really menial tasks -- this is where i most commonly have this problem:

Andrew turns on the TV, puts the volume almost all the way down, and crouches in front of the DVD collection. His fingers trail along the spines for a moment before he pulls a case from the shelf. The player swallows the disc as Andrew crosses the room to turn out the lights. Tinged blue in the shadows, he comes to stand in front of Neil again, hand extended in demand.

so, same thing: the subjects, the nouns taking action, are andrew, his fingers, the dvd player, and then andrew again with a modifier. the first time i wrote this, i'm sure "andrew" or "he" was the start of every sentence, because my man is just doing his lil task here and sometimes that's not the most exciting thing to write. but again: it's not all about him! other nouns deserve the spotlight. the last sentence breaks the pattern, but it's also the completion of the task: he has successfully set the movie-watching scene, and this sentence is transitioning us to them watching the movie.

there's lots of ways to write and i definitely don't have all the answers, but i do think that any writing advice that asks you to focus on mechanics rather than structure will ultimately not help you solve the root of bad writing habits. when i write, i'm thinking: what's the main player noun in the action taking place? that's what becomes the subject of my sentence, so my starters are naturally a lot more varied. it's less intimidating to think about the purpose of your story (which you're already excited about!) when you're writing than it is to put that focus on mechanics.

good luck! you've got this!!

#theres another post going around and i promise im not trying 2 be shady just offering my perspective on this specific thing #i have strong opinions on subject-verb sentence structure <3 it is my beloved #writing #writing advice #i love that i got really stoned to go to bed so i would stop writing #and instead i got incredibly worked up abt sentence structure and wrote an essay #the human mind is unstoppable #anyway im going to bed now hopefully probably

[yourlocaldisneyvillain]

i love when people offer me help. i will never accept it bc i am Insane but i love that i have the option you know

#personal #some friends were like call us if you need anything!! #and i was like i love you with my entire heart you are so sweet but i need to be dying in order to ask anyone for anything ya know #love you tho <3 and i really appreciate it #also i know they meant it they didn't just say it bc it's what you say #so it's like extra special <3 #that shit makes me so happy <3 #maybe after a couple more years of therapy i can also accept the help instead of just being happy that i was offered it haha

[aturnoftheearth]

anytime someone mentions florida it’s like this

#i was just trying to figure out what the kroger equivalent is here in florida but instead all i got was article after article about kroger #going after publix by offering delivering in florida and uhhhh. no u mean central and south florida <3

[night-triumphantt]

Didi <3 (@sysba)

If u don’t love her we simply can’t be friends

#Edith Blake #certified blorbo in law #my art #triumphantt art #this is days before u find her cutting her hair into the sink bc she got annoyed w the length #but I wanted to see it bc it looks cute on her <3 #Kiara does not offer to help w the haircut instead she sits on the counter bc clearly this is the perfect time to tell #her older sister a story she’d otherwise not care ab #fjskdjsksjs #I love them ur honor

[pensbridgertons]

SWANFIRE APPRECIATION WEEK 2023

day 4 ♡ time travel au

when zelenas portal opens, emma and neal get sucked in and transported to the enchanted forest, back in time to the moment emmas parents meet. while they watch on from a distance as snow and charming are about to have their first encounter, emma accidentally distracts snow and throws the whole moment off, changing history and interrupting her parents’ first meeting, therefore potentially erasing herself from existence. to prevent this from happening and fix their mistake, the two must figure out a new way to get snow and charming to meet. in order to do this, they seek help from rumpelstiltskin, which means neal must encounter this past version of his father and also make sure rumple doesn’t realize who he is. with his help, and the plan they concoct, involving convincing snow to steal charmings ring from the castle, sneaking into charming and abigail’s engagement ball, and breaking out of regina’s prison, they manage to set everything on the right path, and emma watches on as her parents first fall in love. with the wand that rumple provides them, emma is able to make a portal to transport them home.

#sfweek2023 #swanfireedit #swanthiefedit #emmaswanedit #nealcassidyedit #ouatedit #onceuponatimeedit #swanthief #swanfire #emma swan #neal cassidy #ouat #once upon a time #** #otp: i love you; i porbably always will #do u know how much self control i had to exert to not do an o/utlander au #obv the first thing my brain goes to when i think time travel au is that we all know who i am #but i think i would burst into flames at even entertaining that idea. way too self indulgent for my tiny brain #instead i offer you this bad manip <3

[anonyhex]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Baldur's Gate (Video Games) Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Astarion/Wyll (Baldur's Gate), Ulder Ravengard & Wyll, Astarion & Ulder Ravengard Characters: Astarion (Baldur's Gate), Wyll (Baldur's Gate), Ulder Ravengard Additional Tags: Past Abuse, Past Sexual Abuse, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Praise Kink, Safeword Use, Panic Attacks, Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Established Relationship, Domestic Disputes, foreplay happens but things stop before they can go further, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, (Imagined) Canon-Typical Violence Series: Part 4 of An Acorn in the Moonlight Summary:

Astarion is getting more and more angry about Ulder's apparent inability to show affection to his son. After a fight, he decides he wants to heap praise on Wyll to make up for Ulder's flaws.

It goes worse than expected.

#baldur's gate 3 #bg3 wyll #wyll ravengard #wyllstarion #astarion #bg3 astarion #bg3 #Can I offer you a Wyll panic attack in these trying times? #I wrote this instead of the other WIP because shit is going down irl and it was actually quite cathartic!

[why-the-heck-not]

death to services that ask for ur payment info even tho they are free >:( then why in the good goddamn hell would u need that info then hhUH ???

#trying to use fly.io to get this stupid app to the internet and dude I do not want to put my credit card info there #it’s for one (1) course I don’t want to suddenly wake up some day and see that I have a big ass bill for something I thought was free #bc i don’t trust anything to actually stay free #and fly.io ’’ we don’t offer free-tier. instead we offer some free resource allowances that include enough usage per month to run a small #app for free’’ but like that seems sketchy?? like are they going to inform me like hey so if u don’t take this down we are going to start #billing you?? seems like it’ll be ’’hey so ur app is actually not what we consider ’’small’’ so we took the liberty to rob ur entire #apartment for payment thanxx <3’’ #stupid heroku deciding that u now how to pay for it like literally what can u do in this world without putting ur bank account on the line?? #literally nothing #september 2023 #2023