#IT’S BEEN A DAY PALS

[harrowharkwife]

i'm so used to there just being random unidentified bones laying around everywhere in these damn books that it finally occurred to me, just now, to wonder where the bones on new rho came from. y'know, the bones palamedes always tried to teach nona necromancy on.

they're his.

palamedes, who always loved teaching, living on borrowed time in a body that's not his own. palamedes, mentoring, teaching- parenting, by sixth standards, mind you. and that boy is sixth, through and through.

and the entire point of teaching nona necromancy in the first place was to try and determine if nona is, well, nonagesimus, right? so it has to be bones, it can't not be bones. bones are, like, her whole thing.

but they're not in the nine houses, anymore. things are different, on new rho.

they burn bones here. dig up the cemeteries. a society terrified of zombies will evolve to dispose of its dead differently.

the only bones he has access to now are his own. (camilla wouldn't let anyone take them- skull or hand, doesn't matter. they're still him, and she doesn't let go, remember? it's her one thing.)

palamedes woke up every morning wearing someone else's body to then gently place the shrapnel of his own in the cupped palms of a girl who's the closest thing he'll ever have to a daughter and try to teach her- how did the angel put it, again? normal school, as much as possible, for as long as possible.

(but hey, in a roundabout way, at least it's a chance for him to touch camilla again, right? nevermind that she's not there to feel any of it because he's in the driver's seat, that he can only stay for fifteen minutes at a time. it's atoms that belong to camilla touching atoms that used to belong to him, and that's close enough. he'll take what he can get, these days- if she can be their flesh, he can be the end. so what if holding his own bones is a mindfuck? so what if looking at them makes him nauseous? surely he can suck it up and deal with it for fifteen minutes. it's the least he can do— his poor camilla was the one who had to scrape the bloody pulp of them off the floors of canaan house.)

(speaking of, here's a fun fact: we actually only see nona practicing with the bones one time, on-page. camilla's final line in that scene, before palamedes takes over, is none other than: 'keep going. there are some bones left.' ow!)

remember, too, that the only part of dulcinea, the real dulcinea, that palamedes ever physically touched, was her tooth- the one that ianthe gave him, pulled from the ashes cytherea burnt her down to. he only ever touched dulcie once, and it wasn't until after she was already gone, but that doesn't matter- it still happened, and you can't take loved away.

in this same roundabout, bittersweet, by-proxy sort of way, palamedes has been physically touched by nona, too: the atoms she currently occupies, touching atoms that he used to occupy, and never will again.

the main interaction we've seen between palamedes and his mother took place back on the sixth, with her acting as mentor and him as pupil: the two of them studying a set of hand bones, juno encouraging him every step of the way.

we know that harrowhark's "most vivid memory of her mother was of her hands guiding harrow's over an inexpertly rendered portion of skull, her fingers encircling the fat baby bracelets of harrow's wrists, tightening this cuff to indicate correct technique."

they're still small for a nineteen year old, but the wrists are bigger, in this new set of memories nona's making. and it's not an inexpertly rendered portion of skull anymore- it's a hand, now, albeit one crafted from [a piece of skull reassembled (painstakingly—passionately—laboriously reassembled) from fragments, manually, and not by a bone magician, from the skull of someone who, soon after death or symptomatically during, had exploded.] and the identity and origin of these bones is no mystery at all. they belong to palamedes, and he's consented to their use for this purpose, and that matters.

but the details are just set dressing, really. the foundation of the memory is the same.

palamedes and his mother, juno and her son.

harrow and her mother; pelleamena and her daughter.

nona and her father-mother-teacher; palamedes and his daughter.

#these fucking books. every 2-3 business days i'll find some new detail to be insane about #this post took me like three hours to write. what the fuck #palamedes sextus #nona the ninth #the locked tomb #nona #palamedes the sixth #tlt #ntn #camilla hect #tlt spoilers #pal honey. im :( :( :( #spiritually that man is a MOM okay! there's a reason tamsyn specifically assigned him the same imagery in this scene #that she's been using to represent crucial bonding moments between mother/mother figure and child/child figure #that and the 'sextus you'll make a very irritating wife someday' joke and cam's 'i'll talk to your mother later' face #ie: talk to palamedes about nona #that boy is momcoded i don't make the rules!

[civetside]

You think they be watching my little pony in the river?

probably

#ask #tlt #tlt shitposting #harrowhark nonagesimus #palamedes sextus #my little pony #sorry its been a few days is this ask in reference to something else i said or something or is this just a thought you had #also im pretty sure this isnt how the river works but the thought of pal trying to remember an ep to show harrow was funny #teehee #hard cut to cam waiting in suspense for harrow to come back

[deep-dark-fears]

You can be smoothie. A fear submitted by Felix to Deep Dark Fears - thanks! You can find original art in my store over HERE!

#comics #Deep Dark Fears #Fran Krause #fears #blender #So here's the story #folks. #It's been a crazy couple years #and I haven't been posting every week like I used to. #But the truth is that I've still been doing this comic every single week. #It's published in a paper out in Vermont called Seven Days - Hi Jeff! #Anyhow - I haven't been posting it online because I've just been very busy the past year or so #But this week I've finally gotten around to formatting all these comics and I'm going to see what happens when I publish a year's worth #in a few days. #Who knows? #Hope you're all well! #Your pal - Fran

[daffi-990]

Seven(ish) Sentence Sunday ✍️

Tagged by @diazsdimples @giddyupbuck and @wikiangela. Thank you lovelies mwah 😘

Have a little something from LA Lonely -> this is after the fun and orgasms of Buck and Eddie’s hook up. Still don’t know if I’m going to go full spice 🌶️ or just do a quick little run down of things.

Prev snippet & mood board here

Buck expects him to start pulling his clothes on and to give him the whole “this was fun, but I gotta bounce” speel, but Eddie surprises him by climbing back into bed and nudging Buck to roll onto his side so Eddie can scoot up behind him and hold him.

Buck freezes for a moment because no one does this. They have their fun and then they leave. They don’t stay and they definitely don’t cuddle.

Eddie must feel him go tense because his hold loosens and he moves as if he’s about to pull away. “Is this okay?”

Buck grabs at the arms that are wrapped around him, stopping Eddie’s descent. “Y-yeah. It’s-it’s okay.” He pulls at Eddie’s arms and the man settles back behind him, burrowing his face into the juncture where Buck’s neck meets his shoulder as he shuffles closer.

Soft kisses are pressed into his skin and Buck is helpless but to relax back into Eddie, letting the comfort and warmth of whatever is happening wrap around him.

“Stay?” He whispers, not sure if Eddie can hear him but not being brave enough to say it any louder. He feels like he’s asking too much.

A kiss behind his ear. “Okay.”

No pressure tagging: @hippolotamus @puppyboybuckley @exhuastedpigeon @spotsandsocks @devirnis @wikiangela @hoodie-buck @honestlydarkprincess @homerforsure @monsterrae1 @missmagooglie @mellaithwen @nmcggg @lover-of-mine @ladydorian05 @loserdiaz @bekkachaos @wildlife4life @watchyourbuck @weewootruck @elvensorceress @eddiebabygirldiaz @evanbegins @rewritetheending @rainbow-nerdss @captain-hen @jeeyuns @jesuisici33 @glorious-spoon @fortheloveofbuddie @fiona-fififi @disasterbuckdiaz @thewolvesof1998 @try-set-me-on-fire @theotherbuckley @steadfastsaturnsrings @tizniz @athenagranted @alliaskisthepossibilityoflove @spagheddiediaz @sunshinediaz and as always, anyone else who wants to share something -> consider this your tag ☺️

#daffi writes #wip: la lonely #buddie wip #buddie #besides posting yesterday I’ve been a bit quiet with wip tag games. #There’s some heavy shit going on in part of my extended family which has emotionally sucker punched me and my husband #Creative energy is running on exhaust fumes which makes me sad cos I felt like I’d just gotten my rhythm back. #so when this idea hit me and some words flowed … I ran with it #I’m still tip tap tying away Rivals 🚒. It’s just going slower than I want #even this new wip is going slower than I want #but hey I can’t rush things and my brain is doing its best right now #*kisses brain gently* #I’m trying to look after me and I hope you’re trying to look after you as best you can which can look different day to day #you’re doing amazing and ily ❤️ #okay I’ve finished my very long speel in the tags xx #ps. please keep tagging me in things .. I love supporting and cheering on my pocket pals 🥰

[carlyraejepsans]

i don't think I've ever enjoyed a birthday party with friends as much as today i am genuinely getting a bit teary eyed

#initially i wasn't planning to do anything but then i thought what the hell what if we go out to drink something #except it was all very up in the air so a good deal of folks couldn't come (which is fine that one's on me) #but the two who COULD make it are genuinely some of the funniest motherfuckers I've ever met and one of them brought his gf along #and we hit it off IMMEDIATELY and THEN we ran into another pal I hadn't seen in a while and hadn't had the chance to invite in person #who also joined in after he finished hanging out with other people and they got me a present????? 😭 #i haven't had a birthday with friends in fucking . 3 years between covid and everyone i knew moving away #I'm so happy i think my heart is going to explode #which ik. hey isn't that a very boring and simple hangout YES but also not to me baby i have been in a depression isolation all my teens #i started to genuinely enjoy my day to day life like. 4 months ago ever since starting uni #it feels like turning a new leaf yknow? like. i made it. i made it out. god i could cry #sorry I'm a little drunk

[crimeronan]

thinkin about these lines in the beginning of hollow mind:

and

just. god i love it so much. WHAT a clever-yet-subtle use of foreshadowing. like obviously the audience knows that luz is about to find something big, given everything about belos..... but these lines aren't Really about the overarching season-long plot at all.

luz starting the episode out saying "i need to show people who belos really is" and eda asking "and who is he, really?" what a fun way to say Haha. Luz Is About To Find Out.

This Sure Is An Episode About The Finding Out Part Of Fucking Around!

and the second exchange isn't about the general population of the boiling isles at all. it's about hunter.

thesis statements, themes, etc. hunter doesn't want to think he's wasted his life following the wrong person. luz is about to spend an entire episode searching for something big enough to change his mind. and she won't find it for a long time, because that's how cult abuse and cognitive dissonance and the sunk cost fallacy work.

luz and hunter are both so completely unequipped for what each of them is about to discover. it's gonna color their relationship and their individual senses of self for the Entire Rest Of The Show. they are NOT READY for how their lives are about to change, and neither of them know it.

but the writers do.

so the writers are saying.

:)

:)

:)

okay, kiddos. let's pull the pin on all these grenades.

#toh #toh meta #horrible mindscape trauma pals #hollow mind #i've been thinking about these lines since rewatching the ep just a couple days ago so. late meta #i'm sure other people have also pointed this out it's just. I Love It So Much #toh is one of those pieces of media that can teach you how to write if you analyze it enough #writers who Know What The Fuck Theyre Doing!!!! MY BELOVED!!!! #luz noceda #hunter toh #pulled out my computer to write this post now im going back to doing stuff.... will check my notes and inbox later

[swordsonnet]

the most annoying thing about me/cfs is that it's more like 10 different illnesses in a trenchcoat. i'll wake up with a new symptom and be like "oh okay, guess that's what we're doing today"

#pretty much anything can be a symptom of me/cfs so you're constantly left wondering if the new bullshit you're going through #is a sign of some other illness or if its just your old pal me/cfs getting creative again #ive been having a really bad whole body itch these past few days and i have no idea where it's coming from or when it's going to go away #but i would like not to feel like theres an electric current running beneath my skin thanks #i think the constant fatigue brain fog and muscle pain is more than enough #maybe it's just a crash or something though idk #(briefly) left the house for the first time in over a month on friday and it was really nice but my body Did Not Like It #so now its punishing me for my hubris #ugh #chronic illness #actually chronically ill #me/cfs #myalgic encephalomyelitis #chronic fatigue syndrome #can someone please come up with a better name for this illness #chronic illness fuckery

[ragsy]

✅ post mothman

🔳 befriend mothman

🔳 become mothman???

#ragsycon exclusive #ragsymakes #mothman #cryptid #artists on tumblr #i've been Really Going Through It recently but i will always have the energy to draw my good pal very good friend mothman #also i'm not going to have a computer or a desk or anything really for the next several days so i'm getting one last drawing out before

[kindahoping4forever]

Ash with Jordan Greenwald on IG

#LOOK AT MY FAVORITE GUY ALL SMILEY AND JAMMING AND ALIVE AND WELL HELLO SIR I LOVE YOU SIR I MISS YOU SIR I LOVE YOU #5sos #5 seconds of summer #ashton irwin #ashton #instagram #other ig #video #tbqh how does Jordan not have his own tag at this point the quality content is so consistent #kh4f post #i am squealing #giggling kicking my feet #i love him i miss him idk what else to tell you #this man knew i was out here stressing over Luke tickets today and was like 1) lane check girlie pop #2) hey it's all good to ease your mind I'll just be adorable and play some tunes with my pal on the beach ok? cool #i 💋 love 💋 him 💋 #why i no can kiss #tell me whyyyy #(ain't nothing but a heartache) #idk what I'm saying it's been a long day and it's only a quarter to 2 #anyways never forget that vid Ash put in the Ai FM chat about 'he just wants to play guitar with me' and 😭😭😭 #ok bye

[queerpyracy]

no firmer reminder of being an animal than when i do some moderate physical activity and my mental health is elevated by like 1000%

#we have been Struggling to get back into our good habits guys gals and pals #i intentionally started re-ordering my routine to do said physical activity in the afternoon instead of first thing in the morning #since summer heat is coming l m a o and oof it has been difficult to actually make myself do it #but i'm getting better!! thanks to keeping a tally of how many days i do it every week #babbles

[transgenderfivepebbles]

End-World Normopathy (Ghost and Pals) // Rain World (Videocult)

bonus:

#rain world #iterators #ghost and pals #qualia automata #team 6x111 #end world normopathy #i've been listening to this song all day. having a real End-World Normal One over it #this will make sense to like six people but trust me i'm right <3

[justapalspal]

Starting a new language with sounds in it you don’t know how to make with ur mouth or ur throat really is just like oh golly. The French really are never gonna talk to me in French

#pal taking on too many languages? not true! #four or five to focus on is not too many! 😅 #i need to get back into studying harder tho I’ve just been doing a few kanji a day for the last few months and I can feel my language— #—brains melting out my ears #HDJDNCN #ramble #pal learns languages

[heymacy]

(sorry i’m late) — hello pals and welcome back to weekly tag game wednesday! i’m your host (this week) macy and for Valentine's Day this year we’re focusing on 💘LOVE💘

name: macy mouse 🐭

where the heck are ya? it's a city that's exciting it's a city that's inviting it's a city for a woman just like meeeeeeee

do you believe in love at first sight? not at first sight, no, but i do believe love can develop very very quickly!

do you believe in soulmates? indeed i do, both romantic and platonic (and i'm lucky enough to have found mine)

what’s a song you’ve been loving? "cry wolf" by luna shadows

how about a show you’ve been loving? i'm rewatching chilling adventures of sabrina and it's just as delightful and dark and twisted as always

your ultimate OTP: it will always be gallavich. in fact i've been feeling that familiar pull lately, we'll see where it takes us (firstprince is biting their ankles)

your comfort book: probably red, white, and royal blue at the moment but ultimately probably the seven husbands of evelyn hugo

a fan work you adore (fic, art, manip, etc — tag the creator!): paragraphs by @palepinkgoat became an all-time favorite of mine SO quickly! also you can bite me by @goodkwuestion is a classic and brings me such joy! (also for my followers in the RWRB fandom, and history remembered is the most fun i've had with a fanfic in ages!)

a trope that captures your heart: enemies to lovers

favorite candy: reeses!

dark chocolate or white chocolate? dark, all the way

romance novels or thrillers? ROMANCE

pink or red? depends on my mood but usually pink!

and finally, spread some love! share words of encouragement, a positive message, or say something kind to yourself — it’s up to you! i may not be as active as i once was (both in general and in the fandom) but this corner of the internet has been my saving grace and safe space for the last several years and i am so, so thankful for you all! 💛

i’m tagging @gardenerian, @palepinkgoat, @deedala, @energievie, @mybrainismelted, @michellemisfit, @darlingian, @jrooc, @tanktopgallavich, @suchagallabitch, @sleepyfacetoughguy, @callivich, @whatthebodygraspsnot, @metalheadmickey, @heymrspatel, @whatwouldmickeydo, @howlinchickhowl, @gallawitchxx, @creepkinginc, @arrowflier, @crossmydna, @too-schoolforcool, @sickness-health-all-that-shit, @rereadanon, @suzy-queued, @thisdivorce, @y0itsbri, @pomegran4te, @sxltburn, @vintagelacerosette, @grumble-fish, & @captainjowl ✨

#weekly tag game wednesday #sorry for being MIA pals! #my kitty got hurt and we’ve been at the vet nearly every day this week #he’s doing better but it’s gonna be a long recovery process so pls send good vibes our way! #i love you all!

[thedreadvampy]

The thing is I am definitely not happy or chill in the Immediate Sense lately but I am, big picture, so fucking happy with the person I am.

It's like. My brain was made by and for consistent trauma and since that trauma stopped about 5-7 years ago, it is incredible what the amount of resilience and cleverness and flexibility and thoughtfulness I developed to survive can do when it's not being all spent on surviving. like I had a hundred ton weight on me so I had to get REALLY STRONG to stay in the same place and not get 100% crushed, and when that weight came off I found I can use the strength it used to take to stand up and I can leap tall buildings in a single bound.

I was talking to my mum the other day and she said, "you've got the 'fuck it' energy at 30 that most women don't find until their fifties at least" and I'm like yeah man. Imagine how unstoppable I'll be in 20 years.

#red said #i don't know that i can express this clearly but it's the most encouraging thing in my life #my mum's always been proud of me but just lately she seems to actually really admire me #like she's genuinely impressed. she thinks I've surpassed her. i don't necessarily agree but it's a really nice quiet joy. #anyway like this sounds super up myself and it kind of is. #but also it's part of realising just how heavy the weight I've been carrying around with me for 25 years was #like not to be ridiculous but i have realised again this week. that it isn't that everyone's been raped that much and doesn't talk about it #i just have been raped an Unusually Consistent Amount. i have spoken to a lot of people who have had much more horrifying things happen. #I'm not sure I've talked to more than a couple of people who've had a similar level of total consistency of abuse from all angles #and the one is not heavier or harder to bear that the other. but. i think i spent most of my life listening to people's awful experiences #and going ok well nothing i went through looked that bad so it's microtrauma #obviously microtraumas build up but still. #then the older i get and the more i have these conversations the more I notice that stuff which to me is a microtrauma #is a lot of people's defining trauma. and they're reacting appropriately which means i am SO SEVERELY UNDERREACTING #told my friend the other day about a time someone who i still like and respect was having sex with me when i paralocated my hip #and then just kept getting really annoyed with me for not being ready to have sex again while i was literally crying with pain #until i caved and just tried to find the last painful position #and my friend was like pal what the fuck that's horrific #and i was like i mean no that's normal I've had sex with like maybe 3 or 4 people in my life who i haven't had similar stuff with #like i am genuinely thrown when i am allowed to say no to sex and have it be the end of the conversation. and not end up having sex #out of guilt or out of physical coercion or through physical rape. and i have had sex with probably like 40 people at this stage? #and I'm not sure it's as many as 4 i haven't had that experience with tbh #so like. I'm slowly coming to terms with the idea #that i may have actually been doing a hell of a lot of heavy lifting. #like i developed a sense of self that can survive being constantly crushed and at this stage is fucking diamond.

[sincerely-sofie]

@lordofdragos’s tags on this art dump of mine made me die laughing and I felt a follow-up with context was necessary.

#I know very little about the Beauty’s story— I only tinkered with it very briefly #however My Pal the Paladin (Kitty’s story) was my first ever original project #and I can tell you all with great confidence that while Kitty isn’t exactly a blorbo of mine #she is very much a beloved OC #who goes on an epic fantasy RPG quest with her story’s Big Bad Evil Guy to track down the Legendary Hero who’s been MIA #so she can yell at him about how she’s been shaving her legs every day for the past four months while waiting for him to rescue her #the Big Bad Evil Guy is planning to yell at him about how long he’s been having to put off the apocalypse and how it’s cramping his style #they bond over how ticked off at the Hero they both are #they also might end up head-over-heels for each other later on but I’m not saying nothin’ 😏 #my pal the Paladin #original characters #original work #original project #original story #stuff by sofie

[buckttommy]

fun uncle???? sir you birthed that child. be serious

#like nuh uh it's been four days of non-stop gay you can't back out now we're in this ride whether you like it or not pal !!!!!