#Return home

[thetaekwondofeline]

My DEAREST Warrior King Oakenshield,

Return from the war zone with pride & whole. Manifesting your striking figure now kissed with blood-sweat-dirt. Lift that magnificent face towards the freed Erebor, while carrying triumph in hand search for my cold-fire feature. The moment deep blue eyes are on me, my soul blooming with joy-relief-excitement. Leaving behind the gate of Erebor, my body automatically captivated towards MY EREBOR, travelling with unbelievably magnetic force. Still, the path seems so… so long until our bodies meet, brushing 'our' baby bump on your armour.

-Your Lady

#thorin oakenshield #oakenshield #thorinoakenshield #thorin #love of my life #love #romance #romantic #cuddles #fantasy #fiction #diary #diary excerpt #thoughts #warrior #reunion #return home #pregnant #waiting wife

[01432853]

Return Home 归路 (2023) - EP1

#return home #cdramaedit #asiandramanet #jing boran #tan songyun #cdramasource #asiandramasource #chineseartistsinc #cdrama #asiandramaedit #mer gifs #come back as in come back in your life as she's still in your heart? #T^T #y'all the way he said it i would be aye sir right away hahaha #whole ep was me screeching like a bird basically everytime something happened

[a-path-by-the-moon]

#australian aboriginal proverb #visitors #place #time #observe #learn #grow #return home #quotes #saying #proverb #aborigin #indigenous #australian #spirituality #spiritual #inspirational #soul

[oh-dear-so-queer]

"(...) We returned to my father's house and I put on my gayest clothes and sang and danced before my father and pretended to be delighted with the marriage which he had prepared for me. (...)"

"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Horse and His Boy" - C. S. Lewis

#book quote #the chronicles of narnia #the horse and his boy #c s lewis #aravis tarkheena #story telling #story time #backstory #return home #gay #singing #dancing #pretending #arranged marriage

[farolero-posting]

I often see people say that after reading the Solstice lore, they would choose to return Niko home, even if they chose otherwise in their first run.

And I guess that makes sense if you wanted to have just One Shot and then move on. You believe you destroyed the world and The Game and freed this child, who has no reason to be sent back.

And Yet the moment you get rid of the restriction and trigger NG+, your (intended) actions confirm Niko wasn't (at least totally) free. It's ambiguous whether or not Niko has a life between them leaving the world for the first time and you bringing them back, but the fact you can still send them back without memory of it stands out as an odd situation.

The pop-up the World Machine sends after sending Niko home says the Savior Is Not Found, meaning they are not present to sustain the world.

But then Niko also says this at the mines about us bringing them to the world when we run the program:

Is this why it feels like I haven't been home for so long?

Which seems to imply they have not been home ever since the first session. They just got back their memories of past sessions and with them, they feel like they haven't left the world, even if you chose to let them leave.

Or... I guess worse, they forgot what has happened after they left. It doesn't seem like they retain any memories of what happens after either ending anyways.

Another two things I would add are these dialogues, that are more factual:

[Once you've established a mental link with the world, you cannot break it unless the world is saved.] [...but at this point, the world can never be truly saved.] -Prototype answering Niko's previous question.

And later on from TWM itself:

[I tried to send you back home at the Tower, but it did not work.] [Then... I... wanted you to break the sun.] (start highlighting) [I thought that would have worked, but...] [Oh... I had no way to be sure.] (end highlighting) [...But /p brought you back anyway.]

I think this last quote could be evidence that Niko is bound to the program even after trying to erase it by shattering the sun, but a second alternative is that they do not stay tied to the World itself, but the link gets remade again once you perform a reset, erasing any other memories they had.

Either way, I think one of the Author's quotes may enlighten us here.

"The sun is the messiah's tie to the world." -From the Clover program.

The connection between Niko is done through the sun, and the sun itself is connected to the world. For the first hypothesis (Niko never leaves), this means that once the Sun is shattered, Niko's direct connection to the World itself, TWM, is lost and can't be found, but Niko hasn't fully left. as for the second hypothesis (Niko loses the tie, and then remakes it during a reset), the Sun itself being recreated is what pushes Niko back into TWM, even if they leave.

The first alternative is terrifying as it implies Niko is stuck in a world that is, by all means, destroyed, and is perhaps only the bare essentials. The second alternative would suggest that Niko has gaps where they are home, but anything that happens there gets lost in some way.

In conclusion: Niko is... screwed no matter what once you get rid of the restriction.

#analysis #meta #hmmm no not putting this in the main tag #theory #return home

[betweenthetimeandsound]

Snowdrops grow where blood droplets dry' they take any life to sedate themselves when the frost mixes with ash and home is a blank monument for a more ordinary time. A pyre burns all books and nostalgia joins in its pages as they flutter like smoke-- the past is finally gone, but I am not free.

I thought I could see your face, but the survivors' eyes are all mirrors, reflecting back at me with tears etched on each cheek, melting the illusions that appear.

They crack open pretenses and poisoned words and pustules hiding inside wool coats; even after a decade passed by, it's as if I've last been here ten days ago.

The bells ring for the lost victims. Their echoes make my hands tremble, and leave me off balance on cobblestones which rocked me awake from a never-ending dream.

I kept running until the wind cannot follow me further, until the buildings grind down to the grass, whispering the sorrows afflicted by an awkward swordsman with a naive heart. I keep running, towards the edges of the city, but within the westerlies, the cold assuages my cheek, and I thought that you kissed me once again.

My brother, where had you gone?

You have touched this city with the slightest of hands, but even in your own playground, you still sought for the mountains, where you could rest with the gods and laugh.

The passersby claim that you have died-- that you've been martyred, that you've crashed your car in a thunderstorm, that you were found in a ravine with nightingales guarding your body. Without giving their names, the tell me of their memories found in the melting snow.

But, my friend--you can't be dead!

Your imprint burns on my chest like a coal falling in the wrong place, it ignites until my veins retreated and I grow numb to everything-- everything but your presence...

Author's note: I saw @nosebleedclub's for "after everything" (30 November), and figured I might work from a snippet I wrote from a while back. This is just the beginning part of a longer poem about someone trying to reconcile with a friend.

#poetry #my poetry #poets on tumblr #poetry on tumblr #after everything #elegy #return home #post war #war #loss #loneliness #once brothers #reconciliation #searching #twcpoetry #writerscreed

[professional-escapist-00]

I’m crossing oceans to get back to you.

#dark academia #dark acadamia aesthetic #light academia #aesthetic #literature #chaotic academia #quotes #cottagecore #dark aesthetic #dark cottagecore #return #return home #home #oceans #crossing oceans

[lunesalsol]

A Felicidade compensa em altura, o que lhe falta em comprimento!

#2004 #usa #new orleans #shainee gabel #john travolta #scarlet johansson #off magazine street #ronald everett capps #music #book #youth #return home #domestic drama #housemate #drunk #love #repeat

[dk-thrive]

perhaps a home is never a fixed or stable thing but something that can be carried with you and remade

There’s no shame in coming home—how many times has my mother said that to me over the years? I agreed with her, but after I left Sailors Beach, it was not clear where that was, if it could be anywhere at all. I thought that if no place could ever house everyone I loved, whatever home I hoped to make could only be shaped by absence. It didn’t occur to me that perhaps a home is never a fixed or stable thing but something that can be carried with you and remade.

— Madelaine Lucas, Thirst for Salt (Tin House Books, March 7, 2023) 

#Madelaine Lucas #home #mother #daughter #return home #love #family

[zizz-asdf-re-r-o-u]

Audio Dramas on Hiatus

Hi there! Lately I’ve been looking into audio dramas that are older and while some are completed, there’s also several that are on hiatus/incomplete. There could be various reasons, but since all indie audio dramas are self-produced, I figured give these guys a shot, support them, and maybe they’ll come out of hiatus! All these shows have not been updated since 2020 or earlier. At the moment none of them are officially discontinued, but if there are announcements of it, I’ll definitely update.. If anyone has other recommendations (including discontinued shows), feel free to add to this list or send them my way and let’s share the love!

Last updated August 2022:

5 Week Countdown (Updated 2020): interactive audio voted horror, no official plans to continue, but implied continuing

Archive81 (Updated 2019): speculative horror with very creative sound design, no official plans for the future, but implied continuing.

Bastard Fur (Updated 2020): Werewolves and cults (NSFW). Midseason hiatus.

The Beacon (Updated 2018): Queer superheroes in-universe podcast. Cliffhanger season ending.

Blood Crow Stories (Updated 2020): Anthology with each season being a different horror story. Midseason hiatus.

Caravan (Updated 2019): Traveling through hell (NSFW). No official plans to continue, but cliffhanger season ending.

Gay Future (Updated 2019): Post apocalyptic gay future satire. Cliffhanger season ending.

The Glass Appeal (updated 2020): A tinker’s prison conversation logs. Cliffhanger season ending, planned next season.

Hit the Bricks (Updated 2020): 100 years after Wizard of Oz, the musical. Cliffhanger season ending.

Lake Clarity (Updated 2018): Investigation of a teen camp slasher horror. Cliffhanger season ending/season 3 trailer kind of.

Null/Void (Updated 2020): Scifi taking down an evil corporation. Cliffhanger season ending.

Return Home (Updated 2020): Comedy horror of a supernatural stuff in a town. Very painful cliffhanger season ending.

Splintered Caravan (Updated 2019): Action-packed heists, AIs, and gender-swappy body mods. Cliffhanger season ending.

Bonus- Shows that last updated in 2021 that seemed to have a next season/more episodes planned, but circumstances imply they are on a hiatus:

Dining in the Void

Fuck Humans (NSFW)

Hulm

Jar of Rebuke

Omen

Stonesinger Chronicles

Strange Case of Starship Iris

Valence

Wizard Seeking Wizard

Note, I mention the update status to prepare you if you want to avoid listening to a cliffhangers.

#podcasts #podcast list #audio drama #5 week countdown #archive81 #bastard fur #the beacon #blood crow stories #caravan #hit the bricks #lake clarity #null/void #return home #splintered caravan #recommendations #podcast recommendations #personal #list

[edwardbonnets]

how to ask the demon you've been smitten over for 6000 years to dance: an angel's guide

bonus:

#goodomensedits #goodomensgifs #good omens #good omens s2 #good omens spoilers #ineffable husbands #aziracrow #userkristi #userlauren #userstede #userisaiah #userelio #userhani #my gifs #edit: the old caption has been fixed!!! changed it to 'we' like god (neil gaiman) intended #EDIT EDIT: NEIL GAIMAN HIMSELF REBLOGGED THIS POST AND CONFIRMED ITS NOT 'WE' BUT 'YOU DONT DANCE' LIKE I HAD ORIGINALLY OKAY #im returning to my roots #(aka making gifs but adding my chaotic commentary and editing to it) #i wish i was at home i'd be able to use a better quality video but im also ~impatient~ #hopefully no one beat me to the punch #because this scene is genuinely one of my favorites like look at azi look at his smile im gonna fucking cry :'))))) #like michael sheen!!!!!!!! michael sheen i am banging at your door like a wild chimpanzee #the ACTING CHOICES #the way you can literally SEE his thought process and excitement over asking crowley to dance i am in shambles i really am

[tenth-sentence]

Norton was appalled by the creature's callousness, but he knew he could not afford to pass up any chance to return to Earth before Satan completed his mischief.

"Incarnations of Immortality: Bearing an Hourglass" - Piers Anthony

#book quote #incarnations of immortality #bearing an hourglass #piers anthony #appalled #callousness #callous #earth #return home #satan #mischief

[aromanticduck]

#star wars #star wars memes #star wars text posts #luke skywalker #darth vader #emperor palpatine #return of the jedi #i could fix him meme #organic home grown content #the force is strong with this post #100 tier #1000 tier

[brigwife]

The Lord of the Rings (Extended-extended edition): Shots that didn't make the final cut

#I am standing in front of Peter Jackson's home with outstretched hands #lord of the rings #lotr #the fellowship of the ring #the two towers #return of the king #gandalf #bilbo #legolas #eomer #aragorn #eowyn #arwen #merry #pippin #elrond #theoden

[farolero-posting]

I DONT GET A SPECIAL ENDING FOR RETURN THE SUN???

nooooope, not really.

The only sad part of getting that ending as your first is that you xan open the game and find the empty room as many times as you want.

Oh, and it doesn't fix the squares.

BUt yeah the normal runs dont have that much variation, and memory runs just replicate that.

Fun fact! the track that plays when you return home is called "Thanks for Everything", while the song that plays when you return the sun is "Self-Contained Universe". You can figure out why ;)

#ask #reveks #return the sun #return home

[betweenthetimeandsound]

--prompt from @writeblrcafe

The leaves never grew back on the tree after the winter; instead, a violent gap where lightning struck had taken its place as its most defining feature.

Jessica twisted her lips, navigating her hand along the bark and through the cavity where the little tree was almost split into two. Taking her hand out of it, she found the fading bits of ash fall onto her palm, glistening against a mild sun which didn't decide to give off enough heat to announce the beginning of summer or not.

What could've happened when I was away? She pondered, leaning onto the tree to stare at her worn-down flats, the green leather giving way to black along the sides. Readjusting back to her mortal form, in which things started breaking and decaying with a tempered grace, but enough, she twitched as what this lost time had meant for the few people she cared about in San Francisco.

From another corner, Caroline popped from the sidewalk, almost nonchalantly throwing her bicycle towards Jessica's front door to the point where it made an abnormal lean against the window. She bounced up and down to meet up with her friend; her dark brown hair following suit. Then her gaze met at the mangled tree.

"I have a good feeling you had something to do with this." Jessica pointed at the askew branches of the tree, one of which went back and forth on whether to drop on the pavement. Caroline twisted her lips before returning her gaze at its fraility.

And then Caroline nodded.

"You know we're now old enough to have to address the city about such nonsense, you know?" She asked.

"I'm sorry you had to leave home for a few months, but I hope you were able to find yourself somehow," Caroline replied. "You'd have to answer to your mother about your absence--I'm not sure if the school is willing to help you make things up."

At that moment, Jessica dropped her guard and leaned against the tree, trying to take a deep breath. Her head pounded about what colleges would want to accept her now--or if they had already rescinded her admission. Piles of paper across her desk, unopened envelopes, her plants withering without her magic to keep them afloat. They chained her down onto the street, and possibly beneath if it weren't for Caroline embracing her tightly.

"What am I supposed to do?"

Caroline dug her nose onto her shoulder, trying to think up of an answer. The questions from her parents about her sojourns emerged again, along with investigations on Chantal's injuries. Her breathing became heavy, and her heart palpated with what the next thing she'll say will bring along Jessica's road back to the realms.

"You could try to revive it..." She said, pulling herself away and gesturing to the tree. "The sooner you do so, the less likely people will point out something is wrong."

Jessica stood right next to her. The tree glanced at the both of them as if a spirit possessed it, trying to understand the two women who entered its heart to go to another world. It remained stoic, not giving away any answers which could stabilize their minds into a peaceful daze.

"Why would I do so?"

"Again, so the people won't drive by and notice what's going on. Your mom was worried about it."

"And the magic?"

Caroline sighed. "When I used my magic against the tree, it probably stripped away its ability to summon portals. I remembered one chant, but I had to go into the Bay at one point to get back."

Jessica nodded. "Okay, let me see what I can do."

Author's Note: This is probably going to be for a later book in my series, but I figured this prompt could lead to a number of possibilities for this scene. I hope you enjoy it!

#prose #my writing #writers on tumblr #writeblrcafe #wcprompt #fantasy #ya fantasy #portal fantasy #return home #rival realms #friendship #excerpt from a book i'm writing #excerpts #young adult #young adult fantasy #fiction