#and then he DOESN'T

[clowndensation]

lestat's "i'll need protection from the wolves." line to louis is so. haha. what if i was horrifically traumatized by an experience in my past - an experience that isolated me from my peers and redefined how i understood and engaged with the world, my place in it, and what it means to be afraid and have nobody to rely on. okay now what if the mere sight of you restored my childhood faith that the world is conquerable and monsters can be vanquished. what if i was so bone tired of having to fight in this world alone, and in you i glimpsed a protector, someone who would stand up for a naive boy by himself in the woods, desperate to survive. would you save me? would you ride into the forest with me to fight these wolves? lestat you've known louis for 10 cumulative minutes.

#like oh so the wolfkiller is asking for help killing wolves is he #yes i'm sure that holds absolutely no deeper meaning for him at all #also this combined with the 'only the impossible can do the impossible' line from louis as a nicki parallel... #lestat has literally rewound the clock to before things first went truly wrong for him #as if he's telling himself that this time he IS going to get it right #and then he doesn't #which is fine and i feel normal about it #iwtv

[landwriter]

Hob just like love missing scenes?? do tell :)

He’s blond. That’s the first thing Hob notices, when the stranger - not his Stranger, just the lowercase sort, comes and sits down next to him. Thank Christ, he thinks, he couldn’t cope with some raven-haired beauty, not tonight. Maybe not for a few decades. Maybe he oughta move to, to bloody Finland or somewhere.

“Rough night?” asks the stranger. He sounds like a cowboy out of a Hollywood film.

Hob tries to smile and winces instead. “That obvious, am I?”

The man smiles. His teeth are white and perfect. He’s dressed in a cream suit and wearing coal-black sunglasses in the middle of the night, indoors. He’s the most American thing Hob has ever seen.

“Nah,” the lowercase stranger drawls. “I just wanted an excuse to come over. Drink to our troubles?”

Hob blinks. He’d started twelve hours ago with beer, which turned to wine, then whisky, then bitter disappointment and a cab ride here, and now more whisky, except it’s hideously expensive and he’s too deep in his cups to appreciate it. And he still knows he’s being hit on.

“Hob,” he says, and holds out his hand. The stranger takes it, and his grip is firm and cool. He momentarily forgets that he’s supposed to get a name in return. “What are you drinking tonight, mate?”

The stranger smiles again, long and slow this time, and lust slithers into Hob’s gut, settling comfortably atop the mess of misery below. “Well, whatever you’re buying.”

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all I've done for it so far! but really want to cover Corinthian's accidental use of Hob's "Life is so rich" line - here's my notes for the rest of this:

hob’s reaction, etc- his suspicion, smelling the death, wanting annihilation, knowing something is STRANGE about him. maybe even in earlier section - hob sensing he’s dangerous. poss the Corinthian offers a fake name. poss the name is like, randomly chosen, and a few minutes later hob notices it’s from a drink behind the bar, or on the cocktail menu, Usual Suspects style. immediately sobers up best he can. assessing situation, assuming he is a Dangerous Man, and thinking, perfect. a fuck and maybe a fight. then later, kissing, finding the dagger, and being honestly incredibly turned on, knowing he was right.

I think it could be a super fun and hot drabble and I really wanna jump into Hob's fresh-off-1989 mindset here because it's surely INSANE

#if you sent me a wip game ask i haven't answered congratulations am now desperately writing more so i've got something to share #<3<3<3 #the sandman #hobrinthian #the corinthian/hob gadling #hob x corinthian #like genuinely imagine the instincts hob gadling must have after 600 years #coupled with feeling forsaken by the only person who's known him that long #the still-fresh optimism of that day that dream will show up and they'll make up and BANG ??? hopefully? #and then he doesn't #he's gone #but here's a dangerous hot dilf who reeks of contradiction and is hiding secrets #tell me there's a world where heartbroken hob gadling does not sniff that man like CATNIP and FUCK HIM FOR THREE DAYS STRAIGHT #waiting for the sword of damocles to drop on him #pissed at dream for being so constantly opaque and taking it out on the corinthian #and channeling it into a secret he KNOWS he can call down and summon #if only every time he named the truth it could be thus fulfilled #my writing

[everykabuto]

#and then he doesn't #jUST LIKE HOW HE NEVER FOUGHT KAKASHI #naruto #kabuto #kabuto yakushi #mangacap #itachi pursuit mission #everykabuto #chapter 357

[the-bastard-and-the-pup]

Will: Keep an eye on Jacob today, he’s gonna say something to the wrong person and get himself punched.

Nerron: Sure! i’d love to see Jacob get punched!

Will: Try again.

Nerron, sighing: I will stop Jacob from getting punched.

#and then he doesn't #mirrorworld #mirrorworld series #reckless series #reckless #incorrect quote #cornelia funke #will reckless #nerron #jacob reckless

[plumbum-art]

"...we both get plenty of use out of it..."

#good omens #good omens 2 #ineffable husbands #aziraphale #crowley #digital art #good omens fanart #aziraphales bookshop #crowleys plants #once he moves into the bookshop crowley will occupy every inch of area in front of the windows for his plants #since aziraphale doesn't need them anyway #at least not for potential customers #pb art

[protoctist]

i know ryoko kui is a real one because she wrote 97+ chapters of a manga about fantasy ecosystems and food chains and not once did she write the phrase "survival of the fittest" (it's a bad phrase) (it's a social darwinist phrase even) (hated amongst biologists) (doesn't make sense) (darwin didn't use it) (coined by an business major) (one of the worst phrases in pop science) (no good)

#i think the closest she comes to this is when kabru says something about the weak being eaten but he also thinks all monsters should die #so i don't think he's like the voice of reason when it comes to ecosystems and evo bio NOT a kabru diss just saying #i think eat or be eaten is fine. it's like migrate adapt or die. i think it's fine and not the same as survival of the fittest #dungeon meshi #ETA: i was wrong darwin did use the phrase after it was coined. doesn't matter phrase still sux

[demigods-posts]

would love it if the last god/goddess percy has to do a quest for is hestia. and all she only asks of him a simple, easy-to-do, done in two minutes task. and then that's it. no tricks or double meanings. and he just sobs into her shoulder at the end of it. and she just holds him and tells him that he's all done. he can go live his life now.

#*percy sobbing profusely into hestia's shoulder* #*hestia giving him and annabeth a blessings that'll ensure he doesn't have to deal with her siblings bullshit ever again* #percy jackon and the olympians #pjo text post #pjo #pjo headcanon #percy jackson

[cambrry]

I started a new game to play the new farm but😭😭 I forgot how mean used to be Shane at the beginning

#He doesn't know it yet but he's gonna be my husband #stardew valley #sdv shane #sdv fanart #sdv farmer #stardew fanart #stardew shane #my art #digital drawing #fanart #stardew bachelors

[bunnieswithsunglasses]

When Lucifer is hanging out at his palace and can't get a moment's peace...

#lucifer hazbin hotel #cursed cat alastor #my art #this took way too long #he doesn't have a belly button because he was never a human change my mind

[rotzaprachim]

too many conspiracy theories about oil in gaza and not enough practical understanding of the fact that bibi netanyahu and his cronies have extreme personal reason to keep this war going as long as possible and at any level of civilian cost because the moment it's over he'll no longer be a wartime prime minister and will have to face the repercussions for being a massive reason why the october 7 attacks ended up with a body count as high was it was

#he is not popular. he has extreme reason to keep it going #he doesn't give a fuck about anyone in gaza but you've got to understand he's been massively implicated in the shitshow that was oct 7 #and he's refused to care about the hostages at allll #it is in his and his party's personal interests to keep this going as long as possible

[peecyjacksoo]

Knowing that Annabeth canonically had a crush on Percy since she was twelve was insane to me at first, but now, seeing the show, she probably loved him almost immediately. This dorky kid that chose her for a quest just because he knew she wanted to go.

#percabeth #percy jackson #pjo show #annabeth chase #percy jackon and the olympians #pjo #pjo hoo toa #percy and annabeth #percy jackson show #percy pjo #thalia grace #luke castellan #Percy shows her love #and he doesn't expect anything in return #hell he expects her to push him down some stairs if its required

[icestorming]

- oh.

#hazbin hotel #angel dust #husker hazbin hotel #huskerdust #cherry bomb #my art #i will never again draw Husk doing cat things because he doesn't like it and I respected a furry #i did this 2 days ago I AM A CLOWN #I have so many ideas I am full of shit

[crocsfroggo]

can we talk about how AWESOME it is when the light hits nimona's eyes?

It's the same effect you get when you take a flash photo of an animal!!! it is an incredible detail to demonstrate that she is not human !!! I loved it

#in fact it's super noticeable even for them since the same thing doesn't happen with other people's eyes #so much so that even ambrosius notices when he looks at her #I thought this was a very cute detail #nimona #nimona movie #nd stevenson

[eklmrlos]

not responsible for my actions

#sequel #аziraphale still doesn't understand the situation he's in #the hat doesn't matter anymore #maybe they'll fall now #good omens #good omens art #good omens 2 #good omens fanart #go2 #go2 fanart #aziraphale #crowley #fanart #ineffable husbands

[nerdpoe]

Phantom, the newest addition to the Justice League, pulls Wonder Woman aside.

He has...a strange request.

He's nervous, flustered, fading in and out of the visible spectrum. It's clear that what he's about to ask of her is important to him, and even though she has an uncomfortable voice in the back of her head telling her this young hero is about to ask her out, she resolves to listen before she jumps to conclusions.

She's glad she did.

"Can...can you put a grave for me in Themyscira? I know it's just for women, but it's the safest place I can think of for it! I just...I don't have a grave, and Clockwork says it's starting to stunt my growth as a Ghost, and I have too many enemies on American soil, so. It's okay if you say no, though, I'll figure something out, it's fine."

Diana lets him ramble to the end, already knowing what her answer is going to be.

"We would be honored to host your grave, Phantom. Do you have any remains I can take home? Do you require a funeral service?"

Phantom looks...he looks beyond grateful. Close to tears.

"No, no remains. A symbolic grave is fine, it just. It has to have my real name on it, my mortal one." He says, looking hesitant. "Please don't reach out to my family, Wonder Woman. They don't know."

With that, he hands over a small slip of paper, torn from a notebook and clearly folded one too many times.

She takes it as though he were entrusting her with the rarest diamond in the world. She wants to, but she does not ask how they could not notice the death of someone so very bright.

Instead she nods, tucking the paper away.

Phantom will get a grand grave, one worthy of a friend to the Crown of Themyscira. She will ensure it.

#dpxdc #dcxdp #dp x dc #dc x dp #phanfic #story prompt #she builds him a superb grave #and makes it a point to leave flowers at it whenever she can #the paper also had his birthdate and deathdate #she doesn't know who clockwork is but she's heard phantom talk highly of him #so she trusts that this clockwork fellow wasn't joking around #she also makes it a point to take phantom for ice cream or other treats now that she knows he died so young #she keeps her word #she doesn't contact the fentons #she doesn't look into them #she's not bruce and she knows how to respect a boundary

[mrghostrat]

who am i to refuse a warmup crowley meme

#he lost his best friend </3 #twice </3 #yes i know his jacket doesn't have buttons but how else am i supposed to fit in excruciatingly subtle Fry & Laurie references without them #and yes those colours are intentional uwu thanks The Used #good omens #gomens #anthony j crowley #crowley #good omens art #rat draws #good omens meme