#but apparently I can not find them

[ifindus]

I love your söta bror art! but can I request wholesome scandinavian trio?☘️❤️

Thank you! 🥰 I do like making söta bror stuff ✨

How about an early morning after a sleepover?

#hetalia #aph scandinavian trio #aph norway #aph sweden #aph denmark #hws norway #hws sweden #hws denmark #thank you for the ask! 🥰🥰 #was them killing each other not good enough?? 😔😔 /j #it's quite a contrast to my last piece with the three of them 😅 #also I was very unsure of what would be wholesome with them #I'll see if I can find some historical wholesomeness next time #and apparently I'm doing backgrounds now?? #still not good backgrounds #but it has become a thing in my recent stuff I see

[front-facing-pokemon]

#demifiendcruithne this one is for you. i don't even know if this is your favorite pokémon but when i see it i think of you bc of your icon #lordy this blog is getting more and more difficult as time goes on. apparently we've exited the era of models Just Working for me and now #i have to spend hours tinkering with them just to get the eyes to show up and even then they don't look nearly as good as they used to #when they Just Worked #the alolan forms are kicking my ass. and i even tried to use the swsh models for these guys since i assumed those would work #but now i'm finding out that the Entirety of gen 8 is going to be even more difficult on me #dunno how much longer i can keep up This act unless i find some way to make this easier on me #alolan meowth #update from the future: incredible thanks to jodie-blend here on tumblr for her endless kindness in helping me figure out how to do #this at least a little bit easier. they'll still look a little bit different but at least this has me covered for gen 9 #but for cases like alolan rattata and raticate i'm still fucked. also gen 8 i'm still fucked #but. the complaining above is now a little bit more bearable

[wiezumbeispiel]

Had an idea that was like. Well what if instead of crows glados had 3 baby porygons?? They’re kind of like birds. Kind of. Anyways all you need to know is that she loves them very much

#portal #portal 2 #glados #pokemon #porygon #they’re so cute…digital duckies #you can apparently breed porygon (with a ditto) despite them being genderless which is an oddity for these games #i had more that was going go go with this image but like ??? i don’t feel like spending more time on the idea even if it is cute #so I’ll just describe them to you: #basically atlas and p-body were sent to go find chell out on the surface #the reason being….glados cannot figure out how to hatch these eggs she’s like wtf i tried a heat lamp and everything what’s WRONG with them #chell who somehow has knowledge of pokemon says usually they’re huddled between other monsters to hatch #so she gets assigned the sitting-on-eggs job. because body heat lol #glados is super confused when they hatch she has never seen them before in her life. and her internal database has no informat #chell whips out a pokedex that tells them what a porygon is (how she got one i have no idea) #glados is thrilled about her new babies because they’re even deadlier and more dangerous than a regular burd #also yes the two of them end up taking care of the hatchlings together #also the blue one is named mr. chubbygon (: #2023 #digital

[obihoe]

i think its so crazy the way having power as a shinobi always seems to be such a double edged sword on naruto. like on one hand, u need it, its a tool for survival and it earns u respect from ur peers. but on the other .. it can also lead to the exact opposite. if u have too much power it can lead (or contribute) to isolation and becoming ostracized from ur community bc it makes people fearful of u .. this is applicable to madara i think and to naruto and gaara as well. madara isnt ostracized only bc of his power, it is also his lack of skill in forming bonds bc he has trust problems but his power is a major contributing factor. he is feared for his power (but also admired) and the more he gets isolated, the more he starts building his own identity around it as well and starts thinking its the only thing valuable abt himself. naruto as well is feared for his power as a jinchuuriki even tho he is also a bit of a special case since its only the grownups that know abt this so his peers ... they ostracize him for the opposite thing. he's a failure at the academy and a difficult learner so he gets no respect. it is only when he starts gaining more power (or controlling it better) and using it for the sake of the village that he gets everyone's respect and acknowledgement. he's a hero even all of a sudden. but gaara is an even more extreme case. gaara is also a jinchuuriki and he's ostracized for it to such an extent that he does not get to build bonds at all and in a bit similar fashion to madara starts self-identifying only over his power. both him and madara end up consumed by their power but while madara decides to use it for the sake of saving the world, gaara just fully decides to just live for himself, fight for himself and love only himself ... madara also becomes a bit self-absorbed but its not something he does purposefully i think. gaara just goes, well, everyone fears me and despises me anyway, so i might as well give them a reason. my only purpose in this world is to kill ... i have no other reason to live. i forgot where i was going with this but .. something something isolation, objectification and dehumanization from others on account of ur power and it leads to the person internalizing it and seeing themselves also as either below or above being human .. madara perceives himself to be above it, he develops a god complex and comes to think that he is the messiah who will solve the world's problems (with power) and gaara seems to perceive himself to be beneath it .. as a tool and a servant. both to his village and to the bloodthirsty voices he hears in his head.

#gaara #madara #naruto #posts #.. had a whole other chunk of text here that i deleted bc i thought it wasnt that relevant to the topic of thr post #but i still think its interesting so i'll put it in here #when i said gaara hears voices .. i was going to say mdr doesnt but then realized that thats not true? mdr also hears voices #presumably. he heard kuro zetsu speak to him in his head during their first (well majority actually) time that they spent together #in the cave. mdr seperates him from himself when he gives him to obt. and he seems to believe that to have been the moment of his creation #anyways but i think its so interesting how both him and gaara have a seperate identity with them that benefits from this? #they benefit from their corruption. the ichibi benefits from gaara's bloodlust and hatred and kuro zetsu benefits from mdr's power lust #and they both drive them to further pursue it ... there is something in there i think. something abt how experiencing isolation etc #will make u susceptible to ill-natured manipulation or influence. from the outside #gaara apparently can handle having to live with shukaku after he gains his first bond (naruto). and he isnt susceptible to it anymore #mdr wouldnt have gone down his path either if his bond w hsrm hadnt fallen apart #naruto is saved bc he does not give up on trying to find bonds. putting aside how it kinda sucks for him to have to prove his worth #to his village first. it is ultimately abt him never giving up. always trying ... and eventually finding the right people #to bond with #mdr never finds this up until the end of his life ... and its the reason he cant find his peace ever before #but i also think its interesting how both kuro zetsu and the ichibi .. i mean they dont outright manipulate their targets #theyre moreso just feeding into whats already there .. its why mdr/zetsu work great together narratively i think #but it also applies to gaara as well. gaara wants to shed blood bc he wants to share the same kind of pain he has experienced #just like mdr wants to gain power/become god cuz he longs for control and is fearful of depending on others #and both the ichibi and kuro zetsu want that as well. the ichibi hates how the humans have treated him. he hates being confined to #a jinchuuriki's body. he wants to be free. and if he cannot be free he will use his host to go punish the humans who did that to him #and kuro zetsu well ... he wants to be powerful i guess. but he moreso wants mdr to think that he is #so that he can become host to kaguya who will explode the fucking shit out of him #there's more even .... gaara seeing himself as a tool to others since he believes the voice to be his mother's .. and mdr seeing himself #at the center of everything cuz he thinks that the voice is his own. mdr bc of this being even more self-centered #but then also more altruistic. bc he's the savior. running out of tags here unfortunately but yeah .. much to think about

[eleneressea]

@dragonridersofficer-fiammag replied to your post “bored and annoyed in class someone distract me...”:

Or another classic: the possible repercusions of Aredhel never going into Nan Emloth in the first place/ she got out when Maeglin was still only Lómion and a baby at that/she got out on the side leading to Himlad.

Celegorm and Aredhel, staring at baby Lómion: what do we do with it

Curufin: I know you know how to take care of babies, Turko

Celebrimbor, vibrating: (baby brother acquired)

#dragonridersofficer-fiammag #someone suggests telling maedhros and all four of them decide that it can wait #everyone is going to descend on them and ask questions and then there won't be any peace to enjoy the baby in #so they keep quiet until the bragollach #when suddenly finrod finds celegorm and curufin and celebrimbor on his doorstep #with?? aredhel?? who disappeared?? and her son?? apparently?? what when who— #finrod: DID YOU MARRY CELEGORM??? #aredhel: gross no #finrod: (frantic gesturing to Son) where he'd come from then #aredhel: i gave birth to him. obviously.

[1-8oo-wtfbro]

you mean to tell me this isn’t exactly what happened when Tim’s parents died?

#dc tim drake #tim drake #meme #bruce wayne memes #bruce wayne #dc bruce wayne #tim drake memes #I hate that DC stripped him of any personality and made him an overpowered y/n mc #it’s so annoying bc u could make 10000 story lines on him actually acknowledging and working on his self absorbed nature ALONE #they gave him and Damian a lot of the same traits that damian has to ‘redeem’ himself for and gets hated on bc of #while Tim gets praised for them #They unknowingly made him a kinda shitty and irrational person but never address it????? #it’s so frustrating that he constantly has to come out on top and be better than everyone else!!!! #he was originally supposed to be the relatable and normal robin!!!!!!! #now he’s the overpowered and boring robin who can apparently never be wrong ab anything???? tf??? #anyways #i remember finding out ab this and cackling #this meme format isn’t mine but the idea and names are #memes #meem #funny memes #dc

[mysweetsinfulobsessions]

"In the next"

Ava and Beatrice - Warrior Nun, S02E08

#i have to do everything myself round here #this is the best I could do on short notice #sosoft #the shock on Beatrices face and how ava waits for her to kiss back #i literally couldn’t find this gif set of the kiss but apparently it exists! why didn’t tumblr show it to me as top reblogs! explain!! #they’re even better quality y’all can go find them #warrior nun #warrior nun s2 #avatrice #avatrice kiss #avatrice spoilers #warrior nun season 2 #warrior nun spoilers #warrior nun s2 spoilers #alba baptista #kristina tonteri young #ava baptista #sister beatrice

[lengthy-artery]

ok im going to swing a bat at a hornest's nest right now. what the fuck is the locked tomb actually about. what is it about and why is everyone on my dash obsessed with it AND YOU CAN'T JUST SAY 'IT'S GOT LESBIAN NECROMANCERS IN SPACE'. I KNOW THAT. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE PLOT IS HERE

#tlt #the locked tomb #gideon the ninth #harrow the ninth #idk what else to tag this with i'm just hoping that tlt fans can find it and tell me what the hell these books are actually about #bc let me tell you the goodreads summary is giving me NOTHING #i know gideon and harrow are the lesbians #and apparently god(?) is in it???? somehow??? but he's just a guy called john????? #no idea what the fuck is up with that #also this is a genuine question please explain because i am genuinely curious what these books are about and why everyone loves them #because everything i have seen so far makes zero sense to me out of context #(and from what i've gathered often it makes zero sense in context too)

[palilious]

"why go to sleep when the girl of your dreams is right here" - Colette, probably

Template was done by @yoteako ! (Though this is technically the old version sorry yote)

#to relax between commissions I just draw myself apparently #what can I say I’m my best muse #I like to think she hosts nap parties in the library at damn #so if someone is exhausted while studying she’ll use a tiny bit of magic to put them to sleep #you cant prove it was her #her listener is another student with insomnia #Colette took it as her challenge to help them sleep #and then they fell in love #cause redacted video #it’s rivals to lovers tho it’s fine #oh and the listener is an electro energetic #which Colette finds hilarious cause they’re canonically super blunt and chill #not energetic at all #it’s funny. laugh. #oc #art #originalcharacter #originalartwork #sketch #redacted asmr #character design #redactedasmr #redacted sona #redacted persona #persona #reference #pali draws redacted

[socksandbuttons]

HE KNOWS

YES I SEE HES NOT LIKING THAT NOW

Also interesting they do use their 'feralty' as some cover. However ruins weird so we'll see if he figures that out right away or not.

#also a bit of a twitst we get nice eclipse helping bloodmoon #*projects problems onto him instead* #DONT THINI I DIDNT NOTICE NO MENTION OF KILLCODES DEATH OR ANYTHING #bloodmoon continues to be bored tho #and dealing with their identity as a 'tool'as they quote KC a bit #further implying this bothers them very much #BUT ALSO STARING AT THE SHOW IN 'ARE U ACTUALLY GONNA TOUCH ON THE MURDER OF KC OR NOT' #i get they can take their time will wait cause this episode slwas more establishing solar and bms deal #AND WHWRE SOLAR WAS APPARENTLY. please give this man a hug he thinks moon and sun are dead #bloodmoons interesting how they recognize if they dont calm down theyll just rampage #esp when they Want to think things thru #but so farRRR good for them ob finding out but rip them too #also like solar kinda admitting 'well yeah its using u?? we're in a bind here dude' #i couldve misheard that tho #but at least he was honwst about it lol #sun and moon show spoilers

[cesium-sheep]

so there’s a trans girl boob sweat post going around, and op was distressed by cis men warning trans men about ball sweat in the notes because “they don’t just grow them” and like. no, they don’t just spontaneously sprout testes, but like. you know trans men can get srs too right. and the testicles are usually treated as part of the genitals from an aesthetic perspective, even if they’ll be nonfunctional. and I pointed this out to arin and she was like “huh. oh yeah.”

It Is Wild How Little Anyone Other Than Transmasc Folks Seem To Know About Being Transmasc

#ask to tag #I'm not even transmasc #I was just really dysphoric in high school and heard about trans men before I heard about nonbinary people #did you know you can even get srs outside of the male-typical and female-typical genitalia options? #I imagine it's difficult to badger a surgeon into it #since a lot of them are probably binary. #but apparently that's a thing some people can do. #either mix-and-match or just 'no thanks' #you can just no thanks out of having genitalia entirely. #(at least in theory if you can find the right professional(s)) #anyway I'll stop rambling now

[theflyingfeeling]

so we went to the Nokia Arena show and it looked so cool and it sounded so cool and I was dancing and singing and screaming and Niko played a medley on the piano and brb I'm gonna paint red BC logos on my piano too and he also rapped in Finnish ("kun mä huudan havuja te huudatte PERKELE") and they dressed in white and played the Backstreet Boys cover and it was so much fun and we went to the offical after party and they came to say hi there too (minus Niko) and Samy was there and I talked to him and Tommi walked right past us when we were about to leave and I said "hi" and he said "yeah pls leave me alone" and a lot of fun was had in the form of laughing and dancing and singing and I love you all can we do this again immediately pls pls pls I don't wanna go back to living my boring life 😭

#gig reports by theflyingfeeling #i had so much fun but idk the majority of the crowd on the floor was so...passive? that's the only complaint i have 💀 #i only took one video bc i just wanted to exit the fuck out of my emotions and i find it easier to do without a phone in my hand these days #i wish i did have more videos though but i trust in the tiktok kids to post a whole lot of them soon #(i mean they better lol what else were you standing so still for) #i also noticed i never wrote anything about the show in gdansk but it was amazing as well and we had the best fun there too had great spots #(i posted one video from there but i'm shadowbanned apparently so you can only view it on my blog) #the city it was so pretty as well?? i can't wait to go back there again some day

[ikishima]

My #1 advice for people moving out is to NOT buy nonstick cookware... not only is the lifespan of nonstick a MAXIMUM of 7 years (usually more like 2-5 years) but teflon, aka Polytetrafluoroethylene-- the plastic coating that makes the cookware nonstick, infuses microplastics into your food.

New cookware sets can cost hundreds of dollars so my advice is to look for 100% stainless steel cookware in thrift stores. Safer, cheaper, & instead of needing to replace every 2-7 years they can potentially last you the entire rest of your life AND they won't start shedding plastic into your food

#x #PS plastic food storage containers are also not ideal... I'm going to replace all mine with glass containers when i can afford it #i bought everything nonstick thinking it would be easier to deal with. i wanted to be cost-effective & save time so buying cheap nonstick #seemed like a good idea but every single nonstick thing I bought either already needed to be tossed in the trash or the teflon is flaking #aka they have become unsafe to use. but i dont have the money to replace all my fucking kitchenware!!!!! #today the casserole dishes that i bought 2.5 years ago are going in the trash. fucking waste of money and awful for the planet #boiling water to get rid of microplastics in a flaking nonstick pot... my life is a joke LMFAOOO #i was going to put a brand suggestion for nonstick here based on what lasted the longest for anyone who absolutely NEEDS nonstick #but when i search for who owns that brand and then searched with israel in quotes... first result was them being voted brand of the year #in israel... so never mind... dude fuck all these big companies i fucking hate this shit #oh btw ceramic is a good nonstick alternative but all my ceramics lasted less than 3 years... their lifespan is about 2 years apparently #theres way too many tags on this already but for anyone who reads them all HIIII and also you can literally find better furniture #on the side of the road than you will ever find on amazon or from ikea or where the fuck ever

[fluxedbuds]

constantly overjoyed with the amount of Hermitcraft AUs about putting evil stuff in a guy!!

ft Prion AU Grian by @canned-goose-feathers, Eldritch Horror Keralis by @mawofthemagnetar, and Endermited Tango from @infinityroom

#they are full of. Something ! #sketchbook #ehk #keralis #eldritch horror keralis #infinity room au #infinityroom #tangotek #grian #prion au #ok technically keralis' stuff isnt /evil/ and. well idk maybe tango does have bugs in him #apparently he was going to have one REPLACING HIS TONGUE bc thats just some shit real parasites can do (to fish) #and im always thinking abt that. parasites my beloved. why do you do this shit sometimes #however. taking that one mite with the eye off tango and crushing it so much. You Are Doing Actions And I Dislike Them #also mildly hilarious that keralis here is like. The Most Normal Average Guy ive ever drawn #and i drew him to put slime in him. the world must have balance or something #prion au is a continuous cycle of everyone involved yelling 'WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR MOUTH' at each other like you do with dogs #anyways in conclusion i love diseases and parasites and weird shit! please continue putting evil stuff in guys #and i wanted to make some art celebrating the abundance of it ive been finding

[verflares]

this all being said about the light dragon and how it is definitely the biggest highlight of totk (for me at least), i Do think a lot of the reaction to it Is dependent on botw and zelda's characterisation from that game... a lot of which is kind of lacking in totk because of her more passive role (e.g. you are told about her + see her actions after they have already happened)

like. if you didn't already really like zelda and were sold on her relationship with link (and not even just from a shipping zelink perspective, like. just UNDERSTANDING they have a strong bond from everything they've gone through together) then i'm not sure if any of that stuff in totk would've hit as hard as it did. the game does very little to build on what we already know about them, which i think is both a letdown to new players (which. i am not sure why they are playing the sequel before botw, but that is how totk acts most of the time lmao) and returning ones, and as time goes on it's become harder for me to blame people for not caring for it as much.

what a truly odd game

#which also makes it bizarre that totk treats itself like its Not a sequel. even though it is at the same time #ugh the names are escaping me but i am pretty sure this is a thing thats happened in other Sequel games too #just acting like the first one never happened or only when its convenient. stuff like that #i would loveeee to know how bad covid hit totks plot development or whatever. if anything. else they may have been planning #theyve gone on record saying that apparently the plan was for zelda to Always have turned into a dragon #and assumedly the beginning/ending parallel as well (eg hands and link catching her) #but i have to assume or at least HOPE that the buildup may have been stronger. idk man its so strange truly #ANYWAY SORRY FOR RAMBLING but i do find this discussion intriguing. and i LIKED totk even despite my criticisms #its genuinely some of the most fun ive had in a video game ever and creating content for it and talking about it has made me very happy #this being said. there are some choices that were made and i do not and likely will not ever understand them #because they said nah we're done now. bye <3 #like oh okay. thank you aonuma. can i at least have wind waker on switch now please #personal.txt

[fountainpenguin]

"Picture of your face in an invisible locket... I had a bad feeling. But we were dancin'... swaying as the room burned down." (x)

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New Dog's Life chapter today! ~ 3rd Life series fan-season

Chapter 32 - “Starve (Etho, Scott)”

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I am once again bringing you scenes of Etho cuddling up to SnifferMyFeet while Sniff growls reminders that even though he has Joel's memories and misses being Boat Boys, he wants Etho to treat him as a separate person.

If I had a nickel for every chapter Etho's touched this man and thought of Joel, I would have 8 nickels. I'd have 40 cents. That's as much as 1/4 of our story. And that's terrible.

#smalletho - Etho once again working through his touch starvation and Boat Boys Issues™ Many references to Joel, but he doesn't appear. Large flashbacks of him and Etho in next week's chapter, though! <3

(First 1,000 words under the cut)

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This preview section jumps into shippy vibes- Proceed at own discretion.

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Etho - Fox

Status: Holding out a hand

Self-taught programmer, full-time hero

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So, uh. That string tidying, huh? You're setting yourself up for disappointment if you want to do that with an endermite hybrid. They're the best in the business and they'll mock you the whole time you set up. Sniff's smug and giggly about it, too, as Etho pushes him down on the bed and hangs back to study him. He's really tattered the code on the bottoms of his bare feet. I mean, shoe code gets tattered too, but usually those soft parts of a skin design hurt more.

"You gonna use your mouth?" Sniff asks, eyeing him up.

"In a shocking turn of events, the programmer has tools for fixing loose code. They're in the other room." Etho takes Sniff's wrists and pins them above his head for a second, then takes his ankles and stretches them out. Classic textbook pose for the work, even though they'll probably move to the carpet for obvious reasons before they start; he doesn't need weak pixels dropped all over his bed. "Stay," he commands, and Sniff sticks out his tongue and double flips him off without moving his arms. So Etho can't be mad.

But he does lean over, sliding one hand beneath Sniff's cheek, easing it behind his head. He curls it back around and lifts it just enough to scrape his palm across Sniff's brow, beneath his floppy dark brown hair. It's thick and feels like swamp plants in his hands. He still smells like well-treated water. Chlorine. Like one of Gluon's hotel builds with the fancy pools. Or the waterpark server. Never did find out why. Etho breathes against him without pulling back. Despite the wet scents, Sniff's warm soul's like fresh-baked bread against his hand.

"Oh my goodness… You're so pretty. You are so pretty…"

The metaphorical light fades from Sniff's mismatched eyes. Etho pulls back, waiting for a pinch or slap. Sniff turns his face away. Only his Joel side's visible at this angle as he squirms. "Get your eyes checked, Eefo… I saw my reflection when I got my water. I'm stitched together with hand-me-down parts. You don't mean that."

"What if I do, though?" He crouches lower by the bed, bringing a hovering thumb to Sniff's scalp. Sniff glances at him, then away. So Etho breaks that barrier. Slowly, the thick part of his hand eases down to touch Sniff's head. Sniff scrunches up his eyes again, giving the faintest little nod. Etho holds very still a few seconds (Sniff's pixels are so loose on his skin, which was the whole point of this cleaning project anyway) before he speaks again. "I'm sorry you can't see that yet. Body issues are tough; I've got issues too. Sometimes my fox traits get away from me… Been thinking about modding out, but it takes centuries of paperwork." His next stroke of hand (a circle on his head) is firmer, sharper, and Sniff mutters something under his breath as his cheeks freckle up with blue again. Cute. "If it were legal, I'd probably just unthread. I'd miss the bullet paths, but you make vex life look so easy. So good." He draws his hand around in one last loop, then eases it down Sniff's cheek (on his Grian side) to his neck. "Hey, take a closer look next time you're out. There's a lot of interesting people out there. Some wear faces that aren't even humanoid. Have you met MumboDrone or iCam? … And you know, it's just a skin."

Sniff putters his lips, staring towards the ceiling. His fingers lift, dancing across the backs of Etho's knuckles. "You just want me to stay late again. Gods, you're so lonely… Listen, fella- I know my strings are a wreck. I was an endermite before a vex; be pretty messed up if I couldn't tell. I'll let you clean me up, but I'm not playing sleepover. You can't make me."

"Mmhm." Oh man, I want to press my head on yours. He really wants to, noses brushing, hair tufts scraping, but he refrains, you know. He's kneeling, balanced on his heels, and Sniff's saying 'Yes' to the hand but looking unsure. So he won't. "Stay as long as you want to. Just let me clean your code and then you can leave. I promise I won't be mad."

"You smell like bread dough…"

"Yeah? My code wouldn't taste too good right now. Squeaky clean."

"Oh, that's too bad." Absentminded. Distracted. Etho eases back his fingers.

"Are you okay?"

Sniff clicks into focus again and then swishes up, sitting on the bed instead of lying down. "Yeah, thanks. I'm good, actually. The water helped."

"All right. I'll be right back with the cleaning stuff." He leaves without another touch, pausing only to switch off the portal still glowing in the corner. He leaves the desk lantern glowing like it is. It's fun, in the dark. The light's so low, it's like a fox's den in here.

The nice thing about being a programmer? He has no end of scrapers and combs to choose from. He pays the living room a visit to get the tray from the coding desk's drawer and some rolled-up pieces of carpet (ignoring the less than subtle smirks Beef and Pause give him as he strolls by). Etho brings the whole tray to his room and sits on the bed with Sniff, just talking to him and explaining how effective these tools are for different things. Sniff seems to recognize a lot of them, which is no surprise, honestly. Since Joel doesn't do logouts, he has a whole cleaning routine. It takes him forever.

"You know," Sniff says, digging through the tray, "using combs is cheating, actually. I can do the cleaning with my teeth still attached. I bet foxes can too. I mean, it's code work; all the code-eating species can do it." He flicks his gaze to Etho, who kneels across from him, tail waving in the air. Etho doesn't answer, so Sniff goes on. "You know what's fun? 'mite bundles."

"'mite bundles,'" Etho repeats. "Like… Endermites inside a bundle? Is that fun? That's a new one to me." Where is he going with this?

"Yeah, it's when you put endermites in with some of your supplies and go out on adventures. When you want your supplies, you have to dump everything on the ground and try to use your stuff without getting bit. If you get bit, you have to send your coords to server chat. Easy way to get killed, so you'd better not. You can play it in Between, too. Pig has an endermite living in his studio. For every time it bites him, he has to keep his weapons in a chest for an hour when he gets home. It means I can do whatever I want to him, really. Usually he just runs. Sometimes we duke it out bare-fisted. Have you ever seen him with a black eye and a tooth knocked out? Just me, I guess- It probably doesn't carry when he leaves the server. He looks so goofy when he smiles; I'm chuffed to bits with that. Gods, you wouldn't believe the bruise he left on me this one time he pushed me off an end ship. He smirked about it for days, no joke. No, actually. Can't believe his head even fit outside the server."

Etho smirks back, hidden in the mask and hidden by his fingertips. His chin rests against his hand. "What'd you do to him? You didn't let him get away with that, did you?"

"Hell no! I picked up a shulker and I slammed him on the head with it. I bet you didn't even know you can peel 'em off the wall- they're so clingy. What'd he do then? I think he put down a bed and blew himself up trying to get me with it. Oh, he's so lame. I like him so much."

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#smalletho #trafficfic #traffic soulmates #... It's complicated #If you're here for smalletho and slammed into my ''Would you still love me if I was SnifferMyFeet?'' drama. lmao sorry #For better or worse this is what I bring to the fandom table #Recap: Sniff has all Joel's memories (maybe) but wobbly self-restraint and it is weird for both of them so. let's get weird #I cannot emphasize enough how Peculiar this is if you are entering without context so good luck- lmk how it goes :) #It's about Miscommunication (TM). I'm tagging stuff so people can filter out but just to be clear this is Oh No with fluff sprinkles #Y'know. When all else fails and I've listened to many songs and did not find the right one... I know Taylor Swift has got me #This chapter brought to you by whomever gave Etho several dozen combs made of people's teeth (It was Lizzie) #Also the intimacy of bonking foreheads #Dog's Life #Dog's Life art #ridwriting #fic announcement #apparently art #trafficshipping #hermitshipping #Sniff and Pig #mcyt #Pixels Imperfect #ridspoilers #Dog's Life spoilers