#but sometimes the curse is. well. cursed

[mrmatthewconnor]

2.13 // 2.13 arena pages // 15.20

#spn 2x13 #spn 15x20 #chuck won #truly sorry about this everyone #i'm not even a chuck won partisan per se #but sometimes the curse is. well. cursed #deep cuts dabb strikes again #apologies if this has been done. current rewatch rewiring my brain all over again etc

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 98

So there’s been a leucistic raven around the area I live and they are giving me ideas. 

 Danny is having fun. He’s on vacation! Sort of. Look, the GIW can barely find ecto-animals, and apparently being a halfa means that once Amorpho helped him with shapeshifting, he was golden. Well not literally, apparently his form’s coloration is based on his hair. So. But even then, who expects a raven of all things to be stopping crimes? Or aiding them. Look, the plant-lady has the right idea and he thinks Sam would adore her. Er, as long as she doesn’t kill anyone that is. 

 And Clockwork even gave his approval to do some time shenanigans too! Apparently there’s some super-speed heroes who he’s getting frustrated with and he’s allowed to follow them back in time to mess with their own stumbling through the time stream. Or something, does he really care? No, he’s on vacation! 

 But his absolute favorite has to be this sad funky british man and this age-shifting magic boy. He of course brings them all the best gossip- and food for the kid. Look, just because he’s on vacation doesn’t mean he’s gonna’ be heartless. He remembers how it is as a teenage-hero and the kid is like, ten so. 

 Though he’s pretty sure Mr sad-trench coat dude knows he’s not a normal raven but it’s hilarious to hear him try to figure it out. 

#dcxdp #dpxdc #prompts #the speedsters are all *swearing* they've seen this specific bird before #They have a conspiracy board trying to keep track of the 'immortal raven' #Danny likes Ivy- she reminds him of Sam #Ivy has no idea why this random raven will give her should-be extinct seeds but she's not complaining #Danny is playing favorites with Billy and Constantine #He also likes to mess with the batfam but Gotham ghosts sometimes practice cannibalism so he doesn't go often #Gotham likes him well enough but the curses are a bitch #But this funky trenchcoat conman is *hilarious* #He mus give All the gossip from hell and the realms and everything #Billy is shrugging about the raven #Must be magic #Or maybe like Tawny #Klarion is cackling in the background

[smalltimidbean]

I had a dream where cheeseshop Brick was an NPC in an RPG, had talksprites and I think even spoke, despite being a silent protag - but it was a dream so y'know

So I drew the ones I remembered (which were all the extra exaggerated ones, and possibly subconsciously inspired by Burgerpants ksfdgjk), and added a couple more bc why not!!!

#cheeseshop au #pizza tower au #brick the rat (cheeseshop au) #pizza tower #maybe I will change her from being a completely silent protag to talks sometimes #she deserves to be able to curse someone out as well as throttle them #smoking

[hyprlnk-blckd]

when i can't get myself to start drawing i will do. this. and. 75% of the time i will be able to start drawing and i. h

#sometimes it's ocs but i enjoy making it a cartoon shape. it suck's #why do you draw so much spamton bullshit I'M CURSED BY THGE BEAST #i need to. try loosening up with other shit. however... h #wanna draw some gays kissing? well... don't u worry boss. i got thi s #anyway . this is why i always have so many sketch pages of the guy cause. it keeps happening #i should post real art some day again #hyprlnk_art

[imminent-danger-came]

I was rewatching s2 last night, and ohhh man mk looks over mei so much it's not even funny. times mei has been ignored:

maybe you need to really listen! (during the blindfold ep)

mk just? grabs stuff she's using out of her hands all the time? (video game ep)

maybe you shouldn't skip the tutorials? (video game ep again)

the way he addresses her in dumpling destruction and then immediately pushes her aside for tang

i honestly remember it lowkey kinda bothering me on first watch but now it's REALLY egregious on rewatch. are you scared? I'm so scared. do you WANT to end up like shadowpeach MK

2x03 is so rude because the whole fucking episode they're like "MK you don't listen" and it's so true. He doesn't. Pigsy literally points it out again at the end of 4x14 with the whole sun screen bit:

Pigsy: "Tch, don't bother, I've been telling him that for years but he LITERALLY never listens." Sun Wukong: "Yep! That's how we role."

-

THEY'RE SO FUCKING RUDE. "That's how we role." We. We????? Wukong and MK???? Like WHATEVER. FINE. (("I told you going against the Jade Emperor was a bad idea, but no. Wukong doesn't listen to ANYONE! He just does whatever he wants" Like shut up. Shut up!))

MK gets so stuck in his own head ("You're all stuck up in your own head! None of this is your fault!" +1 to the MK ignoring Mei counter from 4x08) and I think that really contributes to his s2 scramble to get more powerful.

LIKE:

MK: "Stop? Now? Never! I just have to try harder. It's just like the Monkey King said! *laughs manically* I just need to get stronger!"

(2x06 Game On)

VS

MK: "Why didn't he just stop, right here? He was already so much stronger than anyone ever needed to be!" Macaque: "Wukong didn't think so, he always felt he had to be stronger—more immortal."

(4x11 A Lifetime of Mistakes)

-

(Bonus thing between eps 2x03 and 2x06, look at 0:42 in this video for MK hearing Mei but not listening to her. Because of course that's what he would do. *head in my hands .png*)

The terrible s2 choices both Wukong and MK make in relation to their friends is just absolutely delicious after 4x11. Like, OH. This has been a lifelong pattern of Wukong's—paranoia is one of his fatal flaws (paired with his terrible communication and self-sacrificial nature), and while he had the power to stop LBD before he still feel's the need to go after the Samadhi Fire to stop her now, and to protect MK.

Hold on look at this parallel that I don't know what to do with:

MK: "Ugh, I can't do it!"

Mei: "It's alright MK—you did it before, you'll do it again!" Sandy: "Yeah! Maybe it's like Monkey King said: the power will come when you need it most!"

(3x04 The Winning Side)

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MK: "What! But you said the Samadhi fire was the only thing that could stop her!" Sun Wukong: "I KNOW WHAT I SAID! But I've beaten her before I'll- I'll do it again! Mei was right—I need to stop dragging you into my fights, all of you."

(3x10 The Samadhi Fire)

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Wukong and MK's reach for power inspires a lot of fear in me! It does! Because, well, MK's current reach for power is going to lead him to his Monkey Form, and uh:

Like I'm scared. I'm scared!

"All doomed to play a role in tearing this world apart!" ; "This is Azure's utopia, and this barren wasteland is the price he paid to build it." ; "I'd do anything for my friends! But at the cost of the world?" "I'm sorry pal, ain't NOTHIN' worth that price!"

#I've said it once and I'll say it again: 2x06 is one of the MOST retroactively mean episodes #Game motif. The callback that 4x10 does. Whatever the fuck is going on with the MK and SWK parallels in that ep #I hate lmk's exchange theme I hate it. Like FUCK #Anyways #asks #wlw-wukong #lmk #lego monkie kid #lmk MK #lmk SWK #lmk Sun Wukong #lmk analysis #lmk theme: exchange #fuckasdfoqweg #Sandy saying ''Helping my friends is more important than anything in the world!'' in 2x08 vs #''I get it! I'd do anything to help my friends! But at the cost of the world?'' in 4x13 is SICK. SICK IT'S SICK #Sometimes it's like. Hmmm. ''If you aren't doing everything in your power to help your friends you are nothing!'' #''I'd watch my sword shatter 1000 times so long as I used it to protect the ones I care about'' #I'm telling you Mei would choose MK over the world. I'M TELLING YOU #MK'S ALREADY CHOSEN MEI OVER THE WORLD (thank you 3x10) AND PIGSY/TANG/SANDY OVER THE WORLD (4x02) #MK really went: ''Oh releasing this curse could end the world? Well I'll risk it for my friends!'' and I went ''ohhhh nooooooooo'' #WE ARE IN SOME DEEP SHIT IN S5 #And Wukong? Lol of course he's choosing the people he cares about over the world. No surprise there. #He's like ''yeah I'll go fight the jade emperor to finally be strong enough''. If eamk theory proves true he like #Chose MK over the world initially #And he was totalllyyy willing to sacrifice LBD's child host to protect his friends (MK)/the world #I'm. AUGHGHG. #''It's what he would do if he had to. That's the hard part of being a hero!'' OKAY BUT MEI WOULD YOU DO THAT SO EASILY IF IT WERE MK #ME THINKS NO #ME THINKS YOU WOULD NOT

[scribblekatz]

i havent posted in a hot minute so have a cream and cheese as an early easter thingie

#my art #kat’s art tag #art #fan art #sth #fanart #cream the rabbit #cream and cheese #cheese the chao #i have so many ideas that i need to draw but.. motivation is at an all time low #tis the curse of being an artist i suppose #i should also actually do something with my idw x reader blog #oh well #anywhizzle i do plan on eventually showing my sonic redesigns sometime #and other stuff idk what else you guys wanna see from me

[megyulmi]

or a line that did not make it into the second chapter of turning pages (the narrow road to the deep north).

#no one dies in this fic and it is no curses au but i thought this line fits canon satosugu hence this post. #and it felt like a waste to leave it in the drafts. #finally finished editing. i will post sometime in the morning because i need to write the explanations as well. #t: turning pages (the narrow road to the deep north) #gojo satoru #geto suguru #stsg #satosugu #sugusato #jjk suguru #jjk geto #jjk satoru #jjk fanfic

[unexpectedstormy]

I wonder if the reason why I tend to get overlooked as an LU writer is because I tend to write for Wild and Hyrule and not the "cool" Links like Legend, Warriors, Time or Four.

#what I mean is that anytime someone makes a “fanfiction authors to check out/follow” list I'm never on it #and anytime someone makes a “recommended fics” list none of my fics are ever on it #(to be fair many of my fics are unfinished multichapters) #I don't get tagged in writer posts when all my other writer friends do get tagged #I've never had fanart except what I've made myself for my own fics #and I also have the Curse of Always Being Overlooked in my in-person life and apparently that extends to online life as well #while I do generally like going under the radar it's annoying to be literally invisible all the time forever #I'm not a big blog (if you saw my follower count you'd know I'm not one) and I don't want to be #but sometimes it would be nice if people stopped forgetting I am actually a writer too

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

I'm very excited for more content of your lights out au, I'm so eager to see just how good you can get at writing/creating angst!

oh babey. thats where i Shine.

#i have gotten many a fic comment where people curse me out and/or say that they cried #sometimes i get someone saying i made them sob #its a compliment every time and i strive for it! #i dont fuck around with my fics i Do Not Hold Back and that is a Warning #this is the only aspect of my creations that im confident in #and hopefully soon you'll all See! you will see. #just a little taste its nothing too intense really. #id label it more hurt/comfort than straight up angst #but yeah if people arent crying im doing it wrong #i rarely do it wrong. #JESTING JESTING im not That good. now im just exaggerating for a Humorous Touch #rambles from the bog #i might. miiiiiight. might might might maybe mayhaps might #write a certain scene from lights out that everyone already knows will happen #so... might as well dust off my hurt / no comfort skills #could be fun. i want to hurt people again #in a good safe 'you Chose to read this' way #theres a certain feeling that comes with being someone who enjoys writing angst #the happiness i get from people telling me my writing hurt them. Yes <3 #so so validating. so fulfilling. #just read through some old fic comments on my better works and mmmmm talk about an ego boost....

[bubbeebear]

I love the way you draw red he looks so soft and chubby

I’m very sorry for keeping you waiting for months! Ah, I need to start checking my ask box more!

Anyways, thank you so much anon! I really appreciate it and I’ll give you something for the trouble.

#I’ve been drawing dhmis in secret for quite sometime and just forget about the doodles to post! #well.. that and the fact I never like how they turn out!! #curse my need to be perfect! it’s something I’m always fighting with #good news is that I’m starting to love drawing again and maybe I’ll be posting regularly like how I used to #sorry I’m rambling again #bubbee's art #my art #dhmis #don’t hug me i’m scared #dhmis red guy #red guy #red guy dont hug me im scared #Bubbee Answers #ask box

[luna-lovegreat]

I am resisting. SO HARD. The urge to stay up until one am and write fifteen different Lu analysis posts because I NEED SLEEP but there's SO MUCH and SO MANY DETAILS and I need to rant about these things but sleep??!!!!!!!!!

#LEGEND AND WILD HAVE A VERY CARING RELATIONSHIP THAT WE CAN TRACE BACK TO WHEN IT STARTED #AND THERES SO MANY EXAMPLES OF HE AND LEGEND LITERALLY JUST VERBALLY UNDERSTANDING EACH OTHER #AND DINK #DINK ONLY CURSES HIS BLADE SOMETIMES #AND ITS AN EXTREMELY PREDICTABLE PATTERN #AND HES ACTUALLY JUST TOYING WITH THEM TILL HES PISSED #BUT THEYRE BOT ALWAYS IN DANGER FROM THE BLADE #AND I DONT HAVE ZELDA ENCYCLOPIDUA BUT #JOJO MENTIONED DRAWING INSPORATION FROM IT AT SOME POINT AND I HAVE #QUESTIONS!!!!! #AND IVE NOTICED LIKE FIFTEEN MORE PARRARELLES BETWEEN COMIC AND GAMES #AND I REALLY THINK/HOPE WELL SEE SUN SOON #AND DINKS COMING FOR WILD NEXT #IN WHAT FORM????? #AND I THINK HES UNDERESTIMATING WIND #AND I REALLY WANT WIND TO STAB HIS HEAD IN #AND THERES LITERALLY SO MUCH IMAGERY CONCERNIJG SKY AND WARS AND TWI #AND AND AND #AND #forget it I'm going to sleep #but you'll hear from me soon #AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH #Lu

[nayruwu]

heartbeat :)

everyone shut the fuck up. they're resting.

@gureshin-week-2023

#why don't you go listen to shinya's heartbeat and maybe you'll calm down. #here u go guys. fluff. i am capable of doing it. #i guess this could also count as au #since it's part of my imaginary aftermath au where everything is over they're safe the curse is lifted yayyy #but also because of the way he died shinya's heart is now failing so he gets additional oxygen sometimes #surely this is not angsty. right #not sure if i will be able to finish things in time but i definitely want to post something for fem and salvation as well #gonna have to pass on the other days :'> #owari no seraph #seraph of the end #shinya hiiragi #guren ichinose #gureshin #gureshinweek2023 #they're happy and safe forever actually ons was just a prank #art stuff

[mew-dump]

I call this art "My ibispaint lagged and i fucking hate it so much"

Because- the brushes lagged lmao. It wont make straight lines

#art???? #ibis paint #damn this happened oftenly i felt annoyed #sometimes my keyboard will lag as well #but its so funny that after i tested the lines and it still lagged at the end. and turned out as.... this piece #tw cursing

[queenhawke]

being an artist is both great and terrible bc u can draw what u want but that also means that when u want to see something u have to draw it

#do you get me #like. sometimes i'll think 'oh i wish i could see [x thing]' #and then im like well i could draw it #but then i'd have to draw it #it's a blessing and a curse #this is all to say: david brittlesbee in brian david gilbert's gamer shirt

[thueenz]

merry christmas everyone i hope your day is good and if youre spending it alone i hope you find joy in every little thing you can and that your day is at least peaceful 💞

#im probably not doing much bc yknooo the highlight of my day was opening the colourmytree msgs love everyone who sent one #wishing as well for you honey to live for pleasant memories💞merry christmas eat yummy food dont die of stomach curse💕💕 #sometimes i wonder if ppl think im using a petname when i say that name LMAO #also...💙💙super special secret merry christmas to you....mwuah mwuah💞💞💞💞💞have a good day #excuse me while i ramble in the tags for a mile #my father said hed finally after months start redoing the flooring in my room so maybe i will finally be free of having all my belongings #scattered. maybe. pray for me i hate being outside of my room for long periods #the energy is STINKY out there!!! #other than that im just going to do whatever probably bc everyone i know is busy doing their own christmas stuff #and i dont speak to my family #hopefully i can still play games idk if ill have my computer w the renovation sobs GOOD LUCK ME #pers

[thrumugnyr]

WAIT ITS BEEN THAT LONG IN THE CAMPAIGN??

Patataj and Rahadin have been dating for 1.5 years??? O.O

Idk why am I surprised knowing how time can be in DnD lol but the fact its been a while gives me hope things won't end too bad for them babsba

Altho it's cute Rahadin showed up to support his boyfriend I'm kinda suspicious of his answer GAH

OMG, I should have clarified this better: we have been playing this campaign for 1.5 years - the time passed for Patataj is only about 2 months and that's about the time that they're dating, or, well, know each other at least.

Let me tell you chronologically how he ended up in a relationship with Rahadin (this is LONG and has spoilers for CoS so beware):

Rahadin was the first person Patataj met after he woke up in Barovia (he got dragged in through a dream by, as we would later learn, the Abbot, who was looking for sun god support in his endeavor to fix the curse (of Strahd) and accidentally grabbed Patataj over Senna).

Rahadin was there to check out the newcomers mostly (and because my GM was scared of combat balance haha) and they went through the death house experience together. For Rahadin this meant nothing much, but for Patataj that's an intense bonding experience (also they were holding hands for most of it, as Patataj was the only one without darkvision).

After they made it out of the death house, Rahadin disappeared, but Patataj took up the sending spell on his level up a few days later and thus was able to send Rahadin little messages. That's how he was able to secure a meeting with him as well. That meeting went rather poorly, but he managed to not get killed. You must also know that by this time, Rahadin just seemed like a sulky, shy dusk elf to Patataj. Someone who would be funny to make flustered and drag out of their shell a little. Not much else. He hasn't really seen him do damage or anything.

He does start to ask random people he meets about Rahadin though and then slowly realized that, well, he does not seem to be a terribly well liked guy. Kasimir (the leader of the few surviving dusk elves) tells him to stay away from him, but Patataj doesn't quite know why, because he gets along quite well with him.

So after a few days (and after the party killed the Aboleth in the lake) he asks Rahadin for a second date to make up for the first one and to his surprise, Rahadin agreed.

They have like a romantic little boat ride and Rahadin even brings a scroll for Pataj so he can walk on water (because he mentioned missing being able to run in the open desert and the lake is...pretty big and the next best option). Of course Patataj goes for a run but in the end he can't just let Rahadin sit all alone in the boat so he offers him a ride.

And that's how this picture happened ahaha. YES, IT WAS ACTUALLY A THING not a dream or anything - I know!! Wild!

Centaurs don't just offer someone to sit on them willy-nilly (if at all), so in the end Patataj confesses to Rahadin that he caught feelings. He's a bard after all and centaur hearts beat fast.

Of course for Rahadin it's way too soon to reciprocate such feelings the same way (I mean, they knew each other for....two weeks at this point, maybe one? And he's like 500 years old. Them centaur hearts be moving in hyperspeed to him). But he still admits a certain fondness and they actually do kiss when Patataj asks for one.

Some time passes, Patataj keeps sending those sending messages and they interact like that every day. Just small things, as sendings have a limit of 25 words ahaha.

Eventually, Strahd invites the party for dinner, as he does. Everyone is low key terrified, but Patataj is excited to meet Rahadin again....and it goes well. Our warlock pisses Strahd off majorly because he continuously keeps the appearance of the girl Strahd is into, but Patataj is having a great time, even winning a bard-off against Escher.

Patataj ends up spending some of the night with Strahd, ending in him offering Strahd his blood (and I do not think he was even charmed. We're all still confused as well. Strahd just was very good with words and made Patataj feel sad for him okay?). Rahadin ends up taking care of Patataj for the rest of the night and it all gets very emotional, they exchange gifts, they kiss more, Rahadin starts to open up a little about his past and other personal things.

No, nothing besides kissing happening - but hey, progress.

They are mostly back to sending messages and short meetings for most of the campaign then. This goes on for months in real time you know haha. It does sometimes skew with my perception how much time actually passes.

At some point Patataj manages to convince Rahadin to join a little party at the tavern in Vallaki and it's all very cute. They play like, throwing knives and never have I ever and it's really stupid but fun....thanks to probably the alcohol Rahadin does actually end up comfortable enough to do ....more than kissing that night, too. And that is actually also the last night they managed to spend together until now.

Meanwhile the campaign goes on, we go to Krezk like, twice, kill the Abbot, we do the Yester hill battle, defend Vallaki (where Rahadin was extremely worried). In Vallaki there was also one instance where Patataj almost died and sent some final words type of message to Rahadin and boy, Rahadin was UPSET about it. Mostly mad because the message did not include Patatajs whereabouts and such and it took him longer to find him. He was probably also upset that the whole thing made him so scared in the first place haha. Rahadin is not used to care about anything other than Strahd and maybe Anastrasia (and since they're both vampires, they die far less easy, so not much to worry there).

But yeah, this is how you manage to date Rahadin in Curse of Strahd: You need a GM who puts him in the campaign early enough and PERSISTENCE. It's not easy to make Rahadin care, but once he does, he's very loyal and your chances of survival become very good actually ('You wouldn't want to hurt Rahadins mate' worked very well with the werewolves for example lol) - but also it can be a little terrifying at times. Patataj is trying to come to terms with the fact that all the protection benefit he gets out of this also means that it is very likely that he will end up as a vampire in the end. Also there is no turning back. Rahadin is very unforgiving and I'm sure if Patataj would break his heart, Rahadin would slit his throat, because that's just how he deals with his problems. There is also still a chance Rahadin might follow Strahd's orders to kill Patataj despite his own feelings. It's 500 years vs a few weeks/months after all.

But I do think Rahadins feelings are genuine. He says the most romantic shit sometimes and he really was very supportive in the last session (at least as much as you could expect Rahadin to be). It was actually the first time he said 'I love you' in return! MORE PROGRESS!

And I also do think he doesn't just want to use Patataj for personal gain. He's not a very....scheming guy. Not that Patataj would care either way. He'd do almost anything for Rahadin at this point, aside of things that go against his morals of course. It's quite funny, really. Patataj knows of all the terrible things Rahadin has done by now, but he kind of shoves it aside under 'well he did it under Strahd's orders, he wouldn't have done it otherwise' because he just can't fathom Rahadin is THAT bad/uncaring, since to HIM he is extremely gentle and sweet, even if sometimes a little struggling with showing emotions. Love makes blind, I swear.

But I'm rambling. I hope they get a happy ending. At least Patataj would deserve one after everything (all the suffering and pain of people around him and his powerlessness to help are getting to him), but it IS Curse of Strahd and who knows what will happen. Even at the best outcome, he will have to kill some if not most of Rahadins 'family', in the worst outcome, Rahadin kills him. In the most likely, he ends up a vampire in Strahd's castle, never to see sunlight again.

So yeah, on that depressing note and for anyone who read this whole thing, I'll leave you with two songs from my Patadin playlist because who doesn't have songs for their OC?

Nessa Barrett - Die first

Amber Run - I found

#forgive me for this overly long post #but I have lot of feelings about this #I put a lot of my free time into it after all (if you calculate all the sessions and art) haha #so if people seem curious I will be like WELL YOU ASKED SO HERE WE GOOOO #hahaha #thrum rambles #DnD #Rahadin #Patataj #Curse of Strahd #centaur #would I recommend going for Rahadin? Hard to say #(depending of course whether or not your DM is willing to let you treat Curse of Strahd as a dating sim) #sometimes it feels like I accidentally cheated the game #sometimes I feel I'll pay a terrible price for it lol #WE WILL SEE