#child gradually

[that-foul-legacy-lover]

you're a diver from Fontaine, one of the best in the entire Court, and are known far and wide for your ability to collect whatever resource people need- that's where most of your pay comes from, collecting beryl conches and romaritime flowers for jewelry, perfumes, and the like. but you also enjoy diving as a hobby, spending most of your time off in the water and enjoying the sights, your Vision allowing you to breathe easily under the waves. there's something about floating weightlessly in oceanic world that helps you feel so calm and at peace.

it's during one of these leisurely dives that you encounter something- or someone- incredible.

you won't lie, you were swimming too close to the Fortress of Meropide. yes, it's technically forbidden, but you couldn't help but investigate the deeper waters and caves around it after so long of staying away from the area! as long as you stayed away from the searchlights, no one would suspect a thing, so you swam down into the murky gloom. it's more difficult to see as you cautiously glance around, slightly on edge- until you come face-to-face with an oddly glowing light, seemingly emitting from a faceted crystal. you don't dare go towards it (you've had enough experience with ocean creatures to know it very well could be a lure), so instead it decides to come towards you, and an enormous slinking creature is revealed from the darkness. your blood runs cold, all instincts screaming to get away, run, but the monster merely chitters curiously, tilting his horned head and blinking at you quietly.

hesitantly, you raise a hand and wave, and the beast's singular eye widens in awe as he waves back.

you come back to visit the odd creature again and again after that day, becoming adept at avoiding the lights of Fontaine's prison. the monster- Childe, as he told you via carvings on the wall- was incredibly sweet despite his intimidating appearance, greeting you with a delighted chirp and a hug, always extremely gentle with you. he follows you as you explore, protecting you and bringing you trinkets that have sunk to the ocean floor, nudging your hands for head scritches. through his gestures and warbling tones you deduce that he lives in a cavern further below, one you refuse to go to- it makes your skin crawl, for some reason. rarely does Childe come to the surface, but occasionally he'll accompany you if he doesn't want to see you go, wrapping his scaled tail around your legs and whining until you give him a kiss on the forehead. he loves you, and you love him, and he was your special secret.

until you began to fall mysteriously ill, your breaths coming out short and ragged and your head filling with cotton clouds. at first you think it's just a common cold, but it doesn't go away, only getting worse over time. the doctors you visit don't seem to have a cure, merely telling you to rest until you feel better, which you never do, no matter how many hours you sit on the shore with Childe's head in your lap. his worry for you makes you feel a little happier, caressing his cheeks and whispering hoarsely to him as he whimpers, claws dancing over your cheeks in an attempt to hold you back. but it hurts and you cough again and again, growing weaker by the day for no reason other than fate's cruel story.

you don't know that Childe is a monster from the Primordial Sea, gradually wearing away at your strength and life, until it's too late.

#genshin impact #childe #tartaglia #gi ajax #foul legacy #foul legacy childe #genshin tartagalia #genshin childe #genshin tartaglia #genshin x reader #childe x reader #potential spoilers for the 4.1 story quest in tags: #yeah there's a reason why Childe lives near Meropide #his presence unintentionally makes you sick and chips away at your life #imagine you leave him your Vision as a keepsake and he just has to watch despairingly as the light gradually goes out #he doesn't understand but he doesn't want you to go #i wonder if Primordial Sea creatures are some form of immortal. maybe he doesn't understand death #and he's wondering why you look so sickly and frail #anyways let out an evil evil laugh when i thought of this #wifi's brainrot #short scenario #good evening :) #sea monster au #kinda

[tarantula-hawk-wasp]

Sacrificial Lamb

another little symbolism moment with my oc inquisitor maera modeled on 'innocence' by William Adolphe-Bougueraeu

#my art #dragon age #qunari #dragon age inquisitor #qunari inquisitor #inquisitor adaar #adaar #inquisitor maera #lamb #artists on tumblr #art #wow another painting of maera looking UP how original ik anyways parts of this are great parts i rushed bc it is 2:40 am #and i wanted this to be done tonight #OUGH I MISSED HER i missed my babygirl #obsessed with the role of the inquisitor as like figurehead and also sacrifice #also martyr also saint like i love leaning into the cult of the herald idea tbh and like since shes like 10 theres is a level of #child sacrifice to it like the loss of innocence the child of omelaswhich like if i ever get the energy for fic writing again we WILL be #exploring everyone's feelings about that (many flavors of guilt) #i told myself I wasn't gonna do a gold foil background but gradually we ended up with that. I also told myself no halo but

[hivemindofevilbats]

I don't know what's scarier. The fact that everyone in this kingdom wants to run a sword through my heart, or that sometimes, I just want to let them.

-Nimona

#nimona #my baby #i love nimona #i will protect this child at any cost #tw death #tw suicidal thoughts #this line breaks my heart #because this is what isolation and rejection do to a person #all she wanted was to be accepted #but she never was #and so she gradually became more bitter and depressed #yeah i have a lot of feelings about this movie

[qsmprambling]

Imagine Egg A1 still has one life left, and it somehow manages to escape the facility... It is being followed by mobs, by Federation employees, being hurt by the poison ivy and other environmental threats, but it keeps running, because what other choice is there? That parkour course was a trick after all, the last block was a fake, it was never meant to pass that test in the first place.

So it keeps running, but the Federation workers are getting closer. It won't be able to avoid them forever...

But then it bursts through some bushes and comes face to face with someone new - and it's Bad, out building or exploring or just wandering alone. A1 is immediately afraid, of course. It is a stranger, a very visually striking stranger, the complete opposite of the pure white and featureless employees of the Federation. But there are people close behind, and it knows what will happen to it if it is caught, so... It has no choice but to try. It has no way to communicate, no signs or books, so it simply rushes to hide behind him and hopes he understands, and that he is willing to help...

And Bad, for his part, well.. he's an extremely cautious and paranoid person, and this is just an incredibly confusing and unexpected situation to be in. An unknown egg appeared out of nowhere and is hiding behind him, he can see Federation employees in the distance that are clearly looking for something... He knows that the code has been disguising itself as eggs, and that the strange egg in front of him with no marks, no distinguishing features, an egg that he has never seen before, could easily be the code monster preparing to attack at any moment...

But there is absolutely no way Bad could ever look at an egg in distress and not try to help it, even knowing it could be a trap.

So he quickly digs a shallow hole and pushes the mysterious egg into it, covering it up just in time, and when the employees throw him a book asking if he had seen anything, he lies effortlessly, he complains about nonsense, he asks them where the Ekea is and is as annoying as he can be, until they leave.

And now they're alone... just Bad an this mystery egg in the middle of the woods, A1 too afraid to leave the hole even when Bad tries to coax it out. He gives it food and tries his best to comfort it, to tell it everything is okay and that the pursuers are gone. He gives it some signs and a book, trying to see if it will write anything to him or answer any of his questions, but he gets no reply. A1 is just too afraid to even attempt to answer, and Bad doesn't even know if it understands him. He tries what few words he does know of the other languages, and still no response.

What should he do? As much as the image of a tiny, terrified egg makes him want to do all he can for it he also needs to be safe. He can't bring it home, because if it is a code there is no way he is bringing it anywhere near Dapper. Should he call someone else for help, or would that draw too much attention? Would it even be safe for him or the egg to let anyone know right now? And was this egg dangerous, or harmless and in need of protection? He wouldn't abandon it regardless but...

What now?

#Egg A1 #badboyhalo #I am a Bad watcher it will always be qBad in my what ifs even if anyone could do it #Plus he is perfect for the job #I can't write fic but yes this is basically an A1 fic oops #ElQuackity you thought killing a featureless egg was a safe option but you're wrong we are all attached #I want A1 to be alive and to escape to be adored and protected #Also I bet if Bad got caught with a mystery egg I think he'd just go 'Huh? No this is my other child you just never saw them before :)' #Also for some reason my brain was calling A1 'Alice' but then I saw people using 'Ai' and that's adorable too~ #Though it also makes me think 'artificial intelligence' but hey maybe that is fitting for the fabricated eggs theory XD #'What now' I ask as if I am not already imagining Bad trying to protect A1 and also be safe in case it is a threat #not wanting to think it is but unable to know otherwise #but also being so BBH about it and just being in complete dad mode when they interact #he keeps it in it's own safe little secure home and does what he can to help it with minimal communication for several days #until A1 starts to open up little by little - incredibly slowly #Bad very gradually telling very select people about it #until eventually when the Federation finds out - everyone who knows is immediately hmm what no this is our child what do you mean? #and go ultra protective #because A1 deserves the world #fic within the tags yes #Bad ruined my sleep schedule and I can't sleep mindless rambles time

[maegalkarven]

I have the suspicion what the Cult of Murder wasn't very keen on healing/ had many healers around.

They probs had healing potions and scrolls and stuff, but do you think Durge would bother with them? Or would they, intimately familiar with the anatomy of the body, occasionally treat their own wounds with the cold precision of a surgeon?

What I have in mind is Durge casually sewing their own wounds shut with the first found rusty needle and something they deemed would suffice for a thread, Gortash seeing this horrific display and deciding enough is enough and taking the ordeal of healing this freak of an ally into his own hands.

#bg3 #the dark urge #durge #dark urge x gortash #durgetash #durge is not squeamish and they are very familiar with the way body functions #so in theory they could treat their own wounds just enough so they would die #it requires the cold detachment and not Caring that much about your own well being #but i think A cchild-weapon of Bhaal is exactly in that mindset to perform tasks like those #like why would they care if their wretched mortal bag of bones hurts or not? #is it moving? is it functions? then that's enough #i have the idea of durge not being allowed/offered any comfort/personhood #and as a result treating their own body as a tool #with the difference what they take better care of their daggers than of themselves #gortash seeing that and being like “what are you doing you stupid fucking bitch” #like at first he just needs his ally Not To Die from something dumb like infection from a blunt needle or bad care #and then he gradually starts to carw #like fr how someone care about themselves so little #a child of god no less #but the more he learns of durge the more he gets Why #and the more his affection grows the more it annoys him #wouldn't die*

[thetwilightroadtonightfall]

Ch 11: The Light ☀️🤍🍂

The final chapter, an ending to a story…

But the end isn’t ever really the end.

🩵

[This chapter’s Dropbox folder. View after reading 🩵]

#overmorrow #my fics #my art #khux #I made so much content for this last chapter; I hope you enjoy it all as I gradually post them! #alternatively you can go straight to the dropbox to view them yourself after reading :) #thank you so much for reaching this point with me; I have a bigger post to show my gratitude but I want to put it here too #timeless child #my posts

[baeshijima]

don't mind me i'm just casually thinking about soulmates-but-not-actually-soulmates au, where you both fall for each other after having not found your respective soulmates for a long period of time and decide that if fate won't do anything, then you will both simply defy fate and learn to love each other.

and you do !! with the more time you spend with one another, navigating that which makes up the entirety of the other, you both start to grow accustomed — attuned, even — to the each other's habits. and slowly, eventually, you begin to think that perhaps fate didn't give you your soulmate, for they are the one in front of you, holding you so close it wouldn't come as a surprise if you meld into one.

if so, then why does your soulmate, whom you believed was nothing but a hoax up until now, decide to show up now of all times? where have they been during the years you spent searching for them? why are they staring at you as if you hung the moon and stars for them as they repeat your name in a breathy, starstruck manner, holding your hands in a shaky grip with the trembles in their voice equally as unstable?

and why... why did fate have to be so cruel to you, for the moment your eyes dart away in avoidance of theirs you find the world goes silent when you see your lover, whom you believed was the one meant to defy destiny with you, standing off to the side and watching your interaction with an unreadable countenance.

oh, fate is a cruel thing.

#sophie talks : concepts <3 #ngl this would be such a good trope to write... for hsr argenti could be the soulmate bc hes always travelling and the lover could be like. #dan heng or veritas... #for genshin alhaitham could be the role of the lover so well bc of the gradual build up... but then the soulmate would have to be from a di #nation like childe or maybe ayato or maybe even lyney.... #like. kaveh fits the soulmate role really well but i wouldnt want to change his lore and relevance with haitham just to fit the plot bc u #were waiting literal YEARS for ur soulmate and made an agreement with eventual lover that after [] years then u would try being together #or smth like that #haha anyway gonna dip and leave this here as my legacy bc i just finished my crying session and dont want more puffy eyes teehee <33 #ngl this might work with neuvillette and wriothesley if u work with neuvie above ground and never searched in the fortress of meropide.... #hmmm.....

[quinttyz]

Oh, if you only knew

What we've been up to

I guarantee you'd keep it secret

#quinttyz draws #i have been…playing ..bg3… #compiled sum art stuff i did of astarion and my oc childe ehehe #i feel like astarion was the one who fell in love first tbh #his slow gradual realization from being attracted to her not only physically but ..more..!? #they frequently share his tent together and one night as he’s lying down beside her he just thinks #shit i like her #u know its getting serious with astarion when he invites u to his tent not to fuck but just #get to know each other.beyond the tadpoles lmao #baldur’s gate 3 #bg3 #bg3 astarion #bg3 astarion fanart #bg3 fanart #astarion bg3 #baldur’s gate 3 astarion fanart #astarion #astarion fanart #astarion x childe #astarion x oc #larian studios #oc: the stealer of memories

[pastaxandria]

The Red Thread: Chapter 155

The Library of Pastaxandria has recorded for its shelves: Chapter 154 of The Red Thread.

Ship: Matt Murdock x F!Reader

Chapter Summary:

You paused where you’d written down, ‘Hrairoo: Orchid Suspect One’, to glance down at the three elderly women gathered around the small table. “I heard some kids at school say they saw her on the roof doing weird stuff with a bunch of candles once,” the kid said thoughtfully as Mrs. Hrairoo drew a series of cards from the deck and set them down in a familiar formation. It was a pattern you knew from somewhere—cards arranged into a rough cross, with another line of cards beside it. Damn it, I know this one, come on brain. You just needed a nudge, something to stir your brain into remembering. “Also she has a ton of glass jars—you have no idea, like… so many jars, man. But I swear, no one bakes bread like her. That stuff’s magic.” Wait a second. Now you knew where you’d seen that card pattern. And if that was the pattern Mrs. Hrairoo was laying down, then that meant… …those were definitely not your normal, average, everyday playing cards. Or: in which your old skillset comes in handy.

Wordcount: 5.9k

Warnings for this chapter: none!

Read me on AO3 because that’s where penguins hang out

#the red thread #matt murdock x reader #matt murdock x f!reader #daredevil #matt murdock #fic #fanfic #reader fic #x reader #reader insert #peter parker is in the building ya'll #gonna have a sort of slow build friendship between them all because peter needs more hero friends #also we're headed towards Team Nelson And Murdock adopting this child into their circle that is our endgame people #gradually getting to know how Peter plays with everyone else in my head and i think it's going nicely

[cowlovely]

every day i think of and get so angry about how making literally the TINIEST tweak and putting sacha dhawan’s master before missy in their personal timeline makes his incarnation of the character make SO much more sense and adds to missy’s character arc rather than taking away from it 😐

#ivy.txt #doctor who #IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SO EASY. #in my head the master’s timeline is like. #simm!master goes to gallifrey at the end of s4. gets restless after a bit and leaves. [cue s10 finale] #manages to make it back to gallifrey to regenerate—is already very pissed because of how everything went down with missy #regenerates into dhawan!master already unstable and is then sent totally over the edge by the timeless child stuff #(or take that out. idk i can take that arc or leave it tbh) #then! either into missy after a while of being dhawan OR. a couple more incarnations in between #so that their change of heart is more gradual #rtd can you retcon missy being before dhawan’s master. you could literally say he was lying to fuck with people or something 😭🙏

[quanblovk]

#he used to have white hair as a child before it gradually turned into his usual dark green hair color #kirby nintendo #my art #digital drawing #sir arthur #kirby right back at ya #yamikage

[sadahskyyy]

I have gone from being the “best sister ever” and the “worst person in the whole wide world” like six times today and let me tell you it is exhausting to be this criminally manipulative

#he’s six and tbh its him trying to manipulate me but its not working i refuse to bow to this #over roblox of all things #i feel like im a parent here trying to teach this child that yiu cant threaten to ky$ with a kn!fe if you dont get ur way #shoutout to all my oldest siblings I feel like esp girls who are j.. delegated parenting gradually #thats ur son teach him how to ride his own goddammed bike #oldest sibling #older sister #third parents out there this is for you I see you #eldest child #eldest sibling #eldest daughter

[designsdefiance]

day 19: danger

reasonably, she knows that m'kipfhi's been in the first longer than she's been gone from the source. she's not a baby anymore, she can handle herself. that doesn't make it any easier for m'seyli to watch her charge recklessly into danger like that!!!

#ffxiv #miqo'te #miqomarch #seeker of the sun #gpose #oc: m'seyli #oc: m'kipfhi #shadowbringers spoilers #it'd be exceedingly hard to watch regardless bc like kipfhi IS extremely reckless in the first. she's so eager to be able to do something #useful for once and prove herself to seyli that she doesn't need to be babied. not here at least. #she's spent so long just sort of awkwardly hanging around the scions and being too young and sickly to do anything so to be An Adult in #the first is groundbreaking for her. #but it's extra hard for seyli to deal with bc she didn't get to see kipfhi gradually grow up from the small scared child she knows into #this reckless battle-hardened teen who has done the bulk of her maturing in an apocalyptic hell and can hold her own against the sin eaters

[fellhellion]

fjkdfdjsl did gabriel ever find out miguel spent his teenage years dodging some of the worst bullying ever. god.

#see. i havent got that far in the comics so maybe theres a line somewhere. but i just CANNOT imagine miguel telling his family about this #not when it couldve gotten back to george. #so youd just have gabriel remembering as a child the brother he once had vs one that changed gradually over years #one who he didnt SEE for months upon months. no wonder it felt like one day he just didnt recognise the person he saw #no wonder he longs for the simplicity of their childhood dynamic #it would feel like one day your brother just Changed. and you never really knew why. #tunes talks 2099

[that-foul-legacy-lover]

in honor of me losing my mind trying to decipher pre-archon war lore: reader trying to ‘undo’ childe’s permanent transformation. of course they adore legacy, but it’s still something they’re spending hours looking into, and it’s not like legacy can entirely dissuade them when he knows childe misses them too.

(and maybe they end up corrupted themself when on an expedition, having found the abyss but getting sucked in rather than finding a way out.)

*takes a swig of tea* ah yes, pre-archon war lore,,, my old nemesis,,,

Foul Legacy is extremely aware of the dangers that come with the Abyss- it's the reason why at first, he desperately tried to stop you from investigating, whining and tugging at your hand to pull you away. but at the same time, he knows you miss Childe. you love both of them, Ajax and Legacy, and having Ajax permanently gone breaks your heart. so tentatively, he lets you delve deeper into your research, laying his head on your lap as you read, purring to let you know that he's still there. whenever you seem distressed he'll carefully take the book from your hands, wrapping his arms around you and pressing his cheek against the top of your head- a soft, calming moment amidst the horrors of your investigation

then you go missing, and his whole world falls apart

you were supposed to be back a week ago, but now not even Zhongli can tell him where you are, instead simply frowning and gazing into the distance. Foul Legacy lets out a hiss at the ex-Archon's inactions- fine. if no one would help, he would find you himself. he's a creature of the Abyss, if anyone can track in that wretched place, it's him. he follows the scent he's grown so familiar with, past the seven cities and their nations, and down where Celestia's gaze can't reach

in a corner of the Abyss, he finds you on the ground, numerous injuries littering your body. Legacy yelps and rushes over, kneeling beside you and gently pulling you into his arms, claws gently caressing your bruised cheek. then you open your eyes and his heart stops, because your beautiful eyes, normally so bright and full of life, are now dull and lightless, just like Childe's. Foul Legacy lets out a choked sob, pressing your forehead against his with a desperate whimper, and your deadened eyes flicker with recognition as you slowly bring your hands up to hold his face. he could cry with relief when you smile weakly at him, reassuring your beloved Abyssal monster that you're still here, you're still alive. he can sense the taint of Abyssal magic in you, but right now he's simply happy you're alive

you leave the Abyss that night with Foul Legacy, but the Abyss spitefully refuses to leave you

#genshin impact #childe #tartaglia #foul legacy #foul legacy childe #genshin tartagalia #genshin childe #genshin tartaglia #chit chat #anon #mmm gradual transformation yesyes #also you and me BOTH anon what even IS the pre archon war lore #dragons??? lots of dragons??? Primordial One??? #HOW many gods were there????? #i know there were many MANY dragons (good. add more) #short scenario #other's stuff

[gender-euphowrya]

the absolute vicious shit people think they have to say whenever the topic of 'picky eaters' comes up ESPECIALLY when it's about children is just sickening

#post : my child doesn't like carrots so I #rando : WELL I WOULD JUST *describes a thousand different ways to abuse a child* AND IM THE NORMAL ONE HERE #adult : i can't eat fish because #rando : LMAO GROW UP WHAT ARE YOU 5 FUCKING IDIOT LOL JUST STARVE FISH HAS GOOD VITAMINS JUST KYS #have y'all tried not being dicks about other people's diets ffs #especially when it's like. a video showing how a parent is successfully introducing new foods to their picky kid #like Oh they only like cheese crackers so i'm gradually nudging them towards grilled cheese sandwiches with these steps #and then hopefully use the grilled cheese as a base to introduce other types of sandwiches etc #and it's just. it works. it's respectful of the kid's boundaries. it's healthy. #and Still a thousand people just jump to say INSTEAD OF DOING THIS THING THAT WORKS TRY BEATING HIS ASS (WHICH WONT WORK) #so many people are fucking eager to tell you they Love violence against kids who have no way to defend themselves #that they're fucking sludgebrains who haven't come up with actual parenting techniques #so all they know is ''hit child'' or ''yell'' like a fucking level 1 pokémon #that they view the small young people they have agreed to take care of as dolls that must obey or get thrown against the wall in a tantrum #if your entire plans for parenting are ''i'm just gonna use violence until my human toything complies'' don't become a fucking parent #Anyway this was about picky eating and how people don't know how to mind their business about it #why are you so pressed about what someone else Doesn't put in their mouth. why are you so weird #humans come with a variety of tastes in anything from fashion to colors to home decor to favorite animal #and you can't fucking fathom that they'll also Not all want or like to eat the same things ? fucking cringe