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gayrudeboys · 3 months

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yesterday i was ringing up an old man at work and he asked if i wanted to see his pride and joy, pulled out his wallet, and in the place where you’d keep a picture of like your family he had this

#the conversation two minutes prior to this:#‘is that the senior citizen price?’#‘we don’t have a senior citizen discount’#‘just say it is’#‘that is the senior citizen price’#‘oh! perfect!’#i would drop dead to give this guy five more years

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luna-crow · 1 year

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Conversing With The Dead | Luna & August

Stupid. Stupid, Stupid.

Neve silently berated herself with each step.

Those first months of being Luna had felt triumphant. Embarrassing as it was now to recall, Neve had started to fancy herself as some sort of mastermind, a trickster capable of beguiling even the high fae of Midsummer. Sure, there had been missteps and nerves at times, but she had truly begun to believe she was doing well in her new role. But, the months had peeled back that confidence, each fumble seeming to trigger another series of disasters. But, this could end up being the most disastrous of all.

Neve had never seen the Fox Clan’s territory before. And, if not for the detailed directions, she may never have. The Fox Clan were known for their evasiveness, and their dwellings were no different. Getting into the caves alone was a trying task. But now, as she walked through the tunnels and farther down into the bowels of the earth, she could not help but look reluctantly back at the distant sunlight that shone from the entrance she had come from. Dripping candles lit the way down, the smell of tallow in the air. The way seemed intentionally tricky, at times forking and twisting at strange angles. But when Neve grew confused she squinted down at the piece of parchment in her hand, the way through the tunnels illustrated in tyrian purple ink with scratchy handwritten notes.

On what felt like the the hundreth twist in the candlelit path, a figure stepped from the shadows as though from thin air. Neve yelped, a small dagger with a mother of pearl handle flicking forward from her sleeve with a level of learned ease that would not be expected from a lady of the genty. The lanky, russet hair youth only grinned, exposing a set of yellowing, sharpened teeth. Neve held back a shudder.

“Lady Crow.” His voice was unexpectedly low, the hint of a owain lilt just audible as he spoke the common tongue. “It has been a long time you’ve...graced our caves.”

There was something in the youth’s tone, and the smug curve of his mouth that made Neve want to blush. She had very good idea how exactly Luna Crow had spent her time here, thanks to Luna’s uncomfortably detailed diary entries. Luna and August had admittedly been an unexpected match. But the more Neve learned of Luna, the more it made sense that the court lady could find kindred traits in someone known to be a manipulative criminal.

“Follow me,” the boy added, turning brusquely without looking back. There was something feline in his gait, predatory even. It paired all too well with those horrible teeth. With one last regretful glance toward where she had come from, Neve followed.

@king-of-thieves

#conversing with the dead

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lucabyte · 16 days

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i feel like people are sleeping on the occam's razor situation of how buckwild it is to outright accuse a guy of being a clone of your friend even if you DO have a lot of circumstantial evidence. there's other options is what im saying. they could just be like. a guy. that's a sensible deduction. you should explore that deduction. ignore my shirt that reads I <3 RED HERRINGS.

i still think odile has the correct theory on lock but she's smart enough to know it needs like... a real smoking gun to be able to bring it up without sounding insane.

anyway. (mirabelle voice) i know its rude to speculate but has anyone else noticed the grieving? they seem to be grieving. does anyone have any thoughts on the grieving? i have some thoughts on the grieving.

#[isabeau voice] am i insane or does sometimes loop talk like they might have killed their whole family. is that just me? just checking.#nille design highly inspired by @kiwibrain's since its the one that imprinted in my mind. liberties taken since i didnt look @ reference #anyway i have a lot more thoughts on this? i guess ill hide them in the tags...? scroll down i suppose.#isat #in stars and time #isat spoilers #in stars and time spoilers #isat act 6 spoilers #isat loop #isat siffrin #isat bonnie #isat nille #isat fanart #in stars and time fanart #doodlebyte #----------------------------------------------------------------------#anyway the extra thoughts. are literally just my general thoughts on postcanon. (and thus are the context for all of my postcanon doodles!)#which is i think nille joins the party before loop reappears for a start (either from a period of nonexistence or just wandering around)#and that like. i think the party should be able to integrate loop as a completely new person. because they are! the secrecy isn't great but #They and Siffrin shuffle into different ecological niches in the party (eg. i think sif is more squeamish after it all but loop isnt)#and while it's not *exactly* what Loop wanted they get that beggars can't be choosers. and its pretty good #(i am glossing over how i think loop's reappearence drags both them and siffrin into a massive behavioural backslide and is likely a bit #distressing to watch go down. cycle of argument -> lovebombing -> normalcy -> repeat. etc etc. but since they are no longer literally #stewing in the worst pressure cooker of all time they do resolve it via productive conversation on their own time. its fine)#the party well-meaningly tries to deduce things from loop's vagueries and are able to pin down the DEAD FAMILY vibe pretty quickly.#but eventually the question of their prior identity falls by the wayside because well! they're just their friend loop! (also change belief)#as for how The Truth Come Out... this is what i mean by The Isabeau Torment Nexus(tm). which is that i think... isiloop should almost occur #BEFORE isabeau knows who loop is. he's just genuinely charmed by them eventually and tries to close the open end of the polycule #which FREAKS LOOP THE FUCK OUT because thats just too genuinely sick and wrong. and obviously w emotions high its not a great confrontation #ANYWAY told u i had more thoughts. if i were normal itd be a text post but.

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prokopetz · 2 years

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D&D warlock who’s literally just Fortunato from “The Cask of Amontillado”, having survived his immurement by making a deal with something in the dark, and the costume he was wearing the night he “died” has become the sign of his pact, so basically you’re playing as a depressed, alcoholic jester who sometimes has to run errands for He Who Waits Behind the Walls.

#concepts #gaming #tabletop roleplaying #tabletop rpgs #dungeons & dragons #d&d #edgar allan poe #the cask of amontillado #character design #death mention #alcohol mention #he has montresor's skull on a chain at his waist #sometimes he holds it up and talks to it #it's genuinely unclear whether he's conversing with a dead spirit or whether he's just doing a bit

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hailsatanacab · 5 months

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"Well, this is a bad idea," Tim says, hands on his hips as he surveys the mess they’ve made in the cave.

"Nah," Danny replies, twirling his screwdriver in the air in what is probably meant to be an impressive trick to inspire confidence, except he fumbles it and it clangs to the floor loudly, "we good. If a younger version of myself hasn't come forward in time to stop me, how bad can it be?"

"Shouldn't it be the other way round?"

"What?"

"Normally, it's an older version of yourself going backwards in time to stop you, right?"

"Not in my experience."

Danny's grin is impossibly feral and a shiver runs up Tim's spine.

"This is definitely a bad idea."

#dpxdc #dcxdp #batpham #dead tired #dead tired ship #there is a more expanded upon version of this with actual backstory and context rotting in the recesses of my brain #but its only half on paper and the conversation made me laugh so #here: have some feral danny leading tim down a path to disaster #danny: this is going to go so well! i have such a good feeling about this!!#tim: this is going to go so poorly. i have such a bad feeling about this.#danny: 🥺🙏🙏🙏#tim: i never said we weren’t doing it. i just reserve the right to tell you i told you so when it inevitably goes wrong #danny: leave that to younger me - he always makes very valid points in the form of fists to the face!#tim: can you stop talking please this is making me want to do it less #danny: no.

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ser-zoras · 1 month

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i honestly don't understand how anyone thinks the stark sisters hate each other or were evil to each other or whatever. like they're literally just normal siblings being nine and eleven and therefore threats to themselves and others, but its asoiaf so the stakes are unnecessarily high

#i was reading the scene where arya hits sansa with an orange today after sansa tells arya she wishes she was dead #and i was like i have had this exact conversation with my sister except it was a hairbrush instead of an orange #asoiaf #a song of ice and fire #valyrianscrolls #arya stark #sansa stark #stark sisters #house stark #my posts

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terymlxyrstdus · 7 months

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james: i honestly think regulus might like me

remus: yeah…not likely

james: but we even talk sometimes

remus: so do we and he certainly doesn’t like me that way

james: but he even calls me by special nickname potter

remus: that’s your surname

#source: conversation i had with my delulu friends #remus being biggest jegulus shipper but also being james’ reality check #marauders #regulus black #james potter #remus lupin #jegulus #starchaser #sunseeker #that moment when regulus switchces to james #and then to jamie #ahdkdlmsbdjfs #dead gay wizards #dead gay witches #marauders fandom #marauders era #galaxy

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granny-weatherwax · 9 months

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I personally really enjoy how Jaime had his sonic canons and staples and no killing rule, meanwhile his abuela just obliterates anyone coming within 5 feet of her family

#she is not fucking around #jaime is such a good kid but you know that conversation is gonna be rough #so you just shot them? like dead?#yes miho they were gonna kill us #blue beetle #blue beetle 2023 #jaime reyes

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saltpepperbeard · 7 months

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gnawing on my arm because i think there's something to be said about how stede not only dreams about himself with a beard, but ed with his full beard back too. like, the dream seems to be riddled with imagery that he thinks ed would want.

and i say this especially because of how stede reacted when ed had to shave his beard. he freaked out on his behalf. he shrieked in horror whereas ed was entirely unbothered. he feared he had ruined him, had dragged him down to some despicable level, when in actuality, ed was completely content to shed that part of his persona.

and then there he is dreaming about ed with that part right on back.

so there's very clearly still a part of his mind that's convinced that's what ed wants. because why wouldn't he? everyone else seems to. and why would he want the softness and femininity stede had been bullied for his entire life?

which in turn plays into his own imagery too. bearded, masculine, fiercesome, rugged...

because how could someone love what everyone has hated him for? how could someone want what everyone has tried to quite literally beat out of him?