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oathkeeperoxas · 11 months

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So @frostbitebakery tagged me in a last line meme, but in the spirit of six sentence sunday I am instead posting the last six paragraphs I wrote because I think they're chewy and tasty and deserve to be seen and likely otherwise won't be. Thanks Frost!

And Ice in turn looks undeniably, deeply sad. Not grieving or mauldin or hopeless or another dozen emotions that Maverick has seen of him that are shades of that feeling, but simply, obviously, incredibly unhappy. Ice carries an dissatisfaction inside him – different to the one that Maverick has, the one that has him burning like a star coming through the stratosphere, but there all the same – and there’s an underlying sorrow that accompanies that, always, but that’s not what this is. Now, he’s just sad, and Maverick has done that to him. “We tried, didn’t we?” Ice asks, and somehow, even through that sadness, he smiles. Maverick wants to claw through the suddenly huge chasm of distance between them and cup his face in his hands, turn that smile into a true laugh, to make everything right again. To do anything to make Ice happy again. It’s intolerable that anyone hurt Ice. Even him. Maybe especially him. “Yeah,” Maverick says through a thick throat, voice catching. “We gave it a red hot go.” “I still would do it,” Ice says, eyes deep, seeing, knowing. Not moving from Maverick’s face. Like he wants to savour every second left they have together. “I’d still want to try, even if I knew we couldn’t make it work. I’d still want to know what I know of you, Mav.” And it hurts like a bitch. Like Ice has stood up and suckerpunched the air out of him, except that would only be a physical pain, and this one instead scours itself deep onto Maverick’s heart. “You can’t say shit like that,” Maverick says, breathless, almost choking on his grief, and Ice closes his eyes, that shade of a smile disappearing from his face. Now, he just looks tired. “It’s the truth,” he insists. “I don’t usually get to tell the truth, but I’m not going to avoid it here. Even if it was only for a summer – I’d want you to be mine.”

#icemav #still interrogating these characters. this is a bit of an exploration piece instead of part of a fic but still so delicious #anyway. breaking up due to circumstances out of your control. wanting so so bad for things to be different. but they can't be.#how do you act and how do you feel and what do you say...#mine #my writing #I think Ice has the itch of never being good enough despite what anyone says - he has to prove it to himself but never quite manages #which is what drives a lot of his behaviour in so aggressively following the rules and being at the top #chasing a career as a form of finally trying to be happy with who he is and what he's done with his life and then oops #turns out that letting someone / something (the navy) dictate your life path isn't the way to being happy. sucks man.#go and kiss the man you've been pining for for 30 years about it #anyway that's not totally relevant to this snippet but thinking about character motivations and i think that ice is just. depressed.#lowkey about it. but it's there. and it's never going to entirely go away

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crazymecjc · 6 months

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thinking about frankenstein a new musical (2008) once again and going Crazy

#carissa speaks #finally found the boots of the few songs that exist and.#I could stage it better #girl please ur score fuckin Bangs don’t do her dirty like that!!#victor frankenstein my little meow meow someone get this man to open up abt his feelings or smth #also if I was to direct frankenstein it would be so much fruitier #victor and henry were kissing on the regular TO ME #also the costumes????? the coming of the dawn fit fills me with rage the cut of the vest is all WRONG #and unbuttoned????? first and foremost king you are in the ARCTIC but also that would be like stripping!!! that’s not allowed!!#button ur vest up!!#idk if I was the directors of frankenstein a new musical 2008 I would simply up the energy levels #but maybe that’s just me #show fucks though do not get me wrong too 5 musicals of all time I am literally vibrating over here #but I did see those clips and every ounce of my theatre major brain took over #maybe a Would be a better techie #bc I know I could design the Hell out of this show #also- get rid of those fuckass stairs why the hell are there stairs they make for useless traveling #sorry not to be full of mt rage tonight I’m just so ??? they literally had it all how did they not follow through visually 😔#give me victorian gothic!!! please!!!!!!!!!!!!#I also think it’s really interesting now that I’ve actually gone through and fully perceived the book #the changes they made specifically in the instances of justine and Henry’s deaths and how that changes victors character #I like that victor gets to witness Henry’s death and I think the conflict there is neat #but I also enjoy the agency of victor deciding to take back his promise on his own #I feel in some ways him actually going through with a second one all the way to the end is a detriment to his character #like yeah he does Immediately regret it and kill her but the lack of consideration beforehand in the musical is interesting to me #it feels much more like the frenzy of the first creation whereas in the book it is a true concious choice which I think is interesting #both are good and valid takes I just think the discrepancies are neat #there are so many typos in these tags but I cannot be assed to fix them #so sorry #frankenstein musical

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storyknitter · 7 months

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#holy shitballs #i finally surface after the beginning of school and Girl Scout recruitment to find #eleventy billion new bot followers #a bunch of tags #FIC!!!#and #ART IN MY MAILBOX!!!!!#also #comically large angst hammers!!!#i love my comically large angst hammer #EVERYONE can and should have one too!#working on getting caught up but in the meanwhile #*tosses hugs and kisses to everyone*

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uefb · 1 year

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OUT-OF-CONTEXT POWER COUPLE (I love them, your honor)

from approximately Ch 21 (not yet published) of this fic

#I sometimes wonder if these updates are annoying but then I remind myself this is my blog and people don’t have to follow me I suppose #part two is getting out of control #I thought I had it all written but the characters just keep doing shit and tying together plot points that weren’t even supposed to exist #in the first place #so here we damn are #at this rate it’ll be March before this chap goes up #it’s bloating #this story is sprawling and I only mildly regret all my choices #I’ve at least written partially through 1942 at this point so that’s something #even though this bit is STILL in 19 damn 35 #also I finally finally let them have an onscreen kiss in this scene #it only took me 3 years of narrative lmao #newt scamander #tina goldstein #newtina #autistic newt scamander #current wip #my stuff #fic: with its head under one wing #uefb rambles in the tags

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aishasauce · 1 year

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some gals that r based off masung city magica... bein pals........ and living in my head rent free

(sumire belongs to @satsuha also she did the left side of the 2nd pic)

#yeah..... (gestures) yeah #fart #cielami #sumire #i have many feelings and thoughts abt these 2 but none coherent #also the thing that got me to finally watch pmmm im like 10 years late to the party but its good bc idt 18yo wouldve been #. i noticed a typo. let me restart the sentence i meant to say 18yo me wouldve been too stupid to appreciate it. that or she wouldve made #it her entire personality and i don't wanna think about that #(but h*t*lia was not any better)#more little ppl that i make up with my friends that kiss in my head... good... this is very good #i just realised none of this image shows that theyre magical girls but i have more ideas that do i just need to get to them #the pics have caption btw #love the otaku flavored pre written scenarios... official modules and adventure paths could never #anw now my followers will know which 2 i'm talking abt when i tag a post with sumiciel lol

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jamesisasimp · 2 years

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Okay but an AU where the Black family mafia is burned down in a house fire on New Years Eve while Regulus was out fetching his brother from the pub with his three lowlife friends. The brothers come back to find their family and their empire gone, and their faces on every wanted poster in the city - not to mention that, without their family's protection, all the people they've done wrong to want revenge.

Regulus will turn eighteen in a year, and then he'll be old enough to travel out of the country with Sirius, but until then they need to stay with his friends in their safehouse. The hotel used to be Barty's father's, but he slipped something into his tea and now it's a safe haven for the criminals with nowhere else to go where he runs the bar. Remus grew up in a sacrificial cult that he escaped during a police raid, and because of his involvement and years without proper meals and medical treatment, his options are numbered and his wallet can barely sustain how deadly ill he's fallen. James used to be rich, he really did, but then he gambled it all away trying to get richer and impress Lily Evans, then his parents kicked him out and he used to last of his funds to pay for Remus's medication - he's completely broke.

They're barely getting by and they're surviving mostly because no one knows they're there. And they're about to adopt the two most sought after criminals in all of London. They can't say no, how could they? They're in love with them.

#i want to write this so bad but i know i don't have the talent to do it justice #like sirius following remus to work and helping pay for his medicines #to make up for letting them stay #and the slow burn of reg watching james work in the garden in the spring #to coming home from work sweaty in the summer #to sitting by the fire and eating popcorn balls with him in the autumn #to finally kissing on christmas eve #two days before reg and sirius are supposed to leave forever #like???#i need #jegulus #starchaser #wolfstar

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thefandomcassandra · 7 months

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they're Orpheus and Eurydice, they're unhealthy and imbalanced, the very heavens keep them apart, they do not love equally, they have both become parents, they have a century between them, death cannot keep them in his grip, they lie and cheat and steal to pave their way

#the sheepy speaks #one day she will look back finally and he will not be following #she will wonder if he didnt care enough but he got tired of waiting for her to slow down #and has himself a house in hades content with the hell she left behind #not tagging fandoms but im just incredibly Normal about this rn #i just think their dynamic as of the end of vlr is so fucking broken and wonky #she says jump and he doesnt hesitate #he asks her to wait and she moves ever forward #he raised his kid to be his own man and she raised her kid to be a replacement #im not saying shes bad like she genuinely is so fucking fascinating #dying really fucked up something in her head about her self worth and all #im saying that she doesbt love him like he loves her #she loves him like a childhood friend and like a convenient tool and like a first kiss and like a hero #he loves her like a childhood crush and a missed connection and an unsolved mystery and a piece of his heart #but i could yell for a million years about obsession and convenience and nine years versus fifty #and never even touch what about them is so good #i dont ship them #im just rotating the relationship they have in my head like a fucking puzzle cube

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sysig · 9 months

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Your Weekly TV Guide

On Monday you can expect:

2:30 PM: Law Abiding Citizen

And Tuesday:

2:30 PM: Patreon Promo +4:20 PM Bonus!: Koisuru Boukun vine shitpost

Wednesday:

2:30 PM: Villainsona Style Study

Thursday:

2:30 PM: Villainsona

Friday:

2:30 PM: Law Abiding Citizen

Saturday:

2:30 PM: LAC

Sunday:

2:30 PM: LAC

Thanks for tuning in! (Patreon)

#Weekly TV Guide #Was I expecting to have such a LAC-heavy week? What a silly question lol #It's especially funny 'cause the first post inspired the rest which I'll expand upon in the tags when we get there haha #The Patreon Promos keep sneaking up on me lol - I made that one so so so long ago and I'm relieved that it's finally posting!#It's outdated but not in a bad way lol ♪#And since there's no new art I thought it'd be good timing to sneak in a silly little thing I made recently lol #When else would I post it! But I want to! It's silly! Haha #Technically Thursday's is a continuation of the style study but only half ways so no specialized caption lol #I wonder if you can guess - it's fairly obvious if you also follow VLH lol #Should I warn you that the LAC stuff is mostly Roug? Ft. some kisses? Nah it's fine don't worry about it lol

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ragdoll127-ffxiv · 1 year

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A Promise Between Heartbeats

After recovering fully from his injuries, R'alma has decided to start right away on the list of promises he made to G'raha at the ends of the universe. First on the list is a trip to Ishgard, during which he is determined to take the advice he's been given and finally make his heart and affections known to his companion. But that objective proves surprisingly difficult, given that they can't seem to get any significant amount of time to themselves in a city where the name and face of the fabled Warrior of Light are so well-known…

Link up there, preview below the cut! Also counts toward March of the Tropes: Day 31 - True Love's Kiss!

And with that..... I have officially completed March of the Tropes! *flops over and dies*

R'alma really did hate the cold.

It was no surprise, really. As a young Miqo'te kit, she'd grown up in the hot, arid climate of Thanalan. As an Auri woman, her scales and horns had been sensitive to temperature changes. Now…

Well, now he had these long, flopping ears that seemed to just leak body heat. At least, for the moment they were flopping. Normally, they'd be standing up tall and proud, their red tips and sleek black fur on full display. But ever since he'd set foot in Coerthas, he'd had them pinned almost flat against his head in a poor attempt to keep them warm.

And to keep the snow out of them. It seemed like everything that fell from the sky managed to find its way straight down into his ears now.

Sometimes he really missed having horns instead.

He was trying his best not to complain about it, and all things considered, he felt he'd done a pretty good job so far. He'd made sure to dress as warmly as he could, and was thankful that Tataru had already finished the adjustments on the heavy coat she'd made him for the Garlemald trip. After all, he knew present company wouldn't have let him out in anything that still hid his tail (which was also cold now, by the way).

And besides, G'raha seemed to be thoroughly enjoying himself. What was a little discomfort in the face of that?

Downtime was something that had been hard to come by in recent years and, as such, R'alma hardly knew what to do with himself when he had it. Even worse, his most recent bout had been forced upon him by his injuries, leaving him absolutely stir crazy for the last several days. Finally, though, Y'shtola had deemed him fit for travel, and with no catastrophes looming on their horizon, he had decided it was a good time to start working on the list of promises he had made.

And to maybe work on getting up the courage to do what he and Thancred had discussed. The swordsman had given him no shortage of very pointed glances since that night. All of which he very pointedly ignored.

As it was, he and G'raha had been in Ishgard since yesterday, and he still had yet to bring it up.

The fault was not… entirely his own, arguably. As he kept telling himself, he just hadn't been able to find the right opportunity. After all, when they'd first arrived, it felt as though they had been immediately beset on all sides. Downtime was most certainly difficult to come by, even without a looming catastrophe, it would seem.

#ffxiv #endwalker spoilers #my fanfic #March of the Tropes #first kiss #love confession #mutual pining #end of the slow burn #wolnpc #wolgraha #r'alma/g'raha #R'alha #oh man I have been working on this one for ages #I actually started on it immediately after finishing That Which Makes You Stronger #This is the direct follow-up so I'd recommend reading that one first #so glad to finally get this out of wip status and posted officially

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theshadowrealmitself · 2 years

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Physically I’m doing hw

Emotionally I’m imagining a character stuck in a time loop trying to prevent the destruction of humanity, and with the love the have for humanity increasing with every loop, plus their power, along with the fact that they keep actively making humans’ lives better in every loop turns them into some kind of luck deity

So instead of it becoming super angsty, they just keep giving luck to humans until they break the loop and then after that they just go around passing out luck whenever they can (with a kiss) (giving “a kiss for luck” a very literal meaning)

#and because I’m a dork currently the character I’m thinking of is Naruto #trying to stop zetsu #and getting so angry with every loop because ‘humans are GREAT how *fucking* dare you!’#and he just grows to love humans more and more #and he absorbs more and more chakra with every loop #(not just Kurama I’m imagining that in some loops other people find out and he ends collecting more and more chakra)#until he’s just not really human anymore #and he finds out that some gods goddesses deities etc just start out as humans #humans with strong emotions and a drive to make things happen #(he finds out from jashin)#(he meets him because that dude shows up immediately and is like ‘spare some blessing for my fave follower hidan?’)#(‘I promise I’ll keep him from sacrificing anyone close to you’)#and because he kept trying to make things better for humans he ends up with the power of luck #(because I think it fits but also I love Tsunade and there’s this line she says in the spin-off)#(it’s like ‘Lady Luck has finally revised her poor opinion of me!’)#(so I just love imagining her saying that while Naruto is nearby trying to give her as much luck as possible)#(her luck is so bad he has to keep reapplying the blessing and there’s only so many times you can get away with giving forehead kisses)#(before people start wondering wtf is wrong with you)#there’s just something about loving humans so much it turns you inhuman in a good way that really gets to me #ascension through love or smth like that #also luck deity vs moon goddess we love to see it #her filled with hate for humans vs Naruto’s sheer love for them #also idk about you guys but I’m imagining genderfluid Naruto #that’s not important for anything but I just want you all to know that genderfluid Naruto fucking rocks #lost my train of thought but yeah love is transcendent or smth #also imagine them giving forehead kisses to everyone!!!#❤️❤️❤️#Naruto #naruto uzumaki #love the little fox dude

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eorzeashan · 1 year

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man I've been trying to latch onto the story beats for KOTET but mostly failing; and I think it's because Eight's whole deal with it only worked for KOTFE. would he beat Valkorion's ass for trying to hijack his and Jadus' bond? absolutely. would he be there for the Vaylin stuff? not... so much.

The way he sees it, he's repaying a life debt to Lana (since Koth pretty much opted out of it by taking the Gravestone as his reward) that is equal in worth to Arcann's death. Once that happens, he's out. And he hasn't enjoyed this whole stint one bit either; in fact, I can say he's even more miserable than he was under the Castellan Restraints. At least there he was thrilled by it and motivated by his own purposes. Here, he feels trapped. Alone.

You could say he has a choice to walk away, but at this point he's too mired in the war and it's...well, he takes burdens. He has that code to always repay what he owes even if he hates it. Lana doesn't realize it either-- or she only noticed one time via that letter, but didn't do much about it because what she asks him to do is so tied to what she doesn't give a second thought about: it's necessary. She thinks he has a personal stake in this and projects her own frustrations at the state of the world onto him because she doesn't know. And perhaps, that means.... she doesn't know him, either.

Their relationship was basically the same before too, only this time it's tipped drastically in her favor because he no longer has that choice to disobey. He could've had worse masters, but Lana's pragmatism and way of pointing him at what needs to be done (killed) has been horrible thus far. Even Jadus/Acina were both more receptive and open to him and while Lana does in essence, care, she does not hesitate and doesn't question her motives or the one she's shouldering these tasks to.

It's mostly the BuyowareTM effect of mission-ordained bestie and the plot railing, but it also does feel like... she doesn't realize how satisfied she is when he's finally following her orders after a long, long time of him openly resisting and making no effort to respect her chain of command, which was like a subconscious reaction on his part each time he sassed her because he didn't want to be under her thumb. Then when he agrees and does what she asks, she's more than pleased, happy even.

Yet from Eight's pov, it does something to him each time where he sinks even further into being that unfeeling weapon who no longer wants to think.

Would she be mortified if she knew how miserable he was having her as a taskmaster? Most likely. She's just doing what she thinks is best for the people she knows and her galaxy-- but it's her unawareness of this, her extreme pragmatism and eagerness to use him to the best of her ability that shifts their power dynamic to something less benevolent. Even under the kindest of Sith who treats him as a friend, he suffers because of his nature as a weapon to be used by her and her iron-clad ideals.

It's also a detriment on his part where Eight makes no effort to sway other people or change them because he believes in witnessing their true selves without his interference, and when Lana admitted she only saved him so he could save them, she sealed her fate and his. In that way, he tends to enable the worst in others around him because he lets them go unchecked, convinced it's who they are at their core. It's made worse by Eight honoring his debt to Lana, as he can only follow what she wishes and not completely override her decisions as he did before in SoR.

You could also say Theron helped to balance that out but as he's taken a backseat this time, it's also become damaging to him to watch Eight lopsidedly defer to a much colder side that clashes with Theron's way of doing things. So much so he's started "other"-ing him and blaming it on heartless Imps. That's another reason why every time Eight gets separated from them, he briefly considers using the opportunity to run away, but of course, he never does. Using Dromund Kaas' assassination attempt as a cover for his death was so tempting, and how bad does it have to be if you want to fake your death to your friends of all things?

I feel like this is all going to reach an untenable point somewhere as it has to, I'm just unsure as to what form it'll take given the unpredictable nature of the current story to either provide me with all the story revelations or nothing at all.

The current idea i'm entertaining is that Theron puts the pieces together of Eight's downturn into extreme coldness and avoidance of them, an overhead discussion involving Koth once again arguing with Lana over her treatment of him (i.e. that one letter), and then the final subplot where he is given the extra mission during the Traitor Arc to not only destroy the Gravestone but take away their other weapon, Eight himself, by convincing him to leave the Alliance-- only that isn't a ploy from Theron because he catches onto just how bad this is for his former friend and ends up helping Eight "get out".

That's probably too messy of a story to write, but we'll see-- but also because the Traitor Arc would hit much differently if Lana simply sic'ed Eight on Theron like she did on Arcann and Senya and Vaylin to some essence. For one, he might end up dead. And nobody likes a dead Theron. Two, Eight really is the Alliance's other weapon, and much less of a personality as the game makes out the Commander/Outlander to be. Vinn Atrius might have noticed by then who that white-haired attack dog is who keeps entering the battlefield and killing their top contenders: another one of the Alliance's trump cards. He and the Gravestone have been synonymous in their effectiveness and use from the beginning, so it's only natural they'd want to take him out of the picture.

Lastly, I just really want these two to reconcile. It kind of broke my heart that Theron used to find common ground with him and now doesn't see him at all, and I also thought the idea of a little bit of truth being behind him being a traitor was spicy if... the Outlander was one who was more burdened by the Alliance than protected or saved by it. The idea of taking down everything you've built thus far because it's hurting the person who made it all possible... it's sweet, isn't it? It's the kind of thing the last spy with a heart would do. Maybe that's ooc. But I do like the idea of exploring just how far all of them are willing to use weapons who may even be their own friends just to get ahead in this damn galaxy, and course-correcting from that when you realize you'll never stop having another Arcann or Vaylin, with too many Senyas and Master Surros in between.

This has to end somewhere, but mostly I just want the Rishi trio to come to terms with the way they are now :'I.

#swtor #oc: orradiz #kotfe/et au #accidental long winded ramble about eight's relationship with lana and theron in these times #but also. imagining theron going 'it's over. be free' and Eight silently staring at him in that unreadable way #then taking his smiling proffered hand #which theron thinks is going to be a handshake but instead he just holds his hand very delicately #and then kisses his knuckles.#he fucking explodes into confused bisexual panic ofc but eight just smiles genuinely at him and says thank you #eight follows up with ask me to fight for you any time and theron scoffs after what he just saw with lana #like 'im flattered but I won't. ever. you've done that enough.'#hueghh anyways this is just me wishing eight could be seenTM #esp since this side of him was the one his Nine self never wanted to show theron out of fear he wouldn't understand or accept him #so this is a bit cathartic LOL #anyways. this probs makes zero sense #and just so you know this isn't bashing lana she's not evil for doing this #she just has no idea what it meant to choose Eight of all people to be her champion #I think it would be a good wakeup call for her though #to go 'I never realized...I didn't mean to-' ' he says it wasn't your fault.' ' but it was Theron! all of it!'#I think it might help finally rectify the same reasons she used theron as bait albeit more drastically #10 years to crack that one though...wow #i also want them to make up. but it won't be done if neither of them do anything about it :'o #also also also this is the negative consequence of the concern lana might use an imp underling but NORMALLY most would have told her #since she wasn't informed here the worst played out

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