#gladiator previews

[sokkathebluewolf]

Preview: Gladiator Chapter 347

Ursa confronts Ozai and Piandao over their intent to train Azula: a sudden obstacle rises in the relationship between the Prince and his wife, just as the young Princess Azula grows more disillussioned and distant with her mother after she makes unfair choices regarding her education.

In Ba Sing Se, Ursa recalls these heavy memories, but the meal she shares with Piandao will be interrupted when Jeong Jeong, Iroh and a messenger from the north arrive with news that will shake the Fire Lord's wife to her very core...

Read Gladiator HERE or HERE

For a snippet of the new chapter, support me on Patreon!

#gladiator previews #gladiator chapter 347 #gladiator

[seyaryminamoto]

"For I am the Blue Wolf."

Beautiful work! God I love the presence and impact of this piece, carries over how intimidating and powerful this man has become!

Thank you as always for your beautiful art!! *-* this is GLORIOUS!!

#wingsfreedom #sokka #gladiator #I've been horribly busy #I do not like having a life as much as people think I should #still adapting to having finally left my country #hence why I'm so late to everything (didn't even reblog my own preview :'D ) #but #THIS IS BEAUTIFUL! <3 #THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[nonsensical-pixels]

more clothing, yay! enjoy a request from miik on the simscord. it's @belaloallure3's jeanne silk dress, from their burning desire collection, converted from ts4 to ts2! it comes paired with @jius-sims' strappy gladiator sandals 01. i have also converted another similar outfit for miik by belaloallure here! 🌟

the original outfit would've been in the 20k polys range, but i've managed to lower the whole thing down to just 5266 polys! it's for yf-af only and has all morphs. 9 swatches, categorised as everyday/formalwear. bear in mind that the butterflies might clip with the shoulders here and there 🥲

DOWNLOAD: SFS | MF 🦋

credits go to @belaloallure3 and @jius-sims for the original ts4 meshes & textures 🥰

SWATCH

7 plain, 2 patterned

BLENDER PREVIEW

straps may clip on certain animations, i did my best

if there are any issues that you find with this set, please don't be afraid to let me know! happy simming, and when you download this, do keep in mind,

Love, ~ Ky 💘

#sims 2 download #the sims 2 cc #ts2cc #s2cc #sims 2 cc #the sims 2 #sims 2 #4t2 #4t2 cas #suggestions #sims 2 suggestions

[themollyjay]

Watch ARK: The Animated Series!!!!

So, I binged ARK: The Animated series today. It's a TV show, which is based on a video game and not only is it great but, I swear to God, whoever wrote this set out with the intention of pissing off the Gamerbro crowd as much as humanly possible.

Stuff that will make the Gamerbros cry and whine like little babies: 01). Main Character is a Aboriginal Australian Lesbian (Voiced by an Aboriginal Australian Actress no less). 02). Main Character's wife is a blue haired women who works as a translator for a humanitarian air organization (voiced by Elliot Page). 03). Main Character is a neurodivergent paleontologist. 04). Main Character's mother was a civil rights activist. 05). There's a plot line revolving around protesting the taking of Aboriginal lands. 06). Another major character is a Chinese Warrior Woman who is also a great big lesbian (voiced my Michelle Yeoh). 07). Main villain is a Roman General (Voiced by Gerard Butler) 08). Secondary Villain is an 19th century British Scientist (Voiced by David Tenant) 09). Tertiary Villain is a female Roman Gladiator. 10). Another major character is a Lakota man from the 19th century who was abducted from his tribe and sent to one of the Indian boarding schools. 11). The Main Character is better at science than the 19th Century British Scientist guy.

Great things about the show: 01). It's very gay. Like, so gay. 02). The characters are freaking awesome. 03). There are freaking dinosaurs. So many dinosaurs. 04). It makes you feel. Just, seriously, it makes you fucking feel.

Cons: 01). Content Warning: Self Unaliving in episode 1 02). This show is fucking violent. Like, I get that there's this whole 'battle for survival' thing going on, but we're talking kind of gratuitous 03). levels of violence. Seriously, half the animation budget was spent on red paint. That much violence. 04). The show is predictable AF. Like, I don't mind that, but don't expect any real surprises or plot twists.

In conclusion: Watch the fuck out of this show, because cons aside, it was freaking amazing. It's not like, Arcane levels of perfection, but if you want a fun, gay, show to watch, this is a great choice. There is also a part too already filmed and in the can which will drop later this year, so we're definitely getting more, and even the preview for Part II has gay in it.

#ark the animated series #ark: the animated series #lesbian characters #lesbian tv #sapphic characters #sapphic tv #representation #minor spoilers #cw: blood #cw: gore #dinosaurs #ark tas

[corazondebeskar-reads]

live to rise: preview

doin' something a little different for wip wednesday...

live to rise

gladiator!Din Djarin x f!reader

coming late January 2024

warnings: dark, captivity, forced proximity, canon-typical violence, genre-typical violence, prisoner of war, indentured servitude, fight to the death, au where the empire wins, graphic descriptions of violence, graphic descriptions of injuries, gore, brutality, mand'alor!Din Djarin, major character deaths (not Din), many minor character deaths, tattooed!Din, bleeding heart!reader, Din has hearing loss, eventual smut

The Last of the Mandalorians have fallen; their Mand'alor captured. Stripped of his armor, his weapons, his people. Din rises to fight another day, grasping onto the hope that his son still lives.

No fighter has won their freedom from the Empire's arena before. With the help of a servant girl, can he hope to break free?

snippet below:

In the servants' barracks, which are actually barracks and not a soft word for cellblocks, the gossip has already spread. 

Some of the attendants get to watch the fights. Or, rather, they have to, bound as they are to a single combatant. The mandated proximity is unforgiving, but no one likes to watch.

After all, there’s very little difference between you and the fighters.

Instead, the attendants take on the solemn duty of letting the rest of you know how your residents fared or fell. 

“He was a berserker,” Hali says in hushed whispers. “They took all that armor off, and he just looked like a man. A pretty man, but just a man. But when it started, he moved so fast. It was over in, like, two minutes.”

“Shut up,” says Eli, your bunkmate. “He did not take down a Wookie in two minutes.”

“No, he really kriffing did,” hissed one of the new attendants whose name you hadn’t caught. “It was brutal. The whole arena went quiet. And he’s just standing there, covered in blood, looking at the crowd.”

“Okay, whose block is he in?” Eli demands. “Someone needs to spill now.”

“Mine,” you say quietly. 

#din djarin x reader #the mandalorian x reader #mando x reader #the mandalorian fic #din djarin x f!reader #din djarin x you #the mandalorian x you #mando x you #live to rise series #gladiator!din #din djarin fanfic #this is my wip wednesday

[martintheland-lockedmartian9]

Big Bang Reveal

Rating M for violence and gladiator/sponsor dynamics

Megatron/Soundwave

tfp, pre-war

To escape the mines and fund his revolution, Megatron must first find a sponsor to pay for his training. Then he needs to survive. For Megatron, that means climbing to the top and never looking down.

There is a mech in his way. Megatron rather likes him.

I'm excited to share a preview with y'all soon, and even more excited to share it all on the 24th! (I am officially converting that date into a Monday)

I worked with the wonderful @kusakichan15 for the artwork. I can't wait for everyone to see the awesome art!

and shout out to @fluffoff2 for providing excellent help as my beta!

[oldgamemags]

CVG #175, June '96 - Preview of 'Star Gladiator' on the PlayStation.

#Star Gladiator #PlayStation #CVG 175 #June '96

[toxicanonymity]

Not to brag, but I got a little VIP* preview of @dark-scape's gladiator!Joel fic WIP and I am sweating in anticipation. 🥵🤐 tag list

*very insistent person

#gladiator!joel #joel miller #joel miller x reader #gladiator #pedro pascal

[whimsicalwritingsandmore]

What's Next on the Agenda:

• Spy trope preview (End of February)

- I saw a spy movie, I did not like it but I got inspired to write my own version so that's a plus. :D

UPDATE: So turns out, this might not be just a preview...stay tuned.

• Want You Back Epilogue (last week of Feb/first week of March)

- Once I don't procrastinate (heh heh), I should have this up as soon as possible.

UPDATE: completed and published!

• Chapter 1 of hybrid!ateez (March)

- I can't wait to start this!! I began playing a Choices' story called Sunkissed that is similar to what I have planned for this story :D so I'm taking that as a sign from the Universe to work on this and have the first chapter out as soon as Want You Back is completed.

Additionally, I have two more previews from the poll to post — gladiator!ateez and barista!ateez. I'll have those posted sporadically after Want You Back concludes, since right now, my main focus is on Want You Back and my new series!

Stay tuned! <3

P.S - Thank you for all the love on the Valentine's Day series!! <3 I wasn't really expecting much because it was my first attempt at writing romance but it means the world to me of all the love it got/continues to get. 🥺 Thank youuuuu!! <333

#ateez fanfic #ot8 ateez x reader #poly ateez x reader #poly!ateez #ateez x reader #ateez series

[sokkathebluewolf]

Preview: Gladiator Chapter 342

The Northern Water Tribe reels from the damage caused by the Fire Nation's attack: Princess Yue succeeds at finding the healers just in time for them to help save Zuko, who, despite Katara's best efforts, appears to be at death's doors.

Sokka, also wounded, is left to recover under Yagoda's care. Anguished by his actions, Aang takes off on his own to find survivors, and before long, a guilt-ridden Kino follows his example. Alone, shocked and shaken by the harrowing experience of that battle, Katara will find solace in an unexpected place...

Read Gladiator HERE or HERE

For a snippet of the new chapter, support me on Patreon!

#gladiator previews #gladiator chapter 342 #gladiator

[seyaryminamoto]

Well... the day has finally arrived.

Gladiator Part 2 is over. Gladiator Part 3 begins starting with chapter 248.

This particular artwork has been in the works for almost a year now. Starting with Part 3, it's the new cover artwork for the story. It's strongly inspired by two songs, which have become something along the lines of Sokka and Azula's individual theme songs for Part 3... here's Sokka's, and here's Azula's.

The going is about to get rougher than it ever has, but as they say, it's always darkest before dawn? Or something? You know...? The calm before the storm?

Honestly, I barely know what to say and that's odd coming from me. Part 3 is simultaneously gratifying and painful, but I really hope the story's upcoming conclusion will prove to be the right way to wrap up this behemoth of a story. This artwork is meant to be a thematic depiction/embodiment of the essence of Part 3... while also being a depiction of a very specific, upcoming scene of Part 3. You'll know it when we get there, it's not that far away...

Anywho. That's that. Join me in the abyss that is Part 3 as our beloved legendary duo rises anew to face the escalation of a war that will come to an end, one way or another...

#sokkla #sokka #azula #gladiator #I won't lie some moments in Part 3 are insanely powerful #and this is one of such moments #but my heart still hurts #I've hesitated so much over posting Gladiator chapters lately it's not even funny #releasing those chapters into the wild (particularly 236 + 247) has been... painful #but here we go #we have a hundred years of war to settle #and those two may be heartbroken right now #but they will change their world #they already have #but they will continue to do so and I love them so damn much TT_TT #... also get ready for a new preview schedule ahahaha yeah this new update rate is gonna be wild

[cosmics-beings]

From the same fic from before, i wanted to preview the cute moments between megatron and starscream and how megatron deals with hiding his sparkling and current condition from starscream. and also just these two being sweet

Megatron leaned into it, feeling the comfortable shift just beneath his plating; Starscream had a way of making him feel good. If it were up to him, he would’ve remained like that for an hour or so, grinding his smaller partner upon him however, there was a cramp in his forge tank, an uncomfortable, annoying kick that caused him to withdraw from the kiss.

This puzzled Starscream.

“Fuel ache.” Megatron lied, but not really. 

“The same one that’s been getting to you for what…the last six weeks or so?” Starscream hopped off of Megatron’s lap, much to the poet’s chagrin.  

“It hasn’t been that long.”

“Oh trust me Megatron, I’ve seen you rubbing your fuel tank when I’m not looking, running to purge after meals….” Placing his hands on his hips, Starscream turned to look at him. “Primus, I’d think you were sparked.”

Megatron felt his own spark thump quickly at that, so he retorted. “Hmm maybe. But you’d know, and,” He stood, gently reaching toward Starscream and taking the flier in his arms. “It’s not like it would be yours besides…we  don’t…do things that way. If anyone were to be sparked out of the two of us, it would be you.”

Starscream rolled his optics. “Clearly I am not, for many reasons and I know you aren’t. After all, you’d would tell me if you were running around, ensnaring unsuspecting bots to be your sires. It must be nice to have that option.” 

Megatron rolled his optics, pulling Starscream close. “We’ll get you a forge tank eventually, we just have to wait.” It wasn’t a secret between the two of them, that Seekers couldn’t naturally carry; they were good sires, not carrier. Subverting all expectations of course, Starscream wanted to carry and had no interest in ever siring. That was something Megatron knew , and something he had agreed to aid Starscream in after carrying himself so much in his past…and present.

Starscream however didn’t have a forge tank, at least not currently, but it was not an issue to get him one. 

Still, he liked to give Megatron a hard time. He had known that in the past, during the war and his time as a Gladiator, Megatron had carried sparklings by different sires (Tarn being a sparkling of his, though that was for another time). Megatron was a bit wilder back then, more carless with his forge tank. Starscream was aware.

Starscream however did not know of little Kaon, nor did he know of Megatron’s predicament now.

For all the jokes Starscream made, Megatron was sparked. And those sparklings belonged to Rodimus.  Primus, Megatron didn’t know how he’d begin to tell Starscream. 

So in that moment, he decided not to. He sat back down at his desk after embracing Starscream, and as he did so gazed at the datapad receipt he’d left sitting in the open, knowing it would immediately catch Starscream’s attention if he pretended to make way to hide it.

“What is that? Another poem you’ve written? About who hopefully me–certainly not about Rung, you know I’m jealous of him. Let me see!” 

Before Megatron could stuff the datapad in his desk, Starscream snatched it, holding it close to his chest. “It’s mine now.” His ruby optics gazed over it for a moment, as suddenly realization crept into his processor. 

“This is a receipt for a gown?” Starscream spoke, quietly. “A gown that you bought…a red…crimson gown?”

Megatron shrugged, a smile on his lips. “I liked the colors and the design though, it’s not for me, do you remember it from anywhere?”

Starscream paused for a moment, he gasped in surprise. “This is the gown I wanted to order last week–you…you got it for me? This is a gift, for me! How could you afford it…it is so expensive I–”

“You’re shocked, one of the best writers in Cybertron has money to buy the Chancellor a gown? Consider it a gift, for good behavior, for trying not to murder me in my sleep. It should be getting here tomorrow night I–” In the blink of an eye, Starscream was in Megatron’s lap once again, data pad discarded as he wrapped himself around the larger framed bot. Planting a kiss on Megatron’s lips, he held him close. 

For a moment, Megatron could forget about the annoying kicks in his forge tank, and he knew he could keep up this lie. He wasn’t ready to ruin this moment, this stability and happiness he’d found. Eventually he knew he’d have to tell Starscream about Kaon, about the unborn Sparklings and his night with Rodimus just a few months before he and Starscream actually got together.

Megatron knew that would end the relationship he and Starscream had. It was easy to keep Starscream pleased with flattery, gifts, affection and intimacy. But Megatron knew that Starscream had plans for his life, and what he wanted his life to be…and a sparked mech with an unclaimed sparkling on his hip did not fit his agenda.

It wouldn’t hurt so badly if Megatron didn’t actually love Starscream. He loved him. They had rekindled their relationship after the war, after his second trial, and they’d made it here. They’d forgiven each other and moved past the violence of the war, and here they were now.  Primus, Starscream had even moved from Iacon to Megatron’s home on the outskirts of the city–that’s how close they were.

And it would end. It would end soon or later, when Megatron started showing, when his coding toward Kaon could no longer be ignored. Megatron would not dare depart from his sparklings, he couldn’t keep away from Kaon for more than a few months. And when he birthed these sparklings, he planned to raise them.

Still, that didn’t make the reality of his soon to be ended relationship with Starscream sting any less.

So until then, Megatron didn’t mind these moments. Surprising Starscream with gifts, holding him in his lap, and speaking of futures that wouldn’t happen.

#and clearly starscream accepts all those kids into his home with open arms and even makes the eldest his heir #even above his own bio child later in the stories #anyways - writing the scene where starscream discovers is gonna be bitter sweet #megastar #megatron

[corazondebeskar-reads]

wip wednesday!

tysm for the tags @kewwrites and @milla-frenchy 🖤

first off, I wanna say thank you SO SO much to everyone who has left their love and/or hate for "ain't no rest for the wicked." now that I'm done putting y'all through it with that one, it's time for...

gladiator din!

the first chapter of "live to rise" will be out on friday, but have another preview:

Just three days ago, Din Djarin had stood in the grand hall at Keldabe, knowing it would be the last time. It was still. Silent. Not yet in the chaos of war, but just on the edge, as when rainfall is a distant specter and the uneasiness cloisters in your lungs.  He takes in the art behind the throne with quiet reverence, eyes following the sharp lines and bold colors, the stories of their ancestors dutifully and beautifully eternalized.  He thinks once more of Grogu, breathes through the pain, and then clears his mind.

I'm very excited but equally nervous about this one. It's different than my other works in that it's a slow burn and a more serious reader. I hope y'all will enjoy the angstfest.

no pressure tags: @lincolndjarin @bearsbeetsbeskar @beskarandblasters @toxicanonymity @iamasaddie @tightjeansjavi @janaispunk @covetyou

#din djarin x reader #wip wednesday #fic: live to rise

[risen-from-stardust]

Dte-hult'ah

Mainly herbivore creatures, the Dte-hult'ah are a species usually used as war horses, just like the Na'Kuish. This is due their hard and thick skin, and also because they can be considered gentle creatures. Is a very good species to be around others.

They are quite big for normal hunters, besides, their territory is the rocky mountains and hills of Gladiators Blood clan. Yautjas there developed ages ago genes to be unusually big, so the Dte where a good option during the first two "rises"

With big, hard claws to dig and stay on rocky surfances, skin and fur can be of many colors, but all of them dull, the little set of arms helps them to pick up things, "whiskers" to know environment changes such as weather and a powerfull bite to eat trees

Some size fixes for the Na'Kuish and Tr-ke't. Colors variation for the Dte-hult'ah and a ooman with a big average Gladiators Blood hunter size at their side

Quick preview of the next drawing~

#species design #creature design #original species #lore development #art #digital art #artist on tumblr #wip #sketch #kofi.text #kofi.art #i'm terrible at sizing things #i think being a small person doesn't helps neither

[transgenderuwo]

The spirit of productivity possessed me the other night and I was able to bang out a super loose general outfit/marking reference for this nerd, who has now been officially entered into DF Gladiator Tournament VIII. Tungl compression mangled the preview, pls fullscreen for readability.

Commissions open!

#anthro #furry #scalie #gecko #dwarf fortress #shagoli's art sharts #oc tag: kas

[aduialwen]

Can't wait to see Gladiator 2 drop its trailer. They previewed a 5-minute clip to media and people already went nuts. Pedro Pascal, Paul Mescal, Joseph Quinn and Denzel Washington in the same movie - let that sink in!! Just the sheer amount of testosterone and manliness and beauty

#pedro pascal #gladiator #paul mescal #joseph quinn #denzel washington #gladiator 2