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butterflysonnets · 3 months

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yes i'm rooting for m*leven breakup because byler is neat but mostly? i'm rooting for m*leven breakup for the sake of el and mike.

to me, their romance was always a puppy love born out of a combination of social pressures, naïve curiosity, and a lack of true understanding regarding intimacy and romantic love and what it really is. it was real in that they do truly, deeply care about each other and they are close friends, maybe even shared an attraction, but a maturing romance is so much more than that. they've grown up and out of being boyfriend/girlfriend, and that's okay! i think television/film needs to show more often that most of us don't have definite "soulmates" or first childhood loves that we spend our whole lives with. it doesn't mean these relationships meant nothing and didn't impact us, it just means they've run their course and that something else is in the cards, and this is part of life!

i've always felt el was at her best and most confident self when broken up with mike, discovering who she was and what she liked alongside another girl her age instead of just relying on mike for mentorship on how to live in the real world. she deserves more of an opportunity to find herself, her autonomy, and her independence, and to love who she is, and she's made it clear she's felt insecure in the relationship with mike because she isn't being loved and understood the way she wants, needs, and deserves from someone who is her partner.

also, it's okay if mike doesn't love her in "the way he should". he is not obligated to love her romantically and stay in a relationship with her just because she's a girl, because she "needed someone", or because he cares about her a lot. he shouldn't be pressured into a romance if it's not truly coming from his heart. he deserves freedom to find out and honour who he is, too, instead of just staying in his non-functional first relationship — one he got into as a child, essentially — and defining himself that way because it's what's expected when a boy and a girl are close. he loves her in some way, yes, but it's okay if he doesn't feel comfortable or secure being her boyfriend anymore, for whatever reason that is. he's felt insecure too, and that's valid and it matters.

they are their own people and are steadily growing and changing every day. they need time to figure out who those people are, and it's become clear (at least in my opinion) that those people aren't meant to be a couple at this stage.

they deserve freedom. they deserve to grow up and be authentic to themselves and not feel like they need to lie for the sake of a relationship. they deserve to move on from this version of their relationship that isn't making them happy and rekindle the best part of their bond: their strong, beautiful friendship. they don't have to be a couple if it doesn't make them stronger and better and happier people.

i think it would be healthy and wonderful for a show, especially one consumed frequently by young adults, to show a relationship starting, progressing, and ending on good terms in this way. sometimes things don't work out, and that is okay.

#eve text #elmike #stranger things #byler #only tagging byler because i feel like yall will like this take lol #tagging tagging tagging WHAT ARE EVERYONE ELSE'S THOUGHTS #god i can't believe i'm making a post about stranger things. this feels like poking a bear #i'm not particularly anti m*leven but like... they'd have to do something pretty special at this point for me to feel like it's viable #i'm seeing the bts of s5 and it's got me Having Thoughts #elmike friendship is something i am so passionate about #even before i ever liked byler (didn't ship at all until s4 even though i knew it was a thing before) i've felt this way about elmike #i always believed they were close friends at heart and needed to break up #the romance part of them felt very distinctly young and very much “he was a boy she was a girl” to me #and it hasn't deepened into anything more mature and i don't see how it could based on the current state of the writing...#the fact that lumax exists — a young relationship that is actively maturing and is healthy — makes that clear to me #and the “love confession” in s4 and how disingenuous and miserable it felt was just the nail in the coffin #also the fact that will (who is IN LOVE with mike) was instrumental in making it happen? ... uh... okay... interesting choice…#fucked up and reductive if they make it another queer unrequited love sacrifice for the sake of pushing the heterosexual agenda YUCK #so i really hope the speculation about a m*leven breakup is real!! i think it just makes sense for their characters but who knows #i don't believe in the notion of love at first sight or one true love and i think the writers don't too???#love to me is an accumulation of experiences and we inevitably choose it at some point rather than fall into it... but idk #tv is so fixated on keeping couples together... sometimes it's just not reality guys especially with young people... LET IT GO...#like i said though i'm not 100% sold that they're going to give up their “golden couple” LMAO #stranger things hasn't historically subverted too many tropes if i'm being honest #anyway i seriously need this season to come out quickly... i'm so bored and getting my master's is crushing my soul #i need frivolity #ALSO btw i won't respond to hateful messages about this so please don't bother. it's not that serious. this is a netflix show

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dootznbootz · 2 months

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I think some folks MAY have gotten the wrong idea about how I feel about Circe with some of my posts. So, to clear the air...

Homies, I love that fucked up sorceress.

I love how we're never given a reason why she turns people into animals. That's so funny and so awful. And another potion-making magic gal?!?! I love that she's just basically vibing on an island doing whatever she wants. I even love the fact that she scares Odysseus shitless! She's morally gray and that's why she's FUN.

I just sincerely hate when people try to girlboss her or have her be a victim of SA when she never was Looking at you, Miller. Especially when she was actually the one who coerced Odysseus in exchange for his men being transformed back into humans. And even then, while he was clearly afraid of her, (it's in the language of the Odyssey) she likely meant him no harm after a certain point. He just didn't know that.

Why does she need a reason to do awful things? Why can't she just be a goddess who does whatever she wants? That's the reason why I love her!!! She's fucked up!!! :D

I hate what the Telegony did to her as well! >:( You're telling me, this sorceress goddess, who makes potions (!!!) wouldn't have magic contraceptives??? Would WANT CHILDREN?!?! WITH THE PATHETIC WIFEMAN?! No. Fuck no. Eugammon of Cyrene, I have beef with you 🤬

Anyways!!! Understand all the "#anti circe" I have is simply Anti "Girlboss Circe" or the book. I genuinely think she's neat af as her morally gray, fucked up sorceress self and just get frustrated with...everything :'D

#I have these same feelings with Medea and Medusa and so many others. Penelope too. Let them do something fucked up just to be fucked up #I'm a “god forbid women do anything” in the sense of 'she did a fucked up thing. That's why she's fascinating. Don't take her awfulness #away from her!!! please! I wanna study her under a microscope!'😭#PLEASE #...I actually kind of don't like the idea of her actually caring about her nymphs :P maybe she “protects them” but like...#I see her as a “Why are all of you dancing? Oh. it's a birthday? hm okay. Just make sure your duties are done.” while not caring #whose birthday it is. She's not really shown to be close to them during the Odyssey and idk just seems in character for her to not give af #save me morally gray circe #<-making that a tag now because...yeah. She absolutely wouldn't save me though.#Mad rambles #shot by odysseus #anti madeline miller #anti circe #<-THE BOOK! I HATE THE BOOK! LET HER BE AWFUL YOU COWARDS #Why do women need to be SA'ed to be strong Miller?! >:(#...Ima say it. The pathetic wifeman is more relatable to me than Hot Snake Monster Lady when it comes to this stuff.😤#I just sincerely hate the fact that people erase what happened to him you know? It's silly but it means a lot to me.#Also I think she got bored of him immediately and simply let him chill at her place.#She's a goddess. She's got better things to do and she absolutely doesn't love him and he absolutely doesn't want her.#I don't have with Eugammon btw. He's dead and I'm exaggerating but I STILL hate the Telegony >:(#tw sa #kind of??? idk #barely mentioned but yeah #Calypso though?? Yeah. I hate her in practically everything except Pirates of the Caribbean because that's not Odyssey Calypso

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badoccultadvice · 1 year

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So like, I have been having this weird experience analyzing the Harry Potter books lately, and please indulge me while I talk about J.K. Rowling's weird writing.

My goal was simple: read the Harry Potter books to find which parts were influenced/inspired by actual magic that people do in real life. My theory was that there was a lot more magic in the earlier drafts of the books, and that she took a lot out due to fear of backlash from America's ongoing reenactment of the Satanic Panic. For instance it's quite obvious some of their magic lessons got dumbed down so that very little of what's in the books could actually be tried in real life, and I think she took out a lot of astrology.

I also wanted to do a couple errands along the way, one of which was to check and see if it's explicitly written in the books that Harry is a cis man. I'm a trans man, SO I'D KNOW. (I'm a slow reader so all I can say for now is: the FIRST book does not explicitly state Harry is cis, but if he's trans, there's some implied worldbuilding with items like the Sorting Hat that comes into play. Also I'm fairly sure the Dursleys would have gone along with him being trans because that meant Petunia could reuse Dudley's old clothes instead of having to get girl stuff. I'mma save any other explanations on the topic for a video on it.) The reason I'm doing this read-through is because I think J.K. doesn't know anything about trans people and didn't think to make sure her wizard world was trans exclusionary. AND IT TURNS OUT THAT WE TRANS MAGIC USERS HAVE A WAY OF WIGGLING INTO MOST PLACES UNDETECTED BY NORMAL MEANS.

While I was doing the re-read I encountered two sort of broad revelations:

There's a lot of old stuff in there like Latin and Greek and tradcraft stuff, but also modern magic of the more recent era... but the incorporation of modern magic cuts off somewhere before the 80s. These books read like they were written by a early 70s magician. Like they honestly read like J.K. is a magical practicioner who just didn't read any magic books written after 1972 and never discovered what Chaos Magic is, (and also, never heard of most of what happened in the Cold War). I have never found a writer, in fiction or non-fiction, more dedicated to referencing magical stuff that most magicians alive today just don't care about anymore.

J.K. Rowling's knowledge of child abuse laws and general social mores regarding treatment of children also ceased to update itself by about the 80s. I keep getting distracted by this and having to make more side-notes about corporal punishment and researching stuff like when caning was banned in England. (HInt: it was banned before Harry went to school, so in Book 1 it's fuckin weird that he assumes that Wood is the name of a cane he's about to be whipped with.) Like, this woman raised children in the modern era, she should know when canes stopped being used.

So like, when I mention that I'm doing some research in this area, this is the sort of stuff I'm reading for and the sort of stuff I'm encountering. I haven't been talking much about this journey because it seems like any time anyone brings up anything Harry Potter up whatsoever, we've got to talk about how J.K. is a terf in every other sentence. But like, y'all: I hope you slow down and re-read the books, because J.K. Rowling is a terf who is also a child abuse apologist and normalizer. She is a terf who is also a horrible fat-shamer. She is a terf who is also an ableist with a huge problem writing about mental illness. And she's a terf who's also a sexist who undermines feminism with her actual writing of female characters.

And I honestly think she double and triples down on the terf stuff so that people will only talk about that. I think it's worth talking about the fact that not only is she an awful person in the terf way, but like, every other way imaginable too. I think it's worth talking about the fact that with all the obvious biases she has, the group she CHOOSES to publicly marginaiize is trans women, and I think she makes that choice because she thinks that she'll get more allies that way. That if she wore all of her issues on her sleeve like she wears the terfness, that she'd lose a lot of allies, that a lot of prestigious charities would stop having anything to do with her. That she uses the identity of "terf" as a shield because she knows that certain people will protect a terf, and she does this specifically so people won't notice how much of a sexist, abuse apologist, ableist, fatphobe etc she ALSO is. Opinions that could lose her a lot of money and clout if people remember them enough.

She's trying to pick on who she thinks is the most unpopular kid in the class out of the hopes that the bullies in class will be her friends instead of pile up on her, but if the bullies knew what she really thought of them, THEY wouldn't even be her friends.

Also like... I just want someone else to read the actual words in these books and see what fucked-up choices she made as a writer. I think a LOT of people remembering these books are actually remembering the movies, which are way more different from the books than you might expect.

#this got long and rambly #every time i try to read the books i find a new thing that is weird #i had to look up when milk bottle delivery stopped in england #i know so many things about knickerbockers now #it seems like the only reason platform 9 3/4 is used is for the parking and that's so weird #why would you name something futuristic a 2000 when that's only 9 years from when the first book is set #who leaves a one year old on a doorstep #how come the dursleys are so affluent to have late-era milk bottle delivery at the doorstep #yet no 4AM joggers in the neighborhood who would have seen Harry before Petunia did #these books are an assault upon all logic and I am mad and angry that there is a theme park based on them that fails the ADA #you're telling me wizards can hide an entire castle yet they can't add a ramp to a shop's doorway #oh gods i'm never going to stop get me out of these tags I need a snack and a hug

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moe-broey · 6 months

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Transferrable Skills

Tbh I'm not sure how any of this works (being a healer) and god knows Moe doesn't either 😌🙏✨

#feh #like??? half a hc i have is you need to have SOME sort of spirituality to actually use healing magic #and that spirtuality can come in many forms from your standard devotee to. whatever azama has going on.#and also like the three houses faith stat. something you can build.#but again i think you can get nonconventional about it. instead of faith in one god #it could be many or it could be something else entirely.#all of this is to say if you're not actually very spiritual (moe's case) healing magic is NOT gonna come easy for you #so i think moe heavily relies on practical medical skills as well. plus even for the healers #who have faith in some cases it may be necessary or better to use 'traditional' medical practices #i also often wonder about the limitations of healing magic...#anyways i think moe and forrest would be friends. sewing buddies healers the genders. 🤝#moe tag #summoner oc #fe forrest #fe alfonse #<- dude who had to be sewn up. someone had to.#my art

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coquelicoq · 11 months

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I don't know if it's rude to ask, so apologies in advance if I sound mean, but… how come you repeatedly bring up old posts of yours from three or more years ago? Do you remember each original post you make and intentionally bring them back? Like, I don't think there's anything wrong, your blog can be whatever you want, obviously, and your stuff is always funny or curious in some way, just… I'm kind of lost as of how it came to be, I guess? I don't think I remember my own posts after 6 months, much least if I have to go back to 2020!

ahaha no it's usually just because i'm going back through a tag looking for something else! i recently went back through my entire "my posts" tag (which contains...1468 posts, dear lord) and while i was doing that saw several posts that i felt like reblogging for whatever reason. so it's usually not that i remember them and go looking for them on purpose, it's that i come across them incidentally in the course of doing something else.

if you want to know why i reblog them after coming across them, 1) usually i don't! you are seeing the tip of the iceberg lol, and 2) it's mostly because it's hard to resist the "sooo true, bestie" urge, even when the bestie is just...yourself.

#sometimes...things that are written by me...are things i agree with #but oftentimes they are not once a few years have passed lol. i mean i just looked at 1468 posts by yours truly #and queued probably 1% of them #oh i also went through my asks tag which was another 500 or so posts #if you want to know why i'm putting myself through this it's for a really ridiculous reason #namely: several nights ago i had insomnia brought on by (get this) being too excited to sleep because my brain wouldn't stop #coming up with crosslinguistic french/english puns #and a couple of them in particular i was like oh god this would be a great tumblr username!#however as i've said before i had no plans to ever change my username (even though i don't like it)#because doing so would break any links that contain my current username #i had resigned myself to just living with this username forever. but once i thought of some usernames i actually like #it became harder to resist the urge to change it...#so now i have this convoluted plan to try to identify and tag as many of the links as i can #so that after i switch names i can go back and fix the links #however i'm not sure how feasible this is. there are a lot of links #and no matter what i do short of going through all 45k posts on this blog i will be bound to miss some of them anyway #(i think getting a domain would solve this problem but i don't wanna get a domain bc i'd have to give wordpress my legal name)#indecisive superhero meme w the buttons 'the need to have punny username' vs. 'the need to be able to find things on my blog'#asks #anon #actually anon probably the majority of the time i rb something i wrote 3 years ago it's bc i forgot about it #i come across it and am like oh yeah! this! and it's like a brand new discovery so i put it back on the dash lol #anyway thanks for your ask! i got a kick out of it 😂

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wistfxlwishes · 15 days

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GUYSSSSSSSSS MY BIRTHDAY IS IN 5 DAYS BUT YOU KNOW WHAT’S EVEN MORE IMPORTANT??? JUZO SAKAKURA’S BIRTHDAY!!! AND IT’S THE SAME DAY AS MINE!!! MEAN GAY MAN BIRTHDAY COMING UP!!! SAKAKURA!!!

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izzy-b-hands · 16 days

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At what point do i stop bothering to differentiate between the panic and anxiety attacks when they just. meld into each other and seemingly feed off each other

#text post #i have been fighting my brain since i woke up bc like. I dont actually feel anxious?? abt work or anything else but #my brain has the WE ARE NOT SAFE DO NOT REST DO NOT BREATHE WRONG OR SO HELP YOU GOD neon sign flashing constantly today #All ive succeeded (lol) in doing is most of the dishes (couple need to soak) a failed filming and now #i would like a couple hours of Minecraft before work #but i am uncertain the brain will allow for it lmao #had to come back upstairs to my room after dishes bc brain just. freaking out. too open. too many windows.#anyway. apologies if im not as available as i intended to be today #good thing is thus far i don't work the upcoming week/weekend so i can catch up then #try and finish some drafts and talk to friends more and everything #im babbling in the tags willing myself to stop sweating and snap out of what i think is actually an anxiety attack but #no idea on what the trigger was since all i did was wake the fuck up #back to music to help and maybe Minecraft until work #thank u all for ur continued patience with me ❤️

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codgod · 9 months

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Gegg corrupted Slime?

oooo maybe? that could be rlly interesting actually, and it’d kinda give me a better idea of When this au is supposed to be taking place 🤔

#.qna #qrystal gems #< so i can come back to this later if need be #rn the timeline is very nebulous #because i haven’t yet decided what to do abt the steven side of things #like is there gonna be a stand-in for him or is this the same universe just with some Changes or what #probably gonna go with the former but then idk who would take stevens place #oh my god. walter /j #it’d be funny tho #OR alternatively i entirely rewrite canon from the ground up to completely remove steven from the equation #which would take a lot of effort but thankfully i have many a mental problem so i just might do it #we’ll see #these tags got completely unrelated to the ask hi #but yes yes gegg corrupted slime is a very good idea

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thedeadthree · 1 year

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lila thoughts under the read more <3 🥀✨🌹🎸

lila getting with griffin / g reign and having their little thing in “secret” not only bc it’s what her parents did to each other to get back at the other for slights and arguments but also bc she wanted to not only get back at seven but also to be like “oo look at me i can pull griffin freaking reign i won teehee.” and then the clown catches real feelings for griffin and calls jazz near in tears bc she’s just like her mom 🥀✨🎸🤡 and using someone she loves to get back at someone who she loved may or may not have even loved (i think she did but loved more the idea ? it’s complicated!) but loved the IDEA of seven loving her? dear you know it everyone knows it you want to be loved so bad!!!!!! the sooner you admit that lila the sooner you’ll be much happier my love! so excited to see where things go for her ! and things for her and her beloved g!!!!!

(x) for the divider <3

#oc: lilia laurent #long tags bc lila brainrot I APOLOGIZE 🥀✨😭 (i need to rb that ask game i need to yell about these dears🌹❣️!!!)#baby girl you literally wrote to live and die in la / aka gibson girl by ethel bc you wanted griffin to HEAR IT and pique his interest like #AND YOU DIDNT THINK YOU WOULD FALL IN LOVE WITH HIM???? and it’s the song you auditioned with too?#and jazz was likely like UHH I SAW THIS COMING ! she’s literally lilas voice of reason soizjxxh #caroline catch lila calling halle too at like 3 am sosjjzhx in the bathroom of griffins trailer akzjjzjx she’s a hot mess !!!!!! truly!#she has a panic moment because she’s just like her mother and now has to face to consequences of her actions! yikes!#i think she owns up to it you know? god i want to write a fic of that so bad too AHH #i am still going to be gaming HARD for vic and her to be friends at the end of it all u know?#and some more lore that’s a tad unrelated but maybe has some insight into why she does what she does to cope with things?#her parents spent more time socializing with their friends and playing mind games traveling and the etc then being parents to her?#so she spent a lot of time in beautiful homes alone throwing parties as they did because she was bored and that’s what they did too?#for someone who didn’t want to be her aristocratic messy parents she’s scared she’s turned into them 🥀✨😖#she’s like a nepo baby u wouldn’t think was a nepo baby bc her parents almost never are seen with her outside of a fashion campaign or too #or a tabloid RUMORING they had a daughter (those hurt her more than she admits) it bites to have famous supermodels for parents 🥀😵‍💫#she wants friends and parental figures more badly than she cares to admit (she won’t akzjzjjz but! she does! really bad!)#this baby girl can fit SO many parental issues 🥀✨😌#(also aj she might yank griffin along to visit Flor and her grandma bc of that 🥀✨😖)#leg.txt #your not as much of a manipulative snake as you think you are lila ! you want to be loved !!!!! really bad!#ofc this all could change as the story develops and her arc unfolds but oh my god i love lila so much thats my hot mess express!#jazz being like ‘you aren’t going to like this you’ll block me for a months for this but u need to hear this.. ur a mess my dear’ SHES RIGH #(me hoping this isn’t too ooc GAHH 🥀✨😭)

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warlordfelwinter · 1 year

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what is it you want?

long time no posting of anything i've written. have some more celeste backstory. i'm not avoiding studying, you are.

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"Are you bored?"

Asmodeus looked down at Celeste who was lying down on his back, head resting in his lap, looking up at the devil. He currently wasn't disguised, they were alone in Celeste's back garden having done just about nothing the entire time Asmodeus had been here. Part of him thought he should be irritated by the waste of time. Several hours spent not having any idea what was going on in Baator. But he wasn't particularly concerned. Likely no one would even notice his absence.

"Should I be?" he asked.

"You've been letting me talk about elven ballet for the past half hour," Celeste said. "And you looked like you were falling asleep."

"I don't sleep. Is it so hard to believe I might find what you're saying interesting?"

Celeste squinted at him, smiling. "A little. You are Lord of the Nine Hells," he said.

"Oh, I'm sorry," Asmodeus drawled. "Next time I'll remember to only be interested in what new methods of torture have been devised."

Celeste laughed. "You truly enjoy spending time with me?"

"Rest assured if I didn't want to be here, I wouldn't be."

"Why?" Celeste asked. "I'm no one special."

"I don't precisely know, just yet," Asmodeus said, with rare honesty. He still hadn't quite managed to pin down what he found so intriguing about this particular mortal. "On that note," he sighed, "my patience is near infinite and on one hand I would be curious to see how long you can keep up this charade, but on the other I'd like to cut straight to business. What is it you want?"

Celeste stared at him, uncomprehending. "What do you mean?" he asked. He sat up to look at Asmodeus more easily, seeming genuinely confused.

"Celeste, don't play coy with me," Asmodeus said, shortly. "I invented that game. Every mortal that consorts with a devil wants something. Riches, fame, power, immortality. You must think yourself quite lucky to have caught my eye. So what is it?"

Celeste glanced away and then looked down, frowning, thoughtful.

"Celeste—" Asmodeus began, about to be irritated.

"I'm not trying to lie to you," Celeste said quickly, looking at him. "I'm just trying to think of something. Give me a second. If you want me to want something from you, I'm sure I can think of something."

Asmodeus frowned. "You cannot mean to tell me you want nothing."

"No," Celeste said. "Of course I want things. At the moment, I want lunch. But the things that you said… I have plenty of money, I don't want to be famous or powerful, and… living forever sounds like a nightmare. No offense."

Asmodeus tilted his head slightly, he couldn't entirely argue with that last point. He smiled somewhat patronizingly. He couldn't sense that the aasimar was lying, but he couldn't be telling the truth. He had some ulterior motive for this, even if he didn't realize it. Asmodeus would figure it out eventually.

Celeste caught his expression and smiled. "Is it really so hard to believe I might find your company enjoyable?" he asked.

"A little," Asmodeus admitted. He couldn't immediately remember the last time anyone had found his company enjoyable. Glasya or Mephistopheles perhaps came the closest, but he still wasn't sure he could say they enjoyed his presence at any given moment. It didn't bother him. Companionship was never something he had needed or craved or even spared more than a passing thought about. In the end, they would all die, by his hand or someone else’s. There was no real point in getting particularly attached. In general, he'd rather everyone be afraid of him, even just a little bit. It made them easier to control.

And Celeste just… wasn't.

That did bother Asmodeus. Even the most zealous of his cultists proclaimed their love in ecstatic fear. Mortals, celestials, devils alike all cloaked him in epithets and insults, hesitating to even speak his name for fear it would attract his attention. Even the Archdevils, though they constantly hungered to overthrow him, only ever worked their schemes in the darkest of shadow, knowing and fearing what he would do if they were caught.

And Celeste—cosmically unremarkable Celeste—gazed at him without an ounce of fear in his luminous golden eyes.

"You should," Celeste said. "I don't understand why you keep showing up, but I'm glad. I like spending time with you."

Asmodeus didn't understand why he kept showing up either. The first two times he'd met Celeste had been circumstance. The next several times had been a projected image purposefully seeking him out. This was the first time he had brought his avatar here, specifically to see Celeste. He thought he was trying to solve what was fascinating him so much about this aasimar. Then, once he figured it out, he would stop thinking about it and could move on and forget Celeste.

Celeste smiled, just watching him as he thought, that disorienting topaz gaze mapping his face. He licked his lips lightly, looking like he was on the verge of asking something.

"What?" Asmodeus asked.

"Nothing, just… I thought of something I want."

"Let's hear it."

Celeste hesitated, looking almost nervous. Uncharacteristic for him. He was flushed, slightly, the blood rushing to his cheeks making him look more bronzed than reddened. "I'd like to kiss you, if that's okay?"

Asmodeus blinked. Unexpected. He let the request hang for a few moments, considering it. He lifted a hand, fingers caressing Celeste's jaw, leaning closer, giving his answer in movement rather than word. Celeste tilted his head, eyes fluttering shut as he closed the remaining distance. Their lips barely brushed when Celeste gasped in pain, ducking his head with a hand to his temple.

"Celeste?" Asmodeus asked, wondering if he'd done something to hurt the aasimar without realizing it. "Are you all right?"

Celeste shook himself. "I… yes, I'm fine. It's nothing," he said, unconvincingly, and tried to lean in again.

Asmodeus laid a finger against his lips, looking at him seriously. "What was that?"

Celeste looked away, seeming almost a touch embarrassed. "I have a… guardian. A deva," he explained. "She and I have shared a connection since I was born and she watches over me. Tries to keep me on a good path, letting me feel her approval or disappointment or whatever else." He looked at Asmodeus for a moment, and then smiled. "I… don't think she's very happy with me right now."

Asmodeus laughed, surprising himself. There was something comical about the idea of a deva watching their charge about to kiss him. He wondered how loud she had screamed in Celeste's head to make him flinch like that.

"No, I doubt she is," he agreed. "Are you going to listen to her?"

Celeste held his gaze, hesitating for just a moment as he thought about his options. "No," he said, softly, leaning in again. He stopped, just before their lips touched, eyes flicking upward to meet Asmodeus' gaze, as if once again confirming he was allowed to do this.

Asmodeus rolled his eyes and kissed him. Celeste's lips were warm and soft and this close he smelled of flowers and sunlight. Idly, Asmodeus wondered what had gotten into him. He wanted nothing from this mortal. He was an amusement. A curiosity. Asmodeus drew back, smiling at the way Celeste almost chased him before catching himself, blinking up at him with that beautiful luminous gaze.

An indulgence, he decided. It had been a while since he'd allowed himself an indulgence. Celeste was a puzzle. A mortal who held no fear of him, who seemed to be trying to court him without a single ulterior motive. Solving him would be a fun distraction from his responsibilities. A puzzle and an indulgence, nothing more.

#if celeste wasn't stupid he'd figure out that a god can probably cast true resurrection as many times as they want #and then he'd have a request to make of asmodeus #but he truly knows dick shit about magic and does not know that spell exists or is possible #so he's just vibing with this anciently powerful and evil thing #who has decided he's interesting #fic #oc: celeste #celeste/asmodeus #fel's ttrpgs #dnd #tales from the dancing sea dragon #i truly need to come up with a better tag for this campaign #and yes the sketch i did of them the other day was fanart of my own fic here #that's my right as a writer and an artist

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ssoupcup · 10 months

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i need to do this when s3 ends as well. it feels like a pokemon evolution. when will she unlock her final form

#i really wish i had come up with this wsoup stuff earlier bc i actually could have done interesting stuff with it but alas.#i came up with it in december and the backstory?? that shit arrived in my head about 3 months ago #I realise now this is what I meant when I say I have everything planned out. its not s3 I have incredibly planned out. its the past/s2.#its not relevant now but like its just sitting in my head and I gotta convey it SOMEHOW #so im just making callbacks to it in lore to cover up the fact that i have NO IDEA WHAT IM DOING SOBS/half jokimg #ehh i have plans so itll be fine. for whom? i shan't say.#oh my god. i forgot the regulsr tags.#websmp #websoup #web smp #websmp lore #i am meaning to do a proper lore art piece soon. I dont stream or anytning so im just trying to figure out how to convey this lore in my #head without monologuing to a stream and its a STRUGGLE. which is why theres so many books ive gotta get it down somehow 😭😭#if u have any ideas on how else to. PLEASE msg me i need help #also. speaking of writing.#I apologise in advcance.#for what I have done

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deathxproof-archive · 9 months

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okay maybe I took a nap but consider this another little st-st-st-starter call while I try to write some other stuff and maybe fuckin freshen up the place while I’m here.

#It’s the way my adhd works. I need Many Little Projects. Constant Things To Write #My brain is more than a little picky sometimes so. Rotation can help.#This is more so me being self conscious about knowing I have other starters to write. This is me saying I KNOW and I KNOW I owe you somethi #And it’s COMING. This is for my own brainsake #(I have some little mental hang ups about posting here)(silly fun hobby where I tell other people that they have no obligation to me or w/e #(But god forbid I give myself the same grace)(this is unrelated)#(If you know me or follow my personal blog you know I can talk in the tags until I’ve written a novel to myself.)#(This is content. This is writing. Talking to myself about my bad brain.)#dr who

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the-halfling-prince · 1 year

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Me: hmmm I wonder when the fifth season on the Nine Realms is coming out. Let me look it up-

Season 5: Literally came out earlier this month.

Me: How does this keep fucking happening

#Literally so many times I've been like 'whens the next season gonna be out' and it would've been weeks #The funniest time was when I was like 'man when does season three come out' and I looked it up and season four was already out #Like I never get notified about this shit #The fact that I've come to enjoy that hellhole of a show #It's so bad. It's so bad #But at this point I've watched so much that I literally look forward to new episodes #Like I hate that loser white boy with zero swag but by God I need to know what he does next #Also the cliffhanger at the end of season four. Like oh my god. Dude is in so much trouble #That's the scariest thing in the series. Not the antagonists. It's that moment when your mother finds out about a secret you've been hiding #Anyway not tagging this if you find it and you're not following me then it's purely the Tumblr gods' fault

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reformedmercymain · 2 years

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ow2 PvE NEEDS to majorly knock it out of the park to bring back a large casual audience to overwatch. Many casual players that have stuck around seem to hate the existence of role queue and are potentially unaware that there’s a gamemode called “quickplay classic” and that there is a classic form of comp too which is surprising to me. But still. I have a shit ton of hope for them doing well because this glimpse into PvP direction for ow2 is just SO good that I think the game can thrive if they get enough time on the PvE aspects.

#I say it’s so good because it’s legitimately extremely fun! it may not look very different to many players #but good god it is answering all of my problems with the game and is so damn FUN that I’m hopeful #I genuinely have a lot of thoughts on this but I’m like.#sad that casual players simply don’t understand how much better the beta is even with the changes that seem very minor to them #I’ll probably make an actually long post abt it eventually but today I’m way too tired to share my thoughts about the importance of the #casual audience #the issue is finding the middle ground of #game MUST be balanced top down bc it’s competitive + fun for casual players so that it can continue to exist #but god I feel bad for devs. if you remember some of the walkouts discussing working conditions #suits coming in demanding things giving a shitty deadline them pulling it off and then they come back to say scrap it and do something else #like. I just hope they have major progress in the PvE.#I think they need to add a bunch of playable characters that like.. even if they aren’t immediately available in qp/comp #are able to be used in the story mode or custom games #because like… there’s not a ton of ways to get casual players in if it doesn’t feel like a new game #bc again suits wanted a sequel but devs knew it’d be an expansion #which means it’s nearly impossible to meet both expectations of fans and company higher ups #anyways my tags r long. this is a brief overview of the shit I will probably talk about tho #c talks

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ambiguousgrass · 2 years

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I'm reading transcripts of the exile streams and just. Wow. C!dream was a fucking asshole. Like I've watched these streams before but sweet jesus I forgot the extent of his bullshit.

#I've been in the fandom since november 2020 and I watched as many vods as I could from before then but I've mentally blocked out/forgotten-#so much that it feels like I'm watching for the first time again and it's a bit strange lol #grass yells into the void #block men #tommy was doing his best and it just makes me so sad the entire exile arc was fucking rough he did not deserve that #<- hot take I know /sarcasm #no but like the fandom is definitely aware of exile but I feel like so many people haven't watched the streams so they're not really aware o #like I've seen a lot of dark!sbi discourse which I'm not going to touch with a ten foot pole btw leave me the fuck out of that #but anyway I've seen so many people get upset at the actions of the characters in dark sbi works and claim that the author shouldnt've-#written something like that meanwhile they wholeheartedly support c!dreams actions #idk it's just a bit funny to me #again I'm not taking a side on the whole dark sbi thing I really don't want to be involved in that shitfest #but some people who are vehemently against the genre are a bit hypocritical imo #if you're gonna be an apologist (or whatever people call it) for a character don't denounce another character for doing the same things :/#god I am so tired my sleep schedule is so fucked up and my pain meds arent working so I'm very opinionated today while being sleepy #not a great combo lol I'll probably delete this later if I come back in a better state of mind and think all of what I just said was bs #<-very likely #I'm afraid to tag this as discourse so I'm not going to plus all of the stuff that would merit that is in the tags soooo #should be good I think #dear lord I need to sleep

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zevranunderstander · 1 year

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hate how scared modern liberal movies are of making characters of color into antagonists of any sort? like i know it depends on what kind of story you want to tell, but if it's a "colorblind" story that's just like, "regency era, but diverse" or whatever and all of the people of color are the kind supporting cast, just go fuck yourself I'm sorry

#persuasion 2022 was sooo dirty w this #like... let actors of color play rancid people too? idk man i want to see characters.#i dont want to see you did the bare minimum and hired a few actors of color #like. in THE BOOK persuasion lady russell was lowkey a mean classist bitch #and they just.... didn't make her a mean classist bitch and just made her a kind mother to anne for nooo reason?#like also. sorry i didn't really super like gl*ss onion #(censoring just so it isn't in the tag)#bc like i get they wanted to critique billionaires. but... i dont think the movie was very smart to be honest #like it has a lot of nice funny details. but like. its all very on the nose and the pacing wasn't that great #and tbh i was like 'woah ballsy move to make leslie odom junior play some guy whose a complete suck up to a billionaire'#but like. he really was theeeeeee most harmless of them like.#this man was so insignificant to the story he was only needed to give exposition like 3 times #same w the politician woman like she had no fucking purpose to the plot #but especially with his character i felt like this could have been a great role but I think the director was too scared #of coming across racist to do anything interesting with the character at all? like what was he there for?#and like ive seen this man act this man is a fucking powerhouse of an actor you know #i was soooo excited that he was in the movie and he played like 'lowkey unimportant character number 3' like i was sooo mad abt that #like did viola davis perform her soul out on god knows how many seasons of how to get away w murder #just so that mainstream now is too scared again to cast people of color in non-'kind supporting cast 🥺' roles???#like i hope i dont sound insane but i am sooo tired of this

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