#god bless this ask lmao

[hualianschild]

saw this on my tl and oh op is so right

credits to @/melondenden on X

#I've been saying he's such an artist since I first read the book ?? #like please give me an ounce of that creative streak my king I'm suffering here #and the way i call the cave of thousand gods his secret studio lmao #paradise manor was just him being bored and silly to the point he decided to do an interior designing project #and i want to take him with me to go jewellery shopping #and asking for styling and makeup tips #gosh WHY ISN'T HE A REAL PERSON ??? #tgcf #heaven official's blessing #hua cheng #san lang #tian guan ci fu #mxtx

[missusruin]

body-horror space cat; OC drawing commission for @/RealmOfMin on twitter

#body horror #gore #guro #space #cat #commission #realmofmin #dont usually render this heavy but it was very fun lmao #got asked to go buck wild and i was like god bless #process/colorways on patreon

[steddiemicrofic]

photo of steve w the bat: i'd nail u anytime, valentine ;)

#steddiemicrofic #steve harrington #happy valentine's day #happy vday to you specifically nonnie god bless you lmao #mod shitpost pls carry on #steddiemicrofic asks

[emile-tb]

(cw - slightly disturbing imagery (not really, but just in case))

TIMEKEEPAH ANIMATION

It’s a bit wonky, but I like how it came out :)

#tsp #tspud #the stanley parable #tsp timekeeper #I honestly thought I was gonna go into art block but then this idea singlehandedly dragged me out of it LMAO #god bless Timekeeper /lh /j #Also I’ll try to get to answering asks asap—I’ve got a bit on my plate but I promise I’ll get to them soon :) #my art #my animation

[geryone]

Looking through my goodreads & trying not to be embarrassed by reading very serious poetry immediately after reading the Shrek romance book

#like my goodreads does reveal me as a very unserious person god bless lmao #I think years ago I would be embarrassed by people knowing that I read romance books but life is too short and I love to have fun #ANYWAY….ask me about the fun and silly romances I read I would love to discuss!!!!! always looking for recs

[literallyjusttoa]

Do you have any TOA fic recs?

Oooh ok let me think.

The classic, Were I That Burning Star by @californiannostalgia. Seriously this fic is incredible and I think anyone who’s been in the fandom since like 2020 would cite this as a formative part of their fandom experience. The original Apollogist fic lol.

Speaking of older fics, A Convergence of Apollos by Keyseeker (@flightfoot) has always been a favorite of mine. I cannot believe this fic is almost 4 years old, but I remember following it religiously when new chapters were coming out. All the characters have incredible interactions, and Keyseeker’s writing is just amazing in general. This is definitely one to check out! (p.s. I know Keyseeker has a fic rec of her own, so if you want more after my list, check out hers!)

Anything by @tsarinatorment, but especially her newest fic, Eclipse. I know a lot of work has gone into this fic (At least from what i’ve read in the ToA discord lol) and it’s absolutely paying off I am obsessed. 

There are a couple of reading the books fanfics for ToA, but I have a soft spot for Secrets of the Sun by @sierice and @ukelele-boy. it hasn’t uploaded in a bit, but the fifteen chapters that are out are pure gold and I love them lots. 

Speaking of reading the books fanfics (or watching them, in this case) I cannot leave out the God’s Eye View series by Keyseeker (still @flightfoot lol). Like I said earlier, her writing is stellar, and she does so much interesting character work with the gods. If you wish Olympus was focused on more in the Riordanverse, these fics are for you. 

And another fanfic of this genre (Can you tell it’s a favorite of mine?) Hidden Oracle by Kaeyuh (I'm not sure if they have a tumblr sry!) is one I’ve recently been enjoying. The characters are super solid and I’m excited to see what directions it goes in, definitely a great fic to follow!

Both Cooler Than Me and The Tail of A Pollo by ceruleancats (@falconfrost) are so sweet and I love them, definitely check them out. 

OH ALSO. Apollo and the Aftermath!!!! Which is apparently also by ceruleancats and I didn’t realize!!! Trust me this one is so good. I swear Apollo’s pov sounds like it’s straight out of the books it’s written so well. 

(un)normal by m_arnie (@m-arnie-xx) was written for sunflower sibs september and it’s so good, literally so good pls read it. Honestly all the fics from sunflower sibs september were great, it’s a collection on ao3 (sunflower siblings september 2022) if you want to read them all 

Speaking of that, we've had two years of ToApril and both of them have had a lot of incredible fics, so if you want a lot of ToA content I'd go there. I believe both are also collections on Ao3. This year was under ToApril 2023, and predictably, the year before is ToApril 2022. Lots of fics to enjoy!!

@firealder2005 has recently made a series called The Works of Apollo and I am obsessed??? Definitely a great read, they're so so good. 

There’s so many more fics that have been written and are amazing, but I don’t want this post to go on for too long, so here are all the recs I have off the top of my head! Honestly, this fandom is blessed with some stellar fic writers.

#these links took forever to get right lmao #trials of apollo #sunny speaks #ask #long post #fic recs #I have read most of these fics at least 5 times #fic writers carry this fandom god bless

[kitamars]

he made the apron himself

#this came to me as a flash of inspiration while i was dying of a cold lmao #so thank my status affected brain for this #god bless souji and his extreme love for cats #yosuke asked him out with a cat pun once and he just stared wide eyed at him and whispered marry me #he has to get a second bag to take home all the cat themed sweaters and clothes and accessories with him #sighs dreamily. souji seta my beloved #souji seta #yu narukami #yosuke hanamura #souyo #persona 4 #ok bye

[crankyfemme]

Please talk to me about Joel and Tess I’ve been thinking about them all weekend

I don't even know if I have any coherent thoughts about them it's all just a wriggling mass of worms in here, screaming about their dynamic. (Update from after writing out the rest of this deranged essay: I did not mean for this to get so long and go off on so many tangents. I am insane. Thank you.)

I'm utterly obsessed with the way Tess is the one who calls the shots - just reblogged a post the other day about how Joel looks to her for decision-making, which mixed nicely in my brain with that quote from the podcast about Joel being "a little bit of a Frankenstein monster" that Tess is leading. This fermented in my brain with Joel's consistent characterization as someone who can't live for himself, only for someone else. As joking as it is, people are absolutely on the nose with the "acts of service being Joel's love language" posts. He doesn't know how to be a person unless he's orbiting another. (This also neatly parallels Ellie's greatest fear of ending up alone, but that's a whooooole nother essay.)

For a long time, Sarah was the axis around which he orbited, and that is why losing her led to a near suicide. Tommy managed to shift Joel's orbit around himself, to save his brother, which led to "all the things we did - the things you judge me for" from episode 6. This next bit is speculation, but I think it's fairly well supported by evidence from canon. I think that Tommy wasn't able to properly handle how Joel's trauma changed him, not okay with the level of violence Joel was willing to reach to keep Tommy safe, but utterly unable to lose the only family he had left.

(Continuing this Tommy tangent, sorry): he absolutely feels some level of responsibility for how fucked up Joel is now. If he had arrived just a little sooner, he could have saved Sarah, and Joel wouldn't be the way he is. Every time Joel does something morally reprehensible for Tommy's sake, Tommy thinks this is my fault. At least at first. They met Tess later, so there was no one else for Joel to orbit, so Tommy was the only option. And he was definitely there during and in the wake of Joel's suicide attempt, so he knows Joel cannot be alone. But the way they're surviving is fucking with him.

It's not until later, when Joel and Tess have become close enough for her to be Joel's new Person that Tommy can leave, which he does, of course he does, because seeing what's become of his brother makes him sick with guilt and anger. He couldn't leave until he knew for sure Joel had a Person to keep living for, but once that's a sure thing, he leaves. (There's another whole essay in here about Joel and Tommy being foils, where Joel must be devoted to a single person and Tommy must be devoted to some greater cause, but I've digressed enough. You came here for Joel and Tess. Sorry. I swear these thoughts are all related.) Back to Joel. Everything about him screams "experienced parentification as a child" and I know I'm still in speculation land but come on. He's several years older than Tommy and he became a father at a young age, and it's implied that he was a single father from pretty early on in Sarah's life (moreso in the game, but there's no indication they changed that for the show). Joel and Tommy's parents are never so much as mentioned.

Adults who were parentified as children have a hard time expressing and meeting their own needs, particularly emotionally, and have a hard time turning off their "caregiver" mode. Just for fun, I ran a quick search about parentification to refresh my memory, and I'd like to share a few sentences that made me insane: "A parentified child does not learn to distinguish their own needs and feelings from those of other people." Here's another: "In certain cases, some degree of parentification may have positive effects, such as building resilience and competency."

Who does that sound like? Joel "you were never gonna do it for yourself" Miller, that's fucking who. (For added derangement, rewatch the breakfast scene in episode 1, starting around 6:50 when Tommy comes through the door. "Awww, he loves you." "He's dependent on me. It's not the same." But I digress. Again.) ANYWAY: Enter Tess. Tess is fucking smart and ruthless about survival, Tess shares Joel's deep trauma of losing a child, and Tess doesn't have Tommy's angst about how Joel has changed from Before. She's exactly someone whose psychological profile can mesh well with post-Outbreak Joel's. She's resourceful and great at social engineering, and she quickly picks up on how Joel's mind operates. As the audience, we never get to actually see or hear how they met and grew close, but given how they are as people, I think it's likely that Tess initially saw Joel as a resource to use, then figured out more about him, and grew to actually give a shit - until she ended up giving a lot of shits. Too many, maybe.

She definitely knows she has power in their dynamic, that she can make the decisions and Joel will follow her lead, that Joel cares about her. The scene in their apartment kitchen where he sees her swollen eye and she already knows he's going to react the way he does, has her first sentence prepared so he'll sit back down. The casual way she allows him to tilt her head and pat at her face with the cloth? She knows his need to caretake, and she allows him a few moments to meet it, and then she gently redirects him and breaks the bad news about the battery to him.

She handles him emotionally like a fucking master pianist at the keys. (Follow along at about 53:25 in episode 1 if this next bit makes no fucking sense.) She starts gentle, reassuring, telling him "nothing's lost" after dropping the fact that Robert sold the battery. She matches Joel's energy when he stands, upset, saying "okay, fuck it, we get our money back and the battery" so he doesn't feel like she's being condescending or too calm about something that's a big deal to him. She approaches, makes physical contact with her hand to get him to meet her eyes, and lays out the logic - the goal is not out of reach, but will be unless Joel listens to her. And then she says "I need you to take a breath" and there's a quiet moment where you can see her exaggerating a breath for Joel to follow. (I think this is where I became unrecoverable, by the way, if it wasn't already back where Joel rolls over at her hand on his back to be her little spoon.) Notice the energy level in the room after that breath? They both continue speaking in lower, calmer voices. Even when Joel says "Well who'd he sell it to?" his tone is irritated without being loud and abrasive.

And then my favorite thing ever. "Now I promised Robert you wouldn't hurt him. But I would very much like for you to hurt him." Because Tess knows that she is Joel's Person, and what things Joel will do for his Person. She knows because she saw it back when it was Tommy. And Tess has no problem weaponizing Joel, unlike Tommy, who'd been driven away by that very thing.

The saddest part, to me personally, is that while Tess was able to understand that she was Joel's Person, she didn't let herself believe that meant love. Not the way she wanted it to. She figured that he had to revolve around someone, psychologically, but that didn't mean he had to love them. And Joel couldn't ever say it to her, because he loses everyone he loves. It's even more obvious with Ellie, later, when he so clearly loves her as a daughter and just cannot say it in such plain words. He loved Sarah, and she died in his arms, and he loved Tommy, and Tommy left him behind. So there's no way Joel was ever going to be able to be clear with Tess that he loved her, even though he so clearly did. Especially since Tess died before Ellie's presence in Joel's life started to heal the wound - "it wasn't time that did it."

God. I have no idea if any of this makes sense, I just had a million thoughts and feelings and went off on several tangents, but I've finally run somewhat out of steam and I did, in fact, talk about Joel and Tess like you asked. So I'm gonna call it a success.

Anyway, how was your weekend?

#this is a goddamn mess lmao #dilf-din #my asks #tlou #joel miller #tess servopoulos #i guess i gotta tag the rest too. shit. #sarah miller #tommy miller #joel and tess #ellie williams #sorry if this pops up in the main tags but i'm not redoing it now god bless

[vinzulu]

#'why so silent' he's asking #it's a ussr 1920s shuangxuan au #oh god #he xuan is from NKVD #shi wudu is an imperial officer and shi qingxuan is a poet #lmao #tw blood #cw blood #tw violence #tgcf #heaven official's blessing #fanart #my art #he xuan #shi qingxuan #shuangxuan #beefleaf #tgcf spoilers #shi wudu #tgcf au

[itsjaywalkers]

James during the Emma fight: that’s ridiculous babe me and regulus are just friends

Emma’s POV:

!!!!!!!1111!!!!11!!!11!!!!1!!!!!!111!!!!!

BABE I'M ACTUALLY SCREAMING MY FRIEND GOT SO WORRIED FOR A SEC BC I STARTED TO YELL AND SOB AND MAKE VERY INHUMAN NOISES

THIS IS . PERFECT AND SO FUCKING BEAUTIFUL AND EXACTLY HOW I PICTURED IT . U DRAW THEM SO WELL I !!!! CAN'T BELIEVE U ACTUALLY MADE ME NOTHING HAPPENS JEGGY FANART THERE ARE ACTUAL TEARS IN MY EYES

I'M IN LOVE AND FEELING SO FUCKING GRATEFUL UR TOO SWEET TO ME I NEED TO HANG THIS EVERYWHERE AND TATTOO IT INSIDE MY EYELIDS PLEASEEEEE IM GOING INSANE

#kissing u kissing u KISSING U #ur so fucking talented #and the fact that u keep blessing me with ur art #oh ur spoiling me #AND NOTHING HAPPENS JEGULUS TOO IM SO !!!!! #this is so very Special to me #i swear #i'm getting so emotional #i love this so fucking much i swear #GOD THIS IS EVERYTHING #LOOK AT THEM BEING SUPER PLATONIC BESTIES (lmao) #(they were making out 2 min ago) #(james had his hand down reg's pants) #I ADORE THEM AND I ADORE U #asks #yipyap tag #yipyap's art #fic series: nothing happens #nothing happens fanart #can't believe im creating a tag THIS IS A DREAM COME TRUE

[lionheartsgray]

10 CHARACTERS / 10 FANDOMS / 10 TAGS

tagged by @and-you-found-me Thank you!

1. Xie Lian - Heaven Official's Blessing

2. Quifrey - Witch Hat Atelier

3. Mo Ran - The Husky & His White Cat Shizun

4. Miyo - My Happy Marriage

5. Inosuke - Demon Slayer

6. Yato - Noragami

7. Sielle - Saving the Villain from the Heroine

8. Allen Walker - D. Gray-Man

9. Zoro - One Piece

10. Aqua - Oshi No Ko

Tagging: Anyone who wants to do it! I feel bad tagging because I know a lot of you follow me for the bunny content so I don't want to pressure anyone. lol

#good god this was difficult #this is like when someone asks you what your favorite x is and you instantly forget every single thing about yourself lmao #had to remember who my blorbos were #fandoms #tags #not bunnies #xie lian #tcgf #heaven official's blessing #quifrey witch hat atelier #witch hat atelier #mo ran 2ha #2ha #the husky and his white cat shizun #miyo saimori #my happy marriage #inosuke hashibira #demon slayer #yato noragami #yato #sielle saving the villain from the heroine #allen walker #d. gray man #roranoa zoro #one piece #aquamarine hoshino #oshi no ko #manga #anime #webcomics

[aropride]

wait you got/have piercings? oo where are they?

YEAH !! ive wanted an industrial since i was like 14 and i finally got it last month and i love it SO MUCH. it hurt really bad and its annoying as fuck to heal but its SONCOOL. i also have my like normal lobe piercings that i got at claires (do not go to claires) when i was 13 whicu is fun ^_^ i have a bunch i want 2 get but my industrial is the main one ive wanted it for sooo long

#ask #lexicled #i want a bridge piercing SO BAD i need 2 find out if i have the right anatomy and also Not be in a shop class first tho lmao #i also want my second abd tbird loves #*and *third *lobes #and more cartilidge piercings if im ever brave enough to do that again LMAO #it hurt so bad god bless. but it looks dope

[deamare]

lyssamania: the irrational fear that someone you know is angry with you.

obscure sorrows

Some days you are the world's very center.

Adorned with jewels and showered with praise; you are a goddess. You are because he tells you so, because he smiles as he watches your handmaid clasp his latest gift around your throat. It's a pretty thing -- heavy and expensive -- and you know mother will be overjoyed when she sees it.

And you are overjoyed too, because you know this means that he loves you.

It means he loves you even when, on other days, you are no longer a goddess but instead just a girl. On days where he looks through instead of at you, when he is bored of decorating you with gold. Those are the days that his love weighs at your wrists like fetters, that it tightens around your throat and threatens your very breath.

You know to be quiet these days, to fade into the background and to do nothing but what you are told. It is better that way, because love only hurts when you give it a reason to. Somewhere you fell out of line, you are sure. Somewhere you asked for this ache.

You tell yourself it will not happen again, swear that you will give your love no more reason to twist the knife it has buried in your heart. Though you know it will twist anyway, know it will carve deeper and deeper still no matter your efforts.

And you do not mind, because love that hurts is better than none at all.

#♡. — 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 #i think i've said it before but more often than not i feel like im jsut throwing darts at a prompt and hoping to god one lands LMAO #anyway. i figured this being an ask from julius meant an appropriate time to word vomit about him #hopefully i did not completely butcher his vibes god bless america #if this feels scattered and nonsensical its because i took a twenty minute break between each paragraph for some fucking reason

[scarah-screeeaaammss]

made a little purchase yesterday bc friday was..... well let's not talk about Friday lol and I had some coupons applied plus this ghoulies were already cheaper than usual so I got these and the Howliday Clawdeen for only $57 lmao Clawdeen will be here Thursday!!!

#draculaura #lagoona blue #monster high #monsterhigh #mh #my dolls #dolls #my first lagoona!!! shes got the good hair bless #idk about drac yet tho i havent opened her bc im just so unthralled with goona #unthralled?? enthralled my god brain brokey today #anyway i had mild buyers remorse for a sec bc 57 dollars is a lot but considering the original price just for clawdeen. #yea im not too broken up about it lmao #personal #anyway i was at spirit on friday and it was just the fucking worst. ive never had so many people be that rude to me ever #one bitch got in my face accusing me of 'forgetting' to give her her receipt #when she was the one who walked away without it so..... bitch. anyway. good thing im smart and kept the fucking thing just in case #that was the worst person probably but also the number of times people asked me a question #and then id answer #and theyd go but could you check?? #like girl they are going to give you verbatim the same answer #i hate people sm #but im done with customers for the season!!! #so i decided to treat myself >:3c

[theyarebothgunshot]

i feel like we moved on too quickly from all the threesome talk

#i have sooooo many thoughts ghdhfghd likeeeee. #NOBODY asked y'all to talk about that #and yet!!!!!!!!! #you bring on the 'jokes' and innuendos all on your own!!!! #god bless lmao

[von-karmas-a-bitch]

i genuinely admire how much you can talk in the tags of your reblogs. they're really entertaining to read, how do you get so many Thoughts in your mind and manage to word them

gjdkghkshgjsh thank you

also the answer to your question as to how i do it is that i am extremely autistic about these characters and can't NOT think about and scream about them in the tags bc i am obsessed to a genuinely unhinged degree 🩵

#also when i was at school englisch was in fact my lieblingsfach and my god it shows i cannot shut UP and i love that abt me actually #i've had a sort of proficiency for wording shit for like a long time idk when it started #i think it's mostly innate but really blossomed when i was like 14 and got my first Really Good English Teacher #i was already writing fanfics at that point but my passion for writing really exploded when i got a teacher that was actually good lmao #it's been a blessing to me as an autistic person to be able to get my feelings across so precisely with my words #bc i have both the resting bitch face AND the resting bitch voice commonly associated with autism #and my body language is just. fuck it we ball idk #so it's a good thing i have a way with words bc other communication methods escape me and i have to explain myself a LOT #asks