#it's always nile time

[sindirimba]

#a little treat #it's always nile time #and also #book of nile #👩🏿‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏼 #the old guard

[non-un-topo]

hot guard summer

#tog #the old guard #andromache of scythia #nile freeman #nicolo di genova #yusuf al kaysani #kaysanova #that's right!!! i might have kicked my art block!! hopefully!! let's not jinx it!! #siggy draws #alternatively titled: WHERE IS THE TRAILER #happy almost-summer! #director's commentary as always: #it's probably too small to see but the vespa has a little engraved name 'Destino' on it #not sure how i feel about joe's look but the poor guy is so hidden behind his husband's shoulders anyway #joe does have a poofy ponytail but it's hard to see #they're probably all chilling in italy between missions and that weird safehouse we have yet to see #nile is absolutely reaching for a gun tucked into the back of her shorts btw. not sure what the girls are looking at #andy is wearing nile's pants and nile is wearing nicky's 90s jacket (which is totally not my actual real life jacket) #you know that man would wear it ok #if the lighting seems a little loud or sloppy it's because i am inexperienced dsfgfds. also my first time attempting bi lighting sort of #i am sad that the lighting erased nicky's sunburned nose dfgfds. just know that it was very pink before #shoutout to my lovely friends who helped me figure out lighting/shadow stuff -- apple and wingodex and captainshakespeare #*damn it accidentally added an e on the end there #thank you for helping me navigate the digital art world beloveds <3 #this took my entire day and all of ABBA Gold at least 10 times

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

+Bonus

#niles always enters at the perfect times #oh my god #the writers were insane #what the heck? #haha #the nanny #fran x maxwell #maxwell x fran #fran fine #maxwell sheffield #fran drescher #charles shaughnessy #gif #gifs #gifset #peak comedy #lmao #2x19

[thelassoway]

Ted Lasso Season 2 » Paved Court

#Ted Lasso #Shannon Hayes #Jason Sudeikis #Hannah Waddingham #Brendan Hunt #Sarah Niles #*mine: gif #*mine: TL Scene #*mine: TL theory #1k #at the beginning of Season 2 I was thinking about the office scene angle/framing with Ted and other characters gifset I made #with that in my head while watching season 2 I thought this was similar #I'm always interested in the framing and choices for scenes #the first time they go with Shannon here because Beard is having relationship problems #next episode (bonus episode) we have Ted and Rebecca I mean something something relationship going on a date #episode 5 Beard wanting to know the ending of the joke from season 1 about owls something something that's a long time to wait #Dr. Sharon Fieldstone coming to Ted who is having a panic attack...in episode 10 #something something relationships with our parents......... #Last episode 12 Ted alone after the article #just breaking these 5 scenes down tells a lot but I had a feeling that first time with Shannon that this alleyway was going to be important #don't get me wrong I giffed Paved Court for season 1 which shows up 5 times there #but those scenes don't feel as big as these ones #I thought about putting all the gifs together in one set but originally I only giffed the season 2 bits #that was where my head was with this but figured I should do season 1 too #so really it was an after thought #wait maybe the season 1 scene here are just as important #or it all means nothing and I just watch things a bit differently #I still have only watched season 2 three ties through and I've lost count on season 1 #note to self you still need to make that Coach Beard and Ted set and making a Shannon one

[the-wolfbats]

‘I’ll royally rule this world, in case you haven’t heard’

#monster high #monsterhighedit #as the saying goes.... #my queen is ALWAYS on time #cleo de nile #imagine SNAPPING this hard #why are these not on streaming

[1111-sunset-circle]

f/o who stops you from doing stupid things (drinking your coffee on an empty stomach)

#ibs haver here. i am having a bad time 🫡 #adam does this #maybe this is heaven? #niles also but he’s more mean (/lh) about it. #i hope no great expectations accompany this outfit #i think jack would forget but maggie would always check in if she could #you got your big break; didn’t ya? #sighs #f/o general #romantic f/o #f/o imagines #imagine your f/o #platonic f/o #imagine your platonic f/o #imagine your romantic f/o #familial f/o #imagine your familial f/o #barrywriting

[flovoid]

thank you @autumnserenade for the tag!!!

I honestly rn have soo many favourite sims/series so I couldn’t decide choosing between them andddd I did them all kinda :p

MAIN OC SIMS

floyd is the face and the reason why I named this account after, and he is sooooooo special to me so ofc I did him alongside with draco! because yk they are the criminal-detective iconic duo hehe and because they going to have a strong bond ssksdj

MAJIMA LAND

one of my current series I JUST HAD TO DO THEM they literally so unique and have so much fun dynamics and are my pride and joy, they deserve all the attention of details mwahaha

FLAWTOWN

I love flawtown don’t get me wrong- BUT I LITERALLY CANT DO ALL THE CHARACTERS THEY ARE ALOT literally a story about a town sooooo I chose some main characters who will have more screentime in the future?? who knows…

also a shame how I couldn’t include the kiddos, the website was acting weird when I added the kids model :(

#honestly I won’t be surprised if I someday abandon flawtown- I literally overwhelmed my self with their story lmao #but its okay. my goal with them anyway is whenever i feel inspired to do a post of them i will do it #because i always loved stories about towns and their connections to each others. ig I thought i woulf pull smth like that w my self LMAO #anyway yall gave no idea how much i wanna out ‘the originals’ here as well… #my ass didnt post anything related to them yet but had their cards and ideas ready for them- #maybe when the time comes I will update this post with the originals! #floyd cyprus #draco almond #roo medici #norman niles #mingyue majima #naomi butler #tatsuo majima #taiga yamada #keith sewell #killian sewell #charles reed #jet timberwolf #carlénal kennedy #franz 9 griffin #majima land facts #floyd facts #flawtown facts #draco facts

[youssefguedira]

Yusuf is there when Nicolò enters the old temple, not a vision of him, no portal behind him that will take him somewhere Nicolò cannot follow yet again before he has the chance to reach him, just Yusuf. He's alone, his head tilted upwards and eyes closed, illuminated by the shafts of sunlight that fall through the cracked ceiling. The sight of him - here and safe and whole, finally, after everything Nicolo's fought through to reach him - takes his breath away.

"Nico," Yusuf says, and opens his eyes to look at him. He smiles, and he's still Nicolò’s Yusuf, even after everything that's happened.

Nicolò can't wait another second, then, sheaths his sword at his back and walks up the stone steps towards him. Yusuf's smile widens, and then he's stepping into Nicolò's already open arms, laughing. "I missed you."

"Missed you too," Nicolò says. He kisses Yusuf's temple, holds him close. "So much, Yusuf, you have no idea-"

Yusuf leans back, cupping Nicolò's face in one hand. "I know. It's okay. I'm here."

But Nicolò knows him well enough to know something's wrong. "What is it?"

"It's not over, yet." Yusuf steps out of Nicolò's arms and back a few steps, leaving him cold. "There's so much more you don't know yet, but we're running out of time. He will return, soon, and we're not ready."

"Tell me what I need to do," Nicolò says immediately. He can't bear the idea of Yusuf disappearing again, not now when he's finally here, when every other time Nicolò has tried to reach him he's been a second too late. "Anything, and I'll do it, whatever it is. Just tell me what you need."

Yusuf smiles again, sad. "It's not you, Nico. We need more time. And I can buy it, but-" He cuts himself off.

"Then I'll help you."

Yusuf shakes his head. "You don't understand. For this to work, I need to reform the seal, and I can only do that by" - there are tears in his eyes, now, and dread running down Nicolò's spine - "by sealing myself away along with it."

Nicolò realises just a moment too late what that means. "Yusuf-"

"If I seal myself here, in the past," Yusuf continues, "when you return to our time, it will be just strong enough to hold. You will have the time you need to finish this. And once all this is over, the seal can be broken in our time."

"I can't," Nicolò says. "There has to be another way. This can't be it."

"It's the only choice we have," Yusuf says. "I cannot - this was always my path, Nicolò."

She's manipulating you, Andromache had said, the goddess. She's using Yusuf to make you do what she wants, can't you see? If Nicolò hadn't understood then, he does now - neither of them ever had a choice in this. Yusuf was chosen because Nicolò would follow him anywhere, and Nicolò was chosen for the same reason.

Nicolò realises something else then. "If you seal yourself here, you'll be trapped for thousands of years."

"I'll be asleep," Yusuf says, soft. "It'll be like the blink of an eye. So when this is all over, you'll have to come wake me up." He smiles, then, even through his tears. "Just like old times, no?"

And before Nicolò can say anything else, the air around him begins to glow gold, condensing around Yusuf, who tilts his head back and closes his eyes, and Nicolò cannot move, frozen in place by something beyond his control. All he can do is watch as the light gathers around Yusuf, blindingly bright, until Nicolò cannot see him anymore. Whatever's holding him releases, and he runs towards Yusuf even though the light hurts his eyes, and just as he reaches out the light fades.

Before him is what looks like a crystal, tinged orange, clear enough that he can see Yusuf inside, his eyes closed. He looks like he's just sleeping, like this is one of the mornings Nicolò had had to wake him but had paused for a moment just to watch him.

Nicolò lifts his hand to the crystal. It's freezing cold when he touches it. Yet again, he's too late.

"I'll come back for you," he tells Yusuf, even though he knows Yusuf can't hear him. "I swear it. I'll finish this, and I'll come back for you." His voice is trembling, but he can't let himself break down now, not when there's still work to be done. The faster he finishes his task, the sooner he can wake Yusuf.

(Nile is the first to ask when he returns through the gate, waiting for him with Andy, Quynh and Sebastien nearby. "Where's Yusuf?" she asks, looking behind him - the plan had always been that Nicolò would bring Yusuf back with him, after all.

Nicolò can't bring himself to say it out loud.)

--------------------

It feels like an age before Nicolò returns to the temple, now in the present. It's over, finally - the five of them have sealed the demon king away for good. The others are outside.

The crystal is overgrown with vines, now, just like their old favourite meeting place on the island where all of this had started. Its surface is scratched and clouded with age, but Nicolò can still make out Yusuf inside it, looking exactly as he had when Nicolò left him in the past. He hates to think of the crystal here, alone, for so much time.

There's a glowing mark on the crystal's surface that hadn't been there before. Nicolò approaches it carefully and places his hand over the mark.

Almost immediately, glowing cracks begin to grow from where his hand touches the crystal, spreading across the whole thing until it's glowing as brightly as it had when it was formed, but he can't look away. When the light dies down, Yusuf hovers in the air for just a moment before whatever spell had held him there finally breaks, and he collapses, but Nicolò is there to catch him, sinking to his knees and cradling him close. He doesn't move for a moment, and Nicolò is terrified, because what if something had gone wrong-

Yusuf gasps awake, his eyes fluttering open. He looks around frantically before catching sight of Nicolò above him, who nearly sobs with relief, holding him impossibly closer.

"Nicolò?" Yusuf whispers, his voice hoarse. Nicolò nods, unable to speak just yet, blinking back his tears and brushing Yusuf's curls away from where they've fallen into his eyes.

Then Yusuf asks, "Did I oversleep?" and Nicolò has to laugh even though it comes out sounding more like a sob, kisses his forehead and smiles. "It's over, then?"

"It's over," Nicolò confirms, and then, "I love you."

Yusuf sits up and wraps his arms around Nicolò's neck, buries his face in Nicolò's shoulder and holds on tightly. "I love you too."

(When they return, Nile is the first to them, hugs Yusuf so tightly he laughs, and then it's Sebastien's turn, then Andromache and Quynh both.

They choose to stay on the surface, all six of them. And neither Yusuf or Nicolò are the same people anymore - sometimes Nicolò wakes screaming, sometimes Yusuf gets a distant look in his eyes and it takes a worryingly long time for him to come back to himself. Sometimes there are things Yusuf still can't tell Nicolò, and vice versa.

They make it work, though. They find a quiet place in the woods, far away from the temple and any danger, and they're safe, and happy, and together.

It's all Nicolò's ever wanted, really.)

#neon writes #posting this separately in an attempt to unbury it a little #the old guard #kaysanova #ANYWAY guess whos playing skyward sword. thats right folks this is ANOTHER different zelda au #ive condensed the entire thing into this because im not going to write much else for it #but. the plot: #nicolo and yusuf are childhood rivals-to-friends-to-lovers. at the time when Shit Goes Down they're coming up to the point where they have #to pass a specific test to become soldiers/knights/whatever. the wing ceremony if youre a zelda fan but theyre both participating. anyway #they both win (andromache and quynh are two years ahead of them nile and booker are the year below but they're all like. adults. not 17) #anyway they win and go on some kind of flight around the clouds because the kicker is that this takes place on a sky island and they get #around by riding giant birds i love ss. anyway while they're flying around (victory lap or something) yusuf mentions weird dreams he's been #having. then a giant tornado appears things happen yusuf falls below the cloud barrier separating the land from the sky nicolo is thrown #from his bird. wakes up explains this to andy who is like Well Shit. cue epic quest to find yusuf who has some destiny shit to do #gods and all that. its not important #but theyre trying to defeat an evil demon king before he comes back. merrick with horns can be the visual for that. nicolo spends half of #his time chasing after yusuf who always has to leave before they can talk. maybe quynh isnt with them on sky island and is the one guiding #yusuf instead i dont know anyway eventually nicolo has to do some hero stuff and all that. and this happens when theyre running out of time #as a kind of last resort. but then nicolo nile booker andy quynh defeat The Evil and rescue yusuf and its all good #the plot of this isnt very well thought out. i just thought about that scene with zelda and then about them and had to make this about it #enjoy #the reference to yusuf oversleeping is bc there's a bit in skyward sword abt link always sleeping in and then having to wake zelda and it #causes me 10 psychic damage so i had to adapt it here. that line is the whole reason this fic exists

[tart-miano]

dear god help me i have been consumed by Goth Doll Franchise Nostalgia and rewrote some of the blorbos from the Goth Doll Franchise

#monster high #frankie stein #clawdeen wolf #ghoulia yelps #draculaura #lagoona blue #cleo de nile #ok SO- this redesign/au is partially inspired by the novel adaptation so thats where draculaura's backstory etc came from cuz its rad af #but most of it is my own ideas?? #also i must address that frankie's experience as a genderfluid person is based off of MY personal experience as a genderfluid person- #-as in i wish i could change my body depending on how i felt and i feel differently abt how my body should look quite frequently- #-however if you are gf and your experiences are vastly different from frankie's please know she is basically self projection- #-and definitely not how EVERY gf person feels. sorry for spending a lot of time explaining this- just wanted to clarify- #so i didn't make anybody feel bad ^-^' #also i always wished we got to see clawdeen in full-on wolf mode?? not just with puppy ears?? so i did that #her and the other werewolves in this au function kinda like the Wolfwalkers in that their condition isnt a curse but something fun! #another thing i wanted to fit in somewhere- ghoulia doesn't eat brains! her boba is made from synthetic brain bits lmao

[everysongineverykey]

frasier and niles crane love each other SO much btw. if you even care

#frasier #look at them. look at them. i am literally so normal every time they hug #the way they are at risk of being beaten up in the first one and their instinct is to grab their brother and hold on tight!! #the way niles always rests his head on frasier's shoulder/chest. hold your brother gentle like hamburger... #also do NOT come at me for the terrible quality. when your only way of watching an old show is piracy #you are bound to run into obstacles like this!

[frommybookbook]

I'm trying to stretch out the final season of Perry as long as I possibly can so I've been watching old movies as well. Tonight I watched Serpent of the Nile for the first time, which TCM called a "jewel of B-Movie greatness" and they weren't wrong.

Raymond Burr played a drinking, carousing, womanizing, yet also philosophical Marc Antony and was just delightful. I believe this was one of his first big roles in a movie, and definitely one of his first where he wasn't just playing a mobster or other heavy bad guy. He clearly had a lot of fun with the role, and not just because he got to be surrounded by lots of attractive, young men in roman skirts and breastplates.

12/10, would recommend for a tight 90 minutes of pure technicolor B-Movie perfection.

#raymond burr #my beloved sexy rectangle #serpent of the nile #his hair was SO CURLY in this movie #i loved it so much #if i were rhonda fleming i would have been running my fingers through it non-stop #and there were at least 3 other character actors who made appearances on perry mason later #including one who appeared more than two dozen times #which is always nice to see #i think burr really looked out for his friends

[columboscreens]

hello! recently i watched No Time to Die for the first time, and it seems like that episode is almost universally hated. i partially understand that, since it’s not *really* a Columbo story in terms of the formula, and the scenes with the antagonist guy are… uncomfortable to watch. but i also thought that it was entertaining enough and especially interesting to see how Columbo acts under pressure. i was curious to hear why it’s got such a bad reputation, if you’d be willing to share your thoughts. hope you have a good day!

you're so polite anon, thank you 😊 you too...

yeah i mean it's not that bad a columbo because imo it's...barely a columbo to begin with. i personally fast forward past all the poorly-done "CREEPY SICKO" parts and the weird needless B plot with this guy

i love dan butler but could we not have gotten a sauna scene with columbo in a towel for god's sake. what a ball to drop!

it's most enjoyable if you consider that the series was trying desperately to do something new and relevant. both the network and falk were trying to appeal to a new america, one very different from the america of merely 15 years prior--an america full of people who no longer had the patience to watch a quiet little guy puttering around for an hour. this audience needed action, guns, sex, stakes, tension that beats you over the head. and that's what that episode tries to offer.

nothing says columbo like a random guy crashing through a window holding a beretta am i right folks

does it succeed? kind of. no time to die is a televised ed mcbain novel which happens by mere coincidence to have columbo doing most of the legwork. he's not actually out of character in this episode--on the contrary, it's one of falk's better reboot characterizations. and we do indeed see a very skillful transition between columbo the guy, relaxed and bubbly and in "vacation mode" so to speak, and columbo the Detective, instantly locked into his calculated, working thought process, asking pointed questions. it reminds me a bit of troubled waters with that delightful juxtaposition, except as you said anon, with the added elements of family, pressure, and drama.

and just like that you've activated the beast

it is very funny that they decided to make his nephew a hothead himbo because then you get Annoyed Columbo

andy. do you want him to find your fuckin wife or not.

that's truly the most fascinating aspect of the episode, and this scene is very much worth watching in its own right because it provides us with an elucidating look at how columbo tackles a problem as it unfolds. he gets into his "criminal" mindset and immediately maps out the crime, maintaining an exceptionally cool head. he is able to quickly and effectively stow away his personal emotions in a bid to approach the scenario as clinically as possible while under pressure. the niece he was hugging and kissing not an hour prior is now merely a body that has left behind clues. it's borderline superhuman and one of the most interesting facets of the character, and this scene handles that very well. for that alone, no time to die is saved from my dreaded "worst episode" slot.

P.S. he does have a gun in the final scene but he just waddles in 30 seconds after all the crazy shit has gone down lol

fellas is it bedtime yet

#i love my 90s sitcoms so i always get a kick out of bulldog and niles being in this ep #columbo #ask #text #no time to die #longpost

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

+Bonus

#chemistry was on fire this episode #jaw dropped #they just went for it huh? #niles with the spectacular timing as always #god they are so hot together #kiss #kisses #kissing #straight up fire #gif #gifs #gifset #i love them your honor #the nanny #fran x maxwell #maxwell x fran #fran fine #maxwell sheffield #fran drescher #charles shaughnessy #love #4x6

[thelassoway]

Ted Lasso 1.01 Pilot || Ted Lasso 2.11 Midnight Train to Royston

*Ben Wyatt voice* It's about the us.

#Ted Lasso #*mine: gif #*mine: beloved idiot Jaysuds #*mine: TL theory #Theodore Lasso #Jason Sudeikis #Dr. Sharon Fieldstone #Sarah Niles #Ussie vs Selfie #Ted out here first line with the word believe #bathrooms and the us talk.....and my brain making it a thing #but the show is about the us and the we and together whatnot #as always season 1 has all the answers to the show as a whole #Ted out here too wearing the striped shirt in both these scenes and something something with red plus some blue and green #plus my thoughts of That Thing You Do and the Pilot lavatory connection #okay so also I'm having thoughts about SWOP Jake speech to Lainey about mediocrity of sleeping with Matt #and JS writing the fucking lightning speech....oh the connection don't settle y'all #SWOP and Jake quitting (3 times) to be with the boss in that too but that not working out #boss and mousetrap in that.... #TL quitting to be with the boss but it does work out or something #I may or may not be watching SWOP at the moment of maybe posting this

[delightfully-deranged-dagur]

Monster High The Movie The Fix-It-Fic, New designs Part 2.

#my art #monster high #monster high 2022 #monster high live action #lagoona blue #cleo de nile #deuce gorgon #this is the first time ive drawn Deuce with pants #which sounds really bad out of context #but i always draw him with the lower body of a snake instead of legs #now he has both

[devotedlystrangewizard]

gnawing on corrin fire emblem

#ramblings #oh corrin. if only your game was good. #someone who grew up as sheltered as corrin did ending up witnessing the worst humanity has to offer could be so interesting #HELL. CORRIN WITNESSING THE HORRORS AND STILL THINKING THOSE COMMITTING THE HORRORS CAN BE HELPED #ALWAYS BELIEVING PEOPLE ARE GOOD #a person sticking to their ideals so strongly until they truly do make the world a better place is compelling #its just that fates doesnt know what character development is #or character depth. could you imagine corrin losing someone close to them on the battlefield #being dragged away kicking and screaming. unwilling to believe they actually lost someone #having to live with the fact that EVERYONE in that army. is basically sworn to die for them should the need arise #their siblings? nieces/nephews? friends caretakers their fucking spouse ANYONE. would die before them #because theyre the main character. if you play on classic corrin dying is a gameover #theyre at the heart of the army and they barely even know how war works #corrin hardening over time but still sticking to their ideals. no matter what #sorry im writing fates fic to fill the niles-shaped hole in my heart and the dynamic of hopeful idealist/pessimistic realist #is getting to me #something really fun about corrin breaking and making characters like niles attempt to comfort them #their supports are mostly just 'tell me ur sad backstory' 'lol sure' BUT NEVER THE OTHER WAY AROUND PROPERLY #forcing niles into being a character instead of a caricature since 2016. jesus fucking christ hes gonna be on my mind forever #niles struggling with a genuine relationship. because he cant really comprehend unconditional kindness. but trying. bc he loves them #these two are on my mind again i love them (the version of them in my head)