#jump out of your hand

[ohitslen]

Promises

He should know better. 

Wolfwood has seen Vash make promises, or hear about the ones he has made in the past. He has also seen the end of each one and how every single time the outcome is less than what was promised. 

Vash likes to say embellished words, with a soft and determined voice that lures you into his hopes and dreams, it almost feels like a spell, as if he was calling for you to come closer and believe him. But Wolfwood knows better.

He believes in him, but Vash is much closer to being an idealistic dreamer than a realistic person like he is. He might not be aware of it, but his beautiful promises of a better future give people hope, a hope that is usually embraced with things like disappointment and abandonment. 

He doesn’t think that Vash does it with the intent of looking for any of those things. Far from it, he might even do the impossible in order to accomplish said promises, but life is too short and humans are too mortal for his wishes, so in the end, most of Vash’s promises end up being empty or they come to haunt him as a reminder of his failed vows. He admires the man, for his perseverance and idealism, but he also hates the man, for his stubbornness and lies. 

Wolfwood knows all of this perfectly to a tee. And yet, he has also found himself being drawn to his world. Because he also dreams of it.

A world in where his always present calls for love and peace exist, a world that is far more kind than what he might deserve, a world in where the kids can be happy and roam around without any worry in their heads, a world in where he can peacefully turn grey with age and his hands can shed the harsh callouses of his life. Who knows, maybe a world in where he and Vash can finally know the peace that was taken away from them, in where they can share the calmness that comes with the passage of time, indulging in every tick of the clock welcoming with open arms whatever comes their way without any fear.

It is a beautiful promise. But Wolfwood is a person that has to keep his feet on the ground, indulging in “what ifs” would only make things harder than what they had to be. He can’t have any ifs if he can’t make it through the now. And by the way he is carrying his present, he is doubtful he will even get to see a shed of that promised world that Vash tries to drag him into. So why mourn something he doesn’t even have, or will ever have for that matter.

He hates the way Vash seems to promise things so easily. His tongue silky and pliant, slipping divine words one after the other, promises way too big for what that barren world can actually fit. 

But when Vash talks to him in that holy voice of his, when he hears him say “It’s okay, everything will be alright, I promise” so gently right on his ear, while he holds his face so tenderly making him focus on him and nothing else, he wants to believe him.

He has seen the end of his promises. He knows how impossible they are. But for once, he wants to believe it too. Believe in that loving world that will cradle them both until they fall asleep, listening to the soft sound of the wind laughing while the moons smile upon them. 

So he allows himself to indulge in the warmth of his palms, leaning into the comfort of his existence, feeling the soft air of Vash’s breaths against his skin while their foreheads meet in a touch that feels like a hot brand that will melt him.

For an instant, he allows himself to be selfish and believe that maybe, that is how living in that world Vash so desperately fights for would be. Soft and warm, making him feel safe in the hollow of Vash’s hands where the world seems to fit so well. A world where the blue sky is a blanket that covers the love and care that is nestled in it like the one in Vash’s eyes. He wants to see that world.

For now, he will selfishly think that the world that fits in Vash’s hands is right there in where he is holding him, where his blue eyes are drowning in the light of the sunset dripping with love and care while looking at him, that the gentle touch of Vash’s thumb wiping his tears is the same as the kiss of that laughing wind in that distant future, where the smile of his eyes overcomes the smile of the moons.

He should know better. But he loves the thought of that world. And he hopes that Vash will get to see that world, because that gentle sight is more fitting for someone like him than the one of his violent world.

He promises to himself that he will do what it takes for that day to be possible. Even if the end of that promise will be empty for Nicholas, he knows it will be a full one for Vash. So it really isn’t that empty for him after all.

He hates his lies, and he hates how true they sound, but Vash’s embellished words are far sweeter than his bitter thoughts so they feel better on his insides, almost like a balm that cares for the wounds of his throbbing, painful reality.

He should know better.

But aren’t humans weak at the promise of love?

#yeah….mm…mhm yeah #my thoughts were going crazy with this one. because WW crying is something that has me week on the knees #WEAK FFS #also the thought of him becoming bare and emotional at the hands of Vash makes me want to jump around until I pass out #think of it. he is afraid of him in a way. but he trusts him so deeply too it’s such a contrasting and little contradictory thing #more like. denial after denial but yk what I mean. because that’s the whole post #also as a fun fact. while on the making of this thing the line of “it’s okay. everything will be alright. I promise #it’s meant to be said by Vash to WW #but also I did it considering that a)Vash is saying it to himself as well and b)it’s something WW wants to say to Vash as well #they are both incredibly pained men and they know it but don’t adress it. so verbally saying such words to each other issssUUUEHWHAGAH #ah yes. the intimacy of being emotionally vulnerable with the person who you would trust your life to but never openly say shit to eachother #isn’t that such an amazing flavor? I won’t lie to you it’s one of my favorites #trigun #vashwood #vash the stampede #nicholas d wolfwood #trigun stampede #trigun fanart #wolfwood #nicholas trigun #nicholas the punisher #lenssi writes #lenssi draws #trigun 2023 #trigun 98 #because I did a mishmash on WW design bc this is meant to be TriStamp time skip in my mind #his eyes were originally their canon steel blue/grayish tone. but while doing the lighting the brown looked gorgeous #i couldn’t help myself so I left it that way. because there is something so beautiful abt his eyes shining like that in #the afternoon light while he becomes undone under the sunset ya feel me? #OHFUCKIALMOSTFORGOT another little detail. Vash’s right hand doesn’t have a glove and it’s on purpose btw you’re welcome

[willowser]

bakugou must be so high-strung and on edge when he comes back from a long term underground mission 🥺

doesn't sleep well in his own bed for the first week or two, doesn't eat as much as he typically does. probably has lost some weight, even. if you speak too loudly, it has him gritting his jaw on instinct, and he's so jumpy about you touching him, even though he's more aware of you than he ever is. he's quiet typically, but all your attempts at conversation are met with little grunts or one word answers.

it's rough for you both and he knows he's being less than pleasant, but it just takes time to melt back into the comfort of being home 🥺

#SAD #you try to rub your hands up his back and he JUMPS out of his skin #and you run and hug him at the airport and he just looks tired #🥺 #is a little skinnier than he was when he left #he's just like. ready to fight at all times #not WITH YOU but just PHYSICALLY #probably sleeps on the couch #and his internal clock is probably wack #and it probably makes him so mad too bc all he wanted while he was away was to come home to you #and now he's here and can't fucking RELAX #POOR THING WAAAH #✿ thoughts: bakugou

[vse-kar-vem]

together in every universe. or something

#bojan cvjetićanin #kris guštin #joker out #im neglecting schoolwork to draw this but that seems like the norm at this point #hoping if i get it all out of my system now i'll be normal during exam szn (in like. a week 😨) #<<sorry if i keep talking about school btw (semi age reveal ahead) gcses are fucking killing me uuaghhgshhahhhaj #i actually quite like this since i started drawing on a whim this afternoon and its only ten now #i dont even mind the lineart (DONT LOOK AT BOJANS HAND OR ILL JUMP OUT A WINDOW) #only a one storey one tho 💗💗💗 can't die without seeing bokris irl <<pipe dream as im too embarrassed to go to a concert #NO because bumping into jo in london would be my worst fucking nightmare 😭😭😭 #what do i even fucking say 'hey are you jan from jo--' NO id combust on the spot #and what if im bothering them uknow 😭😭 idk but i used to live in an asian city where none of my idols from the west would ever visit #(except safiya love you safiya) so keeping the real life person and fictiinalized versions apart in my brain and/or at arms length was easy #but now that i live in the uk and the chances of seeing them irl are non-zero? and presented with the chance to #actively seek them out and you know go to a concert #im just too scared and awkward to do it #maybe i'll bully my friend into going with me #i feel safer revealing age more in the fucking depths of these tags but another thing that makes me feel awkward about going is age #like ik lots of jo fans are younger than me and there's no shame at all in bringing your parents i just feel so embarrassed?? to??? #like i'd rather go with my friends #but that would require at least us riding the train alone and i am a small east asian girl who never looks up from the floor ever #sooooo #not happening any time soon #maybe next yr?? but probably not #unless i suddenly get a lot more independant and cool #i doubt anyone's read this much of my tags but if you have 😭😭 hope you like the art i guess #at the time of me writing i want to draw more but i'll see #(you will know since it will have been posted) #a tag previously used to say 'queueing to post at school' this is false as i am now in fact nauseous at home #my art

[darewolfcreates]

Freddie is by @eldritchparasol, Donna is by paranormal_momma_arts on Instagram, and Rebel is by @rooroorooster

#JUMP SCARE! nightlights hair is actsholly a tail! #i rember being really sad cuz all my firends ocs had tails i felt left out but then i remebered... nightlight DOES have a tail! #i compleatly forgot i made their hair a tail till then xD #welcome home oc #welcome home #my art #artists on tumblr #comic #i compleatly forgot 90% of freddie's flowers im so sorry eldritch parasol ;w; #your oc has so much hair i wana braid it *graby hands* #Nightlight joins Freddie for some late night mushroom foregeing :] #rebel and nightlight looking up: it says gulliblec on the ceiling #welcome home ocs #these are the last of the welcome home oc drawings ive made in my sketchbook so far but i have a handful of chicken scratch ones in my #notebooks yet. gotta spend time tomarow stiching em into some compolatations

[sealrock]

my revamped au for achille has become canon and I must apologize in advance for the suffering he must go through

#mypost. #ffxiv gpose #ffxiv screenshots #ffxiv oc #🌪️ #his smile and optimism. Gone #not even he can escape my trauma beam #i'm still working out some things wrt his new lore & timeline jumping shenanigans but oughghh #tfw you fail your duty of being hydaelyn's champion and caused the deaths of millions #only to try and go back in time to change the outcome at least 6 times #also i changed the reason for him dyeing his hair. he did it in HW to hide his identity #ngl this is awkward now because of my dt benchmark post earlier this morning. i'm undecided on changing his face #on one hand he looks great in the current engine. on the other hand he looks off in the upcoming one (at least under the cc lighting) #*head in my hands*

[spaciebabie]

Sorry for this but

Yk how yur hips are hurting and need massaging. Springtrap can help >:)

You know, he has his hands all over you and he's not maintaining eye contact cause he's trying to focus on making you feel better. His big hands massaging you.

Hehe >:v

mystery-moot anon

both of you as well as monnie are gonna wake up and find that your spleen has been shat out on the floor

#spacie splains #STOP TALKINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG #MOOT ANON WHY DID YOU DESCRIBE THE SCENARIO ILL KILL YOU #YOU'RE NOT SORRY #BITES A CHUNK OUT OF YOUR ASS #god that would be nice though #brief moment of reprieve from pain #i think im gonna be sick #springtrap's hands all over mekjsfkjasfkjshfkjadfjkasdkfaskldfewiilfdlkasfbbgfhkjafa #YOU ALL JUST FUCKING JUMPED ON THAT LIKE WILD DOGS #LIKE PREDATORS SENSING A PREY'S WEAKNESS

[musubiki]

i think i need to up limes "bully mochi" stat he needs to harass her more

#playfully harass* #hes too sweet to her i need to make him bully her more #not in a way that genuinely makes her mad but just slightly annoying #yoink her hat off #take the milk gallon out of the fridge but before you pour your glass press it against her lower back kinda shit #shes leaning back on a swivel chair? jump scare by yoinking the back of the chair down #hand on face after skin care routine #(oh you want [thing]? come get it) holds it 3 feet above her head #wash hands and then flick her with water #eventually she starts beating him with her brokmstick out of fustration #and then he has moments of extreme tenderness and it makes her so ????/?/???/?///

[ariesbilly]

stranger things fandom never heard the phrase "every saint has a past and every sinner has a future" and it shows

#the way yall can NOT grasp the complexity of the human experience never ceases to baffle me #if you go around with the attitude of 'if you do anything wrong ever you will always be a Bad person even if you try to make ammends' it #will genuinely ruin your life #AND what kills me is yall tout yourselves as these open minded liberals who are anti cop anti justice system #we need to be more accepting !!! #until the SECOND a person you personally dont like starts acting up #and then the republican comes out REAL quick #the evangelical conservative bible thumper JUMPS out #you know how to be an open minded accepting person? #listen to the people you dont like #hear their stories #offer help #a good person does not only extent a hand to people they like #which... you all watch stranger things i understand why you dont get that message #cuz this is the show of 'the only good guys are the ones who think and act just like us' #so #i see what we're dealing with

[medi-bee]

I would LOVE more of the little neuron eater man!

Also, a second question, why do you have a tail installed? It seems too big to pick things up. Though it looks very nice!!

Please don't encourage Nips. She can understand you.

…

My tail? It's there to function as a counterweight, so that I can balance properly. If needed, it also functions as a close-ranged weapon.

... Occasionally it's even turned into a plaything.

#FAM asks #fortune amidst misfortune #iterator oc #nips recognizes the word neuron very well. speaking it summons her into existence #or alternatively. out of existence. if she is being scolded with her full name #thank u for the nice silly ask! #and yeah. that tail is HEAVY. if you get smacked with it you're out #i originally wanted a more mechanical design for it but decided not to for my own sanity #also btw. he acts like he hates it but. he moves it for nips to play with. and then gets angry when she bites him #like when you roughhouse with a cat with your hands and then scream when they scratch the hell out of you #(speaking from experience perhaps) #does a little hop skip and a jump #thats the inbox cleared! only took twice as long as i thought it would! #couldn't be because of the time i spend on each one. nahhh #i simply enjoy the process

[mister13eyond]

talking to a friend about getting back into art and i think the #1 most important piece of art advice i could ever get or give is just "figure out what is FUN to you"

like i think there is sooooo much emphasis on how to build SKILL in art but a lot of it really treats art like a job or like video game grinding, like it's this thankless job that you have to work at in order to reach a Threshold and i know it's not EASY to make yourself have fun but like

imo a solid 70% of the reason i create art is because the Act of Drawing is fun to me. it's fun problem-solving and planning and putting down lines and playing with colors and tools. it's fun to depict little scenes in my head or to create outfits or to find ways to fill the canvas. never forget that creating can be fun. sometimes it's hard and sometimes you have to battle through your own blockades to get there but the ultimate goal should always be to ENJOY it, to find what you enjoy doing and then do it forever. improvement will follow enjoyment.

i think especially with all the debate about ML image generation it's more important than ever to embrace FUN. if you're only focused on the end result it's so easy to get in your own head- to think about what doesn't look good or what skills you don't have yet or to compare yourself to other artists. but photography didn't kill the art of drawing and AI won't either because, simply put, there will always be people who want to do the physical act of making art because it's fun to do! using paints and markers, splashing colors around, doing shitty pen doodles, using the symmetry tool in your art program to do abstract mandalas that are just squiggles formed into patterns. do art like you're 5 and you've been handed markers to pass the time. do art like you're bored in class and you're keeping your brain entertained by drawing stick figure comics in the margins. do art like an absent thing, do art because it satisfies your brain. the goal is not to make something beautiful and perfect, the goal is to make something because your hands need to make and your body needs to make.

#i know and love so many people who have intense anxiety about their ability to create art and who are so hard on themselves about the result #and i think that's a REALLY easy thing to feel because creating is also vulnerable & physically difficult and there is SOOOO much to master #but i think for me the people who churn out 300 colored pencil front facing hands behind their backs oc doodles on lined notebook paper- #are the ones with the right idea. they're the ones i aspire to be like #i'm not saying i never struggle either bc tbh #as someone with depression and adhd there are times where the Act of Having Fun is simply not possible #sometimes i CAN'T enjoy things because my ability to feel joy is locked behind a barrier of my mental illness #so i don't think it's an Easy thing to do by far and I don't think you can just Magically Make Yourself Happy And Having Fun #but i DO think that experimenting in a low-stakes low-pressure manner until you find something that clicks in your brain helps #doing things for the sake of doing them is the only way to figure out which ones WILL be fun to you #not all of them will. some things will feel like a slog #but i think you have to look for the passion before you're able to face the slog #if you jump right into the parts that are Hard and Challenge Your Limits it's easy to spin your wheels and get stuck #but if you focus on the super small stakes and the things that are thoughtless and focused more on Sensation- #the sensory experience of mixing paint or the scratch of pencil on paper or the smooth way a specific pen makes lines- #then you can lose yourself in the physical aspect of it FIRST #and then once you've started really ENJOYING those sensations you can start learning new ways to use them #because now you have the drive to want to do more #now you have the desire to find new ways to apply this thing you like doing #long post #even longer tags #art #drawing #artists #art advice

[opikiquu]

im going to be so annoying all week

#agghagahah HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH HYYESAAHHHH #★ arin rambles #BRO BRO PLEASLE #PELASE #my apology for everyone. I have to make it now . Sorry. If youre following me destroy that notif button you dont wanna hear how worse i will #get #actually no just Unfollow entirely #ITS THE ADHD #PLEASE. HE IS SO . COOL. his trailer is so awesome IVE REWATECHED IT 3 TIME SNOW. #I LOVE HIMMMMMMM SO MUCHHHHH #I LOVE HIM SO BAD I JUST ADORE HIM PLEASE #HES SO PRETTY. JAW DROPPING. ICONIC. LIFE CHANGING. THE TEARS IN MY EYES. GENUINELY SOBBING RITHT NOW IT S SO OVER #aventurine likers hold me. Nobody understands. Everyone is scared of me im too crazy #actually its everything wrong with me . Hes ruining my life #i dont struggle as an aventurine liker i actually excel at this its my full rime job now #‘9 to 5’ no i work 9 to 9. Every hour is dedicated to him #im glad uguys agree with me thannk uou i was starting to think i was a freak #Well i am but im glad someone else agrees hes cool #Hes so pretty im so happy #I CAMT WAIT RILL WENDENSDAY PLEASE IM GONNA FREAKIFN BLOW UP #I LOVE AVENTURINE. I LOVE AVETURINE. #i get so happy when i see him i get a little violent its unsettling . #like im like shaking my hands and jumping around my room and then u blink and im bashing my head against the floor #its carpet. Im ok. But like not but i am #DUDE. I LOVE. THIS GUY. EVERYTHING ABOUT HIM #i needto. Just. Okay brb gonna watch ir like 20 more times ill see u guys next year im going into a Aventurine induced coma #this makes me realize people read my tags. Oh dear. Sorry everypony #i apologize for my behavior. I will get so much scarier. #HES SO COOL. HES ACTYALLU SO COOL. LIKE HOW CAN SOMEBODY BE SO COOL. #oh god OH LORERDRDRDDDDDDD WHEN I GET YOU BOY WHEN I FIND YOU. WATCH OUT. WATCH OUT I WILL GET YOU.

[crepuscularqueens]

trying to make something but um. insane that penny and quentin were always Like That and never made out about it

#WHY ARE YOU. AS A MAN. SHOVING ANOTHER MAN UP AGAINST A TREE? TACKLING HIM ON SCHOOL GROUNDS? JUMPING IN FRONT A KNIFE FOR HIM? #CHOPPING OFF HIS HANDS??? SAYING YOU NEED HIM?????????? #penntin #the magicians #why are you calling out to him in your dreams? why are YOU jumping into HIS dreams bc he called out to you? #and they never even kissed #fucked up for real

[scatterbrainedbot]

@d3cayingabyss i got your ask and it was so wonderful and sweet and made me want to crunch on some hard candy but i made the mistake of saving my reply as a draft and tumblr fucking ate it im so sorry :(((

but in the spirit of treat-or-treat season, please enjoy some candy!

it is almost certainly safe for consumption and not at all radioactive!!! probably!!!

#ask reply #i am devestated tumblr literally stole ur candy as i was handing it to you :((( #what the fuck tumblr #and thank you again for your message it made me so happy!! #they said my art was like a crunchy hard candy #'really flavorful and kinda sour' (in a good way) and reading it really made me want like a sour jolly rancher or smthn #i cannot recreate the sweetness of their message :(( #but i shall remember and appriciate it anyways! #also now i have the mental image of tumblr just jumping up and snatching that draft like a dog stealing a ham sandwich out of someones hand #no bad tumblr spit that out #very rude tumblr we do not jump up or snatch peoples food >:/ #my art #technically

[shibaraki]

when it comes to writing it’s good to think of your brain like a muscle. but keeping that line of thinking I wanted to say that as writers we have different skills and that’s okay. so you may be good at short sprints. others do long. some even do marathons!!!!! whether you write 500 words or 5k words or over 20k words it is still valuable, it’s your work and it is time well spent

#does this make sense. who knows #anyway I’ve said it once I’ll say it a million times stop comparing yourself to other people #everything has its place in fandom ok someone out there loves your writing regardless of the length #I know writers who struggle to reach 3k sometimes look at longer fic writers and think man. I wish I could do that #while on the other hand I have long fic writer friends telling me ‘I WISH I KNEW HOW TO SHUT UP’ lmfao #length is not equal to quality. and writing short fic is a skill in and of itself #to build a world with so few words??! ITS HARD !! and people do it! #concentrate on the race you’re in now. you can always work your way up to something new if you want to #you cannot jump from 100 metre sprints to multi lap races!! #I’m sure this has been said before it’s just something I was thinking about #priv

[fireheartwraith]

One thing that I think it’s super funny on these zombie apocalypse shows is that they're never called zombies. They're walkers or clickers. The people didn't know what a zombie was, so they had no name for it. I wonder if there is a story in a world more like our own so the ground zero people would just look at an infected person and go "holy shit, it’s a zombie"

#the last of us #the walking dead #it always makes me wonder how long it took them to figure out that it spreads through bitting #i would first think it was an std before my mind jumped to that #though I suppose biting is just faster #and you could also get infected by other means #keep things out of your mouth nose and eyes folks #you never know what's in your hands #tlou #tlou show #twd

[engagemythrusters]

domino twins

#part of that same au i did for dogma and tup #yea. so. fives has trauma bc he watched his twin 'die' then he watched tup lose control and then everything was different #his whole life purpose was gone in a flash and he was the cause of it--nobody to blame but himself #and tup is struggling due to the aftermath of the faulty chip and dogma isn't himself and. and echo was gone but now he's back. #and nothing is okay but everything is okay and he doesn't know what to do so he just. he throws everything at helping echo get better. #because what else is is he going to do? tup is focused on dogma. and echo... echo really needs the help. #sure maybe deep down its about getting fives out of his head but it really really is important he help echo #bc you don't just... come away from freezing in techno union's hands--with less than half of your human body--and jump back to normal #those legs and scomp had parts fused to him. parts of him never healed from the explosion. and parts of him got eaten by the frost. #and he's massively underweight because feeding a repurposed mechanised POW wasn't high on priorities #and then the cold fucked up his metabolism so he's trying to gain back weight that he can't... #and overall... #it's not going so great. but echo is home and--while he's healed completely (as far as he can be healed anyway)--he gets a night or two #per week in a bacta tank to deal with the chronic pain. and he's getting used to the prosthetics and the tubes and bags #going into where his stomach used to be. and everything can be so goddamn triggering sometimes but. #he's alive. with fives. #and if he just is alive for fives... then fives will be okay. right? fives will be okay if he's okay... so he needs to be okay... #ANYWAY YEA i got a lot of things to say xoxo #saleucami au #arc trooper fives #arc trooper echo #fives and echo #star wars: the clone wars #star wars #the clone wars #my art