#keeping the family tradition

[bylerblogger]

Will Byers is going to beat up someone in season 5 btw.

#no but i actually need him to beat the shit out of someone or even kill them #keeping the family tradition #stranger things #stranger things 5 #will byers #byers hopper family #byler

[yellobb]

Thought you might like my college graduation cap @rainbowrowell 🥰

I had a very hard time picking what Simon Snow quote I wanted to use for this, so there’s some other grad cap designs below the cut that are free to steal, if anyone else wants to use them! You don’t have to, but it would be awesome if you tagged me if you end up using them so I can see 👀

There’s also a little love letter to the Simon Snow series, so proceed if you dare 😆

A. “Light a match inside your heart”

B. “May you fight your own battles and forge your own wings”

C. “It’s the good things that hurt when you’re missing them” featuring a border of building silhouettes from your campus

D. “Never let them tell you you’re not magic”

E. “I know that things will only get better if good people fight for what’s important” featuring a border of flowers (I know they don’t look like flowers here lol)

All quotes are courtesy of the wonderful Rainbow Rowell from the Simon Snow series :)

(I’m about to get mushy, so beware) Picking a quote from this series for my graduation cap was a no-brainer for me. This series has had an insane impact on my life, to the point where I genuinely don’t know where I’d be without it. From first picking Carry On up the week I turned 15, to having to physically restrain myself from reading WS in one sitting because it was my first hard week of college as a freshman, to reading AWTWB in one sitting the day it released despite being on a family vacation. From starting a sideblog, to making art and fics about it with my sister, and to looking through art or fics when I was having a panic attack to help me calm down. To the amazing community I’ve found online with the most talented and kind people I’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting. My life has been fundamentally changed for the better because I decided to pick up Carry On in January 2016, and I wouldn’t change it for the world.

#m draws #the simon snow series #simon snow #the simon snow trilogy #the crossed swords are supposed to be the sword of mages and the salisbury family sword #was gonna do a sword and a wand so Baz would get a shoutout too but I didn’t like it uneven #the blacked out part at the bottom is just my school logo so you’re not missing much #this was a blast to make! #spent four hours perfecting everything #drawing even and symmetrical stuff is HARD when it’s traditional art #and by god would my lettering keep straying crooked 😩

[bevirspnsblmnt]

dont forget your supply pack when u go out adventuring

(lately I've been thinking about what happens to them after, once the whole brain worms thing has been taken care of. I think they'd stay in Baldur's Gate for a while, fix up that one lil house that you see in the camp in low town. Jaheira probably tries to recruit Khael in the Harpers, which he always declines, but he does help out. he's mostly interested in information and connections, as he's looking for a way to let Astarion walk in the sun. Astarion remains hopeful, but much more interested in making a new life for himself than trying to get rid of his sunlight sensitivity.)

#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 spoilers #bg3 astarion #khael tav #disegna e bevi #a handful of details in this image for anyone's curiosity: #khael's outfit is made of his old barbarian clothes and hes done it mostly out of necessity bc I imagine fighting wont keep them intact #during the whole game I never changed his outfit but I was always changing his companions and I'm just making it a character trait #he will dote on others and just reuse old shit for himself #the stained glass on the door is a dracula orchid yep I just did it because I thought it was funny and also because the flower is pretty #I'm never drawing them without the warding bond rings ever again I'm afraid so that's whats astarion has hanging around his neck #oh right Khael's hair is short here bc my fantasy rpg videogame characters always cut their hair at some point :') #it's a family tradition at this point #otp: Warding Bond

[bruciemilf]

THANK YOU so much for including Mario in your headcanons!! People tend to forget about him 😔😔 ( also uhmmm more about your face claims for the Falcones? 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️)

WOOO MARIO MY BELOVED (I know the faintest of info abt him)

I feel like the Falcones need a vintage elegant destruction about them, so, this is just going off vibe!! Also, I think Sofia’s portrayal varies between source material.

Steven Bauer is Mario for me fr fr. In my head he’s a well-meaning if not gullible crime himbo

I’ve already decided Ben Feldman should play Alberto, sorry Matt Reeves :/

(I strongly believe he should be a trophy wife to someone, anyone. He deserves it)

Also, I do believe Lady Gaga would slay Sofia Falcone if given the opportunity

#sofia falcone #mario falcone #alberto falcone #dc #dc comics #battinson #reevesverse #the Batman #fancast #low key very funny bc what if bruce rejected Sofia and that’s why she’s so salty at the Wayne’s #keeping the family tradition of fumbling the bag I see

[inbabylontheywept]

All that remains: Part I

In the land just past the Decapolis, by the tombs of the city's most ancient forebears, there lived a man called Legion. Some days, he howled like a beast, laughing as he savaged his own flesh with the jagged edges of stones. Other days he wept like a child, teeth chattering even as the sun blazed overhead. But more days still, he lingered in the quiet spaces, haunted but lucid: A stranger to the land and a stranger to himself.

He called himself Legion because he was made of many parts. Memories without attachments, stories without endings. Fragments. Worse, he felt like he could only hold a few of the pieces at a time. Trying to assemble himself felt like an endless effort of cupping his hands together tight, filling them with details, reaching up to his mouth, and realizing they had already slipped through his fingers. An endless thirst for which he had no cure. 

The town called him Legion, because they remembered what he often forgot: That he was a Roman, as well as a former soldier. If he’d been anything less, they’d have driven him away. Instead, they fussed over him endlessly, all too aware that to harm a single hair upon his head was to invoke the wrath of the largest army the world had ever seen.

(Which was a problem, because he was all too willing to harm himself.)

On Legion’s good days they simply gave him space. He’d tried describing once, all the things that could bring his demons out: The clash of metal, the twang of a bowstring. A scream of pain. Those were easy enough to remember and avoid, but others were not. Certain phrases in Latin, ones related to marching, used for giving directions. Certain smells - the roasting of pork, the burning of sulfur. The way some men from distant lands braided their hair. 

So many little things. 

They were a lot to keep track of, and the cost of failure was high. It seemed easier for the people of the town to simply avoid him altogether. That it let them ignore his suffering was simply a pleasant side effect. 

On his bad days, they had to intervene more directly. He was strong when he was well, but his sickness could make him almost invincible. Whole teams of men would be sent into the tombs while he screamed and roared, and it could take them hours to tie him down and pry the rocks from his trembling fingers. To put a rolled up rag into his mouth and silence the phrase he shouted over and over, summoning more demons into himself with each incantation: TORNA MIRA, TALIS EST COMODUM MILES BARBATI. 

Sometimes, it took more than a day of being restrained that way for him to find himself again. They’d send children out to the edge of the town to listen, and when he finally went silent they’d travel back to free him from his chains. It was a beastly, shameful task every time, and Legion made it worse by never being angry. Without fail, the first thing he said every time the rag was removed was:

Συγγνώμη, δεν ήθελα να σε τρομάξω.

Forgive me, I did not mean to scare you. 

Everyone knew that the way things were being handled wasn’t enough. Everyone, even Legion, knew how things would end. They just weren’t sure when. 

It turned out that it was longer than six years.

#historical fiction #weird theology #thanks sam kriss #i liked writing this but i am mostly relieved that its done so i can write something else #bible fiction? #cant believe i left mormonism just to keep writing bible fanfiction lol #its like my peoples legacy to keep doing this #the ol' family tradition #theism

[leapdayowo]

Goop!Wally au

Retrogression part 10.5/10

A little bit extra :33

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#goop!wally au #welcome home #wally darling #barnaby beagle #welcome home au #traditional art #welcome home puppet show #keeping this au as fluffy as possible #queer eldritch creature(s) found family bby #if I had a nickel for every time I created a story where there were queer eldritch-like characters that became found family #I would have at least two nickels #which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice #It’s not really weird tho it was a conscious decision and I have happily found my niche #my art

[lucreziaborgiagf]

i don’t talk about bridgerton on here but just to clarify. i will not be having ANY eloise hate on this account. i will bite.

#eloise bridgerton they could never make me hate you!! #addressing the normal talking points one by one to get them sorted: #- ​no i don’t care that eloise called pen some names after the discovery. she was devastated and furious. #she can apologise in the future but in the moment of course she said it #- ​yes pen did write about eloise as a way to save her but that doesn’t mean it hasn’t possibly ruined eloise’s life #- similarly: eloise isn’t (just) angry that she was written about. daphne also went through whistledown and it very much terrified her #so have many other women including marina #- eloise is betrayed because she told pen everything and is realising pen told her nothing #(and she’s probably thinking about any secrets she might have said to her best friend that could now be used against the ton and her family) #- as claudio said: being regency gossip girl isnt a moral girlboss thing its deeply harmful tbh #- ​pen did have reasons to become whistledown! that doesn’t mean that she’s innocent or right! #- eloise isnt now friends with cressida to spite pen lmao she’s alone and scared and cressida was the last person who offered her friendship #she has no idea how to manage society by herself #(and she needs someone to improve the reputation of her and her family) #- im also convinced she has other ulterior motives for befriending cressida. like she’s keeping an eye on her or smth #- eloise didn’t just ignore anything pen said and that’s why she only just figured it out. pen deliberately didn’t speak like lw to hide it #the moment she did eloise was like huh that’s weird she doesn’t normally talk like that. and THATS when she figured it out #- eloise just found out her best friend has betrayed her and been hiding this massive secret #but she hasn’t told anyone. not even her own family. im not hearing out any accusations of HER of being disloyal #- also pen clearly wasn’t that upset at writing about eloise bc the moment eloise and colin upset her she went straight back to it lmao #side note but no i don’t think the queen is going to name her the ‘emerald’ or anything because she’s suddenly in the spotlight #eloise is tbh the only debutante she actually consistently recognised (for good or bad) #a new dress is not going to be interesting for charlotte to change her whole tradition #tl;dr i love eloise and i will die on this hill #eloise bridgerton #bridgerton

[s0fter-sin]

metalhead ghost who’s been in moshpits since he was a kid and is now a veteran of the scene and the self appointed look out. he keeps an eye out for anyone falling or passing out, kicks the shit out of anyone crowd killing or putting their hands where they shouldn’t

and he’s been keeping an eye on the punk in the kilt since he saw him throw himself headfirst into the wall of death

he looks like the type to start shit - loud and aggressive as anyone else here but a punk doesn't end up at a metal show for no reason - but there's also something niggling at him that he's gonna end up getting himself hurt. and ghost can’t tell if he’s going to do it on purpose

if he does, ghost needs to know. he uses these places as an escape - the music, the violence, the community - always has and he knows all to well how easily an escape can curdle and become destructive. he’s seen too many people lost to the darker parts of the scene, almost lost himself to it; he doesn’t want it to happen to anyone else if he can help it

so when he sees the punk sweating his mohawk off, his movements becoming looser and uncoordinated, he has no issues with yanking him out of the pit and pulling him away from the crowd; pushing him up against the venue wall and ordering him to open his mouth

the glaze that falls over his eyes concerns him even as he obediently lets his mouth fall open. he was right; the punk’s severely dehydrated, tongue and gums far to pale and along with the look in his eyes, he half-thinks he’s about to drop

he reflexively tightens his hold on his jaw to keep him up and the punk shivers, a flush creeping up his neck. an almost confused arousal joins the haze in his eyes and ghost smirks beneath his mask

looks like metal shows aren’t the only thing the punk is new to

#soapghost #ghostsoap #ghoap #ghost has a split tongue bc i said so #and soaps mohawk is overgrown and fluffy as hell running down the back of his neck #once ghost forces water down his throat soap comes back online and is his usual self and ghost starts to like him even more #he likes having someone that can go toe to toe with him #i wish i knew more about the scene so i could expand this but i dont know shit about punk or metal culture lmao #i do know itd be mid 20s soap and late 30s early 40s ghost and soaps just self destructing #wanting to be an artist but hes being strangled both by his family who think its a waste when hes so mathematically smart #and by the artistic community who hate his pieces for being too chaotic and non traditional #ghost keeps running into him at shows and he recognises that self destruction all too well #and he sees him declining and knows if he doesnt step in no one will #he was a drug addict after getting caught up in abusive relationship with roba #and it was only his brothers death that pulled him out of his spiral #he doesnt want death to be the end of this spitfire punks story #soaps also got that classic catholic guilt internalised homophobia going for him #hes only ever known the bad parts of the scene he didnt know there was anything different #until ghost introduces him to price and nikolai whove been together longer than hes been alive #and to gaz and farah and alex who make no secret of their love for each other and soap realises just how deprived he is of healthy love #not when his parents barely stand him not when his sister only got married when she fell pregnant and they forced her into the church #with a man she hardly knew just so they could keep their reputation #just ghost showing soap theres more to life than violence and hatred and theres so much love for him to discover #coming out of my cage and ive been doing just fine.txt #we’re a team. ghost team #simon ghost riley #ghost cod #john soap mactavish #soap cod #save post

[actual-changeling]

for Meg, cause you're having a hard week <33 @ellie-licious

now on ao3 here

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"What the fuck is a snowman?"

Joel blinks, fingers still curled around the cup he just set down. It's early November and the universe has decided to fuck her over by sending Jackson one snow-heavy cloud after the other, topped off with an early overnight snow storm that left them with several inches of snow. The last few days have been rough for both of them, her nightmares crawling out from their hiding places like bloodhounds finding a promising trail, and Ellie has abandoned her bed for his with the first dusting of snow; her sheets are starting to collect dust.

She presses her hot cocoa closer to her chest to feel the warmth seep through her sweatshirt and the two layers of clothing beneath them, not that she needs them while inside, but it gives her a sense of protection, an armor to wear. Her plan for today is, well, was apparently, to curl up with Joel on the couch and either try to catch up on the sleep she is missing with the daylight ready to keep her vampiric memories away, or watch one movie after the other until she passes out from sheer exhaustion. Joel, however, is oddly motivated to get her distracted outside of the house rather than inside, and suggested making a snowman once the coffee machine stopped gurgling behind him on the counter.

"You have never built a snowman?"

"Joel, have you ever seen a FEDRA soldier that isn't allergic to everything remotely fun?"

He snorts, sipping his coffee with a smile tugging on his lips, and she tries to swallow enough of his happiness to replace hers, bits and pieces of it gradually disappearing into the cold.

"A snowman is pretty much what it says on the tin, you roll up a bunch of big snowballs, stack them on top of each other and give it a face."

Ellie tries to imagine it, blurry memories of her very first visit to Jackson scratching somewhere at the back of her mind, and while she can't come up with a satisfying enough picture, she's sure her creativity will make up for it. Then, the last part of Joel's sentence fully sinks in, and she surprises herself with the ball of excitement that makes her bounce, almost spilling her cocoa down the front of her shirt.

"A face, you say? Any face?"

Joel is very, very glad the mischievous glint in her eyes has found a different victim today.

The next five minutes are a messy rush as they wiggle themselves into their winter clothing and tie up their boots, almost tripping over each other more than once when Ellie is incapable of standing still, idea blooming in her head. Yesterday, the cold draft alone made her flinch, but when she rips open the door now, gloved up and with a beanie pulled deep into her face, the sting of snowflakes on her cheeks is powerless against her excitement.

Joel shows her how to form proper snowballs, not satisfied until he approves them as 'structurally sound', whatever the fuck that is supposed to mean, and once she gets the hang of it, her ambition rises to the sky. They spend over two hours rolling and pressing together an almost life-sized snow person, with Joel doing the heavy lifting and Ellie carving out more details and giving helpful instructions.

"To the left, no, my left Joel not yours. Lower, it's lopsided now, Joel I said left, are you deaf?"

He stops, snowball, well, snow boulder at this point, really, dangerously balanced against his hip.

"Right, yeah, you are. Still no excuse for sloppy work though," she continues, not the least bit apologetic, and her cheeks hurt with the smile frozen onto her face, Joel's eyes brimming with an adoration that makes her blush.

They are finally done around lunch time, only noticing they missed it when the first people start to trickle back to their houses, heads turning when they pass their front yard. The sky stayed a piercing blue all morning, not a single snowflake in sight anymore, and when she presses herself against Joel's side as tightly as she can with with half a person of fabric between them, his arm wrapped around her shoulders, pulling her in, she no longer needs his happiness to stay warm, brimming with her own. Joel nudges her hat to the side so he can press a kiss to their temple as they admire their piece of art.

The real fun happens a few seconds later, though, when familiar footsteps come up behind them.

"What- Joel what the fuck is that my jacket?"

The snowman is exactly as tall as Tommy, facial features intricately carved by Ellie, a threadbare black blanket imitating his hair, and, to top it all off, Ellie may or may not have stolen some of his brother's clothes to make it as true of an imitation of Tommy as a bunch of snow and stones can be. She turns around, still holding onto Joel, and the stunned look on Tommy's face melts away when he sees the smile on hers.

"He was cold, Tommy, and besides, it suits him way better than you."

Maybe winter isn't going to be so bad after all.

#alex writes tlou #the last of us #tlou #joel and ellie #miller family #joel miller #ellie williams #tommy miller #ellie and tommy #ficlet #building a snowman #winter traditions #joel stops laughing really quickly when tommy helps her build an imitation of HIM #and then they all build one of her too because she's part of the family now #and for the entirety of winter their lawn has all the miller family snowmen that ellie takes care of #so they keep looking good and don't melt away or get covered in fresh snow #it makes all of them really happy #hope u like it meg <33

[wildpiercy-art]

#maccadam #mtmte #cygate #cyclonus #tailgate #traditional art #so I think I just have to curate and only post some artwork to this site because coworkers and family members keep finding my instagram #and I don't need those all seeing the transformers ship art I'm apparently drawing now

[beanghostprincess]

i used to not like the concept of zolu parenting bc it wasn't my thing but after wano i'm obsessed with these two having a baby please they need a child they need a little bastard

#keep the family tradition going y'know have a child make them even worse than you #marine grandpa -> revolutionary dad -> pirate -> 'something even worse' child #don't abandon the child tho don't keep that tradition going #i just know they would love her so much #'her' because i'm a sucker for zolu being parents of a girl #this is tama and toko's fault btw #one piece #roronoa zoro #monkey d luffy #zolu

[twofoursixohjuan]

Skandians having very complicated hairstyle traditions for weddings, incorporating crew braids, job braids, family braids back several generations, your partner's family braids, etc., etc....

Hal and Stig doing Ingvar's.

Ulf and Wulf doing Lydia's.

#lydia obviously doesn't have family braids as limmat doesn't have that tradition #the twins offer to help her come up with one but she produces a set of leather lacings given by her grandfather #keeps one herself and lets ingvar wear the other #lydia and ingvar incorporating a strip of leather into their new family braid? #brotherband #brotherband chronicles #lydia demarek #ingvar #skandian braiding headcanons return with a vengeance

[bread-that-draws]

SURPRISE!!!

#dndads #dungeons and daddies #Lincoln li Wilson #normal swallows oak garcia #Taylor swift dndads #scary Marlowe #posting this a second time bc the first time straight up glitched #anyway. this scene is hilarious and I couldn’t get it out of my head #BUT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WTF THEY WERE DOING VISUALLY EAS A NOGHTMATE #enjoy my hyper specific headcanons such as #Linc wears three shirts bc he wants to wear his jersey all the time but gets grossed out if he can’t wash it as much as possible #+his dads are like idk are you gonna be dress coded? just to be safe #scary dresses like 16 year old goth wannabe me but she pulls it off and I didn’t #normal dresses like a Pinterest board. but keeps cargo shorts bc in my mind palace that’s an oak family tradition #and Taylor is my personal annoying disabled rep as an annoying disabled so he needed a miku keychain

[ultrabananapudding]

[HoA Ramble] - How to "correctly" Genderbend Jason Kolchek ?

A thought popped into my mind regarding what would make the most sense for Genderbend!Jason to act like and now I'm unable to decide which character arc I like better.

In the game, Jason starts off acting like the most stereotypical American dude on planet earth. Exhibit A: He doesn't like getting emotionally vulnerable.

With that in mind, wouldn't it make more sense for Genderbend!Jason to retain the stereotypical image of an American, but only this time with female values on the forefront, so they could start growing from such a narrow mindset ?

When I do Genderbend Jason, I always go for the "Tomboy" route as that would have her retain Jason's canon brash personality and we get the same banter as we would do between the different characters in game, regardless of gender.

This is more of a ramble and maybe this kind of differentiation only makes sense to me, but now I'm wondering whether it is better to keep the character arc the same while Genderbending a character, or if it makes more sense to just keep them with the exact same personality traits they have from the game because ultimately they are the same character.

#I know the term Genderbend is quite outdated by this point #This is just me throwing out a thought of whether it is more important to keep the character arc or the personality when Genderbending #Also I wanna explore the idea of a traditional housewife Jason convincing themselves that the nuclear family lifestyle is the way to go #And boom here comes Salima to offer a new perspective in life which allows Jason to closer examine what they want in life #This is very specific to what I like lmao #I have a soft spot for fics where Salim helps Jason along during his self discovery #Ok enough rambling from meeee #hoa #house of ashes #jalim #jason kolchek #genderbend #headcanon #captains log

[pushing500]

Well now I’m invested in the idea of that outpost surviving and thriving (fillin with every person Mechi ever gets and decides they don’t want around) and they all live on to thank Mechi meanwhile Mechi still like ‘cool celebrate at a distance’ (or maybe a good feel of ‘heh. I can help people! And without needing to stick around!’ Cause. Man left his sis BEHIND to help them? You need some regular copium to believe that didn’t hurt some feels or that something might go wrong while ur gone (all that coffee and no anxiety?)—) I love ur rimworld serieses—

My brother has remarked that it seems like Mechi is the one in an outpost while the gang at Arwell is building their own fully-fledged colony. I thought that "reclusive research outpost mechanitor" sounded like a fun story pitch, so I'm happy to roll with it.

As for feeling anxious about leaving his sister behind... I think Mechi has sorely underestimated just how much his single-minded determination runs in his family.

Of course, he doesn't know that Yamka has dragged his parents around the galaxy looking for him, so he's probably still anxious about it, buuut... He might be reunited with his family sooner than he thinks (Randy willing 🤞).

#asks #rimworld #gracie plays #A Mechanitor's Message #art #my art #traditional art #rimworld art #unpolished art #Mechi's sister (Yamka) is just as ready as he is to travel to the ends of the universe #And Lapu (his dad) and Squashbug (his mum) will wearily accompany her because SOMEONE has to keep an eye on her and it might as well be the #I know what faction they're in #and if Mechi can ever stomach the thought of having guest beds #perhaps we can see about recruiting them #only family and androids get to stay in this colony #and maaaaaybe anomaly clones if we ever get 'em #but we'll see #I love the outpost though #I should draw what I imagine is happening there #I wonder what kinda stuff they're scavanging #maybe we'll find out #maybe not #ah well #thanks for the ask!! #have an amazing day!! <3

[artofsamothrace]

More blue family from Darkonesroses on AO3! A scene I imagined happening at some point in the story.

Y'all know the theory that Megamind landed on Earth in the late 70s? 🥲

Oh, was your society deeply egalitarian? Too bad, we don't do that here. Welcome to Earth!

@crazydreamer6 , should I make this AU a separate tag?

#megamind #the blue family #dreamworks #be me #drawing comics and not being able to keep facial features consistent for the life of me... #minion is not impressed #traditional art #artists on tumblr