#now you finally get to read this

[bullfinch-lover]

A nightmare

Lily has a nightmare about the Master and mister Quinlan comforts her.

This is my first time writing anything about my The Strain self insert AU. English is not my first language so there might be some errors, but I hope you can enjoy reading this nonethless!

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It was late in the night way past the midnight, and the full moon shone brightly from the windows, making every surface the light touched glow dimly blue. It was such a rare sight to see the Moon or the Sun from the clouds these days when the thick layers of clouds and ash buried everything beneath them. Quinlan was sitting on the ground and reading very keenly in the dim light of his lantern the most priced artefact, Occido Lumen, that his rag tag team of a resistance group had gotten into their posession and held all the secrets of the strigoi and how to defeat the Master once and for all. He had almost forgotten how much he loved the Moon and its faint blue light. To him the Moon was what the Sun was for humans. He could only tolerate the harsh, burning rays of the sunlight to an extent, but moonlight was fine for him. The Moon was the Sun of the strigoi. He was deep in his thoughts, reading the old pages full of small, squiggly letters written in beautiful cursive by the hand of a man nearly half a millenia ago, trying his very best to decode its meaning.

He was forced to snap out of his thoughts when he suddenly heard a silent whimper coming from the direction of the hallway in front of him. For a moment he heard nothing, but then the whimpering started again, followed by silent sounds of incoherent speech that sounded like pleading. It was clear to him that somebody was talking in their sleep and their sleep definitely wasn't peaceful. He felt sorry for the restless sleeper and decided that it would be for the best to wake them up from their troubled slumber. He shut the book and got up from his resting place and started walking towards the noice, his boots clacking on the ground as he walked in the hallway. In the middle of the hallway the sounds of incoherent speech and whimpering turned into helpless screams of terror and despair, and Quinlan quickened his pace into a run and went into the room where the noices were coming from. He slammed the door open and in the doorway he saw Lily laying on a dirty mattress, moving restlessly and screaming in her sleep. He quickly went to her side and took her by the shoulders and shook her gently, but firmly trying to shake her awake and save her from her dreams. It seemed to do the trick, because Lily jolted awake with a loud gasp, blinking rapidly and looking around with a completely bewildered face, until she realized Quinlan was there and let out a deep, relieved sigh and sunk into his arms. The relief didn't last long, because Quinlan could see how tears were beginning to run down her white cheeks and she started sobbing quietly. Lily curled into a ball and hugged her knees while sobbing. Instinctively Quinlan placed a hand on her back and began stroking it gently. The act reminded him slightly of how he had used to soothe his daughter, Sora, after she had had a bad dream and was crying. For a moment it was just silence, except for the sobs and the sniffles, but then Lily heard Quinlan's calm baritone voice in her head.

- "Are you alright? You were screaming quite loudly in your sleep."

Lily sniffled once and spoke

- "I saw the Master in my dreams and......I think he saw me too." She swallowed and then continued and Quinlan listened.

- "He demanded me to bring him Occido Lumen and to reveal our hiding place or he would make me watch as he kills every single person I've ever cared about in my life."

Then she broke down in tears, sobbing quietly in her hands while Quinlan continued to soothe her.

- "His voice sounded so horrible in my head, like the most loudest thunderstorm I've ever heard, breaking my eardrums and.....and....I was so afraid. Afraid that in my fear I would tell him everything."

- "It is alright. He is not here. He has no power over you and he cannot hurt you in this moment. Trust me." Quinlan stated calmly, wrapping his strong arms around Lily, bringing her head to rest against his chest while he gently stroked her hair.

Hearing him say that made Lily relax a bit more and she let out a tired yet relieved sigh, sinking more into Quinlan's embrace. Her crying had ceased for now leaving her sniffling her runny nose. Her cheeks were still wet and eyes red. She dried her eyes and nose on the sleeve of her pink hoodie and looked at Quinlan with her bright blue eyes trying to muster up a small smile. Then she pulled away from the hug looking away a bit embarrassed like she wanted something, but was too afraid to ask for it. After a moment she gathered up her courage and finally asked.

- "I don't think I'm going back to sleep again anytime soon. Quinlan.....um.....could you perhaps read me something? I know it sounds silly, but I think it would make me feel better" Then she raised her hands in front of her in a defensive gesture clearly not wanting to bother the man any more than necessary and added, "But of course only if you want to, I don't want to bother you."

A small, genuine smile curved into Quinlan's lips.

- "Of course I can read for you. What do you want me to read?" He asked, waiting for Lily's answer, but she had gone silent again, looking away, embarassed and avoidin Quinlan's gaze, fidgeting with her hands and pursing her lips.

- "I was hoping for that maybe you could read Occido Lumen for me, since I can't read it myself, because the whole thing is made of silver and it hurts me. But I understand completely if you don't want to do that. It's a sacred book afterall made for humans, not strigoi." She said looking down, ashmased of her own request.

For a moment Quinlan was silenty depating in his mind, his hand resting on his chin, whether or not he should read the book for her, but then he came to that conclusion that in a way Lily had the right to hear about the book, because afterall the book was made for the humans and she had been a human herself most of her life, before containing the disease and turning into a strigoi. Besides, she was far more human than the mindless slaves of the Master that were only mere shadows of humans they had once been, now having the body of a strigoi with no will of their own unlike her. Lily may be a strigoi, but her heart was still human's despite everything that has happened to her. Deep inside Quinlan had already decided that he would read the book for her if that would make her forget about the horrible nightmare she had seen about the Master. He placed a hand on her shoulder and spoke in her mind.

- "I can read the book for you. The book was made for the humans afterall, and despite everything that has happened to you, in my eyes you are still a human. So technically speaking, you have a right to hear about it"

Lily raised her head to look at him, first in confusion from the sudden agreement, but then her confusion turned into excitement and her face lit up into a wide smile showing her small, but sharp fangs.

- "Wait, really? Thank you so much for agreeing to read for me! I've been so curious about Occido Lumen this whole time and I can't wait to hear about its secrets! She said enthusiastically, flapping her hands.

Quinlan couldn't help, but grin at the short strigoi's radiant enthusiasm and her bright spirit.

- "Of course. What would you like me to read from Occido Lumen? Do you want to hear about the birth of the Ancients or perhaps the Master's tale?" He tilted his head to the side, ready to hear about the answer she would give to him.

- "Well, I would like to hear about those too, but I'd mostly want to hear about your kind, the half-strigoi, half-humans, the borns, if that's alright with you."

- "That is alright with me. Come, I left the book in the hallway, let's go read it there." He said while standing up and extending his hand for her to hold and after a moment of silence she nodded, accepting the born's gentlemanly gesture and Quinlan gently wrapped his clawed fingers around Lily's pale and delicate hand and together they walked in the hallway, their footsteps echoing in the walls, hand in hand

And so the two of them sat there side by side, Lily resting her head on Quinlan's shoulder while the moonlight illuminated their forms with its faint, blue light. They stayed there all night: Quinlan reading the magical book's silvery pages while Lily keenly listened his every word that echoed in her mind in that sweet baritone tune that was like music to her ears and heart. The horrors of the nightmare had vanished from her mind leaving only serenity and bliss afterwards.

#self ship #self shipping #self shipping community #self insert x canon #my self insert #mr quinlan #mister quinlan #romantic f/o #my writings #now you finally get to read this #i hope you like this #the strain #ship tag: #strigoi love

[uselessnbee]

something i can't stop thinking about is the fact that Percy Jackson started as a comfort story for Rick's son to show him that his adhd and dyslexia doesn't have to be just a bad thing and the fandom then took Percy and Leo and made them into these stupid idiots that don't even know basic math or "big" words and wouldn't be able to even tie their shoelaces without someone else's (someone smarter's) help

don't yall see how fucked up that is? a big part of this fandom has adhd and/or dyslexia and/or other learning disabilities/neurodivergence and find comfort in those characters. they are called lazy and stupid all the time and then yall decided to take characters with those disabilities and ignore their inteligence and made them into something they are not just because their adhd is more "visible" (read more stereotypical looking) (even tho that's not true either because the fandom made them into chaotic gremlins but in reality Percy is more just sarcastic and snarky and even that is more just his internal monologue for his own amusment and to cope and Leo just uses humor as a coping mechanism to hide his depression and other issues but that's a discussion for another time)

Percy is canonically very smart and strategic. no he isn't very good at school. it's what happens when you're neurodivergent and have learning disabilities. that doesn't mean he's stupid. no he doesn't know everything about greek mythology and that doesn't make him stupid either. but when Annabeth tells him the myth he is very good at coming up with strategies and how to win a fight. he's not smart as Annabeth because Annabeth is literally a daughter of the goddess of wisdom so stop fucking comparing them. are you also going to call Annabeth weak and incapable because she can't control water? no you won't because that's fucking stupid. and Leo. fucking Leo. is literally canonically a mathematic genius and also genius when it comes building stuff. they're both smart. they're not fucking stupid. they know and understand words that are longer than 5 letters. no they do not struggle with basic knowledge. they're not fucking stupid.

and miss me with the "it's just a joke" bullshit

jokes are supposed to be funny

and it's not just a joke for many of you because the number of fanfics where they are written in exactly this way is too fucking high. it's actually surprising to find a fanfic where they are written right

in conclusion: the way this fandom portrays Percy and Leo is reinforcing the harmful misconception that people with adhd and/or other learning disabilities are stupid and i hate it with a burning passion

call me sensitive all you want i'll gladly accept it i will rather be called sensitive for hating that those characters are being treated this way than follow the fandoms harmful idea about them

thank you for coming to my ted talk <3

#i know no one will read this and if someone does they will just tell me that it's not that deep #but i just needed to get it out finally because this thing has been pissing me off for years now #also i'm not saying that they are actually always serious and never do anything goofy #they do #because surprise surprise they're complex characters that have more than one mood and characteristic #but it's not at all at the same level or the same way as their fanon versions #pjo series #pjo #hoo #percy jackson #leo valdez #percy jackon and the olympians #heroes of olympus #but at the end of the day i guess this is just my opinion and you don't have to agree 👍🏻

[welcometogrouchland]

(ID in alt) I literally said I was gonna post this month's ago and then never had the wherewithal to describe it and so I didn't Lmao (said with pain). But since I'm thinking of opening my commissions I figured I should remind ppl that I. Yknow. Can draw.

Lots of Steph here (I had major art block making all of these and my brain worms for her kept me going) + some sprinkles of stephcass for Cass nation to enjoy!

#dc comics #dc #stephanie brown #cassandra cain #jason todd #(yes for the teddy bear. it counts) #batgirl #batgirls #mine #< keep forgetting to tag my art as that I'm terrible 😭 #ANYHOW I'm slowly getting back into drawing again after my last ipad got nuked (cant think abt that or ill cry) and i finished uni #oh yeah j finished my first year of uni btw. i went to an Olivia Rodrigo concert like a week or 2 ago. I've been busy lol #but yeah it's looking like I've got a fun summer of bottom feeding ahead of me now that I've officially been told i got passed over for that #-comic job i applied for. lol. lmao even #it's fine honestly it was a pretty daunting prospect i just have to find a way to fill the time by myself now #I've plenty of comics to read so that's nice. got wayyy into mark waids DD run recently (mostly for Chris Samnee's art) #so that's been fun! i have my empowered omnibus (embarrassing and kept under my bed <3) i have TT year 1 i have huntress and WW #uhhh i got flash 1 minute war. lots of good stuff! #so hopefully i don't go. completely feral from lack of stimulation #also hopefully commissions will be a thing i can do #godddd there's many mkre things i want to draw. i got too enamoured w my own bad theory and now I've drawn tim!bats #but unfortunately now i only want to draw tim!bats being laughed at my the batfamily bc seriously tim?? really?? #< it's literally probably not going to happen but I've invested myself in this terrible future for some reason #imagine damian trying to robin for tim!bats for 1 (one) night and the next morning he doesn't say anything he just moves to bludhaven #he can't take this shit #oh so many ideas... #ANYWAY. ues. finally art. now if you like it. consider commissioning me (in 2 to 3 business weeks <3) #(no pressure)

[chiquilines]

Ochako my relatable academically exhausted queen

#back at the uni AUs #for anyone who cant read my chicken scratch #toga: do you think i should get her a muffin #dabi: your courship rituals are beyond me #toga doesnt work in fast food now sorry i like my coffeeshops too much </3 #also dabi is togas coworker slash older brother in spirit #i cannot express how much i love the dabi-toga dysfunctional sibling dynamic #hes so done with togas crush but also sneakily pays for the muffins she 'donates' to the ochako cause #ochako would appreciate the muffins more if she wasnt entirely out of it every time she gets one #yes this was prompted by my finally catching a break from exams #felt like ochako this morning #not a good time #i just love the idea of toga giving her lil treats and leaving hearts on receipts and ochako reacting with 😴 #sillies #toga himiko #ochako uraraka #togachako #toga x uraraka #mha #bnha #my hero academia #boku no hero academia #wlw #chiquilines draws

[midnightdemonhunter]

But don't worry. By then, he wants to.

(@romanromulus :D )

#saw movies #mark hoffman #peter strahm #hoffstrahm #midnight draws #sdate #op found the first art piece so i was obligated to finally properly draw the second! #i dunno if i can pick a fav between these fics honestly. the time loop is a comfort fic and i dunno if i can ever read this one again #the ugly sobs it got out of me....but so so good #disturbing highlights include: #strahm's thoughts on being quiet when hoffman gets home shifting over the story from ironic to unironic. incredibly cool and fucked up #uhhhh all the dad stuff. WHY DIDNT YOU TELL ME....... #everything about the ending. HOFFMAN WAS IN THE FUCKING BASEMENT!!! HE WAS TRAPPED. HE WOULD HAVE COME BACKKK #i didnt wanna die...i didnt wanna die either....the final dream....... #death of the self vs death of the body....which is worse.... #anyway yeah this fic. god #one day i will leave proper comments too!!! for now: normal art. anyway please read into this

[maiaczy]

hi!! first of all i just found your acc and your art is literally so pretty!! literally jealous, i hope you have an amazing day/week/life :)! second, not sure if they’re still open and no worries if they aren’t, but could i request a fugo drawing? either way seriously love your art thank you for making it and existing and stuff!!!

Ahhh thank you sm!! Here you go, he was really fun to draw

#the semester is finally over so im back from the dead woohoo #i wanna get around to doing the other requests too now that i have some time #so hopefully there'll be more coming soon #also i so wish fugo got more screen time #he did not deserve that treatment #araki looking at you #anyways go read purple haze feedback #request #pannacotta fugo #fugo pannacotta #jjba fugo #fanart #jjba #jojo no kimyou na bouken #jojos bizzare adventure #art #digital art #jojo #jojo fanart #sketch #myart #vento aureo #golden wind

[humanmorph]

"[high pitched and tinny] Let’s dive in. Let’s dive in. It’s time to dive in. Get ready to [audio distorts and slows] dive. Diiive. Diiiiie…" (The Road to PALISADE 20: City Planning Department)

so that's what i've been working on for the past 2 weeks! i wanted to draw something for this intro ever since i first listened to it (as a companion piece to my other gur drawing, though it of course ended up being way bigger in scale), but it only really gripped me about halfway through PALISADE ep 18. the next morning after that i listened to this narration on repeat for about 45 minutes and then made a big sketch on 4 sheets of paper at my desk at work.

anyways, i haven't listened to the new episode yet but i think i'm probably ready for whatever they're gonna throw at us with the next sortie. i'm gonna believe, against it all, in millennium break. for gur

(i recommend listening along while scrolling! + transcript btw. if anything is hard to read)

#road to palisade #road to palisade spoilers #palisade #fatt #friends at the table #gur sevraq #<- yuore everything btw. #long post #and good god. it sure as fuck is #rosa art #the full file for this? that i had to split up? its 30000 pixel tall. thats 218cm #im so proud of this & it was a ton of fun. ooohhh my free floating panels i love them #i posted about my progress (theres some earlier sketches n lineart too) on cohost to be like well. #maybe i wont talk so fucking much on the actual post but noooo i cant shut up #love that for me.shoutout if you read all this #if you find a typo please. dont even mention it #a fun thing about this is that i almost know the intro by heart now. theres like 3 lines i get stuck on but mostly. its all there #ill link the cohost if i reblog this again. personally i think its interesting stuff but i love to hear myself talk abt shit i make soooo #anyways i have art class tomorrow & should sleep soon : ) but im happy im finally able to show this off. it rules sooo much

[chelshiart]

In 2011 I drastically reduced my DWJ book intake to dripfeed levels, so it was only in the 2024 new year that I finally decided to read Deep Secret. My god - out of all her books this seems targeted at me personally? Stressed late-20-somethings, making fools of oneself in vicinity of fav authors, artist alleys?? Also, blatant unmistakable LGBT-rep??? I can't believe I slept on this one for so long!!! Definitely putting it on the upper tiers of my DWJ bookshelf.

Anyway, here's some designs I've whipped up for the characters! As always, might tweak 'em if ever I draw more in the future, but that's what's fun about figuring out character designs. Rob in particular is a joy to me.

btw Zinka plsplspls let me table with you

#diana wynne jones #deep secret #maree mallory #nick mallory #rob the centaur #rupert venables #will venables #simon venables #zinka fearson #ladies and/or gentlemen #i legit laughed out loud whenever the characters got stunned by them #like props to dwj that you can tell she was a bit confused but she did have the spirit #character design #also glad to say I've thoroughly revised my opinion of nick!! #first read Merlin Conspiracy back in 2009 and I remember being pissed because his backstory was so vague #the copy gave absolutely no indication that this was a sequel to another book #so finally getting context for all that was great and now i adore this eepy teen #(also reread MC after Deep Secret and boy I whooped at the one instance Rob my beautiful centaur son got mentioned by name)

[averlym]

fairest of the fair

#hi! im alive and back and etc. #six the musical #six the musical fanart #katherine howard #thinking of that post going 'i think eventually you become the person you needed most' and like maybe that's the thing with my art #this started out as a redraw and <improvement meme> i think i've finally reached the stage where i'm making the things that my younger self #aspired to create. like i can do this now! i've reached That level of technical skill! tiny me would be so proud. it's very gratifying #redraw from august this year actually. i've made a surprising amount of improvement HAHA maybe it was the adamandi stuff getting me #back into digital rendering. i think that obsession has quietly slipped away but yknow. one never truly leaves a fandom. just less intensit #also speaking of old fandoms! we're back with the six stuff haha. as of writing i'm in the midst of blog revamp- figuring out how to chill #multifandom status doesn't mean ditch all the old stuff ! but i do feel much freer and less stressed. i think hiatus has been good for me #notes on this piece particularly: redraw about cutting hair and thinking of the lyric above. also lowkey &j ref + pinterest poem excerpts #of female suffering. and maybe a dash of amanda heng let's walk inspo. this work is really just full of contradictions.. #1. the mirror and cutting hair as an act of self liberation 2. the & is part of the lyric but also a nod to &j (in another iteration it was #pink but the white looked better) and like. &j is really all !!! girl power!!! etc. and i was like hmmmm. also matching pink shiny aes #3. the frame as a cage; the mirror as a self reflection idea (ie. saville's propped insp) but also as a sign of vanity. 4. sparkly costume #and pretty pose- read one too many poems about women feeling like they have to be pretty even in their suffering. something i wanted to #explore. and also in 5. the show itself... all you wanna do is. despite all the dancing and pink and sparkly the content of the song is #darker. and even though it's a story of her suffering it's still presented as a shiny fun pop song and ajshdhfhfh ok... 6. the lyrics fall #outside the frame. sort of a caught inbetween. sort of a trapped in the narrative and yet #within the frame it's all. vaguely handwavy breaking free vibes. like i said contradictions? #7. cutting off the long ponytail vs the pull my hair lyric at the end. yeah #8. the blocked off & looks a bit like scissors. positioned to cut right at the neck #anyways yeah irl remains hectic! but if i get around to more doodles they'll appear here :)

[finelythreadedsky]

wait i think actually madeline miller's circe is the heir to margaret atwood's penelopiad, unintentionally, in the way it thematizes the impossibility of real solidarity among women.

bc it's such a major part of the penelopiad how penelope creates what she thinks is a real community, a sort of family, with these young women in her household only be to reminded and continue to reinforce that they are slaves over whom she (among others) holds the power of life and death. and penelope ultimately does not or cannot hold a lasting grudge against odysseus on their behalf. she aligns herself, or circumstances force her to align herself, with odysseus instead of with other women whose positions are even more dangerous than hers. the world they live in does not allow solidarity between women across lines of class and enslavement, and penelope is also complicit in maintaining that world and her place in it.

and then the thing i found so frustrating about circe was that at every turn miller forecloses the possibility of real connections between women-- but the thing in this world that prevents that is just, like, jealousy over men. and totally needlessly. the other nymphs are prettier. glaucus loves scylla and not circe. her mom never liked her. hermes doesn't really think she's hot. athena is a rival for odysseus' attention. and the book doesn't do anything with this, it's not due to structural power imbalances or a society built on enslavement or even how patriarchy pits women against each other (circe lives alone on an island outside of society that could be another writer's lesbian separatist utopia!), it's just that circe doesn't like other women and they don't like her. end of story.

much as i don't love what atwood does with helen, it does make sense in the context of the penelopiad! thematically and in terms of characterization. atwood's penelope has internalized this idea of what it means to be a good woman and, willingly or not, she's staked everything on being seen by men as a good woman. it makes sense that she's desperately trying to pull herself up or even just cling to what little she has by dragging other women down. she does to helen what she ultimately does to the maids. she's with and for odysseus, always, not helen, and not the maids. that's the kind of world she lives in, and while she likes to think that she's resisting it with a sort of radical female community, in the end she is its agent. even if she feels bad about it. she's here to tell a story about odysseus, not about the girls he killed.

#makes me think of how emily wilson translates φιλη Ευρυκλεια as 'the slave who loved her master' or something similiar #which is the same sort of characterization atwood gives eurycleia. an enslaved woman who puts her master above other slaves and other women #and on the one hand of course she does! that's how she survives! can you blame her? #she lives in a society that pushes her at every turn to betray her fellow enslaved women! #but on the other hand it's still sad and somehow you can blame her #mine #reception #retellings #i think i finally get the penelopiad now. after reading the novel twice and seeing the play three times. #long post

[canisalbus]

I say this in the best way, but your characters feel like they're from an obscure but really good piece of media, and you feel like the artist who always draws the two main characters as ghay lovers

.

#that's actually a really flattering thing to hear! #and I get what you mean #every now and then someone mistakes my art as fanart of some piece of media #that they don't recognize but like the art anyway #I wish I had the product to give to you #a graphic novel or a webtoon or a written narrative #I fear there's a hole the shape of the main story in my work #and even though I allude to it and talk about it in the safety of the tags #it's kind of frustrating that you have to piece it together from the scattered bits of lore #instead of reading ~the thing~ digesting it and knowing you have consumed the story in it's intended form #this got a little off track #I think it's so motivating and rewarding that you're interested in my characters to begin with #even in the absence of a proper finalized work of fiction that ties all the art together #answered #anonymous #imagine a reality where they aren't lovers in the canon work but I just ship them really hard #even better if they aren't even the protagonists but some inconsequential side characters #that get two minutes of screen time every other episode and barely ever in the same scene

[imperial-nuisance-rudje]

I think my most toxic trait as a Zenos enjoyer is wanting to 1v1 everyone who says that Zenos actively wants to kill his opponents

Like, completely disregarding that it is actively ignoring the text even in StB there (and that he consistently wants the WoL especially to live), he, uh, is written as having a desire for more the opposite to happen. Very, very consistently. His drive to live is solely linked to brief moments of pleasure-from-struggle and when that drops he explicitly wants to die so he can preserve the moment (and like. *looks at the end of 6.0* if he wanted to kill the WoL he would not be disappointed when they fall before the game allows it, nor would they have lived after given his will was strong enough to bring them back if they bite it). He wants struggle and lacks the ability to give enough of a shit to hold back if someone walks up and says they're going to go for his head.

Like, death is a side effect of what he's after, it's not the goal and he explicitly considers it a waste of life. Even fighting isn't the goal, the goal is to struggle, to need to put effort in. The WoL is just the only person to put him in that state as he currently is, hence his obsession.

#final fantasy #zenos yae galvus #zenos viator galvus #like there's plenty of readings i find irritating but ignorable bc it's stuff about the grey areas he lives in #but he's very consistent about... not valuing life in itself but considering needless death to be wasteful #and it's a trait the game takes you aside and tells you directly as part of the msq multiple times #there's zero implication the game comes out and says this #in several places including z's own dialogue #the end result is the same but it matters a lot for discussions of him as a character that the motive is to struggle #the end result is irrelevant to him #vs like. omega. omega's after the end result of ultimate victory #the process doesn't matter to it except as a way to remove flaws from itself #now his definition of needless could definitely use work and he is still a bastard #but getting the motive right means you stop being the people who ignore the game text bc you don't like him

[might-be-tiny-gt]

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Welcome to Chapter 1 of the TAoLaW "dramatic" reading. What can I say, the theatre kid in me needed to record this in audio format. Have I mentioned how much I love this fic? Yes? Well I'm saying it again, I LOVE THE ART OF LOVE AND WAR!!! If you haven't read it please go read it.

The Art of Love and War Is written by @fireflywritesgt and the audio reading is recorded and posted with permision.

#OK IM ACTUALLY DOING THIS #I’ve been wanting to record dramatic readings of GT fics for a LOOOOOONG time now #but have been admittedly self conscious of my voice #but I finally bit the bullet #I did it #I recorded this chapter while I had the house to myself #Personally I still hear flaws in the audio which I assume were from getting too close to the mic #none of my edits were able to fix it so I guess I have to live with it now #if and when I have time I might re-record this chapter to fix this later #I recorded chapter 2 in the same sitting so that audio will be ready sooner rather than later #personally I think it sounds better #Hope you guys enjoy this #it was really fun to do and I’d like to do more in the future #g/t #giant/tiny #gt #giant tiny #borrowers #g/t fluff #Mighty Records #the art of love and war #taolaw #taolaw audio drama

[entropyvoid]

Golden Hour (+ lineart below cut)

I took a picture of the lines for once and did some basic crappy photo editing on my phone, so you could probably print this out and use it as a coloring page or something if you so wish lol. Do with it what you will.

#honkai star rail #dr ratio #veritas ratio #aventurine #aventurine hsr #cherallart #as you can see i forgor i wanted to draw his glasses til like. last second #i can’t believe it’s been like 2 whole months since I last did a whole like. watercolor illustration #part of that’s been bc I’ve been having a bit of a rough semester bc adhd med issues (which are resolved now) #but I really wanted to draw aventurine and ratio. my boys #i’ve been LOVING penacony so far so I needed to get something nice out #anyway I did this while my s/o and I alternated between reading a 500 pg long history book out lout to each other #it’s called ‘the inheritance of rome’ and kinda covers what happened after the collapse of the western roman empire #and tries to identify and explain all the cultural echoes and reverberations and transformations that rose from its ashes #throughout europe north africa and the middle east. anyway it’s super interesting and I highly recommend it #the late antique period is not something often covered/talked abt in public ed hist classes. at least not when I was goin through em #or the transitory period between it and the early medieval period at least #i still got 150 pages left and a final paper due on it in like 4 days but it’s only a 5 pg minimum and I’m a wordy bitch so #i think i can make it #anyway back to that I go

[amphibianaday]

day 1246

#amphibian #salamander #axolotl #how i felt submitting my taxes a solid almost month before the final deadline today #the average citizen here just gets a paper with what info the government has on your income and how much taxes you paid #and all you have to do is sign it to say you think all is correct #now I had to actully manually do stuff because im self employed but it wasnt too scary #<- lying i had a big panic about it but i asked my mom for help and read a bunch of info on the taxes website and its fine now :) #and next time it wont be scary because i actually know what to do #i hear every american has to do their taxes like manually regardless of employment type? thats wack im so sorry for you guys #if thats true #if so heres your reminder to do them taxes if youre still reading the tags

[tio-trile]

Oh good Neil Gaiman finally unfollowed me after all my bullshit I can be even more unhinged now

#It was really funny while it lasted #I think he followed me in 2018 and one day I summoned enough courage to ask him if he meant to follow me or did his son take his phone agai #He said he doesn't remember following me but then HE NEVER UNFOLLOWED after that #Can you imagine posting/reblogging everything thinking that Neil Gaiman is gonna see it. Every time I reblogged old men kissing #FOR FIVE YEARS #I'm finally free #I can post smut now -- (?? #I was starting to get a little respect for him after I've done nothing but talk shit about him on my dash for a week and he didn't unfollow #Guess he finally read what I said about the season lolol #Again: I'm getting to my unanswered asks! I'm not ignoring you! #The next ask involves that one fucking 36 pages essay so...I'm still working through that...... #Oh the things I do for my asks 🤦‍♀️