#she’s so fun. she’s so awful lmao

[essskel]

I will always love Triss Merigold’s arc in the books because I remember so clearly in Blood of Elves thinking that she was on this somewhat predictable track of ‘purpose driven survivor/second chance hero/survivors guilt tragedy’ and I sort of ended up holding out hope/expectation that she was going to pull some deus ex machina move even all the way at the end after she’d failed everyone a hundred times over already (if not for the sake of her redemption then maybe her lingering care for Yen and Ciri).

But no! She doesn’t save anyone because she can’t and she was never going to. Shes a complacent centrist, she’s a ‘I thought i could change it from the inside’ dirtbag, she’s true apathy in contrast to a set of protagonists that berate themselves for their own falsely perceived apathy.

She’s frustrating to read without being a distraction or a weight to the plot, and I think that’s worth acknowledging, because most characters like her truly are just filler when you look under the surface. And maybe she is too, but it’s compelling regardless. The woman was dead the whole time - not as a ghost with unfinished business, but a corpse who’s got nothing to do but decay.

[ID: "Are you foretelling death?" shouted Triss. "Is that all you can do, foretell death? For everyone? Them, her...Me?"

"You? You are already dead, Fourteenth One. Everything in you has already died.” /end ID]

(Blood of Elves, ch3)

#triss merigold #the witcher books #the witcher meta #the witcher #this could be 200x longer but who’s got the time heres my sparknotes #could add that her last ditch ‘Look Yen im your friend! Im voting for you to go to Rivia!’ is ….. well it doesn’t help yen ill tell u that #and i’ve mentioned if before - but she could have been a dandelion mirror to Yen and chose instead to be a dandelion foil in that #she’s vacant betraying and her loyalty is meaningless #she’s so fun. she’s so awful lmao #double shot

[mstormcloud]

I think applying tropes commonly found in Sonadow fics to other sonic ships is very funny

Like today I saw the cute posts by Blu-ish about how hedgehogs circle and headbutt eachother when courting and how Sonic and Shadow would do that and I agree.

However I think the implication that mobian hedgehogs do this is HILARIOUS when applied to ships that only involve one hedgehog.

Like Silver starts circling around Espio one day and lightly shoving him with his hip or his shoulder and Espio is like: ???? What are you doing??

Or even Blazamy like- Amy keeps circling Blaze and the less Blaze reciprocates Amy does it more to try to get Blaze to react. Blaze eventually just tries to politely tell Amy to stop cause it’s hard to hold conversation while she’s moving all around.

But later Blaze talks to Silver and is like: “I have no idea what she is trying to do…perhaps she is finding a weakness in my stance? Should I fear her hunting me for sport???”

And Silver is like: uh. Well. I think she’s hitting on you? It’s a hedgehog thing.

And Blaze just freaks out because WHAT DO YOU MEAN AMY WAS FLIRTING WITH HER

#silver would hold that over Blazes head for way too long #cause for the FIRST TIME HE KNEW SOMTHING SHE DIDNT HAHAHA #honetsly another Sonadow trope that I think would be interesting to see with other ships is the paw thing? #like yes some Sonadow fics are very strange about it I’ll admit #BUT #I really like the idea that the gloves are a culture thing it’s just very fun to think of how mobian culture would differ from human culture #like ofc I’m an espilver trigger so my brain goes there like #I love the headcannon that Espio reads romance novels #but I also feel like on Mobius a lot of romance tropes would be things usually done by mammals #since just like in real life I headcannon that mammals are commonly seen as cuter than reptiles even in Sonics world #so Espio gets a little self conscious about such things (cuz he’s a teenager and worries a lot) #he doenst ahve soft fur to cuddle or ears to flick or paw pads #but I feel like if he were to show silver his hands silver would not even care about such things #because silver just loves Espio cuz he’s Espio #looking back on my tags and noticing typos is so embarrassing lmao #like uh I meant to write espilver truther above….not trigger #Aw well whatever #silver the hedgehog #sth #sonic the hedgehog #shadow the hedgehog #espio the chameleon #amy rose #espilver #sonadow #blaze the cat #blazamy

[bonefall]

Does leopard still have 3 lives in her final battle? Or was that changed?

Yep. I think she drowned her once, then Leopardstar lunges up refreshed, and she gets the upper paw on Mistyfoot with 2 lives to go.

(MAYBE tw gore, but I really did try to be tasteful about a head being smashed on a rock.)

On her back, splashing and thrashing furiously against Leopardstar's claws dunking her head under, Mistyfoot glimpses a wave breaking just over the tip of a stone-blue rock. Her only chance.

With a surge of power, her claws sink into her leader's golden shoulder and they tumble and roll to the right. Before the tyrant even realizes what's happening, she's yanked up, and then whipped backwards with a wet CRUNCH

And then again

And again

And again, until Mistyfoot can't even make out what's left of her leader anymore. All she can see is that it's a red, brown, and yellow blur, because her eyes burning with salty tears and her whole body is trembling.

She drops the corpse onto the stone and it slides into the water, lifelessly. After a moment it spasms aimlessly one last time, like an insect does after its head is bitten off, unlike the deliberate, agonized throes of Tigerstar suffering through his doomed lives. And then it's still.

There's only the tranquil sound of bubbling water, and Mistyfoot's frenzied panting. Her pounding heart makes it hard to hear either.

The blood is carried off by the shallow water in scarlet swirls, but the lake runs pale red as if it's washing it away. Some were aware of this prophecy, but Mistyfoot was not.

It isn't closure to her, or a fulfillment of divine decree. It's just blood that should be on her paws, slicked away by the complicit river. She wished it could feel like it's over, but she's smart enough to know the truth. Has been through enough terrible events like this to understand what comes next.

Her body will move foward. Her mind will need to consider her deputy. Her paw will come down on code-defying cats like Blackclaw and Greenflower. But her heart will stay here, next to the remains of Leopardstar, the same way another piece of it remains at Stonefur's side across space and time.

#Tw gore #Juuuust in case but I did try to stay tasteful #While also trying to write it as gut-wrenchingly violent as I imagine in my head #Because it's important that it haunts her #The kill wasn't pretty and clean. It was awful. She didn't want this. It wasn't heroic #'Why did you do this to me? Why did you make this so cruel?' #'Why was the last thing you ever did to me such a horrible command as a leader?' #'And why did I obey your orders until the bitter bitter end?' #'How could you turn my defiance into a new kind of cruel obediance? Did I not suffer ENOUGH for you?' #'And now there is no head to bury with your body. I am cursed with the last memory of your face. I alone will know how you looked at me' #'That the last expression on your face wasn't pain or confusion or realization.' #'It was all fury. For me.' #OF COURSE tho I will continue to make funny rock jokes until the day I die lmaoo #Duality of Bones #Hmm maybe when I get to this in BB!TNP I'll be quick and objective about it and save the Misty Emotions for like... #I miss how the field guides used to have stories told in 1st person. #It would be fun to have a BB!Mistystar Speaks #Because I do LOVE writing Misty's verbose and philosophical speeches. #As you can see from the tags lmao #BB!Mistystar #Better bones au

[starswallowingsea]

thinking of that post that's like being a picky eater as a kid just means i get to experience the joy of trying so many foods as an adult. i have some new foods planned for this week after i move including stir fried sweet and sour veggies + rice and omurice (really simple fried rice... may add veggies to it later if i like it but one step at a time). will let you guys know how it goes

#shay speaks #i want to try and eat healthier and its going to start somewhere on god #i tried doing this last year but living with someone else really hindered my mental ability to do that #mostly bc. she took up so much space in our fridge #having my fridge and freezer 2 myself is going to help a lot i hope. and no other people to walk in on me cooking #it's going to be a slow process but i want to have a better relationship with food #my other goal is to have at least one higher effort meal a week. if not more but at least one #higher effort than making like maccy cheese or pizza rolls yeah? #also i was in the middle of typing my tags when my parents called me up for dinner and then served smth that makes my arfid #flare up. which is meatballs. they marinated the meatballs in the sauce which does wonders for my brain thinking smth is inedible #meat is still a hard no most of the time for me so uhm. not fun. #too many awful memories around that in particular. same with alfredo lmao i've briefly mentioned why i hate alfredo here before #horrible horrible sauce do not put me in the same room as it please and thankies #anyway.

[multongsisig]

6. Katarina/Bertia

otome isekai crackships - inspired by this post

#my next life as a villainess #hamefura #katarina claes #an observation record of my fiancée #bertia ibil noches #bertia #my art #i liked them a lot individually already so this was a fun duo #theyd make a chaotic pair #bakarina would def support bertia's quest in becoming the ultimate villainess #and bertia would be very touched and in awe bc katarina gets it she gets it #itd take them forever to even consider the idea the other might like them romantically lmao

[beastking-golion]

I’ve got poll ideas rolling around in my head so

#dex talks #ortega is my canon romance tbh but argent’s was really fun #chen’s just made me so sad cause I hate ruining this man life he’s had it bad enough #but also the angst is soooo gooooood #herald romance is #idk #idc for it LMAO #but thats just me personally #Im not all that into his character type in terms of romance as I enjoy him more platonically #tbh I’ve never done mortum’s romance before just because I felt awful flirting with her as my puppet #I love her character a lot to the point I struggle with making any possible decisions which may upset her 😭 #I’m sucking it up and doing the romance now and she’s so fuckin sweet but I hate feeling like I’m using her GRAAAAAAA 😭 #so in summary I like all of them except heralds LMAO #poll #polls #fhr poll #fhr #fallen hero retribution #fhr ortega #fhr mortum #fhr chen #fhr argent #fhr herald

[a2zillustration-archive]

Arin, our ranger, in the process of Messing Everything Up in the Ravnica campaign.

#d&d #dnd #dungeons and dragons #ranger #This was the worst experience LOL #I had to draw someone shooting a bow AND wearing a cowboy hat in some sort of perspective #just awful #BUT it's for fun and me time so it's fine #cw blood #kinda #ravnica #OH YEAH the best part of this was #Penelope (mine) was the first person concerned that this was some sort of trap #but Arin was the one who eventually took action and ended up getting everyone against our party #so they all blame him.....but Penelope knows. She knows it was technically her fault for planting the seed lmao #I love d&d

[musical-chick-13]

Being a fan of female characters in 2000-2010 was very tough.

GOD, IT SURE WAS. WE WERE IN THE TRENCHES. 😭😭😭

#I feel like every book we read for school all the people around me would talk about how the main women in the story (if there. were any at #all.) were 'soooo annoying' #(or they wouldn't care.) #and obviously this went beyond Reading For School it was in the fandom for/discussion of books/shows people were into at the time as well #people would be like 'aww look at you. you're so silly for caring about these fictional women & wanting them to be loved and happy and #for people to talk about them' #'you want to play this female character onstage because you think she's interesting that's SOOO cute (derogatory)' #and there were so many things I avoided getting into until later in life because I didn't want to deal with people being awful about #the female characters. and there's...there's still a big problem about that lmao. but I'm a lot better about doing things for fun #because I want to/independent of other people's reactions now #multi t(ASK)ing

[hairtusk]

I have the actual worst luck on earth I am the most sopping wet and pathetic of all of god's poor little lambs

#i got up EXTREMELY early #made my bed did my dishes did my makeup got dressed #ready to go and read in a cafe for a few hours to avoid the landlord during inspection #and the SECOND i was leaving the door #(as in hand was literally on the fucking handle ready to leave) #the inspector knocked 🙃🙃🙃🙃 #and i had a fun time trying to explain all of my apartment decorations LMAO #it was awful omg #she looked inside my oven ?? like oh have you cleaned your oven recently?? #NO i haven't who the fuck cleans their oven before a landlord inspection??? #so anyway. that's derailed the rest of my day i guess #what a fucking wasted effort lol

[bragganhyl]

A day in the (love) life of Bertalan Nolastnameyetifever

go to bed, get visited by squid bestie in dream

squid bestie wants to fuck??? okay, reject him go back to bed with the lingering sense of disappointment squid bestie is mentally projecting

wake up early, go see sunrise with gf

mutually commit to long-term relationship with gf

go shopping with bf

kill the shop's owner with bf (to help moon angel friend)

rob the shop's vault with bf (but also the shop too there was a really cool quarterstaff there just lying on a table and it's not like he could buy it so whatever)

go back to hotel room to swap out a gang member

deviled bestie's godawful demon boss wants to fuck???? okay, reject her

bf got invitation from his ex, escort him, stand there like the robert pattinson meme while he gets whisked away to a different plane of existence

bf wants to become a god now???? okay???

uhhh idk have brunch or something

#hablaty #bee gee three posting #i dread having him go to bed the gang still has some abilities to use anyway and a short rest chance so yeah tune in for the evening lmao #and for the record i do like miz she's a fun character but she is an awful boss and berci hates her guts

[mechanomorphic]

yeah i think im done with splatfests. at least for now.

#i love the game so so much and i used to have so much fun w splatfests #idk if its just the ppl i get matched with but theres not really any fun or spirit as a team #the disconnects are awful and constant #ive also noticed i myself getting salty and having that toxic mindset and its. not good lmao #also if shiver wins Again there is literally no point in picking a team other than shiver if you care about winning #which tbh i dont. its just so fucking boring for her to always win #and i love shiver !!! i think shes fun as a character ! #but her winstreak is making her usually hilarious attitude so Fucking Grating and i dont wanna hate a character bcs of that #tldr not having fun. playing salmon run for a bit #vent //

[hirokiyuu]

ive been thinking abt a helio/stratos swap recently and mostly just like. the reality of a vace+rex+nomi childhood friends trio in this au is so. man

#me realizing i think vace would be essentially the pov chara for this au: MAN #stratos kids in this concept is really fun i am soooo obsessed with military sol #mama flulu in a military heavy au is so......... man #flulu who's met geranium and is doing a little better than her previous military days but she's still this decorated soldier right #and sol wants soooo bad to make her proud. so they work really hard. #not realizing flulu really hates seeing them do this. but she knows its to impress her #so it's this awful feedback loop where sol is trying so so hard to make her proud and she is! #but also they can tell she's kind of reluctant to praise them so theyre like #well obviously i just need to work harder then :/ and end up becoming one of the best younger soldiers lol #them and marz are kind of always at odds for control over the social circle i htink #they tend to win tho just bc of like...... their clout etc. but marz sometimes gets little victories just bc. U Kno. #cal is like the weird outcast on this ship lol #i think him and sol were closer as kids but his utter pacifism leaves him completely on the outside u kno #dys is a bit of an outsider too but he's more of like a #doesnt play well with others outsider rather than a Freak outsider #he does well enough in training etc that ppl leave him alone mostly i htink #he and sol are definitely Weirdly Obsessed With Each Other #also military ship engineer tang like...... lmao #to prevent gvf would be either like. actively sabotaging her i think. its a whole thing #god. thinking thinking thinking #teenexo stuff #helio sol versus military stratos sol are different concepts lol #helio sol is like. pressure from mom makes them shut down so they kind of suck #versus military stratos sol where mom doesnt have hte pressure and instead is like #someone theyre trying so hard to impress themself #so they work way harder and better #its a whole thing. fun concept #thinking constantly always

[oshamoshroca]

G'raha pauses on his way out of the library. For a moment he could have sworn he heard snoring coming from the stack behind him. Curious to see who has fallen asleep on their research, he peeks around the corner of the bookshelf, and his eyebrows raise in surprise as he finds Osha of all people curled atop a pile of books.

G'raha smiles as he walks up to her, careful not to disturb the myriad of open books that lay scattered around Osha. As he ponders whether or not he should wake her up (she looked so cute but he knows from experience that napping on the floor only wreaks havoc on your back), he notices the title of one of the books at her fingertips. It's an anthology he had mentioned in passing conversation. Actually, as he sifts through the piles, almost all of the books are titles he had mentioned to Osha at some point or another during their conversations.

As he has this revelation, he hears a groggy voice sound off from the ground,

"Raha..?"

Osha looks up at him blearily, before shooting up off the floor, her hands raised in shock. Seems like she was busted.

#ffxiv #ffxiv wol #g'raha tia #g'raha/wol #osha #rasha #my friend said 'coming home from a trip and immediately grahaposting is so on brand' and you know what! it is :3c #what can i say? i missed playing ffxiv so much LMAO #i have a hard time finding the right voice for osha still #i am ASHAMED I KNOWWWWW #g'raha too like how tf do you write him #dw dw i'm figuring it out #oh nooooo i guess that means i'll just have to write more ahahaha #ALSO fun fact osha can't read :) so this is a big deal #i say can't read but she has like bare minimum very basic reading comprehension that one of her older brothers forced on her as a child #i really love miqo4miqo relationships so maybe yshtola finds out and starts tutoring her #i'm reminded of the scene when theyre all researching in sharlyan and yshtola is like aw am i losing my trusty assistant? #anyway. that's my ramble for today GOODBYEEEEE

[inkykeiji]

Hii Clari! I was thinking of buying the flowers in the attic books, but i'm unsure of the order in which i should read them and whether all of them are relevant... Do you have any recommendation?

hello anon!! well, they’re numbered! so i’d read them in the order they were published hehe c: it goes:

flowers in the attic

petals on the wind

if there be thorns

seeds of yesterday

then there’s garden of shadows, which is a prequel, but there’s a lot of debate as to just how much vc andrews wrote vs how much the ghost writer her family hired wrote, so not everyone includes it in their personal dollanganger ‘canon’ (i personally don’t; it’s awfully written). my two favourite books are flowers in the attic + petals on the wind; if there be thorns is fine but it isn’t from cathy’s pov, and seeds of yesterday is written so terribly i really had to grit my teeth to finish it!! if you do end up reading them pls let me know what u think!!!! they aren’t written the best but they’re quintessential trashy pure 1970/80s pulp fiction and they handle complex themes!! <3

#so those are my thoughts anon!! <3 #and of course massive trigger warnings especially for the first book (incest; rape; child abuse) #let me know if you’d like trigger warnings for any of the others!!! #be safe and enjoy <3 #they are definitely interesting reads #at least the first two are LMAO #i love cathy as a character; she’s incredibly selfish but i love herrrrr #i just watched the lifetime film from 2014 #oh my god awful movie but still so fun to watch LMAO #and mason as chris was pretty perfect #anyway now im rambling!!!!!! #have a wonderful sunday bb <3 #stay safe out there and drink enough water pls!!! #inky.bb #clari gets mail

[llycaons]

I hated nbc hannibal but I like iwtv a lot..it’s okay to kill people if it’s for sustenance ig. in my head

#teaching me to enjoy a little gothic horror by making it supernatural. I just think historical fantasy is fun #habbinal was so gross and made me feel so awful and sick. and it was def more gory #<- HABBINAL. lmao yeah nbc's acclaimaed drama habbinal #anyway I didn't like the characters #I don't want to see horrififc murder mystery after horrific murder mystery. wtf #but I like everyone in interview so much. louis is so interesting and compelling and lestat is so deranged and out there #lestat's extravangance only comes out ocassionally since he does it away from louis #so I don't mind as much #and claudia!!! she's easily got the most going on she breaks me heart #my* heart. wow #anyway. I like how interview is funny too #it's just easier to watch and less unbearably upretentious because it gets a little campy #you need corniness to cut through the dullnes sometimes #reminds the audience it's a little silly but people care a lot about it #cor.txt

[memento-morri-writes]

They're a Ten, but...

I was tagged by @italiangothicwriteblr !! Thank you, Joy!

Rules: Like the title says, your OC's are tens, but....

ATQH Gang:

Fallon: She's a ten, but she refuses to except help from anyone.

Kristopher: He's a ten, but he hates himself.

Captain Blackthorne: He's a ten, but he will suffocate you via a hug.

Nina: She's a ten, but she's more likely to stab you than flirt with you.

Duncan: He's a ten, but he's hopelessly crushing on someone who will never love him back. (alternatively: He's a ten, but he's straight.)

Hermes: He's a ten, but he will steal all of your stuff for fun.

Lavinia: She's a ten, but she'll kill you in your sleep.

Nora: She's a ten, but she's terrified of commitment.

Mabel: She's a ten, but she will whack you with a rolling pin without warning.

Tessa: She's a ten, but she actually wants you to take care of yourself.

Pierre: He's a negative 10,000. He sucks.

CoS Gang:

Ashlin: She's a ten, but they'll rob you blind and insult you on the way out.

Dorian: He's a ten, but he has magic that may or may not be slowly killing him.

Theo: They're a ten, but they get distracted by so much as the mention of an animal.

Calista: She's a ten, but she's a wanted criminal.

Lenora: She's a ten, but she imprisoned her nephew.

The Huntsman: He's a ten, but he's not exactly human.

Squish: She's a ten, but she screams if you try to leave her. (also, a slug.)

#morri does tag games #fun stuff #they're a ten but tag #wip: atqh #wip: cos #shadow wip #Tessa's is only half a joke #for some reason all my OC's are awful at taking care of themselves lmao #and poor Tessa is just trying to keep them all functioning #except they don't let her help so she's mostly just trying to get them back to functioning #(yes that's mostly about Fallon but it applies to several of the others too)