#the good shudders

[letraspal]

(My kingdom for a good shudder)

For Day 13 | shudder | @carryon-countdown

#coc 2023 #now he has good shudder and we’re good with it #simon snow #snowbaz #baz pitch #fanart #letraspal #carry on #illustration #book characters #carry on fanart #rainbow rowell #letraspal coc #carry on countdown #carry on countdown 2023

[theloveinc]

Being the princess betrothed to barbarian!Bakugo.

You don't mind so much as you've always known this was to be your destiny, born merely to smooth over tensions between the kingdom and the country.

But your first meeting is hardly from ideal. The man shoves himself into your dressing room in trying to avoid the grooming his own mother is trying to give him, desperate to get away from the egregious, stifling rules the castle enforces regarding presentation, mainly putting on a shirt.

(He was born of his own parent's desire, but volunteered himself to save the country from annihilation via. industrialization, NOT realizing it would involve marriage. He's much less thrilled than anyone.)

And there you are, being (forcibly) sewed up into a corset that you're absolutely spilling over, your face matted from a layer of unnatural-colored powder, your lips stained the color of fruit that doesn't blossom for months as you turn to look at him in surprise (and then fear, and then confusion and question, your maids squealing before running off to get a guard)...

And Bakugo is suddenly made aware of this itching desire to save you, too.

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(You're standing there, both breathless and bare; him voluntarily, you because of timing. And it's so oddly intimate for separate reasons; Bakugo's never associated nudity with sexuality and you've never been naked in front of a man before.

And despite the betrothal, neither of you know what to say, stuck in the midst of an "is this it?" moment, at least until Bakugo is grabbing your hand to whisk you away and marry you where he was born rather than in between castle walls.)

#bakugo #SOBBBBBBING #that last part is actually my tags but they were good and i thought why not put them up there #so i got nothing for here #except a separate image of going to bakugo's home village and needing to bathe #and he's the one to teach you how to in a stream instead of a porcelain tub #and he's teasing u about ur stress of taking off your clothes except he's holding your hand to help you get in the cold river #and he's so sweet and calm even if youre so cute when youre shuddering n your n*pples get hard #and its a realization for him too #ANYWAY #caitie post #gen

[hamletthedane]

Idk how to articulate this but I don’t trust any actor who says their dream role is hamlet - it’s almost always just an ego thing…….UNLESS they also dream of playing Richard II.

Then it’s apparent that they’re just obsessed with playing the most pathetically tragic sad little meow meow they possibly can

#every good hamlet also played Richard II that doesn’t feel like a coincidence #and by every I mean Ben Whishaw Ian McKellen & David Tennant #two lost but legendary hamlets and also DT the born Shakespearean #also Derek Jacobi who is just okay but at least his Hamlet doesn’t feel like a total ego fest #You know who HASN’T ever wanted to play Richard II and decided to play Hal instead? #Yeah #(and thank goodness bc I shudder to think of Kenneth Branagh’s delivery of Richard II’s beautiful poetry) #Richard ii #hamlet #Shakespeare #Shakespeare after dark with e

[demonzoro]

none of this is proofread but here's my ideal modern au for the goth fam. wall of text incoming, sky is blue, etc.

mihawk: World's Most Reluctant College Professor. history/archaeology. reluctantly employed because his place of residence (half-wrecked castle) is owned by the university and one of the terms for him to live there for free is to teach classes. initially hired as a publicity stunt that petered out. actual respected swordsman in the modern age but the reality is "swordsman" is... not very lucrative. really important to me that he is forcibly employed while having gigantic unemployed energy.

his ass is not showing up to a lecture hall unless under extreme duress (shanks showing up to his place unannounced again🙄). fully aware his papers are only taken as a credit filler (robin lectures the papers that are more practically applicable). almost exclusively "teaches" by emailing out reading lists and assignments. actively trying to get his students to drop his paper so he can do fuck-all for the rest of the year.

zoro: phys ed major. he's so serious about his main courses as well as mihawk's stupidly niche paper. probably the first person the "Dracule Mihawk Teaches Here!" publicity stunt has worked on in years. has trouble with the heavy focus of book-smarts this paper requires but powers through it best he can until mihawk sets some indecipherable tome as part of a reading list and zoro is like. okay. you leave me no choice.

he fully shows up on mihawk's doorstep at 9:44PM on a tuesday night brandishing this tome. mihawk answers the door because he is two bottles into his wine.

zoro, furious that this piece of shit tome has no audiobook alternative: this. YOU. explain. NOW. mihawk: a student. at my doorstep. did shanks blab to you. zoro: your address is publicly listed as a minor tourist attraction. mihawk (<- didn't know that): hm. come in.

zoro is treated to a full drunk history session and the supermarket gift wine mihawk has been avoiding but accidentally opened. he wakes up the next morning and zoro is still there in one of the guest rooms. he's like what are you doing here and zoro is like. i don't have a whole day to waste getting back to my dorm i need to do your assignment.

mihawk, fully aware the dorms should only be a max twenty minute walk away: interesting. get out.

safe to say, zoro thinks visiting mihawk's home is easier than emailing him. which is true in some ways since mihawk takes small joys in putting unread emails straight into trash.

perona: fashion major OBVIOUSLY. really interested finding vintage/archival sewing patterns/designs and modernising them. LOVES using essays as outlets for her rants. blase on everything else in life but takes her course so seriously. HATES zoro ever since he almost made her fail an assignment because he had checked out a book she needed and held it for fucking aaages.

similarly zoro hates perona bc she almost made him fail an assignment by hogging the only lightbox on this side of the campus that makes it possible to read some of the archival material mihawk puts on his impossible reading lists.

zoro gets lost in mihawk's castle and meets perona in-person for the first time outside of a name on a booking sheet and they have a huge stupid argument. zoro storms off and accidentally finds mihawk again this way and he's doubly mad because he can't believe mihawk has been chasing him away all this time while letting another student just live in the east wing.

mihawk (<- didn't know that): there's a what.

turns out perona just said "umm dorm fees? rent? in this economy? there's a wrecked castle 20mins away from campus it's free real estate". and she's right. she also finds out mihawk has staff access to archival materials not readily open to students and she immediately whips out a wishlist.

anyways i imagine perona graduates and becomes a fashion designer. zoro decides booksmarts is not for him and drops out to focus fully on a professional athlete career or make his way as a stuntman. models for perona on occasion. mihawk fully quits his job after those two leave bc they were the only ones in years that made it interesting. retires but robin recommends him as a consultant to the museum society and he does some work there. ALWAYS calls zoro or perona if he's restoring smthng cool he thinks they would love.

jfc are you still here. i kiss you on the lips

#mihawk wld slay as a retired-not-retired professor #and by slay i mean you are killing the students good gd. #but like tbh what else wld you transfer the warlord of the sea vibe to ..... his apathy/antagonism to the world govt #what better parallel than forced tenure and HORRIBLE university admin.... college bureaucracy .... [shudders] #btw i know nothing abt history papers or how unis work #this is all made up for maximum antics. #✨ #goth fam

[northern-passage]

all of the book recommendations i got for stand alone fantasy:

piranesi, jonathan strange & mr. norrell by susanna clarke

babel by R.F. kuang

the sword of kaigen, blood over bright haven by M.L. wang

house of hunger by alexis henderson

dark lord of derkholm by diana wynne jones

the raven tower by ann leckie

starless by jacqueline carey

the goblin emperor by katherine addison

spinning silver by naomi novik

dreamsnake by vonda mcintyre

juniper & thorn (and other books) by ava reid

#omg the last one i almost went crazy cus i kept searching for jupiter and thorn lmfaooo #that's her one book that i know but i'll have to check out the others #on this list ive heard good things abt babel as well as naomi novik #i had a friend years ago that was Obsessed w his majesty's dragon series by her #also i literally own jonathan strange already LOL so maybe i should read that finally #i will admit house of hunger is kinda calling me tho. it's fitting the Vibes anon you are so right :/ #i actually started reading i shudder at your touch that i mentioned the other day #but since its an anthology i'll probably read something else at the same time #i just have to pick one................................................................

[onepintobean]

COC day 13 | shudder

#carry on countdown #carry on countdown 2023 #carry on in animal crossing #simon snow #baz pitch #snowbaz #the simon snow series by rainbow rowell #my kingdom for a good shudder

[pansychubb]

Give me strong whumpees

Give me clenched teeth and a refusal to cry out

Give me a cocky facade while they laugh and spit blood in the villain’s face

Give me their “don’t worry, we’ll get out of this” encouragements when it’s clear they can barely speak

Give me whumpees who don’t break, who absolutely refuse to give the villain that satisfaction

Give me whumpees who fight back, even when it hurts, just to prove they can

Give me whumpees who are strong

#whump #whump community #hurt/comfort #I keep seeing whump posts about whumpees who cry and beg and shudder and whimper #and if that's your thing then good for you #but honestly that kind of whump squicks me out #so here's my contribution to the whump tag I guess

[fflaminlo]

HAD to draw mlp its been weeks so heres my rarishy ng

#silky shudder #mlp #my little pony #kyles fuckin uuuhhh art #mlp fim #rarishy #mlp ng #mlp next gen #google how to make my procreate art good

[why-the-heck-not]

04.02.24, sunday

4h of the article swamp again. Been going through so many I’m starting to recognize some of the authors’ names like ”o heyy it’s sergio again”

duolingo french streak day 30

sent an email (personal hell is writing that stupid meaningless context sentence when the point of the email is to just forward articles so there’s nothing rly else to say than ”k so here are these”)

#shuddering at the thought of living in a culture where u’d have to put a whole bunch of ’’heyy !! hope this email finds u well!! attached #are the articles. Hope u have a good day! Best wishes [name]’’ #altho ig it could be easy when u have that small talk template #but like here it’d be super weird if someone went in with all that #ppl would think you’re drunk or something #so the ’’hey here are these things’’ is fine enough ig #at least I hope I never know how to be not-awkward #today’s productive(ish) things #february 2024 #2024

[butch-bakugo]

It still blows my mind that no body wants to own movies or CDs. Like I don't like not owning any movies or shows I like and wanna rewatch. Maybe I sound like a boomer but I'm not planning on paying for Netflix for the rest of my damn life just for this one movie I love that their hosting. Imma go on the internet and get the DVD.

We really shouldn't allow these streaming services to kill DVDs and CDs. We should not let them kill physical media. They want you to not have a physical copy, so that when you stop paying, you don't have access to the product your paying for. Buy more CDs. Buy more DVDs. Buy a damn VCR. I mean shit, a fucking Xbox or playstation can play any DVD, blue ray or not. Your car has a radio for a reason.

Don't let them kill physical media. Because if or when the cards fall, you'll be left with nothing.

#levi speaks #listen im not the type to be like all streaming services are bad #there are some good ones #but dont contribute to somethign you know is killing your ability to access it without their help #they make more money for you paying every month for a netflix and Spotify subscription then you going out and buying the dvds and cds #subscriptions make more money than one time purchases #and you've been raised that thats normal #it isnt #its greed #what happened to personal piracy? #burning cds with your favorite tracks #recording movies off the tv #lets bring digital piracy back #cause theirs no way im paying $7 a month just to listen to one song #im finding the youtube lyric video on the internet using the ytube to mp3 downloaders and listening to that file all on my own #fuck you netflix and spotify and every other bs service #except for shudder shudder is fine #shudder is baby girl and highlights young small horror artists #fuck everybody else #the only reason i can justify netflix is because they have enough Netflix exclusives that make it worth it #they dont put their money where their mout is in terms of representation tho

[groguandin]

this popping up in my emails is like an old friend from the past who you grew apart from and they suddenly pop up and you stare into the distance rather vacantly remembering all the drama and the happiness they brought but also the overwhelming despair of their fandom and the misery that followed....

#*shudders* #GOOD TIMES! #phan #dan howell #phil lester

[dazaistabletop]

Bsd fans...how are we feeling about this

#i felt dirty screenshotting him #im not even referring to adding him in bc ig it would be good for anime-onlys and you know tie this into the Hunting Dogs arc and all that #im more referring to Fukuchi...not...looking completely terrible #*shudders* i dont want to find him attractive i dont want to find him attractive i dont want- #bungou stray dogs #bsd #bungo stray dogs #bsd manga #bsd spoiler #bsd spoilers #bungou stray dogs fukuzawa #president fukuzawa #fukuzawa yukichi #yukichi fukuzawa #bsd fukuzawa #fukuchi ouchi #bsd fukuchi #ōchi fukuchi #bsd hunting dogs #hunting dogs #decay of the angel #bsd decay of angels #bsd season four #bsd season 4 #bsd s4 #bsd s4 spoilers #bungou stray dogs season 4

[krisispiss]

PROS OF HAVING HAD THIS BLOG FOR NEARLY 10 YEARS: a LOT of my artistic history is here, a LOT of Kris's history is here, as well as my other characters and their lore, and its easy for me to go look at how far I've come since I started drawing furries back in 2014

CONS: holy FUCK there are some DARK AND PAINFUL things on this blog that I wish I could get rid of and forget for good, but there is no way to do that or even find said things half the time and I am helpless but to watch and wait until I get jump scared by a notif on something and can go delete it

#dark and painful referring to past relationships/friendships and people that are no longer in my life #also just general stupid shit I said and did at the age of 19-25 before my brain was fully functioning #I guess its just a good reminder of how far I've come and how much I've grown up since then BUT STILL It makes me shudder seeing old stuff

[silverior968]

I haven't posted Skulduggery Pleasant art in a bit, so here's a wip of a bigger piece I'm working on!

[Image ID: A digital drawing of two stained glass windows. The first is orange in color, with rowan branches and daisies. Larrikin, a black person with freckles, hazel eyes and curly ginger-and-brown hair, is pictured standing in the middle of it with one leg bent, and their arms lifted in a sort of jazz hands motion, with small halos around them. They are wearing a 3-piece suit with red trousers, brown shoes, a red tailcoat with gold details, a red and green striped waistcoat, a white shirt and a green cravat. They are smiling and they have a halo that looks like the sun. The other stained glass window is blue, with Anton, a muscular irish-eastern asian man with long, black hair and violet eyes, pictured standing in the middle of it. His feet are submerged in lashing waves, and the background is a starry sky with rhododendrons. He has his arms crossed over his chest, one hand placed on his opposite shoulder. The gist's arms protrude from the waves, trying to drag him down. His outfit consists of a long black coat, black trousers, a gray waistcoat, a white shirt and a blue bow. He has a halo that looks like the moon.

#skulduggery pleasant #anton shudder #larrikin fetter #fanart #it will include all the dead men when it's done #Fun fact! It's actually a redraw of like my first sp fanart #which i never posted because even then i felt it didn't look as good as my other stuff

[maudiemoods]

How many dreams have you had of moon hunting you down? I've had 3!

#they were absolutely terrifying #one was so so vivid #i wanna draw it so bad but AURG i dont have the skills #i was playing a game where you're in a house and the kitchen is the starting room #bam was there i think #but sun was in the kitchen along with everyone and the game was about to start #in 5 minutes the lights would go out and moon would come out to hunt people! i hid on the bottom bed of a bunk bed #under the covers and close to the wall. then the kitchen light went out and i could hear the bells as moon walked around looking for people #and he walked right next to me. i remember bit being able to breathe i was so scared #he looked dead at me. right in the eyes and paused for a good minute then continued to the next room #i remember thinking it was a cruel part of the game! like he liked to terrify people before getting them #aurhg but that moment when we made eye contact. it was beautiful and so so cinematic! a pretty red glow from his eyes! #soft blue light coming in through the shudders! #and the room was so cute! very softly designed to look like a neutral kids room! blue wallpaper and a giraffe stuffed animal #aurhgg #ren won't shut up

[stoutlandz]

how it feels planning out a commission page and the place to commission me is codashop dot com for genesis crystals…. feelin like a dweeb

#if u commission me ur my god actually #i need to save for… shudders… uni.. #u get art for a good price i get. Primos