#to love beyond the immediate

[softquietsteadylove]

“Today, every day, and on Valentine's Day, I will visit my wife of 56 years. We are separated by her dementia. I will tell her what's been going on outside, as I spoon-feed her in her care-home hospital bed. She says, "Thank you," when I tell her I love her. We both know she would say more, if only she could. We have had a great life together, ever since the second grade. She is slowly leaving, I know that. But we're a pair until then.” I saw this quote on NYT’s post about small acts of love, and I immediately thought of Thenamesh which made me think of you. I know this might be a sensitive topic so feel free to skip this as a prompt if you’re not comfortable, but I do think you could write something not only respectful but absolutely beautiful about this vein of love for our favorite pair. It reminds me of the Notebook too, if that’s at all inspiring! As always, love everything you give us <3

Far out in the Australian desert, there is a house.

It sits completely apart from everything around it. The land is tended to and the house is inhabited despite the arid nothing surrounding it. There is a water pump and an oven, a garden and space to keep goods.

Everyday, a man leaves the house. He leaves with a basket in hand, and he walks under the unforgiving sun. The trip is made in silence, walking for hours. He says nothing, stops for nothing. His journey takes him even further into the desert, further away from everyone and everything.

He walks until he sees a figure on a hill. The figure is all white from a distance, standing out against the sizzling red sands. It remains completely still. Most would even assume it doesn't breathe.

The man sets down the basket first, lowering himself next to the figure. Her hair picks up in the breeze, but he keeps it away from her face. Her eyes are as white as the dress on her back. When the weather turns bad he comes and stands over her, wraps a blanket around her shoulders.

He would fight off the lightning and thunder if he needed to.

He touches his hand to her cheek, to make sure she has warmth in her skin. He checks her eyes, which have not been green in years now. He checks to make sure she's still breathing, that time has stopped for her in a way that leaves her comfortable. He checks that she is still the Warrior Eternal, Thena, his wife.

The Strongest Eternal settles for the time being. He comes and sits with her everyday. Some days it's hours, some days it's only one. He has their home to attend to. He comes and tells her he misses her, what is happening back on their little patch of land. Tells her of the lizards she loved so much running through his garden.

The man pulls over the basket, pulling out some of the mead he has perfected over the years. There's no harm in letting her taste it, now. He pours it into a delicate sipping vessel and brings it to her lips. It is not as if she can expire of natural causes, out here. He can't either.

But he likes to come and share things with her. He's even started taking up her old practice of drawing, although he is certain she would tell him if they were as terrible as he thinks they are. Still, he brings them and shows them to her, one by one. Many are of her.

He eats something for himself, whatever he has made and brought with him. He still cooks because he enjoys it, even if there is no gentle humming at the table or smiles bathed in kitchen window sunlight. She always told him that her favourite part about his cooking was how happy it made him. She wouldn't want him to stop.

He points out clouds to her, asking what she thinks they look like. She would always just say weapons in the past, so now he makes up things like bunnies and monsters and even their family members, in a way. He asks her how they are sometimes, certain that she must be with them. Because he hopes that whatever happens within those completely white shrouds in her eyes, that she is happy, and safe.

He packs up the basket again, preparing to walk home. He tilts her chin towards him. Sometimes he can imagine her lips lifting ever so faintly. He can imagine the smile his wife always had for him. "Hey."

She does not reply.

"I'm heading home," he whispers sweetly to her, promising the next time he will feel most alive instead of the hours in between. "I'll see you tomorrow, sweetheart."

Her head tilts, leaning into his touch just a little more.

He smiles. Because sometimes she's in there--his Thena. He can see glimpses of her in times like these, when she leans into his touch, when her fingers twitch to hold onto him as much as she is able. There are traces of her still there, in the time he feels most alive.

He has no illusions, nor regrets. An Eternal has only the merciless and indefinite future to look forward to. He said they would take that chance, and they did, for almost a thousand years.

He's happy for these moments, and he can live with the hours in between. He leans forward and presses his lips to her forehead. She stopped blinking long ago but he swears he can see her eyes moving when he does this. "See you soon, Thena."

His hand slips from hers, and he sees that little twitch that makes him smile again. The first time he'd seen it, he had stayed for hours and hours afterwards. Now he knows he will see it again.

He walks back down the hill, looking back at her a few times just because he feels like it. She does not move. He knows she will be there tomorrow, and the next day. And if the earth shatters in half the day after then he will come and get her, and he will carry her to a place that is whole. He will carry her to the ends of the earth and sit with her when that end comes.

He would have nowhere else to be.

The man walks back, hours and hours again. The sun shifts in the sky and he makes it back before nightfall. With the dusk oncoming, he can see the light he always leaves on at the house. He follows the same path he walks everyday. He sets the basket down and walks out to check on the garden and the lizards. He makes sure his apron is hung up and his dishes are clean.

He goes to their room, lies down in their bed, and he thinks about his wife. He falls asleep with his hand on her pillow, thinking of her hair trailing onto his shoulder, of her soft breathing and her laughter. And tomorrow, he will go and see her again.

Far out in the Australian desert, there is a home.

It is the home of two Eternals, a husband and wife. They travelled the world together, even saved it, in a way. It was always known that she would leave before him, and they took that chance. They built an entire life out in the arid desert, out surrounded by the sand, surrounded by the sea.

Their home is built at the ends of the earth, and the wife resides further into the nothingness still. And her husband walks to see her, every single day.

#Thenamesh #sorry #oh am I ever sorry because this one is painful #it's a beautiful prompt truly #maybe I do consider this a sensitive one #but the core of Thenamesh is devotion #to love beyond the immediate #Gilgamesh says we will take that chance #knowing one day he could lose her #and they spend a lifetime out there #a life separate from their family and their mission and the outside world as a whole #it's just the two of them #and it will be the two of them until the end of the earth as far as Gil is concerned #they said til death do us part and he meant it #Gil brings her rice wine and water and sweet juices #when it rains he sits with an umbrella over them #or he stands over her to make sure Zeus doesn't get any dumb ideas #strike his wife at your own risk he thinks #Arishem himself be damned he will fight

[alienssstufff]

YCAO!Ethubs err

ch6 spoilers ig?????

#stufffsart #ycao au #bdoubleo100 #bdoubleo #etho #ethoslab #ethubs #hermitcraft #hermitshipping #hermitblr #mcytblr #.... ADDED BACK THE BLACK STREAKS TO ETHO'S HAIR IM SORRY he looks missing without them u_u #i think abt this part then i think about the immediate scene change after with etho at the police station and horrors beyond comprehension #tbf [REDACTED]'s debut there rocked tho LOVE that guy #LOL trade offer: YOU get free ethubs art - I get to talk about ycao. awesome? awesome

[heatwavering]

rewatched TG:M all the way through for the first time in a couple months, and god. hans zimmer did not have to put everything he owned into that singular swell. and neither did literally everyone else.

maverick: terrified and alone, realizing his son basically just blew up in front of him

cyclone warlock and hondo: different levels of hopelessness, expediting the mourning process so they can continue with the mission

hangman: physically stops breathing. can’t focus. he has to hyperventilate to get oxygen back in his body. all he’s thinking about is bradley seven summers ago, when they were still okay. and now he’s never going to be able to apologize for everything. it’s his fault. he’s the better pilot, everyone knows it, but bradley had the winning hand, the ace in the hole. so he should’ve tried harder with maverick, not picked as many fights, flown better, flown faster, fought harder, been different, done everything different. you can physically pinpoint something inside himself dying alongside bradley.

#when i say a top three hangster moment i mean it #yes i am an icemav girlie 85% of the time. but why put two queens against one another #hangster #i’ve been feeling a lotttt of emotions about them lately. maybe bc summer is almost over #‘​and who thought this love could last beyond summertime’ etc. etc. #bradley’s death makes me have baby-level object permanence #he gets hit by that mssile and i’m immediately like ohhh my god 😰 he’s dead! what’s gonna happen next tom cruise?!?

[iwasbored777]

Y'all since we already know that Gwen can and probably does look at Peter B being happy now and think how her Peter never got a chance for a better life cuz he died so young because she accidentally killed him now imagine she goes to Earth-42 and finds Miles-42 fatherless and she knows that she almost let that happen to this Miles. I get that we assume Miles will understand that she had her own problems and was forced to be in Spider Society and he would eventually forgive her but I'm saying that I don't think she will forgive herself, ever.

#friendly reminder that peter was also in love with her and i feel like that and the fact that he didn't hate when he was dying just added #more weight to the whole thing #cuz he forgave her immediately and she never forgive herself because of it #she knows she didn't do it on purpose but she still did it and that's what always follows her knowing that she was the one who did it #so far every other spider man that i know caused the death of their loved one but wasn't the one who did it and this was all her #it wasn't a supervillain that did it it was her #and on top of that her own father blamed her for it for years and after knowing it was her #so imagine her after staying with the spider society thinking of that like was this really my fault my own father thinks so maybe i was too #forgiving to myself i did it so i should stay away from everyone and she even had jess tell her all the time to not grow attached #sorry for so many tags lol but think about it it's wild from her pov #gwen stacy #miles morales #spider man across the spider verse #beyond the spiderverse #spider man beyond the spider verse #across the spiderverse #Spiderverse

[kierancaz]

ACROSS THE SPIDERVERSE SPOILERS !!!!!

I don’t know if this is actually a spoiler but just in case.

ANYWAY I SAW ACROSS THE SPIDERVERSE FOR THE FIRST TIME THE OFHER DAY AND IT WAS SO GOOD BUT I NOTICED SOMETHING

So the spider that bit miles is from earth 42 right ??? Well in the first movie

There’s this.

Idk man i just think it’s hella sus that 4 and 2 were the letters to fall off and in that order 🤷🏼‍♀️

#spiderman #spider man into the spider verse #spider man across the spider verse #spider man beyond the spider verse #I’m listening to the sound track rn it’s so dope #self love has been on repeat since I first heard it #also I loved the focus on Gwen this movie like yes give her the love she deserves #gwen stacy #miles morales #peter b parker #miguel o'hara #jess drew #also I know how the movie ended but Jess and Miguel will always be Gwen’s spiderparents in my mind #hobie brown #also Hobie and Gwen ?? their friendship ??? amazing #and the way Hobie immediately saw miles and was like yah I like this kid #pavitr prabhakar #I LOVED PAV SM HES SO CUTE #I will write a 4 page essay in the tags if I keep going but omg I love this movie sm

[daily-hanamura]

#persona 4 #p4 #persona 4 arena ultimax #p4au #hanamura yosuke #yosuke hanamura #mitsuru kirijo #no but fr i ADORE this scene i love yosukes unflinching courage for standing up for others #mitsuru is KNOWN to be intimidating even at first glance and in this instance yosuke has only just met her #and even then hes immediately jumping to protect labrys because protecting others is such a fundamental core of what he believes in #i also love that the point that bothers yosuke is mitsuru's word choice #he doesnt have any evidence or proof about the kirijo group or even that much of an awareness of them beyond the everyday #but his deep empathy means he noticed that mitsuru's use of the word “retrieval” speaks to their perception of labrys #so even without any context #yosuke is sensitive enough to notice these details that is otherwise quite easy to miss #anyway yosuke's empathy and sensitivity is something that ive probably talked about too kuch already and this is just another example!!! #he's good with his queue

[thefuturewithoutus]

after 'wilson's heart' he really flipped from being the emotional/feelings-driven part of the relationship for me. amber dying really a number on him and it shows in how his relationship with house warps a little. before wilson was the lover and house was the loved one then amber shows up and house gets crazy defensive, then she dies and it makes wilson draw back enough to scare him. like after that he really fishes for wilson's attention all the time and obsesses over him and does everything to keep their relationship stable. literally after season 4 there's a visible switch from him being dismissive of feelings to being like wilson did you know i love you forever. and the dynamic switches and wilson is the loved one and house is the lover. do you get me

#the heart #house md #hilson #i've thought a lot about this bc i was honestly really shocked by how he immediately was jumping to being like 'you LOVE me' when wilson #finally started talking to him again in s5. and also the scene where he pranks him again for the first time since they've patched up their #relationship he sounds so happy and pointedly says 'my best friend' and leaves him a doughnut. like hello #whatever . #not really related but it feels wrong when they're like your FRIEND wilson. BEST FRIEND wilson. like um they are something beyond that this #is an intense consuming romantic devotion

[welcometogrouchland]

I just think Hunter was obsessed with Willow and didn't even know it during the period from any sport in a storm to labyrinth runners. They maybe don't talk as often as they could, they're both busy and have conflicting schedules, so when they do talk, Hunter absorbs everything she says.

After roughly 3 weeks of texting (hexting? I feel like the kids would call it hexting), He knows that her favorite colour is orange, she likes her tea with extra milk and a bit of honey during winter, she likes working out to the noisiest angriest music in her playlist, her dad Gilbert is a construction witch who specialises in pottery, she used to listen to breakup songs and think about her childhood best friend (Hunter doesn't know it's Amity) and she actually has a mild pollen allergy despite being a plant witch and has to take potions for it.

He casually drops all this info piece by piece during their stay in the human realm and willows like. Well I can't not marry him. It'll have to be a winter or fall wedding to account for her allergies </3

#ramblings of a lunatic #the owl house #toh #hunter toh #willow park #huntlow #Hunter is often ignored and hides and compartmentalizes his identity in order to survive and be respected = his love language is listening #he doesn't just go quiet around Willow bc he's shy (tho that's definitely a factor) he's also like wow everything you say is amazing #i want to listen to you 24/7 #(Willow realizes this and thinks back to how often she was ignored and isolated- #-and how it made her feel worthless and she's like. i must make him my bride) #i haven't rewatched in a while so i can't exactly tell how much of this is self indulgent and how much is like. actually character accurate #it's in limbo but it feels true to me #we don't know the details of their text exchanges beyond him sending her (presumably) a cute pic of flapjack #I've seen ppl argue that they didn't talk much over text bc she's slightly suspicious of him at first in labyrinth runners #but tbh I've always chalked that up to the general mindfuckery going on at hexside at that time #ergo she couldn't immediately trust that this was actually Hunter until he mentioned something specific about Gus #so i like to imagine it was semi-frequent chatting but i payed lip service to the idea that it wasn't super duper close #playing both sides so I always win etc etc #this is really just a covert way of babbling my willow headcanons

[jemcore]

the grief is never-ending, but so is the love!

#saw this quote earlier and immediately thought of a little life #it’s a little life in a nutshell #how anyone can read this book and only see the tragedy is beyond me. it’s one of the most beautiful depictions of love i’ve ever come across #when life is full of grief you must recognize the love! #a little life #jude st francis #willem ragnarsson #judewillem #a little life book #hanya yanagihara

[sidecouplesupremacy-blbambeyond]

BOYS BE BRAVE! (2024, SOUTH KOREA)

Episode 2

Directed By: Lim Hyun Hee

Original Title: I CAN'T CONFESS (Adapted From webtoon CAN'T CONFESS)

Episode 1 focus was mainly the main couple but at the end of Episode 2 my interest soared...

Ji In Ho (the magnificent AHN SE MIN) arrives in a dark alley facing Choi Sunny (JUNG YEO JOON) which seemingly hints of a history between these two.

Ji In Ho announces that tomorrow he'll sleep with Choi.

Silence. Street Light Burns out. End credits.

I'm not connecting with the main couple just yet. But the side couple starts quite interesting.

This comes from second time director (listed above) her first work...OUR DATING SIM.

@pose4photoml @absolutebl @lutawolf @kingofthereblog-boysloveed

#SIDE COUPLE SUPREMACY BLOG #BOYS BE BRAVE #FROM THE DIRECTOR OF OUR DATING SIM #THEY GOT MY ATTENTION IMMEDIATELY #ONE SHORT SCENE AT THE END OF EPISODE 2 #I EFFING LOVE AHN SE MIN #SOUTH KOREAN BL SERIES #KBL #My GIFS #MYGIFSET #MY-GIF-EDIT #BL-BAM-BEYOND FAMILY OF BLOGS

[justsalpals]

Suvi x Indri new best ship

The Sky and The Stars

#I'm so charmed by suvi's (magically induced) crush #the real tragedy of her and ame being in a fight rn is that suvi can't immediately start gushing and gossiping when they get outta earshot #oh to lose your saving throw against instantly falling in love #I'm just saying what if Indri herself was surprised by how charmed she is by this competent little wizard #worlds beyond number #suvirin kedberiket #the wizard sky #indri wbn #the witch of wind and stars

[essektheylyss]

"within this c(h)oral note"

fuck me UP, brennan

#wbn spoilers #worlds beyond number #i LOVE a false cognate #yes I'm posting trying to avoid processing what happens immediately after don't look at me

[shitouttabuck]

hello i’ve written 4k of basketball spec fic and im having so much fun and it’s almost done but i simply MUST watch 2x01 rn instead because i suddenly miss them terribly unbearably so this won’t be a valentine’s day fic like i thought but i need to see them on my screen immediately or i will pass away

#i haven’t rewatched beyond gif-making since like. july last year. #but writing this has made me desperate beyond words to see them again right away immediately #this has no effect on anyone as i did not say i was posting a fic. but i am seized with love for them today and i need everyone to know #n

[skunkes]

Smunker is DESCENTED? is that a procedure he elected for? No more stank? (Btw i know how it works for skunks irl i just think its funnie + endearing so i wanted to ask abt smuk)

Yes! skunks can also be descented in my furryverse, I imagine there's different groups/cultures within the species that have mixed views on removing built in self defense like this. i've explored the same with cows/bulls and their horns

smunker is Like Me so if we're going by similarity i dont know he'd actually genuinely feel strongly enough to get descented. medical stuff is scary. + having built in pepper spray is pretty solid....

however i am a person whose main fursona is a skunk and I am not into #farting or adjacent interests. something had to be established within lore to curb assumptions LOL

#skunk mail #Anonymous #which is fine for others i just know its an immediate association for smunk furs #but beyond that i still like him being descented bc it implies stuff about the world he lives in ^_^ #love it love thinking about furry world #there is a part of me that wld love to actually explore how skunks would utilize their spray in the furryverse #however smunker NOT being descented means many more asks trying to get me to draw him spraying which is 🤨 #not something id feel comfortable with even in my not fetishy reality. ykwim.

[thespoonisvictory]

desperately need more worlds beyond number episodes right now pls

#seeing brennan stretch his legs and settle into a long campaign is such a gift #the overwhelming coziness and atmosphere with the excellent audio editing is just. perfection #and lets the episodes stretch out lazily and catch on every pc whim and thorn without rushing #but also with brennan's now trademark sense of pacing that keeps everything going at a nice clip #it's like watching someone who's only ever been able to release sketches and flat coloring start showing off his massive oil painting #(not to say anything bad about d20 just that the scale is different) #you can see the imprint of d20 in the immediate richness of the world and the strong sense of pacing and rails #but it just has this lovely languishing effect bc they don't need to go anywhere anytime soon #so the world is full of fairy lights and soft rain and wildflowers and comedy can come and go easily #perfect trust between the pcs #I just. need more of it #wbn #worlds beyond number

[shadyhouse]

i keep getting rejected from job applications and i have no idea what im doing wrong. i wish they would just tell you WHY you're getting rejected and ways to improve. its a guessing game that ends up making me feel even more worthless than i felt before

#like i have been nonstop applying for jobs for the past YEAR and ive gotten TWO INTERVIEWS #one of them i got kicked out of near immediately bc you werent allowed to be late to the job and i mentioned i take the bus (mistake i know) #and the other one i had to turn down bc they wanted to pay me $11/hr despite me already having the experience they needed #and i just reapplied to an old job i had a couple years ago that pays well but i got an instant rejection #not to mention all the other jobs ive been applying to that dont even TRY to contact me before rejecting me #and then my current job where ive been pretty much explicitly told i'm never ever going to get promoted and i keep getting my hours cut #for reasons beyond my comprehension like i dont know what im even doing wrong bc no one will TELL ME #JUST TELL ME WHAT IM DOING WRONG #WHY AM I BEING BAD AT LIFE. CAN YOU THROW ME A BONE PLEASE. #IM TIRED OF SURVIVING I WANT TO THRIVE #IVE BEEN SURVIVING MY WHOLE LIFE IM JUST EXHAUSTED I WANT TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT SOMETHING I DID FOR ONCE PLEASE #Sorry for venting im trying to hold back a breakdown and i have to leave for work in an hour and i just need to shout into the void about it #even applying for like medical based jobs hasnt worked out. you wont even let me be a RECEPTIONIST? #i feel trapped at my current job. even my coworkers have been telling me that ive had my position for wayyyy too long and im gonna be stuck #like tell me something i dont know!!!!!!!!!! tell me how to get a better job!!!!!!!!!!!!! bc im struggling in every aspect of my life!!!!!! #whoever cursed me its working i hope youre happy. the haters love to see it