#to start over?

[whoredmode]

for the prompts, i need dexteros doing a pinky swear

i’ll be waiting patiently 🙏

touching - send me two characters and a prompt for art and possibly some writing

31. doing a pinky swear

I.

Dex’s youngest sister insists that friends have to do it. Anteros laughs as she furrows her little brow; she remains unimpressed with their apparent indifference towards the gesture.

“You have to do it!” She pouts.

“Okay, okay!” Anteros relents, hands up in surrender while Dex rolls his eyes. Anteros is the first to put his pinky up, more easily persuaded by the demands of a seven year old, or perhaps more quick to embrace the saccharinity of schoolyard traditions. Dex matches his stance, failing to hide his embarrassed smile as the two entwine their pinkies.

“You happy now, Bri?” Dex turns to her, exasperated but not unhappy, their fingers still hooked together.

She nods triumphant, giggling like she’s gotten away with something as she runs back to her other brother on the jungle gym.

Dex looks back to Anteros and their eyes meet as they both chuckle in wordless contentment.

Neither wants to be the first to break away.

II.

The longer it went on, the harder it was stay away. Their days had become a cycle, a repetitive blur of working and planning, occasionally punctuated by the outcome of said plans—which usually meant Anteros going off and doing something dangerous. Dex would accompany him at times, but—though he’d never outright admit it to the others no matter how obvious—he preferred to be the tactician for now. As long as he got his due credit, he could live with staying away from the action.

It didn’t matter though, because as the days continued and the nights got longer, the feeling in the pit of Dex’s stomach only grew. He’d started to hate having to watch him leave. He chided himself for knowing just how much they needed each other. He wasn’t immune to the yearnings of his twenties, of just wanting to run away from it all. It was pointless to love someone in circumstances like this.

But when the day was over and they went back to their apartment together and they could hold each other without worry, suddenly everything made sense. He no longer wanted to run away, not without Anteros. When he could feel his caress and taste the smoke on his lips and fall asleep in his arms, it was this he knew he needed. This, this is why he needed to save Stilwater. This, his home. This, his promise to himself.

III.

Dex watches as Anteros argues on the phone outside. It was a trait he’d noticed early on in their relationship: Anteros couldn’t talk on the phone without pacing. He walks in an imperfect circle in the parking lot, hands trying to comb through his hair but getting caught in his curls. He’s stressed, but just as quick as the call began, it ends, and Anteros hurries back to the car.

“So this alderman guy, Hughes? Told me to meet him on his fucking yacht.” Anteros lights his cigarette while Dex rolls down the windows. “And after the stunt we just pulled, I think we’ll get Julius back.”

Dex is half-listening, his mind still catching up with the rest of his body, adrenaline from earlier still overwhelming him. He felt more anchored seeing Anteros appear so collected.

“He wants to meet you now?” Dex asks, more delayed in his response than he would’ve liked. He begins to drive back, silently opting for the scenic route.

“Yeah. In like an hour or two.” Anteros flicks his cigarette out the window. “Hey, let’s go get dinner I’m done.”

Dex feels an uncharacteristic wave of relief at the suggestion.

“Alright.” Dex smirks. “But don’t be fucking late. I know you like to take schedules as a suggestion.”

Anteros throws his head back and laughs at the remark, but his voice is clear and sincere as he reaches for Dex’s hand and replies: “I promise.”

#thank you😭 #i had a headache but i’m here now. anyway dexteros. #what is dexteros if not a lifetime of promises. to be there. to end things. #to start over? #a promise of the mutual desire to return to the way things used to be. #asks #my art tag

[yourangle-yuordevil]

That time in ancient Greece when Aziraphale needed a speedy horse and accidentally invented the pegasus

VS.

Whatever Crowley had going on in medieval times

#Crowley just really misses the unicorns ok??? #Also Crowley didn't start from a horse to make a new unicorn #he looked at a horse and was like.... nah #then looked at a goat and was like YEAAAAH LET'S GOO LET'S MAKE YOU BIG AF AND YOU CAN ALSO SPIT FIRE WHAT A GREAT IDEA!! #While Aziraphale is fretting over the fact that he accidentally gave WINGS to a HORSE and every time that the angels asks about it he's lik #whaaat?? PegaSUS naaaah never heard about it. Must be a made up thing. humans...right?? silly little things ahahah *sweat nervously* #good omens #crowley #aziraphale #ineffable husbands #aziracrow #pegasus #unicorn #Do I wanna draw the precious good omens beans? yes. #is this an excuse to draw more horses? also yes. #medieval crowley #ancient greek aziraphale #CAVALLIIIIIII 🐎���🐎🐴🐎🐴🐎🐴 #good omens comic #historical husbands

[moxie-girl]

im so normal abt sibling relationships in media i swear

#missing piece of the circle: I resist the urge to hug my brother cause ill start crying all over him and he’ll think I’ve finally snapped #this is mostly about the asl brothers but also a lot of other characters too #hold on lemme tag 1 million characters rq #asl brothers #monkey d luffy #sabo #portgas d ace #akutagawa ryuunosuke #akutagawa gin #ragbros #kaeya alberich #diluc ragnvindr #jason todd #batfam #dabi #touya todoroki #laios touden #falin touden #apollo justice #nahyuta sahdmadhi #wittebros #phantomhive twins #donquixote brothers #klavier gavin #kristoph gavin #lumine #aether #vinsmoke siblings #tsukasa yugi #amane yugi

[cozymodeonpoint]

senshi fans: learning how to make nutritious meals for themselves

laios fans: down bad

marcille fans: lesbianism

chilchuck fans: putting that man in situations

#this is what I've observed over the past few weeks #it's great #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #senshi #laois touden #marcille donato #chilchuck #2000+ notes later and I'm starting to think i read y'all to filth #with exception to senshi fans also being down for him #update at 9000 notes: you can like laois for autism reasons and still be down bad #some of y'all in the tags and fics are down bad for laois in mental way #like you want him to be real so you can do brain crazy with him do you understand

[pineapple-frenzy]

Book 2 au with Zuko and Katara Lee and Huamei

Katara is separated from her friends, and so she's left to travel the earth kingdom on her own. She stumbles across Zuko, who is similarly travelling on his own. They decide that pairing up and travelling together would be best

#zutara #zuko #katara #atla #my art #book 2 au #book 2 aus have been done before but i wanted to try my own take with tropes i personally enjoy akdjslkdks #also had the urge to draw zutara arguing and just not getting along in general qldjkakslsk #i recently finished natla and also just rewatched book 1 so zutara book 1 dynamic where they're quite hostile with each other is on my mind #they decide to travel together but obviously they don't get along at all at the start #they find each other annoying but that annoyance slowly turns into affection #also alsooo #short hair zuko enjoyers hello #i have switched over to the side of short hair zuko ajrskakdlksjd #also thinking about how to put short hair katara into this akdjaljdlskf #i just think short hair zutara neat :>>

[prokopetz]

Deity who's unacquainted with concept of evolution creating a world with, like, twelve different kinds of creatures, thinking "yes, that's a good number – nice and symmetrical", then going on vacation for a couple million years and being very upset at what's waiting for them when they get back.

#concepts #theology #evolution #worldbuilding #they keep throwing extinction events at the world in an effort to get a clean slate and start over #life just keeps getting weirder in response #they're practically at their wits' end #and that's a lot of wits to be at the end of

[mrghostrat]

god, i know i drew all day but my brain so empty i just wanted to draw a little more <3

#started making another study sheet but this time it’s crowley madly blushing over innocuous touches #i know what i’m about son #good omens #crowley #aziraphale #aziracrow #ineffable husbands #digital art #gomens #rat draws

[hinamie]

surprise it's yuri!!!in 2024

#my art #yuri on ice #yuri!!! on ice #yoi #fanart #katsuki yuuri #victor nikiforov #victuuri #yoi fanart #this was the secret 4th thing that lost the poll jdsfgsdfjj #id been thinking about doing a tribute since getting that one ask but i didn't anticipate how Into it i would get once i started #the way i flew through this piece .. just over 1 day??? insane #yuri is /that/ ingrained in my muscle memory #I was looking at refs and ?? id forgotten how wild this show was #we just got all of that?? a pole dance a proposal a kiss a pair skate....and it was ALL canon? incredible #AND YEAH UNPROMPTED HISTORY MAKER PLAYS IN MY YT MIX #dean fujioka jumpscare #also looking back at my old yoi pieces was so wild. that ws really 8 years ago huh. #little bit of an ego boost looking at how far ive come #but also im just grateful idk sry 2 b sappy on main #i hope 16 year old me is happy that i did this bc im happy i did this #edit bc i forgot a bunch of white outline i am a fraud

[kopawz]

mario has to be informed on who chris pratt is, and is disappointed

#mario #super mario #like mario would try and be nice like *ohhhh i bet he is just starting out! we all start out that'sa ok!* #and luigi tells him that *mario. he has just been like this for two decades along with being a terrible person* #and mario does the game over sound effect and loses a life

[s-aprua]

furina's travel album

(hc: furina travels and always comes home to tell neuvi about it 🥺)

#genshin impact #genshin #furina #neuvillette #my art #doodle #i wanted to doodle neuvi but then furina took over oops #and then i started rendering and gave up halfway through

[catmask]

with that said there are characters that a fat maybe not canonically but they are spiritually. to me. they may not be drawn that way but i know whats true. ive seen it like a sort of prophet

#serizawa. send post #he did NOT live his life as a shut in for almost a whole decade to be drawn SKINNY! not by me at least #also like so many characters over the age of 30. no more fit moms and dads GIVE them that divorce body fat NOW! #*strikes you down with the force of god* #but honestly alternative for serizawa that ive always liked is that he gains weight when he starts working for reigen #because he can now go out and eat new foods :D he has actually gained an appetite because he's moving around more #and isnt just eating like instant ramen or whatever his mom brings him #see how easy it is you can just believe it with your heart. you just have to find the ways to make true waht u know #scratchpost #txt

[literallyaflame]

okay. listen. if you ever find yourself falling into a new ideological circle, pay attention. if you notice that you’re among people who define themselves as part of an “in-group” with a pre-prepared human “enemy” to constantly rail against—if everyone fantasizes about the mental state of these loathsome monsters, if they participate in witch hunts or (perhaps worse) poke bears and court harassment on purpose to comfort each other over—get the fuck out. you haven’t been enlightened to some grand conspiracy, there are no evil “enemies” or “degenerates” trying to rip apart the fabric of society, and you do not have the moral duty to “enlighten” anyone to whatever you think the “truth” is. it’s neither safe nor normal to spend hours of your day fighting with strangers on the internet

a lot of people wear this shit like a badge of honor, but it’s also not normal to hide your “in-group” status as a form of martyrdom, relishing when the “enemy” slips up around you. it’s comforting in the moment, but in the long run, you’re alienating yourself from the world outside of your bubble. the more you alienate yourself, the more vulnerable and lonely you become, and the harder it is to reject the comfort of belonging to the “in-group”

i’m writing this from the perspective of someone who grew up in a cesspool of awful, cult-like rural churches—which is its own situation—but i see similar shit happening in online communities all the time, both within and 800 miles outside of my own ideological principles. yes, every toxicass radfem i block seems to be trapped in a version of this vicious cycle, but i also see it happening in random queer circles and niche fandom communities. no one is immune, not even me. i’ve watched people fall into this shit and never make it out. be careful

#some ideologies come pre-baked with this nonsense #because they naturally revolve around an in-group and an out-group #but i swear to god people will start acting like this over fucking #anime shipping wars #which probably seems harmless to most people #but those communities skew very young #and i have no doubt that it can be psychologically damaging #no matter how inconsequential it seems to my jaded 26 year old brain #me when i make a post

[bluegiragi]

puppy playtime!!

early access + nsfw on patreon

#whenever soap's wolf takes over #the 141 temporarily becomes a doggy day care #so happy i get to show them being soft with soap in his full wolf form #been waiting to indulge like this since i started the au #monster 141 au #simon ghost riley #john soap mactavish #captain john price #kyle gaz garrick #giragi art

[hartro-owns-my-heart-ro]

”getting thicker skin” is great in theory but I think for some people “get better at handling your thin skin” is gonna be way more helpful advice. I have strong emotional reactions to criticism and they might never go away, but i can continue to try and handle each situation maturely and that’s the important part. Sometimes irrational feelings are chronic and living with them is better than trying to beat yourself up into not having them.

#ive cried over completely minor critical discussions so many times this year that im starting to think it’ll just always be a thing #so now i wanna work on living with it #mental health #ok to reblog

[bigfatbreak]

Birds of a Feather previous / next

#my art #feralnette au #birds of a feather #long tags #sorry I went apeshit in the tags #LETS SAY IT ALL TOGETHER NOW #I - M - A - G - OOOOOOOOO #its fun drawing marinette's back to Alya and having her appear stout and unstoppable and totally logical #and then you see her face and she's like two seconds from completely snapping and is keeping it together by a thread #as a note just because mari feels very certainly abt smth doesnt mean she's right. feelings can be valid and also irrational #in the throes of grief she decided it was better to be alone than to lose someone again so she started pulling away #and lila made pulling away very very very easy to do #shes also vaguely aware she's being unfair in pinning this on alya which is why she started spinning the drain on cockmoth again #legitimately all the shit that's happened to her wouldn't have been so catastrophic if he was never in the picture and she knows it #but the bitterness of her bestie choosing a fantastic liar over her at the worst of times stiiiiiings #alya's personal timing was bad but lila really took advantage of the fact that marinette had been acting off and weird #she basically clocked marinette as being unstable from SOMETHING and made up a lie about her #knowing she wouldn't have the strength to defend herself #between her social life going tachy bc of lila and losing fu in a way that felt like personhood death marinette was really put on the spot #and alya doing her thing of busting in there and assuming her bias is correct was a terrible combo #essentially marinette is highly unstable and alya is just realizing that #busting in and giving her a lecture when she's slightly hysterical and definitely delirious from exhaustion is NOT the way #to show her she's self sabotaging #cuz thats just gonna make her double down on self sabotaging. bc marinette will not accept that she is also a CHIIIIILD

[littlegayteaboy]

thinking about how Zuko got kicked out of his home country and, by extension, all formal education, at age 13. and i'm sorry Uncle Iroh but you're not qualified to teach a freshly traumatised 13 y/o algebra. so Zuko only has like, an 8th grade level of maths at most.

... meanwhile Sokka's a literal genius,

#zuko #sokka #avatar the last airbender #atla #avatar #atla fanart #fanart #my art #zukka #youre probably gonna have to click for quality ;-; #the way i spent DAYS drawing this same scene but in a different way. only to decide i didn't like it and start completely over #tea arts🍵