#what comes after giants

[lulady030]

I haven't seen any version of that meme with these two yet, so I decided to do it myself.

#my art #The Case Study of Vanitas #Vanitas no Carte #Veronica de Sade #Lady Archiviste #<- still tagging her like this to keep it (mostly) spoiler-free #Apologies to all my followers this is what I come back with after like 4 months ;v; #in my defense my favorite mangaka did the equivalent of kicking down the door waving a giant pride flag in her latest chapter #and I had to get this out of my brain somehow #*bows* I shall now go back to being absolutely demolished by school. Have a nice evening :')

[blmpff]

At My Fingertips - the spin off to Unintentional Love Story

It depicts the exciting school days of the side couple Go Ho-tae (Won Tae-min) and Kim Dong-hee (Do Woo). Scheduled to be released in theaters in May.

19.01.24

#why backstorrryyyyyyyy (whiningly) #come ooonnnn #ughhhhh #i thought we'd get what happened with them after ULS #have there been any rumors about it being basically a giant flashback that ive missed? #anyway #at my fingertips the movie #?? #at my fingertips the series #? #unintentional love story spin off #won taemin #do woo #sneak peek #blmpff

[littlecutiexox]

I'm so stressy today

#I have one interview #2 calls to discuss the jobs with the managers #need to see friends i havent seen in years straight after work #one giant meeting to discuss my job at the moment for them to give us an update #because weve heard nothing about us #maintance is finally fixing the water damage and we have no idea when theyre coming #what if it overlaps with my interview #i ughh #im so anxious #sorry i havent gotten back to pals yet #i need today to be over so i can breathe a little

[bisaster-energy]

Merlin but Merlin loses it when Arthur dies and instinctively starts a time loop and every time Arthur dies it automatically resets...for angst purposes it could stay tragic..no matter what he does to change the past kilgharra was right. no one can change their destiny nor can they escape it. or by starting this time loop at all he's doing is preventing the rise of the once and future king so by staving off Arthur's death he's actually preventing anyone from ever really living again. a never ending story with one character aware of the narrative but powerless to change it. a puppet with a brain but no autonomy to put it to use. A tragedy of his own making instead the one prophesized

#so that it doesn't work on the first try maybe morgana remembers and interferes or #maybe future Merlin is a sort of apparition that can only act if his old body lets him. he talks to past him like a ghost or demon even #so what he's saying directly contradicts kilgharra or gaius so present merlin probably distrusts him like crazy #merlin becomes another old annoying person in his own ear #who he doesn't even know if he can trust #OR he ends up sending arthur back by accident and arthur is in the past trying to fix shit #and this CHANGES something because now there's warnings of a great ending of all things coming for Camelot and by extension albion #and arthur knowing about Merlin's powers after keeping his knowledge to himself (cos he died RIGHT after learning about the magic) #finally understands the burden merlin had without having to try and understand based on Merlin's summary of an explanation alone #he understands morgana and mordred even nimueh like he GETS it gets it #anyway time goes on canon events are rewritten and the 'great evil' rips a giant hole in space and time and it turns out #future merlin was the cause. because he was smashing alternate realities to pieces looking for arthur is desperation #not knowing where the hell he even sent him breaking any known laws of time and space and reality consequences be damned #arthur cannot kill merlin. he cannot do it. not even for Camelot #so this can be angsty too like merlin loses himself completely in the search for arthur (paralleling the og timeline where Merlin ends up #singularly focused on Arthur's safety instead of his true mission) #and it literally swallows him and their entire known world up #or they get through to him. arthur AND past merlin. seeing that past him was able to diverge from the set path. live more for himself #than just arthur or for the sake of camelot be a PERSON outside of that. and have knowledge that he DID change arthur's mind. #not just as a useless deathbed confession but as something that actively changed and SAVED albion redeemed him of the mistakes he made and #proved that arthur is the man the KING he told every antagonist he was #future merlin sacrifices himself to destroy the black hole he made and it's like that future never even was. #just a bad nightmare you can't really remember. #just thinking about Merlin god bless #bbc merlin #fic ideas

[fleshdyke]

i love watercolour

#what other medium is so forgiving..... nothing thats what. #also other paints stress me tf out because if you put too much on the palette thats it its wasted. but watercolour is kind you can use it #for years after it dries ❤️❤️❤️ and you can go back and remove a lot of the pigment with just water and blotting. very awesome i think #watercolour my one love... #the only thing about it is i wish watercolour paper was as diverse in size as canvas is. it's not hard to find giant and oddly shaped #canvases at surplus stores or whatever (shoutout to my local surplus store for selling a 6ftx4ft canvas for $25 ❤️) but watercolour paper is #just like. slightly different sized rectangles #obviously big watercolour paper exists but it is much harder to come by. and of course much more expensive #i haven't had this problem yet but like if i wanted to make a very large watercolour painting i would have to tape two pieces together lmfao #rambles

[lena-in-a-red-dress]

A Hero's Judgement, Pt. 1

"Thank you for your help."

Kara can't help the bluntness of her tone. There's no emotion in her chest as she looks at Lena, taking in the anxious twist of her friend's fingers.

"Of course," Lena says softly. She looks as if she has more to say-- another apology, no doubt-- but whatever it is remains locked inside her.

Gazing at the woman who had once been her closest friend, Kara's jaw clenches. She knows what Lena hopes for-- forgiveness. She hopes that Kara's kindness will prevail.

Anger sparks low in Kara's belly.

"You abused my trust, for weeks," she says finally.

Lena nods again. "I know," she returns weakly.

"You manipulated me," Kara continues. "I broke the law for you. I... you trapped me in kryptonite, Lena. You weaponized the last piece of my home against me!"

Slim shoulders curl inwards with each evil Kara lists. Her chin dips, hiding her shame behind a curtain of hair. She doesn't deny a single accusation, but not even that can abate Kara's hurt.

"I don't know if I can forgive that."

As she watches, Kara sees Lena stiffen for a fraction of a second, a glimmer of tears sparkling in her eyes before the walls come down.

Lena's chin lifts once more, accepting her fate with a single bob of her head.

"I understand."

With a thick, audible swallow, Lena crosses past Kara to return to the computer terminal she'd used to facilitate Kara's path through the VR world of Obsidian.

"I'm going to ensure that those who have logged off haven't suffered any ill effects," Lena intones evenly. "You're welcome to stay, but I'm sure you have other things to do."

"I do."

Despite herself, Kara wishes Lena would turn to glance at her one more time. Lena doesn't hear her thoughts, and simply nods at her computer screen.

"I'll alert your team if Leviathan takes any further action."

"Good."

Lingering for a final moment, Kara absorbs the sight of Lena, her fingers tapping rhythmically against her keyboard, her long hair reflecting the flourescent lights overhead. She's achingly beautiful, even now.

Before she can say anything she'll regret, Kara gives a final unseen nod, and speeds from the room. Still, she can't help but hear Lena's voice issue faintly behind her.

"Goodbye, Kara."

#supercorp #angst #a heros judgement #alt s5 ending #this is one of the longer pieces #i intended to post it all at once #but that would just be a giant post #that no one would read #so yall are getting it piecemeal after all #here you go! #lemme know what you think #updates to come swiftly

[crowsyart]

Mizune lore stuff to go along with my witch lore

#they’re kind of a seperate/more ancient species than witches to me #they’re kind of like #cells or a the remains of a supernova #playing with the idea of an ‘original’ mizune who was a fertility godess long ago that was slowly broken down over time by humanity until #it became a sort of unthinking anamolous mass #with the supernova metaphor it’s like ​the giant star in the middle(that being the old goddess) is sheddings its mass #is slowly dying and shedding its mass over millions of years and those turn into little stars #being the mizune #that can come together but can’t ever compare to the original #the giant kaiju mizune pictured is what happens if all the mizune come together #mizune sisters #soul eater #Mabaa made a deal with the godess long ago to watch after her children which is why the mizune are considered witches #it can’t communicate anymore but sometimes it has pulses of feeling that Mabaa (being essentially the witch counterpart to death) can #interpret

[seagullcharmer]

hm. working on my map of lorule. need to figure out some things......

#libra.txt #if any mutuals wanna help me worldbuild please feel free to message me / ask for my discord or smth #in albw instead of a desert there's a swamp right #so i wanted to change hyrule's gerudo desert to lorule's giant swamp #but then that could imply changing the faron region and/or parts of lanayru to desert ? #and i do want to have some lorule zora so we couldn't have them in a desert #and yeah on the albw map there's just lots of swamp #but i think the stuff in lower right is the lake hylia swap #i haven't played albw in ages..... might need to go through it again for ideas #like i knoooww not everything needs to be a 1:1 inverse. and i'm not planning to do that! #i'm mostly trying to adhere to what we're given in canon #and yeah hyrule's map has changed a LOT from albw > botw #and therefore lorule's map could too! #although i def want to keep with the canyons that split the land after the destruction of the triforce #and a lot of the land would definitely heal post-new triforce get #but i do like the swamps......... #wanted to make a gerudo inverse who live in the swamp #but some of their architecture would be based on some of the indigenous architecture in central + south america #and i would need to do LOTS of research to make it accurate and interesting etc #(even though. no idea how much would actually come up in the story) #yes this is just. my silly au and i get to cherrypick which bits of lore get included #and i'm making some stuff work that wouldn't by lore standard! #(why are there yeti and mogmas in lorule libra. shhh don't worry abt it)

[wonder-worker]

Friendly reminder that Francesco Coppino and Prospero di Camulio, contemporaries who were literally getting their information from predominantly Yorkist circles, were both explicitly clear that it was Henry VI who decided to surrender Berwick to Scotland.

Camulio: "King Henry has given away a castle [town] called Berwick, which is one of the keys of the frontier between England and Scotland." Coppino: "[Scotland has] received from the same Henry the town of Berwick, on the frontiers of Scotland, which the Scots have long claimed as their right from the English, as the excellently well furnished guardian of their frontiers, and the place to which King Henry repaired as an asylum after the battle."

The idea that Margaret of Anjou was principally involved in the surrender, or that she was the one who actually made the decision, is based on nothing but assumption. Two direct contemporaries, both speaking of ongoing events as they unfolded, who were both getting information from Yorkist-held England, both clearly believed it was Henry who was responsible for this course of action. Neither of them mention Margaret. Sure, you can argue that it was merely rhetorical, and that they were simply automatically attributing such an important decision to the King rather than the queen - but rhetoric is nonetheless extremely important and helps us understand how historical figures were perceived at the time. Margaret's enemies would surely not have hesitated to broadcast her involvement had it actually been true, and Coppino in particular had shown no qualms about criticizing her in favor of the Yorkists before. If she was genuinely believed to have been responsible, and if the Yorkists were actually claiming that she was at the time, I see no reason why Coppino or Camulio would not have emphasized her role in their letters. What these samples instead indicate is literally the opposite: that their contemporaries - probably including the Yorkists who were putting out the information that Coppino and Camulio reported - actually believed that Henry was the one making the decision. I think it's a very large and very unnecessary stretch to go against actual evidence and claim otherwise by placing the responsibility on Margaret instead.

Additionally, these small samples may also reveal what people at the time - once again including the Yorkists - actually thought of Henry's role in the war on a broader level, away from direct Yorkist propaganda which would obviously and perhaps understandably seek to de-emphasize it: namely, that Henry was perceived as the one making decisions and deciding the courses of action for his own side.

Source: Excerpts from the Calendar of State Papers and Manuscripts, Existing in the Archives and Collections of Milan

#henry vi #margaret of anjou #english history #my post #I want to make a longer post detailing the clear indications we have that Henry *was* perceived as the active decision maker of his side #which indicates that contemporaries did not really think that there was some kind of giant 'role-reversal' between him and MoA #but until then the gist is: #after Henry was rescued in 1461 contemporary letters clearly emphasize his own actions; they mostly did not attribute decisions to Margaret #we also know he and Margaret separated when she headed off to the continent; #that he seems to have been involved in border-raids against Yorkist England; #*and* that he avoided capture until 1465 #if Henry was entirely passive throughout it all and entirely dependent on Margaret to make decisions #I do not understand how any of this would have been possible #Instead Henry & Margaret seemed to have had more of a partnership with Margaret focusing on gaining international support #which she was very well-suited for given her powerful foreign connections #& with her taking on leadership in his absence (mainly due to imprisonment/incapacity) rather than all the time/when they were together #and like I said when it comes to Berwick contemporaries clearly believed it was Henry's decision #but also like. let's hypothetically assume that Margaret was the driving force behind it. please think of this situation logically. #whoever's idea it was Scotland was very obviously going to want a proper confirmation from the *king* #who was. yk. the actual authority of the country #even if Margaret was the one encouraging this surrender Henry's approval and agreement would have still been required #if not by the Lancastrian party then by Scotland #and again this is assuming that Margaret was actually the driving force behind it. there's no indication that she was #but ultimately contemporaries very clearly believed *Henry* was responsible #we don't know what MoA actually thought of it or what her actual involvement was (she could may encouraged it; she may have misliked it; #she may have simply been told after the decision had already been made) #but ultimately even in the most extreme case - which is contradicted by actual evidence - the final say would have been Henry's #it would be nice if this was reflected by historians?

[caramel-mocha-latte]

Salem trying to hurt Yang/Ruby: *talks about having killed their mother*

Summer Rose, who is now four inches tall: *swinging her axe to smash Salem's ankles in*

#instead of killing summer or making her into a hound salem fucked up and made her tiny #and no matter what she does she cant control that tiny woman or stop her from being a total nuisance #also i need to think of g/t rosebird cause i love that ship #raven would try to act mean #but end up being extremely soft with summer after having been so afraid of losing her #i also want to post thoughts on tiny ruby when they come to mind cause i need tiny roses... #g/t #giant/tiny #g/t community #sfw g/t #g/t thoughts #rwby g/t

[iknowwhereyousleepatnight]

i had a dream last night where i was trying to put together a piece for an art final in one afternoon (because apparently i was taking an art class? i kept having lucid moments of hey i’m not even taking a real art class but i was content to still do the project) and actually i remember very clearly what i was planning and i have all the stuff for it i think i should recreate the dream art final piece

#i was doing a giant collage and i was cutting up bits of colorful + textured paper and running them through a printer over and over #again so that the words were overlapping to make an interesting texture and i was moving them around to make an image and i don’t #remember exactly what it looked like but it was an underwater scene and i can remember a few of the fish and coral structures in relative #detail so i think i’m gonna do it why not i do not have a big enough canvas (it was bigger than me in my dream) but i do have some #30in x 40in canvases (originally bought for giant self portraits of me bc i’m vain lmao) but perhaps one could be spared for this? #i also do have a giant sketchbook but i’m unsure if the paper could hold the weight of what i’ll need to do to it. hmmm #i also have a wall….. but i think i was only granted permission to paint over it smoothly and i hate painting smooth i need texture and i #doubt glued paper would be easy to take off if needed. sad. i really do want to do something to a wall some day. maybe i should just build #myself a giant canvas so it can be moved? it would have to be able to fit through the door though :/ #what about a bunch of smaller canvasses that slot together to fill the whole wall? that would be kinda cool i can work with that #maybe not for this project though that would be a lot of work bc if i’m gonna do a whole ass wall i’ll need to measure it n shit and then #i wouldn’t want the canvases to fit as squares i’d want them to be cool and interesting shapes so i’d have to build them myself #hmmmmmmmm. i will think about that later perhaps when i get my own place . it will be epic though i assure you #so i can add some supports to my giant sketchbook paper to keep it sturdier or perhaps i could use a giant canvas. decisions decisions #i will think abt it after i get her up how much colored/printed paper i have (a lot bc i get some every time they’re on sale at micheals #because i have a problem) and i should cut them all to like 8x11 so they’ll slot through the printer so i can cut them up after? #or perhaps i will cut them up before so i can get the vision right? there will be a lot of layers to this i know the pov of the one in my #dream was from the sea floor but near a reef so i will need to work on perspective a bit so maybe a nice big preparatory sketch for a rough #placement of everything then extra details i can come up with as i go? the fish and things will need to be layered a lot but once the base #colors are on i can’t really sketch it out. hmmmmm. i’ll contemplate some more i think

[mysteriouslybluepirate]

Double Edged Dagger of Beauty

Dear fics that explore how Edward grew up always being hot shit (either physically being an attractive person, mentally with how good of a pirate he was, or having achieved so much at a certain age), and how insecure he is as he ages and loses what makes him 'special', I love you.

I think this is due to being raised as a woman, but so much of my life has been waiting to be enough. Hot enough for a partner, smart enough to be respected or strong enough to be worthy of someone's time. To not being seen as weak... But it's years later that I'm just starting to realize that I will never be enough if I keep waiting on someone to tell me I'm enough, you know?

Usually, these themes are explored in a mid-life crisis way, but I recently read a fic where Ed contemplates if he only earned respect/love from his crew/Izzy thanks to being an attractive person. That his worth is only tied to what he is as a shell. On the outside. Tying it back to canon by pointing out how as soon as Edward stopped being Blackbeard, he was alone, and Stede had to be the friendly face in his life, not his first mate or old crew.

Then he contemplates what his life would be like if he was nothing special, would he even still be alive? Would he have lasted 20+ years? This is all during a mental spiral, where he feels unconnected to his body. I don't know, but it hit really close to home.

I'd love to hear y'alls thoughts on this, start a whole conversation...Especially those who spend more time in Ed spaces than I do.

#This also comes after me reading a shit ton of Stede/Ed where Stede reassures Ed he's beautiful or something like that after a melt down #Which yeah if Eds feeling insecure that CAN help #but being told you're lovable becuase of things you Are and not what you can DO can be such shitty feeling #Seriously #Edward is such a lovable character and yet I see a shit ton of authors writing about Stede realizing he loves Ed because he's hot #BABES if that was Stede's issue they'd be fuckin by ep 8. He LOVES Ed #and who Ed is as a weird #person #Ed is smart #clever #willing to go out of his comfort zone for people he cares about #LIKE can we stop calling Taika Waititi hot for five minutes and discuss the psychology of the character Edward Teach #To be fair it's a huge issue in Izzy/Ed fics where Izzy has a giant crush for years and the only explanation is 'Young Ed'=Hot. Like.... #Obviously #attraction isn't something to demonize but when its one of the few features a romantic partner comments on..idk it feels yucky #gentlehands #steddyhands #blackhands #edward teach

[companion-showdown]

not sure what time the new round will be out

#its my brother's birthday today and i promised i'd make him a giant cookie #i was going to do it earlier in the day but my dogs escaped the garden this morning #and one wouldn't come back when I called #so i spent 15 minutes running around a field trying to catch him #sobbing because I hadn't seen them escape and had been panicing until I found them #then he made it to the road #and thank goodness he was fine in the end #anyway had to spend a while trying to calm down after that #did not have the brain power to do anything else #got the ingredients and only now is the kitchen clean and I can start #and then going out for a birthday meal later #so don't know if ill have time between finishing baking and that to do the round #and not sure what time i'll be back #the latest it will be posted is tomorrow morning #but hopfully sooner

[mkscatgirl]

I could write a whole essay on bgs who moved from cute to "mature" concepts and how they did so

#like svt astro and golcha all started firmly cemeted as CUTE AND BRIGHT groups that then transistioned into maturer concpets #i dont like saying mature because like what does that even MEAN but yknow? #i was going to include tbz in this but theyre actually different like yes they started off boyish and became more 'manly' (sexy) #but they always had more 'cool' concepts along side their cute ones #like yeah keeper and giddy up and bloom bloom are cute concepts at the start of their career BUT it doesnt define them as solidly because #they also have boy (boyish not cute under my usage) or right here and then they go into no air which is the beginning of their maturation #as opposed to say svt which has a clear delineation from the cute to the mature which begins with dont wanna cry #like of course they still have cute and fun songs afterwards but they now have a different (mature) feel to them #and the same goes for golcha and astro tho their delineation is also defined by a hiatus and renewed concept upon return #ALTHOUGH with golcha i would further argue that for golcha while still under the cute side genie IS the beginning of the transition into #the mature side that comes to be with wannabe #and again they do still have cute and bright concepts after the fact (eg pump it up) BUT it is not longer what defines them as a whole #i think of these examples because of how smoothly the transition progresses so it never feels like a giant leap into something wholly #different** #another example i would go to while not a bg is twice because i think they ALSO did this transition wonderfully #there are likely other older groups that did the same thing as well but i do not know them (baby) #i didnt intent to say so much in the tags but i got excited LMAO

[minamotosousuke]

scientifically Mitsuba and Kou are the life of the party… it’s fact!!

#listening to elsewhere by young the giant where it’s abt dance floors #and I’m like aww yes last night when I talked abt dance floors #the whooooooooooe gang is at a party #there’s a dance floor #there’s teru whose physically incapable of moving his body in creative organic ways #then there’s Akane and Aoi on the wall being wallflowers because they’re shy freaks who wanna seem normal #Nene is nervous she wants to but she’s nervous she needs someone to go first #hanako would rather NOT but he’s doing what his gal is doing #Tsukasa is NOT invited fuck that guy he’s NOT coming #satou and yokoo are over at the lunch bowl joking about it being spiked and Satou says I’m spiking it with sugar hehe and dumps sugar in it #lemon is bouncing around he’s vibing #kou and Mitsuba waltz in this dance is following a nice romantic dinner and they got romantic plans to idk go watch the stars after #it’s a pit stop but they waltz on in and go immediately to the dance floor to dance #which prompts nene to wanna go dance #and slowly the party gets going #my main gal natsuhiko and her woman come like half an hour later those dykes are so fashionably late the trends can’t keep up but #they also hit the dancefloor and they are very good (shhh they take classes you can’t anyone they’re playing it casual)