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[more-better-words]

ctrl + f game

Tagged by @1lostsoul0fishbowl! Aw, thank you, doll! 🥰

(so I'm guessing it's from any and all published fics? We're going to say that it is)

My task is to find the words absolutely, giggle, and helpless. Let's see what we've got!

From We Remain:

Curiosity bolstered, she mounted the stairs, finding herself ascended to the building's flat roof, just in time to see Mo exhale a long plume of smoke. "Ah, you've found me," he said, sounding unconcerned. She laughed in shocked surprise. "Is that a cigarette?" "Don't tell Amira. She thinks I've quit." "They still make those things?" "Unfortunately yes." He took another drag, smiling slightly. "Can you forgive me a secret vice?" "Absolutely." 

From Chosen:

Syd generously ran interference for her with Amira for the rest of her shift, but Monica was still tired when she left Fat Mo's that afternoon. She headed back to the apartment (their apartment, she thought with a glow), arriving home before Karveth, which didn’t surprise her. He'd been putting in a lot of long duty shifts in the past month in preparation for the two weeks of leave he'd be taking when they got married. When they got married. She heard herself giggle suddenly, and covered her mouth hastily, even though she was alone. In a way, getting married wouldn’t really change anything, but it was exciting anyway. He was the best person she knew: strong-willed, quick-witted, brilliant and funny, with an incredible gentleness lurking beneath his stern, sarcastic exterior. She loved him – and more than that, she’d chosen him, from the first time they’d met, and now she would get to tell the universe that. Now if she could just get Amira to stop trying to turn this into a royal wedding complete with elephants and a three kilometer procession through the center of the colony.

From For the Duration:

It feels like after the Xindi attack...like something’s hanging over us, this cloud we can feel but can’t see. I used to look up at the night sky, and think about Uncle Trip, and all the amazing things out there. But now the dark hides things. Dad and Papa don’t wanna talk about it. But I guess I understand why, because I don’t wanna talk about it with the boys. They’re so much younger, I just wanna let them be kids. Which is probably what Dad and Papa think about me. But I’m nearly seventeen! And I just...I feel helpless. I guess that’s why I’m sending this to you. What do Vulcans do when they feel helpless? Or...is feeling helpless just completely illogical, and I should know better? Anyway...I don’t know where I was going with this. I guess, just, uh...chalk it up to your weird human nephew being weird and human. I hope you’re doing okay.

(That one was tough! 😅)

Tagging @deadheaddaisy, @indignantlemur, @pearlypairings, @phoenixflames12, @leliesbleu, and anybody else who wants to play. Your words are floor, coldly, and sparkle. Have fun!

[i-am-the-egg-to-rule-all-eggs]

GEOGUESSER FANS! WHERE IS THIS?

[communistkenobi]

I constantly think about that Adorno quote where he says that a characteristic of reactionaries is that they always behave as if they are speaking truth to power, that they are saying the uncomfortable thing that everyone secretly believes but are too afraid to admit, and they are at all times only repeating what is already widely accepted as true in society. And I’m reminded of this anytime someone smugly says violence isn’t the answer or radicals are all the same or this is what jorjorwell warned us about, repeating beliefs so hegemonic that not only do they not require evidence to be believed, they are treated as sensible wise things to say

[starscream-is-my-wife]

For a bot that is very blue and has ‘thunder’ in his name like a thunder storm, he sure has lots of fire weapons! (This is also based off what TC said in a comic panel)

Yeah the seekers all have different weapons, despite them all looking the same lol

[cogneartive]

when i think of benbaro sometimes my mind conjures up scenarios of van zieks walking around duckling style following mr harebrayne and saying "albert. #mybert"

[sha-brytols]

oghren is such an insane case study in how authorial intent can seriously damage a character's impact. branka used to beat him and its played off as a joke everytime its brought up??

[tabellae-rex-in-sui]

CTRL+F sodomy

— Me on a new pdf

[m4rs-ex3]

there's something i love so much about "you know this is wrong" "see, you know you're amazing" "i have to go after him.""i know." "i know this: the tides are true as the ocean is deep" "i think---i know that i trust you to help me carry this" "cause i know you, rayla" "what you did was hard, but it was the right thing. you know that. i know you do" like. they * Know * each other better than they know themselves and as much as you hear that it's never been more true than it is with them

[sforzesco]

I love how much Lucullus can't stand Pompey, and also this

Pompey the Great: A Political Biography, Robin Seager

with something from this thrown in for extra flavor

Crassus and Pompey, on the other hand, ridiculed Lucullus for giving himself up to pleasure and extravagance, as if a luxurious life were not even more unsuitable to men of his years than political and military activities.

Plutarch, Lucullus

⭐ places I’m at! bsky / pixiv / pillowfort /cohost / cara.app / tip jar!

[vanityangel]

looks like someone dug their enforcer uniform out of the closet

[more-better-words]

ctrl + f game! (part 2)

Tagged by @pearlypairings, this time!

My words are pocket, flicker, and shine. Let's see what we've got.

From Far From the Sun:

“Speaking of Andorians,” he said, unwilling to wait for the gossip to come to him, “what happened with that Andorian guy you were seeing the last time I was here?” “Karveth?” She flashed a grin and lifted her beringed left hand. “I married him.” Max laughed. “Right.” She simply looked at him, her smile undiminished. He stared. “You're serious.” She nodded, still smiling. “When did that happen?” “This past March.” “So, uh… how's that been?” Her smile deepened. “Amazing,” she said simply, and pulled her order PADD from her apron pocket. “Special of the day's the black garlic burger. I seem to remember you being a fan of that one.”

From No Going Back:

“Jhamel…” Whether by accident or design, he'd stopped directly in front of her, and now he took one of her hands between his, very gently, kindly refraining from saying how little the word of a pacifist Aenar would likely mean to the General Staff of the Imperial Guard. “Wouldn’t you rather go home? Back to your people?” There was something almost regretful in his voice, and she could sense his antennae lowering. It was oddly flattering. “I don't think I can go back. Not to stay.” “Why not?” “The world – the universe – is so much larger than I ever knew. And I think I’ll need to be somewhere… larger now, too.” “Where?” And that sounded… hopeful, which was also flattering. “I'm not sure. I can start with the General Staff. Because someone should speak for you. Even if it's only me.” He didn’t seem to know how to reply to that, and she couldn’t help but feel a flicker of pride, because even though she hadn’t known him long, she knew Thy'lek Shran was rarely at a loss for words.

From Under a White Sky: (cheating just a smidge)

They arrived at the main Andoria spaceport the next day. Monica spent the entire approach in the observation lounge, her eyes huge, and Karveth watched her. First the transit of the vast pearlescent gas giant his ancient ancestors had called The Great Sister, She Who Moves the Seas, She Who Shines. And then her largest moon, his homeworld, wreathed in silver-blue clouds. Monica inhaled shakily. “Karveth,” she whispered. “It's so beautiful.” “It is,” he agreed softly.

(apparently this was supposed to be from WIPs? Which...oops 😅 In my defense, I didn't any of these in my WIPs, so there's there)

[completeoveranalysis]

[6]

Is… Is that allowed?

Can he just do that?

Sakura: :O

Not!Sakura: :O

Syaoran: :O

Lava Lamp Guy: :O

Me: :O

Where is Shocked Kid this would be his moment to shine. 

But yeah it looks like Bedraggled Evil Wolverine still has the power to just instantly No any attacks that Fai and Kurogane throw at him. 

Which is terribly inconvenient and kind of annoying but we’ll see what happens next.

OH I LOVE THIS. Fai and Kurogane just completely wrecked but still getting up to fight some more. They’re openly bleeding from who knows how many wounds but they are FURIOUS and they won’t let this happen. 

I also really like how Fai is perched on one of the broken shards of reality that's floating around? I just think it’s neat!

Meanwhile the Sakuras and Syaorans watch on in horror from within the Jam Jar - which, is also really funny to me. I didn’t think they’d be able to see out of the Jam Jar - I thought it was its own separate mini-dimension or something. But no, they’re in there! They’re tiny but they’re watching! 

[loupy-mongoose]

PLEASE show us your Bellsprout Takes omg

Okay you may see the funky dude now.

This will almost certainly be the last art I post before my gall bladder surgery.

[choccy-milky]

Hello! I'm not sure if you remember me but I DM'ed you one time and ask for some advice when it comes to drawing.. XD I just wanted to post this to show you how much I have improved, as well as a gift to say thank you for giving me the inspiration to practice drawing again!! I know I still have a lot to learn, but I will do my best to keep on practicing and maybe someday I can draw my MC along with yours :D

AW THIS IS SO CUTEE THANK YOU!!😭🥹🥹im so happy i could help you even a little bit with any advice, and also that i could inspire you to keep drawing!! your art is already super adorable so ik youll just keep getting better and better, and im hononured to see clora in your style...TYSM AGAIN!!🥹💖💖🙏

[basedonconjecture]

Ctrl + F Game

The game where you're given words to find in your WIP(s) and share the lines with them. I was tagged by @mythals-whore & @thedissonantverses for: scowl, sweet, echo, flame, hike, and blade.

"Even if they managed to put the Butcher to rout and end the occupation, how to keep it from happening again? How to close the gaps that had allowed it to happen in the first place? He’d seen it in Teia’s eyes, in Viago’s scowl: they didn’t know the answer any better than he did."

"'Sweet of you to care, Rook,' he said, voice pitched low. The purr-like quality to the way he rolled the r’s raised the tiny hairs at the back of her neck not unlike the way a snake’s hiss used to do."

"Tugging at the buckles of her armor, she started toward the second staircase just as heard the door to the library close firmly, the effect of the lonely echo it produced in the otherwise empty keep akin to being kicked in the chest."

"Just behind Viago like a shadow. Eyes hard and bright as veilfire—fearsome—they scanned the room in a slow careful sweep before they caught his. Held. For a beat, her expression remained stoic. Then, like a draft over a candle flame, the light in her gaze flickered. Her brows rose a fraction. A question. The vice loosened and he drew in his first full breath in several minutes."

"While hiking in the Anderfels was the last thing she’d ever thought she’d be doing, it wasn’t entirely awful. All those months on the road with Varric and Harding had put her through her paces with regards to how much nature she could endure."

"He almost envied her such a feeling of security but, then, he couldn’t imagine there were many who wished to meet the working ends of the Seventh Talon’s blades."

Tagging: @introvertedfangrl, @propenseverbosity, @mercars-musings, @operative-arrow, @muqington if you want to play! your words are: aroma, rain, and night

[direwombat]

wip wednesday word train

tagged by @lilywatt to do this fun little wip game (thank you macy!)

rules: for each letter of the word you're given, share an excerpt from a wip that starts with that letter. the word i was given is SIGH.

All of these excerpts are from various points in the slasher au <3

S — "Shut up," Sybille snaps.

"You don't gotta do this," the woman pleads. Her lip quivers, voice trembles. Eyes glisten with tears. "Just lemme go n' I promise I won't say a word to no one. Not a peep. I swear."

"Shut up!" she snarls again, and she uses the barrel of the gun to shove the woman towards one of the chairs. "Sit down."

I — It's for survival, she tells herself. Cuddle up to the predator. Bat your eyes and roll over to bear your belly. Prove you're not a threat. If you're good and useful, he'll keep you safe. And she ignores the voice in the back of her head warning her of the danger of that. That this is exactly how Mama ended up stuck with Daddy.

G — Giving the sole of her boot a nudge with the toe of his own, he grunts, "Get up."

"Why?" she scoffs. "So you can take me on a death march? Can't look me in my face when you kill me? Gon' take me out executioner style?"

"Not gonna kill you," he grunts, and he slings the rifle over his shoulder.

H — Hot sauce smears across her face and her fingers shine with grease. It's like watching a wolf rip apart a deer's carcass—loud and messy and primal, uninhibited by meaningless things like manners.

in theme with my current wip, the word i'm giving y'all (should you choose to accept it because i know there's some overlap between my and macy's taglist) is: FEAR

taglist (opt in/out)

@voidika, @buggknife, @cloudofbutterflies92, @josephseedismyfather, @tommyarishikage

@florbelles, @fourlittleseedlings, @wrathfulrook, @harmonyowl, @ivymarquis

@carlosoliveiraa, @cassietrn, @lasersinthejungle, @strafethesesinners, @trench-rot,

@miyabilicious, @simplegenius042, @g0dspeeed, @inafieldofdaisies, @inafieldofdaisies

@josephslittledeputy, @adelaidedrubman, @finding-comfort-in-rain, @socially-awkward-skeleton, @strangefable, and anyone else wanting to participate in this fun little game!