#eventually:

[worldofwakingdreams01]

Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Azriel/Eris Vanserra, Azriel & Eris Vanserra Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Fluff, Fluff and Angst, Mates, Mating Bond, Fire, Scars, Trauma, Soft Eris Vanserra, Eris Vanserra - Freeform, Azriel Needs a Hug (A Court of Thorns and Roses), Soft Azriel (A Court of Thorns and Roses), Azriel - Freeform, Shadow powers, Fire Powers, Canon Divergence, Queer Character, Wings, Wing Kink, wing play, Mild Smut, insecure, Established Relationship, I guess it’s not a one shot anymore, Danger, Abuse, Past Child Abuse, Secret Relationship, Torture, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Implied/Referenced Torture, Wounds, Mutual Pining, Nightmares, Eris Vanserra Needs A Hug, The Autumn Court (A Court of Thorns and Roses), The Night Court (A Court of Thorns and Roses), Illyrians (A Court of Thorns and Roses), Warning: Beron Vanserra, Idiots in Love, Smut, Eventual Smut, Oral Sex, Azris, Eventual Happy Ending, I'm Sorry Series: Part 1 of Azris Obsession

After doing nothing with the mating bond for centuries, Azriel and Eris must make their next move on the giant game board of Prythian. Danger lurks around every corner for this secret, star-crossed pair. A mate's heart can only handle so much danger before its pushed to the brink. Amidst the threats of getting caught or dying, there emerges only one viable option. If Azriel and Eris want to love each other openly, they must seat Eris on Autumn's Throne.

EXCERPT:

Azriel. Eris tried to scream, but his dream only let him whisper. Still, his mate looked up, and damn that little hopeful twitch of Azriel’s lips almost took Eris out again. That would be a nice way to die, Eris thought. Death by Azriel’s smile was far preferable to whatever hell Beron was still exacting on his body.

That was the only way Eris would accept death, he decided. He’d do it eye to eye, mouth to mouth, with Azriel. Even if Eris only had the inadequate conjured images of a raving madman in his own mind when he went, that would be the last thing he would see.

More. Something was wrong, though. His dream-Azriel was sweating more. He was too hot. The sway as his magnificent winged body dropped from his knees to his ass betrayed his dehydration. Azriel was planted in the snow, eyes vacant. Slowly, some of the fiery pain raking across Eris’s chest lightened.

Eris tried to ask what was happening, but his mouth wouldn’t move. His mind couldn’t form the words. A single track of salt water glistened across the dark bruises under Azriel’s eye and down his perfect cheek.

More. More! Azriel’s wings twitched as he spoke in the distance.

Eris had spent years, no centuries , studying every micro movement of Azriel’s wings. He had marveled at how they snapped open, mighty and unabashed in their glorious expanse. Eris had wondered at how efficiently they contracted when Azriel spiraled in a freefall from the sky. Eris had relished at how every membrane in Azriel’s wings tensed harshly, and then oh so carefully relaxed, when Azriel climaxed in the throes of passion.

Eris had also seen how they twitched, too sensitive, after battles and arduous training sessions. That was unequivocally pain that was vibrating, etched into every crevice of every membrane on his back. Unbridled horror coursed through Eris’s soul as he felt the sting of Beron’s whip lessen further.

Azriel’s wings twitched, again. This wasn’t a dream. This wouldn’t even echo through the bowls of Eris’s worst nightmares. Somehow, this was real. Azriel was absorbing Beron’s torture. He wasn’t fighting it, and Eris was horrifically powerless to stop it.

Azriel, stop. Please. Eris wasn’t above begging. This wasn’t right. Azriel had borne enough torture in his life. Eris didn’t know how long he had been here. He had only had one small mercy in however long that was. Azriel hadn’t been hurt. He had been in his own territory, with his own family. He was safe. His mate was supposed to be fucking safe. Azriel didn’t seem to hear Eris at first. Eris called again.

Azriel, stop. Please. Azriel only smiled in acknowledgement. Eris’s pain lessened further. Cool relief settled in Eris’s chest as the ghost of a shadow caressed a smoldering burn. Eris might have stabbed himself if Azriel wouldn’t have absorbed it… and if he would regain some damned consciousness. This relief felt wrong - it was a betrayal of his mate in the worst way.

I love you, Eris. I am coming for you.

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PORTO ROCHA

[skynoctis]

Legendary Boulder ~ WrestlerCheetah

Next sketch for cheetahgirlmuscles‬ Another entry on the Mia cosplaying as Guilty Gear characters book~ I hope you like it

[bartleby-company]

(vía Another America 50 by Phillip Toledano)

[70sscifiart]

One of my favorites by Paul Lehr, used as a 1971 cover to "Earth Abides," by George R. Stewart. It's also in my upcoming art book!

[taizooo]

もともとは10年ほど前にTumblrにすごくハマっていて。いろんな人をフォローしたらかっこいい写真や色が洪水のように出てきて、もう自分で絵を描かなくて良いじゃん、ってなったんです。それで何年も画像を集めていって、そこで集まった色のイメージやモチーフ、レンズの距離感など画面構成を抽象化して、いまの感覚にアウトプットしています。画像の持つ情報量というものが作品の影響になっていますね。

映画『きみの色』山田尚子監督×はくいきしろい対談。嫉妬し合うふたりが語る、色と光の表現｜Tokyo Art Beat

[nevver]

No one wants to be here and no one wants to leave, Dave Smith (because)

[giftofgabber]

don’t call me whiny baby if you didn’t care about my whiny baby feelings already, which you didn’t care about!!! shocker!!!

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PORTO ROCHA

[theroyalweekly]

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[mellowlike]

齋藤飛鳥

[goodvibesandmemes]

GENERAL MEMES: Vampire/Immortal Themed 🩸🦇🌹

↳ Please feel free to tweak them.

Themes: violence, death, blood, murder, depression/negative thoughts

SYMBOLS: ↳ Use “↪”to reverse the characters where applicable!

🦇 - To catch my muse transforming into a bat 🌞 - To warn my muse about/see my muse in the sunlight. 🩸 - To witness my muse drinking blood from a bag. 🐇 - To witness To catch my muse drinking blood from an animal. 🧔🏽 - To witness To catch my muse drinking blood from a human. 🦌 - For our muses hunt together for the first time. 🏃🏿‍♀️ - To see my muse using super speed. 🏋🏼‍♂️ - To see my muse using their super strength. 🧛🏻‍♂️ - To confront my muse about being a vampire. 🌕 - For my muse to lament missing the sun. ⏰ - For my muse to tell yours about a story from their long, immortal life. 🤛🏽 - To offer my muse your wrist to drink from. 👩🏿 - For my muse to reminisce about a long lost love. 👩🏽‍🤝‍👩🏽 - For your muse to look exactly like my muse's lost love. 👄 - For my muse to bite yours. 👀 - For my muse to glamour/compel yours. 🧄 - To try and sneakily feed my muse garlic to test if they're a vampire. 🔗 - To try and apprehend my muse with silver chains. 🔪 - To try and attack my muse with a wooden stake. 👤 - To notice that my muse doesn't have a reflection. 🌹 - For my muse to turn yours into a vampire. 🌚 - For my muse and yours to spend time together during the night. 🧛🏼‍♀️ - For my muse to tell yours about their maker/sire.

SENTENCES:

"I've been alive for a long time [ name ], I can handle myself." "I'm over a thousand years old, you can't stop me!" "Lots of windows in this place, not exactly the greatest place for a vampire." "Do you really drink human blood? Don't you feel guilty?" "Vampires are predators, [ name ] hunting is just part of our nature, you can't change that." "You just killed that person! You're a monster!" "Tomorrow at dawn, you'll meet the sun [ name ]." "Can you make me like you?" "Do you really want to live forever?" "You say you want to live forever, [ name ], but forever is a long time, longer than you can imagine." "What was it like to live through [ historic event / time period ]?" "Did people really dress like that when you were young?" "What were you like when you were human?" "We’re vampires, [ name ], we have no soul to save, and I don’t care." "How many people have you killed? You can tell me, I can handle it." "Did you meet [ historic figure ]?" "Everyone dies in the end, what does it matter if I... speed it along." "Every time we feed that person is someone's mother, brother, sister, husband. You better start getting used to that if you want to survive this life." "[ she is / he is / they are ] the strongest vampire anyone has heard of, no one knows how to stop them, and if you try you're going to get yourselves killed." "Vampire hunters are everywhere in this city, you need to watch your back." "Humans will never understand the bond a vampire has with [ his / her / their ] maker, it's a bond like no other." "Here, have this ring, it will protect you from the sunlight." "I get you're an immortal creature of the night and all that, but do you have to be such a downer about it?" "In my [ centuries / decades / millennia ] of living, do you really think no one has tried to kill me before?" "Vampires aren't weakened by garlic, that's a myth." "I used to be a lot worse than I was now, [ name ], I've had time to mellow, to become used to what I am. I'm ashamed of the monster I was." "The worst part of living forever is watching everyone you love die, while you stay frozen, still, constant." "I've lived so long I don't feel anything any more." "Are there more people like you? How many?" "Life has never been fair, [ name ], why would start being fair now you're immortal?" "You want to be young forever? Knock yourself out, I just hope you understand what you're giving up." "You never told me who turned you into a vampire. Who were they? Why did they do it?" "I could spend an eternity with you and never get bored." "Do you really sleep in coffins?" "There are worse things for a vampire than death, of that I can assure you [ name ]." "You need to feed, it's been days. You can drink from me, I can tell you're hungry." "The process of becoming a vampire is risky, [ name ], you could die, and I don't know if I could forgive myself for killing you." "I'm a vampire, I can hold a grudge for a long time, so believe me when I say I will never forgive this. Never." "You were human once! How can you have no empathy?" "You don't have to kill to be a vampire, but what would be the fun in that." "You can spend your first years of immortality doing whatever you want to whoever you want, but when you come back to your senses, it'll hit you harder than anything you've felt before." "One day, [ name ], everything you've done is going to catch up to you, and you're never going to forgive yourself." "Stop kidding yourself, [ name ], you're a vampire, a killer, a predator. You might as well embrace it now because you can't keep this up forever." "You can't [ compel / glamour ] me, I have something to protect me." "When you've lived as long as me, there's not much more in life you can do." "You want me to turn you? You don't know what you're asking me to do." "You really have to stop hissing like that, it's getting on my nerves." "I'm going to drive this stake through your heart, [ name ], and I'm going to enjoy it."

[shitakeo33]

よく「発明は1人でできる。製品化には10人かかる。量産化には100人かかる」とも言われますが、実際に、私はネオジム磁石を1人で発明しました。製品化、量産化については住友特殊金属の仲間たちと一緒に、短期間のうちに成功させました。82年に発明し、83年から生産が始まったのですから、非常に早いです。そしてネオジム磁石は、ハードディスクのＶＣＭ(ボイスコイルモーター)の部品などの電子機器を主な用途として大歓迎を受け、生産量も年々倍増して、2000年には世界で1万トンを超えました。

世界最強「ネオジム磁石はこうして見つけた」（佐川眞人 氏 ／ インターメタリックス株式会社 代表取締役社長） | Science Portal - 科学技術の最新情報サイト「サイエンスポータル」

[whencyclopedia]

The Delian League, Part 2: From Eurymedon to the Thirty Years Peace (465/4-445/4 BCE)

This text is part of an article series on the Delian League.

The second phase of the Delian League's operations begins with the Hellenic victory over Mede forces at Eurymedon and ends with the Thirty Years Peace between Athens and Sparta (roughly 465/4 – 445/4 BCE).The Greek triumph at Eurymedon resulted in a cessation of hostilities against the Persians, which lasted almost six years. Whether or not this peace or truce followed from some formal treaty negotiated by Cimon, son of Miltiades, remains unknown.

Nevertheless, the Greek success at Eurymedon proved so decisive, the damage inflicted on Persia so great, and the wealth confiscated so considerable that an increasing number of League members soon began to wonder if the alliance still remained necessary. The Persians, however, had not altogether withdrawn from the Aegean. They still had, for example, a sizeable presence in both Cyprus and Doriscus. They also set about to build a great number of new triremes.

REDUCTION OF THASOS & THE BATTLE OF DRABESCUS

A quarrel soon erupted between the Athenians and Thasians over several trading ports and a wealth-producing mine (465 BCE). Competing economic interests compelled the rich and powerful Thasos to revolt from the Delian League. The Thasians resisted for almost three years. When the polis finally capitulated, the Athenians forced Thasos to surrender its naval fleet and the mine, dismantle defensive walls, pay retributions, and converted the future League contributions to monetary payments: 30 talents annum. Some League members became disaffected with the Athenian reduction of Thasos. Several poleis observed the Athenians had now developed a penchant for using "compulsion." They started to see Athens acting with both "arrogance and violence." On expeditions, furthermore, the other members felt they "no longer served as equals" (Thuc. 1.99.2).

The Athenians, meanwhile, attempted to establish a colony on the Strymon river to secure timber from Macedon, which shared its borders with the west bank. The location also proved a critical strategic point from which to protect the Hellespont. The Thracians, however, repelled the League forces at Drabescus. The Athenians soon realized the threats from both Thrace and Macedon made permanent settlements in the region difficult as they were essentially continental powers, and the League fleet could not reach them easily. Designs for the region, however, would not change, and the Athenians would return there again.

The Delian League had by this time demonstrated an inherent conflict from its beginnings: on the one hand, it engaged in heroic struggles against the Mede and extended its influence, reaping enormous benefits (especially for its poorer members). On the other hand, it also suppressed its members and soon demanded obedience from them.

The League engaged from the outset in a form of soft imperialism, collecting and commanding voluntary naval contributions and tribute while Athens used those resources and led all expeditions, enforcing continued membership but also showing little or no interest to interfere with the internal mechanisms of any member polis (unless it openly rebelled).

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