#guest Cold

[voice-of-the-sexyman]

"Mic check...mic check...you all have waited long enough~"

"Goooood day Slayers, Narrators and Princesses! It's a good day for a tournament! And it's my honor to welcome you all to the FIRST VOICE OF THE SEXYMAN CHAMPIONSHIP!!!"

COUGH COUGH

"Anyway, I am your host and commentator for the tournament, Mai. And me and my hnnuy will walk you through the competition and you decide at home who wins THIS TOURNAMENT! And since we are hosting a Cold Voice of the Sexyman, I thought it be fair to have a celebrity as a co-host. Say Hi to @sorry-not-feeling-it-right-now COLD!"

"Hmmm...Fitting weather to host this tournament, isn't it?"

"Oh, so you can talk! That's neat!

So, I am sure everyone is wondering why someone who fits the criteria is not in the race. Why don't you answer em?!"

“The mailman came late. Considering the weather, I suppose that explains why the traffic was a mess. It happens.

And now I’m here as a judge instead.

I’m seeing many versions of me waiting to be judged. How interesting. 14 of them, wasn’t it?”

"Its 16, actually. That's a...typo on my part. But glad to see you're not bored!"

“It would be interesting to see how I look like in different constructs. I’d like to see them for myself.

They will be judged fairly and without bias.

So—entertain me.”

"Alright! You heard the sexy voice, let the matches BEGIN!!"

🏆 VOICE OF THE SEXYMAN CHAMPIONSHIP 🏆

ROUND I PART I

[Propaganda under the cut]

"First on the chopping block is Spu's lil lady and Ace's frequent funeral goer!"

“The Weapon, was it? A very unique take of me, I must say. She reminds me of a praying mantis. Fitting, as the ladies would kill off their spouse as a sign of courtship."

"Simple but effective! A female Fatale! And woo wee, ain't she a cutie?!"

“I suppose her attractiveness adds to her effectiveness in luring mates. Dangerous, yet elegant. An efficient design...”

"In the words of the owner:"

"She may be flat but she does have curves. Who doesn't love the constant threat of razor-sharp blades? The perfect woman, one might say. She teases with that soft, slightly playful voice, sending a chill up anyone's spine. Perfectly toxic, like any good sexyman should be, as well as queer in one way or another, and, of course, the imminent threat of death, teetering between her and anyone who looks her way - @Spupulum "

"Now, her victim is Ace's Mourner! Damn, he's already dressed for a gloomy day!"

“A man in mourning. Perhaps for the death of a past long gone.”

“Perhaps it’s inevitable for us to be associated with death. Shown by the X on his chest. That does bring back memories, doesn’t it?”

"Yeah, with the spectre right?"

“Yes. When we have first awoken. I still remember that day...

The cabin

The blade

And how it sank into her heart with little difficulty..."

"Ok...let's hope this guy doesn't have too much of an obsession with death, or else he'd be rolling into defeat

In the words of the creator:"

"He has a veil and he has white, featureless, soulless eyes. - @acethekenku "

"Well...that's a lot shorter...but don't let that sway your vote ok?!

Have a happy time of voting!"

[confusedlucifer]

what if Emmrich and Rook Ingellvar were invited to the Hezenkoss soirée as guests of honor-

(they/them for this Rook)

bonus:

yapper's delight corner: i think a lot about the conversation trans Rook can have with Emmrich and his line about (paraphrasing) "someone who found themself is very attractive" and i think Valdís would immediately challenge him on it and turn it into a question - has Emmrich found himself?

and so - the gown. i spent a while looking for the right one and settled on this one - (Cheney Chan 2023) because Emmrich loves flowers and i have no doubt he has looked at it (and other dresses) for years not having the courage to wear it by himself - until now, feeling assured by a partner who has found themselves enough to say fuck it to expected gender presentation and what his peers will think of him

also the gold jewelry was picked out by Emmrich for both of them, the ribcage a special gift to Valdís :>

[originalartblog]

pamper tiny chuuya tooo pleaseeeee (also can i see tiny verlaine and rimbaud) 🙏

I tinified them :)

[coldranger]

The Fluff (ft. the Long)

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Okay, who left two Colds unsupervised?

Well, at least they got their crown back. Might want to clean it off first...we're talking about Cold he's not getting those off unless someone does it for him

(YOU DREW MY SON SO WELL I'M STILL NOT OVER IT. I AM NOT. YOU HAVE NO IDEA. I WILL FRAME THAT PICTURE, MARK MY WORDS. Ahem. Anyways, a more serious doodle of your own son under cut :]

I'm sure you are well aware of my struggle with this one. Even in the comic some of his depictions weren't...the best in my opinion. But I tried and he was still a joy to draw. Now I just need to get a hold of your hero...

Thanks for ask(s) and I hope you enjoyed!

[scalierpepper]

Gave my pfp a bit of a glow up!!

Neat to see the one year improvement

[tomialtooth]

Bell's zonked out of his mind off the drugs with clockwork orange style clamps on his eyelids burning 18+ hours of Vietnam war footage directly into his retinas while Adler is just sitting on a stool next to him bitching about his ex wife.

[mariocki]

RIP Christopher Benjamin (27.12.1934 - 15.1.2025)

"That was another reason, in a way, that I decided to give [stage acting] up, because I was getting a bit - a bit dicey with the lines. People sort of wrote down, quite often, the things I said... instead of the things I should have said. They were known as my bloopers: 'Benjamin bloopers'. Some of my inventions were very good, I must admit. My feeling was, if I dried, I had to say something - and so that something was something that amused the rest of the cast considerably, quite often."

[kwillow]

Theo often ministers to Hyden's various wants and needs, and displays an unusual patience for him, considering Theo's typically prickly (at best) demeanor. However, I feel I should note that his attentiveness isn't borne not out of some urge to subordinate himself, or Hyden's higher noble status, or even entirely from his admiration for the man. Mostly, he's sympathetic towards Hyden's frequent bouts of infirmity and need to be tended to.

Ill health runs - ran - in the North line. Out of necessity, Theo has learned so much about sickness: how it can be treated, how it sometimes can't be treated, how to make it bearable - if only for a moment, and that feeding a cold doesn't do all that much, but a hearty stew certainly doesn't hurt. Caring for an ailing mentor is a familiar, almost comforting ritual to him by his adult years. He welcomes the opportunity Hyden presents to fall back into his old routines. It makes him feel useful. It makes him feel that maybe he can fix it this time.

So, you see, Theo really isn't a butler. He's a nurse. *

* (Theo is neither a butler nor a nurse. Do not allow him access to your wine cellar or your medical records.)

[hughmanbean]

Occasional Visits

Once upon a time, there was a man who had a pit of Lazarus and was the Head of the League of Assassins. Perhaps the Lazarus is rancid ecto, and the death emanating from all of the members around to it is really starting to pull some attention.

And perhaps, one High Queen of the Infinite Realms early on had decided that, "Man, I gotta check this out." Time, of course, decides that "That would be a good precaution. Just be careful." And gives a few time portal visits.

Now, imagine those visits keep going. For the Head of the League, it is a first meeting of suspicion followed by rivalry, before the years churn along into an amicable acquaintance. For the High Queen, it is a FrootLoop who needs to be kept under watch, before years grind down the drive to continue messing with his plans and go back to managing the Realms and allowing for others to take action.

Contemplate the idea that only five years with visits for the High Queen is decades with occasional visits for the Head of the League. Maybe it is an occasion that is now greeted with a bit of celebration, for someone who he can talk too and know from the past who isn't now against him or dead.

And maybe, just maybe, he's about to get another visit. Right in the middle of something important. Who could say?

[alukaforyou]

me n sushi reunited in la💕 how cuteeee are weeee🌸 we went to the jjk universal exhibit it was. really just one mini movie thing 💀 i thought there was gonna be MORE jjk related stuff idk LOL and we made matching sukuna tshirts for the occasion 💀💀💀💀🤪🤪🤪🤪 u kno cuz we r his waifu 4ever.. U-U

AND i got healed pics loool bby goku is 1 yr 2.5 months healed & the manga panel is 8.5 months healed yay looks good to me 👍🏻 my biggest flex is being able to give my friends cute / cool tats HEH 😤 I CANT WAIT TO SEE U AGAIN RAHHHH💕

unrelated to the universal trip but i found this wee sukuna at an anime shop in little tokyo! i wanted to look around the area more but it was 7-7:30pm by the time i got there after work & shops were already starting to close :(( im always on the hunt for more sukuna merch!!

aaaand went to japan center in san francisco, i saw this my boku school gacha and instantly thought of sushi! ik she likes bakugo and he looked sooooo cute as the lil orange charm! i got him TWICE heh 😏 SUSHI THIS IS FOR U LOL. then i just had to pick up some goodies at kinokuniya, a treat for meeee🌸 they gave me the clear nanami & gojo plastic thing for free???? ended da night with CAKE 🍰🍓

did sm cute pink works, i'll def come back to cali in da future BUT IM READY TO GO BACK TO NYC!!!! experiencing other cities is like. wow i rly am a nyc rat. 🐀🌸🐀💖🐀🎀

[shadowlinktheshadow]

woah. what are these creatures on my dash

[flat-neines]

platonics/polycules: Hibernian afterparty

Sometimes, even the worst situations can be bearable with decent company. Even if they're a little, uhm... unorthodox.

This piece for @tamlinweek day 3 features ynmyn (an oc I use a lot in different contexts) jurian and tamlin during one of the King of Hybern, Uther's, infamous parties in the capital. Its a potential au where tamlin is a "guest" of hybern and his traitorous gentry, the war with prythian going on for much longer, needing a closer eye on the uppermost ranks of the king.

This is a quiet moment of shared misery and hesitant solidarity, a foundation for a rather unique fellowship.

"Those of us who outlived Uther and his reign have a saying, kingslayer. The blood spilled in the upsurper's court shall only named by those bathed in it. You cannot judge a monster by who caged them."— Ynmyn to Nesta Archeron, about hybern and its insurrection

[c-kiddo]

was worried parts of cr2 would not hold up on rewatch (especially seeing people hate the aeor arc so much) but ngl so far its either been good and fun as hell (travellercon, pirate arc) or just straight up banger after banger. like the xhorhas to angel of irons through to refjorged arc and then the cathedral.................. unrelenting slay

[illjustpretend]

he plans a big shindig at his wizard tower (invites all his new friends) and loses his nerve instantly

[coldranger]

the drawing u made of cold and cheated a while back is still the funniest thing to me so i thought itd be funny to put him through twice the staring with my own cold design included :3 runs away

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Ah- they ran away...and now poor Cheated has two Cold's just standing there, menacingly.

I'm sure he'll be fine.

(I'm glad you found the original funny and decided to add your own! Poor cheated having to live through the situation again. As per these asks, there's some extra goodies of my warm up sketches under cut :]

Your cold reminds me of remaking's cold. I'm not sure if that was intention or a coincidence but either way I think the design works really well for him! Would've loved a chance at drawing his head wings but it wasn't in the cards. I also wasn't quite sure how the hole in his chest worked so that's why the cloak is always closed lol

I get not wanting to draw bird feet, I started out like that too. You'll get there if you keep at it! Thank you for the art and stopping by!!!

[vagueeyes]

Finished reading MULBERRY CLOSE and rewatched/read along afterwards. (Am I doing this for all of s9? Maybe.)

A main reason this is my favourite episode of s9 is its homage to REAR WINDOW, and how it goes a step further and inverts it. Hitchcock's film is done from James Stewart's character's/his apartment's POV and we mostly see what he chooses to focus on (and it cuts/the camera moves accordingly) - but this episode's camera is static, so we, as the audience, have to choose where to look. Staring at the spider crawling into view? You're going to miss hearing the off-screen argument.

Script-wise, this was another episode that had more scenes cut out than I was expecting, such as removing the more overt references to Damon's alcoholism. It's there in the episode, but we get it from Reece & Vinette Robinson, rather than have it spelled out for us. This thread in the sub has some lovely comments about their performances:

Further thoughts & observations:

Finally I find out the car brand mentioned by Kenny - definitely feeling the cultural gap there. As an aside, I will always laugh at how Val & Damon's car is at the edge of the frame - it's clearly so Reece can seamlessly switch places with his stunt driver.

Val & Damon are so cute 😭. They were working things out and just wanted to live their lives!!

This is one bit I wish they left in...

Something I've come to appreciate about this ep is the amount of improvisation that was done. The parts where Val & Damon argue off-screen are written into the script, but what they are arguing about is not. Imagine the footage of this! Also, the little back-and-forth between Sheila and Kenny as they come up to Val/Damon's house for the first time is not scripted at all - that was definitely ad-libbed.

It's so funny r&s envisioned Sheila's legs dangling from the top of the screen, during the scene where she breaks into the house. Watching back this time I caught the sound of the window closing, at the bit where Kenny tries to distract Damon from turning round/looking up!

This is my favourite bit of the script (and it occurs on Day 9, heh). Watching the scene back, it's not obvious, but there is a second where Damon seems to look straight into the doorbell camera - and I love that this is specifically written in, as if to say to us, "See? We know Damon being a murderer is obvious. Wait till you see what happens next 😉..." On first watch, I was wondering whether Damon was playing this up for the doorbell camera, knowing the footage is recorded - thankfully, I was wrong. It's been a while since I've seen REAR WINDOW, but looking at some vids I think this scene achieves a similar effect of showing something to the audience that the characters don't know about:

It's also heartbreaking to think that this phone message is likely the last thing Val hears from Damon, and her phone message/murder is the last thing he hears from her...

But! A huge smile on my face when I got to this page and found that "You're never gonna get your Tupperware back now, are ya, SHEILA??" wasn't scripted!!

And finally - it's not the same thing, but this was a Mulberry Close I spotted the last time we were in the UK hehe. I think there's also a building in Hampstead Heath called Mulberry Close, but at the time it seemed weird to stop in the middle of a busy sidewalk to snap a pic, so I moved on...