#head in hands. AUGH

[cherrytraveller]

the smoke in my lungs the fire on my tongue spirits make me warm when my heart is not enough.

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[coffiicorgii]

Girl help this guy is stuck in my brain

Have some Pizzano doodles because I can’t stop thinking about him!

[zahroreadsthings]

“Just tell me how to play it.” Camilla raised her voice: “Camilla the Sixth.”

[...]

“Cam,” Palamedes said. “Go loud.”

//

He demanded: "Tell me how to do it, and I'll do it."

Camilla said, "Go loud."

[men4ce-red]

hey i'm completely sure you didn't mean this at all but its kinda Not Great to make your were-noivern oc grow a big nose as a result of a transformation - assuming it's like a vampire thing, that kinda points to antisemitic roots :( again I'm entirely certain that was just a mistake, i just wanted to make sure you were aware!

OH MAN i see where ur coming from, no worries-- i wanna offer though, he Always had that nose HAHA o(-(

it's hard to tell from the only time i've drawn him pre-transforming bc its a front facing picture, but--

i Have drawn him front-facing the same way a couple times after-turning and it is Very Much Supposed to Be the Same 🙇‍♂️--!

idk if that helps? i v much just love a distinct nose on characters but im Aware such a feature has its Shitty History in character design 💀 ugh. thots and inputs, my friends?

[bansenshukai]

friend killer is a really insane epithet to be known by actually

[shoutmonishere]

what the fuck do you mean dragon village 2 was shut down

[dxppercxdxver]

wind whistled through the spindly trees, bony and barren in the late autumn sky. hardly proper cover for thievery, the sniper mused, bundling himself within in his thick woolen cloak, but it would have to do, what with the circumstances being as they were. his coffers were dangerously dry, and little remained except for that which he preferred to avoid, wherever possible.

bracing his leg against the trunk of the stalwart oak, the sniper slung his rifle from his back, fishing in his ammo box, careful to avoid what lay at the bottom. lead knocked against lead knocked against the secret the sniper kept deep within the pouch wrapped tightly round his chest, and at last, the slug slammed home with a click. the sniper cocked the hammer back with a self-satisfied sigh.

a chill settled in all around, his breath suddenly fogging in the air. the sniper raised an eyebrow.

"was starting to wonder when you'd show."

beside him, a flickering, ghostly form materialized from the fog, vaguely resembling the form of a slender man haloed by a cloud of weightless hair, streaked with gray and blue. his face, though awfully vague, boasted a self-satisfied smile.

"apologies, mon cher, you know how tenuous my connection is."

"'course." the sniper cleared his throat, testing the view down his sight. a narrow, winding road stretched out beneath him, soft-packed dirt crisscrossed with the marks of carriage wheels. traffic was light, this time of night, but all he needed was one good shot. he touched the brim of his hat, pulling it down over his forehead. "you alright?"

"as ever," the specter mused, considering his right hand, turning over its faint outline. "i have missed you."

"yeah, well, business has been good."

"hmm. a shame."

the sniper rolled his eyes, shivering slightly from where the specter pressed against his leg, his torso, cold air flitting past his neck. "you're just about the only person who thinks that, you know."

"well, i really do grow lonely," he replied, gesturing loosely toward the forest around them. "not much to do when you are the only one who can see me."

"unfortunate that you can't come visit the tavern." distant hooves against the trail echoed in the sniper's ears, and he settled his rifle on his shoulder, letting out a long exhale. there was no other sign of company, but the sniper kept his eyes trained on the bend in the path, searching for a lamp; or, more likely, a carriage blacked out to defend itself from the likes of him. not that it would do much to stay his hand, the sniper was very, very good.

"i know, love," the specter murmured, draping his arm across the sniper's back. "but we all know life rarely finds space in its infinite mercy to be fair."

"i s'pose." shrugging, the sniper considered the fact that he was even allowed to see his lover like this was an act of grace in and of itself. few others were afforded the option to speak with those they lost from beyond the grave, afforded the sort of closure he had been begrudgingly given by forces he did not understand. the hand in his ammo box weighed against his chest like an anchor. "you know you're always welcome, if... well..."

"yes. if, indeed." blank eyes boring into the distance, the specter's form seemed to shimmer and shift with the breeze, stirred up like a thick mist. his furrowed brow belied very little, except perhaps a lurking sense of unease. the sniper longed to reach out and touch him, to offer some reassurance, but all that remained to be held, to be caressed in the way he desired, was the collection of leathery skin and spindly bones bound together with beeswax buried under a collection of lead rounds, a makeshift, mobile grave.

shifting uncomfortably, the sniper reached for his pack and rummaged through its contents until his fingers closed round the wrist of the hand of glory he kept by his side. he drew it forth with an aching tenderness, and placed the palm against his cheek. the specter blinked, before laughing in that disjointed way he'd come to associate with this particular kind of haunting, and brought his other hand to the sniper's cheek. while there was no contact to be had, the specific damp and cold that enveloped his skin was comforting, strangely familiar.

the sniper, overtaken by a horrific sort of euphoria, a grief and a love and a regret that seized his throat like a clenched fist, leaned forward, and so too did the specter.

of course, they did not kiss.

in such a state, how could they? the specter was as impermanent as he appeared, and all the sniper felt was a rush of breath stolen from his chest, and then nothing at all. like two ships passing in the night, he reached for something he had never really known and would never really know again, coming up woefully short. his weight lurched, and he almost lost his grip on the branch, and the imbalance whirling in his stomach was as emblematic as it was literal.

upon regaining his position, the sniper simply whispered, "sorry."

the specter regarded him with a curious expression, facial features shockingly distinct. his brows creased, mouth twisted at the corners, and he brought his hand to his lips slowly and delicately.

below them, the echoes of a team of horses drew nearer, and a carriage-mounted lamp swung its beams through the trees, wild and reckless. ornate golden filigree glowed in the light.

the sniper drew his rifle to his chest, willing his heart to slow. his finger hovered about the trigger.

and then, the specter's hand braced against the barrel of the gun as his body twined around the sniper's prone form. his mouth hissed, words cool and sharp as a blade against a whetstone.

"don't miss."

stilling the rise and fall of his chest, the sniper said, "i never do."

the crack of gunfire lashed through the trees, deadly and final as the gallows.

[technikki]

AAAA tell me about your post canon raydon hcs!! if you please!!

answering this a few days late bc my brain is full of bees but AWWWWW HELL YAH THANK YOU!! THEY MEAN THE WORLD TO ME so!!

fair warning this is really long. i don't know how this happened. what. <3

i like to think they start dating probably a few months after getting to the human world. they had developed romantic feelings for each other a while before that (likely sometime during the vol12 timeskip because they had a lot of time to grow closer while traveling <3) but it took them both a bit to realize those feelings especially due to being a bit preoccupied with. all the problems <3 they were obviously still really close and important to each other regardless

ray was probably the first to realize the way he loved don was different from the way he loved everyone else. he probably didn't really think much about the way he got butterflies whenever he was near don until he took a moment to be like oh. fuck. a more funny alternative to this is him offhandedly mentioning the way don makes him feel to emma and norman (i am looking away from emmas memory loss i do not see it <3) n being like 'yeah that's weird huh. anyway' and they just sit there like. i know what you are

it's not that don is oblivious, at least not to his own feelings. i think it might take him a bit longer to realize his feelings for ray because he's just. always allowed himself to love everyone so much more openly and freely than ray has. don has soo much love that he is constantly giving to others that he doesn't really. see his constant desire to be near ray as anything unusual for a while. he does notice how uncharacteristically shy he gets around ray, and his thought process was probably a gradual shift from 'well i didn't really get to have a bond with ray like everyone else growing up so i don't really know what he's okay with' to 'well of course i'm nervous. ray's so cool and smart and amazing so anyone would be nervous. this is true' he's a dork but he does figure it out eventually <3

after getting to the human world they naturally start hanging out with each other a lot more. once they both have some idea of their own feelings they take every chance they can to hang out together because being around each other just feels so nice. they're very sweet <3

i talked abt this in the tags of the post that prompted this ask hsfgfg but its really sweet to me so!! i think after ray's reaction to the hug in chapter 148 don makes sure to be more aware of and respectful of ray's boundaries regarding physical touch. he tries to make his intentions clear before hugging him and give ray a chance to say no if he doesn't want to be touched at the moment. the sheer amount of affection don had to give was really overwhelming for ray at first, but as they hang out more he slowly becomes more comfortable with don's touch and eventually builds up the confidence to start initiating contact himself as well <3

adding on to that last sentence, don has no idea how to react to this at first. he is so much more used to giving others affection than receiving it that when ray holds his hand for the first time his brain just factory resets. it's not like he's not used to receiving affection at all, but he's just. a very affectionate person so when someone, especially ray, initiates instead he just gets super emotional <3 it is not hard to make don emotional and ray is at least partially responsible for 3 separate instances of don crying happy tears in the manga so. he just loves him very much ok

don would probably be the one to confess his feelings! it was something he spent days hyping himself up for and then finally did on one of their hangouts. i can imagine don stumbling over his words even though he rehearsed them several times and ray doesn't know what he's talking about and he's trying not to laugh because man he's just so cute. and then don takes a breath and just gently takes ray's hands and says 'i like you, ray. i've liked you for a really long time.' and ray is just so taken aback he's just. absolutely speechless. and don asks if he'd like to go on a date sometime and ray just loses his composure completely and starts crying and all he can manage is a shaky 'yeah...' and don is a little shocked because its so rare to see ray cry like this but then he's just so overjoyed he hugs ray as tightly as he can and they both start laughing and AAAUGH. sorry what. my demons

it might take them a little bit after they first start dating to really 'act' like a couple? they're both new to the concept of dating as a whole and have no idea what they're doing but i don't think it'd take too long for them to sort of go back to the level of comfort and familiarity they had before. ray has some lingering feelings of self-doubt over whether he really 'deserves' someone as amazing as don but being around him just feels so right and don's affection is typically enough to reassure him at least a little. if he ever voiced these feelings to don i think don would go off on a massive tangent about everything he loves about ray and how he means the world to him and probably get a little too emotional and ray wouldn't really know how to react but he would be touched to say the least and he'd probably think about don's words a lot for. a very long time

while a lot of don's poor self-esteem is resolved over the course of the series, i think he might still experience some self-doubt on rare occasions as well, and he might have trouble opening up to ray about his problems at first. don has always been very open about his emotions, but when it comes to ray he knows all the shit he's been through and his own issues might seem. silly when compared to ray's? he isn't afraid ray would judge him, but he also doesn't really feel like he's 'justified' in causing ray to worry about him when he's been through so much already. but at this point ray knows don well enough to sense something is wrong and when he gets don to eventually tell him this he just explains that he never wants don to feel like his needs aren't as important as his own, and that he wants to be there for don the same way don's always there for him. then he pulls him close and softly says 'tell me what's wrong, don.' and don just breaks and ray just holds him and lets him get it out and its just. very very sweet jdastsadgdsghgdfggfdfghjg. i;m unwell

plagiarizing my tags from my most recent art of them but their first real kiss was initiated by ray! theyre probably cuddling a bit and just talking about whatever and he doesn't really realize what he's doing until he has don's face cupped in his hands and suddenly his heart is pounding and his hands are shaking and he can't even make eye contact and he just says really quietly, 'can i kiss you?' and don is so absolutely awestruck that all he can manage to do is pull ray closer and nod and its just so. it's about the little burst of confidence after a childhood of self-loathing its about the soft tenderness they both deserve so so much it's about [stares into the ocean

OKAY those were long (<- unwell) time for some more general hcs [strikes a pose]

ray is gay and don is bi! don's line about wanting to date a cute girl in s1 plays and then ray walks into the frame and don's like oh. a cute boy is also good

they're also t4t because all of my ships are t4t. you understand

while i mentioned him being more mindful of ray's boundaries, don is just soo physically affectionate that he doesn't even realize he's doing it sometimes and it makes ray's head spin. i can imagine them walking together and don just sort of grabbing ray's hand without really thinking about it and it taking him a good moment to notice 'hey ray's face looks a lot redder than usual wonder what's up with that' and then taking just a bit longer before being like OH. fool <3

MORE PHYSICAL AFFECTION YAYY anyway ithink they cuddle a lot. ray is 'i need to be swaddled and snug at all times' autism and don is 'if im not constantly holding or snuggling something i'll die' autism and thats why they are the perfect couple

once they do get more comfortable being a couple i think cheek kisses become a very common occurrence among the usual affection, especially from don. they both get flustered pretty easily, but when don kisses ray's cheek he just melts. this also creates a scenario where if don's on ray’s left he'll push ray's fringe to the side so he can kiss him. don did this once and whispered 'my emo boy <3' and ray almost died of laughter

adding onto that last scenario, don likes to think of the most unbearably cheesy pet names specifically to get ray's reaction. if it came to serious ones though i don't think don would use them that often if at all because he just really loves ray's name <3 ray lovingly calls don a dork all the time though

don really likes playing with ray's hair. goes with my hc that ray grows his hair out a bit and his hair is also probably really soft and don loves it. the feeling of don running his fingers through his hair is really calming and comforting to ray and don's probably the only one who could get away with touching it for any extended period of time

they have movie nights with emma, norman and gilda (because im weak for the 'group of best friends ends up living together' trope) and they all usually end up falling asleep in a big pile on the couch. ray usually snuggles up against don and ends up using him as a pillow <3

speaking of friends i have a really funny hc where it was very very common for ray to playfully tease norman when he had a crush on emma, so once he notices how hopelessly smitten ray is with don, norman is an absolute menace. they are the besties ever to me

don absolutely adores ray's singing. ray hums to himself while cooking and don will just come up behind him and wrap his arms around him and just listen to his voice, and sometimes he'll ask ray to sing for him and listen with this look of just. pure adoration <3 ray's not that confident in his singing and i think it's something that's very personal to him as he really only did it as a coping mechanism growing up, but seeing the way don lights up when he sings is really really special to him and i think it'd get him to appreciate his own voice more as well <3

on the other hand ray really loves don's laugh. it's just very loud and unrestrained and genuine like everything else don does and ray's heart absolutely melts when he hears it. ray will find any excuse to make don laugh <3

ray has come a long way with his healing in the years since the gracefield escape, but he still has lasting scars from that trauma that will never fully go away and don will drop everything to comfort him through his more emotional moments and the rare panic attack. it means a lot to ray that he's finally able to cry freely and openly and don will hold him as tight as he can and run his fingers through his hair and listen to him for as long as he needs. im very emotionally stable about this incase you were wondering

ray is a serial clothing thief. don's sweaters just feel warmer somehow <3 ray will walk into the room in the morning wearing a pink t-shirt with a bunny on it and the others instantly know it's not his HDSFG

don canonically gets warm really easily so i think if they were somewhere outdoors and ray got cold don would give him his jacket without question. ray felt bad leaving don without anything to keep himself warm and knew don wouldn't take no for an answer so he settled on giving don his scarf as a compromise. don got really really emotional over ray offering him such an important comfort item and tried to decline but ray also wouldnt take no for an answer so he ended up accepting it <3 it meant a lot to both of them

don is prone to going on long enthusiastic rants when he’s excited about something and his joy is so contagious for ray he just can't help but smile and laugh along with him. he can absolutely talk ray's ears off and ray adores every word and sometimes they might even start happy stimming together <3 autistic love its everything to me. you understand

OKAYTHATS. ALL I CAN THINK ABOUT FOR NOW <3<3<3 i definitely have more but i'd have to dig for them and i feel this post is really long so <3 but yeah they mean a lot to me. here's a kinda old little doodle i'm still really fond of as prize for reading this ridiculously self-indulgent rant

[sollucets]

before going out to run errands just now i said very firmly to my roommate ‘targets not gonna have any tears of the kingdom and even if it did i wouldnt buy it im going there for work pants’ and then. and then the electronics clerk told me there were only three left and i came home with my work pants and tears of the kingdom like. like a fool. like a fucking clown

[nonbinaryaubrey]

ill tryy to draw tomorrow i'll try.. <33333

[impossible-rat-babies]

back to drawing endwalker stuff again ig!

[t1taniumninja]

movieverse doodles

[clickityweasel]

back to thinking abt my GIRLS

[pathologising]

feeling a deep melancholy and ache for all I couldve been and never will be again. Thinking about all that was stripped from me.

[amildlyspookydeer]

in my brain i have a fully fleshed out au where rise of the guardians takes place in the same universe as scary godmother. i haven't written anything since i was thirteen though so you shall all remain unaware of my genius

[picory]

how do some people just draw every day. i wish i had that kind of power. i get frustrated with my inability to draw anything properly and drop it altogether. until i completely forget how to draw