#starry!monk

[ourlittleuluru]

A break away from dem angst of the previous WIP posting 😂 (sorry but not really) brain decided (instead of doing the art I'm SUPPOSED to) what if the LaDS boys were playing/in FF14, what'll be their race and jobs

[astrxealis]

girlie says hi <3

[chocoloom]

Dudes wake up new crossover just dropped

it twas only a matter of time before i broke on my own fantasy au design nonsense. my dnd bones.

[wordsofwhimsy]

Starry Night˚ ✦ .　.  ˚ .　　

Pairing: Main!Mark Grayson x f!Reader

Warnings: None

Tags: Fluff

Word Count: 514

Synopsis: A sweet moment between two lovers

a/n: Van Gogh is my favorite artist and today is his birthday, so this is my tribute to him. He wasn’t appreciated the way he should’ve been when he was here. I hope he knows now the beautiful legacy he’s left behind.

You didn’t often get moments like this. Mark was laid in the grass next to you, his fingers laced behind his head in a kind of make-shift pillow as his brown eyes gazed up at the stars. You curled your body perfectly into his side, resting your cheek on his toned chest. Cicadas chirped all around you; out of view but so clearly heard in the otherwise quiet night.

The poets would cry if they could see this moment. It was perfect. A sense of peace that would leave the most trained monks in awe had washed over you both. Yes, you had been stressed. College was overwhelming, work seemed never ending, and your family was unbearable. But for all your woes they of course were a pale shadow in the light of Mark’s life. This was a constant thought in the back of your head; always trying to be mindful of your complaints when taken in context of what he went through.

You loved him so much, and you thought he knew that. Or at least, you tried your best to make sure he did. Whether that effort was in vain was something you had yet to fully figure out. But on nights like this, it all seemed to align so perfectly and all that was left to do was enjoy the moment.

“Y’know it’s kinda weird.” Mark’s voice cut through the silence, the words vibrating against your skull as he spoke. You hummed a small noise to let him know you were listening while your nail traced loops over his pecks. “I’ve been in space, like, a lot. More times than I feel like I can count. And every time I’m out there, it seems like it’s just an empty void. Cold, with nothing around for millions of miles.”

You didn’t speak, but your fingers now stood still as you paid pointed attention to what he was saying. He took a breath before burying a kiss into your wind-swept hair.

“But when I’m looking up at the night sky from earth—with you—it seems… different.” His left arm moved from behind his head and wrapped around you, holding you tight. “Like it’s filled with so much…”

“Possibility?” You finished softly. His fingers squeezed for a moment into your skin.

“Exactly.” You smiled, nestling yourself closer to him.

“Life sucks most of the time. But, sometimes…” you sighed deeply from your nose. “It’s like you can see the magic between the stars.” You wondered if you sounded like an idiot as you said it out loud, but to Mark it was almost prophetic. A gasp pushed out of your lungs as Mark rolled you on top of him, your faces now inches apart. His mouth gently curled upwards, his eyes burning into yours.

“I see it in you, too.” Your heart fluttered, feeling your expression melt into a wisped smile as you looked down at him through your lashes. There was nothing else to do, of course, but press your lips into his and lose yourselves in the enchantment of the night.

[twentyfivemiceinatrenchcoat]

[ 𝐌𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓 ]

[ 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐬 - works from jujutsu kaisen only, ranging from fluff / hurt/comfort / darkfics / something in between <3 listed from most recent to oldest. ]

( ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ = 𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐞'𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐥 / 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐚𝐯 !! )

𝐬𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐮 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐨

it’s true i never write, but i would gladly die with you. ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ

wc; 4.0k desc; ”You think he wanted to remain a respectful underclassman, never treading too far beyond his bounds. You're pretty sure it was also something else.”

please, please, don’t touch me with your dirty hands ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ

wc; 12k desc; from the corner of a dim-lit host club, you catch the gaze of a handsome monk.

i’ll make a house inside of you, i’ll go in through the mouth

(cw: yan!sugu) wc; 14.7k desc; what awaits you by the entrance to the woods is not a wolf, but a man. he thinks your grandmother can wait.

dear spring, stay forever

(sashisu/reader) wc; 3.8k desc; just another mellow breakfast shared between you and your lovers, in the wake of a new spring.

the paint doesn’t move the way the light reflects ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ

wc; 21.1k desc; when the king puts you under the supervision of a dashing knight, you promise to make his job as difficult as possible. unfortunately, suguru geto is the patient sort.

i dream, now, of a normal life with you

wc; 9.4k desc; suguru isn’t a lightweight. this is your first time actually seeing him drunk — though maybe it shouldn’t come as a surprise that he’d be the sappy kind.

come rest your bones next to me

(stsg/reader) wc; 4.6k desc; satoru shares the first snowfall of the year with the two people he loves most.

there was no place in nature we could meet

wc; 3.3k desc; on a late night out, you run into your ex of ten years. unfairly handsome, charming as ever — first in line for an overdue execution. you don’t know what geto wants from you, and you’re not sure you want to find out.

i've always loved the way you eat

wc; 4.9k desc; suguru is a morning person. he likes the serenity of it all, the quiet of the early hours, the expensive feel of his coffee pot. more than anything, he likes bringing you breakfast in bed.

where you lead me, i’ll follow ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ

wc; 10.0k desc; opening up is difficult, even under the comfort of a starry sky, seated thigh-to-thigh with your childhood friend. fortunately, suguru knows you like the back of his hand.

if i fell through the floor i would keep falling

wc; 7.5k desc; when geto knocks at your front door ten years after leaving you behind, he’s fully expecting a middle finger — or a hand to the throat. you invite him in, instead.

drabbles (all under 3k!!)

father’s day with cult!geto ..

making out with sugu (that’s it lol)

at a summer festival with bf sugu … ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ

teen!sugu lends you his uniform

celebrating suguru’s bday :3c ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ

cult!sugu worships you <3

ex!sorcerer sugu is a little sick in the head

dilf!sugu is a pottery instructor (and loves you very much)

dilf!sugu coddles sick reader …

cult leader!geto soothes your headache <3 ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ

angsty, desperate kiss with your war criminal ex ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ

roommate!sugu is whipped <3

boxer!sugu is a sap + hot

sleepy poly!sugusho fluff

extremely sappy morning fluff

needy, sleepy sugu wants affection :(((

tucking a flower behind suguru’s ear <33

𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐮 𝐠𝐨𝐣𝐨

fireflies never came ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ

wc; 4.3k desc; your seat is close to the heater. that’s the only reason gojo comes there to warm up.

we can dip if you’re ready ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ

wc; 7.4k desc; your dreams of a peaceful summer are rudely shattered by the presence of your best friend’s older brother; the same brother who rejected you five years ago. the same brother you’re still hopelessly, uselessly in love with.

dear spring, stay forever

(sashisu/reader) wc; 3.8k desc; just another mellow breakfast shared between you and your lovers, in the wake of a new spring.

if you ask me to leave, i’ll stay forever

wc; 10.8k desc; satoru is stubborn; even when plagued by such a high fever, he insists there’s no need to take care of him. thankfully, you��re equally as stubborn.

you’re an angel, i’m a dog

(cw: yan!gojo) wc; 4.3k desc; an upcoming exam has been stressing you out, and satoru’s pleas for you to take care of yourself fall on deaf ears. thus, he sets his sights on your professor.

there's a shipwreck stuck between your ribs

wc; 4.6k desc; three times satoru sees you cry, and the understanding you gain of each other from it.

come rest your bones next to me

(stsg/reader) wc; 4.6k desc; satoru shares the first snowfall of the year with the two people he loves most.

how deep is your devotion?

wc; 6.6k desc; you’re his knight, and he’s your prince. (if only it were that simple.)

you are somebody that i want to keep

wc; 6.7k desc; you aren't sure what you have with satoru gojo, but you know that it’s good. maybe that’s enough.

drabbles (all under 3k!!)

brooding at the beach with teen!satoru ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ

𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐤𝐨 𝐢𝐞𝐢𝐫𝐢

you drink your coffee black and we are afraid of each other

wc; 4.2k desc; shoko makes you a morning cup of coffee. turns out she’s not very good at that, but it’s the thought that counts.

dear spring, stay forever

(sashisu/reader) wc; 3.8k desc; just another mellow breakfast shared between you and your lovers, in the wake of a new spring.

drabbles (all under 3k!!)

sleepy poly!sugusho fluff

𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐚𝐤𝐮

( . . . nothing yet . . . T . T )

𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬

sometimes i long to eat you up

(sukuna/reader) wc; 6.0k desc; sukuna never tells you that he loves you. he cooks for you, instead.

’… oh? you’re still here?’

’i suppose i could give you a little something for your efforts. go on, then— you’ve earned it.’

> item gained ! (🍌)

’… what’s that look for?’

[fangirlingpuggle]

Very dumb Xiaolin Showdown AU/fic prompt where Dashi, comes back.

A new Wu reveals itself and everyone searches for it and when they activate it suddenly Dashi just appears falling over and dropping a can of soda like 'yeah that didn't go to plan may have fucked up there.... hey Dojo I got the soda' just Dashi tried experiment with Wu and fucked up and got trapped until it reactivated and then is just there chilling.

Guan shows up and is so happy his friend is alive but also... he knows Dashi.

When the next showdown happens Wuya is there and Guan is just paling like 'oh fuck' mostly everyone is confused like yeah she's Dashi's nemesis 'why are you worried with beat Wuya loads and she doesn't have all her powers it'll be fine right?' Guan just gives a pained look no idea how to explain....that.

The 2 start a showdown just them and it's banter and then Wuya getting upset 'I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD YOU BASTARD' and things start to get weird... Jack and the dragons are looking between each other like WTF...Dojo is paling as repressed memories are coming back and Chase basically teleports next to Omi covering his eyes just before Wuya and Dashi start making out.

Jack and the dragons jaws are on the ground other than Omi who has no idea what's happening because Chase is not letting his apprentice have to deal with this than you very much.

Somewhere in the distance they can hear Hannibal's cry of 'KNEW IT' Guan is signing in defeat 'Everyone knew it this isn't a surprise'. Then they realize it's not stopping. '...Dojo make the showdown stop..Dojo... DOJO'

That's the start of it slowly everyone realizes Dashi is not just a grand master dragon... he's is a fucking chaos gremlin who puts the world in danger as much as he saves it, it's no wonder he's so good at saving the world since he's always doing it cleaning up his own messes.

The whole hiding the wu they realize is less Dashi's decision and more everyone else's decision of making him put his objects of chaos out of reach, just putting his toys on the top shelf to stop him blowing up reality for 5 minutes.

All the other older monks at the temple decide to go on a long pilgrimages away form the temple and Dashi, and instead there's just Wuya chilling there they think she's moved in... no one wants to ask because that raises more questions... no one wants them answered.

Dashi's chaos is back in full swing and the next 'Ooops kick started end of the world event Chase shows up scoops up Omi like 'Not making him clean up Dashi's mess he's here he can do it himself taking my kid-I MEAN APPRENTICE home til Dashi has unfucked the universe' Fung wants to argue for a moment before taking a look at Dashi running into the vault yelling 'IT'S OK I CAN FIX THIS' while Wuya can't stop laughing and decides all the dragons can have a week or 2 at home... they've earned it.

Also as Wuya and Dashi have stopped any subterfuge and subtly and the whole good vs evil has now become more everyone vs Dashi's chaos Chase throws subtly out the window and is there with Omi like 'This is my son if anything happens to him I will destroy the world in a way not even Dashi's most powerful toys can fix'

Dashui: I TAKE THAT AS A CHALLENGE BRING IT ON CHASE

Guan:DASHI NO!

Which leads to Chase being around the temple more or taking Omi back to his palace because 'He is not a signing a permission slip for Omi to be involved in Dashi's latest shitshow' even though Omi is totally ready to jump into the portal to oblivion Dashi made to save the world'.

However, he sometimes gets sucked into saving the world (mix of Dasshi and Wuya teasing and Omi puppydog eyes)...as does Wuya because of reasons she will not say but her and Dashi are smirking at each other so no one is asking, they do NOT want to know. Which leads to them seeing the old dragons of their elements kicking ass and leads to all of the dragons starry eyed and demanding/pleading to know more moves and teach me how you did that please!!

Kimiko is borderline threatening Guan to teach her to make fire weapons like he did, Raimundo is near begging Dashi for the mountain cutting wind slash ability he used and flight ability, Omi is already being taught by Chase. Clay is trying to figure out how to get Wuya to teahc him some earth abilities.

Clay: Why did mine have to be an evil varmint

Dojo: I mean Omi's is too

Clay:...

Clay: That's is his pa Dojo

Dashi when not being a chaos gremlin is teasing all his friends, especially Guan and Chase because all this time and you 2 still aren't together .

Guan: Dashi he has tried to kill be many times

Dashi:...yeah...and?

Guan:....

Guan:I realized who I was speaking to after I said it

He also teases Guan about being a deadbeat dad and not spending time with Chase and his son, Guan is trying very hard to set his friend on fire.

Dashi has got Omi involved and Omi is so excited to have both his heroes spending time with him and neither can say no to him. Dashi and Wuya are watching all this giggling with popcorn.

Dojo: How mcuh of this is you wanting to help them and how much is just for your amusement

Dashi:... like 60, 40 split...which way i'm not to sure though.

Bonus: it is collectively agreed by everyone that Jack and Dashi can not spend time together Jack once asked about how the shen gong wu were made and about mechs and kaiju and everyone all has to drag them apart after they started talking... no one is allowed to give Dashi anymore ideas.

[toosoft4everything]

Critical Role C4 Party Predictions

Guessing on table placement and classes (C3 spoiler warning)

(edit: if you've seen this post earlier I accidentally posted the draft)

Top Row:

Laura- Barbarian [Path of the Juggernaut]

I know Laura had moments of wanting to be a warlock for a while but I want to see her create carnage with her bare hands. Having her a melee fighter that charges in battle where no enemy can knock her down sounds so cool! She can cause so much destruction if she wanted to and with such ease too.

Sam- Monk [Way of the Ascendant Dragon]

I know he can easily have a Donatello reference/joke with this class but it would be so much funnier if he didn't acknowledge it whatsoever. Dragons for the most part (that I remember mind you) have been a negative experience for the past parties. Having a PC whose class revolves around draconic spirits sounds interesting. Also I know he'll rift on the Cobalt Soul and Beau just to mess with Marisha lol.

Liam- Druid [Circle of the Stars]

This man has had his characters love nature as much as any druid, let this one go all out. Have him go beyond the stars and break our hearts. His attention to descriptions with whatever he does would have me mesmerized the moment he describes his starry forms.

Travis- Artificer [Armorer]

I know Travis is known for voicing Thor but I want to see how he'll play Ironman. His well known battle wit is incredible and I'm curious with the type of smarty-pants he'll play outside of combat. His character creation often starts out with an item (Fjord with a bracer, Cerrit with the tomahawks) so I wonder how he'll design this one too.

Bottom Row:

Ashley- Wizard [Blood Magic]

HEAR ME OUT! Ashley had moments of creepy with Fearne so I know she can play a bloody themed magic user. I also believe in her playing a smart character. She can be creative as she wants when it comes to summoning a familiar too. Let her have another buddy!

Marisha- Cleric [War Domain]

Given how BH's decision made the gods mortal, there will be war of some kind. Marisha's previous characters have been meh or hateful of the gods so I want to see her play someone who's so devoted. Maybe question or start out with weak faith (Possibly with a betrayer god 👀)

Talisin- Bard [College of Dreams?? Homebrew]

I know he'll play a homebrew subclass that Matt comes up with so this is really just a guess of what Matt would come up with. With Ruidus being a culture filled with dreams of Exandria, I would think there would be a unique artform or college. I want to see Talisin play someone with high charisma and bring up weird art.

Robbie- Warlock [Fiend Patron w/ Chain Pact]

Is this me saying I want to see Laura romance Robbie's character? Maybe... But this is also me hoping to see how Robbie can play out another type of high charisma character. Also giving him the chain pact for him to have a little guy sounds amazing. Maybe show how demigods/lesser beings are gaining power through Robbie' character would be a great arc.

As for races I only have one hope, that someone (not Sam) be a Tortle!!

[iri-desky]

An ALNST Dungeons and Dragons AU?

Howdy! So I mentioned trying to make an alnst fantasy au on a previous post. To be more specific, I thought I'd try to make a DND style au!

Although before I get into the details of it, I thought I'd establish the classes of the characters first and foremost. That's what this whole post is about. Please note that this is just a draft and big idea dump, as well as test of how well these classes fit each character...aaaand how well other people think each class I chose fits each character.

In other words, if you think some other class or subclass fits better, feel free to speak your mind. I'm actively looking for a bit of criticism on these choices.

Mizi - Paladin, oath of redemption OR oath of the ancients. Mostly because of the "belief that God is human" speech and uplifting, positive nature. And how I think that Mizi should be seen in armor (/lh). I also think it'd be ironic for her and Ivan to be best friends while she's a Paladin and Ivan's a warlock. I'm very unsure about this one, though-- she's probably the one I'm struggling with most. An exchange I've had with @mirrorcatcreditcard also is making me consider a Monk or Rogue, though in general I'm trying to give her a class with a good dexterity. If I do end up giving her Paladin as a class, I chose the subclasses I did to give her a less "smite-y, all who defy me must die" flavor and more of a "starry eyed idealist hero" flavor.

Sua - Cleric, Life Domain. Mostly because I think it'd be funny as hell for the most reserved and secretly temperamental one to be given the responsibility of healing the party. She gives the vibes of any cleric-- gentle and elegant on the outside but secretly cursing the world and everyone else in this stupid party on the inside. Except Mizi. She's an angel and we're glad she's here. I also wanna see her deny healing to Ivan at least once. Also, Sua has angel symbolism, so I had to go through with that in the classes.

Hyuna - Rogue, Swashbuckler subclass OR Fighter, monster hunter subclass (or gunslinger). I think it's pretty obvious that a rogue really fits Hyuna, and I think it'd be neat to continue her "outlaw" thing in this universe, just in a different context. Swashbuckler is so she's still high energy and in the thick of things. That said, a fighter can fit just as well given their versatility and spirit-- being a fighter doesn't necessarily have to be "basic". She could be a monster hunter subclass (inspired by her destruction of the aliens in the original series) or even a gunslinger subclass. A champion could work as well.

Till - Bard, college of lore. Despite how the original series is music based, I feel like he's the only character that I can see being a bard outside of the context of alnst just because of his creative genius. He's an artist at heart, and I wanted to reflect that. I don't see him being too flamboyant of a bard, of course, but I feel like his excitement and his genuine love for what he makes might start to bleed into a crowd when he's, yknow, not being judged by thousands of aliens and instead being watched by fellow humans. My choice of the college of lore is especially inspired by his drawings in the Io comic and desire for a better world while knowing what the natural world used to be. It's also come to my attention after an exchange with @nilladrawsstuff that a healer Till that complains about having to heal everyone but still expresses genuine concern would be a neat idea--While I don't think a pure healer Till would be too in character, Bards CAN function as healers and I can see Till being a jack of all trades. That's just what Till is in Canon--a jack of all trades. I want to reflect that in this au with his class.

Ivan - Warlock, with Unsha as his patron, Great Old One subclass (because squid). Unsha gives enough cthutulu vibes for this to make sense-- furthermore, I feel like Ivan's detached and transactional realationship with Unsha makes this make even more sense. I also wanted Ivan's class and subclass to reflect his intelligent but somewhat distant nature, with the theme of "unfathomability" being something that really fits him. The class parallels Luka, as well, a character that Ivan is known to reflect. Hexblade could work as a subclass as well, although I'm leaning towards The Great Old One. Tbh, I'm not too sure about this one, although Warlock Ivan definitely goes hard in my book.

Luka - Sorcerer, Aberrant Mind. He's got the vibes. Luka was the one I figured out first, actually, simply because he screams sorcerer; Annoyingly dazzling man with his powers handed to him (no offense to Sorcerer mains at all, yes offense to Luka /j [jk, we love Luka in this house. I just like bullying him /lh]). That bitch did NOT need to research for that or beg for a thing. Also, a sorcerer's main stat is charisma, so... yeah. The inherently mysterious nature of Aberrant Mind also gives me huge Luka vibes, hence my choice.

Anyway, that's all. Again, if you have any criticisms, comments, or better ideas, PLEASE do no hesitate to tell me. 👍🏽 This is a sapling of an idea so far and I need your help for it to grow!

( ahaha pls don't let this flop... I've been working on this post for over an hour )

(Tagging people who I know might be interested in this / were present back in the previous post below the cut)

@junebluues @awaggaa @mirrorcatcreditcard @ravelroses @nilladrawsstuff @kingofanemptyworld

[carefreemonk]

[ from here ] @losojos-decupido

fogado nearly cries when he dips his foot into the warm water. instead of doing that, he tips his entire body inside, basking in the tender embrace of water that doesn't fall out of the sky and isn't freezing freaking cold. like, okay, look, rainstorms are not unique, fogado's been through enough to know how to deal. it's just that they make everything so much worse! looking out at the rough seas, he almost turns green; never ever EVER is he going NEAR a boat until that entire mess dies down. there isn't enough money in the world to change his mind. but this water... now this is nice water. it's warm, it's inside, it's in a fancy room, and he can even press a button to make bubbles. oh man is mom gonna hear about this. he should probably ask this viscount dude who he hired! at some point, a rubber duck ends up on his head. life is peaceful. life is kind. and then. "oh!" fogado blinks his eyes open and looks over. he blinks again. oh. yeah, oh. oh fuck. because who should join him in this pool of peaceful pleasantries than the father of the woman whom he'd just completely beefed their single interaction with?! " azrrblgbg?!?! " fogado blurts with his face submerged. cool it. if that duck falls off, it could blow any semblance of "chill vibes," and then it would get worse. so he sits up only a little bit, drawing his chin out of the water. " err, yup! that's m'name! glad you remembered! " ohhhhhhhhh myyyyyyyyyyyy fawkinggggggggggg dragonsssssssssssssssssssssss. " mitama! yeah, she... went off to get some snacks, last i saw. she'd wanted to peruse the pickins, you know, ha ha... "

Quite a strong reaction for what Azama has intended, for once, as an innocent (?) question. Well, now Fogado's got him nice and curious.

"We shared quite the experience, did we not? Of course I'd remember your name."

Languid and quite comfortable, the monk yawns, stretches. The water runs hot - delightfully so. He sighs, and for a moment, he is at peace. In the next moment, however, he is potentially at war.

One starry eye cracks open, settling first on Fogado's duck, and then on the fellow himself.

"Oh? Off to get some snacks, is she?"

Oh, yes. That does sound about right for her. That being said, Azama doesn't recall coming across her on his way here, nor did it seem to him like Fogado was waiting around for anyone right about now, startled as he had been. Hm.

Hm, hm~

"And how long ago now was that?"

Straight and to the point.

"I wouldn't want to be interrupting... after all, you are her date for the Ball, are you not?"

[anchor-ice]

ok since the overall response was positive i'm gonna tell you a bit about this project!

this is a series of jokey mini-comics detailing the (after) lives of a band of ghosts who are stuck in an abandoned summer camp near omsk location pending in 2005. this is basically bbc ghosts but russian and with more gore.

katya is the only one who's alive! she's 15 and started seing ghosts after her shitty boyfriend crashed his bike with her in the back seat. she's trying to help the ghosts mediate their relationships with eachother and the world, and they're helping her with homework (sometimes) or being general nuisances (more often).

the pilot died in 1944 when his plane crashed while he was test-flying it. he was wounded in the frontlines and sent home to recover, but decided to help out in the poiloting school in the meantime. the guy on whose watch the plane crashed was shot for sabotage afterwards, and his ghost in turn is pretty resentful about that, because it was just the lack of funds and old equipment going out. plot: katya helping them meet and make peace with eachothers deaths. the pilot had a daughter himself and thus is feeling very paternal towards katya. most organised and helpful of the ghosts. died with one broken cigarette whick they all now share and an officers notepad with his papers and maps, where he sketches from time to time (it all disappears after he stops concentrating 😔) has ideological beef with the suit and ex-beef with the sailor (they are besties now).

the sailor died in 1921 during the kronstadt rebellion and was very surprised when he woke up near omsk. he had a precious cigar case that was lost a year before his death, and in the chaos of th civil war found itself in a magpie's nest in the woods near omsk. his soul is tied to this case, and he spends a lot of time trying to get to the case and taunting the magpie family (unsuccessfully). has a tin of cocaine, 4 machine gun belts, no machine gun and an attitude. loves asking katya to marry him and run away to saint-petersburg together. plot: katya finally getting him his cig case back. obsessed with space and in love with yuri gagarin, wants to find and meet his ghost

the suit died in 1997 during a buisness deal gone wrong, shot and buried on the abandoned camp territory, is still a bit pissed about that. is disgusted by the starry-eyed belief in the happines of all mankind the pilot and the sailor exibit and in general is tormented by the fact tht he will have to spend his afterlife in a summer camp surrounded by these people. loves to come harass the monk living in the lake nearby to get some sort of ideological closure and figure out how afterlife works. plot: getting katya the money to move to another sity when she goes to uni

the bomber died in 1896. tried to sicide bomb a govt official but was discovered and sentenced to death, later pardoned bc of Nicholas 2 acending to the throne, sentence switched to siberian exile for 25 years with no rights to return. killed herself out of boredom and despair. gets along well with the sailor (he is slightly intimidated by her), would really like to talk to the monk but he doesn't answer to anyone. plot: idk so far 😔

the bear victims - a lego of bear victim parts. that's it. a comedic side character.

the monk died alone on an island in the lake in ????, the island was later blown up to increase the water capacity flowing from the lake to a water reservoir. doesn't talk to any of the other characters bc of his seraphimic schema and vow of silence & solitude. slowly warming to the idea of breaking his vow and trying to help the other ghosts move on, because if god's not letting him go, that must be for a reason, right? plot: speaking to katya

[danco110]

“Yes! YES, MY LEGION!”

Sarkhan cackled madly amid the crackling lightning and fire of the dragonstorm. The vortex of swirling clouds parted in its center, creating an eye. It radiated an aura of pure power, almost knocking the planeswalker off his feet.

“Finally, Tarkir shall be returned to its rightful masters…AGAIN!”

Sarkhan’s bravado faltered briefly, before shouting this last word. Then it returned, just as the eye of the storm began to glow a searing orange. A draconic silhouette materialized within, earning a triumphant cry from Sarkhan.

“Show yourself! I am not worthy! I am…at your…command…?”

Sarkhan finally abandoned the facade in full, staring in disbelief at the relatively minuscule dragon that emerged from the tempest. Even so, the newly formed whelp easily dwarfed Sarkhan as it spotted him. Curiously enough, rather than react with anger, the dragon flew down eagerly to investigate.

“Hello! What was that you were saying just now? Something about command?”

“…Greetings?” Sarkhan began hesitantly. “And, never mind what I was saying. You…weren’t exactly what I was expecting.”

“…Okayyy!” chimed the hatchling. “Well, if I can’t help you, maybe you can help me! What is this wondrous place?”

Sarkhan glanced skeptically at the wasteland stretching in all directions from the quickly-fading dragonstorm. “‘Wondrous’? It’s…Tarkir.”

“Tarkir! How exciting! I should see what’s out there…What’s out there? What’s that way?” The dragon pointed in a random direction.

“Well, that should be…the Jeskai. They’re a group of monks who-”

“Monks? Sounds boooring…”

“Well…they…” Sarkhan’s eyes widened as he realized he was about to speak in defense of the Jeskai. “To their credit, I suppose they’re the only non-dragons around here who can fly-”

“Fly! I can fly! Maybe we’ve got more in common than I thought! I should go see!”

And with that, the excitable whelp shot into the air. Meanwhile Sarkhan remained where he stood, thoroughly confused.

“…Goodbye?”

[Missed opportunity imo, to call the card Starry-Eyed Skyriders, and make it a Human Dragon Scout, like the Bloomburrow duos cards!]

[divinum-pacis]

The 11th-century cliffside Hozoviotissa Monastery is seen under the starry night sky on the island of Amorgos, Greece, March 26 , 2025.

“Here one is closer to God, and better understands creation,” says Father Spyridon, who’s spent more than 50 years at the monastery as a monk. “All of mother nature is God’s creation. We must learn to love it, to respect it, and to preserve it.”

(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

[satoshi-mochida]

Baldur’s Gate III ‘Patch 8’ launches in 2025, adds cross-play, photo mode, and 12 new subclasses - Gematsu

Larian Studios will release Baldur’s Gate III‘s “Path 8” in 2025, which adds cross-play, a photo mode, and 12 new subclasses to the game, the developer announced. A stress test for the patch will be held in early January.

Get the details below.

■ Cross-Play

Whether you’re joining PlayStation 5 players from your PC, or jumping into a game with Mac users from your Xbox, Baldur’s Gate III multiplayer will soon feature full cross-platform progression, including cross-play—just as the gaming gods intended. Once the update is live you’ll be able to invite your friends to join your cross-play lobby directly, regardless of platform and find available multiplayer lobbies with friends on other systems using the Larian Network.

■ Subclasses

Patch 8 will introduce a new way to play your favorite class, adding one new subclass for each of the existing Bard, Barbarian, Cleric, Druid, Paladin, Fighter, Monk, Ranger, Rogue, Sorcerer, Warlock and Wizard classes in the game. Expect new abilities, animations, video effects, summons and cantrips, and unique voiced dialogue lines for the Oathbreaker Knight with written reactivity for Oathbreakers, along with a touch of homebrewing on certain actions to enhance your role-playing experience.

Bard: College of Glamour – As a College of Glamour Bard, you’ll find you have the power to heal friends and command enemies in equal measure. Cast Mantle of Inspiration to bestow your allies with 5 temporary hit points. And should an enemy attack while it is cast, they’ll find themselves Charmed. Play your hand correctly and you’ll be able to use this to your advantage with Mantle of Majesty. Target Charmed enemies and you can command them to flee, move closer, freeze, drop to the ground, or drop their weapon.

Barbarian: Path of Giants – Opt for the Path of Giants, and your newfound giant strength will make it easier for you to yeet friend and foe alike. Forget chugging potions to pump those muscles, these Barbarians benefit from the Giant’s Rage passive that grants both strength and size – allowing you to deal additional damage with Throw attacks. Pockets weighing you down? Not for you and your increased carry capacity!

Cleric: Death Domain – As a cleric of death, you’ll find a few dark new tricks up your sleeves—from spells that specialize in necrotic damage to three new necromancy cantrips. This includes Toll The Dead, a cantrip that causes 1 to 8 damage when your cleric rings the bell of impending doom—a number that scales if your target has already been damaged. We’ve also added the homebrewed ability to explode nearby corpses, damaging enemies.

Druid: Circle of Stars – These Druids look to the stars for answers, accessing powers beyond those offered through the classic wildshapes. Taking on one of three Starry Forms for their power—the constellations of the Archer, Chalice, and Dragon. Each one favors a different play style and strategy—the Archer dealing radiant damage with astral arrows, the life-giving Chalice restoring hitpoints to you and others nearby, and the wise Dragon, allowing you to deal damage with an added bonus to constitution rolls. The Starry Forms offer not just a celestial aesthetic, but practical, powerful options to enhance your role as a healer, fighter, or strategist.

Paladin: Oath of the Crown – You’ve been sworn to uphold the principles of law. Stay true to your oath and you’ll be rewarded with the power to aid your allies and disrupt your foes. Guide your companions in battle with Righteous Clarity, taunt enemies with strategic interrupts, and keep your party standing strong with Divine Allegiance, absorbing their damage while restoring their health.

Fighter: Arcane Archer – Mastering the dual arts of magic and marksmanship, the Arcane Archer subclass offers unique skills on top of new shooting animations. Banish foes to the Feywild, removing them from the battlefield for a turn, or unleash Psychic damage that forces enemies to make a Wisdom saving throw or be blinded until the start of their next turn.

Monk: Drunken Master – Putting the brew in homebrew, as the Drunken Master, you have the ability to consume alcohol straight from your inventory, as well as drink from bottles you see around the Sword Coast, in order to recover Ki. By sharing the bottle with your enemies using Intoxicating Strike, you’ll generate a buff towards your Armor Class and your Chance to hit Drunk targets. Drunk enemies are also susceptible to the Drunken Masters’ other abilities, like Sobering Realisation—which sobers up drunk targets, dealing physical and Psychic damage.

Ranger: Swarmkeeper – The Swarmkeeper subclass provides Rangers with three kinds of deadly swarms to assist them in combat. The Cloud of Jellyfish deals extra lightning damage—potentially shocking your enemy. The Flurry of Moths deals Psychic damage, giving you the potential to Blind your enemy. The Legion of Bees deals piercing damage and forces the enemy to make a strength-saving throw or be knocked back 15 feet. Each swarm also has the ability to provide you with teleportation capabilities!

Rogue: Swashbuckler – This Rogue subclass introduces a range of new actions fit for the piratical life. Play dirty by tossing sand at enemies to Blind them. Flick your weapon at a target to Disarm them. Or use your new Fancy Footwork passive while meleeing your enemy to ensure they can’t make opportunity attacks against you for the rest of your turn.

Sorcerer: Shadow Magic – As a Shadow Magic Sorcerer, you deal in a form of magic that makes you deadliest in darkness. This subclass gives its sorcerer Superior Darkvision, as well as the ability to Shadow Walk between places of dim light or darkness. It also lets you call forth the perfectly homebrewed Hound of Ill Omen to harass your foes, and use Strength of the Grave to prevent you from being downed—ideal for those attempting Honor Mode runs.

Warlock: Hexblade – Hexblade Warlocks make a pact with an entity from the Shadowfell that manifests in the form of magical weapons. Curse your enemies and force their souls to do your bidding. Slay any enemy that isn’t generally an element of nature, construct, giant blob, or already dead, and you’ll be able to raise their spirit from their corpse for ten turns. This new summon can deal necrotic damage and will rip away a chunk of your enemy’s soul to provide your Hexblade Warlock with healing.

Wizard: Bladesinging – The Bladesinging subclass merges swordplay with wizardry. Expect new spellcasting animations when casting spells with your weapon, a new Bladesong ability to grant you supernatural speed, agility, and focus, plus gives you a bonus to any Constitution saving throw you make.

■ Photo Mode

Finally, you can stop using pictures of fish you’ve caught on your dating profile and start snapping photos with your Hound of Ill Omen. Photo Mode is coming to Baldur’s Gate III in Patch 8! Baldur’s Gate III‘s Photo Mode is a little like a photo booth that lets you set up pretty much any shot you’d like. This new feature introduces a whole slew of options to let you customize and edit your in-game photography, with various levels of freedom depending on whether you’re using it while adventuring, or during combat, dialogue, and cinematic scenes.

Camera Settings

Toggleable from the HUD, located near the minimap, or by using the hotkey binding (F9 on PC, and by pressing both analog sticks at the same time on console), you’ll get to choose which character you want to take centre stage, determine their best side, and adjust the camera position to suit. As long as they’re in your party while you’re adventuring, you’ll be able to line up your scene perfectly—including summons and those in a Wild Shape! For all budding virtual photographers, you can also turn on the camera reticle and composition grid to make sure you’re lining up the perfect shot.

Lens Settings

Determined the angle and sorted the positioning? You’ll be able to jump over to the Lens Settings where you can play around with the Field of View, Exposure, Depth of Field, and Focus.

Scene Settings

NPC ruining your shot? Toggle off either Playing, Party, NPC, or Enemy characters. Now you’re ready for your close-up! Or, if you’re feeling creative, set the scene for a full-on Faerûn musical—choose a set facial expression, plus a range of over 40 static and animated poses, each with multiple variations to help give you the perfect layout. Internal playtesting for Patch 8 is already well underway, and we wanted to highlight just a couple of the great shots our playtesters have been grabbing using photo mode, and how they’ve chosen to edit them!

Post Processing Effects

While you won’t be able to adjust your party or play around with lens and camera settings during cinematic scenes and dialogues, you’ll be able to color-grade your shot and experiment with contrast, saturation, highlights, brightness and vignette.

Frames

Add flair to your scene with a range of different frames and letterboxing to nail those cinematic shots.

Stickers

Choose from over 300 stickers and add up to 30 to your scene, including emojis, icons, blood splatters, textures, objects and items, and of course, cat ears. In your hands soon, you’ll be able to take role-play to the next level with unique combinations of poses, stickers, and frames. We can’t wait to see what absolute nightmare fuel you come up with.

Baldur’s Gate III is available now for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam and GOG.

[smaller-comfort]

2024 fanfic year-in-review!

tagged by @tearitar tagging @ocelly, @kyuohki, and @the-starry-lycan if you want- and anyone else who'd like to!

number of stories posted to ao3: 14- which averages out to more than 1 a month and that's fucking astonishing

word counted posted for last year: 107,457 WHAT. Granted 10k of that was Love Is War which mostly was written in 2010 but STILL.

For some perspective, my total ao3 word count, which includes stuff I wrote going back to 2005, is 144k. That's a 289% increase! what! the! fuck!

fandoms i wrote for: Sea of Stars, The Messenger, Twice Dead King/Warhammer 40k, and Assassin's Creed.

pairings: Aephorul/Resh'an (philosopher's bone(r)); B'st/Resh'an (musical theorems); Oltyx/Yenekh (monster boyfriends); Djoseras/Zultanekh; Altair/Malik/Maria; Monk/Ninja

stories with the most kudos, bookmarks and comment threads: Hilariously, Love Is War has the most kudos. I'm not sure it should count, though. (I promised an update, and I swear I'll do it this year.) Love Is War and A Certain Slant of Light are tied for most bookmarks. And Hotel California has the most comment threads and second-highest kudos, which makes sense because it's got the highest chapter count.

work i’m most proud of (and why): Every time this question comes up I seem to have a different answer- right now I'm  proudest of Love Is Not All, because it was my first exchange fic and I was leery of my ability to finish. It pushed me way out of my comfort zone, and I'm proud of myself for that.

And I think it's a very fun story overall, but my favorite part is the ending- it kind of wraps up with my thesis statements for both characters as they approach biotransference. Djoseras in particular is an extremely difficult character for me to get my head around, and when I wrote out that scene it really helped to make him click in my head. (It's the closing scene, but it was one of the first parts that I wrote.)

work i’m least proud of (and why): I love all my children equally! Once something gets to the point of being posted, I have to be proud of it.

There are certainly places where I think I could improve, but a lot of that comes down to my writing style shifting over the course of the year. I'm still trying to figure out my own voice.

(I'm not that satisfied with the shopkeeper chapter of hotel california)

share or describe a favorite review you received: man. every comment is cherished, but some of the comments/responses to Dreaming Still and A Light Exists In Spring made me cry.  I was in kind of a "crawl into a hole and never speak to anyone ever again" frame of mind when I first posted Dreaming Still, so those comments were the blessed dopamine shot I needed to get my head back in order. And for ALEiS, it was the weirdest/most niche thing I'd written at that point, and I was not expecting such an enthusiastic response. For both of those stories, I had comments that pointed out themes I hadn't even realized I was writing- and as a writer, that's really the most incredible feeling in the world.

Also shout out to that person who comment-spammed most of my SoS fic with tons of quotes and emojis. You are a shining star in the sky, a bright beacon of light in the darkness, I owe you my life/my firstborn/a slice of cake, etc.

Sea of stars fandom has spoiled me rotten when it comes to comments, and I love all of you.

a time when writing was really, really hard:  uggghhhh right now actually. Christmas killed my momentum and now I keep making hissing noises at all of my wips instead of actually writing anything. words r hard, brain iz dumb.

Summer was rough as well, although in retrospect I actually got quite a bit of writing done. My brain was being astonishingly awful for a lot of it.

a scene or character you wrote that surprised you: 

Aephorul, in general. Most of Save Scumming. The way B'st just completely came in with a steel chair and usurped Resh'an's spot as my favorite character- though in retrospect, that shouldn't be surprising, given that he's kind of tailor-made to appeal to me.

The last chapter of Hotel California happened almost entirely by accident. I later found out that the Shopkeeper/Muse theory is a pretty common one, but at the time it made me feel slightly feral. Shared fandom braincell; the games force you to extrapolate a lot, and its very fun to see what conclusions people arrive at independently.

a favourite excerpt of your writing: 

“I don't blame you." Aephorul turned to lean his head against Resh'an's, and press a kiss against his brow. "Not anymore.” “Maybe you believe that, too.” He closed his eyes, listening to the echo of the false heartbeat in Aephorul's body. “And maybe we're both better at lying to ourselves than anyone else ever was.” Aephorul's arms tightened around him. He didn't say anything; there was nothing more to be said. They held each other together, and the stars moved in their slow, inevitable circuit above them.  > Continue? Maybe not quite yet; you can rest here a little longer. You've got all the time in the world.

I get excited whenever I can tie things in different stories/different scenes together. The cyclical mirroring thing that Resh'an and Aephorul do in all my fic is mostly intentional, and kind of integral to the way I approach their characters. So the way the ending to Save Scumming refers back to the ending to Loser Takes All is one of my favorite things about it.

(But I'll be honest, sometimes this happens unintentionally; there's a really funny repetition in YMTE(E) that I didn't catch until after I posted chapter 2, but I actually love that it's there.

Theres that post that's like "sometimes as a reader you just want nine carrot cakes in a row" and I have embraced that philosophy wholeheartedly.)

how did you grow as a writer last year: I wrote so many words! So many. Just an absurd number of words, gosh.

I think I'm getting better at taking risks and being less apologetic about what I write.  Don't get me wrong- I do think I'm hot shit, actually. I'm not reflexively apologizing for the quality of my writing, just the content; the mortifying ordeal of being known gets me every time. I used to get hysterically panicked every time I posted something, and now I don't, mostly. Progress!

how do you hope to grow this year:  I'd like to try writing longer, plottier things; there are some wips (outshine the sun, the obyron/zahndrekh thing) that I've been avoiding because I'm not confident enough in my ability to execute. I'd like to find that confidence.

Also 2025 is the year of the snake so idk I should really write more monsterfucking. Get weirder and hornier about everything, write some new kinks, push myself further out of my comfort zone.

who was your greatest positive influence this year as a writer (could be another writer, beta, cheerleader, etc.): so many people. most of what I wrote this year probably wouldn't have happened at all if not for the friends I've made here on tumblr. Fandom is this perpetual game of "yes, and" and it's been a delight getting to play it with all of you.

I struggle a lot with making and maintaining connections with other people in general, so just know that if we've talked or interacted at all over the past year, it means a lot to me.

anything from your real life show up in your writing last year: ahahaha oh god. Well, the setting for my modern AU is really just places I've lived with the serial numbers sandblasted off. And in lieu of doing actual research, I'm just pulling from my own memories of the early 2000s for the college-era au. (It's not autobiographical at all; my memory is so fucked that it's really just vibes at this point anyway. But those vibes specifically are very much 'being queer and closeted during the bush administration wasn't great, actually.')

There's also a bunch of the medical/mental health stuff that comes from my day job, but most of that is pretty obscure. Again, rather than actually doing research, I prefer to just absorb the stuff that's going on around me at any given time. Sometimes this is my growing familiarity with all the ICD-10 F codes, and sometimes this is all the things I wish I didn't know about my coworkers' sex lives. *sighs very, very deeply*

any projects you’re looking to starting (or finishing) this year: I don't really think ahead about starting things; I'm kind of always just flying by the seat of my pants. But I definitely want to write more snecrons, and finish all of my current posted wips. So, Love Is War; the parting is all we know of heaven series (which has an actual plot trajectory, I swear); You, Me, Them, Everybody (Everybody); Devotional. And then there are the wips that haven't gotten posted yet, like all the various Etudes stories, the sequel to Save Scumming, and half a dozen other modern AU things.

I'd love to clean up/expand some of my very old ffvi fic, too. Mostly, I'm looking forward to writing more! It's been a trip; I hope 2025 is just as productive.

[the-uber-goober]

Scavenger King Ship Names!!!!

Thank you to @whippiekippy and some people in the Cherrypie Bakery Discord Server owned by @rubicons (sorry for the @s everyone)

Green = Already named

Pink = Made by other people

Survivor x SK: New King

Monk x SK: Angrec, Peaceful Protest, World Peace

Hunter x SK: Anarchy, Pearl n Carry

Nightcat x SK: Cepheus, Saturn, Starry Night

Gourmand x SK: Shared Union

Artificer x SK: Regicide

Rivulet x SK: Poseidon, Atlantis

Spearmaster x SK: Herald, Spear Hill

Saint x SK: Theocracy, Ancient Royalty

Enot x SK: Party Leader, Lovebomb

If you don’t understand a name, feel free to ask for the reasoning!

[44-moved-44]

Vinki ship names that @local-hunter and I thought of on VC (+ @cheddar-inq watched while playing kitty game)

Survivor - Still Life (credit to Hunter)

Monk - Doodlebug

Hunter - Railroad/Sick Shades

Nightcat - Starry Night

Gourmand - Paintball

Artificer - Boombox

Rivulet - Watercolour

Spearmaster - Mixed Media

Saint - Renaissance

Enot - MS Paint (credits to Hunter)/Art Stream

Note: I do not condone shipping Artificer x Vinki nor Gourmand x Vinki but I like coming up with ship names so if whatever reason you hc them as the same age ig that's better

I am number one Vinki fan he is my bb