#this is both a warning and a promise

[beehiveofblorbos]

hajime fans please enjoy your boy to your heart’s content

But the MINUTE you start yapping about Makoto, you will be erased from my timeline and that’s a promise. Soooo tired of trying to talk about Makoto (on other places not this site) and I’ve had so many hajime fans just absolutely jump down my throat about how “boring” he is. honestly I just wanna enjoy my beloved Makyutie in peace we do not have to start wars today

[chyarui]

A few of you guys were curious, so as promised, here’s a few of my takes on Kiffar marriage customs! Specifically the role of the qukuuf, hope you guys enjoy! (Once again, this was all inspired by fic Resilience on ao3, though the account is unfortunately orphaned)

Hope my handwriting doesn’t suck too much, and super open to hearing any ideas or questions you might have if I didn’t explain anything fully!

Also here’s a b/w version cause I’m a sucker for greyscale (and to make the qukuuf markings stand out more)

[polillamielera]

silly group games ⭐

Original Drawing below :3

(ignore the smudged gouache and pencil, i'm very messy)

[gingermintpepper]

In my Zeus bag today so I'm just gonna put it out there that exactly none of the great Ancient Greek warrior-heroes stayed loyal and faithful and completely monogamous and yet none of them have their greatness questioned nor do we question why they had the cultural prominence that they did and still do.

Jason, the brilliant leader of the Argo, got cold feet when it came to Medea - already put off by some of her magic and then exiled from his birthland because of her political ploys, he took Creusa to bed and fully intended on marrying her despite not properly dissolving things with Medea.

Theseus was a fierce warrior and an incredibly talented king but he had a horrible temper and was almost fatally weak to women. This is the man who got imprisoned in the Underworld for trying to get a friend laid, the man who started the whole Attic War because he couldn't keep his legs closed.

And we cannot at all forget Heracles for whom a not inconsiderable amount of his joy in life was loving people then losing the people around him that he loved. Wives, children, serving boys, mentors, Heracles had a list of lovers - male and female - long enough to rival some gods and even after completing his labours and coming down to the end of his life, he did not have one wife but three.

And y'know what, just because he's a cultural darling, I'll put Achilles up here too because that man was a Theseus type where he was fantastic at the thing he was born to do (that is, fight whereas Theseus' was to rule) but that was not enough to eclipse his horrid temper and his weakness to young pretty things. This is the man that killed two of Apollo's sons because they wouldn't let him hit - Tenes because he refused to let Achilles have his sister and Troilus who refused Achilles so vehemently that he ran into Apollo's temple to avoid him and still couldn't escape.

All four of these men are still celebrated as great heroes and men. All four of these men are given the dignity of nuance, of having their flaws treated as just that, flaws which enrich their character and can be used to discuss the wider cultural point of what truly makes a hero heroic. All four of these men still have their legacies respected.

Why can that same mindset not be applied to Zeus? Zeus, who was a warrior-king raised in seclusion apart from his family. Zeus who must have learned to embrace the violence of thunder for every time he cried as a babe, the Corybantes would bang their shields to hide the sound. Zeus learned to be great because being good would not see the universe's affairs in its order.

The wonderful thing about sympathy is that we never run out of it. There's no rule stopping us from being sympathetic to multiple plights at once, there's no law that necessitate things always exist on the good-evil binary. Yes, Zeus sentenced Prometheus to sufferation in Tartarus for what (to us) seems like a cruel reason. Prometheus only wanted to help humans! But when you think about Prometheus' actions from a king's perspective, the narrative is completely different: Prometheus stole divine knowledge and gifted it to humans after Zeus explicitly told him not to. And this was after Prometheus cheated all the gods out of a huge portion of wealth by having humans keep the best part of a sacrifice's meat while the gods must delight themselves with bones, fat and skin. Yes, Zeus gave Persephone away to Hades without consulting Demeter but what king consults a woman who is not his wife about the arrangement of his daughter's marriage to another king? Yes, Zeus breaks the marriage vows he set with Hera despite his love of her but what is the Master of Fate if not its staunchest slave?

The nuance is there. Even in his most bizarre actions, the nuance and logic and reason is there. The Ancient Greeks weren't a daft people, they worshipped Zeus as their primary god for a reason and they did not associate him with half the vices modern audiences take issue with. Zeus was a father, a visitor, a protector, a fair judge of character, a guide for the lost, the arbiter of revenge for those that had been wronged, a pillar of strength for those who needed it and a shield to protect those who made their home among the biting snakes. His children were reflections of him, extensions of his will who acted both as his mercy and as his retribution, his brothers and sisters deferred to him because he was wise as well as powerful. Zeus didn't become king by accident and it is a damn shame he does not get more respect.

[asterparfait]

ANOTHER VIRCHE WEDNESDAY ANOTHER ANIMATIC

[dad-fucky]

Wanna wake up being rocked gently, slowly coming into consciousness as i realise I've been listening to my big sibling moan as they sink down on my strap. Want to hear my own moans and realise they're muffled by duct tape, try to move my arms from under my back and realise my wrists are cuffed. Looking up at my big sibling, flushed and panting, lost in their pleasure until i let out a pathetic whine, at which point they huff out a laugh and lean down to kiss me over the tape, a smug "hiiii baby" all the acknowledgement i get before they go back to riding my cock like im just a toy for them.

[charleemoon]

you can tell if a hannigram fic will be good or not based on not how either of them are written but how alana is. im onto something here i swear

[m1ckeyb3rry]

don’t let tumblr or online platforms in general be your main form of social interaction PLEASE i am begging you all…not to sound like a boomer on main but it is so important that you have friends irl and talk with people irl and are vulnerable IRLLLL LDJDJDJS online friends are still important i’m not saying they aren’t but they are fundamentally different from people off of the screen !!

[mcyt-gender-showdown]

i personally think everyone should just be changed to mr oli orionsound if people don't get their act together

THATS WHAT IM SAYING

[feroluce]

Sampo & Caelus are so important to me, I love them. To me they are bros. Buddies. Partners in mischief making and chaos. Caelus is a total weirdo and Sampo is always getting Up To Something, and they both hate being bored or stagnating, so they regard each other as an endless source of entertainment and amusement.

They're the kind of friends that just kind of see each other when they see each other, and when they do cross paths they greet with that funny hands-clasped-between-them-and-one-armed-hug thing that guys do. Then they go to a bar, annoy the local population, kick up a ruckus or cause some kind of mischief somewhere, and go stumble into a hotel room to sleep it off.

They did this a few times in Belobog, and Gepard once found them on a morning patrol passed out in a gutter together. Sampo was sacked out with a newspaper over his face. Caelus was sprawled out next to/on top of him in the most awkward and uncomfortable position a human body could possibly contort into. Both refused to explain anything zkzkkskd

[sorryimananti-romantic]

just finished siren, loved it so much and went through your ml. it's literally gold and i can't believe it took me this long to discover you!! "^"

if it's not asking too much, can we have a clue about your next work? i've noticed you just drop them without a hint (which is fucking iconic btw bc we never know what's coming and with you we can't really guess either you just cook sth unexpected each time) but i'm so hooked and i literally can't wait for what's next, whenever it is. it's okay if you don't want to say anything tho, have a good day or night either way and keep doing what you do! (°◡°♡)

ahh thank you so much, that means a lot <33 and yes haha i don't drop teasers it's not really my thing and im scared i won't finish it after announcing💀but there's sth im working on rn... it's a bit uhh unexpected even for me LOL i have no idea how yall gonna react to this but-

serial killer/vigilante dr. yunho x crime fiction writer! reader. anddd they're housemates.

bet you didn't see that coming. at all.

have a good day/night too, and thank you again <33

[mordremrose]

More little blurbs of lore, this time with my light armor boys! Macadeh and Draikôs! Tried to do them digitally this round, but idk if i'll do the others like this tbh

Typed out the handwriting below the cut :]

Macadeh - He/him, mesmer - Cylla & Chary are his snake(s), rescued from a human circus. One head produces a deadly venom, the other produces the antidote. He hasn't tested which. Macadeh strongly identifies with carnivorous plants as well as poisonous and venomous creatures- but the snakes have quickly become his favorite. Awakened during the attack on the Pale Tree, Macadeh struggles to connect to the Dream but he does try to still follow the Dream, despite his humor and interests sometimes leading him to be mistaken for a courtier.

Draikôs - he/him, Tempest - Unlike most sylvari, whose empathy is limited to other sylvari, Draikôs has a natural sensitivity to emotions of other races of Tyria as well. As an elementalist, he has an affinity for storms- both ice and electric- that he tries to include in his stage presence as a fairly popular singer. When hired to sing at more private events, he's developed a bit of a reputation for being quite the flirt.

[angie-01040]

The second I get a :)/;) message again, I'm going to go feral.

[hershelwidget]

wait hang on

HANG ON

DO YOU SEE MY VISION

[briar--rising]

Extensive non-graphic discussion of suicide (I'm fine, I'm not suicidal, don't worry). Also lots of maternal enmeshment talk

Therapy today was rough. I'm doing so much better in so many ways, but that doesn't mean the trauma is gone lol. I do so well in early spring, and then May and June comes and I can taste death in the air. I won't let it pull me under this year, I refuse to spiral into long-lasting psychosis and lose my progress until next February again. But it's still difficult.

My mother is. Fucked up. Obviously. But something that I realized in today's session was that her dream scenario is still the two of us committing suicide together in the end. And that's. Well. It feels bad.

A few weeks ago she brought up again how she wants to commit suicide when she gets very old/sick, or if the world goes to a very bad place. And the reason she insists on bringing this up with me is that she's very clear that it will be my responsibility to make sure she gets the assisted suicide she wants someday. Basically, asking me to kill her one day. And today was the anniversary of my uncle's suicide, and in about a month it will be the anniversary of my mom's suicide attempt when I was 11, and so it's all just...been on my mind. And we talked today in therapy about how the fact that my mom attempted suicide shortly before my birthday was especially damaging for me, and how basically being the one to find her that day but then not being allowed to see her for a while in the hospital once she woke up was deeply traumatic. And it's all just. Tangled together in my head.

I've known for years that I'll be in charge of making sure my mom gets the assisted suicide she wants, she's made that very clear to me. And I do not want that responsibility, but I just always knew/assumed it would be my job. And I was talking about that with my therapist today and she was like "I think it would be very dangerous for you to do that. You will always have a tendency towards psychosis, and there is already so much tangled up in you and your mother and annihilation and death and loss of self, and I do not think it will ever be safe for you to help her with that." And I realized she was right, but it literally hadn't occurred to me that I was allowed to not be the one to help with that? But like. I don't have to. A friend of hers can do it. My brother can do it. Someone, anyone who isn't me can help her find a doctor and get what she needs someday. I do not have to kill my mother. I do not have to kill myself.

Because I know in her dream scenario we'd do it together, and/or my doing it for her would push me to do it to myself. First of all, she's literally suggested it before. Second of all, she cannot cope with or even begin to comprehend the fact that I am separate from her and that I would dare to live without her. We were talking today about how my mom's relationship feels almost parasitic, like she's drawing on me to sustain herself, and how I was worried that by cutting her off and having increasing boundaries I was hurting her by taking away her access to her life force. And my therapist was like, "No, because those boundaries are real for you, but not for her. Consciously she sort of accepts them, but in her mind you are still completely enmeshed. What do you think would happen if you asked to move back in with her?" And I was like, "She'd be thrilled, she'd start working towards it immediately." And she was like, "Exactly. If she was developing the type of boundaries you are, she would have reservations about her adult child moving back in. But she doesn't have any of those boundaries, and still believes and feels you to be as close as you were, so you're not hurting her by having those boundaries internally, because she will never be able to share them or even truly understand that you have them." So that was helpful, if disturbing in its own way. Bc it also made me realize how deeply enmeshed we still are on her end, and how clear it is from that and from several things she's said over the years including quite recently that she wants us to kill ourselves together someday.

But I won't. I refuse. When she wants to die she can find someone else to help her manage it, and I will not be joining her. I will not let her annihilate me in life or death.

[flovverworks]

reread parts of some of the affection stories since theyre fully voiced now and the part in owens thats like "what if your lover was someone you hate? what if that lover was me?" "i dont hate you" "liar" "its not a lie. probably....i dont rly get it myself" sorry obsessed with the fact akira only responds to the hate part WHICJ TO BE FAIR IS THE IMPORTANT PART obsessed w owen even coming up with that in the first place. 'i was killed by you' this guy.........i think their interactions are so nice....lov this guy. anyway his 'wai-' wjen akira ends up going "okay fine. have it ur way. i wont try anymore. bye." JSKSLSKSLAKSKAKS GIVE ME AKIRA VA INGAME PLEEEAAASAEEEEEE

anyway i forgot how much of a hell figaros are like wtf........

even though youre someone who begs me to hold your hand................figaro & sage handholding in that first part up til like....2nd anni card ?! is sooooo gggggggGGGggG.....considering their True first meeting is at the party where figaro does ask for akiras hand in dance. with completely superior motives he just shares like that (and akira is still aware they wouldve taken his hand if it wasnt for them both being interrupted). figaro is so......akira is so....(thinks about figaros spot story where he kills something in front of akira) heavens

anyway lots to say about the "can you hold my hand?" -> moonroad part of his affection story considering what hes sharing.......thinking about his first couple povs in pt2........figaro who leaves when it seems like ppl lose interest in him......this maaaaaaaannnnnnnnn.....used to being revered.............guys a doctor (profession thats always needed)........lots to say about everyone one in this series