dawnshe

[dawnshe]

✱˚｡⋆ ↪ 𝐔𝐍𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋 𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐇 . ( a collection of lyric - based prompts based on hozier's album . adjust phrasing as necessary . )

i'm holding my world together with a bootstring .

i would do it again if i could hold you for a minute .

my life was a storm since i was born , how could i fear any hurricane ?

heaven is not fit to house a love like you and i .

i miss when we did not need much .

we didn't get it right , but we did our best .

when people say that something is forever , either way it ends .

i have never known a silence like the one fallen here .

there's money to be made , whatever is still to come .

i don't want to be anything like this at all .

there are some things that nobody teaches you .

we can celebrate the good that we've done .

if there was anyone to get through this life with their heart in tact , they didn't do it right .

all i needed was someone .

you only feel it when it's lost .

the awful things we do to make our heads feel quiet .

you may never know your fortune .

so far from home to have a stranger call you 'darling' .

i'm a butchered tongue still singing here above the ground .

if i was a riptide , i wouldn't take you out .

knowing that everything ends won't change our plan .

i feel lighter than i have in so much time .

i don't know how the feeling ended .

i know we want this to go easy by being somebody's fault .

how could i fall when i am lifted by every word you say to me ?

if i said that this was drowning , you'd tell me i'm walking on water .

who wants to live forever , babe ?

old and young are welcome to the meal .

how can something be so much heavier but so much less than what it seems ?

we had nowhere to go and every desire to go there .

if i fall , i only pray , don't fall away from me .

all our weight is just a burden offered to us by the world .

getting through still has a cost .

so much of our life is just carving through the dark .

after this i'm never gonna be the same .

some part of me must have died the first time you called me 'baby' .

are there limits to emptiness ?

i wish i was the sunlight , just sitting on the mississippi .

if you need to , darling , lean your weight onto me .

you can't buy this fineness .

some part of me must have come alive the first time you called me 'baby' .

the future's so bright it's burning .

i would do anything just to run away .

i heard once , it's the comforts that make us feel numb .

darkness always finds you , either way .

i know being reckless and young isn't how the damage gets done .

i haven't felt it since then .

i do not have wings , love , and i never will .

one time we would want for nothing , we knew what our love was worth .

i think i'll take my whiskey neat .

i'd still be surprised i could find you , in any life .

i don't need to know where we begin and end .

my name always hits my ears as such an awful sound .

i'm taking no orders , i'm gonna be nobody's soldier .

living the dream , benzos and gasoline .

i wish i could go along , don't get me wrong .

do you think i'd give up ?

i'm infinitely suffering , but fighting it off like all creation .

if you're drunk on life , babe , that's great .

what good would it be on the far side of things ?

i aim low , i aim true and to the ground is where i go .

i wouldn't sell the world , i would hold on for all its worth .

choose between being a butcher and a pauper .

i feel as useful as dirt .

it's the sound of it that brings me here .

when was the last time ?

i want to fade away with you .

whatever keeps you around , it keeps you around .

funny how true colors shine in darkness and secrecy .

when i was younger , i used to guess if there were limits to emptiness .

you know i'm good on my own .

one bright morning changes all things .

i'm sick to my skin , watching the news again .

how could you think i'd scare so easily ?

now that it's done , there's not one thing i would change .

would all things god allows remain above ground ?

i'd walk so far just to take the injury of finally knowing you .

you treat your mouth like it's heaven's gate .

could this be how every day begins ?

i can scarce believe what i'm believing in .

whatever you choose , you lose in the long run .

your reflection can't offer a word to the bliss of not knowing yourself .

the goal i was aiming for was the wrong one .

you're too sweet for me .

your heart , love , has such darkness .

let the sun only shine on me through a falling sky .

i don't wanna choose between being a salesman and a soldier .

how do you sleep so well ?

i wouldn't sell the world for all the gold and sterling .

the street is for the laughter of young women and men .

you can keep a dream in your mind only to find out it's the hope that's killing you .

each time i'm shocked by the light .

july is still coming , just knowing that gets me through .

maybe i have yet to venture out and see the places i dream about .

no closer could i be to god .

what you live in , it finds a way to live in you .

i want to be so far away from sight and mind .

you know the distance made no difference to me .

i thought you were like an angel to me .

i'd move so fast that i'd outpace the dawn .

all my love and terror balanced there between those two eyes .

i'm still glad i met you .

that moment i knew , i had no choice but to love you .

[dawnshe]

PROMPTS FROM SINNERS *  assorted dialogue from the 2025 film, adjust as necessary

i want you to promise right now.

i think that was the best day of my life.

was it like that for you?

you keep dancing with the devil... one day he's gonna follow you home.

drop the guitar, [name].

jump on the work. don't let the work jump on you.

if you don't mind, i'm gonna be late.

i've been working all week.

who are you, babe?

so tell me about chicago.

that's why we came back home.

figure we might as well deal with the devil we know.

don't move.

fuck that. it's gotta be tonight.

look at that sky.

you big enough to take me now, huh?

you keep your eyes open for anybody staring too long.

i'm gonna need you to come sit in this truck right here.

what can i do for you?

i'm trying to help you.

i was doing better before you shot me in the ass.

why are you paying for this?

how fast does this thing drive?

i can show you better than i can tell you.

i seen you somewhere before.

maybe i'll see you tonight.

don't look at her.

you know, i waited for you.

i am your way out.

there's some weird shit going on out here.

i'm married, by the way.

you told me you loved me.

i told you to stay the fuck away from me, too, but i guess you didn't hear that part, huh?

keep your voice down now.

remember falling asleep with your head on my chest, leaving in the middle of the night without a fucking word?

i drank it.

need you to give us a moment.

i'm gonna need you to show some respect.

i don't want your money.

you wanna make me say it?

i thought i could trust them, but they trying to kill me.

just don't let them hurt me no more.

have you seen anyone recently?

i don't think you should be here.

you making any money with that thing?

they hurt you?

so you'll kill for me.

why can't you just say that?

somebody take me in your arms tonight.

you're beautiful. i just want to taste you.

i think you're in the wrong place.

we'll be on our way.

you better enjoy the rest of the night.

i wish in my heart that we'd have met sooner.

we got us a problem.

best thing about me is you.

where the hell you been at?

i'm supposed to walk back?

can i at least get my money?

open up this door. let me outta here.

we're gonna find a way out of this, i promise.

you telling the truth?

they feel the same.

everything's gonna be all right now.

i'll see you soon.

sorry i couldn't keep you safe.

we are connected, you and i, to everything.

[dawnshe]

NOSFERATU PROMPTS *  assorted dialogue from the screenplay, adjust as necessary

i have felt you like a serpent crawling in my body.

love is inferior to you.

i am an appetite. nothing more.

you are my affliction.

even now we are fated.

you know nothing of him.

your passion is bound to me.

you cannot love.

i cannot be sated without you.

we must remain calm.

you know i love you both.

why do you hate me?

you have never liked me.

search everything.

this is madness!

i must see them!

don't touch me. i am not to be touched.

our love was supposed to be sacred.

kiss me.

i need no salvation.

you will put an end to all of this?

come to me.

hear my call.

you are not for the living.

do you swear it?

what's that, my love?

there is nothing to be afraid of.

take off your shoes.

i wish i could stay, my love.

i really must be off.

come in, come in.

i thank you for considering me.

you are too generous.

it will be a great adventure for you.

why have you killed these beautiful flowers?

let us put them in water.

forgive me.

throw them out.

you cannot leave.

i must tell you my dream.

please, no more of your childhood memories.

never speak these things aloud.

it is a foolish dream.

everything is well.

when i return, i will finally make something of myself.

i love you too much.

it's worth celebrating your adventure!

i envy you.

it's crushing, [name]. crushing.

i cannot resist her.

not another word.

do take care of [name].

there is a monster in the room.

we have each other.

you're hurting me.

i am proud of you.

please keep safe.

have you so little faith in me?

i promise.

remember, it's all for us.

you bring trouble with you.

i only wish to stay one night.

i have an audience at the castle.

leave here.

you are late.

i wish you to do as i request.

it's nothing.

come by the fire.

why ever did you bring that here?

you must put that away.

what might we do for you?

that was yesterday.

do you ever feel at times as if you were not a person?

we all feel out of sorts.

look at the sea!

i am not mad.

forgive me. everything i say sounds so childish.

how careless of me.

you are fortunate in your love.

i fear i am taken ill.

if it continues, let me know.

i have received nothing of any kind.

still no trace of him.

for heaven's sake, you cannot leave.

a moment longer... please.

i cannot resist you, my love.

can you tell me your name?

he is coming.

why haven't you told me?

i must leave!

i sensed something.

you look tired.

would you describe them to me?

tell me what you can. from the beginning.

this is no delusion.

the blood is the life.

i feared i'd never see you again.

what the devil is this?

it is past three o'clock in the morning!

forgive me for the troubles i have caused you.

get off me. give me room. i can't breathe.

you frightened me.

may i stay with you tonight?

thank you for loving me.

our spirits are one, so too shall be our flesh.

you are mine.

[dawnshe]

NOSFERATU PROMPTS *  assorted dialogue from the screenplay, adjust as necessary

i have felt you like a serpent crawling in my body.

love is inferior to you.

i am an appetite. nothing more.

you are my affliction.

even now we are fated.

you know nothing of him.

your passion is bound to me.

you cannot love.

i cannot be sated without you.

we must remain calm.

you know i love you both.

why do you hate me?

you have never liked me.

search everything.

this is madness!

i must see them!

don't touch me. i am not to be touched.

our love was supposed to be sacred.

kiss me.

i need no salvation.

you will put an end to all of this?

come to me.

hear my call.

you are not for the living.

do you swear it?

what's that, my love?

there is nothing to be afraid of.

take off your shoes.

i wish i could stay, my love.

i really must be off.

come in, come in.

i thank you for considering me.

you are too generous.

it will be a great adventure for you.

why have you killed these beautiful flowers?

let us put them in water.

forgive me.

throw them out.

you cannot leave.

i must tell you my dream.

please, no more of your childhood memories.

never speak these things aloud.

it is a foolish dream.

everything is well.

when i return, i will finally make something of myself.

i love you too much.

it's worth celebrating your adventure!

i envy you.

it's crushing, [name]. crushing.

i cannot resist her.

not another word.

do take care of [name].

there is a monster in the room.

we have each other.

you're hurting me.

i am proud of you.

please keep safe.

have you so little faith in me?

i promise.

remember, it's all for us.

you bring trouble with you.

i only wish to stay one night.

i have an audience at the castle.

leave here.

you are late.

i wish you to do as i request.

it's nothing.

come by the fire.

why ever did you bring that here?

you must put that away.

what might we do for you?

that was yesterday.

do you ever feel at times as if you were not a person?

we all feel out of sorts.

look at the sea!

i am not mad.

forgive me. everything i say sounds so childish.

how careless of me.

you are fortunate in your love.

i fear i am taken ill.

if it continues, let me know.

i have received nothing of any kind.

still no trace of him.

for heaven's sake, you cannot leave.

a moment longer... please.

i cannot resist you, my love.

can you tell me your name?

he is coming.

why haven't you told me?

i must leave!

i sensed something.

you look tired.

would you describe them to me?

tell me what you can. from the beginning.

this is no delusion.

the blood is the life.

i feared i'd never see you again.

what the devil is this?

it is past three o'clock in the morning!

forgive me for the troubles i have caused you.

get off me. give me room. i can't breathe.

you frightened me.

may i stay with you tonight?

thank you for loving me.

our spirits are one, so too shall be our flesh.

you are mine.

[dawnshe]

EPIC: THE ITHACA SAGA change pronouns as needed!

i'd rather lie than allow them to think they've won.

i never thought i'd resort to this.

i don't know how much longer i'll last.

it was far from the norm.

could it be some kind of sign?

is it finally time?

i'll be here, buying you time.

time is fleeting.

time to be the man of the house.

let the arrow fly.

i'd rather die than grow old without the best of you.

i would not have it any other way.

i never thought that it would end like this.

i'll be here waiting.

we've been here for hours.

can't you see we're being played?

haven't you noticed who's missing?

i heard he's on a diplomatic mission.

channel the fire inside your soul.

i've suffered every punishment and pain.

i have had enough.

we have the advantage.

somewhere in the shadows lurks an agile, deadly foe.

we've the numbers and the might.

you don't understand it.

this man plans for every fight.

keep your head down.

the odds can be tilted.

you don't think i know my own palace? i built it.

our leader is dead.

the rest of us are no longer a threat.

let's have open arms, instead.

he's more cunning than i assumed.

let's make the bastard rot.

throw down those weapons, and i'll ensure you'll be spared.

i don't want to hurt you.

i've come prepared.

your very presence has doomed him.

come and arm yourself.

mercy? mercy?

my mercy has long since drowned.

all of you are going to die.

you've filled my heart with hate.

i've dreamt of how i'd greet you.

i can't find the words.

i wish i could show you.

i never could outgrow you.

how time has flown.

i'd make the storm clouds cry for you.

i'd capture wind and sky for you.

i'm finally home.

how i've longed to see you.

i'll be there in a moment.

is it you?

have my prayers been answered?

am i dreaming once more?

you look different.

your eyes look tired.

is it really you, my love?

i am not the love you knew before.

would you fall in love with me again?

i know that you've been waiting.

what kinds of things did you do?

i traded friends like objects i could use.

all of it was to bring me back to you.

i am not the person you knew.

could you do me a favor?

a symbol of our love everlasting.

do you realize what you have asked me?

i will fall in love with you over and over again.

no matter how long it's been, you're mine.

don't tell me you're not the same person.

how long has it been?

[dawnshe]

"Wicked" Sentence Starters

NO ONE MOURNS THE WICKED

"Good news!"

"Let us be glad."

"Let us be grateful."

"Isn't it nice to know? That good will conquer evil?"

"No one mourns the wicked."

"When you're wicked you're left only on your own."

"Are people born wicked? Or do they have wickedness thrust upon them?"

"It's only just one night."

"Know that you're here in my heart when I'm out of your sight."

"I've got one more night left here in town."

"So you see, it couldn't have been easy!"

DEAR OLD SHIZ

"Well, it depends on what you mean by 'friend'."

"We shall still revere the lessons learned."

THE WIZARD AND I

"If you work as you should, you'll be making good."

"Did that really just happen?"

"Have I actually understood?"

"That's how we'll begin."

"No one thinks you're strange!"

"This gift or this curse I have inside, maybe at last, I'll know why."

"Of course, that's not important to me."

"Alright, why not?"

"What a pair we'll be."

"My future is unlimited."

"I've just had a vision almost like a prophecy."

"I'd be so happy, I could melt."

"I'll want nothing else 'til I die."

WHAT IS THIS FEELING?

"There's been some confusion over rooming here."

"But of course, I'll rise above it."

"I know that's how you'd want me to respond."

"What is this feeling, so sudden, and new?"

"Let's just say - I loathe it all."

"I do admit, it came on fast."

"Still, I do believe that it can last."

"I will be loathing you my whole life long."

"How do you stand it, I don't think I could."

"These things are sent to try us."

SOMETHING BAD

"I hope you're right."

"It couldn't happen here."

DANCING THROUGH LIFE

"They want you to become less callow, less shallow."

"I say, why invite stress in?"

"Learn to live the unexamined life."

"Life's more painless for the brainless."

"Life is fraught-less when you're thoughtless."

"Those who don't try never look foolish."

"Make sure you're where less trouble is rife."

"What's the most swankified place in town?"

"We'll meet there later tonight."

"We can dance 'til it's light."

"You'll be happy to be there."

"I hope you'll save at least one dance for me."

"You deserve each other."

"I've got something to confess."

"I think you're wonderful!"

"Don't you see, this is our chance?"

POPULAR

"I've decided to make you my new project."

"You really don't have to do that."

"Don't worry, I'm determined to succeed."

"I'll help you be popular."

"Let's start, 'cause you've got an awfully long way to go."

"Don't be offended by my frank analysis."

"Think of it as personality dialysis."

"It's all about popular!"

"It's not about aptitude, it's the way you're viewed."

I'M NOT THAT GIRL

"Don't dream too far."

"Don't lose sight of who you are."

"Don't remember that rush of joy."

"Wishing only wounds the heart."

"I wasn't born for the rose and the pearl."

ONE SHORT DAY

"One short day full of so much to do."

"There are wonders like I've never seen."

"I think we've found the place where we belong."

"I wanna be in this hoi polloi."

"I'll be back for good someday. To make my life and make my way."

"One short day to have a lifetime of fun."

A SENTIMENTAL MAN

"I think everyone deserves the chance to fly."

DEFYING GRAVITY

"Why couldn't you have stayed calm for once?"

"I hope you're happy now."

"I hope you're happy how you've hurt your cause forever."

"I hope you think you're clever."

"I hope you're proud how you would grovel in submission, to feed your own ambition."

"So though I can't imagine how, I hope you're happy right now."

"Listen to me, just say you're sorry."

"You can have all you ever wanted."

"I don't want it. No, I can't want it anymore."

"Something has changed within me."

"Something is not the same."

"I'm through with playing by the rules of someone else's game."

"It's time to trust my instincts, close my eyes and leap!"

"It's time to try defying gravity."

"You're having delusions of grandeur."

"I'm through accepting limits 'cause someone says they're so."

"Some things I cannot change, but 'til I try, I'll never know!"

"Too long I've been afraid of losing love, I guess I've lost."

"Well, if that's love, it comes at much too high a cost!"

"Come with me."

"Think of what we could do, together!"

"Together, we're unlimited."

"There's no fight we cannot win."

"They'll never bring us down!"

"I really hope you get it and you don't live to regret it."

"I hope you're happy in the end."

"I hope you're happy, my friend."

THANK GOODNESS

"Let us put aside our panic for this one day, and celebrate!"

"What a celebration we'll have today."

"We couldn't be happier."

"Look what we've got, a fairy-tale plot, our very own happy ending."

"Happy is what happens when all your dreams come true!"

"People are so empty-headed, they'll believe anything!"

"Getting your dreams, it's strange."

"There's a kind of sort of cost."

"There are bridges you cross you didn't know you crossed until you've crossed."

WONDERFUL

"I never asked for this."

"What can I say? I got carried away."

"Believe me, it's hard to resist."

"I never had a family of my own."

"We believe all sorts of things that aren't true. We call it 'history'."

"It's all in which label is able to persist."

"There are precious few at ease with moral ambiguities, so we act as though they don't exist."

AS LONG AS YOU'RE MINE

"I need help believing you're with me tonight."

"My wildest dreamings could not foresee lying beside you with you wanting me."

"I'll make every last moment last."

"You've got me seeing through different eyes."

"Somehow I've fallen under your spell. And somehow I'm feeling it's up that I fell."

"There's no future for us as a pair."

"Though I may know, I don't care."

"I'll be here holding you."

NO GOOD DEED

"I don't even know what I'm reading."

"I don't even know what trick I ought to try."

"One more disaster I can add to my generous supply."

"No good deed goes unpunished."

"No act of charity goes unresented."

"My road of good intentions led where such roads always lead."

"Was I really seeking good or just seeking attention?"

"Is that all good deeds are when looked at with an ice cold eye?"

"All helpful urges should be circumvented."

"I meant well. Well, look at what well-meant did."

"I promise no good deed will I attempt to do again."

MARCH OF THE WITCH HUNTERS

"Wickedness must be punished."

"I have a personal score to settle."

"For once, I'm glad I'm heartless."

"I would join you if I could."

FOR GOOD

"You can do all I couldn't do."

"Now it's up to you."

"People come into our lives for a reason, bringing something we must learn."

"We are led to those who help us most to grow, if we let them and we help them in return."

"I know I'm who I am today because I knew you."

"Who can say if I've been changed for the better?"

"Because I knew you I have been changed for good."

"It well may be that we will never meet again in this lifetime."

"So much of me is made of what I learned from you."

"You'll be with me like a handprint on my heart."

"Whatever way our stories end, I know you have rewritten mine by being my friend."

"I ask forgiveness for the things I've done that you blame me for."

"There's blame to share."

"None of it seems to matter anymore."

"I do believe I have been changed for the better."

[dawnshe]

✱˚｡⋆ ↪ 𝐔𝐍𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋 𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐇 . ( a collection of lyric - based prompts based on hozier's album . adjust phrasing as necessary . )

i'm holding my world together with a bootstring .

i would do it again if i could hold you for a minute .

my life was a storm since i was born , how could i fear any hurricane ?

heaven is not fit to house a love like you and i .

i miss when we did not need much .

we didn't get it right , but we did our best .

when people say that something is forever , either way it ends .

i have never known a silence like the one fallen here .

there's money to be made , whatever is still to come .

i don't want to be anything like this at all .

there are some things that nobody teaches you .

we can celebrate the good that we've done .

if there was anyone to get through this life with their heart in tact , they didn't do it right .

all i needed was someone .

you only feel it when it's lost .

the awful things we do to make our heads feel quiet .

you may never know your fortune .

so far from home to have a stranger call you 'darling' .

i'm a butchered tongue still singing here above the ground .

if i was a riptide , i wouldn't take you out .

knowing that everything ends won't change our plan .

i feel lighter than i have in so much time .

i don't know how the feeling ended .

i know we want this to go easy by being somebody's fault .

how could i fall when i am lifted by every word you say to me ?

if i said that this was drowning , you'd tell me i'm walking on water .

who wants to live forever , babe ?

old and young are welcome to the meal .

how can something be so much heavier but so much less than what it seems ?

we had nowhere to go and every desire to go there .

if i fall , i only pray , don't fall away from me .

all our weight is just a burden offered to us by the world .

getting through still has a cost .

so much of our life is just carving through the dark .

after this i'm never gonna be the same .

some part of me must have died the first time you called me 'baby' .

are there limits to emptiness ?

i wish i was the sunlight , just sitting on the mississippi .

if you need to , darling , lean your weight onto me .

you can't buy this fineness .

some part of me must have come alive the first time you called me 'baby' .

the future's so bright it's burning .

i would do anything just to run away .

i heard once , it's the comforts that make us feel numb .

darkness always finds you , either way .

i know being reckless and young isn't how the damage gets done .

i haven't felt it since then .

i do not have wings , love , and i never will .

one time we would want for nothing , we knew what our love was worth .

i think i'll take my whiskey neat .

i'd still be surprised i could find you , in any life .

i don't need to know where we begin and end .

my name always hits my ears as such an awful sound .

i'm taking no orders , i'm gonna be nobody's soldier .

living the dream , benzos and gasoline .

i wish i could go along , don't get me wrong .

do you think i'd give up ?

i'm infinitely suffering , but fighting it off like all creation .

if you're drunk on life , babe , that's great .

what good would it be on the far side of things ?

i aim low , i aim true and to the ground is where i go .

i wouldn't sell the world , i would hold on for all its worth .

choose between being a butcher and a pauper .

i feel as useful as dirt .

it's the sound of it that brings me here .

when was the last time ?

i want to fade away with you .

whatever keeps you around , it keeps you around .

funny how true colors shine in darkness and secrecy .

when i was younger , i used to guess if there were limits to emptiness .

you know i'm good on my own .

one bright morning changes all things .

i'm sick to my skin , watching the news again .

how could you think i'd scare so easily ?

now that it's done , there's not one thing i would change .

would all things god allows remain above ground ?

i'd walk so far just to take the injury of finally knowing you .

you treat your mouth like it's heaven's gate .

could this be how every day begins ?

i can scarce believe what i'm believing in .

whatever you choose , you lose in the long run .

your reflection can't offer a word to the bliss of not knowing yourself .

the goal i was aiming for was the wrong one .

you're too sweet for me .

your heart , love , has such darkness .

let the sun only shine on me through a falling sky .

i don't wanna choose between being a salesman and a soldier .

how do you sleep so well ?

i wouldn't sell the world for all the gold and sterling .

the street is for the laughter of young women and men .

you can keep a dream in your mind only to find out it's the hope that's killing you .

each time i'm shocked by the light .

july is still coming , just knowing that gets me through .

maybe i have yet to venture out and see the places i dream about .

no closer could i be to god .

what you live in , it finds a way to live in you .

i want to be so far away from sight and mind .

you know the distance made no difference to me .

i thought you were like an angel to me .

i'd move so fast that i'd outpace the dawn .

all my love and terror balanced there between those two eyes .

i'm still glad i met you .

that moment i knew , i had no choice but to love you .

[dawnshe]

natasha, pierre, & the great comet of 1812 lyrics sentence starters.

act 1  //  act 2.

❝  dear old friend, how goes the war?  ❞

❝  i wish i were there, with death at my heels.  ❞

❝  it should have been me.  ❞

❝  how i envy you and your happiness.  ❞

❝  i will kill him one day.  ❞

❝  he is not a great man, none of us are great men. we are just caught in the wave of history.  ❞

❝  what am i to do if i love him and the other one too?  ❞

❝  i see nothing but the candle in the mirror. no visions of the future, so lost and alone.  ❞

❝  i am in deep despair at the misunderstanding there is between us.  ❞

❝  i beg you to believe that i cannot help loving you.  ❞

❝  i shall never be happy again!  ❞

❝  i must love you or die.  ❞

❝  how was it i noticed nothing? how could it go so far?  ❞

❝  i’m glad, i can’t hide it any longer!  ❞

❝  oh, you don’t understand anything! don’t talk nonsense, just listen!  ❞

❝  it seems to me i’ve loved him a hundred years. it seems to me that i’ve never loved anyone before.  ❞

❝  if you tell, you are my enemy!  ❞

❝  i won’t succumb to your tender tone.  ❞

❝  i’m afraid for you! afraid you are going to your ruin!  ❞

❝  leave me alone, yes, leave me alone! i hate you, i hate you, you’re my enemy forever!  ❞

❝  forget everything and forgive me.  ❞

❝  i know you are capable of anything. i know you so well, my friend.  ❞

❝  i will stand in the dark for you.  ❞

❝  tonight i go away on an adventure. you’ll not be seeing me for some time.  ❞

❝  now wait! you’d better just give it up now, why don’t you? while there’s still time!  ❞

❝  this is no time for your stupid jokes!  ❞

❝  and my handsome lips mutter something tender to myself.  ❞

❝  well, comrades, we’ve had our fun. lived, laughed, and loved.  ❞

❝  kiss me one last time.  ❞

❝  you will not enter my house, scoundrel!  ❞

❝  don’t touch me, let me be! what is it to me? i shall die!  ❞

❝  why did you interfere? who are you to tell me anything?  ❞

❝  go away, go away! you all hate and despise me!  ❞

❝  there’s ruin at the door!  ❞

❝  nonsense, nonsense, nothing has happened! everything is fine!  ❞

❝  at this moment, you are more repulsive to me than ever.  ❞

❝  i don’t know what deprives me of the pleasure of smashing your head in with this!  ❞

❝  i shan’t be violent, don’t be afraid.  ❞

❝  after all you must understand that besides your pleasure, there is such a thing as other people, and their happiness and peace. and that you are ruining a whole life for the sake of amusing yourself!  ❞

❝  well i don’t know about that, eh? i don’t know that! and i don’t want to!  ❞

❝  is it satisfaction you want?  ❞

❝  well, how are you? still getting stouter?  ❞

❝  there’s a new wrinkle on your forehead, old friend.  ❞

❝  there’s a war going on.  ❞

❝  you told me once a fallen woman should be forgiven.  ❞

❝  but i didn’t say that i could forgive — i can’t.  ❞

❝  that would be very noble — but i can’t be that man.  ❞

❝  if you wish to be my friend, never speak of that again.  ❞

❝  tell him to — tell him to forgive me.  ❞

❝  but still i’m tormented by the wrongs i’ve done him.  ❞

❝  did you love that bad man?  ❞

❝  consider me your friend. and if you ever need help, or simply to open your heart to someone, not now but when your mind is clear, think of me.  ❞

❝  don’t speak to me like that, i am not worth it!  ❞

❝  if i were not myself, but the brightest, handsomest, best man on earth, i would get down on my knees this minute and ask you for your hand. and for your love.  ❞

❝  mankind seems so pitiful, so poor, compared to that softened, grateful last glance she gave me through her tears.  ❞

❝  the comet is said to portent untold horrors and the end of the world.  ❞

❝  my softened and uplifted soul and my newly melted heart, now blossoming into a new life.  ❞

[dawnshe]

𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐌𝐄 𝐆𝐎 👀.

okay so i got like, three books delivered this week, and in anticipation i reread another book that i had, and lads, let me tell ye, it was like quicksand. so now i have a list, some from my head, many from my wonderful friends’ heads, of prompts that basically made us all very soft or very “pleasantly scandalized rich lady from the sixties who just found out a juicy bit of goss about the new neighbor”. i hope ye like them! (DO NOT ADD TO THE LIST. I WILL MAKE A PART TWO. AND THREE. AND FOUR. MANY MANY PARTS. EVENTUALLY. )

[ HAIR ]:          sender slowly reaches out to catch a loose strand of the receiver’s hair and tuck it gently and securely back behind their ear, letting their touch linger afterwards. (if the receiver has short hair, then the sender reaches out and gently runs their fingers through their hair to smooth it back.)

[ CLOSE ]:          while standing remarkably close to one another, the sender is unable to stop themselves from running their gaze across the receiver’s body, lingering for a moment on their lips, before returning to initiate prolonged, intense eye contact.

[ CHIN ]:          as they stand close to one another, the sender hooks a finger and tenderly lifts the receiver’s chin, tilting it up so that they can look at one another, and running a thumb across their skin lightly.

[ THUMB ]:          while cupping the receiver’s cheek in their hand, the sender slowly glides their thumb across their cheekbone in a tender, sweeping caress.

[ WOUND ]:          upon noticing a recent injury on the receiver’s person, the sender carefully moves closer, running a thumb (or hand) across the wound in a gentle, troubled manner.

[ INHALE ]:          while standing in very close quarters to the receiver, the sender shakily inhales with desire/anticipation as they realize how intimately close they are to one another.

[ DANCE ]:          when alone together (e.g. the bedroom, the kitchen, literally anywhere once they’re alone) the sender takes the receiver’s hand, and pulls them into a graceful yet intimate dance as a spontaneous act.

[ BARE ]:          as they get undressed, the sender gently places a soft, tender kiss against the receiver’s bare shoulder.

[ SCAR ]:          noticing a scar on the receiver’s skin, the sender tentatively stops them from covering it up, and rests a gentle, soft kiss over it.

[ FOREHEAD ]:          placing a hand on the back of the receiver’s neck, the sender guides them close and rests their foreheads together.

[ PALM ]:          taking the receiver’s hand, the sender brings it to their mouth, and places a tender kiss against the receiver’s palm.

[ LINGER ]:          taking the receiver’s hand, the sender lifts it to their lips, and gently kisses their knuckles, lingering for a moment before withdrawing.

[ BEHIND ]:         upon entering the same room as the receiver, the sender steps behind them, and winds their arms around the receiver’s waist, drawing them close against them.

[ WAIT ]:          realizing the receiver is about to leave the room, the sender hastily reaches out and catches their wrist, preventing them from continuing their departure.

[ ARM ]:          after holding their hand, the sender releases the receiver, but slowly glides their hand up the full length of their arm, lingering on the upper arm, then the shoulder, then resting their touch against the side of their neck.

[ HOLD ]:          while close to the receiver, the sender wordlessly takes a hold of their hand, for no other purpose than to be holding it.

[ PLAY ]:          while sitting together, the sender absently lifts the receiver’s hand, idly running their fingertips across the lines of their palms, mapping out every inch of their hand with slow, lazy touches.

[ GUIDE ]:          in the process of guiding the receiver through a crowded place, the sender’s hand protectively grazes against the small of their back

[ TOUCH ]:          while touching the receiver’s waist, the sender’s hand briefly dips beneath the hem of their shirt, skimming briefly across the bare skin of their waist.

[ CUP ]:           bringing both hands up to cup the receiver’s face, the sender draws them in closer to them in order to get a better look at their face.

[ TUG ]:          the sender tugs the receiver close against them by resting a hand against the small of their back, pulling them flush against their body.

[ HUSH ]:          while standing close to one another and hiding from pursuers, the sender reaches up and places a finger against the receiver’s lips to prevent them from speaking and revealing their location.

[ WRAP ]: when sitting astride a horse/motorcycle/etc. together, the sender reaches back, takes the receiver’s wrists, and gently pulls their arms around the sender’s waist in an embrace designed to keep the receiver safe, despite feeling remarkably intimate.

[dawnshe]

and what if i’m not ready for glintshore ( i am. but also im scared thanks )

[dawnshe]

everyday i think about and am haunted by the fact that vex saw vax on her wedding day thanks

[dawnshe]

HURT / COMFORT : STARTERS

a collection of quotes, phrases, and sayings for when your muse needs a little TLC. change & alter as needed.

THE HURT:

“Nah, it’s not that bad. I’ve had worse.”

“I don’t think I can walk that far… or at all.”

“I’m fine. I don’t need your help.”

“Will you stay with me? Just until I fall asleep?”

“I’m sorry, I’m just—I’m just really tired.”

“I don’t need a break. I’m okay.”

“It was my fault. It was all my fault.”

“I think I need help.”

“So, I don’t think I’m dying, or anything, and it’s probably not that serious, but… I’m kinda bleeding. A lot.”

“Is the room spinning right now, or is that just me?”

“No, I’m okay, I just… I hit my head. Really hard. I’ll be okay, just give me a second.”

“I’m not sick! I’m fine!”

“No, I don’t think any of my bones are broken, or anything like that. Just bad bruises.”

“Yeah, but you should see the other guy.”

“I’m fine. This just happens sometimes. It’s normal for me.”

“I’ve got a headache.”

“Seriously, though, I’m fine! Stop making such a big deal out of it!”

“I’ve been taking care of myself for a long time. I don’t need your help, and I definitely don’t need your pity. Fuck off.”

“Please tell me I don’t look as bad as I feel.”

“I think I’m running a fever.”

“So, what’s the prognosis, Doc? Am I gonna live?”

“Stop fussing over me! I’m not a baby!”

“Can I stay with you tonight? I just… really don’t want to be alone right now.”

“No, I-I’m okay. It was just a nightmare. Go back to sleep.”

“I… can’t actually remember the last time I had something to eat.”

“You shouldn’t be here. You’ll get sick, too.”

THE COMFORT:

“Honey, have you been crying? What is it? What’s wrong?”

“I think you’d better take a break.”

“It’s not your fault, sweetheart. You did everything you could.”

“You don’t have to go through this alone. I’m right here for you if you’ll just let me in.”

“There’s nothing wrong with you. There is absolutely nothing wrong with you. Don’t ever let yourself believe that there is.”

“You really don’t realize just how many people love you, do you?”

“If you’re not going to take care of yourself, at least let me do it for you!”

“I’m sorry. I know it hurts.”

“You’re not alone, baby. You never have been.”

“Let’s get you some food.”

“You’re dead on your feet, poor thing. Come on, you need some sleep.”

“Stay where you are. I’m coming to get you.”

“Tell me where it hurts.”

“How many times have I told you to be more careful?!”

“It’s okay. It’s okay. I’m right here, okay? I’m not gonna leave you. I’m never gonna leave you.”

“Oh, honey, you’re safe now. I promise. I’m not going to let anything happen to you.”

“Go ahead and take a shower. I’ll fix you something to eat.”

“What happened to you, baby?”

“I’ll kill that bastard. I’ll kill him for what he did to you.”

“You look like shit, man.”

“Whoa, whoa, take it easy! You got pretty banged up back there, and you don’t want to go making yourself worse.”

“I’m not trying to baby you. It’s called taking care of my friends.”

“Sweetheart, you’re burning up! Why didn’t you say anything? Why didn’t you tell anyone you were sick?”

[dawnshe]

hozier : hozier album …  sentence starters

‘ oh, what a sin. ‘

‘ i raised myself. ‘

‘ get closer to me. ‘

‘ don’t be kind to me. ‘

‘ please try to love me. ‘

‘ i’d be home with you… ‘

‘ i need you to run to me. ‘

‘ they’d find us in a week. ‘

‘ command me to be well. ‘

‘ all I’ve ever done is hide. ‘

‘ she demands a sacrifice. ‘

‘ and it’s worth it, it’s divine. ‘ 

‘ i was born sick, but i love it. ‘

 ‘ honey, there is no right way. ‘ 

 ‘ never feel too good in crowds. ‘

‘ i know that you hate this place. ‘ 

‘ that’s a fine-looking high horse. ‘

‘ something so magic about you. ‘

‘ i should’ve worshiped her sooner. ‘

‘ good god, let me give you my life. ‘

‘ no grave can hold my body down. ‘

‘ sit back and watch the world go by. ‘

‘ there’s something tragic about you. ‘

‘ i’m so full of love, I could barely eat. ‘

‘ no more alone or myself could i be… ‘

‘ there’s something broken about this. ‘

‘ something so wholesome about you. ‘

‘ i called your name ‘til the fever broke. ‘

‘ we should just kiss like real people do. ‘

‘ there’s something wretched about this. ‘ 

‘ don’t let it in with no intention to keep it. ‘ 

‘ there’s something lonesome about you. ‘

‘ we should quit, but we love it too much. ‘

‘ happy to lie back watch it burn and rust. ‘

‘ we were born sick, you heard them say it. ‘

‘ it’s bloody and raw, but i swear it is sweet. ‘

‘ no shortage of sordid, no protest from me. ‘

‘ i turned and ran to save a life i didn’t have. ‘

‘ the blood is rare and sweet as cherry wine. ‘

‘ don’t let me in with no intention to keep me. ‘

‘ you’ve done me wrong for a long, long time. ‘

‘ you don’t know what hell you put me through. ‘

‘ we tried the world… good god, it wasn’t for us. ‘

‘ i’ll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies. ‘

‘ would things be easier if there was a right way? ‘ 

‘ i’ll tell you my sins so you can sharpen your knife. ‘

‘ there is no sweeter innocence than our gentle sin. ‘

‘ but, after all you’ve done, i never changed my mind. ‘

‘ no better version of me I could pretend to be tonight. ‘

‘ so tired trying to see from behind the red in my eyes. ‘

 ‘ you knew who I was with every step that I ran to you. ‘

‘ i slithered here from eden just to sit outside your door. ‘

‘ it’d be great to find a place we could escape sometime. ‘

‘ the only heaven I’ll be sent to is when I’m alone with you. ‘

‘ every version of me, dead and buried in the yard outside. ‘

‘ i need to be youthfully felt, ‘cause, god, i never felt young. ‘

‘ innocence died screaming, honey… ask me, I should know. ‘

‘ something in it had a power, could barely tear my eyes away. ‘ 

‘ i fall in love just a little, oh, a little bit every day with someone new. ‘

‘ don’t you ever tame your demons, but always keep 'em on a leash. ‘

‘ i know who I am when I’m alone… i’m something else when i see you. ‘

‘ i will not ask you where you came from…  i will not ask, and neither should you. ‘ 

‘ honey, when you kill the lights, and kiss my eyes, i feel like a person for a moment of my life. ‘

[dawnshe]

baldur's gate 3 starters (part 1)

part 1 / ? .

❝ a less trusting person might think this all sounds very suspicious. ❞ ❝ you say all the right words, but i’m not sure you mean the right things. ❞ ❝ i know somewhere quiet. somewhere intimate. somewhere we can…indulge in each other. ❞ ❝ eugh, don’t be nice to me. it makes me want to be nice back. ❞ ❝ we needn’t be enemies. there’s plenty of those to go around already. ❞ ❝ there’s a steeliness to you, an unwavering tenacity in the face of, to be frank, quite dire odds. ❞ ❝ even the waves of fate can break upon the shores of will. ❞ ❝ i appreciate anyone that opens a conversation with threats of bodily harm. ❞ ❝ oh, you know me - ever the optimist. i’m trying to focus on the positives. ❞ ❝ i’m not easily impressed by people, but you’re stronger than i gave you credit for. ❞ ❝ there’s an air about you. something alien. ❞ ❝ loosen the grip on your pride for one blasted moment, won’t you? ❞ ❝ it’s been a long time since someone stuck their neck out for me like that. ❞ ❝ there’s something odd about this village. people skulk around like they’ve something to hide. ❞ ❝ you know, if you want to spend time with me, you only have to say so. ❞ ❝ i want to know what the world sees when it looks at me. what you see. ❞ ❝ what’s better than a devil you don’t know? a devil you do. ❞ ❝ you must know that you’re…that you’re very special to me. ❞ ❝ the gods are nothing if not vindictive in their vengeance. ❞ ❝ stay with me a while, will you? day will come all too soon. ❞ ❝ here’s my little treat with their cheeks all flushed. ❞ ❝ i am terrified. i will not claim otherwise. ❞ ❝ my apologies. i’m not quite myself yet. i had the strangest dream last night. ❞ ❝ we didn’t die today. tomorrow, perhaps. but not today. ❞ ❝ leader’s need to make tough decisions. we do what we must. ❞ ❝ i think that unknowable powers come with unknowable consequences. ❞ ❝ i’ve had a lifetime’s fill of watching little men puff themselves up with grand titles. ❞ ❝ in these times, all we can trust are the blades in our hands. ❞ ❝ it’s not easy to turn away from one you once loved. ❞ ❝ much has been promised to you, hasn’t it? but what has been taken from you? ❞ ❝ damn it all. i can do nothing right - not a damn thing. ❞ ❝ every instinct i have tells me that nothing’s changed. that i’m still just a means to an end. ❞ ❝ do not speak of a story you only know the half of. ❞ ❝ i dreamt every night that you’d come back to me. that somehow it was all a nightmare dawn would undo. ❞ ❝ when the time comes to strike, you must take it. for there may be only one chance. ❞ ❝ your eyes. there is pain, endless and deep. but also devotion - blazing like the sun. ❞ ❝ you’re adorable even when you’re teasing me. ❞ ❝ i don’t need your help, and i don’t need your pity. ❞ ❝ i’m more than what i was. and i’m not afraid of anything any more. ❞ ❝ i said exactly what i meant: i love you. you should never, never doubt that. ❞ ❝ this is all like some sort of terrible dream. but it’s real, isn’t it? ❞ ❝ there is no redemption. can’t you see? it is too late. ❞ ❝ i don’t know that it was brave. i just know that it was right. ❞ ❝ you took those bastards down like it was nothing. it…was amazing. ❞ ❝ they underestimated me. so they paid the price. ❞ ❝ we fight, we die, and we just hope that when our time comes, there is someone else to take our place. ❞ ❝ unfortunately for me, you’re my friend. rescuing you from mortal peril is my right. ❞ ❝ what did you think i was going to say? 'oh, come here, i'll kiss you better'? ❞ ❝ flowers are so overrated. they're bright, gaudy, and almost never make good poisons. ❞ ❝ i’ve been lied to, my whole life. and i was gullible enough to just believe it. ❞ ❝ you know, i never pictured myself as a hero. never thought i'd be the one they toast for saving so many lives. and now that i'm here…i hate it. ❞ ❝ you know, i feel a connection between us. like we're two souls walking the same path. ❞ ❝ the forgiving sort, are you? you should be careful. plenty would take advantage of that. ❞

❝ it’s as if god made you just to ruin me. ❞ ❝ perish the thought. every word i said was nothing less than true. ❞ ❝ you have a manner of irresistible desperation about you. i like it. ❞ ❝ i got my eye on you. you got the look of a troublemaker. ❞ ❝ i’m starting to think you’re my guardian angel. ❞ ❝ it seems you know me better than i know myself. ❞ ❝ you…you have no idea what you’ve done. ❞ ❝ they say madness and genius are separated by but a hair’s breadth. perhaps the same is true of madness and stupidity. ❞ ❝ oh, it’s you. don’t you get tired of telling people how to live their lives? ❞ ❝ good morning! thank you for not killing me the other night. ❞ ❝ when the time comes to strike, you must take it. for there may be only one chance. ❞ ❝ it is good to savour the moment of victory - but pace bg3 syourself. our fight is just beginning. ❞ ❝ i was too hasty to judge you. i thought you were witless, gutless, unimpressivably bland… ❞ ❝ yours is the first happy face i’ve seen in a good while. ❞ ❝ when hope has been whittled down to the very marrow of despair – that’s when you’ll come knocking on my door. ❞ ❝ thank you, my friend. maybe we’ll meet again, in another life. ❞ ❝ you’ll regret sticking your nose in my business. ❞

[dawnshe]

at   the   moment,   you   want   .   .   .

to be safe

no matter where you are, you can still feel the foundations of this building slowly crumbling apart. it's unstable, you feel unsafe. it'd feel better if you were somewhere soft, somewhere closed off, and safe, but you're stuck somewhere with falling debris, some sharp and small, some blunt and large. there's gaps in places, and it feels like everything is looking in. you can't stand to look out. you want to look away, for someone to help maybe, and take you away. or maybe, for something to go away, and for you to be able to go back to feeling secure. maybe you've never felt secure, and lately, it's tiring. you want the house to fall apart faster, or stop entirely, so you can make it to safety. there's a way to save yourself.

tagged by @stcrmsung ! tagging you if you see this! steal it! tag me!

[dawnshe]

also can we talk about that LIFT

[dawnshe]

{ a good old meta about love <——————————-{ 

so here’s the thing about vex’ahlia. unlike her brother, by the time that they have met vox machina, vex hasn’t had a partner ( at least not an actual partner, though she has had other sorts and will claim them as actual partners ) what she has had is many a fling, sexual encounters, flirtations, but she doesn’t let them turn into anything more. there is several reasons that are behind this, one, being the obvious- what happened in syngorn. 

we all know the basics of what happened in syngorn, the treatment that the twins had received from both their father and the city ( which didn’t help moments when she did find someone attractive and they were an asshole to her in school. and vex was not like her brother in how he took the treatment, she didn’t push away, she swam in, dove in, going deeper and deeper, struggling and pushing and pulling in attempts to fit in) it left her with the lingering feeling that love was not a thing that was meant for her, it was not something that she would ever really find, nor was something that she deserved. what was was attraction. 

hence, for the longest time love was lust. love was a fuzzy, boozy feeling in her head from ale and a tavern bed to fall into for a few hours or a wink at someone who is staring at her in order to get her and her brother some sort of deal ( nothing is for free- there are no such thing as favors that are left unpaid for )  before moving to join her twin and her trinket, the long road ahead of them. that was a different type of love and all that she needed to cling onto. it was all she had. it was enough– which is one of the reason that vax’s crush on keyleth ( and i would like to say, though we did not see it really, for the most part because we don’t see the early gilmore interactions during the stream, she got the same way about gilmore at first as well ) 

she doesn’t understand why he feels different or why this thing her brother so obviously feels for keyleth and feels different from her own romantic endeavors but it is not only something that she doesn’t understand WHY he is reaching for it, but, further, it feels like she’s losing her lifeline, the only thing she needs- or the thing that she thought she needed. 

this alters through the campaign, in part from watching one percival de rolo and thinking on everything, but mostly watching her brother and keyleth. she realizes that love isn’t what she thinks it could be. it’s not something to put a wall up to. it’s not bad or hurtful or favors that demand payment. it’s wonderful and people need it just as much as she might does.

if we are going aside from the stream ships, its a similar realization with another character and that’s what sparks her realization is watching vox machina, watching the other half of her soul, her brother, find love, true love. and realizing that someone is looking at her like that. someone is doing things without asking for payment, without anything asked for her in return. just to see her happy.