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brainrotranch · 5 months
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Ranchers enemies to lovers except theyre not actually enemies they just work at opposing jobs and are encouraged to hate the other (they're trying but its REALLY hard :C)
Ranchers as non-combatant teammates to the protagonist and rival in a stock shonen battle anime. What else are they supposed to do while everyone else fights? (They aren't trying very hard, sorry)
A blast of lightning burst over the trees ahead of Tango, knocking him over just as he was getting comfy by the fire. If he hadn’t been keeping his ears open for it, the lightning would have also drowned out the beating of wings behind him. As it was, though, Tango opened his eyes to the familiar, if inverted sight of a bright yellow siren touching down just beside Pumpkin. The large beast startled from his nap snorting air at the intruder that nearly knocked him over as well.
He grinned. “Well, hey there, sunshine. Didn’t expect to see you.”
Jimmy pouted, marching over to him, plopping down on the soft carpet next to Tango, and helping him sit up. Tango wasn’t given any time to readjust himself. Just as soon as he was right-way up he was tucked under Jimmy’s wings and an armful of the man himself. Icy skin pressed against him, tearing a yelp from him. “You’re freezing!”
Feathers flexed out towards the tree line, where a snowy current shook through the leaves. The crack of iron shattering ice echoed after it. Tango made a silent ‘oh’ and only cuddled closer. He dragged his bag over with his tail, offering its contents. “Popcorn?” Jimmy shook with quiet laughter and nodded.
He wasn’t supposed to be here. Knowing his allies, he’d been dumped at the edge of the forest before they went in after Etho without him. Tango too, was left outside the area that they knew would soon become a battleground. He wasn’t a fighter like Impulse or Skizz. He’d joined Etho as a guide through the hinterlands at the promise the warrior would rescue his ravagers stolen by their mutual enemy, but in combat he was a sitting duck.
There was a loud crunch, and through the trees Impulse became momentarily visible. The dwarf’s hammer slammed hard into the ground over and over again, creating waves of tremoring earth. Tango grinned as he watched Scott fall on his butt. “That’s Impy’s new seismic roll. An old dwarf from the black mines taught him that one! It’s a technique they used in the war against the elves.”
Jimmy hummed, taking a handful of popcorn. Tango’s allies never appreciated his nether chili powder he threw on all his cooking, but he could always count of Jimmy to share it with him. Probably because he couldn’t taste the spice, but it was still appreciated.
A barrage of lightning bolts hit Impulse, allowing Scott to get back up. Before they could do too much damage a barrier of light blocked the rest, though even it shattered as the last bolt collided with it. Both Tango and Jimmy cringed as it left an opening for the ocean goddess to launch her trident at the dwarf. “He got through Skizz’s shield, I can’t believe it.” Tango whined. Skizz had been so happy with how large he’d been able to make it recently, but it was still no stronger.
Jimmy signed, ‘The Stratos-Sphere.’
“Right.” How could Tango forget their latest loss to protect the last fragment of Stratos gold from falling into their enemy’s hands? It was what had driven Etho to go train in the mountains alone while the rest of them accompanied Impulse to his ancestral home.
That was the last time Tango had seen Jimmy, all those months ago. Honestly, he thought it would be the last time he’d ever see him. It was Jimmy’s interference that nearly cost Joel his prize – when Tango had grabbed it and Lizzie aimed her trident squarely on him – and Joel had not been quiet about his disappointment in Jimmy’s constant failures.
Tango pulled the siren closer, running his claws gently through Jimmy’s wings. Jimmy’s head had completely fallen onto Tango’s shoulder by then, eyes half-lidded while Tango narrated the fight. Only occasionally did he sign what his own allies had just done. Despite the explosive combat happening only a few feet ahead of them, it felt peaceful. 
“Learn any new songs?” asked Tango.
Jimmy raised an eyebrow. ‘I couldn’t share if I wanted to. You know that.’  He dismissed.
“It’s called small talk!”
‘Well I can’t do that either unless you’re okay with accidentally having an uncontrollable urge to somersault into the campfire.’
“I’d like to know what you could possibly say that would cause that series of events.”
Jimmy smiled, pressing himself closer as if to whisper something, a playful threat he didn’t go through with as he instead signed. ‘That must be head over heels for me to have my favourite rug and snack just on the off-chance I did come along.’
“Shhh.” Tango joked, eliciting a chuckle that filled his mind with a directionless need. He chose to target it at Jimmy, pulling him into a short kiss.
Joel and Etho’s skirmish for the fate of the realm went on, would probably go on for at least another half hour or so. Once they ended in yet another tie it’d fall on Jimmy and Tango to show up from opposite ends of the forest to drag them off. Until then he’d indulge in open secrets.
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woahjo · 22 days
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i think all the time about the line "in what year did fire lord sozin defeat the air nation army" and then aang responding "is this a trick question? the air nomads didn't have a formal army" and the implications of the history that the fire nation had been rewriting for a century. the implication that the air nomads (a peaceful nation) weren't brutally ambushed, but rather that they were ready to fight and may have even been eager to do so. absolving the fire nation of some of the guilt in a total genocide and painting the narrative that the air nomads were ready to defend themselves and/or that the attack on the air nomads was anything but a one sided ambush. i think about it a lot.
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tearsofthedrag0n · 7 months
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This moment says more about Tony’s character than any other scene in NCIS. Argue with the wall.
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five-wow · 3 months
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steve & danny coded behavior
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buginsleep · 1 month
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why tf can't i write dream pov
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stinkrascal · 3 months
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the mnt pass song in baldurs gate is on..........time to focus
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denydefeat · 5 months
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What's so crazy is it's 100% plausible to assume that the third quarter quell was entirely rigged because other than Brutus, Mags, and Peeta, no one is explicitly described as having volunteered (an argument for Chaff could be made as well given the "well Chaff never could stay out of a fight" comment that Effie makes while they're rewatching the Reapings) which means that Snow deliberately decided to strike after Capitol favorites as well in order to quell any sort of sympathies from within the Capitol.
Which obviously backfired with everyone's comments (Cashmere and Gloss talking about how much the Capitol has treated them so well, Johanna talking about how there never was expected to be such a relationship between the Capitol citizens and the Districts, Beetee drawing into question the legalities, and of course Peeta's "if it weren't for the baby") during the interviews. But looking at some of the tributes that were chosen, it's an easy assumption to make. Even Annie's name being called could have been a warning to Finnick to not participate in the upcoming rebellions, especially since there was already unrest in 4 at that point.
Anyways, I'm on a THG/TBOSAS kick so if you want to discuss any of this world, literally DM me at any point.
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sorcerous-caress · 5 months
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It’s possible to ruin a fictional man’s pussy AND do an intellectual deep dive into his character trauma. Words I tell myself as I struggle to write my smut before any character exploration.
Writing block is hell
-Githzerai anon
Why not just write the characters exploration before the smut? There are no rules man, it's your story.
If i struggle to write smut in a fic, then I just remove the smut. Even the most depraved of porns can have the most beautifully written character moments and exploration.
The drider Minthara fic that started out of an oviposition kink turned into one of my most emotionally invested and heavey world building fics. The smut scene was the least of my focus. I was more interested in describing the sussur tree and the documented history of the world.
It sounds silly but genuinely just write what's true to yourself and heart at the moment, even if it spirals off rails. I barel experience writing blocks now because I stopped applying the writing rules and structures to my work.
Kids never experience art block when they're happily colouring outside the lines, we are no different my dude.
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mkstrigidae · 8 months
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Apparently, the solution to my APWH writer's block was just opening up a new word document and rewriting the whole damn next chapter.
#I've been going back and doing some minor edits to older chapters recently- it's also been a necessary reread#because there are a lot of fucking details in this story#and it feels like i'm doing that thing where you spin plates on a stick but i'm spinning like 200 plates#just apwh things#this isn't just me being like 'i'm making progress again!!1!' for the thirty-fifth time either#like I have a full complete draft of chapter 16 that I'm about to start revising#shit's getting chaotic#there's not so much a chekov's gun as there is a chekov's whoopie cushion#i.e. a previously mentioned aspect of life at winterfell causes an objectively silly situation#but because this is me we're talking about- that silly situation quickly brings a lot of simmering things to the surface#there are a couple of fun mya conversations though which is good#sansa and mya's conversations are some of my favorites to write#because they're the only scenes where sansa isn't constantly second-guessing herself and kind of just is herself#the outside world is beginning to encroach on the Winterfell Bubble™ and ho boy is it a doozy#seriously i rewrote this entire fucking chapter and i'm so mad that THAT's what it took#anyways am definitely in the market for some beta-ing soon#and kind of need someone to bounce ideas off of because i am desperately trying to figure out#how to commit a hypothetical crime#and how to solve a cold case#send help lmao#I am prob going to make everyone extremely angry in a few chapters so enjoy the Winterfell Bubble™ while it lasts
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demobatman · 2 years
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hey and if there isnt a scene of mike and el talking about the painting “she commissioned” from will in season 5 i will do something drastic. 
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meanlesbean · 2 months
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progress on the next chapter of cadence is happening I swear
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blujayonthewing · 1 year
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the best change between the good omens book and the good omens show is crowley showing up to the burning bookshop and going 'ah fuck. shit. fucking hell.' vs crowley showing up to the burning bookshop and just screaming from the absolute bottom of his heart
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zincbot · 2 months
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i have an "in stars and time" animatic idea scripted out, but i dunno if i should wait until after i actually finish the game to start working on it rip
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danidoesathing · 4 months
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🦈💭❤️ for the fic ask game!
🦈 Which character is the toughest to write?
Frankie. oh my god i love her and would love to write her more but jesus christ she is a hard character to nail down. i am always scared im gonna do her wrong whenever i write her. miss lou im so sorry i cant do you justice like you deserve
💭 What inspires you and your writing?
oh a bunch of different stuff. music is an obvious one, both cause of the vibes™️ but also because my current fixation is music lore. all i gotta do is listen to a funky song and bam! we got a new fic. i've also gotten ideas from reading different fics (i dont copy the plot but sometimes a line or two will inspire me, or ill think "very cool but what if [this thing] happened" and i go insane from there) and on occasion random comments or sentences.
i mean one time i was writing a multi-chapter fic and like. there's a major MAJOR twist that was inspired by a comment i got on chapter 10 and it was one of my favorite plot points of that series. this comment singlehandedly made me redo an entire character storyline and made this character, who i had come up with for a scene or two at most, insanely important to plot and a huge part of the sequel fic i did. the comment wasn't exactly what i went with but it did inspire me to change that part up
❤️ What is your favorite line that you’ve written in a fic?
That's really hard actually. a lot of my favorite parts of my fics are less single lines and more "effective in the context of the situation" but i did have some bangers in the love like ghosts fic i suppose. I kind like this one:
"There’s nothing beyond this edge of the world but concrete and the unforgiving earth, but you'll be damned if you aren't tempted."
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sagemoderocklee · 1 year
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Not WIP Wednesday, not WIP Whatever day, but a secret third thing: Sneak Peek Sunday! Because this latest chapter of 13S has been brutal and I need some motivation!
Here's another preview of the upcoming chapter:
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Gaara kept his lapis tucked into the very bottom of a small box of precious things so he wouldn't have to look at it and be reminded of one of his greatest failings. But with Lā was once again approaching and the complications of Rock Lee, he could no longer ignore the ever present pangs of his heart.
The lapis scattered across his unused bed as he turned its golden sachet upside down, emptying the contents. Ten pieces of raw, unpolished stone lay like paint splatters across the white of his blanket. The stones were perfectly cut spheres, as big as his thumb, and the heart of each was shot with gold, an explosion of shimmering sunlight trapped by the blue rock. Each piece was the exact same, cut by his sand during the first ceremony of the festival for the last ten years.
The Gift of Lā was a day-long process wherein every unwed person of marrying age took a piece of lapis from the Heart Stone beneath the chaitya. Using whatever methods available to the individual—be they shinobi or civilian—a person cut a single piece of lapis free and, afterwards, the chaitya's Sage divined their romantic future for the year.
Gaara had always taken his stone, but he'd never allowed anyone to divine his future.
The smooth circumference of his lapis, forever waiting to be polished into jewelry for a day that would not come, was warm against the exposed pads of his fingers as he ran a tentative hand across the pile. Kankurō's pile was no less small—bigger given his age—but Gaara doubted his older brother felt such concern over his own growing hoard. He'd certainly never had any difficulties forming intimate relationships with others, even if those relationships were purely physical and short-lived. Temari's pile, too, had been significant in size before she'd married Shikamaru—having had to continue collecting lapis up until her marriage—but she'd never had any reason to worry for her romantic future. She and Shikamaru were as solid as the Heart Stone the lapis was cut from, and their love as striking as the gold streaks running through the stones.
Gaara had never looked at his siblings' lapis—it was taboo to show a Gift of Lā to anyone other than the Sage who read the stone and the object of affection prior to the wedding—but Gaara wondered if his siblings' pieces varied in any way. Were the sizes different from one year to the next? Were the streaks of gold more prominent in one piece over another? What had the Sage told Kankurō when he'd presented his lapis? What would they tell him?
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bookwyrminspiration · 5 months
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Counterpoint:
Goblins are basically just skinnier versions of ogres. I mean, they also have wrinkly gray skin and flat noses, but that's not particularly relevant. My point: Ogres are way more visibly muscular. If you're into being dominated by huge strong muscular warriors, you might as well go all the way and fuck King Dimitar.
That being said, fucking a goblin provides an excellent opportunity to pilfer some small gold items which they probably won't even miss. If they bring you to their house, that is.
And gnomes. Gnomes can control plants. Like roots. Imagine the possibilities, Quil. Admittedly, roots might not be the best choice for certain purposes, since, as you pointed out, tree bark texture, but I'm sure you could find more suitable plants. They could probably also use some of their gnome magic to smooth out the bark. My point is that it's a highly customizable experience that can be tailored to your desires. They'd also probably make you soup afterwards, which is a huge point in their favor.
This is why we need multiple minds on this, guys, to cover the gaps and account for different tastes! You're incredibly right, I'm so sorry I forgot the Likes To Be Dominated By Big Strong Beast Guys population. which includes fintan pyren. I also said that the interspecies conflict between ogres and elves might be a turn off and make ogres more of a niche interest, but I have clearly forgotten the Wow Enemy Solider Hot population as well
I will say I doubt the capabilities of an elf to pilfer gold from their houses--unless its as part of an ongoing scene (e.g. someone stole something precious of mind and I'll have to punish them once I find them >:) ). They're all already rich, I doubt they'd think about stealing gold. And even if they did, I feel a goblin would be too well-trained and observant for them to get away with it. Unless there are like. Scholar goblins who know shit about fuck fighting-wise. but that seems a little rude to take advantage of them like that--this is elven taste, not human, after all. I know humans would absolutely do that
But once again you're right with the gnome comment! I was not considering the full possibilities. Bondage tentacle trees anyone? and "more suitable plants"? hang on I'm going to make a really bad joke about gnome sex: cucumbers 👀. That's it that's the joke. moving on. gnomish aftercare...hmm, yes, you make excellent points. they would bring you fresh fruit before, during, and after--and honestly that's all it takes to win my heart. oh wait!! I just remembered we have pomegranates fuck yeah!
anyway, my point is you raise excellent points. my overview was quick and biased, thank you for opening my eyes <3
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