#(not a group thread!)

[bourgeoning]

she's  been avoiding  the  main  hall  ,  ever  since  the  portraits  had  been  hung  .  too  many  eyes  weighing  down  on  her  ,  suffocating  .  but  knowing  this  can't  last  forever  ,  and  as  activity  around  the  palace  meets  a  lull  in the night ,  suzume  finally  goes  to  try  meeting  their  gaze  .  which  proves  successful  ,  at  first  ,  but  as  she  trails  over  to  the  young  chakris  ,  there's  a  familiar  ,  deeply - detested  sting  on  the  inner  corners  of  her  eyes  .  by  the  time  she  reaches  the  emperor  and  empress  (  she  assumes  )  ,  their  portraits  are  but  blurry  outlines  .  she  turns  on  her  heel  ,  rushing  out  of  the  room  with  so  little  awareness  that  she  nearly  collides  with  @classiqals  @espionisms  @balteren  @bxrnfrxmashes  in  the  process  .  no  one  was  supposed  to  be  here  .  she  shoots  them  a  withering  look  ,  but  in  that  very  moment  ,  the  first  tear  rolls  down  her  face  .  immediately  ,  she  turns  her  head  with  a  sniff  ,  swiping  at  her  cheek  . " excuse me . "

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[puppetmaster13u]

Howdy @hdgnj & @radiance1 would it be alright if hypothetically a new thread was started? I'm starting to feel bad for the people trying to get through the pages of text on our blogs lol. HDNJ Reblog | RADIANCE Reblog

[I also understand if you would prefer just continuing from the initial thread]

So no matter what happens, it's pretty much agreed upon that the two need help. Along with the fact that they really can't just be left to wander, no matter how well they were doing.

(Bruce is having flashbacks to walking into Tim's stalker-shrine room when they look through the toddler's notebook) Because like, Match was pretty much live. A lot of people saw him, and a lot more will continue, so it's not even close to being safe. For all they knew? Cadmus might've thought they had died since they were already deemed failures. But now everyone in the knows not only is at least one alive, but nearly fought Superman to a standstill.

Probably could've if not for the fact that they're a half-starved teen- though the half-feral part probably helped with the can't predict what the Duck attack is going to be next.

(I wanna add more but if idk which to do if we go to the thread lol) (Also hi if ur just finding this, idk if it'll go anywhere but welcome to Radiance's prompt of tiny SuperWonder clone Danny)

[that-butch-archivist]

"Ruth Ellis, Golden Threads Celebration 1995," from the documentary Golden Threads

source: The Wild Good: Lesbian Photographs & Writings on Love, edited by Beatrix Gates

[amber-angel]

What's the POINT?????

I half expected Misty's fucking chocolate martini to be poisoned, that's how out of left field these stupid plotlines are getting

[crimeronan]

if you are nice to people they will typically be nice to you. if you are mean to people they will not like you very much and also will sometimes be mean to you. this will make you sad and mad. if people are nice to you then you will feel happy and glad. when you are nice to people you will find fewer reasons to be very sad and very mad. follow for more wise life tips.

[victusinveritas]

[blatantprinterpropaganda]

!! i think ciize deserves an award for this face

[dragonslaved]

I think one of the funniest headcanons I ever had for Jon is that yeah I'm a "Jon wears glasses" truther but that's as far as his gran went for his eyesight. Just "eh you can see better that's fine now read" and he just never knew he was colorblind until he became the archivist and thought he'd acquired shrimp vision seeing shrimp colors.

He finds out when he tries to excitedly explain the color purple to Martin and Martin's like babe. I have to tell you something.

[feralkwe]

Our once barren world now brims with life That we may fall in love Every time we open up our eyes I guess space and time Takes violent things, angry things And makes them kind

@t0talfail-1 generously helped me fix Elidibus' eyes, so naturally I had to re-do this set again. Thank you so much!

[memoryservves]

where : the forum time : 9:48am open to: group four students ( @distortedblurs , @livebedroom , @syllphlike , @ex3rtion , @skidemark , @mildeweds , @sunraize ) (not a group thread)

she waved her hand in front of the statue , watching closely to see if its eyes turned red . moving side to side , carefully observing the way its eyes followed her around the room . " hey , " she called out , " do these things have cameras in them ? i know he's watching me . probably waiting for the wind to blow up my skirt and check out my panties . "

[lieut-dundy-le-vesconte]

>he smiles at john and charlie, then switches his attention to @sillytozer and @royalmarinegroupie1845

Boys, Captain Fitzjames has assigned you to me and Lieutenant Hodgson's group for a little trek to Terror. >he gives a smile Mr. Tozer, you're a good shot. Mr. Armitage, >he glances at him now. the bandages on his wrists and his general shell-shocked demeanor do not escape dundy, but he makes no comment Captain Fitzjames referred to you as a marine, which I know you are not, but he has assigned you to our group anyways. If you care to join us on this little fieldtrip, by all means, you are welcome! You did an exceptionally good job saving Mr. Jopson's life, which I am honestly indebted to you for. I can understand why he would call you a marine, Mr. Armitage, as that feat alone would make you worthy of it in my book. >he's not lying. he means what he says, even if he sounds super glib and put together, his posh accent on full. he IS indebted to him for saving jopson's life. he IS very impressed by what mr. armitage has done However, I am not forcing a steward to carry a gun and be put up to the task of protecting Lieutenant Hodgson and I. So if you do not care for this mission, I am sure an exception can be made… I have ways of talking to the Captain, and his order for you specifically does not need to go through. Mkay? How's that sound, boys? >he gives another smile

[maudie-beans]

I subscribed an orca zine and Im excited. The post about levels of hyper-fixations made me think about my own and Im in that "the shelf has collapsed on my head" category

When I first worked on my zorca I didn't think much of it. My first thought was "yeah I'll make a zora based on a killer whale, I like orca!" then my kid self leapt through time, kicked my door down, held me at knife point and said "YOU WANT TO REPEAT THAT? ONLY 'LIKE'? THE OCEAN IS CALLING AND YOU WILL ANSWER"

And since then its been this slow descent into madness with research and hunting for orca and ocean related sites and blogs. I wanted to make a goal of memorizing groups of whales. Then I heard Orca Conservancy has flashcards of the Southern Resident Killer Whales 👀

It's amazing how learning can be incredibly fun when you love something so much 😭

[mymarifae]

ever since the thought of robin boarding the astral express instead of sunday crossed my mind i've been mad as fuck

as the one to reject and dissolve the order cult's dream world, this should have been robin's story! not sunday's! it is beyond unfair that she got sidelined so hard and is now just sort of stuck in penacony cleaning up sunday's mess and filling in as the oak family's head representative, which is a role she never wanted. she's a free spirit just like the astral express crew, and she's so goddamn passionate about making a palpable change in reality

the whole conflict was she hates the cage her brother and the order cult designed and doesn't want it imposed on anyone else even if it offers "safety" and "happiness" because nothing is more rewarding than being part of the real world. and then she's put in the stupid cage anyway while sunday slips out to be free

this idea of them switching places - robin giving up her freedom to secure sunday's as a parallel to how he bore the brunt of the cult's abuse and grooming to shield her - doesn't work. not when sunday's wrongdoings amount to reinventing fascism. he would have had to be a far less extreme antagonist for this particular concept to be satisfying. as it is it's like no i don't want robin giving up so much for him are you fucking crazy? i want to see him actually suffer the consequences of his actions, actually. and the fact that the narrative babied him and allowed him to brush everything off onto this stupid "me-but-not-really-me" figure feels gross

there are so many aspects to robin's life that are about confinement. control. etc. and she resists it every time. her fans, her managers, and the paparazzi have such a specific image of who they want her to be in their heads, but she's not afraid to defy that! the pressure weighs on her immensely, and she has experienced the worst the real world has to offer, but she still believes in the good of the universe. she continues to believe that when given a choice, many will choose to do good. and then in comes her brother and the order cult wanting to take that choice away entirely and she's like wait what the fuck, no????? she's the first to break out of the cage when sunday tries to force the "perfect" dream on everyone anyway. and then she leads the way as they all come together to destroy it entirely

like UGH she was set up to become such a powerful and emotional character but it literally all got thrown out in favor of catering to sunday fans as much as possible... to the point of speedrunning his "redemption" arc so they could hurry up and shoehorn him into the astral express crew. whatever role they needed filled for the amphoreus storyline robin could have done the same exact thing, with infinitely more grace. AND they wouldn't have had to write off a bunch of literal fascism before letting her hop onto the train 😭 you can't even begin to understand how frustrating this is for me. oh my god

[tj-crochets]

I have sewed a few more blocks from the beach quilt, and I repaired a stuffed animal for a neighbor (no pictures because it's not my stuffed animal), but crafting updates might be a little sparse for the next week or so? I have a short week at work this week, a lot of work to get done, and I am getting my covid booster this week (we'll see how that goes lol)