#AAA YES

[dxdfish]

>:]]]]

[necromosss]

The urges (feminine) remains...😔

[agentc0rn]

oh man...2 decades on earth...wow.

[abd-illustrates]

Did you say at one point that Lance and Bandys types were someone who could kick their ass or was that a fever dream??

If I did say that about Bandy once upon a time, I don't think it's quite how I'd describe him nowadays after having fleshed out his character more while trying to chip away at the story as a whole haha --

Right on the money for Lance tho 💪

[soulprompts]

the happiest of holidays !! (a list of wintry prompts!)

as requested by a lovely follower, here's a list of prompts set around this time of year! i'll probably add to them as time passes, but i hope you enjoy them, and i hope you all have a peaceful and restful december and a fruitful new year! much love to all! as always, DO NOT ADD TO THIS LIST! bon appetit!

[ SKATE ]: the sender invites the receiver to go ice-skating with them.

[ COOKIES ]: the sender and the receiver spend the night in the kitchen decorating cookies together.

[ LAST-MINUTE ]: the sender and receiver head out together to try and find some gifts for their family and friends.

[ FROZEN ]: sender and receiver wrap up warm and head out into a fresh blanket of snow to make a snowman together.

[ CHOCOLATE ]: the sender and receiver set up a fully decked-out hot chocolate bar and get to work making the perfect hot cocoa.

[ COLD ]: while walking with the receiver, the sender secretly makes a snowball and throws it at them, initiating a full-on snowball fight.

[ TOGETHER ]: the sender attends a highly popular winter party with the receiver.

[ ROAD ]: the sender and receiver end up driving home together for the holidays on a lengthy road trip.

[ LIGHT ]: the sender and/or the receiver light the menorah together.

[ BALL ]: the sender and the receiver attend a highly prestigious winter gala together.

[ STUCK ]: the sender and receiver are snowed in together at the same building, and must spend the evening together until they can find a way out.

[ EXCHANGE ]: the sender meets up with the receiver in order to exchange gifts with one another.

[ ESCAPE ]: as a surprise to the overworked receiver, the sender treats them to a weekend away after renting a winter cabin.

[ KITCHEN ]: the sender and receiver work together to make a huge holiday meal in the kitchen, to varying degrees of success.

[ CRAFTY ]: the sender and receiver spend an evening together designing and creating winter decorations.

[ SPIN ]: the sender and the receiver engage in a game of spinning the dreidel together.

[ CHOICE ]: the sender and receiver embark on a mission: getting the perfect christmas tree.

[ COZY ]: the sender and receiver enjoy a cozy evening in front of a fire, watching a movie together.

[ COVER ]: the sender attends a family event with the receiver, but there's a twist: they're pretending to be the receiver's partner.

[ FRIGHTFUL ]: the sender and receiver attempt to decorate the exterior of the sender/receiver's home together.

[ DELIGHTFUL ]: the sender and receiver work together to decorate the interior of the sender/receiver's home.

[ SMOOCH ]: the sender and receiver end up under the mistletoe together during an evening of celebrations.

[ SWEET ]: the sender and receiver enjoy an evening of baking treats together, again, to varying degrees of success.

[ SPARK? ]: the receiver walks into the living room to find the sender trying to light a fire and struggling with the process.

[ SLOPES ]: the sender and receiver enjoy a day of hitting the slopes and skiing together.

[ CHEESE! ]: the sender and receiver try to orchestrate the perfect, most stress-free photography session for the festive photo.

[ CUTE? ]: the sender and receiver participate in the ancient tradition of wearing ugly/itchy sweaters during the holiday period.

[courtana]

GAMES I PLAYED IN 2023, PT. 1 of 2

[ch1zzie]

The original in the bottom

Plus the picture I mainly drew but decided to draw the rest for funny

[snakes-are-kinda-cool]

💝 kiss kiss 💝

I want to get better at drawing kissing. The genius solution I’ve come up with: live vicariously through vervaine.

[cherrysodabear]

🐇'No more games..'🐇

[vynel]

Been messing around with mspaint lately and ended up drawing gojo (the program is fun to use (*･∀･) )

[theplantbish]

Idk I feel it's kinda unfair that asexual, aromantic and agender people are all grouped up in just one letter in LGBTQIA when the rest of us get our own letters

So, I'd like to propose that we change it to LGBTQIAAA

[cut-aare]

Scribble dump ft. MK and Red Son!!! (More of a blending mode and brushes experiment)

[shiningliive]

Happy Birthday Sunshine! <3 <3

Kinda a redraw from a 2016 Otoya~ Im glad I can make him look a lot more like himself now.

[thegracefulknight]

O!Ciel, Lizzy, and Sterling Silver Roses

One of my favorite extra chapters in Kuro is the Book of Murder side story, where each of the characters turn into characters from fairy tales. My most favorite part there is obviously Ciel and Lizzy's, which represented The Snow Queen (also my favorite fairy tale). It just fits them so much!

So I was rereading this chapter and noticed the panels below:

In the first one, we see Ciel seemingly giving someone a rose. At the present, we haven't seen any scene similar to this between O!Ciel and Lizzy, but since this is Lizzy's POV and she is talking about the protagonist, I'm assuming this is indeed a memory shared between them (or at least parallel of actual events that happened in their past).

O!Ciel's favorite flower, is coincidentally, sterling silver roses, as mentioned by Sebastian in Ch. 1.

Sterling silver roses are these lovely lavender or lilac-silver roses that represent nobility, elegance, and regality. Since I wanted to see if there would be any relation I could make between this flower and my favorite ship (the way I overthink about these two, really 😭 lol), I tried to look more into what these types of roses represent in a romantic sense.

And well— lavender-colored roses like the sterling silver rose represent love at first sight. They also "signify enchantment, adoration, wonder, and fascination. If you have a secret love, lavender roses can maintain a sense of mystery. The tone is also ideal for the first time you give your love interest flowers."

Giving lilac roses to your special someone, on the other hand, symbolizes your "subtle intentions for them in the future."

Going along with these concepts, and since we were never told of the reason yet why this type of rose was our earl's favorite, my assumption is that the silver sterling rose probably holds a special memory for him in the past. And as the only time we see him with a rose in the manga so far would be that panel from the special chapter (correct me if I'm wrong though), it could be assumed that this memory is something he shares with Lizzy from when they were little—O!Ciel giving her a sterling silver rose. It could be a hint that O!Ciel has liked our sweet Lizzy from the start, and possibly, has wished before that it was he would be betrothed to her instead of R!Ciel (who doesn't really seem that interested in her anyway, he's just happy and relieved she at least is cute and 'not scary'). He doesn't act on it however, as he knows she is never meant to be his.

One thing to note is that, while we have seen from his actions many times that he cares a lot about Lizzy, we are still yet to see O!Ciel actually talk about his true feelings for her. And I believe it's about time l we see just how he thinks of her, from his own POV. I expect that this is something we will finally get to see soon in this arc as one of the layers it touches are the conflicts between O!Ciel and Lizzy, and their relationship.

It's been shown at an earlier part of this arc that O!Ciel distances himself from people he cares about to protect them, and that he is afraid to accept the idea that he deserves love and happiness. I think bringing up this memory with her, and his sterling silver roses would be an emotional way for him to finally face these feelings, and give it a name. To acknowledge that Lizzy is someone that he loves, ever since, and someone he doesn't want to lose.

All of this for now are just my assumptions on what we may see once we finally get the focus back to O!Ciel and Lizzy, but it would be truly interesting to see it unfold, and also a beautiful way to see them acknowledge their feelings for each other when the time comes.

[nocterish]

“And he smiles. He smiles like this is the first time he’s ever heard the name and recognised it as his own. Your heart clenches in pain, in unspoken emotions. It only eases up when he reaches out for your hand and suddenly it starts to beat faster than ever before. You close your knife and put it back into the pocket of your dungarees, then accept his hand in your paint-stained one. Once you feel the soft leather of his gloves against your skin, you relax against the window frame” -I Knew Nothing But Shadows: chapter 5 - The Last Line of the Picture

Finally got to draw my favorite scene from @writingjourney's fic because it's just so beautiful- I had to draw it! Please check it out! Worth a read!

Close up of Copia (because it's better seeing it up close with his smile)

[the-moon-will-sing-for-me]

I’ve come to the conclusion that all hermitcraft ship dynamics basically consist of and boil down to “that one real short chaotic mf and his extremely tall af boyfriend(s)”