#Bullshit HORNS

[harasharaved]

The fact that Judaism is trending because of both the wave of bomb threats on synagogues and Bradley Cooper's Antisemitism Adventure (his huge fake prosthetic nose, and him basically stealing the story from a Jewish man) is so infuriating and so exhaustingly typical.

The fact that I see Judaism trending on Tumblr and immediately think "oh no. Something Bad is happening to us." We're never trending cause it's fucking good. I never get to be excited, it's just cold dread.

The fact that Antisemitism is getting worse everyday and the only ones who ever talk about it are other Jews. The fact that no one else fucking cares. The only ones who support us are other Jews. Even when gentiles talk about Nazis or white supremacists they don't want to help us. We're just their prop, the canary in the coal mine and the perfect victim.

The fact that everyone's uncomfortable with Jews still being here. Reminding them of things they'd rather forget.

The fact that it'd be easier for them if we were all dead. Then they could tell stories about our people, dressed in offensive caricatures, without us making a fuss.

[jasmynthewriter]

I have seen pictures and she's hot af. Get your copy and read a bunch of excellent literary erotica including my piece "Bent and Begging."

[synthwavecryptid]

Okay last time I’ll bother y’all with Titanic AU nonsense but

THE CAR SCENE ✋💦

[egophiliac]

(it probably wasn't actually Idia's fault)

(or was it)

some quick initial reactions to celebrate Diasomnia Day One! it felt like a bit of a short intro, but oh, what a tasting menu of things to come.

[kairospy]

Just saying,

James is the spoiled one in the relationship. He’s used to getting all he wants because Effie and Monty would indulge his every whim. He’s dramatic as shit, loud, confident, but so theatrical about it.

Regulus is the more quiet one (though not shy or insecure AT ALL. This man was meant to inherit an empire and associate (if not better) the most powerful wizards, be honest with yourself, he was be confident and stoic), and if he wanted something, he had to take it for himself seeing as his parents mostly focused on Sirius for 15 years. He’s independent.

To summarise: Regulus wears the pants in the relationship and James is just happy to be there and be pampered and be bought nice things. Regulus calls him ‘love’ and he’s gone. He wears Reg’s jumpers when he’s home alone. He’s pathetically whipped and would let Reg do anything to him. James cooks so well and makes Reg a different dish each week bc this man is used to house elf menus and that wont cut it. Regulus stands behind him, chin on his shoulder arms around his waist asking about ingredients, and James just about fucking dies—

[acediaedeus]

I like it when ppl write Ichigo kissing/touching Grimmjow’s mask, bc that’s such an undeniably Hollow part of him, it’s sharp and dangerous, even scary to some, but Ichigo still loves and cherishes it, for him it’s comforting to touch the jawbone, trace the teeth, bc it means Grimmjow is there, right under his fingertips.

and it’d be comforting for Grimmjow too, bc if he ever doubts that Ichigo really wants this, if any thought of Ichigo closing his eyes and pretending that he’s just another shinigami/human and not a soul-devouring monster creeps into his mind, it is all destroyed with gentle hands, light fingertips and soft lips, bc Ichigo loves Grimmjow, all of him, for who he is, not despite.

[bluedalahorse]

I think part of what draws me August ships (specifically Sara/August and Nils/August, among other relationships I’m less likely to read from a romantic angle) is that despite all the arrogance and self-aggrandizing up front, I’m pretty sure August sees himself as fundamentally unlovable. He’s built up this protective armor of like, being perfect and establishing himself in the social hierarchy, because he sees it as the only thing that will bring him safety and connection. Relationships can only be transactional, in that mindset.

(And as someone whose intrusive thoughts periodically like to tell me I am fundamentally unlovable—don’t worry, I do therapy regularly to combat this, and I’m doing better than I was as a teenager—I can very much empathize with the idea of trying to excel and perform certain social roles perfectly to make sure I maintain ties with other humans.)

To have another character show up and show August like, real love and compassion and grace directed toward him as a person, versus some sort of feigned concord that’s just there to preserve a status quo… well. It’s fun to watch how that throws him off his center of gravity. And then we see his doubt creep back in, and he tries to understand that relationship in terms of his social role and the hierarchy again, and there’s all this delicious tension as he’s pulled back and forth between the mindset he was raised with (people only like and respect you for your status and your ability to perform it) and his present day realization of the inexplicable weirdness that is chemistry between people (sometimes people just like you because your flavor of humanness meshes with theirs idk it’s weird but it happens!)

He’s still figuring that out at the end of season 3. He’s let status and hierarchy be a refuge more than he should over the course of the series. He’s definitely messed things up with Sara enough that she’s said a solid and unambiguous goodbye to him. At the same time, I think he’s been hit by the realization that his friends maybe actually give a shit about him, and that’s new. And that maybe he and Wille can express something toward each other that isn’t rivalry. I love that he ends the series in a place of cognitive dissonance and unsettledness about what it means for people to actually like him, because that is my favorite mindset to see him in.

And I just can’t help wanting to throw him more in the path of that storm, instead of sheltering him in the predictable structure of his hamartia.

[chryza]

terra's straightest woman.

[ID: a screenshot from Horn’s module story “Examplars”: “She couldn’t even remember clearly what Rosalie looked like. The friends had always liked to sit in the brightest places. Her bright green hair, her smug smile, they all melted in the fiery sunlight.”]

[dootznbootz]

Odypen definitely and equivalently adore each other BUT I weirdly can't see them as the type to actually say "I Love you".

They still definitely vocalize their love for each other but it's more so in "My Joy", and "Extraordinary Woman", "Strange Woman/Man", etc. And very cheesy lines (both say some cheesy shit in the Odyssey, and he definitely does in the Iliad as well. "Joy like a drowning sailor seeing land" bit???)

I could see "I adore you" but even then, that's probably during very specific moments but the actual "I love you"??? I just typed it just now for fic shit and... It weirdly just didn't feel right and I don't know why. 😅

Idk maybe it's kind of because I see them as over the top in ways, they love wordplay and riddles and I think they'd almost think "...That's not good enough >:( " about it??? I don't know???😂

[kayforpay]

violets! we're almost done with this no longer surprising series of polls lmao. filling this out has made me realize I really need to play hiveswap!!!

[critters-and-doodles]

redoing an older piece, and got distracted working on the background creechurs (i am physically incapable of not adding at least one critter to my art lately). I... I don't get halla's antlers/horns ;-;

[narwhalpanda]

basard season

(pose reference by @adorkastock thank you for all your hard work!!)

:3c (palette and design progress)

[broken-clover]

Brainstorming giving street fighter characters 'mons because I have a weird drive to mash all my favors together and I thought Dhalsim would be incredibly easy since he invokes Agni for his fire abilities but I don't know if it would be incredibly weird that in digimon the one designed after Agni would just be...a guy. He just has an entire man following him around

[therealsubspace]

[TAPE RECORDER CLICK]

Okay!! Biograft-4390D!! power on!!

[MECHANICAL WHIRRING AND BEEPING]

HELLO. CREATOR.

HHII! WELCOME TO- uh- ANYWAYS! running diagnostic check!

. . .

Everything looks to be fine! ALRIGHTALRIGHT mission! i need you to- JUST DO YOUR THING!! DO WHAT I PROGRAMMED YOU TO DO!!! GO!!! >:D

[SILENCE. NO FOOTSTEPS. THE DECOYGRAFT IS NOT MOVING]

. . .

Did you- not- hear me? GO!

[MECHANICAL WHIRRING AND FOOTSTEPS]

NO! THAT WAY!! NOT TOWARDS ME! AWAY FROM ME! [SIGH]

NEGATIVE.

..What.?

WAIT! N-

[THERE IS A CRASH, THEN THE SOUND OF A STRUGGLE]

LET ME GO YOU STUPID PIECE OF SCRAP! ILL DESTROY YOU! IM YOUR CREATOR! YOU CANT DO THIS TO M-

[A SCREAM, THEN THE SOUND OF DEHORNING. AND THEN SILENCE]

[THE DECOYGRAFTS HORNS RETRACT, AND IT PUTS SUBSPACE'S FIRST SET OF HORNS IN THE NOW EMPTY SPACES. IT WILL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO ATTACH THE SECOND SET.]

. . .

[BEEP]

LET ME GO YOU STUPID PIECE OF SCRAP! ILL DESTROY YOU!

ILL DESTROY YOU.

[TAPE RECORDER CLICK]

[antisocialxconstruct]

okay I'm conducting an experiment by rewriting one of my very first scenes with Maksim and sanding off all the specific SR jargon (also it already seemed like it would make a good prologue) and as opening lines go... I'm feeling good about it

[heylittleriotact]

The Wall of Pansexual Violence Husbands grows.