#Help I have never had this before

[rustwizerd]

Started playing dragon age inquisition and I am constantly jumpscared by tactics mode

[teaboot]

Any tips for being a suicidal 15 year old?

When I was a suicidal 15 year old everyone told me “it gets better”, and it sounded like bullshit. And frankly, it still sounds like bullshit. Like oh, what, I’m living in hell and you’re not gonna help me or *do* anything or give me any useful advice and I’m supposed to just hang in there on the nebulous, pithy promise that things are just gonna work out on their own? And you can’t tell me how or why, I’m just supposed to take it on the faith that I don’t have that something might change in ways I haven’t considered?

But yeah. It does. And it’s frustrating as hell.

Yes, things are gonna get better, and they’re gonna get better in ways I can’t describe even after experiencing it myself. Things you don’t even know CAN be different WILL be different. One day you’re just going to step outside and realize things got better somewhere and you didn’t even notice it happening.

And there’s really nothing I can say that makes that sound even a little bit believable.

I guess all I can tell you is that you have to want to believe it.

[starry-bi-sky]

on a completely separate note; shizun luo binghe with a disciple shen yuan who fell into the abyss??? *thinks about LBH canonically stealing SQQ's corpse for 5 years* he'd hallucinate i think. like, like visual and audial hallucinations.

Keeps thinking he's seeing SQQ in the corner of his eyes, or wandering between the trees, amongst a group of disciples. Thinks he hears him calling for him, but its just the wind or another disciple.

Gets Xiu Ya reforged but patently fucking refuses to make a sword mound. Because his disciple Is Not Dead :))) There was No Body. He's Not Dead. And If You keep Insisting That He Is, He's Gonna Skewer You :). He's holding onto Xiu Ya so he can return his most favored disciple's sword when he returns. It's on his hip right next to Zheng Yang where it's supposed to be.

Also this motherfucker?? does not sleep btw. He has the image of SQQ, wide eyed and hysterical and standing at the mouth of the abyss burned into his fucking eyelids. Can't use the dreamscape to escape it either because he keeps trying to save him and either he does and it's an incredibly cruel trick to wake up to, or he doesn't and he gets his heart broken in several different pieces again.

There is no convincing this man that Shen Qingqiu is dead. Absolutely nothing at all. He is buried so deep in denial that moles would be jealous of how deep he is. He keeps making tea for two in the bamboo house only to remember that it's just him. SQQ's fans are hiding everywhere, little reminders of his presence. He goes to wake up SQQ on the mornings he sleeps in-- only to find the room empty.

[chronalshifts]

i think a lot of people are calling viktor’s reaction to waking up changed and then almost immediately leaving for zaun unrealistic and like… yes it would be. for someone whose mind has not been affected by the hexcore. he speaks differently, he hears sky’s voice through its influence, he can no longer feel the cold, or the warmth of jayce’s hug. he walks away from jayce because he can no longer feel the affection that kept them together, and he sees no logical point in remaining when they have no common ground anymore. he might not be a machine externally, exactly, but his mind certainly isn’t human anymore.

[s0fter-sin]

ghost who works with abused dogs because he can relate to their fear and anger and soap who's terrified of dogs but needs a service animal after he gets shot

ghost who's covered in just as many bite scars and scratches as he is scars from his childhood and the military, but he never holds it against a single dog

he knows what it's like to feel trapped and think you only have one way out

he sits through the barking and the lunges, steadily gets closer as he gently talks with each dog, apologises when he moves too quick and gets bitten because it's always his fault, never the dog's. no one bites for no reason

the pride he feels when he gets to share their blanket for the first time is only matched by the day of their adoption

it’s soap's friend’s idea to bring him to check out a dog to foster while his service dog goes through training. he knows he's uncomfortable around dogs - he never made a production out of it but you can only duck around someone so they’re in between you and a dog so many times before they pick something up - but he just thinks he's not used to them and being around one will be enough to calm him down

soap knows he needs a service animal; both for medical reasons and help with every day tasks but also for emotional regulation. he pings from depression to apathy to white hot rage so quick it exhausts him; he's so tired of blowing up at people just because he can't keep his head on straight

he needs a service dog

but just hearing the barking from outside has him so on edge, he's almost sick from it

a volunteer shows them all the dogs available to foster. his friend gushes over every single one; cooing about how cute and sweet they look, just darling things, encouraging them to jump up on their barrier and play tug with their toys, and “come on soap, say hello”

soap keeps his distance, smiling thinly as the volunteer introduces each dog

but ghost happens to be in one of the kennels working with his latest trouble case

and he can plainly see how terrified soap is, no matter how well he thinks he’s hiding it

he flinches at every bark, his hands fisted at his sides, but his friend just doesn't notice; too occupied with the lab mix he’s playing with. ghost can see just how tight he's winding up, the tension creeping up his spine, his “smile” twitching uncontrollably, and it doesn't surprise him in the slightest when he finally snaps at his friend to “just fuck off, alright!” after he keeps pushing him to get closer to the dogs

the abrupt silence is tight and judgmental; the friend giving him a wild look. soap gives a short apology, still angry even though if anyone just took the time to look, it’d be clear he doesn't want to be, and storms out while his friend apologises to the volunteer; dripping with shame and embarrassment that sets ghost's teeth on edge

he could've stopped a dozen times before soap blew up, should've seen the warning signs that he was getting overwhelmed and afraid long before he got to that point

he spreads out a few treats for his dog, both a reward for his patience and an apology for prematurely ending their time together, slowly getting to his feet. he heads outside to find soap in the alley beside the shelter, swearing at himself under his breath and looking seconds away from punching the brick

and when soap snaps, “enjoying the show?”, squaring up with his teeth bared, ghost just leans back against the wall; open and non-threatening and waits for soap to come to him

just ghost who knows what it's like to be angry and afraid and has the patience to help soap feel more in control of himself, never flinching from his bark or his involuntary bite, as well as help him through his fear in time for his service dog

[swiggity-swexual-i-am-asexual]

As per usual, it’s DP crossover with (probably) DC, although you could probably adjust it for other fandoms

ANYWAYS

A little kid and his mother are trick or treating in another city, perhaps at some kind of event rather than knocking on doors, and the kid is dressed as Phantom. It’s very adorable, with his little ghost-shaped bucket and clearly homemade and already stained costume—listen, white only works if you can just fly over street grime or phase it out of your clothes—and his slightly I’ll fitting wig. The kid is SO happy to be out and about dressed as his favorite, and maybe even showed it off to Phantom back in Amity Park before his family left.

The hero, insert whoever you wish here, is probably in civvies and just enjoying the event. The kid, meanwhile, is so glad when people ask who he is so he can explain, and so- the hero gets to hear ALL ABOUT the local town hero who is probably pretty small time despite the kid’s clearly exaggerated stories. The hero certainly never heard of him, but the kid’s mom confirms that Phantom really was the town hero, despite some mixed reviews of the poor guy.

“Did you manage to show him your costume?” the hero asks.

“Yeah! We went down to the cemetery to leave flowers and I got to show him my costume.”

Wait. Cemetery? Maybe it was part of theme, because Phantom had to be named that for a reason, but… it sounded like…

The kid ignores the suddenly VERY still hero and instead turns to his mom. “Momma, do you think we should bring him candy? He doesn’t get to trick or treat like we do, and I can work super hard to get him a bunch!”

The kid’s mom just smiles. “We could, but maybe we should bring him something homemade. I bet he’d like something more filling, teen boys like him have a hollow leg.”

The kid wrinkles his nose. “Like Vernie with the pizza bagels?”

“Like your cousin, yes. We can make some cinnamon rolls and take them to his memorial, maybe bring some of the apples from your grandpa’s garden…”

The hero is pretty much forgotten as the two-part family wanders off, not quite intentionally forgetting the hero is there so much as the hero somewhat accidentally ended the conversation when they just froze and didn’t ask anything further.

Not that the hero didn’t want to. But they’d learn something very serious.

One—there was a small town hero they’d never heard of. Two—that hero was apparently a teen. Third—most pressingly, the teen hero was both beloved enough to have kids dressing up as him and dead enough to have a grave.

This… might require some phone calls.

[kriskukko]

portrait

[joyfuladorable]

Baby Junior's First Steps (based on a scene from Bluey)

Prompt from my buddy @vadfannypack! Everyone thank them Right NoW!!

[voidedtea]

[ID: Two digital illustrations, both loosely shaded, showing Thespius in various poses and outfits, all with his left eye closed.

The first illustration has three Thespiuses.

The first/upper-left Thespius is standing and leaning forward as though mid-step, looking to the viewer's left in a glittery silver blazer, brown-ish tie with floral patterns all over, white shirt, and dark blue pleated skirt. Said skirt features a subtle gradient from a paler blue at the top to an even darker blue along the bottom. Silver flowers (with dots between each one) decorate its waistband, while double horizontal lines (with three flowers on each pleat) cut across the bottom of the skirt itself. He has black shoes with white socks matching his outfit. His two trumpets peek out over his shoulders as he holds his ukulele Tony and loosely strums. He has a loose ponytail, yellow/pale blue flowers in his hair, and a billowing wave of desaturated warm colors in stripes behind him. Around the entirety of him is a cream-coloured outline as well, and he overlaps the second and third Thespius-es some.

The second/upper right Thespius is laughing with his face haloed by the sun. His torso faces away from the viewer, but his face is turned enough to see his beaming expression. He's in a running/skipping pose on top of a section of pink/coral cloud, wearing a brown blazer/suit with crisscrossing cream/red stripes, cream-coloured shirt, flowing brown skirt, white socks with garters, and black shoes. His right (hidden) hand clutches his skirt to swish in front of him, while the other arm is thrown out in joy and balance. He's mostly in shadow save for the sun's light spilling across him from behind. He also has the same cream-coloured outline around him, one that disappears as it flows into the sun and clouds. Additionally, another -- if smaller -- billowing wave of the same warm colours can be seen to the right of him.

Lower right Thespius is leaning back against a bed of pale orange-pink clouds, his left arm up like the cloud has/is an arm rest. His right hand is pulling down pink heart sunglasses (with a golden frame) for him to look over them with a laid-back smile. His hair's worn loose here, draping down over his shoulders and loosely tied back with a pink/coral bandanna that features wavy patterns and dots all over. The rest of his outfit consists of a very low-cut pale yellow shirt (one showing off a bit of cleavage and chest hair) with dark teal hems and vine-like/floral embroidery (teal across the shirt itself where it meets the hems, yellow along said hems themselves), dark teal pants that flare out at the ends (which feature the same yellow embroidery), and even darker teal shoes with pale yellow edges and decoration to match. He also wears a dangly, shiny green-ish earring consisting of a tall triangle shape with a rounded segment below it. His nails are painted, too -- pink on his right hand, teal on his left, both featuring very small yellow flower patterns. Over his shoulders float his two trumpets, and behind the whole scene is the top part of a halftone-patterned rainbow (which also overlaps the second Thespius slightly). This third drawing of him notably lacks the same outline the others sport.

The background consists of a gradient from pale greenish-blue near the top, to a rich mid-tone/dark blue towards the bottom, with dark halftone patterning overtop. Yellow/white/peach/pink flowers of varying shapes and sizes are scattered throughout. Around the whole piece is a border consisting of two dark, parallel wavy lines. Both the flowers and border share the cream-coloured outline.

The second illustration has four Thespiuses.

The first/upper left Thespius is leaning on his elbows on slightly darker pink clouds, framed by the seemingly setting sun like a halo. He has a gentle bright smile and is resting his cheek in his curled left palm. His right hand is tucked into his left elbow, and two other disconnected hands -- one on each side -- are somewhat spread palm-up around him in a welcoming sort of gesture. He wears a loose, shawl-like, low-cut desaturated green shirt with elaborate patterns of dark red/orange overlaying yellow around the ends of the sleeves and down the middle/opening of the shirt itself. Said shirt also has similar, dark green stripes across it. His headband is striped the same colours of the shirt. He's lit mostly from behind by that setting sun, its light also spilling across his clouds. Said shading/lighting has a painterly look.

The second/upper right Thespius is smaller. He floats proudly, both eyes closed and his hands on his hips. He wears a white turtleneck, dark teal skirt + headband, white socks, and dark blue-ish shoes. His two trumpets hover over his shoulders. Around him is the same cream outline from the first page.

The third/middle Thespius flows with the rippling stripes of colour behind him, pivoting on his left heel with his right up and behind him and arms outstretched as though dancing. His right hand in particular reaches palm-up (as if to an offscreen partner) with flower petals scattering from it. He's smiling bright. his hair flows out behind him and two the viewer's left, with a red headband (with arrow-like patterns on it) around. He wears a baggy, pale tan shirt with thin horizontal stripes and a semi-dipped neckline, all of which bunches and flows outwards with the rest of his dance. A loose white vest with blocky red-brown stripes along the opening + a similarly-coloured zig-zag stripe down the front, as well as tassels (with similar decorations along the ends) that scatter and flow outwards with the force of his movement drapes on him. He also wears loose red pants with large, almost scale-like patterning, tied with a long lighter-red belt (sporting patterns similar to his headband) that flies out in front of him, also spinning with him. His one visible shoe is an orange-ish red. The entirety of him also has that cream outline.

In the lower left corner of the image is Tony the ukulele, decorated with a flowing stripe of red, yellow, and blue, like a rainbow of sorts, as well as smaller stickers all over of yellow/peach/pink/dark purple flowers + hearts. A similar cream outline borders the entirety of Tony.

The last/lower right Thespius is a halfbody in profile to the viewer's right. He has his hands on his hips, and a happy triangle burst effect coming from his smiling face. He has a gold/yellow striped headband, a white blouse with thin green and red stripes and deep v-cut, a maroon cardigan with a white-dotted stripe pattern, and black lower clothing. He sports the same cream outline.

The background here is a desaturated turquoise with some darker hints around the edges. Wavy stripes of blue, purple, and pink flow across it like a long scarf or river. A halftone pattern sits atop both. Even more pink/yellow/peach flowers are scattered around, and the same wavy border from before frames the whole piece. Said flowers and border once again share the cream-coloured outline. end ID.]

my pieces for @strawberrij thespius fashion zine!! quite the endeavour and adventure that turned out pretty neat i think :]

special thanks go to @ratchetclankarecute for posing/cloth references + the bulk of the image descriptions! that first image would Not have happened without them <3

[spookberry]

the first time I drew these two(when I was 12) they were functionally the Color Guardian's version of Jessie and James,,,

[ashlygraves]

i feel like reading Ashley’s crying fits as emotional manipulation falls into either misunderstanding or a bad faith reading of her personality. especially flashback childhood scenes. Ashley legitimately feels like if Andrew is not on board with her he hates her and wants nothing to do with her- look at her social life, the way her mother treats her. sure its not logical but her past experience with people would guide her to that conclusion. *person* doesn’t like something i do/say = i end up alone again. to hear these kinds of words come out of a child’s mouth, a responsible and mentally stable adult’s response would be to hold her hand and guide her through these feelings, and explain to her that the world does not operate in the black and white lenses she views them from…. now when is Ashley ever surrounded by someone of this description. this explanation would need to come from a parental figure, or a role model in the child’s life, somebody the child trusts and looks to for guidance. who is this person for Ashley??? Andrew. another child. not a well rounded, stable, emotionally mature adult with the past experiences to prove these thought patterns wrong. and how does he respond? by giving in. his little sister is crying, upset, and mom and dad don’t like dealing with her and explicitly tell him its his responsibility to placate her and make sure she’s taken care of and listening to them- whenever they decide they’re going to attempt at parenting that is. they never tell him how to do this, all they want is for their daughter to shut up and leave them alone. in this moment, his little sister is crying and that is unacceptable. based on his past experiences, the fastest (and only) way to solve this problem that nobody else wants to deal with is to do what she wants to do. give in. let her have her way. even in the most extreme of circumstances, because neither of them have reliable responsible role models. as they grow up, Andrew builds resentment towards his sister for this, he’s always doing whatever she wants and they’re acting on her whims because they never learned otherwise. misdirected anger that should have been angled at their parents.. so why isn’t it? because their mother was a hostile, volatile person, who punished him for straying an inch out of line. follow orders and keep up appearances, or else. make sure she does the same, or else. expressing any sort of resentment or anger towards anyone but Ashley would have resulted in an outburst from their mother. there is a line, though. Renee may not have given him any sound examples or advice to follow but she did tell him what not to do: resort to physical violence. she knows it’s not a solution to behavior, we can assume she has experience with this because of her reaction to Andrew trying it out on his sister. and in light of their parents deaths, what does Andrew resort to? physical violence. why? because he’s learned that while it may not change Ashley’s behavior (like their mother said), it makes her listen in the moment. and it feels good, to finally let out his frustrations and he won’t be punished for it. this is him ‘acting out’. he finally has the chance to act without punishment and he uses it to do the only thing that he was explicitly told not to do. why does Ashley act the way she does? because she has 2 decades of experience telling her that what she does effects everyone but herself. she has never dealt with punishment, or consequences, in her entire 20 years of life. she has never had to keep up appearances, or stay in line, because she was never given a reason to. Andrew was. soo.. Andrew’s girlfriend breaks up with him, they kill their parents, they’ve been socially isolated and starved for months with the threat of death right around the corner and then they’re both given a chance to take advantage of an object that ultimately would relieve them of consequences.. but what’s the catch? there doesn’t seem to be one, but Andrew knows better. At least in this instance.

[daisybell-on-a-carousel]

"Jason was the happy robin" this, "jason was the angry robin" that. Let's all be fully honest here Jason was the lonely robin

[angelpuns]

Question for the masses: how would one know if they were aromantic or just so intensely a Capricorn that they can't like anyone because of the ick

[a-stars-art-blog]

🎸🦈

Sooo…KlavRyan/KlavDar/DaryKlav????

[plantanarchy]

Uh oh.... all five chooks are laying again....

[sengenism]

wdym if the petrification didn't happen, modern world gen wouldn't know how to flirt with girls while senku would be ur average dude with 18+ thoughts on his mind all the time....... this is just too funny