#I thought I had posted this

[polito0]

[reynaruina]

How curious...this little human shows an intense desire to kill, from such a young age. This is certainly an interesting discovery.

Don't worry, the sword is fake. Ms. Bitters assured so. Well... she never said if it was fake or not, but it's a skool play, and she provided it, so it must be...right?

[vodkacheesefries]

This is the sin/That I will confess to release myself/From consequence/And everyone can tell - Modern Day Cain (I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME)

something something I love biblical parallels/references/being doomed by the narrative etc and so forth

[scootscoot69]

Legit another drawing I forgot to post

[onstoryladders]

What do you think of Pete saying he has nowhere to run when Vegas asks why he is still there? I feel like Pete mean "where else would I be", but... I don't know, it feels a bit off.

It doesn't feel off to me? They're so-- intense whenever they say something to each other lol

And yes, I think he was essentially saying that – were else would I be, how do you expect me to be anywhere else when you're here and I chose you and I'm never letting go again?

He has nowhere to run to because it doesn't matter where he goes, Vegas is always gonna be with him, occupying his thoughts and memories and dreams and desires. There's nowhere to run.

[thatonethimbo]

OOKAY soo my bday is in 5 days (4th feb) :D and so i would love to ask for a part 2 of the tess story, along with mmmaybee some relationship hcs :) (i don't mind platonic or romantic, i'd be happy with anything!) Also! I hope you're doing well!❤️

(I had to take a break and update my fanfic so it wouldn't be as much of a nag as it was when I was trying to finish it.)

After what happened with Jake, the journey was becoming harder to bear with each obstacle.

There were times when both of you said nothing to each other, mourning the loss of your best friend.

Sure, Jake hadn't been your friend for the longest amount of time compared to your childhood friend but evidently, he had grown on you and Tess with how she reacted to his kidnapping.

It all went downhill from there after you defeated the Fluoruma gym, even with Tess present since she had come to tell you about the location of Team Eclipse's base.

Going forward, the ice around you upon entering the final cavern area chilled your bones, worsening as you spotted Tess confronting a group of Team Eclipse members.

Betrayal. Jake had joined them, now an admin with a neutral face. You had never seen Tess so horrified before.

You had to defeat him, or you'd be forced to join the team.

And only just barely, had you won, your last Pokémon down to a sliver of health.

Jake left with a dismayed look on his face.

Tess was heartbroken.

She let you go ahead with her to Frostveil, both of you walking in silence except for the times you battled with your Pokémon.

The battles did help the issue somewhat, however, you had heard a few talking about the Eclipse airship hovering above the frozen lake.

It wasn't there now, thankfully enough.

----

[FLUFF, AND A LIL' SOMETHING ELSE!]

The sea beyond the sand glittered like hundreds of sapphires in the sunlight, with clear water that was perfect for swimming. You had just exited your house, yawning with a stretch, ready for the day.

Though there was something nagging at the back of your mind, something important it seemed with how persistent the feeling was.

You did your usual daily activities, greeting the beach bums and such, however, your childhood friend wasn't in sight. Did you do something wrong? Was that what you were forgetting? Possibly so.

Not even the lighthouse was occupied. Strange.

It was then that you noticed a small note taped to a pole. Tearing it off, you read it.

MEET BENEATH THE BATTLE PIER.

The message had been typed, instead of handwritten. A small frown settled on your face as you rolled it up, stuffing it into your pocket.

You sauntered down to the beach, a particular bottom part of the pier covered up with surfing boards, and beach bums standing around it. Upon seeing you, they began panicking, settling to acting like there was nothing wrong.

''Excuse me? What's wrong?" You questioned upon approaching them. A dark-skinned woman glanced back at the surfboards, then back at you with an uneasy smile. Others watched on as you rubbed your arms, looking around. ''Please, I must know-''

''Pam, let them in.'' A voice called from within. The woman blinked owlishly before stepping aside and pulling a surfboard to reveal an entrance, or what you could make of one anyway.

Steeling yourself, you stepped in, the entrance closing behind you and shrouding your vision in darkness. Your world spun as you stumbled on uneven sandy ground, a pair of arms grabbing you and steadying you.

''What in the everloving-'' You were interrupted as someone struck a match, a wrinkled face briefly smiling in the flickering light before using it to light something else. A candle.

Multiple candles were lit as well, the rest of the accompanying people that the light showed within the remarkably small space all smiling at you. With Tess standing foremost, behind the cake.

''Go on, make a wish and blow 'em out.'' She softly whispered, the candlelight illuminating her face.

You shut your eyes, thinking of your wish before opening them and taking in a deep breath, blowing out all of the candles except one. Try as you may, the candle refused to be easily blown out.

Even when you thought you had it, the candle reignited itself. While this occurred a few of the others in the space were groaning and one continuously shook their head, muttering something along the lines of: "Not again, Reuben...''

Eventually, someone decided to give you mercy, in the form of Tess' grandfather, who swiped the candle from the cake and buried it in the sand, finally extinguishing the rotten thing.

Another pushed down a surfboard to allow light into the space. Then, you had to cut the cake and shared it with the others. You attempted sneaking out while everyone was busy talking, only to be pulled back in by the arm.

''We forgot! Happy birthday!'' The group cheered, breaking into song.

Tess raised her plate with cake, motioning for you to do the same as the others sang you happy birthday. With a grin, she pretended to make a toast with the plates of cake.

''Happy birthday, to you.'' Tess grinned, finishing her piece of cake as you did the same, placing her plate down to hug you. Eagerly, you hugged her back, smiling as well.

You were happy.

---

💜 [Relationship hcs] Note: 18+ Tess

Friends-to-lovers dynamic, of course.

Sometimes you go over to the other's house, mainly to hang out and build pillow forts, (you were superior in building them, while Tess was superior in destroying them with hardly any effort).

Though when you were finished (and if anyone else was home, at your place either your mother or father and at Tess' grandfather) there would sometimes be something waiting on the counter.

Usually, these consisted of gifts, other times they were just little messages with notes about how long you had until said parent would return.

Now that you were free to explore Roria, Tess brought you along with her, as she usually did.

Favourite place?

The Path of Truth was a place only accessible by using Surf, which you frequently utilised. It also happened to be one of Tess' favourites due to the many Dragon-Type Pokémon that frequented it.

Despite all the skeletons half-buried in the path's dirt, Tess always had at least a small smile while walking through.

It got weird quickly though when one time someone else entered, not anticipating two people in the path's cave.

Long story short, both of you made your escape.

It was then decided that you and Tess would travel all over Roria (while skipping Anthian City for obvious reasons), allowing your Pokémon to sightsee along with you.

Your bond with Tess became stronger during this time, training your Pokémon with hers.

You also happened to know some secret areas that Tess didn't, especially Glistening Grotto and Grove of Dreams, the latter where you made a wish that came true.

That bond... had turned into something more once you realised it.

This was another secret you decided to keep until you were ready.

Home used to be about your house but with Tess, it had become something more, something you didn't want to let go of so easily.

You were admittedly a bit afraid of what her response would be should you tell her.

So you decided to keep quiet about it and enjoy your company with Tess.

Though her confession came rather early when the two of you went through Cragonos Mines and were nearly crushed by a rock falling.

Albeit surprised, you accepted it and became her partner...

You steal each other's food if it happens to be the favourite. Think of two seagulls locked in eternal battle.

Tess likes giving you small gifts she has found from her adventures with you. Some of which you've already seen but expressed interest in especially.

Hugs are more frequent than kisses, if anything, Tess likes being able to hug you whenever, though if you are known to be uncomfortable with people hugging you out of the blue she will ask you prior to the hug should it happen.

Her Salamence is a bit grumpy that you two are together, but doesn't elaborate even when Tess asks them to.

Your parents got into the habit of making your food for when Tess is around as a way to ease you into things.

And when you were old enough on your birthday (or sometime after that), Tess bent down on one knee, holding a small box...

...to reveal a Ring Pop inside!

She was laughing when the real ring was brought forward.

[autistic-britta-perry]

watching bmc London and having the opposite experience of when you hear musical songs out of context and interpret stuff that's not actually in the text not only it is THERE but there's even more in the dialogue

[hansluvs]

glad u also hate my roommate 🫶 love ur layout btw!

we don’t fw roommates who “accidentally” uses up ur brita!!!! also thank u!! (*´꒳`*)

[feraljazzpunk]

hector for the playlist game? :o

How to Rest by The Crane Wives

Eighth Wonder by Lemon Demon

Cover Me by Starbender

Tongues and Teeth by The Crane Wives

Oh Ana, but the thquib version

Robert Frost by Mal Blum

[sylvies-kablooie]

i do unironically think the best artists of our generation are posting to get 20 notes and 3 reblogs btw. that fanfic with like 45 kudos is some of the best stuff ever written. those OCs you carry around have some of the richest backstories and worldbuilding someone has ever seen. please do not think that reaching only a few people when you post means your art isn't worth celebrating.

[clarisse-doodles]

inspired by this post, in which Damian does not know what Vine is

[ssalballoon]

Mystra showed him the secrets beneath the veils. The gossamer veils first, draped across the Weave. The delicate veils next, draped across her body. 'Chosen One' she whispered, as she slipped them off completely.

poor gale :'(

- the dialogue is from ea gale's explanation about his folly

- i kinda like that she ended up looking like a mother-of-pearl inlay lacquerware!

- oh this was a subconscious choice, but Gale is sitting in seiza which is a posture for showing respect especially to elders. it's also known to be a painful position to sit in for extended periods of time, which is why it was sometimes used as a method of (morally dubious) punishment. however, experienced people can maintain this posture for much longer. food for thought :-)

- (edit: deleted this point bcs it didn't really make sense + detracted from the art a little;;)

[inkskinned]

the thing is that they're so fascinated by sex, they love sex, they can't imagine a world without sex - they need sex to sell things, they need sex to be part of their personality, they need sex to prove their power - but they hate sex. they are disgusted by it.

sex is the only thing that holds their attention, and it is also the thing that can never be discussed directly.

you can't tell a child the normal names for parts of their body, that's sexual in nature, because the body isn't a body, it's a vessel of sex. it doesn't matter that it's been proven in studies (over and over) that kids need to know the names of their genitals; that they internalize sexual shame at a very young age and know it's 'dirty' to have a body; that it overwhelmingly protects children for them to have the correct words to communicate with. what matters is that they're sexual organs. what matters is that it freaks them out to think about kids having body parts - which only exist in the context of sex.

it's gross to talk about a period or how to check for cancer in a testicle or breast. that is nasty, illicit. there will be no pain meds for harsh medical procedures, just because they feature a cervix.

but they will put out an ad of you scantily-clad. you will sell their cars for them, because you have abs, a body. you will drip sex. you will ooze it, like a goo. like you were put on this planet to secrete wealth into their open palms.

they will hit you with that same palm. it will be disgusting that you like leather or leashes, but they will put their movie characters in leather and latex. it will be wrong of you to want sexual freedom, but they will mark their success in the number of people they bed.

they will crow that it's inappropriate for children so there will be no lessons on how to properly apply a condom, even to teens. it's teaching them the wrong things. no lessons on the diversity of sexual organ growth, none on how to obtain consent properly, none on how to recognize when you feel unsafe in your body. if you are a teenager, you have probably already been sexualized at some point in your life. you will have seen someone also-your-age who is splashed across a tv screen or a magazine or married to someone three times your age. you will watch people pull their hair into pigtails so they look like you. so that they can be sexy because of youth. one of the most common pornography searches involves newly-18 young women. girls. the words "barely legal," a hiss of glass sand over your skin.

barely legal. there are bills in place that will not allow people to feel safe in their own bodies. there are people working so hard to punish any person for having sex in a way that isn't god-fearing and submissive. heteronormative. the sex has to be at their feet, on your knees, your eyes wet. when was the first time you saw another person crying in pornography and thought - okay but for real. she looks super unhappy. later, when you are unhappy, you will close your eyes and ignore the feeling and act the role you have been taught to keep playing. they will punish the sex workers, remove the places they can practice their trade safely. they will then make casual jokes about how they sexually harass their nanny.

and they love sex but they hate that you're having sex. you need to have their ornamental, perfunctory, dispassionate sex. so you can't kiss your girlfriend in the bible belt because it is gross to have sex with someone of the same gender. so you can't get your tubes tied in new england because you might change your mind. so you can't admit you were sexually assaulted because real men don't get hurt, you should be grateful. you cannot handle your own body, you cannot handle the risks involved, let other people decide that for you. you aren't ready yet.

but they need you to have sex because you need to have kids. at 15, you are old enough to parent. you are not old enough to hear the word fuck too many times on television.

they are horrified by sex and they never stop talking about it, thinking about it, making everything unnecessarily preverted. the saying - a thief thinks everyone steals. they stand up at their podiums and they look out at the crowd and they sign a bill into place that makes sexwork even more unsafe and they stand up and smile and sign a bill that makes gender-affirming care illegal and they get up and they shrug their shoulders and write don't say gay and they get up, and they make the world about sex, but this horrible, plastic vision of it that they have. this wretched, emotionless thing that holds so much weight it's staggering. they put their whole spine behind it and they push and they say it's normal!

this horrible world they live in. disgusted and also obsessed.

[locusfandomtime]

compilation of all the iconic insane mumbo jumbo posts

wanted to get them all in one place. feel free to add

[yuneu]

every girl should be given a 6tb hard drive for free so she can store her little collection of illegally obtained 4k ultra hd movies

[r-si]

@kay_wow on tiktok