#Old and fragile

[haunted-girlyy]

- Swiss and Dewdrop had sex and laying now next to each other in bed -

Dewdrop: That makes 200£

Swiss: what?

Dewdrop: You have to pay me

Swiss: wtf I won't pay you?! Why would you want that?

Dewdrop, shrugging shoulders: I need money

Swiss: for what?!

Dewdrop: none of your business

Swiss:

Dewdrop: an eletrical sock remover so that I don't have to bend down to take them off...

Swiss: no.

- later that day -

Phantom, embarrassed: Swiss, can you lend me 200£ please?

Swiss, slightly worried: phantom...why?

Phantom: well, funny story but I slept with Dew...

[copias-thrall]

Con Dewy

Bridgeport 8/20/23

[marzipanandminutiae]

the other reason the "vandalize art" method of protest bugs me- which it wouldn't in isolation because it's never something that causes actual damage; the flour was removable -is that the commentary from the group is ALWAYS something like "well, why care about that when climate change exists?! how DARE you give a shit about art when Bad Things are happening!!!"

and like. bad things are ALWAYS happening. you can care about more than one thing! loving art and beauty and history are basic parts of the human experience- part of what we're fighting to save from climate change. part of what makes life worth protecting

shaming people for enjoying things is always a No from me

(also, is it just me, or do they never vandalize modern art? I can think of plenty non-oil-painting or ancient structure pieces that represent oodles of greed, corruption, vanity, etc. but happen to have been created after 1920. Boston's City Hall hurt way more people than the Mona Lisa ever did, seeing as a bunch of 19th-century working-class commercial and residential buildings were bulldozed to construct a huge Brutalist space-hog)

[mmelolabelle]

Armand is someone who has been has been trained (in brothels, by Marius, and by 500+ years worth of life experience) to adapt himself to what the people around him want. Throughout seasons 1-2, different people get very different versions of Armand, depending on who they are and who’s retelling the story at the time.

It’s the primary way Armand protects himself, whether he’s a teenage sex slave or the oldest, strongest person in the room. It’s how he controls people. Fundamentally, it’s the only way Armand knows to make people love him (an approximation of love at least). Worse, it’s the only way Armand knows how to love — by twisting and contorting himself into whatever form he thinks his current obsession wants or needs him to be. He even does it to his victims for crying out loud.

And then here’s Daniel, who is constantly seeking authenticity and truth. Who’s bullshit detector is never “off”. Who cannot tolerate any kind of masquerade, manipulation or lie – no matter how kind or well intentioned. Not out of any moral or ethical objection, but because Daniel simply cannot leave things well enough alone once something attracts his attention. He has to know. He has to see where it goes and how it ends.

“It’s my job, I’m built this way”

“It’s in your nature, Mr Molloy. Couldn’t get out the door without lobbing one more bomb.”

Daniel knew something was off about “Rashid” from the beginning, so he began to pick the situation in Dubai apart until Armand revealed himself. And then he kept going until he completely destroyed the narrative Armand had spent 77 years constructing.

Daniel deliberately and systematically pulled “Armand, Amadeo, Arun” apart and laid him bare with nothing but but a laptop, some free time, a near-suicidal disregard for his own personal safety and a mouth that just wouldn’t quit.

There’s power in being seen, in being known, ugly parts and all. What would it feel like, to be completely exposed like that for the first time in centuries?

So yeah it makes sense to me that Armand, who puts on all these acts and artifices to draw people in, but which only serve to ensure they’re kept at a distance, would turn his big sad orange eyes on the person who blew them all to smithereens and be all “…I wanna do this forever, actually.”

[mayasaura]

There's really something in how despite his hollow flippancy, Augustine was the only one of his generation who hadn't given up.

Cytherea would have personally killed everyone in the solar system and then God, trying to die. Mercymorn tried to do it the other way around, but she had the same end in mind. Augustine is the one who said no. No, there are people out there. Real people, to whom we have a responsibility, and to whom we owe a future. Until. You know.

[zlarirosa]

draco's first time eating muggle burger...without cutlery

(ps. he liked it a lot, much to his dismay)

[pangur-and-grim]

ended up being 11 hours at the emergency clinic. I have a pro strat of biting the inside of my mouth to stop myself from crying, but 11 hours straight of that has left it a bit shredded

[calista-222]

WHY DO THE CONTROLLERS ATTACH LIKE THAT?? That looks like the most breakable thing I've ever seen oh my god

[more-than-ideas]

old friends

[storytellingbadger]

Turns out Old Moon and Solar's Sun "Swift" have a lot in common.

Both are back from the dead. Both feel responsible for the devastation and destruction they left behind. Both are a little lost, trying to forge places in a family that went on without them. Both fiercely love their brothers. Both mourn a life that's long behind them.

As it transpires, they also both love numbers and mathematics, and bond over chess and sudoku.

Unexpected besties.

Based on my TSAMS AU Celestial Phenomena over on AO3. Mind the ratings.

[haunted-girlyy]

Dewdrop: "I'm a senior at knees and back."

Swiss: "Funny. Had a completely different impression last night."

[thisischeri]

Instagram: cheri.png

[notebook-enthusiast]

It's hard being a single father with so many mouths to feed 😪

[gonnahaveabigtalklater]

imagine being a middle-aged man, finding out u r intersex, immediately telling ur boss (???) and in response he promotes you to CEO

[shrews-art]

The child queen of a world born anew!! What will she do!

[capricoopla]