#Thank you nina! <3 <3 <3

[deankarolina]

6, 11, 18, 21!!! YOU (B)EAN!!!

YOU'RE A BEAN! or possibly a Bea no N's for you 6:Episode of tv or webisode that defined the year for you? answered prev. but Yellowjackets 2X02!! Jackie Feast time!

11:Something you want to do again next year? also answered here, but have some more things! Play more games with pals!, Complete more art projects, Publish my next game, Hug my friends more, Go to another film festival

18:A memorable meal this year? Every year me and a few friends have a pizza night where we go to my friend who has a brick oven outside their garden's house, and we all chop the wood for the fire and handmake custom pizzas together but this year I found out about the amazing combo that is homemade woodfired pizza + hot honey and god is that so fucking good pls do try it if you can, my beloved friends on here if I could craft pizzas with you all (a la alice pizza monologue style) and hang out and show you all this combo I would <3

21: What’s something new about your place of residence (room, home, or general location) now vs the start of the year? Well for my room, I've got some more knives in here, and some more cool art on the walls including a very nice Mitski print from a twitter artist I love a lot, Some prints from Soph (hill house, teeth, fangs, kaspar), print off of my doodle I got from Julie, print off of cabin animal doodles, some other friend doodles etc Oh also maybe now haunted? I walked into my brothers room the other day and noticed a weird af porcelain doll and asked him where he got it and why he has it, and he apparently found it in an abandoned building near some teeth moulds so like....... house could be haunted now maybe

[nina-scribbles]

~'☁‧₊˚ ☁️⋅♡ Happy (late) birthday Oboro! ִֶָ☾. ⋆｡°•☁️.`~

[suusoh]

would be funny, if Nina had a gf, and due to Johan's tendency to see him and nina as the same, he'd drop by casually, disguised or not, while nina is away. What's wrong? Nina is him and he's Nina! There's no complications with kissing him! You're basically kissing his sister! (Eaten ask)

your brain anon...........like EXACTLY. exactly. God this is sooo hot and weird which is johan's brand. He is karl marxing the fuck out of his sister's girlfriend. What do you mean "meet my girlfriend"? You mean meet OUR girlfriend. right? (tw: nonconsensual kissing, yandere)

Could you imagine bidding your girlfriend, Nina, goodbye after she spent the whole evening at your place? You whine and beg her to stay longer, clinging onto her, but she rolls her eyes playfully and insists she has to go.

She gives you a loving parting kiss on your lips, then plants even more– on your nose, cheeks, and finally your forehead– before she reluctantly pulls away. Any more, she jests, and she won’t be able to leave.

"You know I hate leaving you like this," she laughs softly. "But don't worry, I'll make up for today once my exams are over. Okay?"

She gives you one last final kiss before finally leaving, waving at you as she walks down the street.

You sigh and close the door, already missing her.

You really love Nina, but sometimes it feels like she doesn’t have much time for you. You understand she has her exams, a part-time job, and aikido training, which doesn’t really leave much left for you. Still, you can’t help but feel a bit greedy, wishing she’d at least dedicate a part of her to you. You're her girlfriend, after all.

You sigh one last time. No use.

She’s already spread too thin, and you know if you tell her your concern, she’ll worry and try to double her efforts to make time for you. No way in hell are you going to give her any more stress in her life. Although today was just half a day together, you're grateful. Even if it left you unbelievably craving, aching for more…

You hear a soft knock on your door. Is it Nina? Did she forget something? Oh, your prayers have been answered. You just wanted one more second with her. You open the door immediately, an excited smile on your face.

"What did you forget this ti-"

"Missing me already?"

You freeze, standing dumbfounded. In front of you is not, in fact, your girlfriend, but a tall, blonde man smiling softly at you.

"I'm… I'm sorry. I don't— Do I know you?" you ask, trying to stay cool. He must have the wrong house to ask something like that so proudly. You’ve never met him before.

His smile doesn’t falter at your question. He continues looking at you, his eye contact unwavering.

"You do." he answers, calmly leaving no explanation, still smiling softly.

You’re getting nervous. He keeps staring and smiling at you. You try to get a good look at him. Is he a mutual friend? An old classmate? A person you pissed off once? You’re at a blank. Though… the more you look at him, the more you notice how similar he looks to… to your… what the hell.

Why does he... look... a bit like Nina?

No. You chalk it off. He just has blonde hair and blue eyes, and the fact you’re missing your girlfriend terribly doesn’t help. But even then, their facial features strike a matching resemblance. It’s a bit uncanny.

You let out a nervous laugh and smile sheepishly at him. "Look, I’m really racking my brain here. Have we met before? I’m really sorry if I can’t recall…"

You give him his cue to introduce himself, to remind you who he is, to be offended at you forgetting—anything! He’s just standing there, staring down with that same smile. Your eyes dart around, seeing if this is a prank. A small uneasy pit forms in your stomach.

A beat passes by. You still wait for his reply.

You can't help but start feeling creeped out. Stupid. Always ask who’s there before opening the door. Just ask him what he wants with you and get it out of the way.

"Hey uh, I-"

He kisses you, his lips softly crashing against yours, hands gently cradling the back of your neck. He’s not forceful, but his hold is steady. You squirm and try to break free, but he quickly shushes you and holds you closer, entrapping your lips in another long kiss.

You think of quickly think of biting him, but he gently pulls away right before you can go through with the thought. His hands come up to tenderly cup your face, his thumb softly brushing against your cheek as he looks at you.

Your vision begins to blur from your tears, your legs wobbling from the fear of the situation.

"I don't know you!" you practically scream out. Your desperation kicks in as you continue to panic. "P-Please. please. please. I'm sorry. I don't know you. I don't… I don't… please… I-."

You cry softly, pleading with him. He just continues cradling your face in his hands, looking at you with that godawful eerie smile. He leans back in, slowly murmuring,

"Shh…"

He continues peppering kisses all over your wet cheeks. "You do know me," he whispers, kissing your nose. "And you know I need to make it up to you," he says, kissing your forehead. He hums softly and leaves another final chaste kiss on your lips.

"And you know I hate leaving you like this."

[crushedsweets]

Can you share headcanons or more ninakate drawings? :)

YES I CANNNN!!! ok usual disclaimer, my AU drastically changes both characters!

i'm using this to focus on nina and 'the chaser'! mostly just rambling about how they would connect, thoughts on their relationship, whatever. not very romantic :') naturally I subdue the chaser a lot here

ok so. 'the chaser' isnt really kate, like most HCs go. the chaser is a violent, animalistic pawn of slendy that tears through everything slendy wants it to. she killed lauren, someone kate loved long before she got sick.

and dont get me wrong, nina is not some special exception. however, the chaser targets threats; lauren trying to take the pages. nina isnt a threat(slendy even sees her as an asset), but the chaser will drag her out of the mines by the leg with little care.

toby would escort nina if she's being stubborn about visiting kate. kate keeps telling both of them to stop trying to see her at the mines, saying she'll just come to the cabin more often. but they know she wont, they know she'll just sit and rot if nobody comes and drags her out - effectively leaving her completely isolated and only getting sicker and sicker.

i like the idea of the chaser eventually trusting Toby, and if Nina is always paired with him, she'll eventually be okay with Nina. especially seeing Nina tentatively bring her paper to scribble on, setting down bags of food for the chaser to tear into, water bottles, etc.

ok this is really goofy nobody laugh. you guys know that scene in tarzan where he's like poking at jane, lifting her hair and squeezing her face and stuff? i kinda see the chaser and nina like that.

theyre NEVER left alone together for the first few months, toby doesnt even let the chaser get close to nina, but maybe nina and kate are going on a walk and kate starts getting a headache and looks up and her eyes are glossed over and she hunches over and nina knows thats not kate anymore. nina taking nervous steps back, trying to figure out what she's supposed to do without toby, the chaser stalking forward. nina stumbles back and hits a tree, slides down and covers her head, immediately thinking of the time she caught kate tearing a grown man apart.

im just SO OBSESSED WITH THE CHASER BEING CURIOUS ABOUT NINA. the chaser knows ninas not a threat(+slendy likes nina), she associates nina with toby, and nina is so flashy and clams up so awkwardly. has the chaser crouched in front of a curled up nina, pushing her head back against a tree and tugging at her hoops. peeling off a fake eyelash and cringing at it. trying to bite her acrylics(in which nina yanks her hand away and the chaser stares at her hella pissy.)

really loving the idea of the chaser having a massive ass headache, curled on the floor, incapable of fighting. nina coming along and soothing its hair down and pulling it into a little hug and just sitting there. hurts a little to be squeezed so damn tight by the chaser, but she gets over it. . .

i dont think kate will EVER trust the chaser, but ninas a bit more optimistic. she'll go to the mines without toby now. she's learned to be quiet and gentle doing it, rather than her usual jumping and giggling and squealing. gives both kate AND the chaser time to wake up and come to her.

and ok ninas still totally sick in the head. while the chaser doesnt fully see her as a friend(or girlfriend), more like... a doll. ? a companion? something to pull around and grab and examine. and nina THINKS shes some special exception, she thinks she's so special that the chaser loves her, she loves how fucking terrifying it is while just squeezing her face, loves bragging to Toby and seeing his horrified face when he realizes Nina was left alone with it.

but frankly i am scared for nina cuz she is nowhere near as safe as she thinks she is. i could see kate starting to actively avoid nina. hiding out in the radio tower so nina cant find her, trying to push her away, telling her she doesnt want to see her. tell her slendy doesnt want her around, fake a headache, all of this. drama drama drama miscommunication issues etc etc ...

eventually nina needs to work on boundaries, listening to people, understanding she isnt that special, looking at things very objectively, actually examining danger, not seeking thrills, etc... all of that. big obstacle.

but nina loves the chaser, even if the chaser doesnt love her. and kates so fucking grateful it hasnt hurt nina yet.

[sugar-grigri]

Ok so about Johan why did he exactly kill the fortners?I understand why he left her at the fortners but then why did he come back after 9 years and kills them and hhen he wants to see her? Like what was his plan exactly

The tragedy of being one

This is the tragedy of twins: Johan is obsessed with the idea of being Nina and Nina being him, a single being separated into two entities, but a single being nonetheless.

Shoot me. You are me and I am you.

What Johan wants for Nina is not for her sake, but for her to remain himself. Or more precisely, as her identity has been suppressed by her mother, to be Nina.

Johan isn't angry with Tenma for saving him, but he knows that by saving the monster, Tenma himself has prevented Nina from finding happiness.

You saved my life 9 years ago. Have you already forgotten about the twins?

There's something that I find is often overlooked in the analysis of the beginning, and which will be of vital importance later on. Tenma had to answer a dilemma, save the mayor or save a little boy, but in reality, another silent dilemma arose immediately afterwards, save Johan or save Nina? Because in reality, throughout the work, Tenma is trying to make up for his mistake, not just saving Johan, and therefore killing him as Nina had aspired to do, but also saving Nina whom he had condemned. 

Who was she trying to save ? Me ? Or my sister? Which of us ?

It's clear from the beginning that as long as Johan is close and alive, even in a comatose state, Nina is no more. The little girl in hospital needs to heal, just like her brother. The climax of all this comes when Johan ‘wakes up’ and Nina faints. They can no longer be two, they are condemned to be one. 

It's towards the end that we realise that this dilemma has conditioned the twins' existence: who between Johan and Nina? Tenma will have to answer the question. If he doesn't kill Johan, it's not just because he's afraid to kill, it's because he doesn't know how to answer it.

If Johan had actually been killed by Nina that night, Nina would finally have been happy, because the monster would no longer be there. Above all, death was the only way for Johan to be "happy", because Nina is him, and if she is happy, he would have been happy. But if he lives, he's not cut out for happiness. And because Nina is him, she can't hope for happiness and a loving family.

Johan contacts Nina as Prince Charming on his white horse who will cover Nina with flowers. It sounded weirdly romantic, but in reality the symbolism is something else. In the apocalypse, Death is a white knight. And the flowers only evoke those placed on graves for mourners. Johan wants to cover Nina in flowers. Or lose his loved ones.

Don't tell me you think Prince Charming on his white knight is going to come and get you ?

For Johan, attacking the Fortners was inevitable. The name alone is a problem : Fortner. People who gave Nina a name. A name that she's not supposed to have. Giving herself an identity is what sets Johan apart. And he won't allow it. To return, he has to empty this identity.

It is for this symbolic reason that Nina suffers from amnesia. Obviously because she's traumatised. But also because the more she embraces Nina, the less she is Johan, so the more her memories of him crumble.

That's why, automatically, when Johan kills the Fortners, Nina remembers having killed him. Suddenly faced with death (the white knight) and loneliness (smother with flowers), Nina remembers the existence of her twin, Johan.

I killed him.

Why did Johan wait so long ? I think we still need to answer this from a philosophical point of view. Johan wanted to see Nina again. She is him, he is her, she is the only being that matters. But the Fortners were just in the way.

Are they really on their way when they didn't really know about this meeting? They have in themselves interfered by giving Nina a name. Johan is nevertheless concerned about Nina's happiness because I think he really tried to give her access to a form of healing and peace. He wanted to die so that she could be happy without the monster inside him. Then, when she rejected him in hospital, he let her live without him.

I'd also like to point out that Johan changed his motivation after recovering some of his memories. Which will in fact be Anna's. By reading the story about the nameless monster. Before that, I think Johan's amnesia gave him a kind of block. And he himself was afraid of what he described as a monster. Who was actually Bonaparte visiting them at the Liebert house.

Johan could never trust adults so he didn't trust the Fortners any more.

You'll run away so the monster doesn't catch you.

I think Johan's conclusion was that the only person he could trust was Doctor Tenma. So he left it to him to explore a past that he wanted to keep forgotten. I think he really did entrust Nina to him at the castle. Because Johan was there! He shot the henchman who was going to kidnap Nina. He was there when Nina met Tenma.

Why didn't he show up? Because he realised that Nina wasn't ready. Because she fainted when she saw him. She couldn't see Johan, the reflection of a past she didn't have the key to.

He killed the Fortners on Nina's birthday. A random date set for a nameless orphan with no history. Johan came to give meaning to this birthday. The day of Anna's rebirth.

And Johan's rebirth. Everything he did, he did for himself too. He has no name. Nina had to lose her family, she had to have a name without any substance. What are the Fortners without their parents? There is no longer a Fortner family.

The nameless monster simply ate his escaped second half.

One went east, the other west.

Then the monster who had gone west said to him. We don't need a name. You can be very happy without a name. Because we are the nameless monsters.

The little boy ate the monster from the west.

[boxwinebaddie]

so the best way i can describe my style's relationship is jerseykyle violently and aggressively cussing some guy out, threatening to throw his pathetic, lifeless body into the hudson or send him back to his mother in tiny, miserable pieces, practically snarling, then turning over to ravenstan and in the softest, loveliest voice in the world going "hey, baby? will ya do something for me? kiss this and close your eyes, okay?" ft. raven nodding, closing his eyes after gently kissing jersey's fist for good luck and him cracking that dude's face wide open w it <3

[a-map-of-gays]

The Six Crows as the Bg3 Origin companions

Or: I am not immune to groups of six

Astarion and Kaz

This is the most obvious one. Violent and feral persona, but secretly deeply soft. Very sexualised in fandom/canon despite having trauma that makes intimacy very difficult

Karlach and Jesper

Chaotic entity of destruction. Metal/Heat/Melting imagery. Loves everyone passionately, big fan of physical touch. 'I wanna ride you till you see stars' is 100% a Jesper line, as is 'Maybe I liked your stupid face' for Karlach.

Wyll and Matthias

Devoutly serving a power that is not healthy/teaches them to destroy people for things they can't control. CRIMINALLY underrated in the fandom. Just the sweetest boys.

Gale and Wylan

Characterised as very sweet and baby, actually very forward when it comes to flirting. Bombs. Big wet eyes. Awkward and insecure, but can be arrogant when it comes to their abilities.

Lae'zel and Nina

Trained to be a soldier from a very young age, incredibly patriotic/faithful to their own people. Naturally on the offensive with strangers, not particularly trusting.

Shadowheart and Inej

Devoutly religious, gods favourite princess, objectively has the most main character energy of the group (despite fandom giving the title to astarion/kaz)

[charcubed]

THERE'S NOTHING LIKE YOU & I a Good Omens season 2 playlist

Quiet, gentle, romantic, and a little bit devastating – roughly in story order. For being lonely together across 6,000 years and aching for the freedom to love.

On Spotify Here

(Previous editions: Soft To Be Strong – Good Omens season 1 | Crowley/Aziraphale upbeat song dump)

[hiimcanadia]

This is the second time I've drawn fanart specifically for @ask-stede-bonnet and will probably not be the last. Thanks for being such an inspiration, captain o7

[hergrandplan]

For the WIP game - in keeping with today's Simon's month theme, please tell us about "First labour day together"!

- dreamyelectronicmusic

slkgjsg it's so funny you asked that bc i did debate posting a snippet of this one today but decided against it for one of two reasons:

a) it's no longer a labor day fic

b) i posted so many snippets already

but basically this fic was born out of a convo between me and @bigalockwood about how fucking turned on Simon would be after seeing Wille at a labor day protest post-abdication. like... that's his man! using his voice!! and how Simon would be unable to keep it in his pants and um yea. Only it changed from labor day to a climate change protest also so I can have a few puns in there about Wille being hot (that i still need to write in lol, and I may only have just decided on the puns but the fic is kind of humorous so yeah)(it's also very nsfw because that's literally how it started, Simon not being able to keep it in his pants and spoiler alert; he doesn't)

It's still called the labor day fic bc i dont change doc titles but until il come up with a proper title, which I should do soon, probably, it's "protest fic"

Ask me about my WIPs!

[nina-scribbles]

What do you mean? Dragoon has a great fashion sense. (+a template)

[suusoh]

Your post regarding Johan and Anna being a yandere for one darling intrigued me so much and I just wanna know what you think would happen if, say, their darling prefers one twin over the other? For instance, the darling prefers Anna over Johan, and vice versa. I personally think that if the darling prefers Anna, then Johan would sorta emulate himself to be a bit more like his twin sister (and I imagine him having an identity crisis low-key 😭) — what are your thots?

my friend do you WANT him to break down??? His whole source of trauma is having their mother pick between them 😭😭😭. This would absolutely not end well for all parties involved. But I do understand the angst factor. Let's say darling prefers women, he may just have to pull the wig out (jk jk). If this was Pre-Rurenheim, he'd have no problems playing dress up for you. He doesn't have his own identity so he doesn't really care. You like Nina? Well you're just in luck now you'll have another her. They're the same person anyways. But if this was post monster I don't think he can subject himself to that same trauma again of living his whole life as his sister's alternate/being just one half of a person. If you prefer Johan on the other hand, I think Nina would be more understanding about it. Even if she was also yandere in this scenario. She thinks her brother deserves nicer things now (you). She doesn't mind taking a back seat for now since she was able to live a good life in fairness to him. She was actually able to have a nice foster family and some friends. So she'll support it. As long as you don't forget she's here too! Her brother can't have all the fun of course.

yandere ANNA on the other hand (i'm so sorry. if this is confusing ToT Nina and Anna are different. Anna is if nina was the "monster" instead of johan ), would feel slightly upset and jealous and might even find you picking between them redundant. She's practically the same as Johan or even better, what does he have that she doesn't? This is dumb. Either don't pick between them or pick her if you had to. Their mother obviously picked her to give away, they picked her to prod and experiment on, so why can't you pick her this time? Proceeds to guilt trip you. to summarize: picking favourites between yandere johan and nina? Therapy needed picking favourites between yandere johan and anna? World War 3.

[silly-stage-au]

We are happy to report Nina did sing, even if only the last two lines of her song! Unfortunately, it looks like she didn't do a good enough job for you. Surprising many, Ája's currently in the lead. Good job, Ája..?

But, the scores are very close, and there's 4 days left to to vote. You can still change the outcome of this match, but ONLY if you vote!

[thal-ent]

Tell me a fun fact about one of the ocs you don't get to talk about as much as the others! <3

Okay so I'm not talking about the oe or pdg ones then, I have a whole discord with Friends about that universe fudndjdjje even if I'm thinking about another story in that verse I just need to talk lore with someone about it fudjdjdj

I'll talk about my latest baby I think, Yavana !! I'm still a little shy to talk about her since I have to keep a lot of things secret from other players djdndjsjsji but I can say a little funfact !

She's a star elf, a race that is known for being stronger than most other races, but she's very weak physically and is a healer. Star elfs also have an affinity for Ice magic, and she can use some. But that also means her body temperature is naturally VERY low ! That doesn't bother her much, but it can surprise people when the pretty elf who's here to heal puts her hands on them and it's FREEZING fjdndijekej

[ardenrosegarden]

Reverse Unpopular Opinion: Constance of Brittany

Another one of the topics I could honestly gush about for hours <3

I always love falling into a rabbit hole that is a gap in knowledge and for many years since Hillion's 1985 article on Constance's political strategies, we really haven't heard much on her. Then, after the turn of the 21st century we've seen what feels like an explosion of interest both in Constance and her surrounding context that is 12th century Brittany. Part of the draw is living in a time where new research on her genuinely feels novel and interesting.

And, as a person, I think Constance is genuinely interesting! Her father was essentially removed from power and she was brought up in the court of the guy who did it so she could eventually marry his son, and she had shifted power in the duchy to her favor by the time she was 25. She chose the threat of a lifetime in prison over letting Richard I have custody of her son, when she suspected she didn't have long to live, she started construction of an abbey in hopes of asking God's protection for Arthur, and she chose to be buried in Nantes, perhaps as a move to "mark it" as Breton rather than Angevin territory. But she also often cooperated and collaborated with her in-laws, so we're given a really complicated image of her views and political philosophy which is fun to parse through.

Looking through both positive and negative accounts of her, I see a consistent picture of someone who went through quite a bit of personal hardships but was also smart, tenacious, and ambitious. Her lifetime was unfortunately during a blip in the historical record where we don't get day-to-day accounts of what the duke/duchess did and said, but it's still very fun to see people use creative methods with analyses and materials we do have to figure out who she was and why she did the things she did.

Chédeville and Tonnerre describe her as "discreet but firm", which feels more and more true the more I read about her ❤︎

Reverse Unpopular Opinion Meme, send me a topic and I have to be nice about it

[wolfblood-of-anubis]

there’s a power rangers joke in here somewhere