#Zeph rambles

[privateolives]

This is just a small moment, but I appreciate that you can tell how much Laios cares about Marcille just by his reaction here.

After all, they already established that he doesn't give a flying fuck about these topics, and only keeps his own hair trimmed to not look like his dad:

But the fact that Marcille who loved and cared for her hair both for appearance and magical significance, is so unaffected by the state of it, left him like this

He didn't even notice the change of appearance until this point, but the realization that she's neglected something that important TO HER has him instantly shocked and upset on her behalf.

idk it's just a neat little moment of showing how much he cares for his friends, despite the many themes of dislike and alienation from other people that appears in his story.

[zephsomething]

I genuinely love how often Emily does, anything really, and it immediately cuts to Murph’s little fucking smile at her. Genuinely very sweet

[zephkit]

Hey, bills kicked my ass and I had to dip into my moving savings I could use some help :(

https://ko-fi.com/zephkit

[ickytiel]

Fun fact if u are me and have hit the penjamin before bed, you Can spook yourself into a weird half sleep paralysis doomscroll by looking at pictures of the poolrooms

[shyminmin]

Random note but whatever this is my blog:

I just want to thank all the wonderful stories out there both fan fiction and non and the writers behind them. They get me through my day and I don’t know what I’d do otherwise if they didn’t exist.

[privateolives]

This is actually pretty important in general.

A common mistake is trying to debate issues from where you are, but if you want to reach other people, you have to go to where they are first and gradually lead them there.

I had a cool chat with a museum worker once, who explained that they keep a little McDonald's toy of Disney's Hercules besides some depictions of the actual myth (Legally purchased, look up the international exhibit in the Copenhagen national museum for the cool story). A modern audience isn't going to connect with a random ancient picture, but they will connect with the cartoon, and that connection will get them interested in the artifact and it's surrounding text. That way, they're going to the level of understanding that the audience is as and gently direct them in the right direction.

You need to remember that where YOU are in your understanding is build on a lot of previous work building up understandings into "of course it's like this"s, and lots of people aren't going to have that pre-understanding! And if they don't have that pre-understanding, they're not going to make sense of anything you say. ESPECIALLY if you're angry or trying to point out a morally questionable behavior.

Think of it like this: If you spend a good portion of your life trying to be a good person based on what you've been taught a morally good person is, and some irate person suddenly tells you you're a dick for some bullshit reason? Most likely, the response is going to be "Well I'm trying very hard, this person is clearly an asshole and whatever they say clearly doesn't have any credit."

If you come in swinging, anything you say after that point is likely to get invalidated subconsciously by the person you're talking to, no matter how right you are. Sometimes it can create so much resistance that the other person will go on the defencive anytime they hear any buzzwords you used. That's how we end up with people making fun of any "leftist terminology".

It feels good to let out all your justified righteousness, but sometimes you have to make a choice between whether you want to feel good being angry or actually moving people in the right direction.

GRADE SCHOOL SJWS stop using social justice language to explain shit to your conservative parents IT’S NOT GONNA GO THROUGH now all they have are some new words to make fun of. don’t tell your mom she’s being fatphobic tell her she’s being a dick

[moongoddesssimp]

When I accidentally use the wrong word bc I mix them up and get politely scolded when it wasn't necessary and in fact no wrong had been done on my part but now I feel bad bc my words keep getting jumbled, m just tired and didn't realize I used the wrong word til I left.

[abyssyby]

tysm for the love on my twinboydad!sylus drabble! (˶˃ᵕ˂˶)

curious: what would you name the twins? i'd love to know!

also thank u for reading <3

[kelconfetti]

tony would say this to peter and peter would actually stop talking.

[privateolives]

By the way, if you're looking for reference on how to render materials - and especially distressed materials - I recommend looking at antique and second hand stores online. You can find some really good reference there.

Examples from here.

[zephsomething]

84 damage “yeah since that’s only a cantrip im going to heal Fabian” holy Jesus shit Fig

[zephkit]

It me birth!! :D

[arcanefeelings]

um so what about like... military!gojo satoru?

satoru's an army brat through and through, with his parents meeting in the army, his father's father was ex-navy, and his father was ex-army too. it's in his blood. it's all he's ever known he could be. but he still wants to be a little different, so he goes one step further than the rest of his family, to be better and do better. so military!satoru applies to the marines.

training is tough, no doubt. some orders are hard to follow. but in his first month of training, he meets geto suguru, a kid the same age as him who enlisted because he couldn't afford college on his own and had nowhere to go after high school.

marine!suguru doesn't know what he's doing, a quiet snarky boy with all the street smarts but not all the right connections. but lucky for him, he's roommates with the gojo satoru, nepo baby of the military.

[divine-misfortune]

Dew loves being the stress relief Zephyr doesn't know they need sometimes.

They're not often a heavy handed dom, preferring to order rather than force, but sometimes there's that itch they struggle to scratch. Can't push Mountain around like they can with Dew. Can't manhandle Ifrit the way they can with Dew. Can't take Aether over their knee like Dew. But that little water ghoul eagerly submits to their more sadistic side without question, eager to feel the brunt of their frustrations like no one else can.

He's mostly good, they know he truly only acts like a brat when Aether's around, but sometimes he seems to delight in riling them up. Poking the beast until he spends the next day wincing when he walks and nearly yelping when he sits down, the backs of his thighs and his ass bruised dark as a plum - the thin marks of a whip still visible in the muddy array.

It isn't all punishment, because Dew often proves himself good. He looks beautiful and delicate above them, hands braced on their chest, working those narrow hips like the only thing he knew was pleasing them. Small and fragile enough they can take him in their hands and bounce them on their cock with ease, and Dew takes it. His head falling back, flush creeping down his chest, little cock dripping as he's moved like a doll. Rewarded for his submission by being used for their pleasure.

And when Zephyr finally cums, the irritation and annoyance seemingly vanishing from their body, they can drag Dew down against their chest, slowly softening cock held in the warm clutch of his body still. He's limp against them, thighs trembling on either side of their hips, face squished into their collarbones. They stay there, nose buried in his hair, knuckles dancing lazily up and down his spine, Dew purring sweetly all the while.

Zephyr's appreciation is hushed, whispered into him like a secret. Soft thanks breathed close to his ear until they can look down and see those pale blue eyes staring up at them, still a touch glassy, a little wet around the lashes. Silent gratitude and adoration in the way he looks at them, 'I love you and I trust you' without words every time.

[jombeesgirl]

How do I be happy when the only home I ever knew walked away without even saying goodbye?