#a little help series

[wishiwasbig]

A Little Help Goes A Long Way PT.2

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This chapter is a bit longer than the last one but not by much haha... Robbie freaks out some more and eats some apples. Lots of fearplay but he's alright in the end. :)

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All of the TW/CWs from the last chapter apply here as well besides blood and injury. Also while there is no vore there are mentions of being eaten.

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Robbie was confused.

He didn't remember going to bed. He certainly didn't remember falling asleep. In fact, he didn't even know where he was. Even though he hadn't opened eyes yet he could still tell this was not his bed, and it certainly wasn't his recliner.

His limbs felt as though they were suspended in the air, and his head wasn't being held up by a pillow. The material holding him felt more like leather than any kind of fabric he had ever had on his bed. The last thing that confirmed to him that he was NOT in his own bed, or house for that matter, was that his bed was NEVER this warm.

Slowly his eyes fluttered opened to look downward. He quickly realized he was, in fact, not on the ground but far from it. Suddenly, the memories of his unfortunate circumstances return and he gasps.

He felt a wave of warm air wash over him and shivered. He shakily rose his head up and turned it as far around as he could to look behind him. His eyes widened in horror as he saw an, ever so slightly open, mouth.

HIS mouth.

SPORTACUS'S MOUTH.

Robbie let out a terrified scream at the sight. The teeth, each as big as his own hands and giant tongue obscured but not entirely hidden by them, made him feel ill. He couldn't stop his mind from drifting into grim thoughts. It wouldn't take much pressure from that jaw for him to be nothing but blood bones.

Was this what Sportacus had planned all along? To eat him? Why reasure him before? To prolonge his misery? Was this all just a trick so Sportacus could watch him suffer? It couldn't be right? Right? His body racked with tremors, his breathing quickened, and tears returned to his eyes as he thought of all the gruesome events that could spawn from his current situation.

"Robbie? Oh my goodness, you're awake!" Sportacus said with obvious surprise, pulling the trembling villain away from his face and turning him around to talk to him easier.  He noticed Robbie's horrified state. "Is everything alright, Robbie? You're shaking like a-"

Robbie cut Sportacus off before he could get another word out. "ALRIGHT?!?!?!" He cried. "H-How, on earth, could I possibly be alright?!?!" He was breathing even quicker than before. " F-For a second I thought-" His heart was beating so fast he could barely think. "I-I thought that you- t-that you were going- g-going to-" Robbie tried to get the words out.

"Going to what?" Sportacus asked in a concerned tone.

Just then Sportacus's stomach let out a low growl, almost as if it had heard Robbie's thoughts and just wanted to scare the life of him for the fun of it. Robbie froze, staring, wide eyed, at the larger hero's middle.

Sportacus, noticing this, followed Robbie line of sight. Upon realizing what the villain meant, he looked back at him, and their eyes met for moment. Sportacus opened his mouth to speak, but before he could they a word out, Robbie began thrashing around, kicking at his palm and scrambling to find any way to escape the hero's grasp.

"N-No! Don't-" Robbie shrieked as Sportacus locked him in a tight fist.

"Robbie! Please, just calm down! I'm not going to-" the elf attempted to say.

"S-Stay away from me!!!" Robbie cried.

"Robbie! It's alright! I wasn't trying to eat you! I was only trying to hold you for a second so I could climb up the ladder!" He explained quickly, motioning towards the object with his free hand.

Despite the elf's efforts, Robbie continued to squirm and cry out. Sportacus quickly realized that talking to the villain was not going to make a difference. He decided it best that he just continue with his plan so he could get up to his airship before someone heard Robbie.

Spotacus turned Robbie around in his hand and lifted him up to his mouth once again. Robbie yelped, scrambling forward in a hopeless attempt to escape the now open maw behind him. He felt Sportacus's breath on his back and, as the terror settled in, he resorted to begging.

"Please, N-No-" he plead. He had given up fighting by now, instead lifting his arms up and locking his hands behind his head and curling in on himself in attempt to shield himself from whatever horrible fate he may receive.

But nothing came. Only the light shifting of fabric on his skin and a wave of nausea as the hand previously holding him completely let go. He whimpered as he realized that the only thing between him and 50ft drop (which, in reality was more like 5ft) wpas his waistcoat. Robbie screwed his eyes shut while Sportacus climbed the ladder up to his airship.

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When Spotacus finally arrived in airship, he looked around, trying to find a good place to set Robbie down. Eventually, he settled on his bed as the best spot. He moved his hand directly below the him before letting him drop into his palm.

Sportacus watched the villain's eyes shoot open as he was carefully placed on the bed, following every movement he made, shaking like a leaf. Sportacus ran to grab a first aid kit and returned Robbie, placing it on the bed next to him. He pulled up a chair, sat down and spoke.

"Robbie, can you please tell me what happened?" He questioned as he opened the first aid kit and pulled out a some gause. Robbie flinched when the hero's hands moved towards him. He felt his wounded arm being carefully held between the hero's massive fingers. They were surprisingly gentle as they removed the cloth from his shoulder. As he looked at the hero he drew in a shaky breath. He reasoned that there was no real point in not telling the hero. He'd be in far more trouble if he tried to lie anyway, right?

"It.... It was one of my machines...i-" He watched Sportacus's expressions, looking for any hint of anger as he explained. "I was t-trying t-to use it on-" Robbie was about to finish before Sportacus interrupted him.

"Ahh let me geuss-" the elf smiled at the familiarity of the situation. "You were trying to use it on me, weren't you?" As he looked to the villain, though, his smile fell. He saw Robbie tense up as he nodded and he quickly corrected his tone. "It's alright, Robbie. I'm not mad at you." He said reassuringly. He smiled again when Robbie let out a relieved sigh. "I'm going to get something to eat, do you want anything, Robbie?"

Robbie stared blankly at the hero. He couldn't wrap his mind around how kind Sportacus was being. All of the crazy antics he had put through and yet, he didn't seem angry in the slightest. It made no sense to him.

"Well, i geuss you probably don't want any sportscandy but..." Sportacus held a hand up to his chin in thought. "I don't know if I have anything else..." He chuckled nervously, moving his hand from his face to rub the back of his neck.

Robbie watched as Sportacus's eyes lit up and he walked to the wall of the airship. Robbie wondered why the elf wasn't doing all the fliping and twirling he usually does. It was confusing, but he was thankful nonetheless. If he had to deal with anymore noise, he figured, he'd probably just start crying all over again.

Robbie saw sportacus put his hand over a small circle on the wall. Nearly the moment that the hero did this, a section of the wall folded out in front of him. Behind the section of wall there where tubes containing columns of fruit.

"Do you think you could handle fruit? It's sweet still, but not like cake-"

"I know what fruit is." Robbie hissed. Though he was mostly glad that the elf hadn't insisted on calling it "sportscandy" even without the children around.

Sportacus smiled."That's great Robbie, but do you want any?"

Robbie thought about saying no, but he realized he hadn't eaten at all today. He had been so scared when Spotacus grabbed him, that he hadn't even thought about breakfast. He huffed, looking up at the hero. "Fine...at least it's not carrots or something..."

Sportacus smiled at the little villain, being careful not show teeth. Even if Robbies attitude was inconvenient, he was glad the poor guy quaking anymore, and he didn't want to accidentally startle him again. "Would you prefer apples or grapes?" He asked.

Robbie turned his head away from sportacus. "I would prefer to go home." He grumbled, flinching slightly as Sportacus let out a heavy sigh.

"Robbie, I can't just leave you alone in there. You could get hurt!"

"And who's to say I won't get hurt with you?!"

"I won't let that happen, Robbie. I promise you that."

Robbie scoffed at this. Sportacus picked up a kitchen knife a began cutting an apple into slices, before cutting up one slice into smaller pieces. Robbie watched the hero warrily as he did this. Sportacus grabbed a bottle of water and twisted off the cap. He then set the bottle aside before using the knife to push the smaller pieces into the bottle cap and then pushing the bigger slices onto a plate.

He brought the plate and the cap over to the bed and gave the cap to Robbie. He set the plate on the edge of the bed next to the chair.

Robbie made a disgusted face at the peices of apple but pushed through the feeling. Hesitantly, he picked up a piece of the fruit and took a small bite. He was surprised at the taste. It wasn't that bad. It wasn't cake by any means but he definitely thought he'd hate it more.

Sportacus watched Robbie nibble on the apple peices and smiled. At least maybe something good would come of this situation.

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Please give feedback and let me know what you think about this chapter!!!! If you have any suggestions I would love to here them!!! Constructive criticism is appreciated!!!!!

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

i vote that next year instead of reading Dracula we do a Jeeves & Wooster Book Club. those two never got the rabid tumblr shipping fandom they deserved (disqualified for the sheer technicality of being published a century too soon). we must correct this injustice

[mo-mode]

We’ve all heard of mansplaining. Now get ready for: PJO book purist-splaining. It’s like mansplaining, but every time you even think about liking a change made in the show, they jump down your throat with “ACTUALLY in the books…” because the show is “doing it all wrong” and the change is “so out of character” and “doesn’t even make sense :/”

[sensitiveheartless]

Another addition to the “Chuuya gets hugs” universe, this time the aftermath of the Lovecraft fight! (Initial post) (Dungeon reunion)

[daeyumi]

💫🌟 There Flowed Forth (Consecration of the Self) ☀️✨

[Cycle of the Stars au]

[gunsatthaphan]

"I might have to cancel our agreement."

[sntofbirbs]

Can someone please get me the 0.5 shot of pure panic that appeared on Grover’s face when he accidentally revealed that he was manipulating Ares because that was the funniest scene in the whole episode

[pearlisedvagabond]

Two's company.

[ministarfruit]

minifemslashfeb 2024 summary - COMPLETE!!

WHAT A MONTH. and here we are, at the end of it. somehow. obligatory "congrats for surviving february" to you all. it was certainly hectic for me, but I crawl on. we all crawl on.

also, yes, my cat decided to use my tablet as a sleeping pad every single time I sat down so we were dealing with some obstacles along the way. you know how it is with cats. (she was rewarded handsomely for allowing me to use her sleeping pad to draw, don't worry.)

BUT in any case, please check out all the amazing entries this month that people have contributed to the tag: minifemslashfeb2024! I'm so happy to see so many people participating this year, definitely go take a look, there's so much epic sapphic content, we LOVE to see it!! other femslashfeb events ran this year too, so go feast. go on. lots out there to discover. wonderful world.

as always, stay awesome, stay loving, thanks for keeping me company once again.

cheers to another year ♡

[shummthechumm]

WE OUTSIDE

dedication under the cut:

i originally started this just a few days before janice burgess passed away. if you have been following me for a while, you'd know that the backyardigans is still one of my all time favorite shows to this day: a major brainworm ive had since i was first popped out the womb.

she had such a huge hand in me and my siblings childhoods outside of backyardigans, as well, and i cant understate how much it means to me to see a black woman have such a major role in various popular animated franchises.

RIP to one of my greatest animation inspos, ESPECIALLY when it comes to children's entertainment. the fact that mrs. burgess passed on the day before my birthday hurts especially, so i dedicate this drawing to her! i would not be who i am w/o these goobers, so thank you

[mewtwo24]

I finally finished reading the fourth volume of svsss in full, and thing is--the first time through I only read the bingqiu content because I was ravenous for more of their happy ending.

Turns out that was a perilous mistake.

Because I started reading the airplane extras. And I swear to god. MXTX is trying to kill me

What do you MEAN demon lord Binghe was sitting on his big fucking throne. All stoic and forbidding. Surrounded by his demon generals who don't know shit about human courtship. Asking them what he should do, fully demoralized by constant rejections from sqq, only to have airplane tell him to act more pathetic and needy. Which is already hysterically funny and insane, UNTIL LBH'S RESPONSE IS THIS, KILLING ME INSTANTLY:

LUO BINGHE. WHY DOES HE SAY IT LIKE: "I already tried that, didn't work--nothing works :/ not mean, not maidenly, not housewife, not spicy, not capable disciple. Is doubling down on clingy really all it will take? What's a born hater with only one love in his life to do????"

The dichotomy of him sitting there like 'how can I reach the unfathomable depths of shizun's heart?' A HEART HE'S ALREADY WON OVER, MIND and then in the Holy Mausoleum solving the puzzle without blinking and being like 'oh yeah you just have to hit the acupoints, no sweat.' Literally the comedy writes itself I'm so--

How am I supposed to be normal about this. MXTX understands the juicy quintessential queer joy of a person with the world's power at their fingertips wishing only for love. Willing to do anything to earn that love, when unbeknownst to them it's already been freely given. Totally not screaming and yelling and clawing at the walls

And that's not even touching airplane's uproarious account of events. The way he's like 'lol what's next, lbh and sqq are best friends now? smfh' only to see lbh TACKLE SQQ LOVINGLY. FOR SQQ TO BE BASHFUL ABOUT IT BUT SO SO FOND OF THE LITTLE SCAMP. This when we've been experiencing sqq's constant inner monologue of 'I'm so cool and so dignified about my role, truly the epitome of propriety and poser-level fortitude.' Meanwhile, in their universe:

Airplane constantly flaming???? Sqq and lbh in his observations????? His absolute bewilderment and confusion????? Legendary. No notes every single second of this shit was hilarious.

Airplane's comment that sqq + older adolescent lbh traveling together was just watching a couple in their honeymoon phase. OR the fact that lbh is exceedingly petty and refuses to share their food in the wake of airplane's interruption of their time together, until sqq relents sheepishly and insists airplane eat what's left (ONLY AFTER PLACATING LBH WITH MORE FOOD FROM HIS PLATE, SOBBING)

Watching airplane salivate over Mobei-Jun and acting like that's totally normal behavior. Finding out mbj and airplane got together first. Finding out sqq encouraged airplane. LIKE THIS. WHILE HE IS STILL IN DENIAL ABOUT HIS OWN FEELINGS:

Mobei-jun clearly thinking their arrangement is a forever thing, heartbroken his human abandoned him with all the hapless fury of a scorned wife swept away by false promises of fidelity. Airplane writing demons to be the type to beat up their crush lovingly and still unable to connect the dots about mbj's feelings. Mbj letting him go and respecting his wishes, only relenting when there's indication airplane was poorly processing his own feelings and didn't actually want to leave. Mbj caring for him and listening to him as soon as airplane voices what he needs directly and with clarity. None of these gays are functional and it's everything to me

Unrelated, but I physically can't hold this information in anymore:

I'm still reeling from younger lbh having his sexual awakening from the image of sqq wrapped in the immortal binding cables. Condemn me as you like he was so, so real for that.

And no I will not be taking any comments about how luo bingge couldn't bear to see luo binghe cherished in ways he never got to have and all the haunting implications of that. I will also not be taking any comments about luo binghe's instinct to look for sqq in that alternate universe, only to be shaken to the very core to be unable to find his shizun anywhere. The unspeakable and latent horror of his relentless mind likely piecing together what happened, but unable to say it; to suspect what is true, and live with the harrowing confusion of his double's actions. To blame himself, to assume that he had let his anger get the better of him in that world and result in unspeakable folly...

I also refuse to talk about how heartrending it is to hear Tianlang-jun weakly say "In the end, I really can't bring myself to hate humans." The implication that the foolishness of that hope and bright-eyed fondness--the very thing that put him through such unspeakable agony--couldn't be beaten out of him entirely. To discover that his faith in Su Xiyan hadn't been misplaced, to the contrary: his beloved hadn't scorned him at all, but rather fought to the miserable end to protect the fruition of their genuine feelings of love when she couldn't protect tlj or herself.

How MXTX has sqq deliberately draw parallels between their situation and that of ygy+sj and tlj+sx; desperately wishing it might not be too late for them. The concept of breaking cycles of abuse and harm pervasive throughout the newly devised story, how it evolves for the better only when love takes the place of power, pride, and domination. How the moment sqq chooses vulnerability instead of saving face, the genre shifts to the so-called "cringe" girly genre where most if not every character is more fulfilled, more true to themselves. How the "male-oriented" former genre was aimlessly sensationalized and sexualized, how it was a sustained performance of aspirational toxic masculinity. How men objectify other men without end. All of the unspoken gendered implications that come with that.

Anyways. Going to go put my head in a sandbox and try to process everything I just witnessed because even a second reading is not enough to find a modicum of closure.

[wishiwasbig]

Okay so there's gonna be a delay on chapter 2 y'all school is kicking my ass. It shouldn't be too much longer, but it's definitely gonna be longer than had originally thought...

[bumnyv]

erebos

[artsyunderstudy]

I think about how hungry I've been for this—and ask myself for how long I've craved Baz. Ask myself honestly, for the first time, how long he's been my heart's desire."

Dance Like a Flame by @nightimedreamersworld

Carry on Countdown | Day Eighteen: Hunger

This year I decided I wanted to honor the incredibly talented fic writers of this fandom, so I chose one fic per prompt to do an illustration for. I didn’t double up on authors so that I could do this for as many people as possible. I realized while planning this that there are way too many fics and authors that I love, and even after having picked 30 of what I consider some of my very favorites, I could have easily kept going. Please check the fics out if you haven’t, they all come highly recommended.

@carryon-countdown

[neonnoir-ao3]

Big day for people with obscure blorbos (me)

[sboochi]

I got so many comments about the outfits under the screencaps I thought I could draw all of them! I love designing clothes for them so much, I think I’ve made a million iterations with all my AUs

(Check out my “tts au” tag for context)

My thoughts behind these are under the cut!

I like to think that Merida actually doesn’t mind skirts, she just hates restrictive materials. I didn’t draw her bow because I’m lazy, please assume it’s there

After temporarily losing Toothless, Hiccup enters his emo phase and starts wearing green again, until season 3 when they are reunited

Jack is meant to look slightly off, to suggest he’s not from this time, but eventually he blends in with the others. His beloved hoodie gets badly damaged in the s1 finale and Rapunzel recycles it for his s2 fit

She also forces him to wear her scarf during Queen for a Day

their season 1 outfits are their canon ones: long green dress for Merida, httyd2 flight suit for Hiccup and hoodie for Jack

Everyone gets a brooch with the Corona royal crest by season 3: they’re besties now and They Have To Match. Their style reflects the kingdom’s fashion a bit more

Almost every item was made by Rapunzel