#and eve is not yet made

[glasswaters]

in the Beginning, there is a thing made of clay. rough palms and gravel voice, starlit cheeks. it blinks. it breathes.

it Asks.

the words crumble at the edges and from within the clay-dark mouth, they emerge stained. cupped in just-formed hands, they lose most of their shape.

the thing makes of them an offering, anyway.

for a moment, the clay parts and gives way to a jewel-studded gaping. a tap. the thing cracks open. inside, it is hollow.

inside a yawning mouth lays; a prayer, worn thin with wanting. a plea, shaved to the bone. a question.

bleeding still.

it's made a mess of the forests, see. red-wet and brown-dry and ever sticky, it covers the bark in smears. it has not rained in days, and the trees are starving. the clay stays, dripping, even after the thing has left, see.

in the dark, it lays still, gravel-hands draped over sharp-edged, brilliant ribs.

- how fares my heart? how break my bones? where lives my laughter?

[puccafangirl]

"When I met you I thought I was drowning. But that light... That light inside you has made me feel so alive. And all I want now is to be near it. Near you. Together."

[oksanas-sun]

[raelyn-dreams]

Alright y'all, now I NEED to know

[lunaamatista]

I will make a longer post about this at some point but: if your theories about why Aziraphale has done bad and abusive things and has been having fun in la la land while ignoring all the horrors around him don’t include the fact that Crowley never told him how he’d been treated in Heaven, Crowley never told him he was at risk of being erased from the Book of Life, Crowley never told him what had he saw in Heaven’s Confidential Files, etc.

I simply won’t take you seriously.

[slopdoughnut]

WHAT IF

alastor made a deal with Eve?????

[crabbypalsart]

When Janet was fairly new into management at Roni's, Bacon made it a point to put up with her snobby behavior and her constant singling out of him. His ability to pick up people's emotions allowed him to determine that she didn't really mean any harm, and figured that she might've just been having a difficult time adjusting.

He saw no reason to escalate any of the conflict. However, with time he began to realize that she treated other people differently than him. She was much more respectful and polite to the other employees, and treated them as equals; she even treated Bits slightly better!

Whatever it was she had been trying to conceal with her seemingly forced hostile behavior, Bacon eventually decided it didn't justify a single ounce of her treatment towards him; so he eventually started returning it to her.

[bodacioustomato]

⚠️ forearm reveal ⚠️

Ayyo! I've noticed over the past few weeks I've gained quite a few followers. I haven't posted a lot recently because I've been on vacation and have had zero time to draw or anything. Welp. All great things must come to an end unfortunately. I leave tomorrow to go back home... but luckily, I got me a little souvenir to take with me and it'll be on me forever 😏😏

Got me a little (kinda big) Fedya tattoo

TW: there might be blood. I didn't notice any in the pics but it's a fresh tattoo so just to be safe

It may look a little wonky because of the angle and curve of my arm. But I love him. My baby daddy is on me forever 😍

[chromartnomaly]

new art style time!! i wanted to do something different. here is eve again :)

[lightsonparkave]

how do you choose the theme and compile the prompts for each months of LoPA?

Thanks for asking! For themes, I go with concepts that both intrigue me and are broad enough that I won't have trouble finding prompts and I feel give space for different interpretations and approaches. I also have a list of themes that I came up with a few years ago and add onto it whenever a theme comes to mind. I peruse that list if I'm not quite sure yet what the next round will be. If I get struck with sudden inspiration, though, I typically go with the theme that just came to me for the next month.

Seasonality frequently comes into play too. Certain times of the year I feel are ripe for contemplating certain ideas and being in certain moods, so you can see connections between some rounds across different years! This helps me figure out rounds ahead of time, though I almost always end up scrambling last minute each month despite that haha. I tend to get distracted by my prompt search.

Speaking of which, if I see something that would make a great prompt, I save it. I rummage through that collection every time I need to make a new round. That never gets old because even if I had a theme in mind for that prompt, while I sort through my likes and drafts, I may see that prompt in a different light because I realize it suits the round I'm hunting prompts for.

This is also why it takes me hours to put a list together even if I have that treasure box to sift through as well as things I come up with that I think will be good ideas to start a search. You'd think I'd learn by now to spread this process out throughout the month instead of scrambling last minute, but no. :') It's fun, though, because I not only revisit works that I've gone through, but I get to go down rabbit holes as well. I use the works as starting points and go down different branches, or I have keywords in mind that I use to see what turns up. I've been introduced to a handful of new writers, artists, musicians, and other creative individuals and thinkers and works that way, and my Steve/Tony and LoPA mind never shuts off entirely when I look at new things so when I'm experiencing something new, there are a lot of times when I think "THAT'S STEVE/TONY" or "how can this be Steve/Tony?" haha.

I love looking at a variety of sources for creative inspiration although weirdly enough, I tend not to draw on them while I write. I guess I just like looking at shiny baubles and the act of curating and sharing my finds! But the whole reasoning behind LoPA's existence and what inspired me to start it are a whole different story and this is about process so I'll stop here.

[iiigris]

[fwuffletail]

Guess who actually has a reference sheet now

[argiopi]

welcome to the bell parade

7  6 2 5  4 7 3  2 5 1  4 4 7 4  7 6 4 (when i was a young boy) 6 74 6 7 67 4 53 (my father took me into the city) 6 7 6 54 3 (to see a marching band) 4 5 7 4 764 (he said son when you grow up) 674 6 7 67 4 53 (would you be the savior of the broken) 6 7 6 54 3 (the beaten and the damned)

(notation is only somewhat reflective of timing lolz). the limited palette necessitates a bit of wrongness.. for instance the first B (third note) is supposed to be higher than the other notes but adapting to the lower B sounded better than using the only other higher note - the A7. alas, tis the nature of shits and giggles 🖤

[spideygal]

Thinking about the disturbing implications of Cain's story and destiny from the Bible rn

[allylikethecat]

Um I think it's really rude that Christmas is on a Monday this year and NOT a Tuesday because like when am I supposed to post these holiday fics if I manage to finish them in time?! Like am I just supposed to post on a day that's NOT a Tuesday?!

[fideidefenswhore]

When it comes to religious convictions, Jane is even more contradictory. Weir’s version paints her as a girl so pious that she considers becoming a nun. As a lady-in-waiting to Katherine of Aragon, she comes to love Henry’s first wife and her daughter, later Mary I, who embrace the old faith. She is appalled by the King’s break with Rome, his self-declaration as the spiritual leader of England, and his dissolution of the monasteries. Yet unlike Thomas More, who famously paid for his resistance with his head, Jane finds it expedient to swear an oath to Henry’s religious supremacy. While sometimes she speaks up, more often she shuts up, for fear of angering her volatile husband. I’m not saying that Jane comes off as a complete hypocrite. Her love for the king may well have been genuine, if also fueled by a desire for wealth and glory (she seems pretty thrilled with the trappings of royalty, to the point that once she becomes queen, she abandons a friend among the ladies of the court). But in the end she is awfully “judgy,” in modern parlance, rationalizing her own choices while holding everyone else to a lofty standard of fidelity, faith and maternal feeling.

Jane Seymour, The Haunted Queen