#are y’all picking up what I’m putting down?????

[dvhaime]

same same but different

[oobbbear]

“An old friend of Natto’s” + that Nato/Worm scene from the animation

BEAR LEAVE NATTO/NATO ALONEEEE I BEG OF YOUUU!! LET THEM HAVE FRIENDSSS

ME WHEN I FUCKING GET YOU

They have all the frens whatcha talking about

ALSO NO NOT LAIOS NOOOOO

[shawnxstyles]

anywhere. ANYWHERE

[elwinsglasses]

Something something Vacker Legacy something something human sanctuary something something elves going into hiding something someting telepathy something something mind break something something…

[sparrowsupportgroup]

Ais is a former gang leader previously accustomed to responsibility and ownership. He is a dog-coded fella who spoils his dog-coded beasts a bunch, and has had a dalliance with the collar bound fox monster Vere, someone with fluffy ears and a tail he loves. Vere is even jealous of his pets because of how well he treats them.

The freak is into pet play; you cannot change my mind.

[lunior-art]

he was too embarrassed to attend class that day but chose to embrace it in the end

[ineffably-ryuu]

Do you think the Corinthian ever accidentally targeted someone with fake eyeballs? Went for his dramatic kill and POP out rolled a pair of glass orbs a la Pirates of the Caribbean style, following him and the poor victim just sitting in silence for a couple minutes before deciding to split and never speak of this again.

[sixcrowsbooks]

Thinking about a canon-fucky idea of a fic where it boils down to: luckington + maine (whatever that ship name would be, I have no fucking clue); forgiveness (why is it so hard to forgive yourself when you can give others the same all damn day?); trust; realizing how much you can change while still staying the same (what parts do you want to change? what parts do you want to stay the same or are afraid of changing? why?); identity outside of what others think of you or the so-called power they hold over you; learning that a lot of times in life there won’t be a perfect tied up ending, and that’s okay.

[gilligays]

Breaking Bad — 5.16 / Better Call Saul — 6.12

[cuddl3s4shur1]

Alright here where all my story ideas

Genie Y/n x Princess Shuri

Mafia Boss Shuri or Riri x Y/n

Dating show for shuri and her ex’s and instead of falling for shuri it becomes a riri x y/n

[whitebelt-witch]

jfc u make out with one faggy emo boy and now you want more 😔

[murdrdocs]

loki … celeste … mobius

[seriouslyseresin]

hi besties!!

i’m going to be moving across the country and doing some adventuring the next few days so i just wanted to let y’all know that i won’t be very active but i am still sending good vibes and will hop on when i can (:

mwah 💗💘💌

[niennanir]

Listen to your elders

So last week I posted abut the importance of downloading your fic. And then three days later AO3 went down for 24 hours. No one was more weirded out by this than I was. But while y’all were acting like the library at Alexandria was on fire I was reading my download fic and editing chapter eight of Buck, Rogers, and the 21st Century. And also thinking about what I could do to be helpful when the crisis was actually over.

So first off, I’m going to repeat that if you’re going to bookmark a fic, you really need to also download the fic and back it up in a safe place. I just do it automatically now and it’s a good habit to get into.

But let’s talk about some other scenarios. Last October I lost power for over a week after hurricane Ian. Apart from not having internet or A/C I did find plenty to do, I collect books so I had plenty to read, but maybe, unlike me, your favorite comfort reads aren’t sitting on a bookshelf. So let’s do something about that, shall we?

In olden times many long years ago around 1995 we printed off a lot of fic. It was mostly SOP to print a fic you planned to reread and stick it in a three ring binder. And that’s totally valid today too, but you can also make a very nice paperback with a minimum amount of skill and materials.

Let’s start with the download; Go to Ao3 and select your fic, we’ll be working with one of mine. This method works best with one shots, long fic tends to need a more complicated approach. Get yourself an HTML download

Open up the HTML download and select all then copy paste into any word processor. Set the page to landscape and two columns, then change the font to something you find easy to read, this is your book, no judgement. This is all you have to do for layout but I like to play a little bit. I move all the meta, summary, notes to the end and pick out a fun font for the title: 

No time like the present to do a quick proofread. Congratulations, you’ve just created your first typeset. On to the fun part.

Now you’re going to need some materials:  8.5x11in paper ruler one sheet of 12x12 medium card stock (60-80lb) scissors pencil pen or fine tip marker sheet of wax paper white glue two binder clips 2 heavy books or 1 brick butter knife

You’ll also need a printer, if you’re in the US there is almost a 100% chance your local library has a printer you can use if you don’t have your own. None of these materials are expensive and you can literally use cheap copy paper and Elmers glue.

Print your text block, one page per side. Fold the first page in half so that the blank side is inside and the printed side out:

use the butter knife to crease the edge. Repeat on all the sheets. When you’ve finished, stack them up with the raw edge on the left and the folded edge on the right. I used standard copy paper, because you’re only printing on one side there’s no bleed to worry about. Take the text block and line everything up. Use the binder clips to hold the raw edge in place.

Wrap the text block in the wax paper so that the raw edge and binder clips are facing out. I’m going to use my home built book press but you don’t need one, a brick or a couple of books or anything else heavy will work fine.

Once the text block is anchored down, take off he binder clips and get out the glue.

You can use a brush but you don’t need one, smear some glue on that raw edge.

Go make a margarita, watch The Mandalorian, call your mother. Don’t come back for at least an hour

In an hour smear some more glue on there and shift your brick forward so that the whole book is covered. This keeps the paper from warping. While glue part 2 is drying we’ll do the cover. Get out your 12x12 cardstock

Mark the cardstock off at 8.5 inches and cut it. Measure in 5.5 inches from the left and put in a score line with the butter knife (the back edge not the sharp edge)

Carefully fold the score line, this is your front cover. You have some options for the cover title, you can use a cutting machine like a cricut if you have one, you can print out a title on the computer and use carbon paper to transfer the text to the cardstock. I was in a mood so I just freehanded that beoch. Pencil first then in pen.

Take your text block out from under your brick. Line it up against the score mark and mark the second score on the other side of the spine

Fold the score and glue the textblock into the cover at the spine. Once the glue dries up mark the back cover with the pencil and then trim the back cover to fit with your scissors.

Voila:

I’m going to put this baby on the shelf next to the Silmarillion.

The whole process, not counting drying time, took less than an hour.

If you want to make a book of a longer fic, I recommend Renegade Publishing, they have a ton of resources for fan-binders. 

[gothboudreaux]

been off my meds for a few days and i’m feelin’ like “change (in the house of flies)” by the deftones but in a really hot and fun way

[milsirils]

I hope I’m not making mindless sleep deprived connections when I say this, but I just noticed that Milsiril tends to wear bigger and longer clothing around her children. Which gave me the thought oh she probably wears them to hide her scars from her children..but I also suck at forming words so y’all are just gonna have to trust me on this one.

What really caught my attention was these two arts of her wearing two really baggy looking pieces of clothing. In both of these situations she’s with her young children.

Please bear with meee here cuz I know in most of her panels she's in the canary uniform, so we only get to see her in her non work clothes once. In this one extra, her scars visible and she is wearing a short dress, but what I want to highlight is that she is with only elves here.

Here is more of her wearing clothing that covers some of her arms! I like to note that in all instances she’s with Kabru..

(Even in the first panel she is wearing those arm bracelets that cover up most of her skin in a way. She doesn't always wear them but they're an interesting addition imo.)

BUT This is what sells me a little is this scene from this chapter. Where Milsiril is playing the soft and protective Mother role, feeding Kabru cake, almost kinda baby talking him. She’s using her shawl (?) to cover her arms. Til Kabru brings up the dungeon and wanting to be “strong like her” is when her shawl slowly begins to fall off her shoulders each panel and reveals some nasty scars.

Taking at look at the "Strong like you." panel (middle image, first panel in the middle row) it particularly peeks my interest because I’m so sure Kui did that on purpose. Not to mention when the tone shifts completely and we see Milsiril looking rather scary. This time her scars are on full display.

So going off of the last few panels, I’m going to personally assume she tries to cover them around her children so they don't have any feelings of uneasiness or fear around her. In the instance with Kabru, it’s almost like she's trying to install some fear in him whether that’s to drive him away from the dungeon or just show him what exploring in the dungeon is really like. Whatever is the real reason to all of this is beyond me.

I hope this makes sense and y’all can pick up what i’m tryna put down. I’m so tired feel free to reblog with your own interpretations or additions pls. or if i missed anything thanks.