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[somethingclevermahogony]

hide: What does your OC hide? Why do they hide it?

Narul hides many things about himself; his sexuality, his fears about immortality (and the mortality of those around him), etc. Chiefly however Narul hides how uncomfortable he is around most people. It's never something that he would say out loud, as his less than conventional appearance already makes it hard for him to fit in or even be around people without being gawked at. When he gets the chance he tends to stay away from other people, except for a select few of them, primarily Suru and Ninma. The reason why he feels this way is not necessarily because he doesn't like people, but because of his own deep-seated fear that he might hurt them. His unnatural size and strength mean that it is all too easy to hurt the delicate humans around him. Of course this isn't helped by the deep-seated sense of self-resentment and fear that was woven into his mind by years of mistreatment and emotional manipulation by his king and former master, Hutbari. Additionally though, Narul is slow and quiet, he likes simple things and quiet places, people are very often neither quiet nor simple. If people want to ask more of these sorts of questions here is this link!

[feuerspirit]

For the ship & kiss number, I’d love Fab/Pecco and a kiss out of pride 🥹

Pecco can hardly wait for the ubiquitous countless cameras to leave them alone, giving them at least a second of respite between trying to make a high-budget expensive life-action show out of them. Marco pats him on the shoulder with a malicious smile and leaves, finally playing with his eyebrows.

"Fuck fast, kids, even the winner can't distract the journalists forever," Marco waves and laughs, hiding around the corner, followed by cheerful curses from Fabio and Pecco in Italian.

Pecco waits until all the sounds die down in those narrow corridors where they hide from prying eyes, Fabio is glad of this familiar sight: Francesco's eyes are shining, he's drunk with two sips of prosecco, as can be drunk only a person in whose veins is still singing adrenaline, his curls are tousled and wet from under his helmet, a mess on his head and in his thoughts. He doesn't look as excited as he did after the race, but that's not surprising. For him, the second place is the necessary stability, for Fabio, the third is a tortured gift of fate. He would never have thought a few years ago that he would find himself in such a situation when signing a contract with Yamaha.

Pecco embraces Fabio's face with his palms and immediately kisses him fiercely, his tongue presses on Fabio's lips, demanding, trying, convincing. Fabio is lost before his pressure for only a fraction of a second before he has time to understand what Pecco wants from him and what he wants himself. Fabio opens his lips, allowing Pecco to kiss him deeply, practically devouring his mouth, before suddenly slowing down to an unbearably languid rhythm filled with exciting sexual energy. Fabio follows him, obeys him, bites his wet red lips with his teeth and, teasingly, pulls into his mouth; he knows that there is a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones., there is a place to fight for power and there is a place for concessions. This kiss is one of his awards today, one of his well-deserved prizes, Fabio is sure that he will demand a few more later, and maybe even convince Pecco that their first podium together for fuck knows how long, even if he… is worth sacrificing their usual rule of "don't fucking in the middle of the weekend."

"I'm so proud of you," Pecco says breathlessly in Italian, Fabio smiles at him, grateful for the day he decided to learn a foreign language. MotoGP speaks Italian, Valentino showed with all his being, ignoring the silent protests of the Spanish champions, and Fabio never argued with his idol.

"Yes, I'm finally lucky," Fabio snorts, meaning only a joke, but Pecco, with all the seriousness he is capable of, insultingly pokes his finger into his naked chest.

"You did it on this Yamaha," Pecco's accent makes the change in his intonation only stronger and clearer. "You deserve this podium." He frowns, as he always does when he can't figure out how to get through to Fabio and make him drop his self-deprecating thoughts, but Fabio just grins reassuringly at him and kisses him again. He still wants his prize.

"Make yourself decent, you've been lost," Marco shouts somewhere in the distance of the corridors, and Pecco laughs, burying his forehead in Fabio's shoulder, interrupting the echo of his voice.

[hermigeddon]

4?

4. which mechanic/gimmick would you like to see return, if any?

Honestly I think Last Life was my favorite season in terms of mechanics. The ability to give a life was so interesting. I think I would be more intrigued by the current /gift mechanic if they were actually giving their own hearts and it wasn’t just a daily freebie

Plus I’ll always love the boogeyman mechanic. It makes the series for me

[cuddlebugsirius]

16 and 33 for the nosy game if i may 😉

Ooooooh 😁 hi hi anon!

16. I'll love you if... you set boundaries and respect mine (and if you bring me expensive cheese)

33. What words make me feel best about myself?

Sometimes when I first wake up I love the way my body feels, that sleepy level of relaxation where you love everything and everyone and have nowhere to be. I become the thing I love the most, squishy and soft and peaceful. Those words make me feel the best about myself.

And sometimes I'll be striding down the hallway at work, on a mission to get shit done, and I'll see people see me and move to the side so I can get past, and I feel powerful. That word makes me feel the best about myself too.

[sirompp]

hi. i made some images.

feel free to take them and use for whatever you may need them for. no credit required

[sanguinifex]

You gotta read and watch some old books and films that aren’t 100% modern politically correct. I’m not saying you should agree with everything in them but you need to learn where genres came from to understand what those genres are doing today and where media deconstructing old tropes is coming from.

Also, more often than you might think, they’re not actually promoting bigotry so much as “didn’t consider all the implications of something” or just used words that were polite then but considered offensive now.

Kill the censor in your head.

[zytes]

this manatee looks like it’s in a skyrim loading screen

[i23kazu]

how i feel when someone reblogs my stuff with a really really nice tag

[beebfreeb]

[somethingclevermahogony]

Happy WBW! Does your world have any fancy crests or such for families?

Of course it differs from land to land, but at least in Kishetal families don't really have crests at least in the way that we would associate them, like in medieval europe. Rather people/families have special seals. These are used to leave a marking on either parchment or wet clay and act as a signature of sorts.

Sometimes the physical seal/stamp can be considered a form of identification in and of itself. Here are some examples of Kishite Seals:

Royal Seals: The Seal of Hutbari of the Line of Asherdul, King of Labisa

This particular seal is meant to be used on clay rather than on paper or other soft mediums. It is a stamp seal, rather than a cylinder seal. It includes two primary elements, the first is the center which is the marking used by all Labisian Kings in the line of Ashurdul (Kurush, Hutbari, Akard, etc.). The outer ring shows Hutbari's name and position within the genealogy of the line of Ashur.

Noble Seals: The Seal of Zatar, Spearmaster of Labisa, of the Line of Akard (Adopted)

This stamp is meant to be used primarily on paper, hide, or parchment rather than clay. This is a stamp seal. As with the previous example it includes two primary areas, a central area representing the new family/clan of which its owner, Zatar, is the first member. The outer rim contains the person's first name, clan/line, number, and title.

Merchant Seals: The Seal of Wadikir, Bidani

This particular variety of seal is a cylinder seal, and is meant to be rolled over clay surfaces in order to create the above image. Most merchant seals will include a portrait of the owner and images depicting the objects of their trade. The complexity of these seals can vary greatly depending on the wealth of the merchant. The cheapest may be little more than a depiction of the items that the merchant is selling, while the most complex may include design elements and even writing. Merchant seals act not only as a way to identify products and goods and as a signature, but as advertisements of sorts. It is not unusual for merchants to hang images of their seals outside of their places of business.

[druid-for-hire]

[image id: a four-page comic. it is titled "immortality” after the poem by clare harner (more popularly known as “do not stand at my grave and weep”). the first page shows paleontologists digging up fossils at a dig. it reads, “do not stand at my grave and weep. i am not there. i do not sleep.” page two features several prehistoric creatures living in the wild. not featured but notable, each have modern descendants: horses, cetaceans, horsetail plants, and crocodilians. it reads, “i am a thousand winds that blow. i am the diamond glints on snow. i am the sunlight on ripened grain. i am the gentle autumn rain.” the third page shows archaeopteryx in the treetops and the skies, then a modern museum-goer reading the placard on a fossil display. it reads, “when you awaken in the morning’s hush, i am the swift uplifting rush, of quiet birds in circled flight. i am the soft stars that shine at night. do not stand at my grave and cry.” the fourth page shows a chicken in a field. it reads, “i am not there. i did not die” / end id]

a comic i made in about 15 hours for my school’s comic anthology. the theme was “evolution”

[haroldhighballjordan]

sometimes I randomly think about the time a girl posted in this girls only Facebook group I’m in telling everyone how she broke up with her boyfriend and he lied saying that he lost the spare key she gave him, only to then break into her apartment when she wasn’t home and steal the cat they’d adopted while they were together, but then he denied having done this and she didn’t really have proof that he took the cat since he wouldn’t let her come into his place and look for it. And then another girl saw this post and knew her ex-boyfriend, and she was like “girl. I used to hook up with your mans back in xxxx and I still have his number. If you want, I’ll hit him up and get him to invite me back to his place and see if your cat’s there.” And the OP was like “bet.”

So this woman hit up homie dog, asked him out for drinks, went home with him, slept with him, and then woke up in the middle of the night and TOOK THE CAT. Like she had only said that she would confirm if the cat was there but then she took it upon herself to steal this woman’s cat back. Like she full on Trojan horsed this man and then hit up homegirl like “I got the goods. Where you wanna meet.” And then the two of them posted a photo of them together with the cat to the group.

And I just think women supporting women is so beautiful.

[phantomrose96]

You know, an interesting tumblr transformation that's happened gradually, and which I've seen no one talk about: ask-culture has essentially dropped off to nothing.

By which I mean, asks used to be WAY more of the tumblr economy. They used to be more common to send, and receive, and see. They were integral to the collaborative, forum-like behavior of old tumblr communities, not even to speak on the HUGE number of ask-blogs that used to exist to only be interacted with in ask-form.

I'm not saying this in a vying-for-attention way but instead in an observational way: I used to get way way more asks in like 2015, even with a fraction of my follower count. I wonder if it's due to the homogenization of social media sites? There's a lot more of this divide between "content creator" and "consumer" instead of just a bunch of peer blogs who would talk to each other. "Asks" aren't really a thing on twitter, are they? And as I understand it, the closest thing to an "ask" on instagram or tiktok would be a creator screenshotting some comment and responding to it in a new reel or video or whatever those content mediums are. Are asks just too tumblr-specific? Is that aspect of the site culture dying out as more and more people converge to using all their social media sites in the same way?

[retquits]

1.6 is coming—see you march 19th!!! 🥹🌱

[pucciverse]

time loop fans when the loop slightly changes

[calicorobin]

beanbag chair psychology