#devoting waters

[devoting-waters]

Drew this out of impulse but I'm so tired it doesn't even matter

My Odysseus kissing @bigidiotenergytm Odysseus

[applefoam]

praise be lord dionysus androgynos, god of homosexuality and effeminacy, may he protect his queer children and adults alike! I am forever grateful, raise a glass to him and his wonder!

[demaparbat-hp]

Katara kissing Zuko's chest while lying down the beach at ember island

Sweet memories

[bacchuschucklefuck]

we let the ocean drown out our voices/enjoying the bitterness/in the chaotic light, I close my eyes and see

[taxed-up-trotter]

i love making fanart and quoting my own fic that i will never post to the public (because its all an incoprehesivable mess) anyways shout out to my GOAT inabakumori after listening to i am rain my cotl fixation was restored to 100% bless

[baejax-the-great]

If I were a writer at a big game company working on a sequel to a beloved series and the higher ups kept telling me to make the game shittier and kept sending my work back to me to be dumbed down even further somehow, and then once most of the writing was done they laid me and my coworkers off illegally without severance, I'd probably gleefully watch as people trashed the shitty game that shipped.

[fairsweetlonging]

the thing that sets apart hua cheng from most other devotee/worshipper-type relationships in other media is that hua cheng would actually throw himself on his knees and crawl across the floor if xie lian wanted to, he would demean himself without shame because shame comes from the perception that you have done something wrong or foolish in another's eyes, and hua cheng would never see his god's will as either, nor care for anyone's else's opinion

[opalsiren]

going insane over these two anyone want anything

[devoting-waters]

As requested here’s some mortal Hermes fanart!

This is also my official petition to refer to plural Hermes “no cheeses for us meeces” style cus it’s silly

WAH look at him!!! He's such a sleepy guy (which makes sense, he hates doing labor)

Smashing their faces together like Barbie dolls

[stoneyarrow]

Stone said I have to ask nicely so...

Can I please give Poseidon a kiss

Normally Poseidon doesn’t care for people being in his personal space but luckily you caught him at a good time.

[transmigrationisunderrated]

I think it would be pretty funny/dramatic if, somehow, SQQ and LBH had like a one stand ala Devotion style before SQQ self destructed that just. transferred over to the mushroom body because it was like a spiritual pregnancy due to cultivation bullshit or something stupid like that (and we say thank you Airplane) so SQQ just woke. pregnant. wouldn't that be fucked up. :]

[mirhashi]

Part three.

Odysseus belongs to: @devoting-waters

I thought it would be funny Poseidon finding out that other Odysseus is pregnant

[phantomhivestims]

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Digital Offering To Poseidon

Note : :3

All pics found on Pinterest

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[skywalkr-nberrie]

I love when proshippers got nothing to say against those who dislike their ships so they chalk up our opinions to “they just hate that OWK is hotter than Anakin” (which he is not) or “Anidalas hate OWK’s involvement with both Anakin or Padmé.” (Which we don’t. All of us literally love OWK and Anakin’s relationship, and OWK is hardly interactive with Padmé, so we don’t care for that non-existent dynamic.) Lol, instead of just accepting or realizing that their ships are plain gross and it really has nothing to do with being jealous of OWK or hating him, they collectively tell themselves this. (Mind you, most of us don’t even hate OWK, majority of us love that old messed up dude.)

And acting like OWK is indefinitely the “better option” because he’s the character with less baggage and the charm and charisma of the actor is what does it for you is exactly why most of us don’t take your opinions seriously, your biases, and projections, and lack of understanding for nuance takes over the logical conclusion.

[cinderflower]

🦋 Day 1 - Gold

"It may be unalloyed gold now, but it was borne of your blood. Every thread, every joint, every finger - they are all pieces of yourself which you gave to me willingly." Looking up at him, Malenia added softly, "I am made whole by you."

Excerpt from Field of Reeds chapter 20

[pendragonsclotpole]

help, i just got slapped in the face with the existence of WILL. be still my beating heart as i write an essay on this man, will of ealdor

firstly, i adore the silent and implicit trust hidden in the first joke that introduces will’s character. like merlin’s been aware his whole life that if his secret is ever found out, he will be hunted down and persecuted, but here comes will with a jab that they both inherently understand is a joke in the macabre style only true friends can lovingly master. the smile they share almost immediately gives me ned stark and robert baratheon meeting again in the courtyard of winterfell in season one of got. there’s also something so normal in their interaction that speaks of a familiarity borne from their equal status and years of friendship. i know merlin’s friends in camelot tend to skew to the non-royal/non-noble, but when you tally it up, those closest to merlin often hold some title that’s greater than merlin’s role as arthur’s servant. gwaine is a knight implied to be of noble blood; lancelot, percival, and elyan are also knighted and esteemed members of arthur’s court; gwen is the lady morgana’s maid and close companion long before she is ever queen; gaius is a physician and long time member of camelot’s court; morgana before her betrayal is literally uther’s ward. i feel like when placed among them all, merlin has a tendency to fade into the background offscreen. obviously the audience knows how important merlin is to the overall story given how much of the storyline focuses on him, and the characters regularly acknowledge merlin’s importance to them or arthur, but all of them still regard merlin as merlin the servant from camelot and few of them are privy to the plots we as the audience see firsthand. and even when they acknowledge him for his merits, his role as arthur’s close friend and confidante takes precedence. look at leon’s reaction in the later seasons when merlin is bewitched by morgana. merlin literally makes a comment about plotting to kill arthur and leon barely even blinks before quipping back, “driving you mad isn’t he?” or something along those lines. except for a few instances with even fewer characters, they never get a chance to know him as merlin the sorcerer from ealdor.

will does! and more than that, he got to know merlin as he is without arthur. we all hype up their status as magical soulmates but damn if i wasnt living for how jealous of arthur will seemed to be in this episode. call me crazy, but it makes me desperately headcanon a realistic past in ealdor for merlin, full of hardship and strife, but never without it’s moments of happiness. furthermore, will’s lone appearance in season one shines some real light on the unfairness of the fate that has been bestowed on meelin. the moment that will points out why he’s been so obstinate with arthur really strikes a deep chord. sure it could be just jealousy, but more compellingly, i choose to read it as a deep sense of care for merlin. everyone merlin has met within camelot, (or reunited with in the case of his own mother) has continually pushed him closer and closer to arthur. will presents a crucial exception. he knows exactly who merlin was before camelot, and who merlin is completely separate from arthur.

will is staunchly in merlin’s corner, and that position allows him to identify a key characteristic of merlin’s series’ long arc: his complete devotion to arthur. will even points it out himself: merlin could singlehandedly defend their home if he just used the full extent of his power. merlin doesn’t, and actively chooses not to because of his desire to stay close to arthur. it’s such a small moment, but i think it demonstrates how much of merlin’s decisions become motivated by his desire to stay close to arthur and to always put arthur first, even at a detrimental cost to himself. merlin understands and readily accepts arthur as his destiny, but this acceptance does not come about independently, instantly, or of merlin’s own volition. it does so eventually, but initially merlin sticks by arthur’s side because of the encouragement of everyone around him. “arthur needs you, merlin” or “arthur is your destiny, merlin” or “arthur is a good man, merlin. he has the potential to be a great king, he just needs the right people, merlin.” its codependent as hell.

sure, merlin originally does not tell arthur about his magic because they do not know each other and as far as merlin knows revealing his magic would lead to his death, but eventually the reasoning changes and becomes so focused on doing what’s best for arthur. merlin can’t tell arthur because then arthur would have to kill him and then who would look after arthur or ensure his fate? merlin can’t tell arthur because if arthur chooses to defy uther’s law, merlin is then forcing arthur to turn against his father and how could he look after arthur then? merlin can’t tell arthur because another betrayal from magic would ruin everything and truthfully, he wonders how would arthur react? merlin comes to fear what his magic might do to arthur and what it’s reveal might mean for his place in camelot more than the laws of camelot and their verdicts.

by this logic, merlin is a magical solar system orbiting entirely around the celestial body known as arthur pendragon. eventually merlin cared more about his relationship with arthur and what arthur thought about him than his own life. in retrospect, it’s so sad that will died so early on, because it strips merlin of a person solely in his corner. will’s death is the first in the series’ long pattern of loss that merlin endures and that eventually comes to define him because people either find out about his magic and their knowledge is directly tested against his loyalty to arthur, or he cannot allow them to know about his magic because it will unravel his relationship with arthur.

will, freya, balinor, morgana, mordred, arthur.

also the fact that will covered for merlin’s use of magic in his last moments just adds to the tragedy AND the growing pile of moments merlin could have told arthur about his magic but didnt. and also the fact that will literally died to save arthur. like tell me that just doesn’t prove my point. tell me. will never stood a chance. tell me every aspect of merlin’s life does not get consumed by arthur pendragon.

i’m all for merthur being soulmates, but god the original series is rife with the unbalanced mess of merlin being wholeheartedly aware of arthur’s great potential and destiny leading to some intense devotion and faith that yes, arthur earns and pays back in full measure but can never fully reciprocate because he just does not know anything. by the triple goddess, it can get so toxic. i wish will had lived if just for that. and like the jealousy arthur gets whenever merlin has other people. because i 100% live for possessive arthur and protective merlin dynamics.