#gosh. the speech. THE SPEECH

[lynxalon]

i'm watching exu: calamity for the third fucking time and i am once again absolutely insane about these fucking characters. laerryn coramar-seelie and loquatius seelie. their whole fucking divorced-in-love mess. zerxus ilerez and his damn prophetic visions. babe what horrors do u dream of now? patia motherfucking por'co. her memory loss payroll. her list of .. "friends with bad memory" . that was fucking crazy to hear the first time and on the third i'm still reeling. nydas okiro, i cant even begin with him . he was a pirate. he lived what could only be a pirate's dream, the guildmaster of a dragon's hoard, a dragon whom he can summon and command at will. his friend's son lives with his brother and family. he puts people on patia's payroll, both conjoined in secrets, but that's not only it. he was described as holding spinning plates at all times. he was laerryn's partner and confidant on her life's work. cerrit agrupnin. the father who got his children out of an apocalyptic catastrophe. the father who kept his promise to be with them. by sheer luck or by fate's design, by the strength of his virtue and love and a father's promise. of all that he could not and did not keep, the one most important. he was an investigator so adept at his job that invisibility could not keep a person hidden from his sight. he had a ring to detect lies. he had a ring. to detect lies. loquatius . the fey who fell in love with a mortal. the reporter who spoke to the people at the end of their lives and his own and called for them to stay. to do their duty, keep their promise. no officials get to leave the people they're supposed to protect and speak for behind. and no one shall forget the most beautiful woman in the world, laerryn coramar-seelie. the woman who, in secret, strived to give her husband and her friends and her heart, her avalir, an option. the choice, to rise above and beyond. to seek the knowledge of realms and stars and all that they could ever achieve. a future so bright it was blinding. a goal so lofty, a dream so wistful. a path tread almost completely alone. and in that, history and mistrust. the gau drashari who expected the wizards to not keep their word, and thus created the circumstance in which the wizards did not know the importance of the tree of names and saw it only as a limitation. because that's all it appeared to be. and zerxus. the godless. champion of a deity-less divinity. oracle who saw visions of the lord of the hells. he saw the lord of the hells, hurting and injured. and in that being he saw redemption and a path to healing. he faced asmodeus and straight up said "oh you poor thing" afsgsjdkfkflflflgl he looked at a god and held nothing but pity for him upon seeing that he could not be redeemed. that there was such deep hatred. he was killed and revived over and over by this god. the god that he brought through into the world. . . the por'co legacy. patia, who in the end gifted her knowledge of everything truly Everything to a young maya agrupnin. and what of young kir and maya? celebrations and festivities, the anticipation of seeing their father. maya snuck out to a party to meet a girl and drink alcohol she doesn't even like, tailed by her brother who mirrored their father. kir, junior investigator, because of him, cerrit thankfully did not have to track down maya in panic. kir who received a message from his father to gather at their home. and then their father sent them away, to safety. 2/3rds of the world met calamity. how must it have felt to be a young child, everything you knew ending and dying. fuck man. that's not even everything i could fucking say about all of this i havent even broached the lord of the hells and the plot and the depth of patia's complexity with memory and knowledge and laerryn and loquatius and their open jabs and silent acts of devotion and love, zerxus and cerrit and their opposing and paralleled paths of fatherhood, nydas' and zerxus and cerrit. protectors. laerryn and patia. visionaries. loquatius. truth and hope and home.

[iwasbored777]

Y'all ever think about how in the first two movies Robotnik made fun of Tom and Maddie for risking their lives for Sonic, and in the third movie Robotnik ended up sacrificing himself to save Stone? He finally understood why Tom and Maddie were so protective of Sonic, he finally understood what love is.

[2aceofspades]

Chores

Vaguely inspired by my older sib...love ya, big bro ♥️

[alicenotalice]

My main piece for the Hotguy Comics Zinethology, once again edited by @violet-fire-cat ! Shout out to @bad12amcomic and @mumblesplash for cheerleading me on the first read of my rough draft!

Working on this project has been amazing, thank you to the wonderful mods and all my fellow contributors and to everyone who reads the story we made together!

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[mewkwota]

I have the power to do so much in these controllers.

So if I'm gonna be able to move freely as my favorite characters, you can bet your bippy I will do just that. Like, body acting is really so fun, it makes the avatar feel much more alive-- especially if they lack facial expressions (that's also why I keep Geo's visor obscured).

[redeemed-wren]

Calypso is not a character that I LIKE but she is a character that I want to study like a bug

[simptasia]

you know britpicking? like where an american writes a fanfic set in england, or with an english character, and they get an english friend to look through it and check through it to see if the terms and phrases are accurate? (eg. flat instead of apartment)

well i propose there be such a concept for star trek

because people in star trek talk differently than modern humans. they use different words, different slang, phrasings. yes, they can speak casually but mostly it isn't like us. watch any of 90s trek and you'll see These People Do Not Speak Like Us

and, no disrespect, a lot of fic does not reflect this. and it irks me. they just speak like modern day people instead of... star trek characters. i personally think part of the fun of writing trek characters is writing it out to how they speak and how they would think

hell, this isnt even a fanfic problem. modern trek has this issue too. i think outta laziness. they have their people talking (and when in casual wear, dressing) like 2020s people and it pisses me off

its part of why strange new worlds feels like a high budget SNL skit

annnnyways. i propose this idea be called fact trekking

[bluestrawberrybunny]

I realized something today…

I made a mistake with the Apprenticeship AU…

I SHOULD HAVE HAD SMG3 AND SMG4’S WEDDING BE THE FUCKING MARRIAGE SPEECH FROM THE PRINCESS BRIDE!!!!!!

I AM SO DISAPPOINTED IN MYSELF!!!! /hj

[logicpng]

baby's first real dialogue...

I didn't get much done yet in terms of scripting, but I'm kinda happy with how these look in action

[First image ID:

Gif demonstrating Rigel Aster's intro speech in the ukugaka. The speech as follows:

"Welcome! My name is Aster and I'll be your guide through the installation and usage of Ca- …W- Windows 11 2H22, of course! Naturally!

Uh… I- [Speech bubble abruptly wiped] I see you've already set yourself up quite nicely! Well done! You didn't even need my help.

But I will still be more than happy to help you with anything to enhance your experience. It would seem you have just recently installed me on your computer. I will need your name, pronouns, and birthday to get to know you."

End image ID]

[Second image ID:

Gif demonstrating Rigel's response to the date of birth being entered coinciding with the current date. "You mean today!? Ah- I mean… that's a happy coincidence! Happy birthday, Log."

End image ID]

[willowser]

this has me dying bc yes, poor bakugo !! he doesn’t wanna lose you! he’s walking on eggshells, stressed as hell !!

but like,, while he’s Doing That the poor girl he coupled up with as a backup is just there like 🧍‍♂️

LMAO he's so stressed !! 🥺 he wants to be so good !! especially bc all the boys are probably like, "this is just another test for you both, you've just gotta prove yourself" and he's like I KNOW 😠 I KNOW GOD DAMNNIT 😠 IT'S FINE 😠 akfbska poor thing 🥺 AND THE POOR GIRL HE'S COUPLED WITH ??? LMAOOOO i feel like. right away, he's making it clear akfhska if it's not already

aw aw you go on a date and come back and he's — *gritted teeth hands shaking nostrils flared eyes wild* "so...how did it go ? 😬 did you have a nice time ? 😬" TRYING HIS BEST TO BE CIVIL

[losergendered]

total drama mogai. bottom text. /silly

(chris mclean voice) Welcome back to Total! Drama! Mogai! Last time, the campers had to explore the depths of the internet, armed only with their keyboards! for the first challenge, they were tasked with collecting as many flags as they could find... buuuut, they could only choose blogs that had deactivated! Gwen used her internet archive skills to find dozens of terms for xer team, seriously, are we sure this gxrl isn't some kind of goverment agent? Anywho... Quis internet wizardry earned its team an advantage in round two: access to a flag editing software! As for the other team? Wellll, they had to make do with ms paint and a trackpad. Hey, who knows, maybe wobbly lines are all the rage these days! Surprisingly, Noah's inhumanly steady hands eked out a victory for team Killer Coiners! Dude must play a looooot of video games. Oh, and the Screaming Hoarders? welll, let's just say that they weren't the most... color-coordinated. Yeesh, talk about #eyestrain! Needless to say, they lost the challenge and Harold got the boot. Sorry Harold, just because you use neopronouns doesn't mean you're safe! We've got ten campers left and a million dollars at stake! Whose pronoun hoard is at an all-time high? And who's gonna get put on the dni? Find out next time on Total! Drama! MOGAIIII!!!

[faytelumos]

I wish I could get emotional over the sad scene in a movie, but I always know they're gonna revive the dead loved one as soon as the speech about unexpressed feelings has expended all of its comedic potential.

[krenenbaker]

Stop the World - 3: Please

Pairing: Malleus/Cater

Warnings/Features: Angst with a happy ending, (somewhat?) possessive Malleus Draconia, questionably suggestive at the end... but that's COMPLETELY up to the reader's interpretation :)

Summary: Cater and Malleus have found a comfortable rhythm to their lives in their last year at Night Raven College. But as the threat of change creeps closer, their fears about the future do too.

The Couple: Looking ahead, into the future

Notes: Finally, after over a month (oops!), this short fic has concluded! This was a good learning experience for me, and I had quite a bit of fun writing it. It ended up taking a slightly different direction than I had originally anticipated, but I like how it turned out here. :) I know that many of my lovely moots are more 'canon x reader' fic readers/writers, so I really appreciate your support on this 'canon x canon' piece!

Tags: @dove-da-birb, @inkybloom-luv, @silvers-numberonefan, @azulashengrottospiano (if you'd like to be tagged, or not tagged, in the writing I post, please let me know!)

Part 1 | Part 2 | AO3 Version (ft. all chapters)

After the sun dipped past the horizon, Cater glanced up towards his boyfriend. "What's running through your mind there? You look, like, super serious right now."

"Hm?" Malleus turned his gaze from the sky. "Nothing serious, I assure you.  You seem cold, we should head inside."

"Ehh, no, I'm a-okay rn!" Cater shook his head.  "But Mal, I've got to know. What were you thinking about?"

"I was contemplating our future."

"Ah."

Cater tore his line of sight away from Malleus' intense gaze, and the air seemed to grow still around them, even though the leaves in the trees were rustling audibly.

Cater then heard a quiet chuckle, before Malleus murmured into his ear, "You now appear deep in thought, Treasure.  Is there something troubling you?"

"Oh, I'm just... thinking."

"Well well, I'm not sure I knew you could do that."

Cater turned to face a small smirk. "Hey!" Cater laughed, with a gentle smack to Malleus' arm. "That was totes rude, Mal! I'm wounded!"

Cater's smile faltered, then dropped as he looked off into the distance again. "Malleus, what's going to... no, never mind."

Malleus gave his darling's hand a small squeeze. "Please, tell me."

Giving a gentle squeeze in return, Cater took a shaky breath. In as measured a voice as he could manage, he asked, "What's going to happen to us? Like, at the end of this year?"

Summoning up the courage to turn back to Malleus, Cater looked back into his eyes. "Listen, I don't want to get all sad or whatever here, but, I've been thinking... what if this was a mistake?"

Malleus's expression fell, a flash of darkness crossing his face. "Excuse me?" Does he think we shouldn't be together any more? Or at ALL?

"No, no, no. I mean... ugh, I'm terrible at this." Cater took a deep breath and ran his free hand down his face. "We've got our internships next year, right? And I thought, we probably won't go to the same place.  And I mean," he began to speak faster, "I'm used to moving by now, you know? Just going to a new place and leaving people behind and stuff.  It's become normal. But I just..." Cater paused, forcing himself to slow down, "I just feel like this time it's different... 'cause I'm with you. 'Cause I love you."

"What do you mean, Cater?"

He used my first name? "I mean," Cater swallowed thickly, "I don't want to leave.  I don't wanna leave you. "

Malleus placed his hand on Cater's cheek. "Do you think you must?"

"I...", Cater froze, then slightly leaned into the touch.  "I don't know. I don't want to. I just thought I'd need to, I guess, since we'd both be away from NRC next year."

"You're correct about that, I suppose," Malleus said softly. "But, what if... we could intern in the same place?" 

Cater's eyebrows rose in surprise, "Wait, pause there.  What?"

"I will go where you go. Or you can come with me. If it's alright with you, I want to find a way to remain together, because," Malleus drew his arms around his Treasure, Cater, before whispering, "I love you with my whole being, and I won't lose you. Not now."

Cater's breath caught in his throat. He'd come with me? He wants to stay with me? Nobody, in the dozen or more places he'd moved had ever wanted to stay with him; to follow him. This was new. This was... nice.

"Okay," Cater murmured into the dark fabric on Malleus' shoulder, before drawing back to look into his eyes. "I won't lose you either, Mal. We'll figure something out... together."

A soft breeze picked up a couple of fallen leaves in front of the couple, swirling them in a sort of gentle dance.

"Um, but first, Mal," Cater said, getting to his feet, "Let's go inside. I... actually am kinda cold." Cater held out his hand for his love (even though he knew he didn't need to).

Malleus smiled, taking his human's outstretched hand and standing up. "I thought you may be."

"Oh shush. You and your... what, intuition? Powers? I don't even know, babe. Anyways, do you want to come in for some tea? I think we have time before Riddle would call us out for it being too late," Cater said with a smile.

Malleus dipped his head. "As always, my dearest Cater."

Even if the school year was coming to an end, the love and support that Malleus and Cater found in each other would continue, however they chose to do so. For now, they would simply enjoy their time, their tea, and whatever else the evening had in store.

[cinnamonanddean]

Ehehehehe Lois just staring into space fantasizing about her and Clark banging, girl I see you. I love when they let the tough girl be soft over her man, it's so sweet.

...well for all of five seconds before she's back to the snark. Girl, I still see you.

HER RINGTONE STOPPPPPPP HAHAHA she is my idol honestly.

[awesometothe3rd]

[eats-the-stars]

I feel like there are roughly two kinds of "painfully weird kid" that you can be during your K-12 school years. the first is your "I am trying so hard to be normal but I just cannot seem to hit the mark. there's just something wrong with me and I don't know how to fix it" and the second is the category I was in, which is your "everyone around me is so incredibly weird but they obviously can't help it so I will just have to accept this."