#he was the party's MOTIVATOR

[rhinocio]

halfling fighter scrublord adelaide mosh

[formosusiniquis]

steddie relationship reveal coming not from the kids walking in on them or accidental pda but because Eddie's combat balance suddenly gets better and they realize it's cause Steve (the better strategist) is helping him with the combat prep. They know it's love cause Eddie threatened to shave Tews and blame it on Dustin the one time he picked up the wrong notebook/no one gets to see Eddie's DnD planning

[hiphopcherrrypop]

save me bottle blond bass player

[aphel1on]

chilchuck. chilchuck, no. if you have to make this choice, you supervise laios. ALWAYS supervise laios.

goddammit-

well kabru is having the time of his life at least

[atompalace-official]

Senshi realises which ingredient he needs for a final touch to his dish 🍳🩶

[zaliaslapasz]

screencap redraw :,)

[girlyliondragon]

GUESS WHERE MY SUDDEN DORMANCY WITH THEM WENT HAHA.

Here's a Suselle Pride Month pic! This actually started out as something I did as a spite reaction to the hate this ship gets and it's still getting it because people don't know how to look at characters as any sort of 2-dimensional except me (jk I've seen a lot more folks thankfully) SO IT'S STILL SPITE LOL. It was only when I realized that June was coming when I lined it at the tail-end of April that I held onto this and slowly worked over it in the month of May. So it wasn't originally for now. Funny that tbh.

This was also me fucking around and finding out with Sai 2's scatter brushes now at my disposal :D I love the sorta blatant Fire and Ice thing with them still. I won't lie in the slightest it was greatly inspired by Lynxgriffin's piece of them. Other than that I draw everything from scratch and my hands were screaming for a while (If tumblr isn't still fucky with links I'd do that but until then aaaaa..)

Art: Mine

Do not steal/crop/edit/etc. Do not tag as kin/me ty! Suselle haters DNI :U

[all-that-jazz-93]

Gonna watch The Mummy for the first time tonight

[artworkofolivia]

medieval illumination feat. a dnd party 

"Local idiots nearly die facing the dreaded Marilith. They blame Mordan, who put them up to this."

(The font is 'king harold' and is based on the Bayeux Tapestry. The latin is from ye olde goog'le tranlsate so latin scholars please kindly avert your eyes haha.)

[caenith]

Maeglin was no weakling or craven, but the torment wherewith he was threatened cowed his spirit, and he purchased his life and freedom by revealing to Morgoth the very place of Gondolin and the ways whereby it might be found and assailed. Great indeed was the joy of Morgoth, and to Maeglin he promised the lordship of Gondolin as his vassal, and the possession of Idril Celebrindal, when the city should be taken; and indeed desire for Idril and hatred for Tuor led Maeglin the easier to his treachery, most infamous in all the histories of the Elder Days.

Ok, so which one was it?

Because the reason why exactly Maeglin decided to reveal Gondolin's secrets to Morgoth is crucial to how the readers perceive this character.

Was his betrayal caused by the torment and fear for his life? Because c'mon, this can be excused both by the readers and also by other characters appearing in the story (the question of 'would Turgon - either reborn or still stuck in the Halls - be ever able to forgive his nephew?').

Or maybe was it what the second part of the paragraph suggest? The promise of getting the girl and a job as Morgoth's vassal? This one straight-up makes Maeglin a first class villain tbh.

Would Maeglin betray the city if he wasn't tortured and/or afraid of losing his life?

Yeah, his later actions during the attack on the city don't really show him as a poor little guy who was forced to betray Gondolin but that's not the point here.

[twinkdemise]

[lollytea]

Is it too much to ask for one of those "it's a wonderful life" type things where Luz gets to see a timeline where she never came to the Boiling Isles

[asterouslyaesthetic]

i like to think the reason volo is so surprised that togepi likes him is that he actually hated togepi at first.

now, i'm assuming it's the same togepi as in PLA and dimensional shenanigans mean that he was pulled in with the wrong version of her.

so, allow me to set the scene, under the cut:

this story takes place almost six years before our protagonist (who is akari, in my heart) arrives in hisui. volo, seemingly a young man, arrives at cogita's place, due to a letter she sent to him.

she reveals to him that the pokemon nearby have been spooked badly by something, or someone. he agrees to take a look, if she'll share a particular book with him.

so, volo sets off and finds an injured hisuian decidueye, who attacks him with impunity. during this fight, he notices and correctly deduces that:

a) this decidueye was injured by someone, and

b) he has something to protect, likely a child

because of the book that's promised to him, and because volo sees value in having such a strong pokemon aid him, volo begins his attempts to "befriend" the decidueye.

the next day, while he's still injured (for which cogita displays motherly concern, which volo dismisses due to his resentment of her), he returns to heal the decidueye—and leaves some berries that not only help heal injuries, but are also good for young pokemon to eat.

this goes on for roughly a month before decidueye decides he can trust volo with the existence of his child—togepi, then a helpless egg. and volo, while he refuses to analyze it, actually enjoys spending time with decidueye. it's the first time he's done so in years, since the passing of the two pokemon who had followed him through his childhood (and died for it).

but good things aren't meant to last. though decidueye heals up nicely, he's still rather weak because of his injuries, which were long left untreated. he lasts for another three months before he entrusts togepi, still an egg, to volo, expending the last of his energy to go find an heirloom he and his deceased mate wanted to leave for their child.

and volo hates togepi for it.

every time he looks at the egg, he considerd smashing it. "if it wasn't for you, decidueye would still be alive." he can't fathom decidueye's actions, nor can he accept it as "selflessness (on decidueye's part)" instead of "selfishness (on togepi's part)".

mind you, togepi is an egg. she can't do shit.

but he always stops himself before he does anything he'll regret, eventually convincing himself that raising a pokemon from the beginning ensures loyalty—at least until togepi finds a better master, or learns that volo could do nothing for her father.

but volo, despite how twisted he is, ends up charmed by how togepi follows him around. even if he's rude and cold at times, though he does the bare minimum, she still looks at him as if he's hung the sun, the stars, the moon—even the clouds in the sky. and volo is weak to that genuineness, despite thinking that togepi has every reason to hate him, even though he internally treats it with revulsion.

[now, for an intermission, things volo has definitely thought about togepi:

(after she presents him with a daisy because she thinks it'll look good against his hair) "i wonder if there's anything in that empty head of yours. silly girl, you should be worrying about yourself."

(when togepi tries to change his towel when he gets a fever) "i know that it's only a matter of time. i know that. but if i close my eyes, i can return to the past and take you with me. so, just for today...i..."

(after someone says that it's amazing how well-behaved togepi is) "that's like remarking on a daughter obedient to her father. in exchange for gems and other finery, she plays a quiet, docile fool, until she has no need of him. that's why...i need to find the rest of those plates soon. so that...we can remain together i will never be betrayed."]

and togepi, despite being young, can understand volo is hurting, but is ultimately a good person. volo is not only the closest thing she has to a dad, but she's also the only one who can worm into his heart now, or so cogita says. so she makes it her life's goal to make volo happy, because she hates it when he's unhappy, even if it means making very questionable decisions and hurting someone else she loves.

[now, another intermission—things togepi has definitely thought about volo:

(after he smiles sadly) "ah...don't smile like that." (smushes his cheeks, causing him to snort and laugh) "please let him always be happy. please let me make him happy.”

(after witnessing a father-daughter pokemon duo in the wild) "a father? the way you're looking at them...it seems like you also don't know what a father is." (after being told what a father is) "ah, that's not true. it seems we're not the same. i have a father...and i'm not old enough to be yours..."

(after being told what volo wants to achieve) "if the world is remade...then will you and i ever meet?" (cuddles in beside volo) "but you said, 'we'll do it together.' so...whatever you need me to do...i'll do it."]

after all, it only makes sense that volo's pokemon are equally crazy, and possibly very devoted to him. that craziness is why n lies to volo—it's not that togepi tells n their plans, it's that she's frighteningly devoted to him, almost in the same way some members of team plasma acted.

[by the way, cogita also gifts him some letters from his deceased mother (who was her niece) that she found while cleaning. that's actually the reason she calls him, because it's his mother's birthday. they end up celebrating it for the first time in a looong time, and cogita thinks she might've raised him right (nope)]

[gammija]

@a-mag-a-day Follow-up to yesterday's poll:

My previous poll is still open for a few hours, if you want to share your interpretation of yesterday's mysterious statement benefactor. And of course, if you've got an idea that couldn't fit in the polls, share it!

[tediousdelusion]

the thing that kills me about the breakdown in communication between izzy and ed is that they *do* talk to each other but they're incapable of understanding each other bc izzy will only say what he wants (for ed to kill stede) but not why he wants it (fear for ed's safety) and ed will say why he wants (bored, burnt out) but not what he wants (to stay with stede)

[kenllre]

NéiL “La porte du prophete” BAND PROFILE Translation

Another Q&A style band profile from the Key Party fanclub magazine La porte du prophete, this time with Néil! It contains info about the members such as their birthdays, height/weight, favourite food, etc. Once again, thank you to @biologicalslicer​ for scanning the magazine! The link to their post with the scans is here. Read under the cut!

NOTE: I do not speak Japanese and mostly used machine translation, but I’ve done my best to make it as accurate as possible and I’m quite confident in the translation overall since it’s a pretty simple Q&A. (Extra notes are asterisked) Q1. Date of birth - Place of birth

Daisuke: American Independence Day - Wakayama Prefecture

Tetsu: November 16 - Gunma Prefecture

Teruhiko: September 25 - Tokyo

Takuyu: July 13 - Toyama Prefecture

Q2. Blood type

Daisuke: RH+A

Tetsu: B

Teruhiko: B

Takuyu: O

Q3. Height - Weight

Daisuke: 173cm - 55kg

Tetsu: Tiny

Teruhiko: 180cm, a little more - 64kg

Takuyu: 170cm - 55kg

Q4. Eye colour - Eyesight

Daisuke: Black - Contacts

Tetsu: Light brown - Both 1.5

Teruhiko: Black - Bad

Takuyu: Brown - Both 1.0

Q5. Foot size

Daisuke: 26~26.5cm

Tetsu: 25cm

Teruhiko: 27.5~28cm

Takuyu: 26cm

Q6. Favourite brand

Daisuke: Golce

Tetsu: Nothing in particular, but whatever I like. But I am particular about perfume.

Teruhiko: Gaultier and Dirk Bikkembergs

Takuyu: There are so many that I can’t write them

Q7. Self analysis of your personality

Daisuke: Gakincho Daimaou (*Great Demon King)

Tetsu: The difference between light and dark is intense.

Teruhiko: Sarcastic

Takuyu: Simple

Q8. Favourite food

Daisuke: Egg

Tetsu: Rice and something to go with it (like Nori)

Teruhiko: Sushi and yakiniku

Takuyu: Tasty things

Q9. Food you dislike

Daisuke: Natto

Tetsu: Canned asparagus 

Teruhiko: Getemono (*a Japanese word for strange/disgusting food that most people would never eat)

Takuyu: Bad things

Q10. Favourite music 

Daisuke: Many

Tetsu: Most if not all rock

Teruhiko: NeiL

Takuyu: Classic and heavy metal

Q11. Favourite type of woman

Daisuke: Sometimes mature, sometimes childish

Tetsu: A person who shares the same values

Teruhiko: A person who is modest but has his or her own ideas

Takuyu: Ikeike gyaru

Q12. Type of woman you dislike

Daisuke: The not so cute ones

Tetsu: A person who doesn’t share the same values

Teruhiko: Opposite type of the above (*My format may make this answer seem odd, but if you don’t get it, by “the above” he means his answer in Q11)

Takuyu: Secret

Q13. What do you not want in the world?

Daisuke: It’s a food chain... in this world...

Tetsu: Nuclear weapons

Teruhiko: Tetsu in a drunken state (laughs)

Takuyu: Politicans and bullies

Q14. What is death to you?

Daisuke: I won’t know until I die

Tetsu: If you don’t believe in yourself anymore, you’re as good as dead even if you’re alive.

Teruhiko: The end...? The beginning....?

Takuyu: No comment

Q15. On the day the world is destroyed, where will you be and with whom?

Daisuke: Plans are undecided

Tetsu: Sleeping at home with my cat

Teruhiko: Dancing in a circle with all the members!

Takuyu: Eating ramen in Shinjuku