#here's to coming back and new beginnings

[blackhholes]

teen wolf meme: [3/5] motifs -> resurrection

It's different now. I think dying did something to him. It did something to me, too. But none of it was good.

[seventh-district]

so uh. that 2.2 Special Program, huh

[vaugarde]

i remember when people were saying mewtwos inclusion in the genesect movie felt random and pandering to the gen 1 crowd that was uncommitted bc this wasnt even movie 1 mewtwo, and i dont think anyone says that now but wow i think they were wayyyy off the mark there lol. mewtwos the perfect choice for them that couldve existed at the time and she made for perfectly good xy teasing too

[softquietsteadylove]

Ohh you have to continue the zombie au!! Them finally meeting sersi and co will be amazing :D

"Welcome, Gilgamesh."

He frowned at those around him. He hadn't given them his name. Usually it was Thena who was deeply distrustful of anyone they came across, but he was happy to take up that mantle in her absence.

That was the worst part about this place, that he had yet to see Thena.

He had woken up in a fit over it, but they had told him - promised him - that he would see her if he kept himself calm. They returned his clothes to him, washed and everything.

"We take in all those who need help," the short doctor, Ajak he had learned, said beside him. The cafeteria was surprisingly bustling with people. "That was how you came to us."

They had told him that Thena had arrived with him on her back, which he couldn't help but doubt. Not that she would do it, but Thena was half his weight at most, and they didn't exactly have food or water to spare, last he remembered.

The last solid memory he did have was of feeling feverish, dragging his feet as they continued towards the next city. He must have been really lagging, because Thena did something they never did, which was commandeer a car.

He could remember being in the backseat, and he could remember Thena's voice whispering sweet things, his head in her lap, her tipping water up to his lips.

All the more reason for him to be wary of these people until he could see Thena for himself. He looked around the place, "I don't see her."

They sighed. He had been a broken record since getting on his feet, but he felt he had good reason to be. The other doctor patted his shoulder, although he flinched away from her. "Thena is just getting back."

"Back?" he frowned and turned. Sersi, the younger, taller doctor, and a third guy in a white coat named Phastos all stepped back from him. They were the only ones he'd met so far. "Where was she?"

"She joined some of our scouts on a run," Phastos attempted to be a voice of reason. "Some of the supplies we needed were for you, so she volunteered to go with them."

He wasn't exactly placated by the news. "So you sent her out there with people she doesn't even know? Are they really gonna watch her back out there? What if they can't protect her?!"

"Gil, please," Sersi joined in the effort to soothe him. "It's a simple run to the closest facility outside the hospital. We've been here a long time--since the beginning, really. We've already sectioned off half the city as safe territory."

Gil huffed. With Phastos behind him and the docs in front, he felt a bit like a caged animal. He looked around the bustling cafeteria again, "fine. When will they be back?"

"It should be any time now," Sersi promised before turning and trotting off.

"Sersi's husband is part of the field team," Ajak supplied in her absence, leading them closer to the rest of the populace. The people already there eyed them and kept their distance, but they didn't exactly pull out pitch forks and torches at the sight of him. "We have some very good people here with us."

Gil watched as Doctor Sersi trotted over to the door, her wavy black ponytail bouncing behind her. She must have seen they were coming, because she ran at the door and launched herself into someone's arms before they were even in the room.

A man walked in with her attached to him, tall and broad shouldered. Gil couldn't hear them, but he had an inkling that he was one of the men who had dragged him inside when Thena no longer could. The other one walked in past the married couple, not even glancing at them.

Finally, far behind the other two, a ghost of a figure hurried into the room and immediately split off and away from everyone. Despite the promise of food, she steered clear of the line for it, pushing a blonde ponytail off her shoulder and pulling off her backpack.

Her clothes had also been washed, and the jacket she was wearing seemed to be new, maybe as a form of protection. But that was definitely his Thena prowling away from the thick of the crowd.

"Thena!"

Heads turned and people jumped out of the way of the huge stranger sprinting across the room. Some of them yelped, as if he were a train barrelling forward on its tracks. But he could only see Thena.

"Gil!" she barely got out before he swallowed her up, his arms snaking around her and his massive form folding over her. Her knees bent in response but he held her close, swinging her around in his arms.

"Thena! You're okay!" he sobbed, openly at that. For all his reluctance to cooperate with their hosts thus far he let himself weep with joy as he finally felt Thena's light frame in his embrace again. She still smelled like fresh air, and she was warm, and she was kind of bony, but soft in the places it mattered. "I-I thought-!"

"Sh, Gil, I'm here," she cooed, running her fingers through his hair as he blubbered over her like a baby. She let him lean his weight on her, his face buried between her neck and her shoulder, their legs stumbling, "it's okay, just breathe."

"I told you--they're too committed to each other, they won't-"

"Ikaris, hush."

"Are we just gonna watch them make out, or...?"

"Give them some space," Ajak urged the rest of her team. Gil pulled his head up to see her waving them back, her back turned to them. She didn't have the distrust in him and Thena that he had with her. "can you blame them?"

"Gil," Thena called to him, pulling his attention back to her. She put her hand to his cheek, her eyes scrubbing over him, "are you okay?"

He nodded, leaning into her touch, "I'm okay. Wh-What about you? I woke up and a-and you-"

"Sorry," Sersi leaned over to offer her apologies, "I voted to move you into the same room, but I got outnumbered."

"We weren't sure what to make of you," the other man who came in alongside Sersi's husband shrugged. "And then you freaked out when she wasn't there, so-"

"So," Gil made a face, "you decided that keeping us apart longer would fix that?"

Ajak laughed, although the guy clearly didn't appreciate it. He huffed, putting his hands on his hips, "hey, big guy, I'm the funny one here, got it?"

"Okay," Ajak spoke to those crowded around them en masse again, "let's let the lovebirds have a bite to eat and settle themselves. We can discuss what happens from here on afterward."

What did she mean by that? But Gil looked down as Thena slipped her hand into his. He was going to have to ignore that 'lovebirds' comment for now too, huh?

"Come on," Thena pulled him by the hand, keeping their fingers intertwined, "you must be starving."

"Well, yeah, but-" he looked around, still feeling on edge in the completely new environment. It was being around people - living people - that had him so on edge.

"I'll tell you everything that's happened," Thena promised him, "after you eat."

He just sighed, looking at her like she was the sun and he'd been underground for years. He would do anything if it meant he didn't have to let go of her hand yet, "fine."

[teddybearsims]

sweet beginnings tag

thank you @raiiny-bay for the tag 🥹💘

This tag is all about looking at your past. All you need to do is to find one of the first screenshots you ever took (preferably also published), and post it beside the recent one! And tell everybody when you took that first picture! Oh, and don’t forget to tag your posts! #sweet beginnings tag

2017 vs 2023

tadaaaa behold my old sim looks. what a tragedy before we got some amazing sliders and presets huh 😭 I created Ivy shortly after making some other oc's I used to post a lot of back in 2016-2017, but after making her she became my #1 sim alongside Avery. This isn't my earliest sim post, since I started around 2013 with sims 3 (10yrs of simblr my gosh), and my sims 4 gameplay posts are just awful to look at so I've spared you all LOL. Ivy is when I truly started to 'edit' pictures, mostly with those light ray overlays or dust textures because I thought it looked so cool at the time! Simblr overall was a different environment back then too, and it still amazes me to see the incredible blender edits people do now, I still loveee the creativity of this community so much. I still use the same editing program now as I did then, but my sim style overall has changed a ton and it's jarring to see these two right beside each other!! 💀

I will tag: @madfeary @intramoon @theosconfessions @meoanii @wasabichips @kamibellini and anyone else who sees this and would like to do it!!! 💖💖

[yourheartinyourmouth]

you ever have so many problems you don’t even know where to begin because they’re all snarled up together like string

[babisawyer]

can I be honest...............it's hard for me to finish this season of interview with the vampire

[daisywords]

every time I actually force myself to sit down and work on a specific scene/plot point even when I don't know how it's going to happen, I literally do get ideas and make progress if I just sit and work through it and brainstorm for a second. unfortunately I also forget that this works every time. so I live in this constant state of "oh I can't work on this part bc idk how to write it. guess I'll die never write" when it's like. girl. have you ever heard of opening the document, orienting yourself, and making a list of ideas? bc you might be surprised...

[andromedasummer]

this shit sucks. tomorrow is a stay in bed and set up a writing blog day. mend my clothes day. move some boxes day.

[herearedragons]

also: the most heartbreaking miscommunication currently happening between ZevKya right now as both of them are falling for each other’s facades

like. things have been looking promising for a while, with the two of them finding a surprising amount of common ground in how they were raised and how they view themselves, and generally enjoying each other’s company, but it was way too early for Zevran to be buying into that completely, so obviously he’s on guard. and then I guess between yelling about “no mercy”, refusing to answer the Guardian (which he, himself, does) and being willing (happy, even) to fight Sten to the death at the drop of a hat, I guess something about Kyana’s behavior set off an alarm and he went “okay, she really does just care about her status and power, she’s going to kill me eventually, let’s try flirting with her and seeing if it works”

unfortunately. at the exact same time Kyana has decided to try and let go of her past for good and maybe be a little more open to new things, and due to an absolute lack of Romantic Insight is 100% sure that Zevran really just likes her that much. and, unfortunately, by awkwardly attempting to reciprocate because hey, why not she’s just further reinforcing his impression that she’s using him

however, despite that disaster, the two of them are still on the exact same wavelength about everything else, which means that their interactions are constantly bouncing between guarded(Zevran)&awkward(Kyana) and “wait no you Get It. you really Get It”

[icewindandboringhorror]

feeling sick constantly in the background all the time is like.. usually negligible-ish.. until multiple various chronic background issues all happen to overlap at once and then it’s like 

[jojobearzyx]

Hi am back

[non-un-topo]

Considering taking a week off to try and get some energy back

[nexttothelamp]

<3

[oceanxveiined]

Honestly, even when I add a new verse for the oc(s) and work them into a still-expanding canon, I like to think their presence in the area/time of the narrative is best justified as essentially them running a B-plot in a sitcom to the main quests/protagonists' journeys. Or like. Half the shit Team Rocket gets up to in the movies-

[unhinged-nymph]

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