#i make myself cry

[lichanicksstuff]

"I really don't know what I love you means. I think it means don't leave me here alone." ~ Neil Gaiman.

[buckleyy--diazz]

In the sneak peek we got of Athena speaking with the doctor, she asks for how long Bobby's heart stopped and the doctor says 'almost 14 minutes'.

Now I need a parallel with Buddie at some point in S8. I need Athena speaking with someone, maybe Hen and she mentions how long Bobby's heart stopped but down to the second, just like Eddie did in 6x13 when he said Buck's heart stopped for 3 minutes and 17 seconds.

I need the person who is talking with Athena to say something about her knowing the exact seconds and Athena saying "This is the man I love of course I know".

[neptunezo]

Roy “who doesn’t get it, even after all of the horrible things he’s done, the people he’s killed, all addiction he’s struggled with, will never understand how Lian Nguyen-Harper can still love him as her dad knowing everything” Harper

Lian “who will love her dad no matter what, knowing his past and his present can never see the bad in him, knowing he’s trying and he’s there, knowing that’s all she needs in a dad” Nguyen-Harper

[sakurawindchimes]

Headcanon: If Katsuki died, Izuku would absolutely incorporate something from Katsuki’s costume into his. Like the orange ‘X’ across the chest or twin explosion braids in his hair. Or both, both is good.

[apathetic-kiss]

having thoughts about post ck kaz and the crow club and jesper and wylan and wtf they're all doing in ketterdam. don't get me wrong, kaz is still out murdering and doing the gang shit but i also like to think about their weekly dinners at the van eck mansion and kaz renovating the slat and them all going out for waffles when inej and nina dock in the harbour. kaz and jesper getting drunk in kaz's office and him telling jesper about jordie. wylan experimenting and getting kaz to test his new prototypes. finally doing a big dinner together in the holidays. they are all hardened criminals and sailors and merchers, but they are also five broken teenagers that are just trying to heal together, and be their own version of family.

[scarebats]

satisfied from hamilton is basically mav when ice got married to sarah

[teenagemutantninjafangirl]

hold on. wait. the scene when ed and stede are sitting at the beach and ed says “i reckon what makes ed happy…is…you.” it’s like he’s recognizing it for the first time. like. his face goes from him talking to stede about things that make them happy to him realizing he’s in love with him because everything he loves has been taken from him.and then it gets taken from him again. i need to lie down.

[judyhopps934-mt-zd]

I just realized

If Lila/Cerise/whatever her real name is knows that Marinette is Ladybug, the moment that Marinette realizes this is the moment she has to prepare to pass on her Guardian responsibilities in case something happens to her.

Which means that if Lila/Cerise/whatever traps Ladybug/Marinette in a risky situation within the next few seasons during her reign as Aticas/whatever her HawkMoth name is, we will see Marinette lose her memories.

Excuse me while I cry

[adoribullpavus]

[pics-and-fanfics]

this is all for one thing

its all for one book im trying to start writing

going in order, heres the names of the docs, left to right

SASB characters and crap bc owch

dictionary for sasb bc this is going to get out of hand

Stars above, sky below (the actual book im trying to write. I have three (3!) sentences.)

please send help im going to cry

why do i do this to myself

[bearhaviour]

Yearning

[inkskinned]

the thing is that they're so fascinated by sex, they love sex, they can't imagine a world without sex - they need sex to sell things, they need sex to be part of their personality, they need sex to prove their power - but they hate sex. they are disgusted by it.

sex is the only thing that holds their attention, and it is also the thing that can never be discussed directly.

you can't tell a child the normal names for parts of their body, that's sexual in nature, because the body isn't a body, it's a vessel of sex. it doesn't matter that it's been proven in studies (over and over) that kids need to know the names of their genitals; that they internalize sexual shame at a very young age and know it's 'dirty' to have a body; that it overwhelmingly protects children for them to have the correct words to communicate with. what matters is that they're sexual organs. what matters is that it freaks them out to think about kids having body parts - which only exist in the context of sex.

it's gross to talk about a period or how to check for cancer in a testicle or breast. that is nasty, illicit. there will be no pain meds for harsh medical procedures, just because they feature a cervix.

but they will put out an ad of you scantily-clad. you will sell their cars for them, because you have abs, a body. you will drip sex. you will ooze it, like a goo. like you were put on this planet to secrete wealth into their open palms.

they will hit you with that same palm. it will be disgusting that you like leather or leashes, but they will put their movie characters in leather and latex. it will be wrong of you to want sexual freedom, but they will mark their success in the number of people they bed.

they will crow that it's inappropriate for children so there will be no lessons on how to properly apply a condom, even to teens. it's teaching them the wrong things. no lessons on the diversity of sexual organ growth, none on how to obtain consent properly, none on how to recognize when you feel unsafe in your body. if you are a teenager, you have probably already been sexualized at some point in your life. you will have seen someone also-your-age who is splashed across a tv screen or a magazine or married to someone three times your age. you will watch people pull their hair into pigtails so they look like you. so that they can be sexy because of youth. one of the most common pornography searches involves newly-18 young women. girls. the words "barely legal," a hiss of glass sand over your skin.

barely legal. there are bills in place that will not allow people to feel safe in their own bodies. there are people working so hard to punish any person for having sex in a way that isn't god-fearing and submissive. heteronormative. the sex has to be at their feet, on your knees, your eyes wet. when was the first time you saw another person crying in pornography and thought - okay but for real. she looks super unhappy. later, when you are unhappy, you will close your eyes and ignore the feeling and act the role you have been taught to keep playing. they will punish the sex workers, remove the places they can practice their trade safely. they will then make casual jokes about how they sexually harass their nanny.

and they love sex but they hate that you're having sex. you need to have their ornamental, perfunctory, dispassionate sex. so you can't kiss your girlfriend in the bible belt because it is gross to have sex with someone of the same gender. so you can't get your tubes tied in new england because you might change your mind. so you can't admit you were sexually assaulted because real men don't get hurt, you should be grateful. you cannot handle your own body, you cannot handle the risks involved, let other people decide that for you. you aren't ready yet.

but they need you to have sex because you need to have kids. at 15, you are old enough to parent. you are not old enough to hear the word fuck too many times on television.

they are horrified by sex and they never stop talking about it, thinking about it, making everything unnecessarily preverted. the saying - a thief thinks everyone steals. they stand up at their podiums and they look out at the crowd and they sign a bill into place that makes sexwork even more unsafe and they stand up and smile and sign a bill that makes gender-affirming care illegal and they get up and they shrug their shoulders and write don't say gay and they get up, and they make the world about sex, but this horrible, plastic vision of it that they have. this wretched, emotionless thing that holds so much weight it's staggering. they put their whole spine behind it and they push and they say it's normal!

this horrible world they live in. disgusted and also obsessed.

[jdetan]

A Destiny, Retold in Time - Chapter 24

Zelda has been fatally wounded and is seconds from death. Can Link possibly save her life, or has Ganondorf won?

Master, I’m not detecting a heartbeat. Fi said, grimly. My counterpart– please hurry. Understood. Enacting emergency life preservation protocol. Zelda’s sword glowed gold, and her body was encased in an amber crystal that formed from the sword, which held tight around her body, keeping further blood from leaking out. Metabolism slowed to the lowest survivable rate. Master. Her life is fading quickly. If you wish to save her, you must place her in the Spring of Wisdom, hidden at the top of this mountain, before her injuries proceed too far to be repaired. You have precisely twenty-seven minutes and thirty five seconds before the preservation fails and her life is lost. I am projecting the directions to you. Fi said, purpose clear in her voice. “Understood!” Link carefully lifted Zelda and took off running, holding her tightly to his chest as he did. “I estimate it will take you twenty six minutes to reach the Spring. Please hurry, master.” Fi said, her projection appearing alongside Link. “I’ll use everything I have to keep your stamina up! Go!” Navi said, pouring restorative magic into Link. “Don’t worry about anything other than Zelda!” Monsters hopped out, trying to attack Link, but he kicked them or tackled them out of the way. Farore’s Wind flared up as he leapt up paths rather than running along them. Twenty minutes. Link could see a little timer in the corner of his vision, projected there by Fi. He pushed himself harder, hearing Navi groan as she had to work harder to keep him moving. He’d feel guilty about that later. Right now, saving Zelda’s life was all that mattered. Fifteen minutes. Summoned by his thoughts, an endurance potion manifested in his hands, and he downed it in a second. He ran faster. He couldn’t lose her. He’s lost so much already– his mentor, his childhood friend, a future home that he’d hoped to share with Zelda… he’d be damned if he lost HER, too! Ten minutes. Where was this blasted spring? He leapt up a small collapsed area, never stumbling, never dropping Zelda. The directions showed it was fairly close now… he stole a look at her, visible in the crystal, her head leaned back and her face peaceful, looking like she was in a deep sleep rather than seconds from death. Even now, she was beautiful— Link couldn’t let her die! Five minutes. There! Down in a hidden crater! Now he just had to get there safely! No… he just had to get ZELDA there safely. He leapt down, landing hard on his right leg and feeling it buckle. Another healing potion– the last one he hadn’t had a chance to use yet– appeared in his hand and he drank it, running despite the pain of his bones knitting back together. Any pain he suffered was meaningless as long as she was safe. Two minutes. He reached the Spring, and placed Zelda carefully in the waters. “What now, Fi?” He called out. Call out to the goddess Hylia and ask her– Fi began. “Got it! Goddess Hylia, your vessel Zelda has been gravely wounded! Please, restore her to health!” Nothing seemed to happen. One minute. “Hylia! Heal her, please! She’s dying!” Thirty seconds. Link fell to his knees, crying into the water. “Please… please don’t take my Zelda away…” Zero seconds. The crystal shattered, and Zelda’s body dropped into the shallow pool of water, lying still. Link fell forward weeping. I failed her… he thought, looking at Zelda’s face, pale and unmoving. I failed her and now I’ll never hear her voice again… Read the Rest on Ao3!

[kathaynesart]

REPLICA PLAYLIST

MUSIC UNDER CUT

I have been receiving requests for any songs that inspired Replica, so here, have my personal playlist. Sorry it’s not Spotify/Soundcloud but they don’t have some of these songs available so uh… guess you’re stuck with YouTube vids. For fun I'll include my personal titles for them (which might give a few hints of what to expect in the future/end).

Replica Main Theme - “Die for You” by Grabbitz Like Father Like Son Like Brother (Omega and Shelldon) - "As Above So Below" by Alistair Lindsay Mikey's Theme / The 1st Vision - "Suzume no Tojimari" by Nanoka Hara Military (Mad) Dogs / Central Park Colony - "Imperium" by Madeon Shanghai - "Icarus" by Madeon Boom Goes the Donnie-mite (Mikey/Donnie vs the Sweeper) - "The Red Zone" by Mitsuoto Suzuki The Day the Sky Bled Red - "7 Seconds Till the End" by Nobuo Uematsu Going Out Like a Boss (Raph and Leo) - "Agape" by Nicholas Britell Remembering the Right Way (Mikey and Leo) - "The Souls of Many" - by Alistair Lindsay Mystic Hands / The 2nd Vision - "Am I Dreaming" by Metro Boomin x A$AP Book 2 Trailer - "Sea Dragon" by Covet 7 Years Later - "Iron" by Woodkid Leo's Theme / Attack on the Labor Camp - "Ego Death" by Polyphia Omega's Theme - "Touch" by Daft Punk Flat Lines (Omega Alone) - "Die Toteninsel Emptiness" by 1000 Eyes Spear - "Monsters" by Tommee Profitt Final Protocol - "The Kraken" by Katie Dey Rise / Epilogue - "Close in the Distance" by Masayoshi Soken & Tom Mills

I will admit, it's a little embarrassing since you can easily see the patterns of what I've been listening to for the past year or two. I swear I listen to more than just videogame OSTs, these songs just jive well with the story and I often find lyrics distracting when brainstorming scenes. Regardless, the music I listen to is such an important part of my creative process and some of these songs really defined the scenes I now have locked in my head. So I figured it was only fair to give them the credit they're due.

I will continue to add to this playlist, and will note in comic updates when one of these songs is applicable!

[teaboot]

You need to make art that nobody else likes. You need to make art that speaks to you alone. You need to cradle a serpent that eats its own tail and you need to love it until it loves you back

[retroronin1991]

Stop!!! i have to ask a very important question.

Where can I get a great meatball sub...?