#i promise i am so normal

[sisiren]

I've been working on and off on this for a few months, and relistened to Amnesty. As always, lyrics and quotes underneath the cut!

Song: To Build a Home - The Cinematic Orchestra

There is a house built out of stone

Wooden floors, walls and window sills

Tables and chairs worn by all of the dust

This is a place where I don't feel alone

This is a place where I feel at home

'Cause, I built a home

For you

For me

Until it disappeared

From me

From you

And now, it's time to leave and turn to dust

Out in the garden where we planted the seeds

There is a tree as old as me

Branches were sewn by the color of green

Ground had arose and passed it's knees

By the cracks of the skin I climbed to the top

I climbed the tree to see the world

When the gusts came around to blow me down

I held on as tightly as you held onto me

I held on as tightly as you held onto me

And, I built a home

For you

For me

Until it disappeared

From me

From you

And now, it's time to leave and turn to dust

Quotes (in order of which they appear in the audio):

“Dear Aubrey, I’ve taken your advice and headed out for parts unknown. But I need you to know how sorry I am for the impact I have had in your life.” - Amnesty 28

“I don’t hate you for that.” - Amnesty 27

“I’m asking you three to join the Pine Guard.” - Amnesty 4

“We can help.” - Amnesty 4

“You were selected to keep your people safe.” - Amnesty 19

“You found your way here.” - Amnesty 11

“Keep your world safe. Keep Sylvain safe.” - Amnesty 19

“This is not your world to save.” - Amnesty 20

“It takes one misstep. It takes one moment -” - Amnesty 5

“- You lied, Ned.” - Amnesty 27

“- And you can find yourself using that power in a way you will regret…” - Amnesty 5

“I told him to leave.” - Amnesty 28

“For the rest of your life.” - Amnesty 5

“You might want to do something about that.” - Amnesty 13

“It was home, I - I miss it a lot.” - Amnesty 11

“I feel like I am home when I’m around you.” Amnesty 32

“You belong here.” - Amnesty 5

“It just feels right, y’know?” - Amnesty 11

“And he knows your tea preference at this point.” - Amnesty 10

“You have me in your corner!” - Amnesty 5

“I will see you tomorrow.” - Amnesty 11

“We’re getting stronger, too.” - Amnesty 19

“Now they know what we’re capable of.” - Amnesty 29

“They are tough.” - Amnesty 25

“I will walk away from all of this.” - Amnesty 16

“Duck, it sounds like your confidence is suffering.” - Amnesty 11

“You are a true hero.” - Amnesty 28

“You were never a normal dude.” - Amnesty 28

“I would never betray a friend.” - Amnesty 25

“You knew, Ned. And you didn’t tell me.” - Amnesty 27

“People will start seein' monsters in the faces of their friends.” - Amnesty 25

“Your job is not to befriend your foe.” - Amnesty 16

“I know where I stand.” - Amnesty 16

“Just watch each other’s backs and play it smart. And I guarantee you, we’re gonna take the night.” - Amnesty 4

“Ned can’t be dead, Mama.” - Amnesty 28

“One day, the monsters are gonna win.” - Amnesty 12

“And I am to blame.” - Amnesty 28

“And I just end up hurting people that I love.” Amnesty 16

“I don’t have to fight anymore. I did it. And now I’m gonna grow.” - Amnesty 36

“Aubrey…you are born, and Sylvain is with you.” - Amnesty 35

“You are full of Sylvain’s power.” - Amnesty 9

“This presence feels like it could be - it could be, like, family.” - Amnesty 24

“You can’t be afraid to help, because, yeah, you might hurt.” - Amnesty 35

“Accidents happen, Ned.” - Amnesty 27

“Wrong is always wrong.” - Amnesty 28

“I’m scared of war between our worlds.” - Amnesty 22

“We lost. And we kept losing.” - Amnesty 16

“Peace. I - I’m looking for peace.” - Amnesty 34

“I am not asking you to forgive me - I don’t want you to forgive me.” - Amnesty 28

“And become a better person than I.” - Amnesty 28

“If you tell them that they’re capable of great things, uh, a lot of times they’ll get there.” - Amnesty 33

“I care for you, Aubrey.” - Amnesty 35

“How many other folks have you got on board with this - this hairbrained scheme there?” - Amnesty 31

“I found exactly the right person for this impossible task.” - Amnesty 33

“If you do not come back, I am coming in after you, you hear me?” - Amnesty 30

“Please come home safe.” - Amnesty 35

“I’m with you to the end, Duck Newton!” - Amnesty 35

“And that will free up all the love in that big, remarkable heart of yours for the rest of the world.” - Amnesty 28

“I don’t think about the world, Aubrey, I think about Amnesty Lodge.” - Amnesty 5

“I need to have something to get me through what we’re about to do.” - Amnesty 32

“A friendship you will learn to treasure.” - Amnesty 5

“Do you believe me?” - Amnesty 11

“I want to.” - Amnesty 11

“Do you have any idea what it’s like knowing you have a home out there and knowing that you’ll never be able to return to it?” - Amnesty 11

“It’s like I can almost remember it.” - Amnesty 14

“She is, and always will be, loved.” - Amnesty 11

“We both love you unconditionally.” - Amnesty 11

“It’s not our forest, it’s their forest.” - Amnesty 18

“You are filled with a warrior’s instinct that we share, together.” - Amnesty 11

“I believe in the Cryptonomica.” - Amnesty 19

“Keep Keplar as curious as you can.” - Amnesty 19

“With love, Edmund Kelly Chicane.” - Amnesty 28

“One day, believe it or not, you’re gonna laugh at a joke. You’re gonna go swimmin’ and you’re gonna smile in the sunlight. You’re gonna pet yourself a good dog and it’s gonna make you feel happy.” - Amnesty 34

[lizord-lord]

Oh Persephone, what have you done?

[mustangs-flames]

Me, with all my notes and lore explaining how every reference and detail is connected in 'Hail, True Body AU':

[grasslandgirl]

“no one will notice if you stop posting/talking/texting/etc” is the mind killer. it is the evil. it is the little childhood version of myself who feels so insignificant and unwanted but she IS wanted. I am wanted and loved and noticed even if I can’t see it right now

[madeleinefjall]

i am unwell

[birrdies]

carry yourself through the frozen desert, empty your thoughts into the well of pressure (x)

finally tried my hand at some 3L desert duo designs (ft. matching back scars) !!

[quincytatas]

rate my mental illness

[femmemortes]

The way these two women have got me feeling is fucking incurable. I have a disease and it is called lesbianism.

[naffeclipse]

What if Eclipse from AP was a naga? And this took place in the deep jungle of the amazon, where photographer y/n is trying to take pictures of the wildlife?

I'm vibrating at the speed of sound over this ask while also nudging my naga au

Naga Eclipse from AP would have the tail of a Green Anaconda, with an olive green scaly color dotted with black, framed by burning-like flares of orange along the length of his slithery body. He's also decorated with orange-yellow striping on either side of his long, slipper form. His upper half is scaley with a lithe deadliness to his musculature and decorated by frills surrounding his head with brighter orange-yellow colors, almost hypnotic in their gradient hues. One eye is deep emerald green, and one is midnight blue.

Lucky you—you're out on a once-in-a-lifetime expedition to explore a jungle closed off to the public, funded by Fazco, and occupied by two researchers who will be your bunkmates for the next few weeks. You're itching to take photos of the large river, including swamps, marshes and streams, and whatever wildlife is out there.

The few locals you did meet before you left to hike the rest of the way to what would be your new, isolated home warned you of a dangerous snake—a large, mythical beast. You take note of the local folklore. You understand the truth is hidden in there somewhere, and you are well aware of the dangers and diseases you could be met with in such a harsh environment, but you're determined.

It doesn't take long for you to feel eyes watching you when you first venture out by yourself. You take beautiful pictures of freshwater fish, big and beautiful, unlike any you have ever seen. Of course, you have hundreds of snapshots of the local flora, the trees, the floating meadows, the thick vines that drape each branch and hang thickly about the ground. You almost forget that you eerily don't feel alone.

But you swear something moves in the water—the ripples stop as soon as you look. The stillness is suddenly stiff, lifeless. Even the birds have stopped chirping.

You lower your camera and carefully put it away. A trickle of fear slips into your heart. You turn away from the river's edge only to be met by a low hiss and a creature, unlike anything you witnessed in your travels, spooling itself neatly out of the water, blocking your path to the base. An incredible creature with long arms and a great, serpentine tail that seems to stretch for yards and yards. You can hardly breathe in his presence—he's otherworldly with his frills and scales and fangs.

His eyes contain a mesmerizing shine as if staring into a fire as it burns or watching the ocean as it laps up against the beach, drawing your attention, demanding you don't look away. You couldn't anyway. Half-frozen, you struggle to keep from collapsing. He beckons with a sharp talon. He hisses softly for you to come closer, mouse. He wants to see you. You try to beg no without revealing how terribly you tremble. He doesn't let you go. He insists. His eyes flash with an allure. You almost step close when he murmurs that you need to be good.

But then your sense of survival kicks adrenaline into your heart, and you turn to run—

He strikes faster than your eyes can follow. Two loops of his green and orange tail surrounded you in an instant. You're dragged to the ground, your arms pinned under his mass, and the back of your head cradled by his large palm as powerful muscles squeeze you in the slightest—a gentle rebuke for thinking you could get away. You're hyper-aware of the terrifying bulk of muscles as you lie trapped in his coils. One strong twist and your eyes could pop out of your skull, and every bone protecting your heart and lungs would crumble to shards. You gasp. An urge to kick your legs and struggle erupts in your panic; a sinking feeling tells you it would only make things worse.

He coos over you, hissing and humming in an ancient song of the jungle you have no name for. When you whimper, he shushes you and strokes your cheek. He tells you how lovely you'll be. When you talk back to him, somehow finding your tongue amid your horror, you find out his name. Eclipse. He moves you more upright, resting you on his tail so you're not petrified by how vulnerable you feel lying down, but he never loosens his scaly bindings. He hovers over you. You gaze into his stunning frills of yellow-orange and wonder how a being like him came to exist. He studies you as you study him. He grins at how you shiver when he traces your collarbone with a sharp fingertip.

You remind yourself that you can still breathe. He hasn't crushed you—yet—but you don't like how wide his smile is. Sometimes, his jaw stretches a little too long as if dislocating from his skull, ready to devour you. His eyes gleam with a ravenousness as scales twist around you, holding you close enough to smell the slick green water he had been in and deep musk.

He tells you that he'll see you again very soon—away from other humans, lest you bring him a fine gift for a meal. You can only flex your fingers, silently pleading in your heart that he won't unhook his jaw and eat you alive.

Then, he unravels himself from your limbs. But before he lets you go entirely, he leans in close, his serpentine tongue flickering close to your neck and by your hair, tasting the air around you as you muster all your strength to not scream. He inhales deeply, pleased, before he murmurs, "Sweet mouse. You are mine. Say it."

You don't understand, but you echo his command, and when he taps your chin once in what might have been a loving gesture, you force your jelly legs to solidify before you run and run, all the way back to base. You slam the door to your room behind you. You touch your ribs, your arms, still caught in the heavy sensation of his loops as if he were upon you right now.

The stories are true—there is a giant snake in this jungle, and he wants you. You're afraid to discover if Eclipse's intrigue with you is only an exotic way to satisfy his hunger.

[baileydabuppy]

still thinking about the three hour conversation i had a week ago with a friend of a friend who autistically infodumped & introduced us to the Lancer TTRPG and i got so horny over the themes and the very pretty mechs that i almost blacked out

she very excitedly said she could run a module for our friend group and while i said yes then i might have to decline because im the only one who is horny a REASONABLE amount about the fictional military grade 3d printed 4chan WMDs. the other friend in call was not hesitant to tell me they were worried abt me and “had never seen this side of” me.

lancaster and pegasus are obviously the prettiest girls

[averiix]

There is a criminal lack of Dragonborn!Tav x companion art- so have my sketches bc I am literally obssesed with these two they will not leave my head he l p -

I am so normal about them I swear I am the most normal I am so unbelievably normal about them I promise I am so norma-

[annabannnananana]

i am so normal about him i promise.

AHHHH AUSHAJHAHQJWHASB AUGGHH ANAJKSKSBEKEJEKEJEKEJJE KINGGGGGGGNDJDJJDKDKEJE I LOVE JIM I LOVE HIM I LOVE HIMMMM SJEKEJKEIED KINH KING KINGGGH MKKSKSJSKSKDKSKSK K LOEVE HIM DO MICHHHH SKSJKSJSKSJSJWSK SO MICJJJH MUCHH LUCJ MUCHHH SSKALKSKSJS AUUHHHAGHAB AUGGGHH AHHHHHHABAJSJSISJ I LOVE HIMMMM SO MICHHHB AMSJDKEJEEEEEEEE AJAKSJAKISJAKAJSJKSKS AHHHHH AHAJAJEEEEEEE ENSBSJSJJW EEHHHHH

he’s kinda cute ig :)

art by felixquinones2 on redbubble!

[nonbinaryeddiekaspbrak]

"IF TOMORROW I'M GONNA BE HAUNTED, TODAY I'M GONNA BE FREE."

- Bears In Trees, Things That Look Like Mistakes

[lilmissnatcat24]

shakarian brainrot is back and better than ever because their me2 relationship is everything to me. "Hey you're my best friend do you wanna have sex?" "Yes best friend let's bang." So like we think this is just going to be some fwb situation right? I mean SURE there was some flirting but Shepard flirts with a lot of people (not ones she would consider her BEST FRIEND but it's still cool and casual and TOTALLY cool). But then it totally devolves before it even starts. Garrus "I Get Really Nervous Every Time You Walk Into A Room" Vakarian. Commander "Let Me Just Touch Your Arm To Show You How Truly Casual I Really Am" Shepard. I'm foaming at the mouth. It took them collectively 24 hours for them to realize that they actually DO have feeling for another but neither of them understands it or knows how to move forward with it. And then the night, THEE NIGHT, before the Collector Base and Garrus has completely melted into a puddle. Doesn't remember how to act when you're in a woman's bedroom. Fumbling and bringing gifts and weird misguided compliments. And Shepard just EATING IT UP. AND THE CHEEK BRUSH. THE FOREHEAD KISS. ((I know we like to hc that it's how turians kiss but let's just pretend it isn't)) THATS ABOUT THE MOST INTIMATE THING THEY COULD HAVE DONE IN THAT MOMENT TO CALM EACH OTHER DOWN. THEY DIDNT NEED WORDS TO SAY THAT THEY BOTH HAVE FEELINGS FOR EACH OTHER. I HAVE RABIES RAAAAAHHHHHH

[ocyanick]

i found it funny that rick got his ass beat

[acaesic]

this clip is eliciting normal emotions out of me