#i tried to post this like 10 times

[riptidesblog]

Dr s2p2 spoilers

Lloyd in s2e20:They-They all got away.

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"The greatest villain is the one that got away"

[beyourownanchor6]

for the reverse prompt challenge! thanks for putting this on @ronordmann 🩵

rated: e | words: 3.9k | read on ao3

summary:

“Hi baby.”

Buck melted into Eddie instantly at the endearment, Eddie opening his arms, pulling him in close. He smelled like his coconut shampoo, the one that was mixed with vanilla, Eddie letting the comforting scent envelope him.

He tugged Buck over the threshold with him, kicking the door closed. Bucks’ arms wrapped around his neck securely, Eddie keeping his on Buck’s waist.

Eddie ducked his head down a bit, placing it over where Buck’s heart laid, listening closely, counting the beats. It was something he’d started doing as of late, wanting, no—needing to know that Buck was alive, that his heart was still beating. After the lightning strike, Eddie hadn’t been able to hear it at all.

“I’m ok babe, promise.”

—or—

After the lightning strike, all Eddie wants to hear is the beat of Buck's heart. In fact, he'd like for it to drown everything else out.

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[buttercupshands]

So.

Act 5, huh?

Oh, and that.

"You can start breakdown now."

Finished the game couple of days ago and had some thoughts I needed to process a little. Like. Yes.

So anyway I actually didn't plan this and just wanted to redraw some sprites to just make sure I understand how to draw Siffrin correctly (still working on that!)

What did I learn from this? How fun it it to draw on a canvas that literally doesn't let you draw with colors without some layer cheating when necessary. Never tried it.

The beans. Sleeping beans.

Basically what happens when you want to sleep AND draw. Draw characters sleeping on your behalf.

Doesn't help, but at least it's cute.

I have no idea what was going on in my mind as I drew this. Feels like a fever dream of 'I want to sleep' at 4 am and 'Hm...' of thinking random things

Also that phone craft sign. Still too funny to imagine. I had to.

[raviollies]

cool --->

[puppyeared]

my stardew farmer ^_^ he doesnt have a green thumb for shit so he keeps animals and does mining

some tidbits i came up with while playing hehe

reclusive and doesnt really go out of his way to talk or visit people unless its an errand. but he also doesnt try to befriend others to get something out of it, so he has a very easygoing approach to making friends. on good terms with linus and sebastian since he runs into them most often.

if he respects or takes a liking to someone, he'll greet them with miss/mister (name). if you get close to him he starts using first name basis. if he doesn't like you, he'll refer to you by your title without using your name. only a few people have caught on to this.

the farm he inherited, Milky Way Farm, was the site of a meteorite crash and sometimes you can find shards of meteor debris littered around the farm (i picked the hilltop farm bc of this lol)

lost his sweater and pants a long ass time ago and doesnt have the time to look for them, so hes been working in his sleep clothes ever since

isnt actually grandpa's real heir to the farm... ;)

[opopsums]

[oh yet another thing from scars video, can you tell im enjoying it]

guys i got it i got the clip watch guys

[deoidesign]

Return date for my webcomic, Time and Time Again!

It's been set for a while but sometimes they change the date without warning, so I'll keep you updated if anything changes!

I'm extremely proud of the work I've been doing on it, I can't wait to share everything!

See you then!

[leverage-ot3]

hozier starting to sing take me to church and then unfurling a pride flag healed something in me actually

if you listen closely you can hear me yell ‘oh my god’ when he does it

[skrunksthatwunk]

some traditional kuwameshi omg. i like to think kuwabara's done with his exams and yusuke was like perfect >:)) it's time. to go hang out. unrestrained summer fun commences

edit: i also did kurama and hiei but i didn't wanna make a separate post :p

[wienners]

emh clips from my rewatch that made me stop and screen record because i was losing my fucking mind either laughing or just acting crazy

[riddlerosehearts]

currently thinking about how when itaru was in high school he tried SO hard to hide his true self from everyone for fear of being judged and bullied and then his love of gaming accidentally got revealed to tonooka when he dropped his kniroun keychain. and when they became friends over it he thought he'd found someone he trusted, someone who was just like him, who made him feel joy and made him want to share his interests. but then he made the "mistake" of talking to his other classmates about knights of the round and instead of joining in the conversation and backing up his best friend, tonooka walked out him, told everyone his secrets, and completely betrayed itaru's trust and made him decide it'd be better--easier, safer--to never get close to anyone again.

and how when itaru joined mankai company he once again tried to hide himself from them, going so far as to lie about not feeling well in order to leave practices early, until they all ended up finding out one way or another. and not only did they not judge him at all, but they wholeheartedly accepted him and loved him. he wanted to leave because he thought he didn't fit in with the rest of the spring troupe and wasn't good enough, but they came up with a whole plan to basically beg him to stay. with his foot injury during romeo & julius he nearly made a big mistake and must have thought he'd come so far just to screw everything up but then sakuya saved the play and saved him. like no wonder he started crying tears of joy after it was over--not just because he finally discovered his passion for theater, but because he finally found people who assured him over and over that they wanted him in their lives and that they wouldn't betray him. he found a family.

currently i am getting very very emotional about itaru chigasaki!!

[angelnumber27]

violently forcing myself to have better days

[useramor]

maybe it's just me but when a kid calls your name a million times just to say "WATCH THIS" and then jumps and falls like.....that's the greatest thing ever like the whole entire world is so new to you and even the little things feel like the greatest accomplishments and you want to share it with ME? you find something that makes your little kid brain go "WOW!!!! NEAT!!!!" and the first thing you do is turn around and call my name............i will love you forever

[norstrum-art]

[Image description from alt: A drawing template titled: "Favorite characters in each unit of Project Sekai: Colorful Stage!" Below are six boxes, each one listed with a unit with digitally drawn half body, flat color characters inside. Most are in their original unit outfits. The unit Virtual Singer has Rin grinning and winking, holding a peace sign to her head. The unit Leo/Need has Honami smiling nervously, tilting her head to the side. The unit More More Jump has Shizuku in her "Draw Your Bow in this White World" event outfit, smiling and holding a hand to her chin. The unit Vivid Bad Squad had Toya in his 2023 birthday outfit happily. The unit Wonderlands x Showtime has Emu cheerfully waving her hand in the air out of the box. The unit Nightcord at 25:00 has Mizuki and Mafuyu; Mizuki is smiling with a cat mouth (:3) while making a heart sign with both hands, and Mafuyu looks at them neutrally from behind. End image description.]

*throws this out of my WIP folder* and STAY out!!!! No but seriously this was actually really fun figuring out how to draw everyone!!!

[diabolicjoy]

mittens !!!! pattern X - i modified a bit because my yarn was a bit more thick, so i shortned a few rows of the colorwork & added the burnt orange details instead :)

[hallwyeoo]

Ellie’s memory of the golfing scene and what it tells us about her.

🚨spoilers for tlou2🚨

I think Ellie’s flashback to Joel’s death is very telling of how she internalized the event and the meaning she applied to his death. It’s also a good demonstration of her relationship to autonomy. Let’s break down the elements that were inconsistent with the actual event:

The stairs/hallway are much longer than they were. This suggests a sense of helplessness, an inability to get there fast enough. Joel is constantly out of reach.

There is blood on the floor outside of the door. Not entirely certain on this one but my hunch is that she blames herself for not seeing more obvious signs of violence/not knowing something was wrong sooner.

The door is locked, another roadblock in her path to Joel. She can’t access him, she can’t help, he needs her and she isn’t there.

Most importantly. Joel yells “Ellie, help me” (which he didn’t in the actual scene, he just screams. He doesn’t say a word in the actual scene)

Ellie hearing Joel scream for her help, calling for her while being horribly beaten, and her being repeatedly impeded on her way to him suggests that what she took away from his death is that she wasn’t enough. They always helped each other, always had each others backs, always got up. Ellie views his death as a failure. She was too slow, too weak, not smart enough to save him. She failed him when he needed her most. She is absolutely helpless to save him, just like she was helpless to save Riley, Tess, Sam, and Jessie (and Marlene, and humanity, and and and-).

Once again, Ellie makes a decision (staying with Riley, going to the fireflies, staying with Joel, being the cure, trying to forgive Joel) and once again her autonomy and ability to find closure is ripped from her.

This is the inciting incident of tlou pt2, this is the moment where Ellie’s whole world shatters the same way Joel’s did at the start of pt1. Ellie enters into the same cycle (which I like to call the “Joel cycle” because… yeah.) that he did, and throughout pt2 she stays in the “20 years later” phase of the cycle. She is changed, she has lost her light, lost what she fought for. She lost her chance to genuinely forgive Joel and rebuild their relationship. She is stuck in a gruelling and violent world that she has no anchor in, at least not anymore. His death is so sudden and so incredibly violent that it practically gave her (and me as well, tbh) whiplash. She’s in a state of total shock.

On another devastating note, this is one of the three times in tlou that we see Ellie beg (that I remember). The first is begging Joel to get up at the university of Eastern Colorado, the second is begging him to get up and for Abby to stop, and the third is begging Abby to not kill Dina because she’s pregnant. (Two times she begs Joel to get up, one time he doesn’t. Two times she begs Abby to spare her family and one time she does. What a beautifully haunting contrast)

To wrap up, every person creates an internal narrative, a story of their life that is crafted from their context and lived experiences. The meaning we derive from those experiences doesn’t always reflect the truth, and that can sometimes bite us in the ass majorly when we experience a traumatic event. We tend to want to find someone or something to assign blame to, some reason or rationale to why it happened. We tell stories. We write them in our minds about ourselves and what happens to us and what that says about us.

But Ellie is wrong. Joel’s death happened in response to a conscious and willing choice he made. It is in no way her fault, and there was absolutely no way for her to know or to stop what was happening. I think Ellie knows that much on an intellectual level, It just doesn’t change how devastated she is over the whole event. It can’t change the fact that she FEELS as though this was all her fault, that Joel did what he did to save her, that she could have saved him. That she should have.