#i wasnt gonna end it there but like

[fictions-tales]

Disclaimer: @llamagoddessofficial 's response a few weeks ago about MC drifting at sea makes my mind go brrr-

But you know what else makes mind go brrr? The fact that I cannon Skulls glow to be the same colour as that glowing Algae-

With the ocean on fire it's hard to see the darkness.

Hard to see the way in which the floor is hundreds of kilometres below you. Hard to remember you aren't hovering when the sky's doubled by the vast ocean. When your boat's drifting on a pool of citrine and rubies and spinel. Your small vessel, tarp, and self muddling an otherwise perfect view.

It feels like you're the only thing that exists.

Moments like these - without your friendly shark and silly orca around - moments lying in wait - remind you of your loneliness. Drifting in the ocean and burning in the setting sun, your boat and you ugly outliers. They remind you that death is a hungry master and you scarcely escaped becoming his appetizer.

You're the only one that survived and every second in alone is a stinging reminder.

You sit and stare, with nothing else to do. Limbs aching from being curled too long. Body never still in the bobbing of the waves. The last of the sky fire caressing your boat like an old lover - taunting you in the lights prolonged farewell - when you start to see it.

A new colour blossoming along the tips of the waves. Trimming the ocean in a lace of ghostly blue. Each crash stirring a brilliant bloom. Fighting off the darkness creeping in. And instead floating on waters of spinel and ruby and citrine, you find yourself drifting in the center of the universe.

Blue.

Blue.

Blue.

Perhaps it's been too long since you last had your water ration. Perhaps you've been to exposed to the sun. Perhaps you're high in the face of the sublime. But your body is unraveling for the first time in hours and energy you thought long gone is bubbling out your chest in peals of laugher.

An algae bloom.

Your hands - skin dry and pale - are sinking into the depths. Each flick of your wrist stirring up the beautiful blue. This light enchanting and soft - not beating you like the sun does during the day. It's an energy content to exist - drifting wherever the waves takes it - surrounding you in its comfort.

Its traveling with you you aren't alone-

With this your laughter - bubbling burning, one of the best feelings in a long time - begins leaking out your eyes. Your pain and joy mix together in concerto, overtaking the crashing waves. Your tears join the ocean - salt water into salt water - mixing the brights of blue and darkest of black. You're grasping at the ocean - splashing, spraying, sloshing - getting any reaction you can from the colony of microorganisms. Hoping that by holding the algae close, you could dissolve into seafoam and join their family.

But with every scoop they melt out of your palms. Their light dying if you cradle them too close and still. They won't have you.

Alone Alone ALONE-

The cold water burns as you reach farther and farther into the glowing blue. Submerging your arms into the darkness and drawing your face closer to the water. You can taste the spray of the water - your lips practically kissing the surface - when you start to see it.

Beads of blue unraveling in time with the ocean. Inky limbs darker than the depths. A singular gem - red red red - reflecting your face.

You aren't alone-

And the ocean grabs back.

[ninjasmudge]

(warning, may be loud 🔊)

x2 the torment!

[yanderespamton78]

Edit since a lot of people seem confused - your "real" name is the name that you want to be referred to in real life. It doesn't have to be your legal name. So if you're trans and you have a different name to whats on your birth certificate, even if not many people call you by the name, it still counts as your real name.

Edit 2 : Holy shit guys please stop reblogging this post my poor inbox im getting like 20 notifs an hour asjfhkajshdkh /lh /srs

[myweehughie]

Hughie was so clearly bothered when he realized the woman he'd been with multiple times, and even proposed to, wasn't even Annie but the shapeshifter??? Like that scene made him look so violated when she made that comment of 'peg the patriarchy'

Only for the entire incident being reduced to a joke, and it's just never brought up again

[simplydnp]

can you plz explain the iceland theory and how it originated

i'll do my best! (and @goldenpinof might have to fill in some blanks for me)

the driving theory is iceland wedding (which, all of our best theories are wedding theories aren't they)

the last show for WAD was supposed to be in iceland, and pj, sophie, and phil were all supposed to be there. they were also planning on spending some time there after the show 'exploring'.

dan was very, very disappointed about the cancelation of that show in particular. based off of his communication at the time, it 1 didn't seem like his idea to cancel it, and 2 came across like he found out when we did.

being that the plan was to be the 4 of them, and that dan vowed he would be there some day... it just seemed Very important.

[kelocitta]

In honor of the @rw-ship-showdown I wanted to write about Artihunter as someone who jokingly slapped them together pre-downpour and still thinks they are actually very compelling. Just not in the super soft love wins kinda way (Although I get why people like that more) And the only way I know how to do that is talking too much so heres a far too long slug essay-

Obviously the slugcats don't offer a ton of characterization but theres not nothing to work with. Their stories, whether by their roles in it or the overarching themes do provide a backbone to work with. Even gameplay itself can provide a bit. (for some more than others) Hunter, to me, is ultimately a story about selflessness. The goal is to revive Moon, which is very much an act of kindness from both Hunter and NSH. But the weight of that action is much more significant for Hunter- Hunter is deeply sick. They're on the clock, and for all their skill in combat none of that will ultimately help them to survive longer than their body can hold out. Moon is a close friend of NSH but that means little Hunter- Hunter really gets next to nothing out of helping them, and ultimately pays quiet a bit spending their limited time alive fighting to deliver that neuron so that someone else can live.

To spend ones limited days on helping another, in a game that very much stresses the unwavering cruelty of the world and nature- is pretty notable. (And you could even say that Hunter being the Hardmode of Rain World adds another layer to this)

And then we have Artificer. A storyline that very much stands out to people as more… villainous (so to speak) than the other slugcats. Artificer's story covers a lot of things. Trauma, violence, revenge, etc. Revenge is a bit of a selfish desire- That need to see someone hurt as they have hurt you. A punishment that ultimately does not fix whatever harm was done- but feels good to see because you were hurt and now those responsible share that pain.

Artificer's actions are founded in that need for revenge, their pups killed for overstepping boundaries they didn't know existed. Is it not fair for them to be angry at that, to punish the scavengers for their violence with their own? Why should the scavengers ever be forgiven when they and their pups were not? And that's how you get that loop- Harm for harm over and over.

The original action has been lost in a spiral of violence for violence. And here stands Artificer- their very spirit scarred. Not just because they sought revenge, but because they never ceased trying to scratch that itch for violence as an answer. Artificer only has two paths for their story- killing the scavenger king (Someone who, really, has little to do with the original 'crime' of the scavengers, but represents an important individual to them- as did the slugpups to Artificer), locking themselves as karma one for good and spending the rest of their life chasing creatures that no longer even fight back in a warped sense of closure- or to dissolve themselves in the acids of the void sea because they're too far gone to find any real peace.

They can't meaningfully recover from that state, not alone, twisting in on themselves. Even if they halt their actions, they've been using violence as a feeble defense against their own pain- violence that no longer has any real direction or basis. Artificer gets no real closure from killing the scavenger king. All they can do is continue the cycle, or try to scrub it away. No real peace in a prison of their own making. So you have a creature, who even with a strict timer on their life- a body that will crumble to disease, spends its last bit of time on saving another. And another who was so caught up in the pain of loss that were eaten alive by their own anger, poisoned their own soul on such a deep level even self-proclaimed gods have no solution for them. What peace can they offer each other? For Hunter, its only a fleeting moment of happiness- of selfish love, before their own body fails them. A bit of indulgence in something for themself. For Artificer, its a single, comforting thread to ground them again, something tangible to protect and care about again. But thats a thread that will ultimately be snapped under the cruel indifference of the world. Hunters timer will tick down regardless of if it takes another with it. Its a tragedy- its doomed to end badly. Whatever good it offers to either of them to find each other will only provide the fleeting comfort of a band-aid that will be ripped away too early. But all that can be worth indulging in anyway, if only for the moment. It doesn't change the ending, but the ending was never going to be happy. Its can so yuri

[xxplastic-cubexx]

If you were to like redesign Magneto's classic outfit in a way that both suits the character and your own tastes, how would you redesign it?

uhhhh errrmmmmm i dont know i really couldnt improve upon perfection but i have still tried for you my friend !!!

[puppyeared]

i like him

[saveskum]

CLOTHING REFERENCE → GALE. UNEDITED FILES HERE ( note: Gale is difficult and you can't remove his robe to see his pants so that's why it's not here, sorry! )

[corntired]

Fanfiction is so goated actually

No monetary incentive, just writing in one's free time. Some incentive for like kudos and comments, because who doesn't want to hear that someone else enjoyed what they wrote. Just writing a story that is good and/or enjoyable, no real-life pressure to keep it going because god forbid you and other people are depending on it financially.

Writing a story because you want to write a good story, so you can write what they want the way you want, at a pace that is realistic for you, with exactly the plot pacing you want there to be.

[sallymew4]

kids when they hear that their dad is back in town VS. kids when theyre hanging out with a conman that accidentally stole their wallet once

im not even joking btw

bonus heres me being crazy about them in dms ^^^

[writer-room]

You ever just see people talk about the Percy Jackson books and know somewhere, deep in your heart, that none of these people have understood that this is a series made for middle schoolers. And that fandom will very frequently lie to them like, all the time. No, that character probably isn’t ooc, you’re just thinking of what the fandom turned them into. No, this book isn’t a horrible stain next to the others before it, literally all of them were like this. It’s Percy Jackson. It’s cheesy and occasionally makes a very questionable writing decision.

You gotta be in this for the long haul or jump ship my guys. Be cringe and free or be gone

[mochapanda]

anybody else hear the bells of parting? no? just me?

[batcavescolony]

At the end of Agatha All Along, Agatha does things would have never done at the beginning. I see people say that they planted seeds for Agatha changing that never grew and that's just wrong. They might not be a tree but they've sprouted. In the beginning Agatha does everything for personal gain. But at then end Agatha has nothing personal to gain from telling Jen she bound her. There's no personal gain in her helping Billy find Tommy in the end or comforting him or helping him unlock Tommy's location. She has changed its just not huge or a dramatic personality change.

[urbestestwindgod]

aita for indirectly leading to the deaths of a majority of a mortal’s crew?

so i (30000, gf) am a really cool really fun interesting silly person, so when this mortal (40smth, m) came to me for help going home to his island after ten tears at war and two years at sea, i figured i would make it a game.

now i was pretty clear that this was a game and all he had to do was win for my help. i told him the rules where as follows; just keep the bag closed. he asked the catch and i wasnt just gonna TELL the guy exactly plainly how to win so i cryptically told him to keep his friends close and his enemies closer, told him he never really knew who he could trust—including me, reminded him not to let his crew open it, that he might have to kill some people for this (which i dont see a problem with tbh). finally that the ends always justify the means and that friends become enemies.

so i give him a bag full of the storms and send him back with some of my winions, who then add the challenge of telling his crew that there is treasure inside (which was a lie, hi yea he should of picked up on the liar to liar communication). so i also told him that as the wind god, i give the fire enough to stay burning. im very bored a lot of the time; i wanted to watch this crew fall put of trust with each other for my own enjoyment!!! is that so bad??

so he stays up for nine days straight, i had a great time watching him. and then he finally drifts to sleep like a weak loser and they open it and its a whole oohhh nooo thing, but like, crews fault for believing two small gremlins over their damn captain but whatvr, so then they go to poseidon (brother of my pookie zeus, idn much abt him personally tho) and hes mad abt them blinding his dumb son or smth like that, and he destroys like 11 ships of 50 each (whoops) and now suddenly its MY fault???

well ive been reflecting and my winions and me have been talking and while my friends (zeus, zephyrus, hypnos, etc.) are allll on my side, im just not that sure anymore. so aita?

[harbingersecho]

I don't feel pain I never escape I'm under the bed I'm licking the floor