#i'm an idiot not a fool

[ghost-heist]

ambidextrous gayboy that was renowned in the LA club scene in his early 20's for expertly double-fisting tequila shots and cocks is now an almost-36-year-old criminal in DC dual-wielding giant spoons and beating cops to death with them

[mellowthorn]

conversations that are cute and funny when you read them the first time, but absolutely devastating on a reread

[paintaya]

my beloaved <3 mnfjfdh normally i try to sketch a character traditionally first to get a grasp of their design BUT I WAS IMPATIENT,,, and insult to injury is that i knowwww i can only draw faces like this once in a blue moon o|-< BUT ITS OKAY. anything for my girl i love her so much

also some bonus pitaya under ze cut

having fun with colour palettes, i saw that one and was like oh yes perfect for my little stinky boy!

this one was just me messing w their concept design!! i gave up pretty fast though MFDGN they have a very bulky/clunky design and i chose a pose that made it blend in too much :P i need to use more green... some day... bah i rlly wanna do something w their concept form cause it was really interesting!! making a deal with a dragon, and slowly losing yourself and your memories as you become one too...??? HELLO I LOVE IT? very minor note is that their facial marks are a bit more scraggly than i normally draw them :() i thought it'd be cool to have them a bit more like runny mascara when you cry? because. memory issues are... just a bit upsetting... :')

[duckies27]

Guess who's biting the bullet and adding Once Upon a Witchlight to my DND podcast list

Which makes 4

[unidentifiedprimate]

Actually I'm not done.

Telling a Story Through Touch Part 3 - Conclusion

Something kept bothering me.

This

is after the turning point. But when Herbert goes to touch Dan, something stops him. I told myself it was just residual hesitation. They're not fully there yet. Herbert's not entirely comfortable with his former level of physical affection.

But it kept nagging at me. Because after the "Let me", after the shoulder touch, after the hand grab... Herbert SHOULD be able to touch Dan here. But he can't. Why?

It's because of this:

When Francesca comes into the house and confronts Dan, she breaks the spell.

I'm going to go off on a Dan tangent for a bit, so bear with me.

Dan is such a complicated person. I see him as growing up in a happy nuclear family, popular in school, always following the rules and being a Good Boy. He dates the right girls. He wants to become a doctor.

He's NORMAL.

But inside, there's this part of him that he has always suppressed. He's kind and caring, yes, but to the point of obsession. He's a nice guy, but he has a rage that slips out when he's stressed. He wants to help people, but he'll go far past the point of what is sensible in order to do it.

The first time he meets Herbert, he sees him tear into a highly respected doctor who should have power over Herbert by controlling his grades. But Herbert doesn't care about Hill's status or his authority. He is utterly fearless, brash, and rude. Dan has never been any of those things. He's shocked, but I think he's also impressed. He envies Herbert's total self-confidence.

And then Herbert moves in with Dan, and ultimately presents him with the most astounding display of genius and arrogance that he's ever seen. Herbert West is so daring, so sure of his abilities, that he's going to defeat Death itself.

And Dan is hooked. This work scratches an itch he didn't even realize he had.

But he still thinks of himself as a Normal Guy. And throughout both movies, he clings to this idea that he hasn't changed. Herbert is the weird one, even though Dan is right beside him every step of the way.

In Bride, I see Dan as completely compartmentalizing two versions of himself: Normal Dan, who exists outside of the house, and Weird Dan, who only comes out at home in the basement with Herbert. When he's at the hospital or grocery shopping or doing anything else outside in the world, he doesn't think of himself as the passionate scientist fighting against Death by whatever means necessary. He is so far removed from that side of himself that he doesn't even realize that inviting Francesca to dinner at his house means that she would come to his HOUSE, where he LIVES WITH HERBERT and does HORRIFYING UNETHICAL EXPERIMENTS. It doesn't occur to him. Normal guys invite girls over. And Dan is a Normal Guy.

(Dan: Oh. Oops.)

Even at home, he will bring that idea of himself inside - enough to feel repulsed by what he's doing and tell Herbert he's going to leave. But as soon as Herbert reminds him of the magnitude of the work, he's back. It's like a switch is flipped, and the obsessive, driven, weirdo Dan comes back out.

Normal Dan: I am charming and kind.

Weird Dan: Hell yes let's build a new Meg out of stolen body parts.

But Dan has been fighting that side. He keeps trying to hold onto his clean image of himself, and stop himself from falling headlong into the role that Herbert wants him to fill. It's Weird Dan that Herbert needs (that he loves). Normal Dan is useless to him, and kind of hates him. Weird Dan is the Dan that Herbert saw and drew out. The one who can be a real partner to him. His Dan.

When Dan grabs his arm and says "Let me," Herbert knows that that Dan is back in charge. And that's when he's comfortable enough to touch him again.

But then Francesca comes. And she forces him to confront the realities he has been pushing away.

Francesca fighting the Bride is really like a fight between Dan's two sides; Francesca represents a normal life, and the Bride (of course) represents a life with Herbert.

And Francesca is winning. Normal Dan is resurfacing, and he doesn't like what he helped create.

And that's what stops Herbert when he reaches out. That's not his Dan anymore.

When Dan fully rejects the Bride, Herbert tries to salvage it.

Forget it. She's nothing. It means nothing. We'll start again. We'll do it better. It'll be better. (I'll be better.)

But it's over. At the end of Re-Animator when Herbert is in trouble, Dan reaches for him. Even with Meg there, Dan reaches out to Herbert.

But at the end of Bride, he barely even looks at Herbert. He's made a choice. And when he reaches down into the earth, he's reaching for Francesca. He pulls her out, and he lets Herbert get buried. Along with all their work - their life - together.

[wanyinchen-narts]

SUNFLOWER (CANON DIVERGENCE AU)

the absolute *chef's kiss*, depth, angst, and clownery of the kakagai dynamic this fic has is beyond insane and amazing and I am not ashamed to say that I have binged it at least 7 times

Now, my lovelies, please read "Sunflower" by cloudynebula and lapifors once more and bask in its utter perfection. But make sure you're in the right headspace for it because it's really heavy and dark tho! Please take care of yourself first <3

*more incoherent babbling in the tags lmaooo*

[chamaleonsoul]

Friends, I think it's time for me to come clean about some things. After a lot of thought, I've come to the conclusion that I'm straight. I have never felt genuine attraction for women or any other type of person that aren't men, it was just a phase of self delusion I feel into. I hope you all understand.

[tetrakarn]

ivan writing that he hopes till remembers him and till bringing up the pencil incident from however long ago that was.......... ough.

even if maybe they had started to drift apart by then till still remembered something most kids would otherwise find completely unremarkable, losing a pencil and having your friend return it. "guy who actually stole my pencil and pretended to return it" might not be the most flattering way to be remembered but ivan seemed to think any attention from him was good attention

[fullcustodyoftheautism]

Boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop

[lesiasmadness]

He's such a snake

[nothingenoughao3]

The sign that I am reaching a fandom critical excursion is when I start building investigator cards for Arkham Horror based on the fandom. How obsessed I am will determine how much material I can generate for Arkham Horror games.

So far, I've made investigator cards for Left 4 Dead/Left 4 Dead 2, Star Trek TNG (including Q as an Ancient One), Sherlock Holmes and Watson, Hellsing, Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent, and Good Omens. Once I made cards for Rick & Morty and Steven Universe but those obsessions didn't last so they've never been playtested.

For Torchwood, I've actually made an entire elaborate set that includes a special Torchwood item deck, a replacement Ally deck, a Herald (Abbadon), a Guardian (the Doctor), new monsters, an alternate set of Ancient Ones, and a specific overarching scenario. The only reason this hasn't been playtested is because I don't have a printer; hence, I have to make all the cards and chits by hand, and I'm too neurofucked to manage that task most of the time. One of these days, though...

I'm currently developing a Re-Animator game, which will have a number of characters, monsters, etc., but is less elaborate than "Death By Torchwood" because there's just not a lot of characters in that universe. And my wife and I are batting around ideas for a Twin Peaks-themed game that would be heavily reliant on a new Ally deck and probably have to rewrite a bunch of rules as a result.

Anyway, my point is that since my focus this week is on The Godfather, it's really goddamn hard not to start gaming out cards so that I can have the Corleones fighting Cthulhu.

[demo-ness]

who are you. how do i describe you to spread your glory

[gofancyninjaworld]

'cos someone's gotta have the common sense

Remember how Saitama asked Genos to request an inadequate repair from Kuseno so that they could go hunting for their things right away? No? I'll remind you.

Thankfully, Kuseno did not let Genos go house-fishing until he was happy his charge was fully well and properly outfitted. We're not sure how much later it is but it's been long enough for Bang to be treated for his radiation injuries, get his back fixed, go find Garou, for Garou to have been interrogated by the Hero Association and them to (which finished 'last week' so at least a weekend ago), and Bang to formally take charge of him as his parents were no-shows. Also time enough for Saitama to find a place to live and thus actually have a place to put his shit.

Those two are such fools. Very strong fools, but fools nonetheless. Thank goodness there are smarter people around them.

[sing-you-fools]

search engine results are so determined to stop me from doing drugs by describing all the horrific possible effects and giving me only the vaguest hints about what it actually feels like that i might actually need to do the drug to find out what my character feels like when he accidentally ingests some

[ghostlyheart]

Hoping and praying there is no one at work tomorrow please I can't handle human interaction