#just needed to get this out real quick

[bizarrelovetriangel]

shadows.

sylus sees you for the first time since your escape at gaia reseach center and he learns how painful it is to stay away from you.

angst with comfort. inspired by timelock key: shadowed past. spoilers for main story: death and rebirth. brief reference to valleydream bloom

also wanna share this lovely art to visualize this scene: x

Fate can be so cruel.

Is it a gift or a curse that you're standing just a few meters away from him right now?

For the first time in so long, Sylus found every part of him petrified except for his feet that was forced to take heavy steps forward, and his heart that started to pound at the second his eyes recognized your figure.

A cold flash struck him as you brush past each other like complete strangers.

As if he means nothing to you, after everything.

His steps faltered involuntarily.

He wanted to reach out to you.

To grab your hand, just so he can feel you, just so you can acknowledge his existence even just for a fraction of a second.

For all these years, he'd only been watching you through his eye that's empowered by an Aether Core. He'd only been in the distant shadow, making sure no harm comes your way that would take you from this world.

This is the first time he'd seen you right in front of him, close enough to touch you.

And yet, he fought every cell in his body to resist.

He couldn't.

Not yet.

Not until the time is right.

You deserve the freedom and independence that was stolen from you at your youth. You deserve to have a life purely of your own decisions, without him conflicting your path.

Eventually, you'll reach him.

As your souls are bound, you are destined to always find each other, so he will wait for as long as he must.

Ad yet still...

Being patient can be agonizing.

He never braced himself for the day when you'd look past him as if he's just another faceless individual, as if you've never fought side by side, through thick and thin, even before this world became the way it is now.

To him, you're everything.

To you, he's no one.

Sylus now finds his feet buried to the ground, unable to move forward despite your presence long gone.

His throat feels dry, and his legs are tingling with the need to chase after you.

But if he did, what would you do?

What if all this time, you do remember him but you'd rather pretend that he doesn't exist? What if all this time, you simply want nothing to do with him?

The thought of you hating him caused a burning feeling in his chest, making it harder to breathe.

The entire Deepspace could despise him.

But not you.

Anyone but you.

Even if you do end up detesting him... his heart and soul is yours. If he must, he'll stay in the shadows, as long as he can keep looking after you, even if it means watching you be happy without him.

And if you decided to take his life with your own hands....

He wouldn't have it any other way.

His life is yours.

"Sylus! You're still sleeping?"

It was like being pulled out of a portal.

From the moment he heard your voice, Sylus' eyes shot wide open. He slowly sat up and saw you close the door and walk up to his bed, wearing an outfit that you bought recently during a shopping trip together.

His gaze softened as he admires your face, brows furrowed and eyes glaring as you prepare to whack him with a pillow as his punishment for failing to wake up on time like he usually does.

"You said you'd wake up early! At this rate, we'll get to the castle around lunch time. We'll have to pack more food for the picnic. Oh, and we should also get cold drinks along the way because it'll be sunny! We also can't forget about what you made last night — actually I think we should bring a bigger basket..."

He was doing his best to listen to you, but he couldn't fully concentrate because his mind is in shock, still recovering from the nightmare he had.

No, it wasn't just a nightmare.

It was an unpleasant memory that he never liked to recall. Just now, his stomach was churning with discomfort and there's sharpness in his chest while he pictured the look on your face when you walked past him as if he was invisible.

He also recalled the look in your eyes during that day when you've finally reunited, only for you to be repulsed by him. He was reminded of the hopelessness that hit him at that moment. He didn't know what to do, and where to go from there. At that time, you really did want him out of your life.

What if things stayed that way? What if your feelings never changed? What if —

"Sylus."

He blinked out of his terrifying thoughts just as you gently cupped his face, sitting right in front of him with a soft, worried look in your eyes.

"Are you okay? What's wrong?"

Sylus lets out a breath he hasn't realized he'd been holding.

He couldn't help but chuckle, slightly amused that you immediately sensed that something was bothering him.

"Just had an unpleasant dream, that's all." He then took your left hand and planted a soft kiss on your palm.

For a moment, he closed his eyes to feel and appreciate your warmth. His fingers gently held you tighter, making sure that you're not a figment of his imagination.

After all, it wouldn't be the first time his mind played cruel tricks on him.

But as his thumb traced over your knuckles, as your other hand lingered on his face, caressing him quietly, Sylus is certain that this isn't a dream.

You're real.

This time, you're really here and you're holding him just as he always wanted.

This time, you're truly seeing him and accepting him as he is.

This time, you're not pushing him away but pulling him closer.

This time, he doesn't have to hide in the shadows.

This time, he gets to admire the flowers with you.

[wardingshout]

spiritual successor to this absolute banger by @kokirizeldas and also. 👯 them.

[14dayswithyou]

HAPPY VARENTINES DAY, ANGEL ! I've been facing some tech issues recently, but!! To celebrate Ren's birthday and Valentine's Day, I'll be releasing Day 5 (the Early Access version) for all the Beta Testers in a few days!

And for those who aren't part of the 14DWY Discord server, don't worry! The public version will be available for everyone to play once the beta testing period is over ^^

[sydmarch]

it's really strange to me how many people I've seen say that the substance is unsympathetic towards elisabeth & disdainful towards woman in general. idk it feels to me like the movie is really explicitly not saying "silly women, isn't it stupid that they're doing this to themselves?" but "isn't it fucked up that our culture puts so much pressure on women that they feel forced to do these things to themselves?"

[sarathrimsa]

yea

[savn-uhhh]

[xxcrumbxx]

Hello hello soo um im still workin on it ,ive been kinda burnt out from it an ik thers no real preshure and im wayyy past valintinse day but heres a wip of those silly lil valintines cards

Also today is my birth day im 22 now so .. Thats a thing. Anyway im planing on making like 3 alternet vershions of eclips 1 with the cannon tipical 2 arm pre decomishion desighn 1 with the 4 armed fannon /cannon design and 1 with the 4 armed ballone world desighn. Probly ganna take a bit but what ever it will be valintine in fuckin may who cares lol

[egophiliac]

sorry to bother but do you know where i can find translations of the latest main story stuff? the person i used to get them from stopped translating and now im suuuper behind :(

I don't, sorry! I know other people use translations though so if anyone's willing to help out, 'twould be appreciated! :D :D :D

[imsofuckingscaredofskeleons]

okay okay guys. hear me out. max jagerman works as a lifeguard at the local pool over the summer

pre-npmd he terrorizes richie pete and ruth whenever they're there, post-npmd (no one dies and they all become friends because i say so) he sneaks them free snacks from the snack stand

and ofc no matter what he's sneaking kyle and jason and all the rest of the guys in after hours. also you better believe he's keeping his shirt off and flexing in front of all of the girls (and guys)

[d1sapp01ntm3nt]

drew those dudes that everyone hates touchin each other because I’m bored asf all the time and I thought it was funny

traditional ver below!!! :3

[swordscleric]

I can't stop thinking about the post from a few days ago about how Critical Role has been great at doing personal faith but didn't put the necessary work in to discuss the religious/god angle of c3 in-depth. Like the fact that Cardinal Respa was linked to both the Dawnfather and the Chained Oblivion is, on a personal level, very interesting (fallen/corrupted priest goes hard) but like does that mean that there's a Papacy somewhere in Exandria dedicated to the Dawnfather? If so, are there more cardinals who ordain the bishops of the Dawnfather? Are there Conclave-level intrigues going on in the Dawnfather's Sistine Chapel? Why is the Dawnfather so Christianity-coded in vibes alone if there's no actual outline of his religious organisations? With Downfall the Dawnchild/Dawnfather thing makes the allusions to Christ as Son of God co-existing with the Father textual - was there a Dawnfather Schism around whether the Dawnchild was a separate mortal? Was there a Reformation about how the Dawnfather's Pope kept selling indulgences? Is that why the priest of the Dawnfather Grog & Pike offer a drink to doesn't partake because of a cultural shift between Protestant-Temperance-League-coded and Catholic-coded Dawnfather congregations? Why do I have so many questions about the religious organisation of one of the most important Prime Deities in Exandria and to Critical Role's 3 campaigns? How on earth were the cast (and us as the viewers!) meant to care about the gods if all they had were "really tall kings" instead of interrogating how religious organisations provide both a place of healing and community to a wide range of people and also a place of horrific harm and abuse for a wide range of people?

[todayisafridaynight]

[wackywatchdotcom]

to me ragatha is the most tragic blend of fawning and wanting to be liked and being terrified that the people around you are going to die at any moment and a desperate desire for things to turn out okay and more and it makes me distraught

[fabbyf1]

sometimes, writing is frantically putting half-formed thoughts into your notes app while walking your dog and then forgetting about them.... only to read them back later and think "what the fuck is my problem?"

[sulky-cabbage]

Am I imagining things orrrrr......

AND THIS WHOLE FUCKING SEQUENCE

Gege what does all of this mean....

[remyfire]

Good for her.