#late night post again

[rollingsim]

night club

[wizardmania]

The absolute silence today is gut wrenching. Leaflets were dropped on the west bank telling palistinians to go to Jordan. Last time they told them to go south and they got bombed. Everything about Palestine has suddenly dropped off trending and we know that staff has been suppressing the tags #free palestine and #palestine. Now its has to be every single tag that was trending, because i just simply do not believe we stopped talking about it over night. I feel so hopeless about this shit but the only thing we can do rn is to not stop talking. We have to stop trying to bury our heads in the sand and keep posting as if it was normal because its not normal. Palestinians don't get a break from the horror, the least we can do for them is to make sure their suffering isn't silent.

[lil-lemon-snails]

Good evening Sun Enthusiasts ☀️ I had a long day at school which means I get to draw my favourite boy againnn~

[disappeareddraws]

(text post source)

just a regular convo on the battle subway

[taichouu]

Couldn't sleep? Only one thing to do !! (draw your favorite guys)

[theshushdragonsleeps]

Finally drew Goldfinch fan art! They are definitely my favorite duo

[2hoothoots]

i doubt it's your style not to get / what you set out to acquire, the eyes are on fire you are the unforecasted storm

quick painty thing i did most of on saturday and finished up this evening. the thing about this guy is that he's always posing

[cart00ni]

Get ratioed

[sushisocks]

Thinking about Lenny and Sean.

Thinking about how Sean, representing the liveliness and optimism of the gang, has to be unavailable in Colter, just so that we, upon arrival in Horseshoe & his return to the gang, can really remember Colter as a dour opposition to the light, fun, easiness that is Horseshoe Overlook.

Thinking about how Sean is the last to be introduced and the first to die; how he HAS to be the first to die, as the most light-hearted, easy-going, fun-loving one of them. Every camp after Clemens Point is decidedly more dour, less light, mirroring what they have lost with his death. Even the two parties are noticably different, from Sean's party in Horseshoe being genuinely fun and full of hope, to Jack's party, while starting as well as one could hope, being marred by anger and sorrow; fights, and sadness, and quiet. It ends in a storm which cuts the party off; sends everyone inside and to bed, where Sean literally stays up singing and drinking until light. The game is telling us that things are no longer the same, through the environment. Things have changed, irrevocably, and they will only get worse from here on out.

Sean dies at the game's halfway point; end of chapter 3 of 6. He is the first to die of the gang members we truly get to know. It is surprising and jarring and grotesque. The effect is IMMEDIATE, although subtle, but absolutely there. Sean dies, and the dread starts creeping in. His death is the underlining of Arthur's kidnapping; Arthur might be fine for now but that doesn't mean things aren't getting worse.

Then Lenny, who alongside Jack represents the future, and the gang's hope. Note how they're both acknowledged as exceedingly smart; Jack for his age, and Lenny just in general (though he is also young by everyone's standards), and that Hosea is fond of both of them. The critical difference is that Jack represents youthful innocence in a way Lenny doesn't; Lenny is fully aware of what the gang is, what it does, and why it exists. He is seen talking about and understanding the societal factors that have led him to this way of life; specifically pointing out the impact of slavery and its abolishment on his quality of life as a black man.

Lenny is the only one who can be seen challenging Dutch at an intellectual level. Lenny dies, and there's little rationale left in the gang. And we are immediately treated to watching the start of Dutch's more rapid decline in Guarma. Lenny is buried next to Hosea, the (arguably) oldest gang member, with the most experience to guide them. There goes the future and past of the gang; the only voices which arguably could've made a difference.

He is also, notably, the only death who is not given a cutscene. Blink and it's done, and you're left in shock and disbelief, watching Arthur stay until the last second to not let the youngest member of the gang die alone.

So what's my point here? Well, I think it's worth pointing out that these two, alongside Molly, are the ending notes of chapter 3,4, and 5, all setting the tone for the chapter to come. Each signify the further detoriation of the gang -- they lose something with each death; a life and gun, sure, but also what that person in part represented. Optimism, reasonability, compassion. And each death is brutal; sudden; jarring, in distinct ways. Then, at last, Arthur is the final death, at the end of chapter 6. The gang is already done, by that point.

I also in part think it's interesting that part of the reason Sean and Lenny die is their own flaws. Sean's easy-going inattentive nature leaves him wide open, too busy making a quick-witted quip to keep an eye out -- even when Arthur, the most senior member among them, makes it clear something is wrong, which SHOULD put one on guard in that situation. Lenny, who believes himself lucky and intelligent, also has a sense of arrogance and recklessness which has him running headfirst into danger without looking.

I love them a lot, but I think their survival inherently would mean a very different story from the one RDR2 is. Also think they absolutely would have sided with Arthur in the end, but those are both completely different rants I'll save for another time :'^)

[socksandbuttons]

I totally forgot to share the full Space Moon and Sun designs oops lol

I already touched a bit on them in this post, but yes they run a space camp. Vs, The Eclipse Models they have similar Face structure but functionality? A little different. They're more than happy to hear those models discontinued.

[relgnira]

A Gem and her Scot(t)…

Day 6 of Gem Week and the last day I’m doing!

Thank you so much to @dronepikachu for doing this event, its been really fun to draw a bunch of Gems this week. I hope everyone gets the chance to appreciate Gem a little bit more. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!

[myfanfic-urfantrash]

Honkai Star Rail A/B/O: "Borrowing"

Characters: Blade, Jing Yuan. And Welt.

Cw: omegaverse, nsfw

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Blade

Will "borrow" just about anything he has access to such as pillows and blankets from his mates nest. These are less bothersome items to take as he can always give them his own pillows and blankets to replace what he's taken from their room.

Clothes however are another story. If his mate wears something often like a scarf he may only take it if it's left sitting somewhere for some time. He doesn't want to upset his mate by just taking their favorite item out of no where but he does find their soothing scent hard to ignore.

Buries his face into the fabric of whatever he's borrowed and inhales deeply. He calms down so easily and the relaxed expression of his is very cute but he will get a bit embarrassed if he's caught in the act.

He has stolen his mates underwear after their heat/rut and has kept it for days leading up to his own. He'll typically steal them if he knows he's going to be away from them for a while and needs something to take the edge off while he's separated from them.

Jing Yuan

Regularly steals his mates clothes and will wear them if they fit. He just wants to be surrounded in his mates scent and let everyone know who he's with at the same time. Two birds one stone to getting competition to stay away.

His favorite items to borrow are shirts and any accessories that touch the neck a lot so they strongly smell of his mate. If his mate wears chokers you bet he's going to wear them regardless of his dynamic secondary gender be damned.

Has stolen his mates pillow and will not return them. What's theirs is his and what's his is theirs what difference does it make if he's taken this specific pillow He will of course return the pillow if they wish to have it in their nest but other than that he'll keep it.

During heats/ruts he likes keeping the sheets his mate and him got filthy for a while so he can wrap himself in their shared scent of passion. He may also steal their underwear but typically they both tend to forgo underwear during their cycles.

Welt

Doesn't steal his mates items and always asks to borrow things instead. What a gentleman. He does have his occasional weak moments especially if he's missing his mate and their jacket/pillow/etc is right there.

His favorite items to borrow the most are his mates blanket and often worn clothing they don't mind lending him. He'll even offer up his own blanket and clothes for his mate to use in exchange so the both of them have a piece of the other with them.

Loves to wrap himself up in his mates blanket when reading a good book or when he's got a headache from staring at screens too long. He feels so relaxed and as ease he might even start purring in contentment.

Hasn't borrowed anything for sexual reasons but his mate has left him "gifts" for him should he ever want them. He appreciates the offers though he's embarrassed to have them, it makes him feel young and foolish.

[starry-bi-sky]

12AM late night danyal al ghul propaganda to consider (that is funny to me): this little brat being meaAN. nice twin danyal al ghul: great, fun, we love opposite twins. wonder where he's learning that kindness from, but it's a good dichotomy! but also mean danny fenton. this little shit can make an adult CRY. he is on par with Damian for most venomous barbs. he is a smarmy little motherfucker. he's nice to his people and HIS people only. everyone else can screw off for all he cares - he's gotta learn to care about other people. his canon sarcasm and wit goes from level 2 to level 10. he is a sarcastic, smarmy, witty little asshole and i could go on but the idea of danny fenton being a mean little menace to people is very very fun and amusing to me

[misc-obeyme]

First of all, Asmo with love handles sounds adorable. I want him to keep them.

Second of all, what do you think Barbatos considers to be “too much of a couch potato?”

I think it’d go like this:

Barbatos is sitting on a sofa with perfect posture, hands folded in his lap, thinking about tea. He’s been there for five minutes.

He sighs. “I fear I have become too much of a couch potato.”

Meanwhile, MC is having visions of him slouched on a couch while watching TV and wearing sweatpants. He sneezes delicately before getting up to clean something.

[worm-on-the-moss]

whoops sorry tamsyn muir

[omegalomania]

listen patrick we all know that you call it "the no good very bad week" so why dont you get off our dick about it