#not that it much matters

[skyward-floored]

@telemna-hyelle the other day you said you were in a hyrule Warriors zelink mood... this is Sheik and Link (and ended up not being quite as fluffy as I was going for oops. sorry about the redeads), but I hope you enjoy <3

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The fading light of the sun cast the battlefield in an almost eerie glow, the liquid gold flashing off of armor on both man and beast alike. This particular fight wasn’t as large as some of the battles that had happened over the war, but it was by no means a small skirmish.

Link was fighting off the usual hordes with his typical speed and efficiency, slashing through groups of bokoblins and the occasional bigger foe without too much trouble.

He’d been separated from the majority of his allies, monsters and terrain pushing them apart, but he could see Sheik fighting nearby, her long braid twirling out behind her as she fought. She alternated using a few small knifes and the harp on her back, and blasted enemies backwards with various magical songs she pulled from its strings.

The music provided a faint background to the screams and clashing sounds of the battle, and when Link found himself with a moment to breathe, he paused to listen to it.

He found himself watching Sheik as well, and tried to ignore how his heart skipped a beat when she defeated an entire group with a single strum.

She ended up a little closer to where he was catching his breath, and he caught sight of the look that always appeared on her face whenever she played a song in combat, equally serene and intense. Her hair was ruffled and coming loose from its braid as she wove through the battlefield, a few splatters of monster blood speckling both it and her one shoulder, and a large smear of dirt coated her cheek.

Link couldn’t take his eyes off of her.

“Link! Watch out!”

Proxi didn’t even finish her warning cry before something screamed, a horrific sound that froze Link’s entire body with an unnatural terror. His heart rate spiked and he sucked in a gasp through suddenly paralyzed lips, a cold wash of fear sinking into his limbs.

Readead, he thought in horror, and fought the paralysis with every inch of his being. But he couldn’t move at all. Not even wiggle so much as his pinky finger, and his chest tightened as something began to approach him from the corner of his eye.

No no no no no—

He‘d been paying attention to his surroundings, but had neglected to cover his flank, and the redead had caught him completely unawares. Proxi had fallen onto a nearby tree stump, her wings quivering with the same dark magic that was keeping him locked in place, and Link felt dread roll over him as the lumbering form of the redead knight grew larger in his peripheral.

A blade abruptly swung towards him, and Link managed to break the grip of fear just enough that he could tilt his head back, the weapon merely slicing his cheek rather than plunging into his neck.

A pained noise escaped his frozen lips, but it was drowned out by another deafening scream, this one so close it seemed to pierce his very soul with terror. His ears rang as his slowly fading fear returned in full-force, and he wheezed in a gasp, darkness freezing him inside and out.

And then another scream pierced the air, this one from a slightly different direction, and Link thought he might pass out from the utterly crushing terror that was pounding through him.

Two redeads screaming at point-blank was too much, and a tear escaped down his cheek, eyes still blown wide with unnatural fear. Any resistance had been replaced by nothing but mind-numbing horror, and all he could think about was how much he wanted to curl into a ball and hide.

The blade of the first redead Knight swung upwards, and with what cognitive thought he had left, Link cursed himself for being such a fool.

But then a light tune trilled through the air, a wave of magic throwing the blade and it’s wielder backwards with an angry groaning noise. A blur ran past him, but Link couldn’t turn his head to see where it or the redead knights had gone, terror still holding him captive. Two more screams rang out at the same time, but they were abruptly cut off, a wave of music rippling past his ears.

A few grunts sounded behind him, then the thud of a body hitting the dirt, shortly followed by another.

Link choked in a gasping breath, and hands suddenly settled onto his shoulders, carefully pulling him downwards into a sitting position. His frozen limbs were coaxed into something more comfortable as he was settled on the trampled grass, and the terror ebbed, just a bit.

Link managed to look up and saw Sheik kneeling next to him, one hand still resting on his armored shoulder.

“Captain, I’m so sorry I couldn’t reach you sooner,” she said in a regretful voice, crimson eyes quickly scanning him and wincing a little at something. “Are you okay? Can you respond, Link?”

He managed a weak nod in reply, and felt his stiffened body begin to shiver, slowly at first, then growing in intensity. Sheik noticed, and pulled the trailing edge of his scarf off the ground to set more firmly over his shoulders, her fingers sending warm little sparks over his skin wherever they touched him.

“Redead screams are not to be taken lightly,” she sighed, watching him continue to shake.

“D-don’t seem to b-be too affected y-yourself,” Link managed to get out, hating how shaky the words came. “H-how’s th-that?”

Sheik’s eyes crinkled from behind her face covering, and she hummed, adjusting her position a little. “I have a... natural defense against them, so to speak.”

Link huffed. “Well count me j-jealous,” he shuddered, heart still pounding with leftover terror.

Sheik looked at him, her gaze concerned as he continued to shiver. He hated how weak he felt, barely able to move, fear still coursing through him. He knew it was merely the dark magic that redeads possessed making him feel this way, provoking an unnatural response from his body that manifested itself as soul-crushing terror. And especially since he’d been right next to two of them as they’d screamed, but he still hated it.

And he felt so Din blasted cold.

“You’re still rather pale, Captain,” Sheik said softly, pulling him out of his thoughts. “Are you sure you’re okay?”

He shot her as reassuring of a grin as he could manage, but the effect was ruined when the motion made his cheek sting. He winced at the sharp pain, and shivered again as an icy chill ran up his spine.

How could he have been caught so unawares?

Something suddenly brushed his cheek, and Link flicked his eyes back over to Sheik, who‘s face was much closer to his than it had been as she studied the cut.

“You’re lucky this wasn’t worse,” she said, a frown in her voice at the blood he could faintly feel dripping down his chin. “Or hit your eye. It’s deep, but not too bad.”

“You uh, m-made sure of that,” he chuckled weakly, then froze as her fingers brushed his cheek, carefully skirting her finger around the cut.

Oh... her hand was really warm.

A sigh escaped his lips without his permission, and he almost leaned into her touch before realizing what exactly he was doing. He twitched back, but Sheik put her hand back on his face, carefully studying his injury.

A blush rose unbidden in his cheeks as Sheik continue to brush her fingers along his face, focus only for the cut that was dripping blood down his chin. Concern was bright in her crimson eyes, and Link couldn’t help but stare a little dazedly at them as she worked to staunch the bleeding. She happened to meet his gaze as she wiped away some blood, and they looked at each other for a few silent moments, red against blue.

Then Sheik suddenly dropped her hand from his cheek and reached for the pouch at her hip, the smallest hint of a blush coloring what of her face he could see.

“You’ll need to have the medics look you over back at camp, but this should do in the meantime,” she murmured, and Link thought she almost sounded flustered as she pulled some bandages out.

“H-hey, I can do it,” he interrupted, and Sheik raised an eyebrow at him.

“Hero, can you even raise your hand?”

Link lowered his brows in concentration, and attempted to raise his trembling arm. He managed to move it a few inches, which he counted a success, but Sheik shook her head in exasperation.

“You’re not steady enough to bandage yourself,” she said, and Link sighed. “And besides, I don’t mind.”

Her voice softened at the end, and Link risked meeting her eyes again, watching as she raised her hand up towards his cheek once more. She hesitated before she touched him again, but gave herself an almost imperceptible shake, and began to clean and wrap the cut, her hands still warm against his icy skin.

He tried to focus on calming the fear still making him shake, fighting stubbornly against the magic still tight around his chest. But it didn’t seem to want to listen to him, and he soon gave up, focusing instead on Sheik’s fingertips brushing his skin.

The regular motions of her fingers against his cheek, disinfecting the slice as well as she could and making sure the bandages would stay, were calming despite the sting, and Link felt his terror actually start to wane a bit.

“You’re freezing,” Sheik murmured at some point, and Link swallowed, his heartbeat still quickened with leftover fear and adrenaline.

...it was definitely just racing from that.

“We need to get you back to camp, you’re too cold,” Sheik continued with a sigh, finishing with his cheek. Her hand lifted off his face and Link mourned the loss of the warmth it had brought. “It’s obviously going to be a while until this wears off. Can you stand?”

Link managed a shivering nod and after a minute, forced his feet underneath him.

Then nearly fell flat on his face when his legs refused to comply.

Sheik shot out a hand and stopped him from face-planting, then carefully pulled his arm around her shoulders, her own arm warming his back where it was supporting him. Her side ended up pressed against his as she held him up, and his blush came roaring back, sending an admittedly pleasant warmth up his face.

He was still trembling, even with Sheik’s help, but he was standing at least, and could mostly support his weight. Her head was rather close to his though, all of her was rather close to him, and that was making it hard to focus on staying upright. Or much of anything.

Maybe that was still just the effects of the redead’s scream.

Yeah. That had to be it.

A thought abruptly occurred to him and he flicked his eyes over to the stump where Proxi had been, just in time to see a bright blue sphere rocket towards him.

“Link! Oh Link, are you okay?” Proxi cried, fluttering a bit wobbly to perch on his shoulder. “I’m sorry I didn’t warn you sooner!”

Link managed a smile as she worriedly sparkled at him, leaning his head down a little so she could brush against it. She made a worried noise at the bandages on his cheek, and Link let her look him over.

“It’s okay,” he said softly, feeling her shiver a little. “Those things ca-ame out of n-nowhere.”

“You were a lot closer than me though, and they kept screaming at you! You’re all shaky and cold, are you really okay?” Proxi continued to fret, and Link saw a smile in Sheik’s eyes from next to him.

“I’ll be f-fine Proxi,” he said, trying to sound reassuring.

He directly countered his words when another huge chill ran up his spine though, sending shivers wracking through him. Sheik’s hold on his shoulders tightened, and maybe it was his imagination, but he thought she might’ve pressed against his side a little more tightly, imparting more warmth.

“I think the sooner we get him back to his tent the better,” Sheik put in. “He’ll be okay with some rest Proxi. This will just take some time to wear off.”

”Okay... if you’re sure,” she said a little hesitantly, giving Link’s cheek a little nuzzle. “Thank you for helping us Sheik!” she glimmered happily, and the smile in the sheikah’s eyes grew just a bit. “Those redead knights are awful.”

“Think w-we can all a-agree on that,” Link chuckled weakly, and Sheik gently nudged him forwards.

Proxi jingled as she settled down a bit, and nestled herself into a fold of Link’s collar, giving him a little warmth of her own. They started to walk, and between Proxi’s warmth on his neck and Sheik’s from beside him, Link slowly began to feel a little less cold. His shivers started to ease, and the terror that still lurked in his chest lightened a bit.

“Thank you,” he whispered in Sheik’s direction. “For saving me, and patching me up. And... this.”

She hummed in reply, and Link had a feeling he was being smiled at. “Someone has to keep an eye on you. And besides, you would do the same. And have done the same.”

The blush on her cheeks returned, and she gave his shoulder the lightest of squeezes, one that sent warmth all over him.

“You’re welcome, hero.”

And this time, when his heartbeat sped, Link knew it had nothing to do with the redeads at all.

[qiinamii]

we'll do fine.

[maeamian]

Hey y'all, now is a particularly good time to show solidarity with the Haitian refugee community of Ohio by donating to groups working on their behalf like The Haitian Bridge Alliance or Advocates for Basic Legal Equity.

The Republican goons are trying to stir up a racist hate mob against them based on extremely sinister lies. To hell with the sorts of people who want racist violence and for those of us nowhere near Ohio, this sort of donation is a decent way of telling both the Haitian community and their tormentors that we have the backs of refugees.

[starii-void]

going to chb must be crazy like imagine sharing a camp with

-one of the strongest demigods ever who's saved the world like at least 3 times, fought multiple gods & titans and WON (and is a tartarus survivor)

-the literal main architect of OLYMPUS who's also saved the world multiple times (also tartarus survivor)

-THE lord of the wild who's also close friends with the first two (and has helped save the world multiple times)

-an emo kid from the 1930s who again helped save the world and is also a tartarus survivor (TWICE)

-a son of apollo who survived tartarus with nothing but cargo shorts and sheer will (pun intended)

-the main designer and builder for the argo II, also the first hephaestus kid to have fire powers since hundreds of years ago (did i mention killed gaea? no? yeah he did that too)

-a girl who somehow charmspeak-ed gaea into falling back asleep (also side note daughter of super famous actor because why not)

-pretty much everybody is a two-time war veteran

-THE GOD APOLLO who just sometimes comes down to visit in the form of a teenage boy

-did i mention dionysus, god of wine madness and theatre

-also chiron, trainer of pretty much every greek hero ever

[maxgicalgirl]

Being a “Fun Fact !” kind of autistic is all fun and games until you get halfway through sharing an interesting tidbit and realize that it probably wasn’t appropriate to share in polite company and now you have to deal with the consequences :(

[chloesimaginationthings]

Steve Raglan has the wrong FNAF Mike Schmidt…

[freefallintothevoid]

The real reason everyone makes fun of Dicks Discowing outfit is because he's the only one that can somehow pull it off

Every superhero and vigilante has has a costume like that at some point, something daring or a bit ridiculous that in hindsight that they just couldn't make work for whatever reason. Nightwing? The pretty motherfucker not only made it work, he slayed in that outfit. It looks ridiculous by itself on display in the batcave but not when Nightwing puts it on

The only reason Dick doesn't know this is because all his siblings have collectively gaslit him into thinking that it's his worst costume to date.

[wtfforged]

my campaign hiatus has gone on for too long so to cope ive combined my interests at their maximum potency and had some dnd-strawhats thoughts

thoughts in depth under read more... :)!

this is SO self indulgent. their designs literally did not change. but i am a firm believer that dnd doesnt have to be european high fantasy. and also one piece literally IS fantasy. no changes are necessary to fit into dnd. ive already imagined plenty of campaign/oneshot ideas inspired by one piece. so this was basically just an exercise of trying to replicate their canon abilities in dnd 5e as much as possible without totally homebrewing everything. well. aside from luffy. you just cant take away or change his stretching.

LUFFY: (human monk. drunken master subclass. outlander)

the only plain human of the crew to balance out with the fact that he still has rubber powers. obviously a monk. but drunken master subclass specifically because i think the flavor(not the fact that its about being a drunkard) and abilities both fit him really well. this line in the subclass' flavortext especially fits him: "A drunken master often enjoys playing the fool to bring gladness to the despondent or to demonstrate humility to the arrogant, but when battle is joined, the drunken master can be a maddening, masterful foe."

ZORO: (tiefling fighter. samurai subclass. bounty hunter)

a fighter with the samurai subclass is so very incredibly obvious... but i actually had a lot of fun geeking out while comparing the abilities to what he can do in canon; Fighting Spirit, Rapid Strike, and Strength Before Death especially! tiefling is also pretty on the nose for his demon pirate hunter shtick and asura form, but i thought he'd be really human-passing for a tiefling and theorized about his tail getting cut off at some point or another before joining the strawhats. initially wasnt gonna give him a feat, but i gave sanji a feat so i thought itd be unfair to not give him one as well, so sentinel fits the bill pretty well i think!

NAMI: (tabaxi rogue. arcane trickster subclass. criminal)

cat burglar -> full grown literal humanoid cat. this one is INCREDIBLY self indulgent... i love... cats... theres nothing deeper to this and no other reasoning. i took cat burglar and ran with it. can you tell that i love izutsumi dungeon meshi? rogue for the aforementioned burglar-ing as well, and the arcane trickster subclass for when she picks up climatact! the mage hand will be very useful for her pickpocketing. in the future as she levels up with timeskip, i can totally see her multiclassing into wizard as well! weather wizard!

USOPP: (lightfoot halfling artificer. artillerist subclass. urchin)

I HAD SO MUCH FUN THINKING ABOUT HIS CHARACTER SHEET. halfling's Naturally Stealthy ability lets him hide behind his crewmates since theyre (almost) all bigger than him, so its perfect for hiding behind zoro or sanji all the time. Lucky is also perfect for him, and I think Brave fits pretty well too when he puts on the sogeking mask. artillerist artificer is also very fun! tinkering and making magic items for his crew, and i think Eldritch Canon or Arcane Firearm could both be easily reflavored as kabuto or any of his inventions. for emphasizing his sniper-ness, the spell sniper feat was also necessary. i think hes my favorite of all the concepts. big ears and long nose combo is so cute to me.

SANJI: (half-elf monk. drunken master subclass. guild artisan (cook!))

race was mostly based on vibes i wont lie. squints. and that vinsmoke balogna or whatever too ig. but mostly vibes. along with the idea that i think a dwarf zeff raising him would be really funny and cute. monk is also obvious, and same subclass as luffy for mostly the same reasons. though the flavor fits him much less, i think the abilities still fit him perfectly, and this blurb specifically; "Your martial arts technique mixes combat training with the precision of a dancer." i really wanted to give him a different subclass from luffy, but i dislike all the other monk subclasses a lot and i found none of them fit him as well anyways, so to try and give them SOME differences, i gave him the crusher feat.

CHOPPER: (awakened deer(shifter statblock) cleric. life subclass. hermit)

this ones definitely a mouthful im sorry. awakened deer for obvious reasons, but due to magic instead of devil fruit stuff. when i was struggling with his race, i looked a lot at shifter because of his forms, but it occurred to me that itd be super cool if he could shift between all of the different shifter options instead of being stuck with just one to replicate his rumble balls. something like heavy point/guard point=beasthide, horn point/arm point(?maybe?)=longtooth, walk point/jumping point=swiftstride, and brain point=wildhunt. hed definitely need some kind of nerf though to balance out that homebrew... and cleric for class. duh.

ROBIN: (high elf wizard. order of scribes subclass. criminal)

robin is definitely the one i struggled the most with just because of her class. elf came pretty easily- shes very elegant and i think shed look cute with super long ears- and i landed on high elf instead of wood elf for the int-based abilities. i was really on the fence between sorcerer and wizard for her because i knew shed be a full spellcaster, but i didnt feel that any of the subclasses really fit her. i ended up going with wizard for order of the scribes since it focuses on texts and knowing everything. but also because robin with a flying talking sentient book would be crazy cool. it could also be similar to how she spawns mouths and eyes places to talk to or watch people. my "fuck it, why not. this would be rad. its my house" mindset kicked in with her i will admit. also the One with the Word ability made me cackle out loud when i read it. thats the funniest ability ever. anyways, i cant really think of a way to replicate her powers, but maybe we could just reflavor a bunch of spells to be her limbs or clutch; hold person, maximillian's earthen grasp, or evard's black tentacles. thatd probably work okay, and theres a handful of spells to replicate her ability to spawn eyes or mouths. unrelated, but i imagine nico olvia to be a drow. why? her hair is white. i am a simple man!

[coddda]

I wish we could have met in some other way.

Lawlight Week Day 2: Soulmates

If you saw me repost and re-edit this several times uh No you didn't </3

Still frames/Individual gifs:

If you know what every frame is from you get a free cookie. by the way

[dailyhatsune]

Miku comes out to her dad

memories of miku and mike at the pride parade

[korppipoika]

Snowball in Hell, acrylics, 30cmx20cm

I used a random piece of wire to paint the smallest details..!

[goldengirlgalaxy]

The Bedazzler

After a very hazy night that... may or may not have been caused by something he found in the Ghost Zone, Danny ends up discovering in his haze he bought an absolutely outrageous amount of various craft supplies, especially shiny things like those little plastic rimstones.

Good news, everything was bought from a going out of business sale, so he didn't drain all of his funds. Bad news, everything was bought from a going out of business sale, which means he can't return them. And, frankly, he doesn't want to just throw away a bunch of stuff he paid for. But he still doesn't know what to do with it all.

At least until Clockwork decides to give Danny a small boon that lets him stop time. Then he gets some ideas.

It first starts off with Superman. He's doing his regular hero thing, when he suddenly feels his cape pulled to one side. He brushes it off as the wind, until people start pointing at his back. Clark nearly panics when he finds a bunch of green crystals on his cape, only to calm when he realizes they're plastic and attached with glue. That of course begs the question, who was able to glue gemstones to his back without him noticing?

Later that same day he's both amused and even more confused when Luthor appears again, only for a bunch of gem stickers to appear on top of his bald head, clearly arranged to spell out 'I Heart Superman' in icons.

Captain Marvel suddenly feels something appear on his head, only to discover it's some kind of cardboard crown. He's confused, but ultimately decides to wear it the rest of the day, thinking it might be from some meta fan of his.

Martian Manhunter finds a necklace appearing on him. When he pulls it off, he finds it's one of those Shrinky Dink plastics, designed to look like a medal that says '#1 Hero' on it, also with some extra plastic gems for extra bling. He wears it proudly for the rest of the day.

The Gotham Bats all get hit at the same time. Fake flowers, various colors of ribbons, Red Robin had a helium balloon attached to him for an hour, and of course plenty of shiny fake gems.

At first, everyone thought the funniest part of the mysterious crafts was Red Hood appearing with several rimstones attached to his hood where he mouth would be, several gold ones arranged in such a way that it looked like he was flashing a bunch of yellow teeth.

Then the Joker showed up. And was promptly doused in several pounds of glitter. Even better, it got into his eyes, effectively blinding him and giving the Bats a chance to capture him (after they were done laughing).

Of course, as more Leaguers get trolled, the more the stories start to paint a picture of someone running around pranking them. And many of them want to know just who this Bedazzler is.

Meanwhile, Danny is laughing his ass off and is planning on giving his friends a chance to have their own fun.

[buggachat]

no miraculous aged-up AU where Plagg is a shitty stray that Adrien fed at his balcony one too many times and just decided to stay. Marinette is in love with Adrien and was always so charmed about him telling her about the stray cat that he takes care of, but then she goes over and finally meets this absolute Menace of a Feral Cat that attacks and destroys and eats everything it touches and hates Every Human except Adrien. Marinette cries to Alya about how Adrien will never love her if she can't get his cat to approve of her. Cue Marinette agreeing to catsit for him and a series of unfortunate circumstances of Marinette screaming and chasing Plagg around the apartment while he Destroys Everything. Adrien comes back horrified to Marinette bloodied and mauled and scratched all over her body with a big proud smile on her face and Plagg purring in her lap. (it turns out cheese was the answer)

[purgatorily]

oh wait. edwin’s speech to crystal in episode one about getting justice for all the cases that didn’t matter pairs so so nicely with crystal calling up lilith in episode eight to get justice for all the girls esther killed. especially because edwin is giving his speech to crystal in the beginning and crystal is echoing his sentiments to save edwin at the end. what a full circle moment i love it

[thepeacefulgarden]

[t4t4t]

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