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[anachronic-cobra]

I think the fact that I'm attracted to every depiction of Lucifer where he's painted in a sympathetic light reveals deep-rooted issues in my mental state. With that said I need him bouncing and moaning on it

[carrymelikeimcute]

I think I identify so strongly with Izzy Hands because I also play with every lit candle I come across.

[flowerflamestars]

Another alternative Effloresce pov. Azriel, as the slow moving shitshow train wreck his life is is quickly becoming a fast moving shit show train wreck.

I cannot tell you how much I love this one!

So, I would say across all my fics Azriel is a character who is the most consistent? Especially since almost all of them were written before acosf TERRIBLY let us in his actually creepy little headspace, and I've additionally chosen to keep my made up shadowman as he is.

Effloresce Az is basically Starlight Az but SADDER. He's Daylight Az without a kiddo and husband, Shoreless Sea Az without the absolutely beneficial retirement, and man is he TIRED.

You're Azriel, and your job sucks. Your inborn skillset leaves you zero other options, and you know this. It's better to be the left hand of power than in a cell for life, but you know what? Sometimes you can only do so goddamn much.

You're Azriel and that's kind of all you've got. You're one of a kind, literally. Alone forever in that. But you love Cassian. You play the little games with Mor for harmony. You respect- alien, ancient, different, probably what you'll feel like in a thousand goddamn years if you live that long- Amren.

You see the good in Rhysand, limited as it is to personal things, but you also see the vast potential for failure.

You see him listening to this CHILD OF A GIRL- who seems nice, yeah. You're worried about her, frankly. The Courts of Prythian revived her and will not just let that go- but that doesn't mean you think she has, shall we say, good ideas.

You watch Cassian spend days arguing against this.

You rock up over the wall and realize these two mortal, innocent women have probably been taken captive by Spring. Your orders are a mistake, you have a war to fight that has nothing to do with these people, but you're here, and you might as well do some good.

You move to neutralize the threat.

Lucien Vanserra does not act like a vassal of Spring. No, not even at Autumn prince. You can drown fire in the dark, but you can't swallow the sun or an ocean of flame without end.

That doesn't matter either, because this determined little slip of blond sunshine just fucking stabbed you. And for the first time in maybe decades, you just want to laugh. You've fucked up, clearly, but you're okay. (You can live through so much worse than letting a human woman stab you to feel safe.)

You hear Cassian coming, and you know.

It doesn't matter what Feyre is saying. Has said. You're Azriel and you can't not know or not hear- she's wrong or she lied. You have a High Lord sweating blood to protect a stunningly, dangerously charming woman and you have her sister, who feels less like delight and more like a dream.

You're a shadowsinger, whose providence is secrets and these two woman are shrouded.

You're fucked, essentially.

You know they're not really human.

You know they're hiding, and Feyre is going to break that right open if Rhysand has his way, no matter how many times you point out that the Queens want nothing to do with Prythian's fae.

You're Azriel, and you've always been smart enough to stay quiet when you have no orders forcing you to do otherwise. You're polite. You're frankly, horrified. You have no idea what to do with the Archeron sisters acting like you're nothing to be afraid of.

You know, before Cassian knows, that every wind that has ever carried him had lead him right here.

(You remember what that felt like. The fear, the euphoria. You were young and stupid enough to consider it simple rightness, your extra senses on your side, pulling you toward the correct choice in fealty. You didn't know what it was until too late. You didn't know and you never even got to know or got to mourn. You didn't have the right to mourn a girl dead too soon, who would have never been anything but your queen had she grown old enough to wear a crown.)

(Dead before the start, just like you.)

You decide, immediately, you cannot let what happened to you happen to Cassian. Nesta Archeron might be a compelling power, might be a fighter with ash in her hair and a cunning mind, but Shahar was a High Lady born. Not even that could save her.

You understand the instant way you like Elain is magic, whether she knows it or not. (She does not). Real affection follows quickly, you are, despite all magic to the contrary, as Illyrian as Cassian. You cannot not know. You like Nesta too- if only for her ferocity. Her bleeding, present fury.

They treat you like a person.

Fearlessly.

Easily.

You watch as their sister breaks their hearts, cracks already laid. You watch Rhysand act more and more territorial, and of course you know why too. You watch Lucien Vanserra safeguard the lives and livelihoods of hundreds of humans and you understand this, here, is a Court too.

A better one.

You quietly, a secret, kill their father.

You bind yourself in blood to a favor, and use it to unshackle the Archeron bloodline and their vassals from the Queens.

You watch Nesta Archeron kneel in the snow, watch Elain Archeron pull a knife on a High Lord of Prythian over human lives, and think, with dread and barren exhaustion, you're making the right choice.

The hard choice.

(How many noncombatants died in Sangravah? In every city Amarantha occupied? How many servants in the Hewn City every year? How many Illyrian children in the starving north? How many deaths were Azriel's fault, because Rhysand didn't care?)

(The Archerons would rather die with their people than live. Were educating their maids. Sending their kitchen boys to university. Taking in the orphans of other estates, having never forgotten what it was to be forgotten, hungry and alone.)

You're Azriel, and you can't not know how badly this is going to hurt.

[sword-dad-fukuzawa]

okay ep5 of spyxfamily made me feel like anya and loid at the same time. like, on the one hand, i am literally sitting here kicking my feet and going "HE'S SO COOL." on the other hand i am also internally cringing and going "ah this is so embarrassing for him." and that is some really, really good writing and production.

[lehdenlaulu]

You wonder why I'm still meandering my way through the Shadow-cursed Lands (other than the obvious aka being an adult with a full-time job who could only spend four vacation days playing)?

Well, one explanation could be compulsively lighting every single candle, lantern, brazier etc. after breaking yet another little piece of the curse. Just on the principle, you know. Fuck your shadows, Shar.

(Yeah, I really need to do that Cleric of Lathander playthrough – and romance Shadowheart, of course.)

[astro-b-o-y-d]

I still haven't decided what's funnier for the Puppet History AU; the actual Bill controlling his puppet self behind the theater, and every so often you just get a glimpse of his arm or hand.

Or the puppet itself is Bill, via either possession or that's just what he looks like in the AU.

[sins-of-the-sea]

//I was going to write some more, but the stress of today, plus yesterday, AND chest congestion is killing me. I guess tomorrow will be the day.

Also, for anyone who works out--any suggestions on strengthening lats? They're always killing me, and my lumbar brace is useless. I try to go to the gym as often as I can, but I can't always fit it into my schedule, even if I have time to at least do light cardio.

I need at least 3 hours to really maximize my time for the gym (driving there, setting up, doing warm-ups, ACTUAL exercise, cool down, then drive back), which is difficult to spare. So more often than not, I just do cardio for at least an hour via brisk walking.

[koludie]

I totally love that they even have a kinda cartoonish face 💀💀💀

Kotoha's one gets me, like yeah we will just place two dots for his eyes 💀💀💀💀

[swashbucklery]

Also if you want some sources for my Old Person Yells At Cloud Tiktok tags there is a decent article with some credible academic sources here.

It’s not important to me that everyone never use TikTok because it has these qualities, but it is important that everyone engaging with it does so in an informed way. We all know things like slot machines or other highly rewarding things have the potential for addiction + people often set up strategies to harm reduce before engaging with them because of this. I don’t think the public narrative has extended that to social media in a thoughtful way, and there are certain platform types and feature types that can skew more towards being risky to use. Tiktok takes all of the riskiest features and smushes them into one platform, which is why I take issue with it so specifically. 

[birdkeeperklink]

Okay but I gotta talk about Last Action Hero again for a minute, because to me, Charles Dance was never Tywin Lannister, he was Benedict

I forgot what an impression he had on me until I rewatched it and went, look at him! LOOK! AT HIM!

The swagger, the unreal levels of chill

And those glass eyes. This movie is where I got an obsession with inhuman eyes. That red one with the slit pupil? The yellow one? That is the *stuff* 👌

And also how hard the movie leaned into good dumb, evil smart. Benedict takes the time to (with amazing annoyance) explain why it's doing a 180 and not a 360 before he kills someone, simply because he was annoyed by how stupid his victim was, and he's smarter than everyone else in the movie.

I wanted to BE him, minus the actually killing people, when I was a kid. Ever since I rewatched it, my inner child has been delighted at being reunited with that epic villain of villains. I love him, and I can't believe I forgot.

[lex-cursus]

Me lowkey wanting to put Yoshika in more fandom scenarios like:

Can you imagine the hell she'd raise as a fixer?

[babblingstacey]

Since Julissa works so late in the day, she decided to ask Iggy to join her for lunch - she wanted to try the soup at a new brewery in Brindleton Bay. It wasn't very good, but at least the company was nice.

[novorehere]

Can I make some fanart of your sheep plz???

Absolutely!! I just want to be very clear though, I do not own the sheep avatar, nor did I design it 😅 It’s literally the official main character from O/bey me. The plush I have is official merch. Lots of people use it as their “avatar” so to speak!

Just wanted to let everyone who isn’t familiar with the franchise know :)

[writingonesdreams]

I'm considering a new level of friendship now, when the other writeblr randomly tags me in stuff they want me to see. It's the cutest heartwarming thing ever.🥰🥰🥰 Keep doing it darlings

@sleepyowlwrites @bloodlessheirbyjacques @thewalkingnerdx

[-meganium]

rip in peace

[bigassbowlingballhead]

Maya Hawke recently has SKY ROCKETED to the top of the list of best nepobabies in hollywood