#ramblin sry

[eyeofthechasm]

oouh my frands. love my frands

[diadraws]

have you read Open My Eyes by Buggachat?

not yet! ive been putting it off because i started writing a fic with a similar concept (i.e. post season 5 adrien angst) in early september and i want to finish that first before reading other people's takes on it, so i dont accidentally steal other people's ideas by reading their fics while i'm still workin, im at likeeee 28k words?? im prob 50-60% the way done unless i get distracted and go off on a tangent like i always doooo. heres a lil excerpt

sry (bout to start ramblin) i feel bad being AWOL so much lately from this blog. i got fired from my job that was making me hate all life so now im trying to find a new one and it is making me hate all life even more. (customers are annoying but being able to afford more than 1 meal per day was nice) also my injuries are flaring up and making it hard to draw. anyways thank you everyone for stickin around here is gatito noir as a token of appreciation i promise i will stop being in my flop era eventually and then i will be back and draw more creatures

[beardedjoel]

finish your fics friday monday night

ty for tagging meeee @janaispunk @wannab-urs @beskarandblasters <3

rules: send an ask with a WIP title, and i'll add five sentences and ramble vaguely about it.

smother viii (dark!joel x f!reader) closer - epilogue (yall got me back on this bs) (joel x f!reader) pretty little wife 3.5 (joel x f!reader) untitled series (joel x f!reader) - angsty jackson!joel vibes untitled series (current contender for the name is "nectar" tho) (sugar daddy/dbf!joel x f!reader) jackpot (dbf joel x f!reader) - pwp oneshot

some of these i have quite literally peanuts for or they've been on the shelf collecting dust for a while so i may not have sentences upon sentences of them but hi send me asks 🥺

tagging @ramblers-lets-get-ramblin @joelsgreys @catchallfangirl @toxic-seduction @chronically-ghosted @covetyou sry if you've already been tagged!

[felassan]

None of this is particularly new but w/e, it’s sleepy midnight wonderings o’clock, having been thinking about the new WIPs in relation to TN and the DWR teaser (Cut for length). The images are messy caps and a random assortment of sizes and so best viewed individually because the thumbnail doesn’t always focus on the bit/all of the bit that I was trying to point to.

In the EA Play WIPs, the tree in the first shot recalls the tree depicted in the 2018 DWR teaser trailer - both are elfy, dark-barked and have spreading branches devoid of leaves. I feel that this was an intentional callback and contains potent symbolism.

Back to some old hat mural burbling for a sec: The mural is interesting, as depending on how you look at it, the tree is ruined by flames ("burning in the raw chaos" indeed) and is on fire, and the Solas-y figure has passed by it on his way to do his thing (unfortunate unavoidable damage/casualties). Alternately, it’s standing untouched among the flames despite the fire, the rest of the land is burning in the chaos and the Solas-y figure is protecting the tree (placed himself between it and the rest) which is likely representative of the elven People by doing what he’s doing wiith the Veil and standing there w/ that ‘Gandalf you shall not pass’ shtick. What’s interesting is that in this series it’s probably both or a combination of both interpretations which is the truth.

In Tevinter Nights, we of course learn that Solas is in the process of, or intends to soon begin the process of, carrying out a ritual of some kind which will bring down the Veil. With this in mind, looking back at Nick Thornborrow’s mural, the circles don’t just represent the Thedosian ‘layers of creation’ and things associated with these (the barrier of the Veil, the separation of the different worlds, black-and-gold banding [Black City/Golden City], the 7 hemispheres [7 old gods? 7 remaining Evanuris?] and so on). I think they also represent a ritual, or ritual-in-progress; they remind me of the concentric rings and similar sigils often found in old alchemical symbols (alchemy being a practise where people tried to change the nature of materials), and the concentric rings in our world which are sometimes found at places which are often held in popular culture to have been sacred ritual or ceremonial sites (2) in ancient times.

Regarding the mural, there are interpretations that the figure on the left is warding off the encroaching Dread Wolf, or rather, protecting creation - the world - from what the DW is doing. There are also interpretations that the figure is not Solas, and others. These are valid ideas, and the beauty of DA material is in the fact that it sets folk to guessing and generating several different takes on what we’re presented with. For me, given that the figure was confirmed to be bald by the artist and that it appears to have the distinctive pelt slung on its shoulder, I read it to be Solas (I do accept tho that in-game art often depicts ancient elves in general as bald). I also read the whole thing as being both aspects of Solas (Solas the person and Solas the DW) approaching creation/the Veil from both sides in a sort of ‘pincer’ movement (this is not to say that he’s “evil omg”; his designs are intended to save the People, the world that was, and/or maybe the entire world). Lastly, it’s popularly assumed ofc that the mural depicts Solas trying to take down the Veil. 

This particular reading of the mural is old ground and an 0.2 I’ve posted before. I mention it because it brings me to the ritual. Post-TN I wondered about the specifics involved in his ritual, agreeing with the Mortalitasi’s summation that it will involve a lot of lyrium. Here I was struck by the spread and presence of red lyrium in the WIPs. In the mural, you have the figure with red eyes and en-haloed by a sphere of red. You also have the DW, red-eyed and with crackles of red emanating from it. The red lyrium idol is obviously present right in the middle. It’s the very center of everything, and from TN clearly the major key to Solas’ plans. In the teaser, red lyrium crackles all over the idol, but the bit that always gets me most is the part where the camera pans over the spread of red lyrium crackles up the spine of one of the figures depicted in the idol. That figure is bald, and the one being comforted by the other which has the Mythal-esque crown. If the descriptions of the idol and Solas’ supposed-reaction to it in TN are anything to go by, the idol ofc looks to be depicting Mythal, crowned, with Solas.

This is going to sound stupid, but the spine is a key structure in the human body, that encloses and protects a major component of the CNS (which controls a heck of a lot of what we do). This isn’t the first time people have worried about whether Solas is or will be affected by red lyrium. The whole thing interests me because of the nature of red lyrium (ex. veins) as revealed by Bianca; that it’s alive, since Blight only infects living things. Its spread across Thedas is kinda (fantastically) quasi-biological in nature, like cancer in an organism or mold through old food.**

Back to the ritual (all sense of structure in this post is non-existent lol), maybe the Mortalitasi’s assumption needs to be revised or made more specific. Given all the red.. mayhaps Solas’ ritual doesn’t just require lots of lyrium in addition to the use of the idol, it specifically requires lots of red lyrium..? This might make sense in light of all the red in the mural, and considering the fact that red lyrium is more potent and therefore more powerful than the normal form of the substance. Red lyrium like normal lyrium is also noted to be able to thin the Veil. It stands to reason that lots of it might be able to bring the whole thing down. Taking this back to the mural, the red crackles emanating from the DW look to be what is causing the cracks through the circles - which are representative, remember, of a ritual-in-progress as well as the Veil itself - into the inner sanctum. Is red lyrium is what’s breaking the Veil, what’s fuelling and catalyzing the ritual to bring it down? Solas! What are you doing (obviously yh he has his reasons for doing it, to save his people/restore what used to be, and potentially more). What grabs me here is that red lyrium is a double-edged sword. An idol made of red lyrium is key to his plans to bring down the Veil, but the rampant unstoppable spread of red lyrium across modern Thedas also simultaneously appears (and is widely noted by fandom to be) to be one of the serious problems facing the modern world that Solas is implied to be trying to save it from. (desperate times, desperate measures indeed)

** the spread of red lyrium and its effects on people and the land is a whole topic in and of itself

Alt take (equally plausible): the red lyrium crackles in the mural = just the destructive spread of red lyrium across the world of Thedas in general (which is a big threat to everything, including ‘creation’ itself. Solas is concerned with protecting the “sea of dreams”, for instance) and the red coloring in the figure and the DW is the effects on Solas of his using of the idol to stop this (by taking down the Veil and ‘resetting’ reality).

Alt takes on the mural (also equally plausible): It’s Solas vs the DW in that he’s conflicted and at war with himself over what he’s doing; it’s Solas vs the DW in that he’s protecting the world or the People from it or from a threat; it’s not Solas and represents someone else such as the Ink or next PC facing off against the DW; the idol represents the Black City in the center of the Fade; the idol represents the ‘center’ of the red lyrium that’s spreading across Thedas threatening everything / the Origin of the Blight itself [I don’t mean a literal center of it so much as it’s a core problem, although.. maybe that’s the beating mass of red lyrium in the WIPs?] and the mural depicts Solas protecting the world and/or the People from the threat of it; the idol doesn’t represent the physical item but rather the circumstances depicted by the idol (the couple, or the god mourning her sacrifice, or the crowned figure comforting the other - so it’s about the individuals these are, and the event commemorated by it, thus centering them in the plot of the upcoming game and showing that this interaction that transpired between them was a key moment in everything that happened before).

[its-sixxers]

pluckin away at outlining that actual sequel to Contract Lost and realized i played myself in that writing any roadtrips in the Fallout universe requires me to learn facts about American cities

gotta learn about baltimore, philadelphia, and new york in the fallout universe

i’ve been to new york irl and have been to pittsburgh irl and that’s about the breadth of my knowledge about the east coast.

i should write fallout 76 fic i’m basically a wv expert at this point thx to bae

[marxistgnome]

In season 13 they did that rift spell a bunch of times and they needed all those ingredients each time so like......... How much fucking blood did they take from that holy man??

[morelikegerardheterosexual]

I think the thing that always fucks me up about Fake Your Death is that, to me anyway, it sounds like they’d been tired for a while, and had already considered putting MCR on ice (maybe before Danger Days?) but felt obligated to stay for the fans who needed them. And that the guilt of what could happen to them held this tremendous weight over their shoulders.

In the realm of music...they weren’t actually even gone that long. But I think when they made the ultimate decision to announce their hiatus of sorts, they really, genuinely, didn’t know if they would come back to it, or how long is might be before they did. So when that frustration, guilt, fear, and uncertainty reached a boiling point, they felt it was the most respectful decision they could make in regards to the whole of MCR’s future, past, and devoted fan base.

So the best they could do was release a song about all those confusing feelings and hope it’d be enough until they knew what to do next. And there’s something about that that just really. Hits. Idk.

[consequentson]

I’m gonna try to at least start on a new draft for my rules page.  I just hate this so much because it’s such a delicate balance to like... not sound completely unapproachable and controlling but also not compromise what makes me comfortable being here and -- then I feel guilty about having these issues in the first place, aaaargh. 

Anywho.

I am around, aka Dylan is around -- at least for the next hour or so. After that we (that is to say I, since Dylan goes without sleep far more than I can) are in the danger zone for falling asleep at some point or another.

[hanamura-headcanons]

~anxious hyperfixative yosuke stan here~

hi ok im a rly awkward dude with a rly rly big love 4 1 brown (sometimes orange) haired doofus

i recently cosplayed him at a con n i have an itabag i made 4 persona tht i take everywhere i go like legit its right by my friggin pillow when i go 2 sleep @ night but i mean keychains rnt cheap for a 10 yr old game series so thts probly why ((its mosty jus peeps from p4 aka YOSUKE but i got p5 keychains n a few p3 pins from the pq2 3ds game tht i stuck on there 2 add 2 it n make it more full bc i cnt stand the thought of taking my yosuke yu or chie plushies down 4 like more than half n hour 2 de-lint them n stuff bc im a big ass nerd))

(its also lowkey fulla souyo bc i love they)

like ohhh buddy i hav like more than 5000 pics of p4 alone granted more than like 3000 r probly of jus yosk so hhh big fan

p sure ive reblogged n liked everythin uve posted since lik day 1 bc i stalk the yosuke n p4 tags like the big dork i am

friggin love ur adorable art btw!!!! everyones so fluffy like i jus wanna reach over n ruffle their hair like freal a++++ work!!!!

(( also idfk if this is even like the right way 2 do this ive nvr submitted nythin b4 to any1 so like big oof maybe??? i guess?? dude idefk pls jus lemme show some1 how i finally cosplayed the boy.tm. also how i tried my best 2 juggle his kunais when im like the worlds most klutsy person there is))

ramblin aside

~anyways heres wonderwall~

( idk if i got the use of this meme right or not bc im hella nervous freal ive tried typin this n retypin it n hoverin over the submit button 4 like n hour at least bit its prbly more haha rip i kept addin 2 it 2 so like im hella sry if this is jus pure word vomit rn)

[kazuchikaokada]

Currently i am ramblin 2 mariam bout kazu n i js wanted 2 openly apologize for that sry mariam

[eyeofthechasm]

“i’m gonna write out my ocs backstory!!” i say, continuously, as I press resume on my youtube video and Do Not write out her backstory

[smash-ronpa]

hey dude, new reader and caught up! thanks for doing your thang, you’ve inspired me to do a DR story of my own 🌸 cant wait to read more (but dont need to feel pressured to work on it aaaaaah; art takes time and-im ramblin sry)

omg thank you !!!!! im so glad i could inspire you !!!!!! and yeah sorry about the unexpected hiatus dksdrjsdkb

[h0bi]

when i see ur icon i get rly excited bc i kno im about to see some rly pretty aesthetic or some good hobi lov?? so i guess i associate ur blog and u with happiness?? and the stuff i like?? if that makes sense... sry for ramblin or not makin sense

im ..wow ok i Love You So Much 💖💓💓💖💓💖💓💖💓💖💓💖💓💖💓💖💓💖💓💖💖💖💓💖💖💓💖💓💖💖💓💖💖💓💖💖💓💖💖💓💖💖💓💖💖💓💖💖💓💖💖💓💖💖💓💖💖💓💖💖💓💖

[gaydaryl]

your tummy is amazing and im so glad you feel good enough to post about it

it;s taken like years of genuine self loathing to luv my stretch marks and i still have off days but it’s like. if thin people can constantly get notes on selfies of their bodies that look the same over and over then i can too, i shldnt have 2 try and hide the fact im fat when it’s a big part of who i am, i look Cute n im allowed 2 see that u kno?

anyways THANK U i luv u sry for ramblin

[yumenosakiacademy]

@unluckycowboy nn it's alright I could tell he was jus' jokin but it was kinda annoyin yanno? Romance is a bit overrated and esp not with a "cute boy" like... maybe 3 nice and cute ones exist in the school the rest are... Ew... v day is jus gonna be a day fur chillin w my friends n sendin em good joke cards to laugh at n prob make some of my own... it might be fun nya =w= 

@mefukimeme is it nyan...? Hmm I might check it out after dinner nyan.. thanks fur tellin me aboat it nya.. n yea I rly like 8tr/acks even tho ppl r leavin it rn... I'm listening on it rn actually.... I found a dreamy ch.illwave mix n I'm jus.... Straightup chillin... enjoyin sleepy mood while it lasts, yanno? It's s good mix nya... it's titled Milk and I don't rly like regular milk but I get the sleepy feelin of milk they were goin for... nn what if in a dreamland instead of water ta had to swim in milk? Sounds... aesth.etic but milk doesn't smell nice.. and efurrythin would get dirty or smell gross but it's a dream so... anyfin can happen, right? Ah... sry fur ramblin there fur a sec...

[circusbxby]

another tag game from @thesoftdance another v cute one tysm 😌🧡🧡🧡 sry i’m advance for my all over the place taste in music

rules: spell out your url using song titles, then tag as many people as there are letters in your url

c: Can’t You See - Marshall Tucker Band

i: Interstate Love Song - Stone Temple Pilots

r: Ramblin’ Man - Allman Bros.

c: Crash and Burn - Motley Crüe

u: Used to Love Her - Guns n’ Roses

s: Southern Nights - Glen Campbell

b: Black Dog - Led Zeppelin

x: Xanny - Billie Eilish (i’m sorry this is so out of place lol but it still fucks ngl)

b: Brown Eyes - Fleetwood Mac

y: Young Lust - Pink Floyd

not tagging many bc i don’t have a lot of friends on here oops tagging @starzybaby @angel-clouds @crisxtina @gold3ncurls @km-pg13 @iluvgeorgeharrison also i got a couple new followers recently so if y’all reading this, feel free to do it 🥺✌️i’m trying to tag different ppl in these, y’all just do it if u feel like it lmao