The Quinton Reviews video was actually the first time I ever heard of The Beverly Hillbillies, but Quinton's dad talks about it as if everyone should know it, like the Simpsons. My theory is that maybe it is because I didn't grow up in an english-speaking country, and I'm curious!
If you have no idea what youtube video I am talking about, I would still appreciate your vote! Just vote whether or not you are aware of the sitcom "The Beverly Hillbillies"
Whoa hi, I'm Janis, I write spicy fantasy novellas and novels as Ashlynne Eliza, exploring the big beautiful LGBTQIA+ spectrum, everything from fated mate demon throuples to a witch with a huge monster roster of very close pals, and they're all on sale for 99 cents!
These six books are only half of what's featured in my biggest sale EVER! This sale won't come around until next pride so catch up on the Ashlynne Eliza literary universe at an incredible deal while you still can!
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I will be shipping the pre-orders on Thursday. The Sam plush is currently up on my Etsy alongside the Danny plush. If you're still interested, you can check them out there ^^
do u want me to tag you in ask games is the thing-
Also!
Check out @/fivemillionrats, they reblog a Lot of small artists!!!
Sure! I may not always have the energy to answer them but I do like looking at them and occasionally bumping them!
[Throwing this out for new eyes, you can absolutely @t me in any posts of your own original thoughts/creations. Art? Writing? Specific oc memes? I do look at everything i am @'d in!]
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always down to plug @fivemillionrats they reblog a lot! Always in my notifs too, like cute rats with morsels of cheese. I wish I was on that level. Its a good treasure trove of art! While I definitely do advocate plunging through tags to find good art, if you dont have time fivemillionrats is a good place to start!
Additionally because they make these pieces so easy to find, leave some comments. Maybe find a fave to support.
I sometimes wonder if the reason they reblog so many gems is because they really are five million rats working in tandem...🤔 hmmm...
Saw this today. And I kind of just sat for a moment in shock.
A fic with over 640 THOUSAND words.
A fic with over 84 THOUSAND hits.
And less than 1000 kudos??
Less than 250 comments??
This isn’t it guys. Fic is dying by the looks of these numbers. This author is putting their all into this story and not even 1000 of the 84000 people who opened the work could’ve been bothered to click one button to leave a kudo?
And this isn’t me bitching about me. If you know me you know I never expect likes or comments or reblogs on my work. But when I get them I’m over the moon. I’m showing my friends, my partner, my mom even my grandparents on occasion. I’m ecstatic.
But I don’t need them like other authors might. Like other authors may need them to know to keep going. To know their work is appreciated. To know what they are doing is worth doing and to stick at it.
So remember to be kind today. Leave a kudo. A comment. A reblog with a “I love this” in the tags.
Dust had gathered in the study, a thin silver lining veiling the furniture and golden specks twirling like snow in the sun filtering through the frosted windows.
A shroud of salt and rust stained the glass and the cascade of fire orchids falling from the heights of the greenhouse onto the side of the fort had rained a storm of withering petals on their courtyard where Trahearne had summoned minions to help him beat the rugs and pillows – a flesh and vines golem repeatedly charging a carpet hanging on the low branches of a plum tree.
In the meantime Anwen dusted the furniture Trahearne had omitted to cover before his hasty departure for Cantha – most of them, really, but how could she blame him – and used this opportunity to declutter and reorganise their quarters.
Their desks in particular required some attention. A pile of heavy leather-bound volumes on magical theory and the dragon cycle were stranded there – vestiges from a time just passed – in the midst of Trahearne's own research on the quaggan and largos' exile from the depths – recently proved not to be owed to the elder dragon of the abyss.
She scoured the notes and slipped them in the escritoire, the familiar scent of parchment and ink filling her lungs and welcoming her with a sense of belonging. Under the canopy of glass and metal, in the shade of orchids and wisteria, lulled by the sound of waves breaking on the fort, she was home.
The stationary barely fit the cylinder desk. Her curiosity piqued, she pulled the escritoire from the drawer, a bundle of letters neatly wrapped with a gold and sapphire blue ribbon, falling on her lap, from the depths of the secretary.
She stared, awestruck, as her own writing spread endlessly on the page – deep blue ink and never sealed messages she had long thought lost and regretted she never sent.
And here they were. Every single one of them – most unfinished, as she had left them, dated from 1325 to 1327.
Dearest friend,
An eternity it seems passed since we last met.
I hope life in Orr is treating you well, and that your duties to Pact allow you some respite.
I am writing from Lion's Arch, on my way to the Black Citadel at Tribune Brimstone's request. Assistance with the constant afflux of refugees from northern Ascalon.
The city is the same as ever but the sight of Claw Island, in the distance, beyond the bay, gives perspective to these last months. So much happened in so little time that neither of us really took the time to process.
I expect our business in the Citadel will conclude shortly – after Zhaïtan, what threat could be so hard to dispose of – and if you so agree, I shall bring you my transfer request for Caer Aval in person within a fortnight.
Yours truly,
Anwen Evergreen
PS : Meryw sends her love!
Dearest friend,
Our business in the Citadel it seems will require my attention longer than I originally planned.
The Dredges and the Flame Legion have formed an alliance and they harass these people endlessly. The Imperators seem helpless to deal with their guerilla – hit and run, scorched land – methods.
I took the liberty to offer the Pact's assistance – even if said assistance was then limited to Meryw and I – and assumed coordination of the agents and vigils already mustered there.
Dearest friend,
My sincerest apologies for not writing sooner.
Since Wintersday the days have grown, and yet they're still too short.
I hope you know you are on my mind-
A celebration of the Pact's victory is to be held in Lion's Arch in a fortnight. I dare hope our paths will meet there. I have so much to tell you. I realise now that you probably received a good dozen reports on the events that kept me in Central Tyria but–
Dearest friend,
I must once again delay my coming to Orr.
Captain Theo Ashford, who was killed during the attack, was a close friend of Logan Thackeray's. He asked me as a personal favour to assist the investigators – a detective of the Reach by the name Marjory Delaqua.
I am to meet her and her assistant – a friend of my brother, from the Academy, it's a small world! - in Lion's Arch today for further investigation of the crime scene.
I hope we can find the culprit shortly and I will then be free to officially file my transfer request to Orr.
I long to see Caer Aval again, and I cannot wait to offer my meager gardening talents to the restoration of the isles.
Yours truly,
Your friend, Anwen Evergreen
Dearest friend,
I wish to reiterate my family's thanks for your kind words and well wishes.
My brother is, I believe, on the verge of recovery as this misadventure did not even harm the most prominent part of his person : his ego is unfortunately unscathed. He seems more concerned by the ladies who witnessed his heroism than the healer's orders. And I worry for Meryw who must now endure him for the fortnight – and who definitely does not seem as annoyed as I had expected at the prospect of spending two weeks at the manor with Faren. I dread to think of the influence he might have on her! For all the love I have for my brother, I fear the world cannot endure another like him!
As for Scarlet Briar – or Ceara as she was once called – her motivations are still elusive... Chaos? Perhaps. But I fear there is more to her assault in the Reach – on the Queen's Jubilee – than most would deem.
The Shining Blade and the Seraph see no further than the immediate threat on the crown and Kryta. And the Arcane Council envoy dismissed her actions as a madwoman errance. But I have rarely met such a conflated ego – even for an asura! – and never seen Meryw have such a strong immediate dislike for someone, and though she remains tight-lipped on her reasons, I trust her judgement. Emissary Vorpp might be a brilliant dynamist but his expertise on the intricacies of the mind seem shallow at best.
But I digress.
These recent developments, I fear, will keep me in Kryta yet again.
Until we meet again, I remain yours truly,
Your friend, Anwen Evergreen
I killed you. Scarlet made me see this, made me do this. I know it was just a hallucination – just a nightmare but I see you every time I close my eyes, I feel your blood on my hands and your head on my shoulder as you breath your last.
Meryw saw Sieran.
Scarlet... This toxin showed us a glimpse of our subconscious, a place I hope my darkest nightmares will never wander back to... Every one of us peered into our deepest fear.
Mine is a world without you.
Dearest friend,
I hope this letter finds you well. I can barely believe it has been a year since last we met. I never expected
Caer Aval must be quite tranquil with the arrival of winter. If your duty allows, I would be honoured happy delighted honoured to have you as my guest for Wintersday.
The winter fêtes of the Faren house are famed for the brightness of their illuminations and the sweetness of their spirits.
If it so pleases you, we could avoid the crowds together.
Merry Wintersday, dear friend.
Letter after letter, she revisited this distant past – two or three lifetimes ago, it seemed – until the familiar sound of footsteps interrupted her.
Trahearne froze on the threshold, seeing her sat on the floor, the letters scattered around her and on her lap.
"You had them... I never sent them, and I thought they were lost forever, how...?"
"Meryw."
She stifled a breathless laugh.
Of course!
If there were anyone she could trust had innocent – or at least unequivocally good – intentions sending her correspondence, it was her shield-maiden.
"She wrote a few words with every unsent message, telling me of the unlikely places she had found the letters – blaming your distraction, your forgetfulness."
"I was busy...", Anwen smiled apologetically.
"I had noticed.", Trahearne chuckled. "These letters offered me a glimpse of you – stories I dared hope you would one day share with me."
"And... did I live up to your expectations?"
He laughed and knelt by her side, considering a moment everything they had been through these past ten years, the promise of tranquility after a decade – a lifetime in his case – of constant crisis almost too painfully sweet to believe.
"Our life together surpasses everything I could have imagined."
She leaned in his embrace, a content hum rumbling in her chest as she rested her head against him.
"Rereading those...", she sighed, "I realise how far we've come... and how close I have been from seeing my nightmare come true."
"A second Faren!", Trahearne breathed, in exaggerated horror. "Meryw is immune, but I believe Canach is a good contender..."
Her laughter filled the room with light and his heart with joy.
With the secondborn returned to Tyria to flaunt his success around the most elitists salons – and incidentally find more patrons to finance the Friends' Detective Agency – and Meryw recently recruited for the preparation of the wedding – and as such not-so-reluctantly entangled in the procession of bridesmaids counting in their ranks the oldest friend of Kasmeer, it seemed their orchard had succumbed to the gravitational attraction of Anwen's brother. And, most alarmingly, did not seem to complain!
He felt rather than heard her breath catch, a tremor in the quiet rise and fall of her chest against his.
“Dearheart?”
He reluctantly broke their embrace, a sinking feeling settling in his chest when he noticed her eyes glistening in the faint light. She blinked rapidly, a broken sob shattering on her lips.
“It's alright.”, he murmured, tenderly holding her while she cried and leaned in his touch when he dried her tears.
“I'm so tired, Trahearne..."
It was a simple admission, but it was a relief.
"I... I think it's the first time since these letters that I cannot see further than the next step."
After they defeated Zhaïtan, she had naively believed there would be peace. They had defeated a dragon awakened for over a century and Trahearne had shattered its hold on the land it corrupted. Hopefully, the others wouldn't wake for a few centuries. And if she knew they would eventually bring the fight to Kralkatorrikk she had secretly hoped, since it was as good as dormant since Glint's death, that it would have taken years - time enough for the Pact to gather intel and reform an army to instill fear in the heart of an Elder Dragon. She had hoped...
"I... wanted nothing more than to spend all my time here, with you. And now we're finally there, now we can finally rest, I'm... ruining it."
"You're not ruining anything...", he breathed, tightening his embrace and resting his forehead against hers.
He knew this feeling. After the completion of his wyld-hunt he had felt… Bereft. Helpless. Forlorn. The great purpose of his life was complete and in its absence only remained emptiness and aching.
"Anwen, you're allowed to be tired. You're allowed to be sad because this chapter of our lives is over and relieved there is not battles left to fight. You're allowed to be unsure about the future and elated by what's to come. You're allowed to regret, to be proud of what you have accomplished."
"I'm– I just want to rest... with you."
"We rest, then.", he said softly.
She nodded feebly, a yelp stuck in her throat when he lifted her off the floor and carried her to the sofa nearby. A breathless chuckle broke on her lips, dispelling the shadow looming over them.
"I shall brew us some tea.", he offered, leaning forth to grab the nearest bundle of letters and laying it on the cushion beside her. "The one we brought from Seitung Province?"
"Would be perfect.", she smiled, the bitterness of nostalgia fading at the mere memory of the scent and aroma of white tea and sweet summer peaches.
Trahearne tenderly replaced a stray lock behind her ear and leaned in to lay a kiss on her cheek.
"Rest easy, Anwen. I'll take it from here."
(special thanks to @your-toxic-cat-universe for this beautiful piece! )
#like they would have to come up with an excuse if they made him super pretty and with long hair etc and i can't really imaginr that shsjdjs
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The next generation of Star Wars and it's all depressed people
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Ahsoka's graduation day 🌟
she's doing a peace sign bc this AU is all about peace 😔
Part of the Order 66-never-happened-AU
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We all had a cringe fandom phase, but what's that piece of media you almost were a fan of, like you tip-toed on the edge of the hole but for some reason never fall into it
#behind those tough guy masks is just two men who’ve been traumatised and thrown into crippling responsibility but they just want to be loved
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The entire last 10 minutes of KinnPorsche ep6 YALL. I was in tears. Them opening up to each other, Kinn apologising for what he did. Porsche being willing to sacrifice his HAND for Kinn. Kinn knowing how to escape the entire time but feeling so happy and free that he wanted to continue being lost with Porsche. Kinn allowing Porsche to leave despite the heartache it obviously brought him. Porsche barely being able to bring himself to leave. Kinn jumping in front of a bullet for Porsche. The mixed look of relief and disappointment on Porsche’s face when the other bodyguards show up. MAN this episode!! Mile and Apo killed it.
An Emissary's work is never finished. In fact, it has only just begun.
Amber was surprised to be accepted into Oxford when she'd never even thought of going there at all. It seemed like it was staged to drag her into a new situation. The good news was, she had a family friend to stay with in London. Steven Grant, a genuinely nice guy -- albeit an insomniac with memory issues who often behaved differently depending on the situation -- who Amber's father was friends with. It appeared that in spite of the shock of the Oxford admission, the first two months went smoothly...
Until Steven vanishes for two days. Amber must take up arms as the Emissary once more against a new, much more frightening threat than Sivana or Mr Mind -- a literal cult of a judgement goddess. No pressure or anything?
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Stray has won me over completely with its gorgeous setting and cyberpunk aesthetic. It was such a delight to play!
This drawing took a lot out of me and it's easily one of the most detailed illustrations I have ever done. I'm really happy with how it turned out in the end!
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Thank you Guerilla team, for having Aloy drink with Erend in game. I sketched this years ago, when I finished Zero Dawn, and I think it's fitting that I finish it now that it's canon.
Bonus:
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I realized I never posted this illustration on Tumblr. This one is from 2020, made maybe a year after I have played Horizon Zero Dawn for the first time.
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I think the world needs more art of slavic girls and their dragons. I think that'd be pretty cool.
#because it's such a layered show that i always wanted to do an initial watch then a reaction watch and then a looking-for-tiny-details watch
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Brain.exe unexpectedly stopped functioning, so I opened Ao3 to find something to read while I have a lil tea break, and--
We’re so close to 110k fics y’all. Look at us go!
Anyway, I am hereby issuing a formal challenge to the deancas fandom to collectively publish 23 fics per day for the next 31 days to get us to a nice even 110,000 before the year is over.
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me @ me when i’m reading my own outlines
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became unhinged, printed robbie’s photo on my instax, inflicted 10,000 points of psychic damage on myself when holding it made him feel extremely real. y’know. the usual. [x]
#im sorry there is so little content about tiffin and tiffin+varian so all of this is just purely headcanon from my mind😔🙏
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Six fanarts challenge ! ✨ Did this in instagram with your requests, thank you everyone for sending your blorbos 😤💖✨ Gotta say I had a lot of fun with this challenge, it was a pleasure to draw characters from blizzard universe 🤭
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Pov : you’re on a mission from god but you have no more gas :/
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My son, a terrible darkness has returned to our world… ÒwÓ
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Unexpected reunion between the wolf and his queen 🤭💕💖✨
So umm yeah we went through all of Shadowlands and never saw Tiffin and Varian (except for one cinematic but anyway) so I decided to draw their reunion 👉👈 I feel like Varian would go to Maldraxxus and Tiffin to Bastion ! Varian will probably fight with some of the invading Maldraxxus forces in Bastion and he stumbled across Tiffin while looking for her ? 😳 She probably didn’t have any memories of him and her life before, but imagine if together they try to find her memories back 🥺
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Gentleman Anubis with a fancy sword is my new favourite character <3