#same here sorry for lateness BUT

[reddragonprincess]

“Season's blessings, Princess Minerva. My name is Lilian, and I have come to deliver the gift from your winter's envoy.” So saying, Sitri holds out the gift in question. At first glance, it's a pleasant red box with white ribbon tied perfectly in the middle of the parcel; Inside lies a neatly-folded white cloth headband with the outlines of red gladiolus painstakingly hand-embroidered onto the fabric.

Minerva greeted the elegant woman with a warm smile, already knowing what to expect, but obviously wondering who is brave enouhg to pick the perfect gift for her.

"Thank you, Miss Lilian, please, let me have a look at it.." and she picked the package from her pale hands, observing it for a while before actually doing something: it was a small package, but with a very delicate touch, with the white ribbon on top of it. With a slow gesture, she untied the ribbon to reveal a very luxurious white cloth headband decorated with a reddish embroidery - of much of her taste actually, despite the great expectations Minerva was putting into that gift.

"This is… very cute" she couldn't say much as she was a bit embarassed at first, but truly glad she happened to get such incredibly useful gift. And she did have some clues about the gifter behind this.

[arsenicflame]

Bonus round! Do you use a queue tag?

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Lan Wangji Goes To Lotus Pier AU: Part 3: Enveloping Feelings.

(Part 1, Part 2, Part 4 (soon))

[lemongogo]

sry i dont know what 2 draw anymore T_T . elendira portrait #999

[banditblvd]

Uhhlittle bitty ethubs warmup I did a minute ago

An offering to the ethubsers

[anonymocha]

finally coming out as a dyke in 2023 is realizing i dont need to pretend to simp that Guy just because everyone else in my friend group does

[liquidstar]

sleepovers save money on hotel rooms while on missions 👍

[chepib3]

🤨 Where have i seen this before

ah yes

[viridian-house]

Do you have any favorite naruto fics you’d recommend? Any pairing, complete or not, on-hiatus, gen, oneshots, anything is fine lol

I was legitimately just pruning my bookmarks the other day!! thank you so much for asking.

I don't read too much fanfic these days, and I'm picky when I do--only about grammar/punctuation and immersion though. I ship a LOT of stuff (I guess The Youth would call me a proshipper) and although I never read darkfic, I don't shy away from weirder kinks and unhealthy relationship stuff.

categorizing by pairing, if applicable. some of them are smutty, and please note that the first 3 come from FFN which doesn't have a tagging system, but there is some SA CW I'll give in advance.

KAKASAKU | my first OTP! formative fics that totally reshaped my understanding of what fanfiction could be, and how well-written chemistry can make it or break it

HOUSE OF CROWS is the quintessential kakasaku fanfic. it was written during shippuden and so is canon divergent because of that, but also tells a comprehensive story of its own right that is intriguing and well planned. excellent characterization and world building. leaves me gutted in the best way on my yearly reread.

DUTY BEFORE HONOR is another silvershine classic. I don't reread is as often as House of Crows but they are just about equal in quality. again, the chemistry between them is off the charts, and the world feels so alive.

WILL OF FIRE for me is up there with House of Crows in being essential kakasaku reading. cynchick is a multisaku champion and a wonderful storyteller. the stakes in this one are stressful, the romance tense and believable, and we once again get lovely world building and great chemistry.

ITAKISA | a pairing near and dear to me, because men who do everything wrong are so deeply relatable. they both know they don't deserve anything good ever again but they found each other!!!! ARE YOU GUYS SEEING THIS--

A SHARK HIDDEN INN THE LEAVES doesn't have my favorite version of Kisame, but he's plenty close enough. it's a lengthy oneshot that got me into certain *ahem* kinks. it is a very fun and wild fic that is entirely self-aware of how absurd it's being, and manages to have nothing but sincerity at the same time (and I highly recommend the author's other stories as well)

AN ORCHESTRA PLAYING ON, INSANE is a modern AU (extremely rare in my bookmarks) that absolutely tore my heart out. god is it SO much to ask for these losers to be happy?! yes, it is, and I love every moment of it

MADAMITO | a rarepair I am SUCH a sucker for that has some of the most talented authors writing for it. lots of them have ot3 elements between them and hashirama, often angsty, but stuff like that is part of the appeal for me, lol

A HANDFUL OF SKY is an unfinished fic that I genuinely think about like once a week. if it ever updates then I will be over the moon. technically hashimadamito but it hadn't quite gotten there yet

LIKE ALTARS is just such a beautiful piece of writing, mostly on madara. it is everything, that is all

BLOOD AND RIVER WATER is more mito-centric but has one of my favorite madaras of all time

YOURS ARE RATTLED BONES is another short, mito-centric but gut-wrenching piece featuring the opposite type of madara from the last one

OTHER | character-centric stuff that isn't necessarily shippy but also doesn't have a very "gen" vibe either?

A SERPENT IN THE RICE is a little series about orochimaru that makes me feel so so so many things. highly recommended

HERETIC is such a love letter to kushina, and kurama too. cannot stress enough how much I adore this one

there's a few others that I probably won't link on tumblr, mostly unhealthy and/or "problematic" smut hhfhdj but maybe I'll make a public rec list on ao3 for these different categories and stuff like that.

but yeah that's pretty much it!!! I know it's not a huge list with a lot of variety but it's what I've enjoyed over the last 15+ years in the naruto fandom.

[non-plutonian-druid]

wow i wonder who that guy is!

[ID: Ben, Diego, Mr. Pennycrumb, and old Five drawn in a style resembling Over the Garden Wall's art style. The color palette is very orange. Ben and Diego are crouching in a dark room behind a barrel and a trunk, while Five looms over them, holding an axe. Five is heavily backlit, and the area surrounding Ben and Diego is shrouded in darkness. Mr Pennycrumb is trying to climb over the trunk to reach Five, but Ben is holding him back. Five is not behaving threateningly- he is holding the axe neutrally and is just standing- but the lighting, the angle, and the boys' fear makes him seem more imposing than he actually is. End ID.]

[catkin-morgs-kookaburralover]

questioning sexuality is so exhausting

[mayordea]

wwaaaah. new overdramatic oc art guys auugh

[josephslittledeputy]

The Masuda Family

Miyu Masuda (Mom) || Akihiro Masuda (Dad) Haruhi 'Haru' Masuda (Brother) || Chihana 'Hana' Masuda (Sister) || Sarina 'Rin/Rina' Masuda

Thought I'd start this fun little picrew game! So basically its just a little intro of your ocs family (they don't have to be blood related, obvi) since most of us always do picrews of our favorite little guys (gn) but I never hear much about their families! Figured it'd be something new and different, idk :) Feel free to use whichever picrew you want, even a mesh of different picrews, whichever shows off your preferred image of your ocs family! I know some picrews don't always do the image in your head justice, so. Also, obviously don't feel obligated to do it. Again, I just thought it'd be fun

Picrew used

Tagging @socially-awkward-skeleton @adelaidedrubman @inafieldofdaisies @strafethesesinners @direwombat

@carlosoliveiraa @alexxmason @purplehairsecretlair @simplegenius042 @g0dspeeed

@cassietrn @clicheantagonist @tommyarashikage @henbased

[averlym]

" just...come here. just sit here with me" (...that one scene from princess momonoke, click for better resolution)

[alchemiclee]

i know this has been said 473773474833 times by the kavetham/haikaveh shippers and probably even nonshippers, but i'll say it again. I finally finished the genshin summer event and did the little after quest in sumeru and.....every time kaveh is sneaking around trying not to be noticed coming out of alhaithams house it's just such a gay vibe. he's basically screaming "I can't be caught being gay in a homophobic society!" even if that's not what the game writers are *actually* saying. that's just how it comes off and they can't make it come off any other way. with hoyo's gay history, it makes me wonder if it's on purpose and all a cover-up to have a technically different reason for it so they can get away with it lmao but we will never know.

[raplinenthusiasts]

each other's favorite person