#so be on the lookout for that!

[danidarkarts]

Colored sketch commission for @l00tkirby ! Loved working on this character! I hope you enjoy this piece ^u^

COMMISSIONS ARE STILL OPEN: 2/5 SPOTS FILLED

$100/400 For Rent

SKETCH COMMISSIONS STILL OPEN

[pancakessart]

DISCOUNTED THESE VALENTINES CARDS!!

these cards are now $6 instead of $8 since they might not arrive in time for Valentine's Day now so if you want them, check out the link above!!

gonna put pictures of each individual card below the cut :D

ALSO the inside is shimmery :)

^the link again in case anyone needs it in a clearer spot!

i made a lot more than actually sold, and I'll probably give some to friends/family for Valentine's, but I don't have 39 friends/family to give them to :') - moral of the story, less is more when you're a smaller artist!

[toffee-arts]

> bring brother to mountain to "find" an immortal master > actually finds two (lost) immortal masters > ???

[kabukiaku]

the lovely GHOULETTES!!! ☁️💙🫶

[icaruspendragon]

so my brother died on my birthday two years ago. and for this past birthday (which was six weeks ago) my dad paid for me to go to new york city to visit some friends. i flew in yesterday and had been in the city all of 14 hours before my dad’s wife called me and said “hey, he had a massive heart attack and died a few hours ago.”

and as i was waiting at jfk for my flight back home to alabama, i received an email letting me know one of my etsy items had shipped. see, i’d bought some new bumper stickers for my subaru a few days ago.

this is the one that shipped today, apparently.

[boowhumps]

|WHUMPRIL 2023|

|Day 30 ~ Human Shield|

(@whumpril)

⚠TW⚠

- Death

- Swearing

- Mention of Injuries

- Super Sad Angst (be ready to cry maybe)

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My ears ring as I open my eyes. Everything sounds muffled except for my heart which is pounding in my ears.

I look around and see another body close to me. Tufts of blond hair is what I manage to make out.

My stomach drops.

A gasp leaves my throat.

I drag myself over to his body. I rip the mask right off his face. He groans and moves a bit.

"Silas.." I whisper.

He opens an eye. "Amne.."

He hisses in pain and my eyes widen.

He notices my distress. "Hey.. I'm okay.."

I shake my head, tears burning as form in my eyes.

He reaches his hand up and caresses my face, thumb rubbing the tears that manage to escape my eyes.

He smiles at me as I duck my head.

"You got it from here.."

I bring my head down and I kiss him. He continues to hold my face in his hand.

When I pull back, his grip loosens and his hands falls limp.

I shake him. "Silas.?"

No response.

"Silas- no no no no.. Silas!" I yell.

My heart feels as if it's shattering. I curl in on myself.

Tears begin to travel down my face, and I can't seems to recall the last time they did that.

My whole life, I was a shell. No emotions. No signs of life. Nothing.

Silas was the only one who cracked the shell, even if it was only a little bit.

He cared. To him, I was a person. Not a burden. Not a monster. Not a pawn.

A person.

And now he was gone. Pulled up and away by the wind like a daffodil.

I inhale sharply.

She killed him.

Destiny took him from me.

He's dead.

A raw scream of emotion claws up my throat and exits. It's loud enough to everyone on the battlefield to hear, but it doesn't stop the fighting.

I grab the necklace hanging off my neck and rip it off. I take it and place it in Silas hand.

My wings wrap around myself, like a cold hug.

The voices scream for vengeance.

My eyes dart around and spot Destiny.

My eyes narrow.

I summon my axe and shift it into a sword.

This.

This isn't a battle anymore.

It's a goddamn war.

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I'm thrown back against a wall, the air knocked straight out of me. I pull myself back up and charge at the demon.

In a swift movement, the demon crumples to the ground.

More demons charge at me full speed.

And in that same speed they all fall.

Out of the corner of my eye, I spot Destiny where Silas is.

Alarms go off in my head, and I rush towards them.

I throw myself in front of his body, blocking the blows from Destiny's sword.

She manages to scratch me up, but she doesn't touch Silas.

At some point, Destiny must realize she can't take me on, because she runs.

I run behind her.

I speed up as I see her trying to escape.

I charge at her, pinning her to the floor.

She throws me back, but I prance back onto her.

Brown eyes with a tint of green stare in horror into pupilless black and white ones.

I press the tip of the sword into her neck, hard enough to draw a bit of blood.

She grunts and tries to get out of my grip.

I push down harder.

I let out a quivering breath.

"May Selyna have mercy on your pathetic soul.. because I'm sure as hell not about to."

I raise up the sword and bring it down.

A scream cuts off, but I don't stop plunging the sword down.

I plunge it down again.

And again.

And again.

And again.

I don't stop until arms grab me and force me to drop my sword.

I fall to my knees, arms wrapped around me from behind.

The tears come back, and I cry out again with just as much force as the first time.

Someone pulls me into a hug. I scream and cry regardless of the comforting whispers in my ear.

I can't understand what the voice is whispering, but all I can think about is the cold hand I was holding minutes ago.

I think about a boy with blond hair, red eyes, and a smile that brightened the world.

I think about the way he looked at me with.. so much love.

I think about the way he kissed me so delicately.

I think about the way he held me so tightly, not letting go.

And I think about what he told me before he slipped away.

"You got it from here.."

[thebiggestfuckgiven]

i may or may not be planning a fic where one of the many subplots is that Jason (as Red Hood, but Danny already knows) is following/investigating Danny because he thinks Danny’s dangerous somehow. I won’t go into the details because it’s so much, but point is i have a silly little scene in my head wherein Danny goes out to work on a uni group project with Tim, and on their way to the cafe some asshole car hits a guy on a motorcycle. The Biker goes into a rage and starts cursing him out, takes off his helmet and lo and behold it’s Jason.

Mid-verbal fight with the asshole he catches sight of Tim (recording the whole thing and waving at Jason) and of Danny (potential danger he’s been investigating for nearly two weeks), and Jason gives the asshole a “this isn’t over” threat and dips. Then,

Tim, who noticed Danny’s reaction: You know that guy?

Danny: Oh, yeah, that’s my stalker. You?

Tim: Nemesis. I’m sorry he’s your what?

Bonus:

Tim texting Jason: are you stalking my classmate??

Jason: Mind your own business, Replacement.

Jason: Wait, did he tell you that?

Tim: yah

Jason: RH’s been investigating him. Why the FUCK does your “classmate” think it’s me?

Tim: dick is gonna love this. the great rh has a containment breach

Jason: DON’T YOU FUCKING DARE TELL HIM REPLACEMENT

Tim: LMAO fuck it we BALL

Jason: TIM

[livsmessydoodles]

shenanigans

[lunacias]

please live happily as a human

[forecast0ctopus]

struggled

[auspicioustidings]

You being an animal welfare campaigner and hearing rumours about a dog fighting ring so trying to go get proof to take to the police. There's a dog fighting ring alright, just not the kind of dogs you were thinking. And the "dog" with the mohawk has taken a real liking to you.

[tskumoyuuma]

blue eyes white dragon snow sculpture for the 25th anniversary of ygo, at the sapporo snow festival

[dykelizard]

living on the sunny must be hell

[dollypopup]

I've been seeing so many bad faith takes from people who just. . .don't understand these characters or their love story, so here I am, taking them 1 by 1 lol

Let's start with potentially the lowest bar for Penelope

"I was rooting for Debling for Penelope!" aka: I didn't want Colin and Penelope to have their love story

Most of the justifications of this perspective come from the idea that an absent husband who leaves you lots of money and space for your hobbies is an ideal prospect. And you know what? You're right! For MOST women of the ton, this is an incredibly appealing proposition! That's why Cressida finds it so enticing. She wants what he can offer, a life away from her family (this is something she and Penelope have in common), a comfortable life in which she is alright with a lack of affection. I would argue most women on the marriage market during this time would agree. Marriage is a business transaction more than a fairy tale for them, for most women of this time, of the ton.

But Penelope is not most women of the ton. This perspective comes from a fundamental misunderstanding of her character. Her seeing marriage as a business transaction is her giving up on her dreams of being loved. People just assume that Penelope's greatest desire in life is to write Lady Whistledown, when this is absolutely not true. I even saw someone say that 'Penelope found her purpose'. But we know this is false

Because she says it herself. In Season 2, right after Colin talks to Marina and she calls him a boy caught up in his fantasies, the conversation is contrasted with Penelope, who tells him it's important to have dreams and fantasies, to be fanciful. And this *connects them*. It is the first truly open conversation we see between the two of them, and when he asks if she's found her purpose, she explicitly informs us what it is: Something that encourages her to be brave, and witty. Something that takes her far away from the watchful eyes of her Mama. Something that fulfills her.

Lady Whistledown is not any of those things. Lady Whistledown, sure, encourages her to be witty, but also encourages her to be cruel, to make painful decisions. Lady Whistledown does not encourage her to be brave, in fact, it only exists through her hiding and secrecy. And it keeps her beneath her Mama's thumb, as she is literally tied to the ton and it's going ons by writing it. No, Lady Whistledown is not her purpose. Writing is her passion, and I do argue that writing is ONE part of her purpose, absolutely!

But. . .what else?

Well. . . .love. Love and connection. *Love* is what inspires Penelope to be brave, Love and comfort with Colin encourages her wittiness, and Love is what will provide her an avenue for leaving her mum. Love is Penelope's greatest dream and desire. And I am NOT just talking romantic love here, but love of all sorts. Philautia (self love), Pragma (love of duty), Ludus (playful love), Agape (universal love), Storge (familial love), Philia (friendship), and, of course, Eros (romantic and sexual). Love with Eloise, Love in her family, Love and Respect in her community, and Love that is romantic and sexual in nature. Love with Colin.

But what Debling offers her is only one of those. He can only offer her a love of duty, respect in her community with a title, a pragmatic marriage with no passion, one in which she is expected to wait for him with fidelity as he lives his own passions, and she occupies herself with her own interests (so long as, very importantly, those interests do not make a fool of him, since he did, after all, dump her when he assumed she'd cheat on him when he was away) (cue me: 'is this your king????'-ing @ you all). I am flabbergasted that people would think Penelope would find happiness being alone and writing Whistledown as a married woman. . .when she did not find happiness being alone and writing Whistledown as a single woman. All that would change is her title, and that's not enough. She deserves better. She deserves more. She wants more.

When she asks him 'Could you ever love me?' he responds with several long excuses that amount to: No. No, he could never love her. He is too tied to his work, he does not know her. He has been talking to her for a week and had maybe what? 5 conversations with her about it? 1 of which was comparing her to a dead deer mounted on a wall (and I'll try not to read too much into the metaphor of Women shedding their names, a death of their old selves in their society, to become a literal trophy holed up in a rich man's house) and another was in which she insisted she. . .loved grass? Come on, people. Have a higher bar for this character you claim to like so much.

Another conversation they share is very telling, in which he asks about her hobbies. She informs she enjoys reading, and he finds it quaint, charming that she enjoys romances. But he does not find that in any way comparable to his own work. Debling respects Penelope as most men in his society respect women: as a pretty bauble with which to decorate his life. Not an equal. He is glad she has a quiet interest that will keep her where he feels she belongs: in his home, tending to his fortune and assets. He explicitly states he doesn't want a partner who shares his passions, who enjoys the outdoors, but simply an honest woman who will tend to his lair estate.

What Debling offers her is a life of pragmatism and expectancy, and in many ways, loneliness. Penelope would surely cultivate friendships in this time, but in accepting his offer, she even says she has 'come to terms' with what he can provide for her. Not that she is happy, not that it is what she *wants*, but that she has come to terms with it. That she will be content. She will fill her days with love stories she will never live, and write about the day to day of a ton that does not accept her. Maybe, just maybe, she can even have a family, and she, like her mother, like Marina, like other tragic women in her society, will find happiness in her children, and not in her own life.

But why should she? Penelope? Penelope wants love. Penelope wants acceptance and tenderness and passion, and that's why I am confident in saying that Penelope has not, in fact, given up on Colin. Not her love for him, at least. Her love for him has not faded, remains evergreen: we see it when she reads his journal, when she stands in the sun after their reconciliation and feels at peace for the first time in the season, when she laughs at his jokes, when she asks him to kiss her. She has given up on one thing only: her expectation of him fulfilling that love. And that's what makes it so heartbreaking that they're both pining for each other, thinking the other does not feel the same. Because Penelope knows (and she is RIGHT) that her and Colin have something special.

This is heart vs. head, and honestly, not even Penelope's head wants Debling.

The people who say they were hoping he and Penelope would end up together, y'all are Portia. Your expectations for Penelope are that she should be happy with money and a title and an absent partner. And then, the quiet part is 'She shouldn't be holding out for love'. She shouldn't be holding out for dreams.

But. . .why not? Colin is in every single way an amazing person for her. And he's proof that she should have held out, that waiting was worth it. That it had always been worth it.

Because it is *Colin* who is the gateway to all those forms of love.

Pragmatically, Colin has money a-plenty. He's in good standing in his society, he's rich, he's attractive, and he comes from a wonderful family. Furthermore, even from season ONE Daphne said that Colin can make an interaction interesting. He makes Penelope laugh, he's a good dancer, he's adventurous and loves to travel. And most importantly, he'd love to travel WITH her. Whilst Debling is attempting to narrow her world, Colin, in contrast, wants to open it to her.

Since her and Colin met as children, much of the start of their love story for him was first universal, and then familial in nature. When first her bonnet flew into his face and he fell, he had no reason to be kind about it, but he was. He has a kind nature. But then as they became acquainted, and she had a connection to Eloise, it morphed from his universal love and good will towards strangers, to that of a family friend. The comment that he sees her as one of his sisters was harsh, but it's also not BAD that this is a kernel of their love story. It bred familiarity with them, and lead into a genuine friendship. And my god, I could talk about their friendship for days.

Colin has been an amazing friend to Penelope. He checks in on her, he writers her letters, he asks how she's doing, he offers her his hand to lift her up, he refuses to let her speak badly of herself, he's protective of her, he finds her funny, he seeks her out because he values her perspective. Colin adores Penelope, and the last two seasons have proven it in so many ways. Even in his pursuit to help her find a husband, this is a selflessness he offers because he cares for her. His goal is not to curry favor with her, his goal is only to uplift her. He only wants to see her happy. He holds her in the highest esteem and sees her in such a beautiful light. And that leads into her self love, because what Colin said to Penelope in Season 2 Surely if Penelope can see me this way, surely I can as well-- that rings true for Penelope, as well. Colin loves her so dearly and sees her with such grace, that she is then inspired to bring that inwardly.

Debling is the death of her dreams, and Colin is her dream in fruition.

But it is also risky, and it is also, in some ways, foolish. He's not a sure choice for her, but he's the BEST choice. He represents passion and tenderness, he is the love story of all her books and fantasies. Because what Marina said to Colin, that he is caught up in his fantasies: Penelope is, too. That's what makes them such a good match. And so with him, she blooms. With him, she feels brave, and is witty, and will come out from her Mama's thumb and her expectations. And what's left after Pragma and Agape and Ludus and Storge and Philia?

Well. . .. It's Psyche and Eros, isn't it?

So, at the end of it, at the 11th hour, when Colin comes to her and he is honest, and he is vulnerable, and he doesn't know she feels this love for him and has for so long, and he spills open for her, Penelope knows she doesn't have to simply be content.

She knows she can be happy. Fuck your low expectations, she *can* and *should* have a love story.

And the one she lives with Colin is such damn good one.

[basketobread]

have some pre-surface lunara sketches + one big forehead lunara (cuz i love her) + one cope moment of current lunara :)

[cosmicdreamgrl]

bangtan gif challenge by @kth1 ☆ ↳ a concept that you cannot forget -> mots: 7 ver. 1, 2 & 3 [ cr: namuspromised ]