#sourround

[heathscringecompilation]

I SAW PEOPLE DOING THIS ON TWITTER AND I WANNA DO IT TOOOOOOOO!!!! but I'm on finals season so have patience on me plz, SEND ME MONSTER HIGH SHIPS (I may not do all of them but I'll make polls based on your suggestions^.^) you can reblog and tell me in the tags or as a normal reblog comment or send me an ask or dm~

[mangaka-neko-chan]

How you imagine Branx Magna to be like?

Ui, Branx Magna! Interesting, specifically Branx Magna. Because of my Psyker? He's from there. That does take a bit of influence on how I imagine the area he lived in.

In game Branx Magna is described as a thriving industrial world, which is packed with continent sized manufactorums and hive cities OVERFILLED with people. Some cosmetics hint at the fact that very old century, rustic and retro stuff is considered "trendy" on this planet. That being a relative term since we're in the year 40K sth, at this point anything is "retro" and "outdated".

I imagine that the cities on this planets are mostly the factorums also functioning as cities. It's a very grunge industrial look. The hive cities go high up and even deeper below. Depending on where you are you never see the sun. Every living space is squished btw sth with a purpose, some heavy machinery that always moves, wires and pipes everywhere, steam and smoke coming out of every crevice. The air is thin and grimy at all times and it's never quiet. In my mind it has quite the rustic look tho. There are cozy places or even colorful ones found but generally it's all very metallic and concrete.

The closer you are to the high and mighty on the surface, the more "religious" imagery to the Emperor is found. The style there ranges between numerous older century styles, specifically the buildings have that 10 and 15th century cathedral look. All still with the idea of functionality tho, the factorums don't stop there. It is cleaner but not clinical, more on the structured side, so it looks pretty and effeicient for the higher ups. But the further away from the surface, the more punk and battered it looks, with a more "modern" idea of retro. Rust, carvings, weathering and hapardhazardly thrown together living spaces. Lot's of sneaky crawls space. There's hidden entertainment districts filled with grafitti, clubs, pubs all nestled in corners and behind doors that you can only reach if you follow some stairs even further down into the darkness.

Because my Psyker is inspired by the 70s punk movement in Germany and England, the areas he lived in and people he lived with would additionally have strong resemblence to those aesthetics.

To give a bit of a visual, picture a combination of League of Legends' and Arcane's Zaun, the city streets in Bladerunner and Star Wars Coruscant, the factorum levels of Darktide, multiply the density by 1000 and then add rust, steam, smoke and lot's of other grundge, grimy, metallic and punk decay to it.

[techvault]

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[half-peeled-clementine]

never in my life have i wanted anything more than to be unaware of how i look doing something for maybe just a minute. I imagine the silence would be nice

[dresh-rx]

The problem i always had with people saying Lloyd is 23 or something in dragons rising BUT mentally he's like 18

Or in Controversallized, he's 18 but mentally 16 or whatever,

Is that MENTAL AGE IS NOT LINEAR GUYS

I feel like people miss this and maturity as a concept.

Longer rant below

It was true at the beginning when he got aged up that he was ~8-10mentally and ~14physically, and for a while it was linear maybe, but mental age is more complex than a thing that follows your birthdays, take examples from real life.

A child under pressure, responsibility and a role they have to be forced to fill, with the addition of trauma will mature differently and faster.

Just like when a kid is stripped away from their family in real life, maybe due to war, abuse or financial reasons, the kid must learn the skills of older ages to manipulate their sourroundings to help them survive. That's forced maturity and a childhood lost.

People could be well in their 30s and have an 18yo more mature than them, its all about the conditions of growing up, and what hardships they had to adapt to.

Also, think about this: What does it even mean to be a specific age mentally? How does a mentally 23 yo differ from a mentally 18 yo person? Its very relative...

We can maybe see Lloyd act more unmature and childish than the others in pre oni trilogy seasons, but ultimately always trying to seem wiser than he actually was because then it was true that he got aged up, and his mental age didn't follow up for a while, but still maturity was expected of him. However i feel like that gradually fades away as we go further, and i firmly believe that his mental age has caught up to his physical a long time ago.

Even if tomorrow's tea never happened, he'd be more mature than his age due to the experiences he's lived through.

Also, mental age is NOT linear to behavioural skills.

The tomorrow's tea left effects on his social skills and behaviour, only because in addition to a fucked up early childhood, he literally skipped the late childhood development stages, arguably the most important one for learning social cues and learning to build connections, in addition to immediately being put into a situation of great responsibility, forcing him to learn all the skipped skills afterwards. And this arguably wasn't because he got aged up, it was the events he got put into. We can also see this in real life with people who were forced to grow up too fast.

If you were to make conversation with an adult who lacks certain aspects of social skills due to reasons, you wouldn't say they are unmature. You'd probably think they are maybe autistic, but not unmature.

And developmental holes are probably the source of many of his issues later on, like trust issues (on both ends, (w Pythor, Harumi, Akita, Garmadon post res), the inability to properly express empathy (DR s3pt1 when reacting to Arin's parent's death), or isolation in crisis (DR, Controversallized, Oni trilogy, Splinter in the Blind Man's Eye,...), and many others.

But these are NOT tied to maturity.

It's simply the effects (and mental health problems) due to one's development.

I'm not gonna go into the psychological aspect of the opposite, when people return to their childhood preferences/behavioural patterns after adulthood because they miss what they didn't have, because that is a different topic.

That being said people can still act younger in times, but thats normal, even healthy, and i'm all for preserving youthfullness. Heck i literally work in a club/bar but will play minecraft and build ninjago sets afterwards. If i see a cool bug i will pick it up and show it around, but that doesn't mean i won't be reliable at work or solve that differential equation for uni projects. Maturity is also the ability to act according to situation.

So... Now that i diverged this much

I don't believe that, and at the very least in dragons rising, that his mental age would be younger than his actual physical self. I believe after all the ninja went through, they long are all more mature than what an average person would be at their age.

And i hope to see that more highlighted in DR with Sora and Arin, (maybe even Wyfy). Sora was forced to mature a bit more than Arin was growing up, and that is apparent among them, with Arin acting like a typical ~15yo, while sora acts more young adult like. But I'm sure the pre ninja Arin and the Arin we'll get after s3 will be very different. Not because the passing of time, but the mental maturity he gained due to experiences (not necessarily positive ones).

But change my mind i guess

Welp, thx for reading my ramble, here is a potato

[sundayeleith]

It's time I post my opinion on the other changes of the demo ! I'll try and make it sort since I want to make another post about Leander's route in particular >:)

Tldr : I liked it and I can't wait to see how everything will go plot wise in the full game 👀

/!\ Spoilers for TS demo update ! /!\

So let's adress the tiny bits first : the origin change, and the minor dialogue/scenario changes. Love it. Yes I like the new origin I think the idea is cool, what I didn't like was the change itself (but that's not the topic). Firstly, it gives us a big info : there IS several languages in the world of TS ! WOOO let's go if that's not a win for bilingual/multilingual MCs idk what it is

The minor changes I notices are mainly a few differences in Kuras and Ais' segments which are very welcome, and more depth added to Mhin's and Vere's segment. First of all thank RSS for shutting up dense people by stating why MC wears bandages rather than gloves. I mean, most of us figured it out a while back by rubbing two braincells together, but it's nice to see it mentionned ! It was seemlessly added to Kuras' segment too, really nice. Then expending the Iris segment was good (also confirmed the NPC telling us abut Ais is Iris, or well, what's left of her anyways)

The new sprites and expression are all super good. Special mention for Vere's smile, truly the highlisht of that category. That and Leander's puppy eyes expression-

Onto Vere and Mhin, I really appreciated being able to explore more choices. Mhin is so cute and what a nerd I LOVE THEM. Also Vere... I know what you are and you have a type 🫵 (he is a freak /pos)

Now let's talk about the bigger changes and also the man of the hour (who's also my wife /j) LEANDER YEEEEEEAH BABYYYYYY. So other's have already pointed out the changes and explained very well the symbolism behind it. They got rid of the dog imagery to get a snake one, which is very clever. Also on the addertsone, a magic item also associated with snakes (or adders) and poison ? Wonderful. Leander in terms of theme and design is already sourrounded by a lot of poison symbolism (notably his color palette, he is dripping in green and has a shade or green that once was made with arsenic) so the changes ties perfectly with it. One thing that was removed which I think should have stayed is the green cloaks on Leander's followers. Not only it would reinforce the cult-ish vibe but go very-well with the snake imagery of the Adders and would even elevate it. That said, maybe it'll be added later or will be noticeable on future NPC sprites. The green cloaks aside if they don't keep it, I hope the Adders will all have a sign of distinction no matter what that could be (bonus if it's very subtle or hidden)

Then for the rest of the changes, they not only changed the Bloodhound into the Adderstone but changed Leader's characterisation. As a Leander simp, to be fair the change isn't drastic, only the presentation is. If anything, they didn't change Leander's character and take another path, but cranked it up to eleven. And I absolutely loved it. He is more charismatic, more assertive, and is very obviously more manipulative and calculated. He isn't outwardly hostile to MC, far from it, but let's me tell you something. After the tavern segment, if you chose Leander's route. When he closes the door and locks it, with his front facing sprite. I was terrifed (/pos) the dev's nailed it and they know what they are doing with him and leaned into that aspect of him more and honestly thank you RSS for catering to us freaks rather than the "but I want Leander to be a normal guy" crowd (I will forever judge them it's a gothic horror game for the love of god). I need him more than before. Oh my god. My only complain tho is I thought Leander would go full scary creeping and stab MC in their room and it didn't happen so I was a bit disappointed BUT. I smell like it's because they are keeping the sauce for the full game. That was a mere sample, a teaser of Leander depravity and my body is READY for it.

I will revisit my Leander analysis doc I never posted and expend on it and make an updated version to match the Demo 2.0 update, but you can be sure I'll post it once I have time to put it together sihfoqhf

Be prepared I have a theory about what's his deal and I can't believe I've never thought about it while it was so obvious 🫵

[sorenphelps]

I work in Corporate, and as i was promoted to Manager this year, i had to attend a lot of “Business skills” trainings… and of course, i’m about to apply the gathered knowledge to my Marauders headcanons😅

So here’s a very brief summary of my thoughts about their DISC profiles:

All right, I’m just gonna assume that all of you know the basics about DISC, the colours might be different, but the name of each profile and characteristics are the same in all versions. Also as almost everyone has a mixture of these profiles, i decided to go with the two most prominent one for each of them.

Starting with James, who is a D and an I (red/yellow), because while he is also a big nerd, he is definitely too extroverted to have high results on the left side of this DISC wheel. He’s a true leader, has a very strong moral compass, but he is generally a funny dude. Judging from his actions in canon, he is definitely a do it immediately kind of guy. He can connect to Sirius the most as they both share the D/red profile, and he also works good with Peter via their shared I/yellow profile. His opposite is Remus, and while he obviously loves and supports him in canon, i think he would feel conflicted about some of Remus’ actions the same way as his son was multiple times.

Peter is an I and S (yellow/green) profile, the S/green is more obvius why, but considering how he liked to sourround himself with powerful people and how much attention he gave to James, i think the I/yellow is not that far-fetched, especially if you consider that he was really a spy and could frame Sirius, he must be at least a little influencing/manipulative. He can connect to James via their shared I/yellow profile, and to Remus even more via their shared S/green profile. This is highlighted if you consider him being friends to Remus first and only getting “adopted” to this friend group later by James as a canon fact. His opposite is Sirius, and it’s sort of obvious how they connect the least with each other.

Remus is a S and C (green/blue) profile, he is not good with conflicts, and he is the most introverted out of the four. He is also quite a nerd, he enjoys researching, that’s how he can connect the most with Sirius, through their shared C/blue profile. He connects to Péter via their shared S/green profile, as Péter can sort of trigger the “mother hen” tendencies of Remus by presenting himself as weak (especially when Sirius is mean to him). His opposite would be James, however as James is a true leader and Remus likes to follow on main, their relationship still works out.

Sirius is a C and D (blue/red) profile, because he is the most task focused of the group to the point of seeming rude and cold to others. He values knowledge and he is very analytical, he does the research because he is geniunely interested and wants to go deeper. He also has strong morals (and even a temper), no wonder he connects best to James via their shared D/red profile. He can also connect to Remus via their shared C/blue profile, while his opposite is Peter, who posesses all those characteristics that Sirius just can’t really connect to, and are probably the least tolerant to even in his other mates.

[sebfreak]

I like how they both have a panic/shocked look here and Gaoshun is standing quietly behind them. XDDDD ahahahahah

I know it´s a screenshots where she works very hard to achieve this crazy goal "make roses bloom earlier and they have to be blue". But somehow it gives off a lonely moment. She is sitting in a corner of a little room and only a little fire is lighting up her sourroundings. She is very tired and burnt out but also is she never giving up.

But the dark circles under her eyes made me very sad. And I´m glad she did get a little rest after that. :( And it was very sweet that Jinshi was worrying about her.

And so it begins!!!

[amybizarre]

🎄✨𝓐𝓭𝓿𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓢𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓼 𝓝𝓻. 𝓣𝔀𝓮𝓷𝓽𝔂 𝓞𝓷𝓮✨🎄

𝓟𝓻𝓸𝓶𝓹𝓽: Christmas Sweater

𝓐𝓵𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓷𝓪𝓽𝓮: All

𝓣𝔂𝓹𝓮: Headcanons

𝓞𝓹𝓮𝓷 𝓽𝓸𝓭𝓪𝔂'𝓼 𝓭𝓸𝓸𝓻!

The Wallys and you are dedicating a day to wear cringy/ ugly/ cool/ funny Christmas Sweaters! Here' s the sweaters they chose!

OG

He chose a classic style sweater. It's blue and yellow just like his cardigan! Plus: Little apples are incorporated into the patterns!

Opposite

Initially didn't want to participate. You threatened him with being dissappointed and he caved. He came in a red sweater that only had a frowning reindeer on it at the front.

RF

He was really cheeky this time. He wore his normal black turtleneck sweater and simply taped a hand mirror to the front. Due to his height, the others would see themselves in the mirror. He proudly named his creation the "Ugly or Pretty Sweater depending on who's looking at it".

Gray

His sweater is also a classic style one with fir trees and snowflakes on it. Needless to say, it's all grey- But super fasionable!

Royal

His sweater is red with golden-yellow stripes. There's the typical small Christmas-y patterns on the stripes and some hearts. On the chest is an amazing embroidery of his royal crest!

Hunter

His sweater is dark gray with tiny skulls wearing santa hats. In the front it says "This is as jolly as I get".

Actor

Super glamorous cashmere sweater. "I'm the gift" is embroidered on the front.

Priest

Got a black sweater with the classic cringy type of pattern on it. There's a big ass cross on the front though-

Mob

The only one in a white sweater. There's a big apple on the back, much like with his coat, and a big ass eye on the front. Around the eye is a very festive Chrismas wreath! :3

Butch

Butcher's sweater says: "Dw, Santa doesn't believe in you either." The writing is sourrounded by little embroidered presents that are tumbling downwards into flames. The sweater is red.

Killer

He didn't have one, so you gave him one of yours. It's also red and has a classic pattern with Christmas trees on it. It's way too big on him, which makes him look kinda cute.

Watcher

Oh, a rare blue sweater! With white stripes framed by fir-branches and reindeer. His viewers are incorporated into the design, gracing the middle of the white stripes.

Reboot

Wears his standard sweater. Except the heart on it got replaced by a Christmas tree.

Vampire

His sweater is of a very dark grey. On it are lots of little bats with santa hats!

Jazzy

His sweater is blue! The pattern is basically cartoonish fairylights wrapped around his arms and torso, which are embroidered.

Swan

He got a black sweater with two swans in the front, elegantly framing a Christmas wreath.

Lovesick

His sweater is pink and has hearts in the otherwise Christmas-y patterns. His sweater says: "I can get you on the naughty list~"

You!

Yours is red with little santa faces on it. Your sweater says "Santa's Favorite Ho" (No offense, I'm joking-)

[tatarstani]

kirov here looks like an american politician sourrounded by his entourage of crazies

[starastarship]

Wendy Valerie

I neglected to post her here oh god! oTL ANYWAYS

Meet the health teacher Wendy Valerie or Professor Wendy/ Valerie and her Familiar she promptly named Wolpen (I posted him months ago already). She is also Asters Godmother and their mothers best friend! She is strict if needed but always makes sure everyone is ok!

Wolpen also functions as a little first aid kit type or a a being running around the academy and it's sourrounding to see if anyone needs help after getting hurt

Spellcasters AU by @onyxonline

[taxonomytournament]

Taxonomy Tournament: Spiralia

Bryozoa. This phylum is made up of tiny aquatic invertibrates that mostly live in sedentary colonies

Rotifer. This phylum is made up of microscopic aquatic animals with a cilliated corona sourrounding the mouth

[gingergofastboatsmojito]

The “It” couple

Part 1 ~ 3 Piñas Coladas later ~

If you think Tiffany and Frank were the “It” couple at their own wedding, think again.

That title was reserved for Syd and Carmy, or more like for their drunken alter egos.

Not even Donna could drink that many Piña Coladas.

It started quite innocently. Syd just wanted a drink but didn´t want to wait in line for the bartender to fix it for her, so she told Carmy and he promptly sneaked into this little back room where the waiters worked non-stop at their stations to keep up with the high demand of the almost 100 guests that atended the simple yet elegant wedding at the luxurious and historic Gold Coast mansion on State Parkway where the bride and groom were exchanging their vows and becoming husband and wife sourrounded by friends, family and a staff of at least 30 people who made sure everything went out smoothly.

So smoothly, Carmy found all he needed to fix Syd a drink he thought she was going to love, and off he went, like nobody´s business. The waiters looked at him work that cocktail shaker like a pro, so they didn´t dare to say a word to ask him what he was doing back there.

That drink was such a hit with Syd that in no time, he was back in there fixing her another one.

3 drinks later, she wanted to dance. Carmy obliged.

At that point, he thought he needed a drink himself because dancing was not his forte.

So he took care of that very quickly, and after downing 2 glasses of red wine back to back, he joined Syd on the dance floor. Nothing was too awkward or too overboard; they seemed sober and like they were having a good time. Nothing completely out of the ordinary for the untrained eye.

For Richie, Cicero and Donna though, it looked like Halley's Comet was orbiting the dancefloor and an easyness that they never thought Carmy´s feet had was making him look like he knew exactly what was he doing there, with his busines partner in his arms, swinging to the music and even humming the song in her ear.

She looked just as carefree, it seemed like they went out dancing every weekend, and that was just another day in the office for them. They just looked perfect together, and for once, they appeared to have not a care in the world.

Even Tiff and Eva were in disbelief when they saw the insouciant version of “Uncle Carmy”.

Sugar was quick to take a picture because she simply couldn´t believe her eyes.

But no one burst their bubble. No one wanted to say it out loud in case their words were all it took for the spell to be broken. The unspoken agreement among the Berzattos and Berzattos by proxy was: “Let them dance.” And that´s what they did.

Part 2

💋

[froidefille]

Day 8: rec a fic that was recced to you

📚 The Bolthole by aideomai, Tepre and GallaPlacidia

Draco/Harry, 54k, E

Summary:

Harry is a hoarder, Draco is grief-stricken, and both are capable human adults who can definitely spend a month in a cottage in the Cotswolds together without ever talking about the time they slept together in eighth year. Yeah, no, totally.

Lil story time to kick things off so I can properly convey how excited I am to rec you this fic! Here goes: I was freshly after reading Tepre’s Grounds for Divorce (which made me want board first plane to Luxor) and aideomai’s Far From the Tree (the way I screamed when I realised the final twist) when @sitp-recs reblogged the post with @haxkattpress’s georgeous bind for The Bolthole. Coincidentally, I was also in my Gallapod era at the time (and what an era that was 😭) so just now please take a minute to imagine just how exactly the stars have aligned for my poor fangirling heart at the time when I realised there’s a podfic of The Bolthole narrated by no other than Galla herself, who has co-authored this story IT’S JUST THAT AO3 DOES NOT SAY THAT because Galla went and became a successful published writer. How rude of her :D

So that was more of an inspiration than a rec? But hey, is there a better rec than taking your time and money to create a piece for the text? 🤍

About the story

First things first for us non-native speakers of English:

In this fic Draco escapes London to Harry's cottage in Gloucestershire, where the authors invite us to spend 50k words with them. There is a Major Misunderstanding™ theme which is very enjoyable indeed and the prose is, of course, exquisite.

Still, this fic's best feature in my opinion is how it tells the story of heartbroken, guilt-ridden characters and how they slowly heal. Oh, the way this story has broken my heart into a hundred pieces, only to put it back again in the most delicious way!

Exibit A: Harry has never had the opportunity to actually own much possesions so once he can have his own things he gets so lost in owning stuff that it gets completly out of control. . Draco helps him to get it a bit less out of control and I love it for them. I symphasize with this character so much, because I myself am very attached to objects: I like how they remind me of things, I like how pretty they are and I like having them in my own version of order (which is far from the typical understanding of tidiness, or so my husband keeps telling me 😅).

Exibit B: Draco has lost an OC parental figure and isn’t coping very well. (Harry is not great company at the time either but he is some company and the change of scenery helps Draco manage his grief and I love it for them as well.) The way Harry’s mental state is painted by his house. The contrast of Draco’s need to organize his sourroundings for comfort while Harry needs them to stay just the way they are.

And don’t even get me started on the cupboard under the stairs. Which Harry has barricaded. So Draco just took a crowbar and a hammer and kicked the door open. Which is such a beautiful metaphor for what he actually does here: literally stripping down the walls Harry has created around himself and one box after another makes an order out of Harry’s life.

All the while the feelings between the boys boil, the tension grows. Just look at the emotions in the scene when Draco realizes what the cupboard symbolizes to Harry:

“It’s only a cupboard,” he said. “It can’t hurt you.” Harry looked up at him, then. His eyes were blood-shot. He wasn’t upset, or angry: this one, Draco knew. This one was despair. He’d tried to board something up and the damn thing wouldn’t stay closed. “Ah,” said Draco, delicately. He knew his own despair was self-indulgent, ridiculous, but somehow it seemed wrong to suggest that the same was true of Harry’s. He wasn’t like Ron and Hermione, he couldn’t call Harry out, his instincts were all wrong, and he couldn’t leave him alone, either. He’d never had the knack for that. He took two faltering steps forward and went to his knees before Harry. “I see,” he said, and almost touched Harry—hands hovering. “One of those rare, malignant cupboards. The ones that can hurt you.” Harry’s eyes dropped to the ground, such a small movement, and yet so desperately, so horribly hopeless that Draco was overwhelmed with the dizzying rush of wanting to soothe, to take away all bad things. He couldn’t help himself: he took Harry’s face in his hands. “No, Harry,” he said. “You can’t be this sad. You’re supposed to be angry at me, not sad, this is not the right reaction at all.” And Harry, with a bad failed attempt at a smile: “I’m trying.” “Try harder ,” Draco said, and his hands were moving: over Harry’s face, his neck, restless. To his knees, squeezing him. “You see,” he said, and now his voice shook. “You see, if you keep on being so sad I won’t have any choice but to make violent love to you. It’s really the only option; I don’t make the rules.”

Spoiler: They do make violent love later on. It’s amazing. The intimacy between them and the power dynamics is just so ... I don't actually have words. I’m pretty sure I will remember this one particular scene for a long time (IYKYK😅). If you are into gentle D/s relationships, you are going to melt. Just like Draco did.

To sum up – an amazing read, a gorgeous listen, 12/10. I've put a few quotes under the cut for your heartbreak enjoyment.

Thank you for today @hprecfest and see you in the next one!

That night at the cottage, he found an old desk in the shed, and broke it to use the pieces to board up the cupboard under the stairs. He knew, while he was doing it, how mad he must seem—how mad he was. But the only thought he had was, it’s too small and nothing should be in a place so small. Not boxes, or pets, or food for the pets, or food at all, or anything alive. Not children. Especially not children.

Can someone get baby Harry from the cupboard please? 😭

“Sometimes you need a push,” Draco snapped, looking up. “Instead of a request.” 

That’s what Draco says which I personally hate because I can’t stand other people enforcing their ideas on my order of things (my skin literally crawls as I write these words) but let’s face it – sometimes you do need a push. So then Draco reorganizes the cupboard (oh and almost dies) and it is a breaking point for Harry.

This is terrible,” said Draco into his mug. “Yeah,” said Harry. “Wait. The tea?” “No,” said Draco. He looked at Harry. “This. D’you want to, I don’t know, should we punch each other, or something? Make it more normal?”

Sure, punch your way out of trouble, Steve Rogers would be proud 😅

“We’ve hung out before without punching each other,” said Harry. “It was fine, we had a nice time.” He meant the long, quiet nights in the eighth year common room, that last year in Hogwarts, with Hermione drowsing by the fire over a book and Ron teaching Draco chess—he was very bad at it—and Harry just sort of sitting with them, his whole head echoing with the resounding shock of peace. Sometimes when Ron went to the bathroom or to go make cocoa in the corner Neville had set up or to gently lift Hermione’s hair and sheepishly kiss the nape of her neck, Draco would wave Harry over to the chess board and say in a panicked whisper, “Fix it, Potter!” and Harry would inevitably give him bad advice. “Now you’ve done it,” Draco said, and once, “Well, at least he’s beating both of us now. At last, Harry and I are in the same boat.” It was the first time he’d ever called Harry by his first name.

The warmth of this scene!!

Wait, have I already mentioned that Draco has a crush on Ron in this fic? In a bit platonic way, but anyway, it’s super cute:

In eighth year, Draco had been horrified to discover that he had a crush on Ron Weasley. His solution had been to flirt outrageously so that no one would ever suspect him. It had worked remarkably well. 

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Announcement!! Guys i have a Ninjago fanfic i've been writing for a while now (at almost 10 000 words, 3 chapters so far)

Its called "Echoes of the Fallen"

A tale told from Lloyd's perspective starting a few months before the Merge and spamming til recent Dragons Rising installments. It's main story explores forbidden secrets sourrounding the history of Ninjago and the Universe as a whole.

I will only share half the synopsis for now as a tease:

"What if i told you the very history you believed in only preaches deceit? Would you watch as your worldview crumbles to pieces, or would you hide behind the comforting lies of your false god?"

Each chapter will come with an artwork too :D

Here is a lil tease for the first chapter:

Its a story i've been wanting to write for a while now :)

The first chapter will be published in a few days so stay tuned^^

Any and all support will be greatly appreciated

Hope you will enjoy it~

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Drones exploring nature

In the last city where drones stablished, it is sourrounded by mountains, with a magnificent forest. This place is perfect for hiking, and it is precisely one of the main activities for a group of drones, walking, getting fresh air and compleating a small book with the trees, the animals and the birds that they observe.

There is also a small network of caves that haven’t been explored, they took their equipment, cords, helmet, lamp and everything they need to explore this area. They also gave the information to other drones of where are they going, expecting time to go back to surface.

The group entered the cave and started to do the topography to create the map of the network, not so far from the entrance there is a first squarish room, magnificent with 30m height and 60m wide, white stone carved from the water infiltrations, stalactites and stalagmites decorated the room as columns holding the ceiling. They were very excited for this place.

They took few hours taking pictures and identifying the different corridors that arrive to this place that they will explore in another time. Drones were very efficient, since everyone knew exactly what they were supposed to do.

They get back to surface as expected and inform about their discoveries to the community.

#SERVE #SERVEdrone #Rubberizer92 #Latex #AI #Rubber #RubberDrone #TheVoice