#sub elements

[slightlyembittered]

The Final evolution of my Avatar Sub-Elements/ Sub-Bending Chart. (hopefully)

[hptmriddle]

Alright, here’s the deal: just imagine a fic where they actually nail Tom and Harry’s dynamic — none of a watered-down, let’s-make-Tom-a-soft-boy. I’m talking real Tom Riddle—calculating, manipulative as hell, intimidating, but like…lowkey unraveling because Harry Potter waltzed in and flipped his world upside down. Tom’s over here meticulously orchestrating his dark plans, but Harry just exists, and suddenly all that control Tom’s so proud of? It's falling apart. And not in a “Oh no, I’m in love” kind of way. More like, “This boy has wormed his way into my soul, and I’m mad about it because how dare he make me feel this powerless.”

And Harry? He knows. Oh, he knows. He’s not playing dumb, but he’s also not just handing Tom the upper hand. Harry’s walking this tightrope between calling Tom out on his BS and having learned over time exactly how to exploit every one of his vulnerabilities. And Tom’s not even mad about it. He’s infuriated, but also? Obsessed. Addicted. He hates how much he needs it.

Like, give me scheming Tom who’s trying so hard to hold onto his dominance, only for Harry to casually dismantle him with a single bolder attitude. Let’s throw in some real tension, not just surface-level power struggles, but deep, emotional clashes where Tom’s the one falling apart at the seams, and Harry’s there, steady and solid, like, “Yeah, I see you. Every part of you. And I’m not going anywhere.”

Because Harry? We know he also carries his cravings. Unspoken and quieter ones. A deep-seated longing and an unacknowledged desire to feel truly known and connected in a way that goes beyond the weight of any title. Someone who challenges and matches him at the same time.

And let’s be honest, this isn’t about softening Tom. It’s about stripping him bare. Making him real, raw, vulnerable in ways he despises but can’t escape. And Harry? He’s the catalyst, the one person who can see every crack in the mask and claim him—love him anyway.

[hyewka]

i once saw a nsfw Reddit or something talking about how the user and his gf tried aphrodisiac chocolate and he fucking passed out from the pleasure and woke up to his gf still using him… i think about it a lot

anon youre responsible for getting me completely off track because this is sooooooooo hot now i literally cant stop thinking about beomgyu who’s under aphrodisiacs fuckkkkk😭😭😭😭😭😭

imagine gyu accidentally eating them just because you misplaced and hadn’t labeled the ziplog, so when you come back from the bathroom to continue your movie marathon, you see your previously very much normal-not horny boyfriend frantically, manically jerking off, letting out sinister moans an whines you’re surprised you hadn’t heard it when you were in the bathroom- it takes you by total surprise because you’re sure five minutes ago he was totally fine… when you hesitantly walk closer to the couch, hes a mess hoodie ruined with his dried load, his jaw slack letting his drool dribble from the ends of his mouth…god he looked like a total slut. you ignore what shoots down between your legs and dryly laugh—he doesn’t even know you’re here. “babe?”

his eyes shoot open, but even then they’re cloudy, so clearly out of it and heavy lidded. dumbly he manages to babble even as he fails to stop jacking off, moaning wantonly. “k-..ng-kiss me—kiss-” imagine he sounds even dumber with his lisp coming out, just talking with his tongue out like a dog 😞

beomgyu’s desperate but never this desperate. somethings not clicking. but does it matter? you’ve already basically drenched your panties seeing him like this-but you don’t even get to process too much before he erupts, twitching cock semen shooting up in the air and some of it lands on your feet. imagine just being shell shocked of the cum on your feet that you dont even notice the man jumping up before practically engulfing you, kissing your neck in hot frenzy and you’re just taken by complete surprise at how strongly he reacts to…everything. imagine that when you reciprocate, pressing your lips against his just as eagerly as he came onto you, hes trembling under you, not even being able to kiss back properly, its like his mind was completely shut off for sex, and thats when it clicks. the chocolate.

you’re on his lap and he’s quite literally frying, hips bucking with no thought or rhythm like a dog in heat, when you look back to the coffee table to see your ziplog completely emptied your eyes widen. “pay attention..hah..p-pay attention to me” he mumbles as he feverishly presses wet kisses all over your skin, how can you turn from him any longer?

lol but imagine he passes out just like that reddit guy bcs of a little grinding and kissing and hes all sweaty and dirty and a complete mess.. will be taking pictures of his fucked out face for sure with his hair sticking out and all over the place & his cheeks flushed that would be the sexiest thing ever

[jjstein2]

i do not draw them nearly enough

[cdr2002]

Character bios and lore pages from the official Midway website for Mortal Kombat Mythologies Sub-Zero, accessed through the wayback machine. I think this is really important and fascinating information that deserves to be preserved. The detailed character and more info here is great to have

[lostcryptids]

I think some people on this site don't understand what body horror is or have a very basic understanding of it because it doesn't always have to be as over the top as The Thing or a Cronenberg film to be considered body horror

[wormvermin]

Ok be fr though... would you guys even want to read a 10-20 page comic about Horatio and Elethar smooching it up & fucking nasty style or should I keep it in me old mind palace

[heronoegg]

my favorite part of AU's are Bakugo and im sure they are your favorite parts too, i decided half way through that the species i'm making Bakugo needed a tail cause when you make a species that's what you do do you not???

[captainkirkk]

I just found the 'Identity Shenanigans' tag is not a common tag despite 20 pages of fics. Have you found any tags that reaaaaalllly should be common tags?

Yes, so many! Tags that either aren't as widely known/tagged as much they should be considering how well-used they are. Or popular tags that I find aren't specific enough. Or tropes I just personally love and wish were used more often. Off the top of my head:

"Age reveal" has LESS THAN A PAGE of fics on ao3, which is bonkers to me. I love the 'character is revealed to be Baby' trope so much (when it's done well, ofc)

"Pampering" - I have always been very loud about how much I love this trope. We see it in fics sometimes, but it's rarely tagged or gets glomped into "comfort""

"Power reversal" - We have the vague "power dynamics" tag but it's usually full of fics about people of authority taking advance of others. I'm interested in the reverse - people of power choosing to (temporarily or even permanently) give up their power to someone they explicitly trust. Kings serving their sick servants. Generals taking orders from their soldiers because they're too injured to lead. Overwhelmed leaders finding joy in suddenly having no responsibilities. Platonically/romantically/sexually this is a fun trope to explore.

"Hiding injuries" only has 7 pages of fics on ao3."Hiding medical issues" has 1.6k fics on ao3 which is great, but I find limiting sometimes. (Although, does an injury count as a medical issue? It requires medical attention, but I always assumed "medical issues" referred to illness/chronic disease/etc.) And "character concealing something painful" is one of my favourite tropes, but it's not always something MEDICAL that they're hiding. Characters can hide abuse, neglect, bullying, assault, manipulation, magical curses, etc. I wish there was a more specific tag for this but it's one of my favourite things and I want to search for it

[tophashell]

yun as the false avatar is insane actually. every time i think about it it just takes my breath away. imagine being so deeply in tune with earthbending that you are able to mimic the other elements using earth alone. yun liquifying stone to make it act like water and creating a wave out of earth. bending dust particles to look like fire. bending so powerfully and precisely he was able to communicate through rearranging stones and pebbles from a great distance.

yun simultaneously defeated five bending masters, including the actual avatar, using only earthbending. it’s just so insanely overpowered i can’t even comprehend it. to make earthbending not even look like earthbending. an earthbender who learned from the other elements and was so prodigious he was mistaken for the avatar. insane

[flowering-darkness]

Hmm.

..What if I just made one massive document that holds all of the key information for each of my selfships, so that it all can be accessed from a single link?

("key information" here would include: tags on the blog, a paragraph about the respective F/O and self-insert, then how we meet in-story, key events in the selfship (confession, significant plot points, etc.), then probably a section about fankids if I have any for that selfship)

[ridercorner]

GOOD NEWS GUYS! Modern Elements has reached 50 subscribers and I will open an art raffle next week so stay tune!

[xxstup1dk1ttyxx]

Female.

what about “dont fucking misgender me” dont you understand

[boinin]

Blue Lock Season 1 ED 1

[racketballz]

why are the boys and the girls attracted to eachother (besides hormones aka physical attraction)? My guess is that brick likes intelligence and blossom wants a partner that is more on her level of power, butch wants someone who can beat him up while buttercup wants someone she can vibe with, boomer wants..??? and bubbles wants.. ??? 🧐 what do you think?

Sorta! I think we have a similar thought kinda they get something out of it I think butch wants someone stronger than him to beat him up. I think brick wants someone smarter than him to out smart him and I think I think too he wants to be less in charge. Boomer to me i think he wants a reward like he needs some sort of motivation kinda I think his is the simplest but the most complicated! I think the girls just want someone that takes them out of the job a little bit and someone who they can have a good time with and who better than someone who knows what it’s like (so basically it’s what you said in terms of power dynamic)

I will say the boys thing is that the girls are the missing piece of them they’re trying to find kinda. The boys to the girls are just guys…. LOL

[kaiowut99]

GX Finalized-Subs!122-123 WIP: Another Strapping Issue

Ahhh, Ye Olde Missing Burstlady Shoulder Strap...

Hope folks had a good Christmas/holidays! Continuing prepwork on 122-123--a bit on the later side due to my work translating those Tome food posters in 122 this month--I'm going through a few errors I picked up on to fix, among them this shot of Burstlady from 123 as she fuses with Featherman for Flame Wingman; it's been a while since her shoulder strap was forgotten, and the Tea Sun In animation team knew what we wanted... [jk love those guys]

Thought about trying to fix this by just recreating the swirl that happens using the first fixed frame, but Sony Vegas and AfterEffects couldn't quite get it close to how I wanted it, so I'm going the route of adding the strap into the 41 back-to-back frames as the swirl happens. Luckily, it's not as hard as it sounds lol; once I had an idea for how I wanted to make it look, it's a pretty quick process to draw in, with the only issue being my Photoshop CS5 slowing down a bit as I start on the fifth frame (I've been working in five-frame chunks to not get too burned out lol; I've been taking a quick break elsewhere or by working on one of the other errors and then coming back). I also saved a transparent copy of the edit itself which I threw into Vegas and blended into the earlier frames as Burstlady appears from the "summon" light by fading it in while moving it accordingly. So, currently have 22/42 frames down; stay tuned!

[EDIT, 12/29: Check out the final edit here!]

I'll probably end up having both episodes done in the new year, and since it'll have taken longer than I'd have liked, I'm planning to then work on 124 and 125 right after to make up for some time before then jumping back into TFSP for Kite's story events. (Also, for the interested, I've also started some work on ARC-V "Dub-Uncut" episode 2 on the side, just drafting out the dub vocals against the JP footage; I'll be digging into it here/there as I take breaks from this editing lol.)

Also, BONUS: 4Kids why are you covering her entire shoulder fj;fjs;dfjksfjsl;k pls