#submerged together

[frothingatthemaw]

QUICK! Tell me your top 3 songs off EIA!

Aaaaaaaaaand GO!

AHHHH OKAY!!!!!

uhm!!!!! past self, gethsemane, and infinite baths! honorable mention would be damocles :]

what are your top 3 ACTION!! 🎬🎤

[lifemod17]

Fall For Me - Sleep Token

09/24/2021

part 1: the messages

[saetiate]

btw in my selfship lore w sae when we get engaged he posts a photo on social media that's me holding a champagne glass up in front of my face w a beautiful ring. nobody knows it's me and it's how his teammates find out he's engaged LMAO ALSO they don't know me either they just know i Exist so this is the first time they're seeing part of what i look like

[rxttenfish]

definitely going to try to describe this scene as best as possible, but also i dont know if this specific fact is going to make it into caecilian, so im posting it here for my peace of mind.

miranda's above-water bedroom has a lot of natural stone in it and water features and generally looks startlingly naturalistic compared to the rest of her castle. her bed is also within one of those little special nooks that really big aquariums have sometimes where it's just a sitting area with the glass above you so it feels like you're underwater, like a shark tunnel. her bed itself is entirely dry but it looks really very much like a themed area in an aquarium for how much it focuses on trying to emulate the sense of being underwater.

the reason for this is because a lot of merfolk circadian rhythm isn't really tied to light per se, but rather has to do with small changes in currents and the water column to help them manage their sleep/wake cycles.

as you can imagine, miranda isn't getting any of these small changes on land. they only really exist in the ocean, and she has some pretty severe insomnia relating to how hard it is to get her brain to "turn off" when it's supposed to, ie, at night when she's supposed to sleep with the rest of the landfolk. this is compounded even further with the lack of any other natural "tells" for where she's lived her entire life and where she feels instinctively comfortable, so she even moreso ends up staying wide awake because she doesn't feel like she's in the right place to fall asleep or rest.

the merkingdom has two solutions to this. the first is a chain of what's basically fairy lights installed around her bed, which are designed to blink in a dull blue light in very specific patterns. it's only really specific to miranda because she's an abyssal, as these fairy lights are made to closely mimic the bioluminescence of other abyssal merfolk, blinking in the particular pattern for "this is a safe place, you are safe, you have someone watching over you, you can relax."

the second is trying to make the places where miranda sleeps above-water look as close to the ocean as possible and to try and trick miranda's subconscious into thinking she's underwater. it's a bit like the mental effect of sticking a human in a space shuttle - if there's just metal and plastic and no plants or sunlight around, human psychology tends to get a lot stir-crazy and have a hard time relaxing. if miranda feels like she's underwater, even when she's not, then her brain has an easier time relaxing and letting her go to sleep and lessens the prolonged psychological effects she gets from staying inland too long.

[tamymew]

its that time of the year again wooooo

[pumpk-n]

i need a slower life, one i can keep up with. something with a pace i can match, a hand to hold to keep me in arms reach. im tired of being left behind

[tonguetyd]

The older that we get

The less things last forever

We’re drifting on, my friend

I only pray we drift together

[bottomvalerius]

having so many Tasya thots these days wowow

[omgkalyppso]

SPOTIFY WRAPPED NUMBER ONE SONG GOOOOOOOOO

also interested in 69 >:)))))))) and 42 >:33333333333

askdfjhlasd Of course! Thank you for the ask. :D

Hot Tea

69. So It Goes

42. Dig

[frothingatthemaw]

*tackles you with a massive hug*

KITTY!! I have missed you much.

I read the other post, I’m so sorry that you’ve had a shitty few months. I am happy to see you back here, but please don’t push yourself too hard. That being said, I’m to talk if you ever need to. Love you so much (you too, Vess. I’m glad you were there to take care of maw. So much love and appreciation to you.).

🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂

i have missed you so much more, sid. i was just about to message you on discord since i never got back with you... it's so good to see you. i think i could cry, genuinely.

i appreciate that, more than i could ever tell you. it is life, though. things happen and they will be shitty, and you have to be better because of them, whether you want to or not. i'm happy to start to be back here. i cannot live much longer without interacting with sleep token content. i know i've missed a fuck load of things. it's been a little daunting to come back for that reason, as you can imagine lol. i hate missing things, especially things with my beloved mutuals (like you). i'm taking my time, i promise. i appreciate you more than anything, honest. your unrelenting friendship to us is something i treasure. thank you for still caring about us, despite what time passes between words exchanged. love you forever, dear 🤍

(hi, sid. you mentioning me has triggered me to front, haha. i've been thinking of you a lot... i have wanted to message you many times, but there's been too many things going on to have the energy to extend myself in that way. there are a plethora of things i could tell you of. i miss our chats dearly, i mourn for them, sometimes.

as for taking care of maw, it's my job. i have realised quite heavily that the body needs me, and maw needs me, a lot more than i have been able to give. i am quite proud of what progress i have been able to make this year. i am becoming more comfortable with socialising irl, which is to say that it's made being in front a hell of a lot easier. but, yeah, haha. taking care of maw and the body is my job, it's what i do best. i am needed, and therefore i will be here when the moment calls. i know i'm in a valued position.

the love and appreciation always is fed back into you. that is never to be doubted. you stand to be one of our closest friends, even while bits of time pass between conversations. thank you for being here, for being our friend, for being my friend. love you :::)

-vess. 🩶)

[lifemod17]

Tonee I've just heard Hozier's cover of Do I Wanna Know? on the radio and oh my God. I genuinely cannot describe how lovely of an experience that was??

His voice is so smooth, the backing vocals are heavenly, and he's made the song sound so soft? So loving??

Be right back I need to bury myself. Wake me up when Spring comes. Jesus

Oh to be able to experience listening to Hozier's cover of Do I Wanna Know? all over again for the first time 🥹💛

Actually you know what? I'm putting it here if I have any other mutuals who would like to give it a listen and/or anybody who wants to listen to it again for no other reason than "just because":

Of course I had to gif my favorite parts:

His sweet little smile!!! || if the universe doesn't want me to make more hand content, the camera man shouldn't have zoomed in

[saetiate]

Hihi Cora I hope you don’t mind me sliding in here but I was looking at your selfships and I am so so so interested in your blade (ofc the others but yk hehe) selfship.

How did you two end up meeting? Were you quick in the romantic development or was it gradual and slow?

HELLO VIXEN!! thank you so much for being interested in my selfship ohmygosh :')) i am so happy to see you and meet you officially!! you are a brilliant writer and i love seeing you around, thank you for being mutuals w me!!

you have no idea what you've done to me HAHA I'M about to yap so much, but i think with us it's often gradual and slow <3

in hsr verse, the first time i meet him as yingxing. i walked into his yard of broken and failed projects by accident :')) i was trying to find a better view of the upcoming shooting stars. he came out of his forge immediately when he heard someone because it's dangerous and filled with sharp things, but then we both look up at the sky and he has no idea why he hasn't noticed how beautiful it is from up here. and so i visit every night after that. we usually stand in silence or talk about something nonsensical until one day he invites me in for tea

(for some reason, i imagine that his forge is high up, like how in kny it's on a mountain. i'm a bit shy to explain all this bc it sounds a bit silly, but i've done this irl before HAHA i've wandered into someone's garden by accident and sat in it)

in a more realistic au, i imagine that the cashier asks if i have coins because they don't have any change, and then i'm searching in my purse for one until he (who's waiting for his drink) puts a coin down for me. i try to thank him and pay him back but he says no need and he's all quiet and stoic about it!! so i say "well if you're not gonna take my change at least take my number" (because i'm bold like that) and THAT he does take omg T^T i am shocked an amazed and he is a DRY TEXTER BUT he checks in w me everyday and i just find it so sweet aaa

aluslfdshfad i am so soft and squishy about this ask... this is so sweet i am very grateful and heart warmed about you asking and being able to talk about this!! i hope you have a wonderful weekend full of love and joy!!!

[distinguishedtragedyangel]

Ohhhh how I love heartbreaking shit like this 🥹

Snow white lookin' mf

[ofruinsandmyth]

In 3807 BC, the Neolithic Britons of the Brue Valley came together to construct an elevated, single-plank walkway over a reed swamp. Stretching nearly two kilometres, it would have provided a vital link for communities on the Somerset Levels, and is the second-oldest timber trackway discovered in the British Isles.

The track was a walkway consisting mainly of planks of oak laid end-to-end, supported by crossed pegs of ash, oak, and lime, driven into the underlying peat; the length, straightness, and lack of forks or branches in the pegs suggest that they were taken from coppiced woodland—one that they appear to have been managing for at least 120 years.

The total timber used in the track’s construction weighed approximately 200,000 kilograms, yet estimates suggest just ten men could have assembled it in just one day. The track was operational for only about ten years before rising water levels likely submerged and rendered it unusable.

[literaryvein-reblogs]

words for your fight scenes

Breathe

draw, expire, heave, inhale, puff, suffocate

Catch

intercept, tackle

Climb

arise, ascension, mount, scale, surface

Cut

amputate, ax/axe, bisect, chisel, cleave, crop, cut up, dent, dissect, engrave, etch, fell, hack, lacerate, mangle, molt, mutilate, notch, peel, scar, scratch, shave, shred, slash, slit, trim, whittle

Dispose

boot, chuck, disposal, dispose of, do away with, elimination, kick out, rejection, scrap, throw away, void

Drop

alight, crash, decline, descent, dive, droop, duck, fall, flop, fumble, go under, keel over, light, percolate, plumb, plunge, sag, settle, sink, slump, stoop, submerge, suspend, thud/thump, tumble, wilt

Hide

ambush, bury, camouflage, conceal, cover, cover-up, cringe, disguise, dissimulate, embed, ensconce, envelop, isolation, lurk, masquerade, palliate, screen, seclusion, sequester, shrink, shut off/shut out, sneak, withhold

Hit

applaud, bang, baste, batter, beat, blindside, boot, buffet, bunt, chip, clash, clip, clout, collide, concussion, crash, cuff, deflect, drive, flail, glance, hammer, jab, jostle, knock, lick, nail, peck, plaudits, pound, punch, rap, scourge, slap, smack, sock, strike, swipe, tap, thud/thump, tip, whack, whip

Hold forcefully

apprehend, cage, clasp, clinch, confinement, constriction, cramp, detain, embrace, enslave, fetters, grasp, gripe, hold, incarcerate, overpower, press, shackle, snatch, strangle, throttle, wrestle

NOTE

The above are concepts classified according to subject and usage. It not only helps writers and thinkers to organize their ideas but leads them from those very ideas to the words that can best express them.

It was, in part, created to turn an idea into a specific word. By linking together the main entries that share similar concepts, the index makes possible creative semantic connections between words in our language, stimulating thought and broadening vocabulary. Writing Resources PDFs

Source ⚜ Writing Basics & Refreshers ⚜ On Vocabulary Notes: Fight Scenes (pt. 1) (pt. 2) Word Lists: Fight ⚜ Pain

[ranma0]

Notes from a concerned medical professional who reads too much hurt/comfort:

(These are all things I've seen in Hazbin/Helluva fanfics)

(Tw: for injury, illness, gore, drug use, overdose, a lot of other things)

You cannot drug someone to sleep by overdosing them on melatonin. It will not work

Don't submerge an open wound or stitches in a bathtub/pool/etc it will introduce bacteria to the wound (taking a shower is usually fine, just skip the romantic bath)

On that note, stitches do not immediately stop a wound from bleeding and should not be used to solve every problem (never give yourself stitches unless you have absolutely no other choice they can trap infection inside the body when done incorrectly)

And, if the wound is extremely deep, a person may need several layers of stitches to piece together the skin, muscle, and viscera

You absolutely cannot get high on tylenol or ibuprofen even if you mix it with alcohol.

If you do mix tylenol or ibuprofen with alcohol it can cause internal bleeding/kidney damage/liver failure, so please don't do that

If someone is shivering from a high fever, don't cover them in blankets it will raise their body temperature even more (please try correctly dosed tylenol or ibuprofen for this)

Don't submerge someone with a high fever in ice water, they might go into shock (they also might panic and hurt themselves) in a pinch lukewarm water will do

Don't put ice on burns, run them under lukewarm or cool water instead

If someone overdoses on an opoid (heroin, morphine, various pain medications), there is a medicine called nalaxone (Narcan) that can reverse the effects of opioids (edit: thank you to @queerlybehooved)

If someone is bleeding profusely, don't just hold their head and whisper sweet nothings, put pressure on the wound!!!

If a bullet remains in a person’s body after being shot it most likely should not be dug out unless it's blocking something vital, the bullet is not the problem the damage it made in it's path is

This isn't a criticism of authors who have written things like this. A lot of it isn't common knowledge, and DIY healthcare is absolutely steeped in myth and misinformation. I just worry about disinformation being perpetuated (and I really enjoy accurate hurt/comfort)

If I got anything wrong, please let me know, and I'll edit the post. I'm far from perfect and appreciate good advice

Let me know if you guys want a fic rec list of my favorite Hazbin Hotel whump fics