#tfw the cycles are on cycle.

[leahsfiction]

Periodically, all through the Principality, books, movies, games, and other stories about the Rapid Evening would begin to find a sort of cyclical popularity. And in just about all of these tales, there was a commonly-used line that never failed to get a response from the audience and a groan from Gloaming. Some high-ranking agent, denoted as such by the honorary surname awarded to them—Vesper or Aubade or Dawn, perhaps—would be pushed to their very limit by circumstances outlandish, yet perfectly predicted by Crystal Palace. And the agent in question would shake their head and say something like, “You know, just because we knew this was going to happen doesn’t make it any easier.”

Twilight Mirage 53: Our Flaws in a Vacuum, or the Promise We Made To Each Other

[leonardalphachurch]

and for a moment, tucker thought, looking at him was like looking in a mirror. a really annoying mirror.

[fumifooms]

What if we were both magic prodigies and it otherized us in different ways and we devoted ourselves to protecting a family member who has general other goals & priorities. What if we both did self-sacrifical devotion in opposite ways.

What if we were dark mirrors of each other and where I've grown overcontrolling you've grown complacent. What if, bought as a servant into a pretty loving home, ownership and control is what love looks like to me, and to you neglected and lonely growing up, love is gratefully taking any scraps of it you’re lent.

By belonging to someone, even if she comes back injured or fails at finding Delgal, she feels like she belongs and is cherished, by owning someone he feels safe in them not leaving him.

She’s what’s tethering him do you see… And he’s the only thing giving her direction and purpose in her state. She needs a compass and he needs a support.

They’re both so out of it 😭 It’s the weirdly intense and unearned mutual trust and reliance on each other?? They’re each other’s weird little comfort codependent teddy bear. Or at least they were headed towards that before SHE DIED THEN HE DIED THEN THEY BOTH FORGOT ABOUT EACH OTHER AND NEVER MET EVER AGAIN. Though she’s also the guard attack hound keeping him safe… And vice versa he heals her and can rewrite her very being with just one wave of his hand. They’re both so so mentally and physically vulnerable both but they cling onto each other. They can’t perceive things accurately but despite it all someway somehow they stumble into something closer to resembling companionship just before they both die. Falin is just that kind and Thistle is just that lonely. Overworked. We both haven’t lived for ourselves in a very long time, haven’t we.

They both have a similar devotion to the people they love but again the difference is that Thistle starts overtsepping while Falin is self-effacing. The other difference between them is that people care about Falin <3 People have given up on Thistle long ago, and he has given people reasons to, while people refuse to give up on Falin. Yaad has a mini arc about it dw about it it’s ok he’s not all alone in the end 😭😭 He reached out for Marcille’s hand but they already all wanted to help him, they just had to be given the chance to, Yaad just had to be given the chance to, it’s okay I’m okay

Hey what if we learned to get in touch with our own identity and the world around us and living in the present again through being in the worst codependent situationship ever.

Falin and Thistle sitting in a tree, sucking on flowers together because they’re h-u-n-g-r-y 💕💕💕

I bet he’s only ever thought of flowers as useless ornaments. Weak weeds. But she shows him they’re tasty and useful and good and pretty in their own right too and deserve existing without proving their worth and waaa <33 Thistles…... Did you know thistles taste sweet if you remove the thorns and eat them?

"Even as a chimera, her kind nature remains" you can’t suppress her in the way that matters. You can’t soothe him in the way that matters. It’s doomed. You’re doomed. It’s all doomed. Save me.

[soymikki]

"You could leave at any time if you knew how to stop yourself"

[phrysic]

tfw will always be so funny to me because where is the free will??? At first it was just dean sam and cas but now they lumped jack into it too

[blueskittlesart]

Is there a reason why Ganon appeared in the Rauru time without a Princess and Hero to face him? Or are Rauru and Sonia (or Zelda?) supposed to be them? Does the reincarnation cycle always have the three at the same time?

I honestly don't know about this one lmao. my best guess is that zelda's presence in the past fucked up whatever reincarnation sensor the world has going on (is that hylia's job? who knows) and so that generation never got its own incarnations. alternatively maybe there WAS a hero who was supposed to fix all that shit but zelda's time paradox fucked everything up so bad that he just never got to do his job. if that's what happened that hero is the luckiest link EVER

[mixtpecas]

Throwing out there an idea for post-canon Dean jobs: physical therapist.

It's hands-on, but not necessarily straight forward. It uses problem solving skills too, plus creativity and pattern-recognition to connect different potential symptoms and treatments. Dean's great at this kind of stuff, and demonstrates it a lot when he hunts.

It requires people skills, and working with lots of different populations with different backgrounds. This is also a skill Dean is great at, but in this case it wouldnt be part of a lie for a case but a way to make genuine connections.

And, it's a way to make a noticeable difference in people's lives - and give people a way to move forward after injuries or accidents. He could help hunters too! It seems cathartic for Dean to be able to still feel like he's doing good for the world (and the hunting community) without having to go on hunts himself. It's not just surviving day-to-day anymore, but learning to live through things to see a future.

[bardsansa]

when dawn comes.

[crimeronan]

imagining Raine, Darius and Eberwolf doing there whole Hollow Mind scheme to figure out what the new empress’ plan for the isles are, and upon entering her mindspace finding a very stressed teenager who wants to burn down the empire as much as they do.

GOD.

this concept is so juicy i might HAVE to fic it at some point. GOD!!! it would be HARD to engineer a situation where the three of them felt like invading luz's mindscape was their best bet -- they'd have to 1) feel like she's keeping dangerous enough secrets to warrant taking such an Enormous and invasive risk to find out more, and 2) feel like she's dangerous enough Just By Herself to warrant needing to know Now, as opposed to taking extra time for subtle spy work

but there are honestly. a Lot of ways to meet those conditions. especially given the circumstances in the AU. luz says herself that it doesn't make any sense for her to assassinate the emperor just a few weeks before she would have taken power anyway -- so IF raine and darius and eber suspect her (like any reasonable person might), then that Alone raises the stakes. because then their question is yeah, actually!! why DID she do it!! and what DOES she want with this power!! and why IS she being so obviously secretive about her plans and politics and alliances!! who Theeee Fuck is she working with and what did THEY get out of the assassination?? even if luz herself doesn't set off genocide-adjacent alarm bells, the potential for political instability would have the rebels on heightened alert

and then there's a potential additional layer here that would make me Fucking Crazy, in that. darius and hunter have had a pretty friendly rapport in this AU for much longer than they have in canon. and darius has also always been intensely mistrustful of luz's whole Bright-Eyed Curiosity thing. so if darius happens to be observant enough to notice just how strangely tense and stressed out and upset hunter is during the time leading up to n immediately following the assassination...... i can only IMAGINE what kind of theories he might have about what went down between hunter and luz. and how that might shape his own actions.

(the funniest irony would be if darius is worried that luz forced hunter to help her with assassinating belos and/or that she's blackmailing him. meanwhile in actuality hunter is like "god i would LOVE for luz to blackmail me. at least that would mean she's talking to me again")

i'm certain that luz and raine would have a positive rapport in this AU, given that they're both sweet people who hate playing political word games and have similar senses of humor. they likely wouldn't be Close due to all of the politics at play, but like. raine at least is like. i don't think she wants the same things that belos did. i don't know what she DOES want but. it can't really be any worse, can it.

& darius being insistent that raine shouldn't trust the very calculated doe-eyed innocent persona that luz projects, because No One around the castle is Actually as kind or helpful or earnest or weird as luz pretends to be. she's manipulating you whispers!! you're giving her exactly what she wants!!

so they enter her mindscape warily prepared for anything, not sure what they'll find, basically braced for anything Except the straightforward teen girl that luz seems to be. & then within like Minutes, raine is like. alright. darius. you overthought this one. this is a baby.

& darius is just like. jesus FUCKING hell. this is a BABY.

[thegodcyclecomic]

It's the comic still continue :(?

Yes!! It will continue!! I would really like to apologize to all fans of The God Cycle for the lack of updates on what's happening behind the production process or when it will continue. For the past few months, I have been struggling with finances and finding a job for the summer (because my part-time teaching thing doesn't have work when there are no classes).

I'm not sure if anyone is interested to know or if it's relevant but during the summer I started working in a call center job for a telco company. During that time, I had absolutely no time to do anything except sleep, eat, and work. The schedule was absolutely grueling and gave me no work-life balance or even time to draw.

School is starting soon so I intend to quit that job and return to teaching in August. When that happens, I'll have time to draw again and work on TGC.

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who is looking forward to the future update of The God Cycle, you are the reason why I keep going and I 100% intend to continue when I am able to. I will be seeing you all again soon next month because I have some additional art/asks I need to post.

[yarrow-leaf]

NPC ref from last year! Miss this guy a lot </3

[carniferous]

crazy to think about how post-war barty is literally the remus of his friend group

[nazorneku]

❝  all my life had been murk and depths, but i was not a part of that dark water. i was a creature within it.  ❞ the fish 🕴🕴🕴🕴

Turquoise optics narrowed at the other, a veil of melancholy clouded his vision as if reflecting the sentiment of his current interlocutor; so exceedingly uncharacteristic of her to utter words saturated with dejection, to expose own soul and feelings so readily, yet the Scion of the Sea dared not to judge, taking into consideration the recent events. Upon Tagitsuhime's and Seimei's arrival, he was apprised of what occurred within the Sea of Eternity, further deepening own vexation of being unable to reach the companion. Beyond doubt, upon conclusion of the whole ordeal, the onmyoji ventured forth onto another adventure to seek out that detestable man, whilst Taki found self compelled to witness the devastation with his own eyes, as if was beckoned to ascertain the damage done. He could not claim to possess any particular attachment to that place, nevertheless the gnawing sensation of irreversible loss persisted. Undeniably, it was multiplied for the survived residents, and yet they persevered.

"Do you still question your belonging? I have no doubt that you are a competent sovereign." For once Susu withheld personal input, remaining glued to Taki's shoulder and politely blinking at the Queen of the merfolk. Tagitsuhime did occasionally mention their uncanny similarity in conduct, though at the time he elected to disregard the comment until the moment he personally chanced to converse with Senhime.

A few instants were granted to contemplate that which transpired, evaluating her decisions and course of action; albeit the drastic alterations she attempted prior, he could resonate with her intent. "With your renewed determination, the Sea of Eternity will rise again." With a curt nod, his posture bent in a graceful bow, forcing the iguana friend to hurriedly scramble onto his back to prevent detachment. Despite pursuing own ambitions, Taki deemed fit to offer aid, as one could not ostracize self from matters within the depths of the sea eternally. "If and when the need will arise, you can always count on the support of the Golden Claw and its crew, extending to my personal assistance." There was an inkling that those murky waters would be visited by the Fateshaper anew.

&. circe sentence starters || @entides

[nomiyakazehaya]

hwei fucking moment 😭

[nine-of-diamonds]

Me plotting a fic: this actually makes sense! and now that i have an outline, i'll know how to pace it properly!

Me writing the same fic: wait i wanna write this scene that's not in the outline and completely changes everything and then i'm going to fall in love with that premise instead

Outline: ...

Me, again: guess i'll have to write another outline!!

[frankenstheythem]

i cant even begin to explain the amount of bullshit and idiotic behavior i had to endure these days ive been away,,,, fucks sake