#the one above is a male

[mysticmoondancer]

Peacock Dragon

These dragons are considered as the most beautiful dragons around and they take great pride in that by constantly grooming themselves to always keep their feathers looking gorgeous and pristine. Like actual peacocks, there are two looks them depending on their gender. The males are blue and green with their tail feathers being longer than the females and have eyespots on them. The females are mainly blue with a little bit of green on them and their tail feathers are shorter than the males and don't have eyespots on them. The tail feathers are able to lift up and spread out for display just like actual peacocks can do with their tail feathers. These dragons can sometimes come off as snooty and stuck up, but really, they're actually quite friendly and considerate, too.

[rimbaudsleg]

The shower

[gofishygo]

i know this is pretty niche in terms of topic, but i just want a strings orchestra conductor! john price n first chair violinist! reader.. (definitions below bottom banner)

price of the burningham royal string orchestra has the unfortunate habit of losing his first chair.

his first victim was johnny mactavish- an ex military- just like him. sharp mouthed and witty, with an obnoxious mohawk that the man had sworn he would tear right off of his head. but what had stuck out to him the most was his passion for his arts running far less silently than price's had, even in the old days from before he had started conducting. but after an incident dug out from his sas days had left him half deaf, with a starburst shot on the side of his head and bad blood to be cleaned, he had bid farewell to soap.

and next in line was kyle garrick, who had shared a desk with johnny. unlike soap, who was sharp, loud, a serenade written in baroque times, kyle was much more snide with his work. charming, and gentle, in all the right ways- he'd guided you to your desk with a gentle hand on the small of your back in your early days- but as price's successor, had coined his conductor's ability to lay a heavy hand, a sharp look when needed. but kyle, he has his own fatal flaw; he often finds himself entangled in brilliant melodies, lost in his own interpretation of every piece of repertoire. and soon, that leads him to conducting an orchestra of his own, taking on the studies of a musician like price had, and leaving the first chair cold.

but unlike other fleeting faces, johnny and kyle only fill out two of the four he'd bothered to remember. because he remembers bringing out a hand to first cellist simon for a few months since kyle's transfer, the shadow and backbone of his orchestra.

and he also remembers you.

you, with your pretty face and nervous expression as you had ducked your ways through the chairs and stands in your first days as a violinist under the burningham's string orchestra- and the sparks that had flickered behind doe eyes. even then, you had always had some sort of bratty rebuttal hidden under the tonal qualities of your violin- the way you would glare at him with quiet concern when he would slip marlboro cigarette between his lips in the small breaks during rehearsals, how you would look up at him and promptly play your own, quieter interpretation of the repertoire you gave him. your silent determination- it takes up space in the sounds of his own viola, fills the gaps of what he has longed for during lonely nights. it is your quiet, ingenious spark, and the wisdom behind your eyes that makes him offer you the first chair with a firm tap of your shoulder after rehearsal, the quiet liverpool drawl of his voice inviting you to his office for a chat. it is not the sparkle in your eyes when you focus, the fluster that you try and fail to hide when he attempts conversation with you, how perfectly he imagines your face would fit in the palms of his hands. it is not that at all, he thinks, he lies.

but behind the closed doors of his own office, whatever bubbles in his chest can no longer be fought off by the low hum of whiskey or the pleasant fuzz of tobacco in his veins with you- such a lovely songbird- trapped in his cage. and he simply cannot help it, with the melodies that escape your lips in between his kisses.

so now, you finally sit in the first chair that he knows you have worked so hard to deserve- and you also lay in the arms of the man who has managed to entangle you- wholly, truly, melodically.

first chair- usually, first chair in violin 1 is considered a very prestigious seat in any string orchestra. they act as musical leaders, tune the orchestra, and work very closely with the conductor. them, and the conductor (and guest of honor), usually take bows at the end of a performance.

conductor- a person who directs an orchestra. i dont know what else to say girl

*a strings orchestra will usually consist of instruments: violin, viola, cello, and double/alto bass.

[beaft]

every time i tell my mum about a personal difficulty i've faced due to being trans she's like "well you can't complain, you chose this" and i'm like. alright. technically true, i suppose, but also not the most tactful or helpful thing you could have said in the moment

[feroluce]

Today's thoughts are of Pela and Gepard because I saw a post somewhere once (I've totally lost track of it now...) with the hc that Pela would have crush on Gepard, because she's totally the type to read shoujo manga and he is very much the stereotypical princely shoujo manga love interest.

And that's cute and all, but personally my favorite spin on this is that yes, Pela did have a crush on Gepard, in a sort of "celebrity crush" kind of way. He's so handsome and righteous and upstanding and protective and noble! Pela certainly wasn't the only one that stared after him when he would walk by. And so she was super super excited when she found out she was going to be working under him!

Anyway her crush fizzled out by the end of her first week LDJALKJK

The man has absolutely no charm!! Negative rizz!! Not a single romantic bone in his body!! Don't even get her started on his tastes!!!

If you talk to her in the Supreme Guardian's office, Pela will pay Gepard exactly one half of a complement and then proceed to drag the man within an inch of his life. If you talk to Gepard out by the frontlines, he calls Pela overbearing and says he tries very hard not to get in the way of her work because he doesn't want to earn her ire.

Their relationship is hilarious in the way that they cannot avoid each other (mutual friends, work together), seem to greatly respect the other's work, and also squabble at each other as soon as they're out of earshot and I love them so so much.

Like I desperately need them to devolve into petty bickering. You know how Pela texts the trailblazer asking for hangover cures? I need that message to come after a night where Pela, Serval, Gepard, and Dunn were all drinking together. Pela reached up and grabbed Gepard by the cheeks and stretched them like mochi while ranting, because

Pela: Your face is so handsome, and for what! For what!! You haven't earned this at all, stop it!!

Gepard: ?!?!???

Gepard finally gets fed up with her and drunkenly tells Pela that well, maybe she should just quit looking at him, then. And then he steals her glasses right off her face and holds them above her head, until Pela stopped jumping for them and finally just climbed him like a ladder.

Serval's current wallpaper is of Pela up on Gepard's shoulders, fingers clawed into him and her arm extended over top of his, while Gepard holds her glasses out as far away as possible and fights to keep his balance so they both don't tip over into a drunken pile on the floor.

[dramatic-dolphin]

me and a friend were regaling each other with middle school horror stories and then it turned out we went to the same middle school 🫣

[princessefemmelesbian]

My friend said that Harry Shitter would be a transandrophobia truther and I am literally SCREAMING CRYING THROWING UP AT HOW ACCURATE THAT IS 😭 HE WOULD THO

[yellowymellon]

2.5 jiaoqiu spoilers

MY BABY

this is like a reminder that he almost got a kidney and a liver failure, had his bones broken, the bite wounds in his chest and neck ROTTING away. It was so traumatic that they had to monitor his moon rage symptoms (good news he shows none)

im surprised he's even alive.... and by that i dont mean he should've died because if he did, welp hoyo gave me a reason to kms

[quillkiller]

yeah sorry having transfemme lucius and bella thoughts. yeah. sorry

[lovesodeepandwideandwell]

Time to finally admit that the Dresden Files books are not pleasant to me anymore

[dabookgoblin]

I don't say this to start fights or anything, but I've been watching a lot of booktube videos lately by creators I'm new to and I've been hearing a lot of the same complaints-- and MAYBE this is bc I honestly haven't been on top of the latest releases (in my niche or outside) the past two-ish years-- but every time I hear people talking about how samey publishing is, in particular for the romantasy and romance genres... I feel like it's bc none of y'all complaining are actively reading as diversely as you pretend to be.

I read queer fiction/sci-fi/fantasy almost exclusively and there is a lot of diversity in that genre (tho it is a niche not without its own criticisms) I see people who read a lot of these 'book-tok darlings' that are all these cis-het allo-normative books by (predominantly) cis white women and then complain how everybody is "using the same tropes" "every romantasy is just a SJM clone" "romance books are just thinly veiled erotica anymore" and how even the online book community/creators all fall into the same ruts and like, BABES. YOU ARE LITERALLY READING ALL FROM THE SAME POT.

I'm in the community, I read a lot and often, I was even on (queer) booktok and my experience could not be any different. If you just went out of your way to follow people that promoted and read things that are different LO AND BEHOLD they often don't fall into a lot of these issues and complaints???? Like at all?

I'll be listening to these people vent and even tho they talking about books and the community I feel like I'm only allegedly in at this point, it always feels like finding one of those rant/gossip videos from some niche potting hobbyist community you've never even heard of.

IDK, I want to hear what other people think.

[xjumbled-up-brainx]

Here me out

HERE ME OUT

Females lack any red color huh?

Males have red color?

Who is known for being the smallest ergo not slightly larger?

Tominnow is apparently the ONLY female vegimal? according to wiki

WHO ALSO LIKES KWAZII, A PRETTY MUCH CANON TRANS CHARACTER, THE BEST ERGO DROVE THE GUP B AND LOOKED IN HIS ROOM FIRST IN VERY VEGIMAL CHRISTMAS?

MTF Tomminow I’m calling it✨

[rimbaudsleg]

A beautiful guy

[mourn-and-watch]

fandoms are so damn weird about wlw ships. if you're into a wlw ship that involves less prominent female characters and/or if they hang out with local popular mlm ship the general assumption is that you are not really into it and just don't want one of the girls to get into yaoi's way especially if you headcanon her as a lesbian. if you think popular m/f ship is boring the general assumption is that you hate women because there's NO way you're genuinely interested in a wlw ship involving the same girl and aren't just a petty misogynistic yaoi enjoyer. if your wlw ship happens to be popular (a miracle really!) there will be people who call it boring ass forced obligatory yuri nobody can be interested in. if your wlw ship has good characterization and drama and is a big deal in canon everyone will move on from it immediately because 'everything that could be said about them was said in canon already' so it's not interesting to have fun with. maybe i'm reading between the lines a little too much but it really feels like some of you believe a relationship between two women can't not be boring and if anyone gets invested in that ship there's no way they're not faking it

[strawberry-roro]

noa hex and his 13 (?????????) vocal modes have opened my eyes. i shouldve been wishing for vy2 husky this whole time

[optimisticrunawaygalaxy]

Btw if i ever see someone use tjhe word Liebchen in a fanfic about a german character im cutting your dick off, thats a word used by fat 50 year olds that are unapropriately interested in their step daughters and drink noticably a little too much beer

Nobody says that besides . well. said people mentioned above, stob . using it