#they were always badass

[cerise-on-top]

I just saw your Graves with a tall reader, which I loved, so funny at times. So you know I gotta do it, can I request Graves with a short reader? Gotta boost that man's ego 💜

Glad to hear the Graves simps are enjoying my writing and want him to be doing well mentally! And I agree, sometimes you just need to make Graves happy since he, too, will notice your efforts and try to make you happy as well, even if he does it the Graves way!

Graves with a Shorter!Reader

Graves will have hit the jackpot with someone shorter than him in all honesty. As mentioned already, it’s in his blood to be bigger and stronger and scarier than his partner, which means he gets to protect them at all times. I can see him actually going for shorter people as well. While, if asked about it, he would always tell you that it’s because you have an easier time seeing just how reliable he is, in reality he just wants to feed his ego. He used to be taller than everyone else until he stopped growing, he really just wants to feel good about himself in all honesty. Every time he looks at you, he becomes aware of the height difference and sometimes the sly bastard even starts smiling about it. The bigger the height difference the better.

If he can literally tower over you, maybe trap you between him and the wall while he looks down at you, then all is good in his life. The shorter you are the better the angle at which you view him. He can toss his hair back and it will look as though he was in some series or movie with an attractive lead, in his eyes. Besides, he also gets to tilt your face so you’ll look at him when he’s talking. In all honesty, he genuinely believes he can fluster you more easily when he’s the taller one, and he genuinely just wants you to be speechless at least once in a while. Will sweet talk you while putting his fingers under your chin.

He’s also more prone to letting you be the big spoon, or lets you hold him more often in general. You being his backpack is funny to him, as mentioned before, so he will take his sweet time enjoying the feel of you being tiny. Again, if it was up to him, you’d be roughly 1,50, or something around that. That way there would, at the very least, still be 15cm between the two of you. Graves is a very touchy person in general, so don’t be surprised if he walks up to you and puts his head on top of yours, maybe even trying to put some weight of his on you as well so you can feel just how powerful he is. You’re more than welcome to try and shake him off, though. He will feign hurt, but it amuses him anyway.

Remember how I said Graves would be even more butthurt if you crack a few too many jokes about his height when you’re taller? He’d have his fun with someone who is sensitive about their height. You will constantly hear him refer to you as his little something, whether that be little sweetie, little honeypie or even his little pile of sugar. As long as he gets to emphasize you being the shorter one he’ll be happy. If you’re dysphoric about your height, then he’ll stop, but if you’re only mad because of a relatively harmless reason, you’ll never hear the end of it. Might even crack a joke such as pointing at a skittle on the ground and saying it’s almost as small as you are. The bigger your reaction, the better. Force him to sleep on the couch and he might stop for a day or two, but you can never get him to permanently stop.

Loves picking you up and throwing you over his shoulder. You can struggle all you want, this man can carry his own Shadows over his shoulder while they’re struggling, so you don’t really stand a chance against him. He gets all the more smug if you do struggle since he knows you won’t be able to escape him. It’s things like that where he wants to show you that he can easily overpower you, but he can easily protect you as well. Just be his lovely little partner, don’t grow too much and you have a loyal guy at your service until the end of eternity. Also, he will hold you over his head and comment on your cuteness. Graves doesn’t get cuteness aggression, but he could pretend he does and squish your cheeks whenever he feels like it.

Will pick you up and sit you down on his lap as well. Yes, he will wrap his arms around you as well and render any attempt at escaping futile. Besides, getting to hold you does reassure him quite a lot. His world is in his arms, safe and sound, and he gets to pretend he’s still a cool man. He genuinely believes you think him to be a badass, even with all the teasing and whatnot. Graves has a somewhat high opinion of himself on a good day, but you can still reassure him that he is pretty epic. You can comment on how strong he is and he’ll likely flex for you, offering you to touch his bicep. But at the end of the day, barely any of this matters, what’s important is that you wanna stay with him and feel like there’s a future ahead for you. Give him a kiss and tell him you admire him and he’ll be over the moon, regardless of whether you’re shorter or taller than him.

[fromtheseventhhell]

It's funny how jonsa stans want Sansa to have everything that Arya has: Jon being insane for her, connection with Lyanna, Helen of Troy like figure (and they got parallels with Lysa instead lmao), her being the main girl. It's so embarassing for them. It's such a shame that the books will never be finished, their meltdown would be hilarious and deserved

What's funnier is that it's not just Jonsa stans who do this, a lot of Stansas build their fanon around Arya's story. That's why they're always so desperate to downplay her intelligence, skills, and general importance to the story. So many of their "theories" are based on the idea that George split Arya's original outline story between them (with no evidence btw), thus reducing Arya's importance and increasing Sansa's. For Jonsa specifically, it's like you said...it requires replacing Arya and slotting Sansa into her position 🤷🏾‍♀️. That's why they steal "what do you know of my heart" and any other meaningful quote about Jon and Arya's relationship, try and force parallels between Sansa + Alys/Ygritte/Val/Lyanna/etc., claim Arya is just a proxy for family (i.e. Sansa), and inflate the few times Jon actually thinks about her. It's not surprising they love the show so much cause that's the same thing D&D did! There's no chance the books are going to play out the same way which is exactly why I'm hopeful about TWOW's release 🙏🏾

[averlym]

some very very quick costume shorthands!

[ants-personal]

throwing this hc out there but macs shamrock tattoo is so badly misshapen that it had to be charlie who did it

[steddie-island]

Every time I watch The Black Phone I forget about what a fucking piece of shit the dad is.

But goddamn, all of the kids in this movie are all fucking phenomenal.

Horror deserves way more recognition.

[nogenrealldrama]

As much as I enjoy the Pagan Purebloods trope and all that fun stuff, I really don’t understand the assumption it wouldn’t make sense for Wizards to celebrate Christmas etc.

The Statute of Secrecy didn’t come into being until the 1600s, at which point Britain was pretty thoroughly Christianised. If we follow the canon claiming that the Wizarding and Muggle societies were pretty integrated beforehand, we’d expect Wizards to not only follow general Christian customs but also have strong opinions on Catholicism vs Protestantism by the time their society actually started evolving semi-independently from the Muggles.

[girlwiththegreenhat]

hasbro recognized transformers animated for the first time in 15 years. sound the alarms i am screaming my fucking head off

[scattered-winter]

[victorluvsalice]

Goo Goo Dolls - Fearless [Official Lyric Video] by Goo Goo Dolls

Another recent add to the list of songs that make me think of my Valicer In The Dark AU! Admittedly, I wasn't entirely sure why at first -- my brain just went "yes, this has the right vibes" one day. XD But after a few more listens, I've decided the lyrics DO fit the VITD crew rather well. Stuff like "Some days will be harder than others/so we gotta lean on each other" describes their dynamic well, while the pre-chorus "We're living in a world unfair/We're living in a world so scared" is an excellent description of Duskwall, and especially their adopted neighborhood of Six Towers (which is essentially a big old slum made out of abandoned rich people houses). And the chorus! Not only do you have to be fearless to be a scoundrel in Duskwall, it suits their own personal situations well -- conquering their personal demons and discovering how happy they can be together. :D Plus it's one of those songs where I can easily make up my own mental music video of the gang having adventures to the lyrics, so -- yeah. Good stuff all around, can recommend. :)

[elle-smells]

I blame the wave of #girlboss feminism (mostly adopted by white women) in the 2010s for erasing media literacy and like... just basic thinking and making everyone hate disney princesses with their "terrible messages" for little girls. like. were people even watching the movies?

[whumpypepsigal]

battered lexi cradling wounded-bleeding out danny. before passing out, danny confesses his love to lexi and regrets not marrying her long ago. lexi tells him that their commingled blood is seen in some cultures as a form of marriage, and they exchange “i do’s”. INJECT THIS SCENE DIRECTLY INTO MY BLOODSTREAM!

[avionvadion]

Princess and the Pauper but it’s Zelink and Ilia/Sidon. 👀 Don’t ask me how that would work, but I’m reliving my Barbie childhood and I am a girl like you is living in my brain now.

Rhoam’s a shitty dad, anyway. Probably wouldn’t even recognize his daughter’s hired a stunt double, he’s so focused on the goddess powers. Slap a blond wig and some colored contacts on Ilia and he couldn’t tell the difference. 🤣

Honestly, Ilia’s biggest problem in this would be trying to walk in heels to make up for the fact that Zelda is taller than her… while Zelda is just having the time of her life checking out the towns and hanging in the local libraries.

ELEVATOR/MONSTER BOOTS, BWAHAHAHA.

Ilia/Sidon at the end reveal-

Ilia: “I have something to tell you. I’m not only not Princess Zelda… but…”

Sidon: “What is it, my love!?”

Ilia, stepping out of her boots so she goes from five ten to five two: “I’m… short.”

[frankotalk]

honestly love robots so much especially as a trans guy bc of the sort of customisability and gender neutrality offered to robots. a lot of the ppl who voted robot on that poll seem to be hung up on the non-human element which is scary but the way i see it a robot can be lovingly crafted the way a child is born. especially when you aren't religious so the here and now means more to me than any concept of a soul. robots still have their own identity and even if they aren't 'human' they still feel... something. even if its programmed. our brains and environments essentially program us to feel specific ways so why get hung up on that as a robot. ROBOT CLONES HOWEVER

[girlbob-boypants]

Radagon/Marika's presentation in trailers, announcements, and cinematics is so fucking good btw. The concept of a god/goddess duo who occupy the same body, the same space to the point where they change appearance every time you look away and look back is just incredible.

[opportunity-strikes]

Sometimes I think about the fact that my grandma's job used to be gathering, cutting, and stacking wood. And she had to stack the wood a certain way so that it would dry out and stay dry, otherwise she and her family would freeze to death in the winter.

The same woman pushed crumpled dollar bills in my hands, and fed me sugary cereal every time I visited her little house full of tchotchskes. I'm sitting on a soft blue couch shitposting on the internet thanks to that woman.

[outeremissary]

Most cursed ass thing about BG3 is the way it makes me think "I should replay BG1." Literally the voice of the devil