There are white, glowing eyes on the other side of the lagoon.
Cleo freezes- wild animals are not to be trifled with, especially when she has no weapons and is missing half her clothes-
But- wait. She peers through the darkness, her only light coming from clusters of glowberries hanging down from above and the white glow of the eyes that are steadily approaching- that's Lizzie, isn't it? Not some wild animal, but maybe a siren is worse.
(Not her Lizzie. Her Lizzie could never be as bad as a siren)
The water ripples lightly as she approaches her captain. Her skin is blue and scaly, her eyes an ethereal white that is so different from the timid blue of that girl in the manor, all that time ago. She lifts her head fully out of the water, finned ears flicking, the gold earring in her left dripping along with her hair.
Cleo shudders as Lizzie's claws brush over her shoulders- Cleo lowers herself in the water, bending her knees for stability as Lizzie tries to sit on her.
Cleo laughs, a light, breathy thing, and hooks her hands under Lizzie's thighs, pulling her closer and helping her stay. Her tail flicks lightly around Cleo's ankles, and she loops her arms around Cleo's neck. Cleo has to look up at her, with the way they're sitting- the glowberries are giving her something of a halo- maybe a crown. There's barely a breath of space between them.
"Remind me," Lizzie murmurs, gaze flickering to Cleo's lips for only a brief moment, "did I ever thank you for saving me?"
"No," Cleo smiles, "I don't think you did."
"Well," Lizzie breathes, leaning in, "thank you."
Her lips are soft and sweet- the kiss is delicate and timid. Cleo leans into it, smiling against Lizzie's lips as the phantom heartbeat in her ear jumps, beating faster.
Lizzie pulls away. Cleo lets her go, still smiling.
"You're very welcome, trinket."
She snorts and leans in again, this time timidly kissing the corner of Cleo's mouth and trailing carefully up to her ear- gaining more confidence with each press of her lips- once she's reached her ear, her lips trail downwards until her head is resting on Cleo's shoulder, lips against her neck, smiling.
"I've wanted to do that for a long time," Lizzie murmurs, tail flicking idly, then wrapping around Cleo's thigh underwater.
Cleo laughs- adjusting her hold and managing to kiss Lizzie's cheek- "I'm glad you did."
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more tlou2 progress and lemme tell ya uhhhh i can see why some of you guys prefer this game, like the first ones good, but this one is emotionally devastating in new and horrendous ways and tbh, i kinda prefer that
like with part 1, yes its obviously 1 narrative but everythings constantly split up into these little unrelated arcs so it feels more episodic (probably why the show worked so well) but with 2, theres just... zero respite. if ur not running from wolves or scars or zombies, ur watching these flashbacks where even if something good is happening, u know that soon we're gonna be plunged right back into Ellie's Descent into Revenge Fueled Madness Part 2 Electric Boogaloo
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Not a fully formed thought, just something that's been rattling around in my brain, but — there's something very interesting to me about the general similarities and differences between shonen and shojo isekai trends. If isekai is (nowadays) mostly fantasy-fullfillment, I think the fantasies in question say something of the audiences to which they're targeted.
A random guy who's dropped into his favourite fantasy world and immediately becomes a badass hero who can do anything versus a random girl who gets reincarnated as the antagonist of her favourite story and now has to try to avoid the fate that she knows awaits her. Something something self-insert escapism, but also the betterment of the self portrayed in two different ways — the gaining of power and status (effortlessly, most of the time) in contrast to the improvement of interpersonal relationships. Hm.
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not every day you gift your dentist practice a cute little guy, but they really liked him! all of the receptionists came over and were like "whaaaaaat is that, is he for us?!? can I pet it???" lol
my family has a bad history with dentists but I never feel scared there even when I have to have a filling done like today with needles and everything (I'm needle phobic and medical-procedure phobic so this is big!!), so I thought it could be nice to have this guy there so they can let kids hold it if they're scared too or something, it's REALLY soft and a good size for squishing! when I got the email about april fool's preorders for it I was like "mmmmm now I legitimately need this as a non-joke gift" and bought one straight away lmao, but it's got such nice colours and design that I'm almost tempted to buy another for my collection :'D
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3 and 7?
mmm . . .
3. if you've been in the fandom for a while, who was your favourite character at first compared to who it is now?
america no one i had absolutely no favourite all those years ago and by some miracle i just drifted suddenly towards spain about a year and a bit into my so-called 'phase' and i have not left him alone ever since :)
7. who's a character you don't really talk about much but really love?
. . . turk— love is a strong word but belgium, probably. or maybe south italy in the right uh,, context :))
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