#tl asks

[glittter-vamp]

https://www.tumblr.com/glittter-vamp/750418458859192320/first-chapter-of-the-joey-b-au-series-is-posted

The idea of real Joe in a car chase is so funny!! 😂 looking forward to chapter two!

Joe when the cops stop him and ask him why he was going 115 in a 45?

But thank you for reading! 🫶🏽

[vaguely-concerned]

thinking about not only the specific people lucanis pulls in to represent the 'locks' in his psyche, but the storytelling that happens in the structure/order of them. the underlying ideas are presented something like:

the lucanis who went into the ossuary never came back out again; he died down there (the boy caterina raised is gone forever) -> you're putting yourself in danger doing this (by being close to me), you should leave because I can't bear it if you get hurt because of me -> it doesn't matter even if we do try this, it won't work anyway (again because of me) ('you know what he's like, you can open the door but he won't walk through it' :'( oofie doofie) -> what if the real secret is that there was never anything but the monster in here from the beginning. you should leave, there was never anything here worth saving in the first place. (implicitly: what if I deserved what happened, all along.)

it runs pretty cleanly from outward-oriented attachment anxiety ('caterina won't even want me back like this, she won't recognize me (the same way I no longer recognize myself)) and gradually deeper inwards until we reach self-image and self worth. or you know, the harrowing basic lack of it lol.

"careful -- they'll know we're not right," spite says in one of their first scenes... but clearly, some very deep part of lucanis has feared or suspected for much longer than that that there's something inherently not right at the core of him, way before any demon entered the picture. and the voice he gives those lines to is the person who should know him better than anyone in the world, who he has loved more than anyone in the world -- and who deliberately chose to hurt him so horrifically anyway. 'It's better if I'm just a monster and deserved what happened than it is to allow for the idea that the brother I love doesn't really exist and maybe never did'. it's better if he's fundamentally flawed in some way that needed fixing to help him survive, and that's why caterina chose to hurt him again and again -- out of love. (this one I think he might have a very sad wakeup call on one day if he ever ends up with the responsibility and care of a child of his own in some way and realizes just how alien the idea of ever intentionally hurting them for any reason is to him. oh buddy. also interesting that he keeps caterina as the outermost lock -- there IS a distance he keeps there that he hasn't with illario. he doesn't resent her 'anymore' he says, but he also keeps her carefully further away from his deepest self.)

as far as I could tell the only note in the mind prison that's fully hidden and needs to be uncovered is the sad painful helpless stupid little truth that even after all this, even knowing what happened... he still loves his brother. is there anything illario could ever do that would make lucanis completely stop loving him, do you think? sometimes the trouble with unconditional love is that it is, well. unconditional, even when some terms and conditions probably would have been in order haha.

that's the pattern you see there again and again; he would rather destroy and abandon and imprison himself at every turn than let go of love, even when it's just scraps, even when there's only ever enough of it to hurt him. it's only when rook shows up and as it were takes his hand and walks along with him that he can entertain the idea of changing the story of what walking out the door might mean in the end.

[tryagainstarlight]

Around and Around it goes.

[corviiids]

(more persona 5 / persona 5 royal spoilers again)

(this one has art by dotdotdotukno on twitter please view)

compilation of specifically my obsession with ryuji and goro being terrible... friends??

[cubbihue]

What does Timmy think of his little brother Peri growing up to have a neurotic personality?

Peri's always had severe anxiety. It sorta comes with being the first baby born in a 1000 years and constantly being kidnapped by everyone around you.

Timmy's just glad Peri grew up to be more confident in himself, and more assertive.

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[blindmagdalena]

reader who’s always cold so she slips her hands under HL’s shirt for warmth >>>

Standing in front of the mirror, Homelander tugs self consciously at the black band tee he’s currently donning. It looks wrong on him, shapeless and overly casual. Should he tuck it in? He might like the look better if he can more closely match the structure of his suit. He starts doing just that when you appear behind him in the mirror, swatting his hands away.

“Stop fussing,” you tell him with a warm smile, smoothing your hands down his sides. “You look great.”

“That tickles,” he says indignantly he snatches your wrists and pries your hands from his sides. The padding of his suit has always served as protection, particularly against the way the public likes to paw at him. This shirt does nothing to shield him, and feels bizarre between his skin and your hands. “What I look is… average,” he says, the word sour on his tongue. "I should change."

You hum, wiggling your fingers menacingly towards his waist. “Please, there’s absolutely nothing average about you,” you assure him, smiling as he wraps your arms securely around his middle, holding your treacherous fingers at bay. You rest your chin on his shoulder, admiring him in the mirror. “You could be wearing a burlap sack and you’d still be the most handsome man in the world.”

He scoffs lightly. “You having no sense of style is not the compliment you think it is.”

You give an outraged laugh, squeezing your hands out of his grip with all your might. He knows exactly how tight to hold to make it difficult, but not hurt you. You give his ass a brisk two handed slap and he rounds on you with a grin, cupping either side of your face.

Despite the suddenness of his movements, his kiss is gentle. His bare thumbs reverently stroke your cheeks. At the very least, he can admit that he doesn’t miss the gloves when he’s touching you. You reciprocate by grasping his hips, pulling him close. He’s getting used to the feel of your hands through the thin cotton.

“Besides, now I can do this,” you murmur against his lips. He sucks in a gasp when you slip your inexplicably ice-cold hands under his shirt and press them flat to his warm back.

“Jesus Christ,” he hisses through a laugh. The shock only lasts for a second or two, his heat quickly overtaking your chill. “You need a doctor or something. Fuck. Circulation that poor can’t be healthy.”

He feels your smile when he kisses you again, wrapping you up completely in his arms while your hands roam the bare expanse of his back beneath his shirt. Normally he wouldn’t feel your hands on his body until it was time to shed his suit for the night. 

“See?” you say, voice little more than a clever purr. “This is nice, isn’t it?”

“This is nice,” he agrees begrudgingly, shivering for the delicate way your fingers traipse up his spine. He gives a sigh of pleasure, nipping at your lip. “Fine. You win. This time.”

Unbeknownst to him, it’s to be the first of many, many wins.

[aeolianblues]

I don't like that the dev community picks on people who are most fluent in Python, when the ChatGPT-using "vibe coders" are right there. At least Python babies are coding. Bully the non-coders instead.

[theerurishipper]

I feel like people really underestimate the importance of Dick being the first Robin. Like, reverse Robin AUs are interesting and such, but I just hope people realize that in the context of canon, they would never work. The reason Batman and Robin ever works is because the first Robin was Dick Grayson specifically. Because Bruce would never have taken in any child if Dick's tragedy hadn't specifically happened to mirror his own experience. Dick Grayson was the only one Bruce truly saw himself in first, because the fundamental event that defines them is the same. And he sees the opportunity to help someone the way he was never helped, to make sure that Dick didn't go down the dark path he did. So, my point here is that the only one Bruce actually made the choice to take in, the only one who could kickstart it all, is Dick Grayson, because he is the only one with whom Bruce could immediately empathize and connect with.

This never happened with any other Robin. He took in Jason because he missed Dick, he took in Tim because Tim forced himself into the role, he took in Steph because he was trying to make Tim come back to being Robin, and Dick made Damian Robin. Of course, he loved all of them, and they all have their unique relationships with Bruce that are very important and inform their characters, and he does need them too. But he specifically formed this connection with Dick that made Dick the only person he ever considered taking in. It took a very specific set of circumstances in Dick's backstory that made Bruce commit an impulse adoption that just isn't really present in any other Robin's story. And the reason Jason or Tim or Steph or Damian or anyone else whom Bruce has taken under his wing even got that chance is because of the work Dick Grayson put into Bruce Wayne.

Before Dick, Bruce was reckless and didn't care at all about himself, to the point of almost being borderline suicidal. He was more brutal, more violent, etc. The reason all this changed, is because of Dick Grayson specifically. He was the one with whom Bruce opened up, with whom Bruce was forced to grow up, to take responsibility and learn to take care of both Dick and himself. Dick, to Bruce was the one who brought "color to their [his and Alfred's] monochrome lives." Dick Grayson's specific brand of happiness and joy changed Bruce for the better. Dick gave Bruce hope. This is true for other Robins too, but only because they followed the precedent that Dick Grayson set, only because they slid into his role (they have their own interesting relationships with Bruce, but this specifically is from Dick that other Robins carried on. A legacy, if you will). Dick Grayson turned Bruce into the kind of man who would become a serial adopter.

Without his influence, without his precedent, there would be no Batfamily, because Bruce would never have gotten to the point where he would be able or willing to take in someone else and care for them properly (It took living through his trauma again to get him to take Dick in lmao). Hell, there would be no Batman because Bruce would have gotten himself killed a long time ago if Dick hadn't helped him learn self-care. Dick knows Bruce best, because he understands him on a fundamentally deeper level than anyone else in the world. And he's the only one who can make Bruce open up at his rawest, most downtrodden state. He is the only one who can give Bruce at his lowest that kind of hope. There is no Robin without Dick Grayson. It's literally a tribute to his parents, using their colors and the name his mother called him. He created that identity as a symbol of hope. He helped Bruce become the kind of man who could and would let other people that he had to care for into his life. Without Dick Grayson, you can simply forget about any other Robin or the Batfamily as a concept even existing.

[thelonelyshore-if]

:0 would you please make a magic choice guide? Cause I'd like to max out on my points just because

Absolutely!! Currently the magic choices are a little on the bare-bones end; especially since several of them are route-locked. One of my big ~second draft~ (slash if i get bored someday) goals is to go through and really flesh out choices that gain magic points...

But, for the moment, magic guide under the cut!

PROLOGUE:

(DROWNING)

it's not that easy.

i need to fight this. (monstrous + 1)

please. let me go. (fog-touched + 1)

dying feels so much like dreaming. (clairvoyant + 1)

i won't let death take me. not yet. (necromancy + 1)

i don't want this. take me back. (resistant + 1)

CHAPTER ONE:

(DRIVING W/JAY OR RAVI) In an instant you want to go back to the lake more than you've ever wanted anything.

No--this feels wrong. I don't want this. I need to resist it. (resistant + 1)

My body's trying to tell me something. I embrace it. (fog-touched + 1)

I don't trust this feeling, but I can't resist my own curiosity. (clairvoyant + 1)

(DINER W/BECK & PERRI) Lake monsters and ghosts. This weekend has been full of mysteries, but before you came here, you…

Believed in everything--cryptids, ghosts, aliens. The whole nine yards (monstrous, fog-touched, clairvoyant, necromancy +1)

Believed in some supernatural things, but not everything. (monstrous, fog-touched, clairvoyant, necromancy +1)

Weren't convinced. Consider me a little skeptical. (resistant + 1)

Didn't believe in any of that stuff. It's fun in movies, but it isn't real. (resistant + 1)

CHAPTER TWO:

(JAY/SHELTER ROUTE) Pins and needles prick at the skin of your hand where you're touching him. He whimpers and nudges his head harder against your palm. The world's fallen away completely and you—

Are overwhelmed by the stench of death. (necromancy + 1)

Feel a deep, instinctual fear tear through my chest. (monstrous + 1)

Push away this feeling. I don't want this. Not again. (resistant + 1)

Siphon some of his fear into myself. (fog-touched + 1)

See something I shouldn't. (clairvoyant + 1)

(PRE-CRASH)

"What do you say?" Ravi asks, his lips curling ever so slightly upwards.

I don't know. I don't want to risk it…but it feels inevitable, somehow. (fog-touched + 1)

(CAR CRASH) You're only feet away. You need to act, or you're going to die. The trees draw closer with each second, and you squeeze your eyes closed. Instinct—not like blinding yourself to what's about to happen will stop it. You find yourself envisioning the inevitable crunch of your bones and white-hot shock of pain when—

My body reacts before I have the chance to think. (monstrous + 1)

I reject this, fighting for control with every fiber of my being. (resistant + 1)

A vision of what's about to happen startles me out of it. (clairvoyant + 1)

It's like I'm possessed. Something else stops the car… (necromancy + 1)

I decide to give the fog what it wants. I'll stop trying to leave. (fog-touched + 1)

CHAPTER 3

(TALKING TO CROFT) "There's this kid. Mallory. She remembers the outside. Her parents don't. When I was doing interviews hoping to get out—my research—she told me about watching her fathers forget everything. I write horror. It's my comfort zone. But the way she described it…" Croft exhales, low and shaky.

"Forgetting doesn't sound like the worst thing in the world…" I admit in a small voice. (fog-touched + 1)

(RESIST DOE ROUTE) "Or you can resist. Stay (at the hospital,/with the mortician,/with your little friend,/with your little friend,/with Loveless,) and watch it all burn down. Because it will. The fog always gets what it wants in the end. Even if it has to first gorge itself on your suffering. And, the funny thing? So do I."

As she speaks a vision of ruin unfolds before my eyes. (clairvoyant + 1)

Something whispers a warning in my ear--not here, not with her, it isn't safe. (necromancy + 1)

Anesthetic numbness deadens my senses until all I can see is mist. (fog-touched + 1)

Her reality is not mine, and I will not let this happen. (resistant + 1)

Animal rage blisters beneath my skin. I stumble to my feet, furious, snarling. (monstrous + 1)

[glittter-vamp]

When is the next chapter of Turbo Lover coming out?

I’m aiming for tonight but definitely sometime this weekend

[hcnnibal]

saw this and thought of the angels

I WAS WAITING FOR THIS

[muniimyg]

literally chaebol jk

[evercelle]

Can't remember if anyone has asked this before but do you like any scaramouche ships.❓

i'm not deep into any in particular, but i think: chiscara is comedy/angst gold (with no inbetween), kazuscara has some excellent knife to genuine friends/lovers potential, and the artist who drew daily venti pics on twt opened my third eye to scaraven lol

i don't see it romantically, but i do think wanderer + nahida are basically platonic soulmates... genshin's sumeru writing did some really phenomenal work setting them up as character foils throughout the conflict of the archon quest, and then developing their neutral alliance -> genuine companionship after! very girlboss of nahida to refuse to let the former enemy of state run from his past but then ALSO grant him citizenship send him to college and hire him into the secret service. hope they hang out w/ aranaras every day

[mintjeru]

i may be less normal about yudrain than i previously thought reference for the text on hope under the cut

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[tokutaiseichan]

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[project-sekai-facts]

i think akito spends a significant amount of his time in the sekai trying not to think about the fact he's in a pocket dimension with Hatsune Miku Et Al lmaooo

I think about this ^ interview a lot. Poor Akito. Maybe he needs to watch more sci-fi movies.