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simon who is the town's executioner. he's accustomed to the weight of justice— or vengeance— delivered by his own hand. when he hangs your husband, it's just another day's work, flesh made rent. but then there's you. you stand there, hands folded neatly even as your world crumbles, posture straight, collected despite the grief that must be clawing at your insides. you don't plead, don't beg for clemency and that, to simon, is curious. interesting.
he vaguely remembers the bailiff muttering about the prisoner not having any next of kin, blood wanting nothing to do with an ignominious wretch like him, and by the way you stand there alone, the crowd having long dispersed, enduring—
you've no one either. so he makes his decision.
simon leads you away, his grip just shy of painful around your wrist, toward his horse, and you don't resist, which is good. patience isn't in his nature. he doesn't pause before helping you up, his large hands sure and efficient, and then swings up behind you.
his home has been in dire need of a goodwife.
(the blood on his hands doesn't bother him; it never has. he'll make sure it won't bother you for long.)
#cant have his future wife recoiling from his touch#good thing you're used to being scorned#his job's nothing nice BUT the pay is#team simon doesn't lose sleep over killing folk#oof simon asking if you consummated your marriage to that other bloke#only to get hit with a no#not seeing daylight again for a week#simon ghost riley x reader#simon riley x reader#simon ghost riley x you#simon riley x you
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if i think about the hunger games in peeta's perspective i WILL start sobbing
#imagine you're a boy who's going to die. you're in love with the girl you've been watching from afar. you know your fate.#you just want to help her‚ but then there's the announcement and she's here in front of you‚ kissing you‚ risking her life for you and you#think‚ i could live and i could love. you think she loves you when she hands you the berries‚ when she puts them in her mouth.#then you both survive and you go back home and nothing is real anymore. you have nothing. no family. no friends. no love. just an empty#house. a drunk for a neighbor. the love of your life walking into somebody else's arms. you think‚ i survived the games. i could survive#this. and you also think‚ i should've bit down on those berries‚ should've felt the juice burst before i died.#and then the third quarter quell announcement rings in your ears and you think‚ she will live and i will die as i should have in the first#place. the girl you love kisses you on the beach and somewhere you heart stirs and your mind revolts and you savor every touch she has ever#given to you‚ in front of the cameras and off. because you are a tribute and you are always being watched and snow's presence looms and#you think‚ i know she cares. but you get taken. you get drugged. you get tortured�� your mind altered. the girl is a mutt‚ a murderer. she's#everything you despise‚ your mind stirs. your heart revolts. you gain more awareness but cannot distinguish reality from fiction and you#have never known katniss' love. the war ends. you heal. you come home. you plant primrose for her. years down the line‚ you grow in love#more than you thought possible. but some days‚ you cannot tell fiction from reality so you ask the love of your life‚ you love me.#real or not real? and she says‚ real‚ and kisses you.#and you sigh and kiss her back and revel in this. a home. a life. a love.#lit#the hunger games#everlark#otp: real or not real?#katniss everdeen#peeta mellark#text#tais toi lys#thgpost#*
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who is your favorite AA character? 👁️👁️
ziska… I hope capcom brings her back someday
#shes cool as fuck to me bc when I first played jfa I found her really frustrating to deal with#not just as Phoenix but I mean like on a personal level she is challenging because she’s so thorough#and yet I also find it fascinating that she breaks the character she’s built for herself once in a while#i 100% believe that I don’t think she would have caught on to what Phoenix was trying to do while stalling for time with engardes trial#so it’s probably a good thing edgeworth subbed in but she literally busts her ass to bring evidence to court#almost right after having a bullet extracted from her WHICH SHE ALSO PRESENTS AS EVIDENCE. thats metal as fuck ok#especially since she would technically have nothing to do with the case after edgeworth fills in and she still decided to do that anyway#maybe it was blind faith to use that evidence to win since she wasn’t there for most of the trial but still#and even if canon doesn’t give it to me I still firmly believe there’s be at least some chemistry between her and Maya#like especially if you hold it next to wrightworth that works bc there’s already a history there and majority of Phoenix and miles trying#to relearn their relationship is Phoenix coaxing out that side of Miles that he remembers from fourth grade#but with Franmaya it’s something new and they’re basically strangers to each other and one of them almost got the other convicted#and I still think that’s fascinating and it’s a damn shame thay half of the fics I find for them on ao3 is background in wrightworth fic#i did find a good one that touched on Franziska trying to win pearls approval because Pearl does hold a grudge against her#and seeing that trying to live up to perfecting even her personal relationships without getting to know Pearl to even know#why it wasn’t working feels believable when I think abt her as a character yk#myart#my art#doodles#aa#ace attorney#franziska von karma
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a little comic doodle abt the experience i had while watching The Great Gatsby musical
#and like okay the book isnt SUUUPER gay but#nick carraway erasure upsets me so#THE FOREHEAD TOUCH IT WAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING but it meant the world to me AND IT WAS RLLY OUT OF PLACE BC YKNOW nick carraway erasure#like even if a gatsby adaptation misses the plot i'll be satisfied if they keep nick a lil fruity#plus the shoehorned romance sublot with jordan wassss pretty jarring eeuuuhh#okay im done yapping I LOVE THISMUSICAL A LOT TRULY#the great gatsby#natsby#nick carraway#jay gatsby#the great gatsby musical#daiwild
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getting emotional over footage of an amateur scuba diver interacting with a coelacanth. they are hunted by large deepwater predators, and here comes a large creature bearing the brightest lights it's ever seen, making strange noises, but it does not shy away. it hovers, calmly, as the diver reaches out and trails a hand down its back. im strongly against the anthropomorphizing of real life animals but the stupid emotional part of me loudly insists this is because it recognizes us, the alternating movements of its four paired limbs matching the diver's four paired limbs, & it is thinking, "hello, cousins, we missed you these 66 million years, it's so good to see you again. welcome back, welcome home."
#[OBLIGATORY DISCLAIMER: he should NOT have touched the fish. do NOT touch random fish you find while scuba diving#especially if the fish is 6ft long & has sharp teeth#ESPECIALLY if the fish is a critically endangered species#being overwhelmed by the majesty of the coelcanth is understandable but that does not excuse his behavior]#[obligatory disclaimer 2: i know nothing about this guy; by 'amateur' i just mean he wasnt part of a scientific expedition at the time]#[obligatory disclaimer 3: i mean it wasnt CALM. its first dorsal fin was erect which we have reason to believe means it is on edge.#but it didnt flee like you would expect of a wild animal]#...disclaimers over. now im going to wail about how life began in the sea and we left & they stayed#& we thought they were gone & now we're finding our way back home to them#they are so beautiful and they are our family and they love us ok. they do i know it in my heart#coelacanth#Latimeria chalumnae#animals#andy original#ALSO I KNOW THEY HAVE 8 FINS by four paired limbs i mean the pelvic and pectoral the others arent paired they dont move like legs do
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boring paperwork.
#I love nothing more than casual touches of affection#loki#lokius#loki fanart#lokius fanart#loki layfeson#mobius#loki and mobius#my art#fanart#comic#digital art
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Mentally in shambles over the fact Warhorse wrote Hans Capon to be wildly obsessed with the wordplay and melodramatic gesticulation, the performance, of romance. So much so, in fact, that Hans -- a character soon revealed to be a profoundly and chronically lonely person -- attempts multiple times (in KCD1) to force himself to fall in love through gesture. He goes about this by throwing himself into overblown and meticulously executed courtship steps, insisting to himself this talking and gifting and formulaic flirtation (including sex) is what romance is, and that it will lead him to storybook feelings of love, to resolve his loneliness. Of course, it never does. It goes awry or fizzles out, and when he doesn't fall madly in love, Hans immediately loses interest and discards these former "loves of his life." Of course it does not resolve anything. It can't; that isn't how love works.
[KCD2 MAJOR ROMANCE SPOILERS UNDER THE CUT.]
Warhorse set this up with such diligence, skill, and care...
Only to knock it the fuck out of the park by delivering a transformational romance with Henry in KCD2 that is deliberately and utterly stripped of wordplay, courtship, and artifice. So much so that all Henry & Hans's flirting is done in the normal conversations, and the explicitly romantic lines deliver only plainspoken affirmations of truth, devotion, kindness, and loyalty.
I know some people feel this is not romantically satisfying, that it does not scratch the Romance Genre itch. I get that some players would have preferred more courtship, more I am dazzled by your beauty moments, and more sexiness to the sex. I understand; those rollicking moments are fun, and we had more of them in KCD1, when we we did not have the option to allow the characters in question to act on them. But I also disagree, deeply, with the takeaway that this approach cheapens the romance of Hans & Henry's story. On the contrary, I think this differentiates the temporary chase of romance (flirtation, pursuit, gesture, courting) from the everyday perpetual action of romance (being the Person of the one you love above all, constantly).
IMO, Hans and Henry got to build their puppy-love-affection in KCD1 through flirtations they did not treat with much seriousness, because flirtation is not serious expression of love. You can have these flirtations on top of and alongside the rest, sure. But it's just dressing and the opening of a door to something more truthful, more adult and much more consequential, a stage that is broken wide open in KCD2 when they face the possibility of losing each other over and over. And that, I would argue, is why Warhorse (and Henry/Hans) needed to pull back on the flirtation and push it to the sidelines in KCD2, to now treat the romantic performance like the dressing it always was, as just one component to romantic love and not its entirety or its essence. Because when we begin to understand the difference, when we reach the maturity of deep-seated love that only rarely runs beneath flirtation, we reach the kind of love that provides deep constancy. And it changes your entire life by changing the way you understand the world.
That, I argue, is why the Hans romance in KCD2 takes the shape and tone it does, and why focusing more on the old KCD1 fun-flirts they used to have would have diminished its potency. KCD2 is that ultimate stage in which Henry has shown Hans what it means to genuinely love someone, beneath and beyond the performance, perhaps for the first time in his life. And when the immensity of this love hits you, the enormity of its happiness and of the pending grief inherent to being living things who love each other, no language is sufficient.
And it's such an appropriate ending - even Hans Capon comes to rest with the understanding that there are no gifts or gestures or words to tie a pretty little bow on what it means.
What a fucking fantastic conclusion and what a grown-up take on love.
#kingdom come deliverance#kcd2 spoilers#hansry#hans capon#henry of skalitz#as far as my personal taste and understanding of love go nothing touches this in KCD or other games#and i don't say this to disparage - but nothing comes close
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beautiful woman gets another beautiful skin more at 4
#marvel rivals#xmen#xmen comics#wanda maximoff#scarlet witch#snap sketches#drawing this was so funny cause right on the canvas next to it i had hardcore old man yaoi sketched out vjlEAKVJEALKJ#my two moods i guess... beautiful womae and.. That. we expect this from me tho thats my brand atp#ANYWAY THIS SKIN IS SO PRETTYYYYYYYYYYY#haters will say its similar to the previous one but i disagree. for example i love the turtle neck more than the naked chest/neck#the old skin isnt bad but this one's just so much pretty for my eyes imo. AND ITS FREE#oh wanda i wish i was more willing to play you <- has a lord icon of her#listen i got that just to get it. i have not touched her since JVELKVJALEKJ IM SORRY#anyway yes hi i just wanted to sketch it real quick. nothing bombastic like i did the first time... forgive me..#i have a terrible meeting to attend to in an hour i predict it wont last much longer than ten minutes#but itll be the longest ten minutes of my lilfe. pray for me
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How would Spirit Touched Zuko from For the Spirits AU and Nonbeliever Zuko from Dandadan AU react to each other?


DDD Zuko did not sign up for this.
#dema answers#atla#avatar the last airbender#zuko#atla fanart#atla art#prince zuko#dandadan au#dandadan#for the spirits#new gods au#Spirit Touched Zuko#atla modern au#zuko art#zuko fanart#atla zuko#ponytail zuko#lu ten fanart#lu ten atla#lu ten#the painted lady#Izumi of Jang Hui#amarok#Mother Wolf#Nameless (unless you'd like a huge spoiler) spirit from Chapter V#blue spirit zuko#More like Possessed Zuko but more on that later#Poor FTS Zuko is so unimpressed with his counterpart. Poor boy is Done™ with his own situation already. He has to time for Kasai's moping.#Got cursed by a spirit? Well join the fucking club#Meanwhile Zuko Kasai is having a very very very mild crisis. Nothing to worry about. He'll just curl up on the floor and mope.
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" Then—laughter. "
(( FAHDADSHDDASD NOT PART OF THE STORY. N O . ))
#I'M SORRY FOR THE END PART HDFHSDH#but their thought & interactions are really worded so beautifully#twst#twisted wonderland#treyjade#trey clover#jade leech#fanart#fshdsh gomen mama clover fhsdh#honestly the clothes i draw is only looks good one time fhsdh#and now that i draw it in another angle i'm like i guess i didn't really have a good idea after all fhasdhsdh#how jade's mask hold that's a mystery by itself dhsdh#that collar supposedly represents waves but lmao#in a way they look like fern fhsdh#surely there are still better ways to depic their clothes fhsdh#beside that high collar is guarding trey's nape so badly fhsdh#they need to be touched#fsjdsh and to be honest i don't know how to style trey's hair anymore than his hair already is#so it's almost like nothing change just his bangs a little upwards#fanfic stash
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1.01 - "Pilot" | 6.11 - "The Finale"
#wwdits#wwditsedit#what we do in the shadows#wwdits fx#nandor x guillermo#nandermo#guillermo de la cruz#nandor the relentless#harvey guillén#kayvan novak#nandor#guillermo#1.01#6.11#gifs#mine#there are more hair brushing scenes through the series i just wanted the pilot and the finale ones specifically#that brush is Not touching hair in either scenes lol#god. the rituals. everything is the same except nothing is.
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so let's fade away together, one dream at a time 📼
fob vhs series
#HAPPY SRAR DAY!!!!!!!#i need everyone to know the red text overlay in hot to the touch is a literal picture of a hot pocket.#because fall out boy are nothing if not a serious band#and pixel is nothing if not an enabler#fobvhs#fall out boy#save rock and roll#my post
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“buffy ended the show single :)” ok but only because her current love interest just DIED!! (he near quite literally died in her arms! in sacrifice for her!) her last words of the entire series were telling him she loves him and then saying his name in admiration. she isn’t single; she’s a widow.
#spuffy#anti cookie dough#also lol just for clarity and so they don’t come here:#anti bangel#anti-bangel#this post inspired by nothing in particular#except the ongoing women need to be alone to be strong bullshit narrative by anti feminist JW#can’t believe so much of the fandom buys that#buffy anne summers LOVES love#she values romance in her life#look at the way she talks to and looks at and touches spike in s7#and TRY to tell me she just wanted to be alone#you can’t#that’s insane troll logic#and i’m so serious fking ANTI cookie dough!!#no one is ever done baking#ever#we all grow and change our entire lives and we deserve companionship while we do that#i’m not saying buffy needed to be ready to settle down#whatever that means#but she very clearly enjoyed having spike as a partner#as evidenced by the scene IMMEDIATELY after the cookie dough speech lol#and she should get to have a romantic partner who also wants her#ie spike#obligatory fandom and shippy tags:#spuffy is endgame#you’re the one buffy#i believe in you spike#btvs#buffy the vampire slayer
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steve having a cat that refuses to be touched by anyone but him (it tolerates robin by extension ofc bc it has accepted the reality that they’re a package deal), and eddie gets warned by the entire party that steve’s cat hates people who aren’t steve or robin. eddie’s fully prepared to get scratched the fuck up, but the cat’s almost as friendly with him as it is with steve. huh. weird.
meanwhile, steve’s poor cat is trying to figure out a way to get its owner to stop being so sad all the time, and when one of the strange people he spends time with makes steve smile, the cat is determined to keep him around at all costs.
#steve is lonely and the cat can sense it#matchmaker pets are so important to me they’re such an underutilized trope#dustin probably named the cat and is deeply offended that it doesn’t like him#however#the cat likes him just fine it just Does Not Like Being Touched by anyone but steve#stranger things#eddie munson#steve harrington#steddie#steve x eddie#robin buckley#there is nothing more important than platonic stobin#even the cat knows it
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"My son pulled a prank on teen girls now I'm stuck with him at home while the girls get to go on the next trip"



#Boys will be boys until men discipline their sons#Even if nothing really did happen in terms of touch those girls must have been shaken up#Religious retreats means they are run by a private organizations that can decide when who goes on the next trip
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exploding dog of true love 🧨🌌
my part of an art trade with @drabdoodler!! HI!!!! check out their art here
creds. words: richard siken inspiration: riotbones (it's sooo genuinely gorgeous. please check it out!!!)
thoughts and sketch under the cut!
first page:
i imagine the setting is pre-game, camping outside somewhere for the night. mira/odile/bonnie probably took their only tent or something idk.. suspension of disbelief!!
when thinking about love in any capacity, isa looks to the stars!! take that as you will :)
i decided not to connect the dots of the canis major constellation as a nod to the fact that neither isa nor siffrin would recognize it. it's simply naturally there in the sky, apart from the dog-shaped sky for viewing purposes !
originally the red/blue color palette was a faint nod to t4t isafrin but evidently i deviated away from that a lot,, HELP
second page:
each 4 point star in the background was meant to be another version of them? something something.. in every universe trope !
siffrin's supposed to resemble a supernova somewhat???
originally i figured siffrin would take off their eyepatch to sleep. i vetod this because drawing two eyes is hard, okay? thanks for reading my scattered ramblings... isafrin makes the brain spin 'round <3
#in stars and time#isat#isat fanart#isafrin#siffrin#isat isabeau#isat siffrin#in stars and time fanart#no spoilers#well#vague spoilers#for bad touch maybe#but nothing beyond act 4#because i haven't finished act 4 😭#artilite#artilite art
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