#trust me y'all

[peanut-with-wifi-access]

i want to watch Alastor suffer through Redemption. I want this road to being lined with burning coals that everyone is forced to drag him across together. I want him to suffer to earn it. I want everyone else to have to deal with it. I want kicking and screaming and Alastor trying to do so much evil to try and convince them he's a lost cause.

I don't want an easy happy ending.

Good thing neither does the show.

[loganlermanstanaccount]

girl u better be cooking up something michilen star level bc cheaters are always cheaters putting all my faith in u 😔

say peecock and nobody bats an eye.... say Miguel O'Hara has cheated before... and everyone loses their minds...

[heyjude19-writing]

HP Rec Fest: Day 31

Today's prompt from @hprecfest: A fave amongst faves

Ok, listen. I have been waiting (im)patiently for this day because I will literally never shut up about this fic.

Tin Angel by AraLuna

Pairing: Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy

Rating: M

Why I rec this: If you've followed me for any length of time, you've probably seen how I lose my shit over this story. It was last updated in 2009 and is unfinished and I will never give up hope that the author returns. I don't even care, it's that special of a story to me. This was one of the first post-war dramione stories I ever read and it's never left my mind since. It's a swoonworthy romance and all the literary references actually informed my entire reading list one summer. There are two smut scenes involving poetry that I will never get over. If you want to give an older fic a shot, this is the one. My favorite fic of all time.

[starlitangels]

Huxley and Damien announce that they’re together by each sending a pic to the D.A.M.N. fam group chat at the same time

Damien’s is a nice, sweet picture of his and Huxley’s hands intertwined

Huxley’s arrives a second later—and it’s a blurry shot of him swooping in from behind and kissing Damien’s cheek in selfie-mode while Damien obviously wasn’t expecting it

Neither of their expressions are terribly visible given how blurry it is, but Damien’s big, happy, relaxed smile is pretty plain to see

And literally within seconds the first reply is Freelancer’s, “F^&*ING FINALLY!!!”

Lasko offers sincere congratulations and Gavin makes some fitting innuendo I’m not clever enough to come up with before Freelancer sends a damn novella (how did they type that so fast with their thumbs?) about how they’ve been waiting forever for those two to admit their feelings and they’re so happy for their friends but for heaven’s sake it’s been torture watching the mutual pining for almost a gatdang year

All around joy and happiness for the found family, Your Honor

Freelancer also gets teased for censoring their text—they did it because it was funnier to them

[dannydotexe]

Y'all... they have a SFM model for Juan/El Rubio...

The day I learn how to make SFM pictures/animations, it's over for y'all 😈

[portraitofadumbassonfire]

Me being happy that one of the firefighters on the firefighter show is finally canonically Bi despite never watching a single episode:

[mobius-m-mobius]

#oh he's on that leash all right 💀😳

[finemealprompt]

DP x DC Prompt #15

Danny didn't realize not everyone sees ghosts. That when the portal had opened, it has released so much radiation everyone in the town had been affected. He just thought everyone could see ghosts.

In the aftermath of a battle with the League, one of his rogue's decided it was a perfect opportunity to show up and cause Danny problems.

He was confused why Superman restricted him mid-fight. Superman was ... asking him if he was okay? And why he was shooting at the air and talking to nobody?

Now, how did Danny explain to them that he was fighting ghosts they couldn't see without revealing his halfa status.

[vasira96]

some commissions 💜✨

[cinna-bunnie]

hey. i look cute today yes? yes ♡⁠

[unicone0crem]

ladies and gentlemen *posts*

they're married! plus I'm back :D

[redysetdare]

If you're first response to a repulsed person's identity is "As long as you're not sex/romance negative" then you don't ACTUALLY support repulsed people. if you're first response is basically "this is the qualification you have to meet for me to view your identity as valid and it's up to my interpretation on if you reach this unknown criteria" then you don't actually support repulsed people.

you can't go around saying how repulsed people are valid ONLY IF they're the "good ones" that's not how that works buddy.

[2aceofspades]

Set it ablaze

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The story continues...

And it'll get more interesting, I swear! Just a bit slow going...for now.

[general-cyno]

apparently it's the 15th anniversary of zoro's sacrifice in thriller bark (not sure if manga or anime though) so yknow. time for more zolu of course

one of the many things about zoro and luffy is that despite how their approach to certain situations might differ at times, they're still pretty similar at their core, sometimes to a comical degree (see: their definition of what a hero is back in fish man island arc). and this understanding of how the other works is what leads to moments like jaya,

this little one in water 7/enies lobby,

and follows consistently all the way to wano arc.

and I was thinking the other day about how their childhoods too kinda mirror or parallel each other's in a way that emphasizes (to me, at least) how special zoro's particular protectiveness toward luffy is, and why luffy relying on zoro that way is just as special.

the specifics of their childhood stories are different but both luffy and zoro have a turning point of sorts that's marked with the grief and loss of sabo and kuina, respectively, which leads them to say these:

(I cropped the panels, but luffy's also crying here)

it's important to note zoro and luffy had dreams/aspirations before this, to become the greatest swordsman and luffy's secret thing that we've yet to learn about (that ace, sabo and the crew now know). however, losing kuina and sabo is what prompts them to, on top of that, strive to become stronger for other people's sake. for zoro, it's his way to honor his friend and fulfill their shared dream. for luffy, it's to avoid losing the people he loves.

throughout the story, zoro and luffy end up expressing similar frustration and sentiments due to this. there's zoro innerly chiding himself for being too weak as he trains in the aftermath of arcs like little garden, alabasta and thriller bark, where the crew get stuck in situations in which zoro isn't able to help as he wishes he could (the wax cake, the sea prism stone cell, kuma). there's luffy swearing he won't lose a single member of his crew even if it kills him (the davy back fight) and reproaching himself for not being able to save any of the straw hats in sabaody, with the worst of it right after losing ace in marineford.

(and man do I have thoughts about bon turning into zoro, out of all the straw hats, back in impel down.)

anyway. as to why all of this is meaningful - when zoro agrees to join luffy, he mentions that his goal to become the greatest swordsman is all he has. yet as the straw hats go from journey to journey, and with a certain emphasis in luffy, you can see how zoro's view slowly shifts. he's now driving himself to become strong to protect them as well, to the point he's willing to set aside his ambition and offer his own head in exchange for luffy's, if it means he can ensure luffy's life and safety. that's huge. as mihawk inwardly points out, zoro has something, someone he values even more than his ambitions and pride. and it's through his adventures with luffy and the crew that he becomes closer to achieving that initial dream of his.

whenever people wonder why zoro's as loyal as he is to luffy, aside from all the reasons why luffy as a character has earned that loyalty through his actions, I also remember that one line koushiro said to zoro in a flashback: "the pinnacle of swordsmanship is the power to protect what one wishes to protect and cut what one wishes to cut. a blade that injures all that it touches isn't really a sword." while sure, it works in the context of later power ups like haki, imo it perfectly captures zoro's character growth too and what luffy's given him. the current zoro isn't lost or directionless with only one purpose in mind or to live for, bounty hunting as a means to survive. he has a home to return to, people to cherish, to protect and keep getting stronger for, people who nurture him in turn. kuina's death is something zoro couldn't have prevented, and losing people in accidents like those is something that could happen again, but still within the limits of what's preventable - zoro can protect his friends now.

as for luffy... zoro kinda steals the spotlight when it comes to grand gestures of loyalty/devotion and being the MC of the story means luffy fights for different people (both crew and non crew), carrying their wishes and hopes as if they were his own. he gets help and learns from others as well and all members of the crew are important for luffy to achieve his dream one way or the other, but the way he relies on zoro specifically is so subtly meaningful to me. we don't get as much insight on luffy's inner thoughts, still, we do have context.

for someone like luffy, who is at his innermost genuinely terrified of being alone and losing the people he loves, the fact that he trusts zoro to protect and keep everyone safe (even luffy himself) is so good. as shown above, luffy vowed to become strong in the first place to ensure he'd never go through loss like sabo's again and this vow is all the more renewed after ace's death. luffy has to be strong for everyone but... the fact that he can trust zoro to follow his lead even when others might not understand his reasons to do x or y, that he's so unwavering in his faith that zoro will protect the others when luffy can't, entrusting the people he cares about to zoro, whom luffy also cherishes - it's all pretty special. everyone in the crew has their strengths and zoro may not be the only fighter, but all of them, including sanji, fall under his protection whenever it's needed.

it's not only about raw strength though. zoro's also there to set luffy straight and remind him of what's important when the circumstances arise, like in water 7 or punk hazard. and even when they don't necessarily agree, like wrt vivi's situation after the reverie in marijoa, luffy knows when zoro's right and acquiesces (albeit grumbling a little) because, once again, he's also aware that zoro wouldn't just risk everyone's safety. luffy listens to him. and their reunion in wano too, luffy's sheer happiness at the sight of him again, is a very clear example of how much luffy adores zoro even beyond all that.

although luffy isn't aware of what happened in thriller bark (that we know of), zoro's actions are proof of why luffy trusts, has faith in, and relies on zoro as much as he does and why it's so important for luffy to have him by his side, considering how afraid he is of being unable to keep his loved ones safe. this is more on a speculative note, but I can imagine how comforting that must be for luffy - to not shoulder that on his own.

happy anniversary!

[uninspired--poet]

I have something I need to say:

[redacted]

[skrunksthatwunk]

landing