#trying to finish it tonight

[moonshine-nightlight]

Last Line Tag

I like participating in these, but i either answer them right away or not for a week lol - thanks @snowkissedmonsters!

Rules: Post the last line(s) you wrote/edited.

For the next chapter of Nothing's Wrong with Dale:

"I suppose that reminds me, do you wish for me to call you by another name?”

“Hm?” He half turns towards you, but continues to look so clearly inhuman. Its fascinating what light and shadow can do to change a person.

You’re not scared of him, but you are somewhat intimidated by the gap in your experiences. How much you still don’t know of him as even this basic question demonstrates. “I only meant for when we’re alone, of course. But you must have a name besides ‘Dale’?” As soon as you clarify, you start to second guess yourself. What did you know of demons and their naming conventions. You’ve heard tell that names mean something to them. Or that they use them differently? But what was rumor and what was fact, you’ve no notion.

“Oh!” Dale turns fully away from the fire, looking startled, and you realize he’s returned to looking fairly human. His eyes must be the hardest to control. They still seem to have a glimmer of firelight in them. After he gets over his surprise, he appears to give it a brief second or two of thought before shaking his head. “No, I don’t mind Dale.” You breathe out a sigh of relief that you didn’t accidentally offend him. He continues, “We didn’t have names as such in the Depths, not permanent ones. Names, if you wish to call them, were to reflect who you were in a context. In this context, I am Dale of Northridge.”

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No idea who to tag that hasn't already been tagged - @nessiefromspace? @vaya-writes ? No pressure though - whoever wants to be tagged can jump in.

[hello-kuni]

my feelings on this threesome kinktober fic keep changing

[bamsara]

DRIVING STOP. AND NOW. FOOD

[motherdanger]

Mandy has a type 😏

Reference:

[autisticaradiamegido]

day 100

genres of magical girl

[finncakes]

fearnie <3

[uhbasicallyjustmilex]

x

[redrobin-detective]

So I've been listening to my two favorite songs from Hadestown, Wait For Me (Reprise) and Road to Hell (Reprise), on loop for a few days. And on my 400th listen something occurred to me.

Orpheus was writing his song to "make spring come again". He wanted to "fix what's wrong, take what's broken and make it whole." His entire purpose was to write "a song so beautiful it brings the whole world back into tune." (From Come Home with Me).

And he did. Using his love for Eurydice, he was able to finish his song, his masterpiece. But the cost of his dedication to his music meant his love went hungry and went to Hadestown for food and shelter.

He hoped his love and his music would be strong enough to save her, a task we know was ultimately futile but we still sing about it because maybe one day it will be different but also... He did make spring come again. He helped Hades be more secure in his love for Persephone so she could stay on Earth long enough for their to BE a spring. He did take a broken, strained marriage and help them communicate, make them whole. He did bring the whole world back into tune when he sang their song and another pair of distanced lovers began to dance after so long of arguing.

Everyone else got their happy ending but him and Eurydice.

He did not fail, he just not could not imagine that his song didn't have room for his own happiness. It's a reminder that for every triumph there is tragedy, every repaired relationship there is a breakup and that while it may be spring somewhere, somewhere else it is winter. I don't know, that idea of mixed blessing tragedies in the story intrigued me. Because someone's worst day may be someone's best. And that is why we must always sing these songs, to remember on the bright days and to get us through the darkness and to know, someday, spring will come again.

[dandelion-roots]

[ID: a digital drawing of chuuya and dazai from bungou stray dogs. in the main image, dazai is sitting on a metal counter in a nurse's office, his arms behind him to support him and knees spread so that chuuya can clean his wounds. he has bandages and scars on his arms and bare torso and is wearing white pants and white shoes. with a bored expression he says, hurry up. chuuya, who's opening a green bottle and is standing in front of the counter, shouts, wait a fucking minute, asshole, i'm not your damn nurse! in a smaller follow-up panel dazai shouts, you shot me! and chuuya is looking away while sweating and shouting back, you were being a shit. end ID]

the price of engaging in homoeroticism via shooting you 'old friend' THREE FUCKING TIMES more than necessary is, um... *checks notes* having to patch him up five minutes later whilst staring at his bare chest and then having to set his leg, thus literally putting him back on his feet to do his dramatic victory reveal??? this can't be right who wrote this

[chrisrin]

nepeta!! :3

[gobstoppr]

more harm than good

alt ver. under the cut

[pinkrose787]

Currently writing a Groppy fic and I am loving how many interactions between Poppy and Branch go down almost exactly like this:

Branch *internally*: I really love Poppy, but she'll never love me back.

Poppy: (Holding Branch's face) I love you so so very much. I want to be with you always.

Branch *internally*: That could mean literally anything except that she loves me back.

[loveshotzz]

a sneak peek at your blurb poll winner!

[superfallingstars]

a late valentine's day post featuring snetunia for @seriousbrat and @tax-onomic. also yes i've been rewatching arrested development what of it

[forasecondtherewedwon]

What began as a sweet pining fic has swiftly become a story about Colin going insane and jerking off.

[fuckspn]

it's one thing to abstractly understand how bad the finale is as an outside observer and another thing entirely to actually watch season 15 and realize just how badly the finale derailed the story they were building. i'm not even talking about the destiel of it all or the cas erasure (both of which are travesties in their own rights), i'm talking about how dean's all-consuming rage and existential dread at the revelation that he's been nothing but a hamster on a wheel chuck built for him is the driving force of the entire season, every character's choices and actions revolving around dean's burning, unstoppable desire to destroy his cage and finally live instead of just acting out the story written for him the way he has his entire life. and then when he actually gets that freedom he just... keeps going on monster-of-the-week hunts exactly like he did when chuck was in charge before dying a preventable death at age 41. he was so determined to live life on his terms and then he just didn't. like genuinely what was the fucking point of making god the villain and having the boys overthrow him if it wasn't gonna change anything about how they lived their lives? it would make for a great tragedy--the realization that it doesn't matter if god or fate or the narrative is controlling your life, because in the end you wouldn't have made different choices than they did, and so you're forced to accept that there is no version of your life where you do things right, this is just who you are and god was right about you and you can't blame anyone but yourself anymore--but this show isn't smart enough to do that on purpose.