#we’re not surprised are we?

[hopelessromantic5]

Opening to a very long fic that I’ve been working on forever.

Merlin and Arthur meet as young teenagers instead of young adults. They grow and mature together. Arthur being aware of his magic the entire time. Also Igraine lives because I love her.

As far back as he could remember, life as a human, for Arthur Pendragon, was confusing.

When he celebrated his 5th name-day, and was gifted a brand new sparkling mirror for his chambers, Arthur would sit for hours looking at himself. At his body, wondering what was going on inside that he could not see, but could feel. The constant beat of his heart, the expanding of his lungs as he drew breath, of course he didn’t know the names of all these things yet, but he knew they were important. They must be, to be locked in a cage of bone and flesh. To be hidden from the world.

Some days, Arthur would peer into the looking glass and would not recognize himself. As if he were looking at a stranger, or a mythical creature that his mother liked to tell him stories of. It seemed so foreign, to have hands that flex and move muscles all the way up his arms, to stand on two legs and walk about the world, trying to do what, exactly? His young brain was attempting to compute things that no one has just one answer for.

There were times when Arthur could feel his mortality and physical limits like cold iron bars, he didn’t have a name for it, yet it always settled into his chest and left him staring at his canopy, unable to sleep.

But other times…

Other times he felt like he could fly off the ramparts, or take on an army with a hand tied behind his back. As he grew older, he learned to request leave from his father to practice riding when he felt this way.

By 10 summers, Arthur was more proficient with horses than most adult nobles, and nearly up to par with the infamous knights of Camelot.

His training started a year later.

[starbylers]

Do people not realise that using Vecna tormenting Will about his complicated feelings towards El to make Will out to be a bad person who just hates her is literally exactly what Vecna does lmfao. That’s his whole MO—he digs into the character’s pain and twists things, convinces them their worst thoughts and fears are who they truly are, tries to make them succumb to the black hole of their trauma. He doesn’t reveal some secret dark evil truth in the person, he exploits their internalised suffering and tells them they are an awful person for it. I fear the point of the show went straight over some heads…….

[mayasdeluca]

BTS from Station 19: 7x08

[jeanmoreaue]

I agree!! *an incoherent rant incoming* Jean imo def moved on from Kevin (in a romantic way; i think he’s not moved on from the whole ‘Kevin left me’ thing ofc but I think he obviously knows and accepts that he and Kevin won’t ever happen lol). And that scene with Renee was obviously a closure/farewell and they’ve moved on to being friends now (also imo while i like their dynamic i feel like they’d never work bc of the whole victim saviour complex, that’d be really uncomfortable and hard to overcome). Jeremy seems like he’s able to handle Jean’s crazy baggage without placating him too much or pushing him too hard. He definitely needs to work on his own shit first (i feel like the way he went all in on helping Jean is kind of giving ‘I am avoiding my problems by getting too involved in others’ problems’) but I think Jean will be the perfect person to help him with that! As you said he’s super perceptive and honestly very empathetic even if he doesn’t show it in the most obvious way. Jeremy would probably really appreciate Jean’s brutally honest approach lol. They’re lowkey perfect for each other ☹️ TSC2 can’t come soon enough

hardcore agree on every single point you made!! i feel exactly the same about Jean and Renee, as much as their dynamic is sweet, i think it would be really difficult to overcome Jean feeling indebted to her (whereas Jean and Jeremy are both growing together) + ya i think Jean has very complicated feelings toward Kevin but i don’t think he’s actively yearning over Kevin anymore

and exactlyy i definitely imagine Jean quietly picking up on whatever Jeremy’s going through and expressing concern only for Jeremy to try and pull a “my problems aren’t that bad and therefore don’t matter” which i don’t see Jean accepting. especially since Jean has an ‘older brother who cares more about other people’s well-being more than his own well-being’ vibe (underneath his slightly prickly attitude lol) i think Jeremy and Jean are really good for each other, Kevin subconsciously knew what he was doing by having Jean transfer to USC 🤨

[edge-oftheworld]

being in the 5sos fandom is a lot like trying to track the movements of a wild animal in the woods using one of those cameras that’s pretending to be a rock and then we all gush about the footage when we see it like we’re all taking our turns to be David Attenborough

[tsnbrainrot]

How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook? (2011) Andrew Garfield & Jesse Eisenberg

[novelconcepts]

I love events where all my siblings show up, cuz we’re just so goddamn queer. It’s a 4:1 situation in our favor, minimum. There are days where the only heterosexual in the room is our mother. Gay jokes abound like breathing. Yesterday, my straight brother was reminiscing about falling down the stairs while holding our younger enby sibling, and without missing a beat, that sibling went, “So it’s YOUR fault I don’t know if I’m a boy or a girl!” Truly, this is comedy you do not get when 2/3rds of your family isn’t gay, trans, or both. We are rainbow blessed as fuck.

[pansyfemme]

im. 💖

[gladiolus-cat]

we’ve been having a bit of a moment with art, so. 17.

I know that makes no sense but lmao. we’re just really inspired by pretty men and also dragon ball. mostly, this was just for fun.

we recently did a dumb exercise where we looked at all the art we loved from others, and listed the features we wanted to steal (use in our own art). so, we’re gonna try some more things on that list lol.

this was a try at a couple smaller things, mostly texture and working on our clothing and shading. and trying the white eyelash thing; still don’t know how we feel about it.

[fakeoutbf]

five stages of grief but it’s five stages of social anxiety

[thatsalotoftoons]

me hearing news abt a possible sonic 3 trailer being posted tmrw even though we have a little over 7 months before the films actual release

[stuckinapril]

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[farrowkeene]

ITS TIME AGAIN MY LOVELIES 💗 drop your surprise song guesses for houston n1 !! and if you’re right i’ll give you a precious prize (an internet kiss on the cheek by means of shoutout and taylor gif)

going to continue my manifestation: shouldve said no and i did something bad are my guesses

[peachcitt]

actually if goncharov were real it would never live up to the standards the insane tumblrinas have built it up to be. there is a triangle of homoeroticism, political commentary, and inevitably tragic in which any live, real adaptation would only conceivably be able to achieve two of to their fullest extent. added on to the fact that this is a film that supposedly is filmed and takes place in the seventies makes the possibility of it truly containing all aspects of what we have made it out to be even more far fetched. however, tumblr has been able to spin gold on far more real and disappointing media than goncharov through its analyses of media such as supernatural, sherlock, and a secret third piece of media that the subsequent creation and analyses of the ‘greatest mafia movie of all time’ goncharov is simply a natural step that tumblr as an ecosystem is willing to take. in this essay i will,

[your-local-grinning-cat]

How do you find the will to smile everyday?

Depends on the day and sometimes even the moment.

Currently, it’s because I’m simultaneously being an absolute menace to my good friend Foxy and also making Rook Hunt die a little inside! 😸

[jooniez]

‘so far away, you’re gone / getting far away / too far away, you’re gone / I know I have to know’ and ‘they say life’s a struggle between resistance and submission / I say it’s a struggle against loneliness / if you can’t hold it back it’s okay to cry / you’re already more than enough to be loved’ these lyrics are so beautiful please YOONGI I LOVE YOUUU!!!!