#where people pick sides and make memes and art

[re-bee-key]

This years Skeleton War is against The Wizard Council

Time to pick your side!

Will you join the Council, with their big hats and reality bending spells?

Or will you join the legion of boney fiends? Their number seemingly limitless as any death adds to their every growing might.

Two major supernatural memes will come head to head as You the people decide who will reign supreme. To Arms!

[wombywoo]

Ok! I've finally decided to put together a (somewhat) comprehensive tutorial on my latest art~

Please enjoy this little step-by-step 💁‍♀️

First things first--references!

Now I'm not saying you have to go overboard, but I always find that this is a crucial starting point in any art piece I intend on making. Especially if you're a detail freak like me and want to make it as realistic as possible 🙃

As such, your web browser should look like this at any given point:

Since this is a historical piece, it means hours upon hours of meaningless research just to see what color the socks are, but...again. that isn't, strictly, necessary 😅

Once I've compiled all my lovely ref pics, I usually dump them into a big-ass collage ⬇️

(I will end up not using half of these, alas :'D)

Another reference search for background material, and getting to showcase our models of choice for this occasion~

When picking a reference for an actor or model, the main thing I keep in mind (besides prettiness 🤭) is lighting and orientation. Because I already kinda know what pose I'm gonna go with for this piece, I can look for specific angles that might fit the criteria. I should mention that I am a reference hound, and my current COD actor ref folder looks like this:

Also keep in mind, if you're using a ref that you need to flip, make sure you adjust accordingly. This especially applies to clothing, as certain things like pants zippers and belt buckles can be quite specific ☝️

Now that we've spent countless hours googling, it's time to start with a rough sketch:

It doesn't have to be pretty, folks, just a basic guideline of where you want the figures to be.

The next step is to define it more, and I know this looks like that 'how to draw an owl' meme, but I promise--getting from the loose sketch above to below is not that difficult.

Things to keep in mind are--don't go too in-depth with the details, because things are still subject to change at this point. In terms of making a suitable anatomically-correct sketch, I would suggest lots of studying. This doesn't even have to be things like figure drawing, I genuinely look at people around me for inspiration all the time. Familiarize yourself with the human form, and things like weight, proportions, posing will seem a little more feasible.

It's also important at this stage to consider your composition. Remember to flip the canvas frequently to make sure you're not leaning to one side too often. I'm sure something can be said for the spiral fibonacci stuff, which I don't really try to do on purpose, but I think keeping things like symmetry and balance in mind is a good start ✌️

Next step is just blocking in the figures. Standard. No fuss 👍

Now onto the background!

It's frankly hilarious how many people thought I was *hand-drawing* these maps and stuff 😂😂 I cannot even begin to comprehend how insanely difficult that would be. So yeah, we're just taking the lazy copy and paste way out 🤙

I almost always prepare my backgrounds first, and this is mostly to get a general color scheme off the bat. For collage work, it's really just a matter of trial and error, sticking this here, slapping this there, etc. I like to futz around with different overlay options until I've found a nice arrangement. Advice for this is just--go nuts 🤷‍♀️

Next, I add a few color adjustments. I tend to make at least 2 colors pop in an art piece, and low and behold, they usually tend to be red and blue ❤️💙There's something about warm/cool vibes, idk man..

Now we move on to coloring the figures. This is just a basic block and fill, not really defining any of the details yet.

Next, we add some cursory values. Sloppy airbrush works fine, it'll look better soon I promise 🙏

And now--rendering!

I know a lot of beginner artists are intimidated by rendering, and I can totally understand why. It's just one of those things you have to commit to 💪

I've decided to show a brief process of rendering our dear Johnny's face here:

Starting off, I usually rely on the trusty airbrush just to get some color values going. Note--I've kept my sketch layer on top, but feel free to turn it on and off as you work, so as to not be too bound to the sketch. For now, it's just a guideline.

This next stage may look like a huge jump, but it's really just adding more to the foundation. I try to think of it like putting on make-up in a way~ Adding contours, accentuating highlights. This is also where I start adding in more saturation, especially around areas such as ears, nose and lips. Still a bit fuzzy at this point, but that's why we keep adding to it 💪

A boy has appeared! See--now I've removed most of the line layer, and it holds up on its own. I'll admit that in order to achieve this realistic style, you'll need lots and lots of practice and skill, which shouldn't be discouraging! Just motivate yourself with the prospect of getting to look at pretty men for countless hours 🙆‍♀️

I'll probably do a more in-depth explanation about rendering at some point, but let's keep this rolling~

Moving forward is just a process of adding to the figures bit by bit. I do lean towards filling in each section from top to bottom, but you can feel free to pop around to certain parts that appeal to you more. I almost always do the faces first though, because if they end up sucking, I feel less guilty about scrapping it 😂 But no--I think he's pretty enough to proceed 😚

They're coming together now 🙆‍♀️ Another helpful tip--make sure you reuse color. By that, I mean--try to incorporate various colors throughout your piece, using the eyedropper tool to keep a consistent palette. I try to put in bits of red and blue where I can

Here they are fully rendered! Notice I've made a few subtle changes from the sketch, like adjusting the belt buckles because I made a mistake 😬 Hence why you shouldn't put too much stock in your initial sketch~

The next step is more of a stylistic choice, but I usually go over everything with an outline, typically in a bright color like green. Occasionally, I can just use my initial line layer, but for this, I've made a brand new, cleaner line 👍

And the final step is adjusting the color and adding some text:

Tada!! It's done!

All in all, this took me the better part of a week, but I have a lot of free time, so yeah ✌️

I hope you appreciated that little walkthrough~ I know people have been asking me how I do my art, but the truth is--I usually have no clue how to explain myself 😅 So have this half-assed tutorial~

As a bonus, here is a cute (cursed) image of Johnny without his mustache:

A baby, a literal infant child !!! who put this wee bairn on the front lines ??! 😭

Anyway! peace out ✌️

[yermes]

Hi Girlies I just payed for my groceries for the week in coins (not really I would never do that to a poor cashier I rolled them up and deposited them first so) ANYWAYS reminders on how to be resourceful even in times of stress.

Pick a meme

Art 🛠️

Yesod through Tiphareth, Fire, Sagittarius

This card represents the art of alchemy and achieving an equilibrium. A counter card to the devil if you will. The figure also has the words VISITA INTERIORA TERRAE RECTIFICANDO INVENIES OCCULTUM LAPIDEM. “Visit the interior parts of the earth: by rectification thou shalt find the hidden stone” And each starting letter makes V.I.T.R.I.O.L which people believe is no accident seeing it represents a mathematical universal solvent. 726=6 X 112=33 x 22 All these small details represent creation, alchemy, and the great work. While this card is representative of combining two halves it is also representative of splicing two halves apart. Put your DIY mask on and unearth some alchemical truths. Since its a counter card to the devil its less do what you want. More like here are two things. Make em werk.

The Empress 🗽

Chokmah through Binah, Venus, Taurus

Unlike how you may encounter divine femininity in a shadow work session where it slaps you and spits in your face. This card represents a more friendly side to that. Definitely a very matron archetype. A big part of this card is living life with an emotional basis. Use this to your advantage. Do not succumb to delusion but live the reality of it.

Success 🥊

Six of disks, moon in Taurus, Tiphareth in earth

Think of the six like a more mature four. Generally five means disaster but now you entered some form of security and you can utilize that with your knowledge of past disasters for the future. Because knowing us its always something. Use that wisdom queen. We may take some Ls but use those Ls to land on your feet 👏

[thekuraning]

Fic ask

4, 13, 20!

HELLO MY FAVORITE PROFESSOR ELM STAN THANK U FOR THE MEMES!!! hey actually these are all ones i havent thought about so made me put on my THINKIN CAP. and hey actually actually this got really long really fast so im PUTTING IT UNDER A READ MORE!!!

4. a story idea you haven't written yet

Ok so like. I've got these two ideas kicking around in my head from time to time that I'm like. Still kind of workshopping. One is a fanfic and one is an original fic. But basically I've had in my head since forever (10 years of Big Thinking) about a big Digimon sort of odyssey that originally started as a Pokemon x Digimon crossover where I took the Rocket executives and shoved them into the digital world. I have a whole world built for it already and a central sort of issue/theme revolving around a power struggle between the Demon Lords and the Royal Knights. The Royal Knights control HUB City, which is the major settlement in the continent, the Demon Lords control the Dark Lands, and kind of like usual they all want to wipe each other out. There's eventually a viral sort of glitch that starts to deteriorate the digital world and jumps to the real world.

Part of my problem is I've wanted to make it a comic or at the very least an illustrated fic and part of the problem is I'm trying to decide if I want to keep it as a crossover or just slap some new names onto the execs bc i gotta be real, the pokemon world and other pokemon characters. do not feature. at all.

its really just an excuse for me to give petrel a digimon.

anyways they all have full evolution lines planned, i've got a few major story beats, plot points, and the major final twist decided on. i also have 5 amvs that i play in my head on a loop when i drive to and from work.

also in this fic some digimon are gay (stingmon and flamedramon makeout sessions when) and trans (crusadermon, trans queen) ive decided

i think ive posted old art before extending the au to some characters and for my perfworld mutuals if youve seen my sycamore + dukemon art before that specific dukemon is also from this au. ive also got a fic i did publish where i workshopped a little bit of HUB city & a few side characters

i am now realizing i meant to also talk about the original fic i have planned and that one is a short story about a serial killer who murders hitchhikers picking up a hitchhiking serial killer and that one is less planned out but i know they sloppy kiss in the end

13. a fandom you're thinking about writing for

so like besides pokemon and tiger & bunny & digimon there's none i actively have fic ideas for, but some fandoms I think I'd like to revisit are Sonic and Zelda. Actually I had a Zelda fic I abandoned back on FFNet that I'd like to take another crack at one day where the premise was it was a modern setting based on the OOT/TP Hyrule (mostly OOT) where magic and fairies and such are regarded as superstition sort of the same way they are now, and the wondrous races (Goron, Zora, Kokiri/Korok, etc. even the Sheika to some extent) had all died out, leaving pretty much just the human races like Hylian, Terminian, Gerudo, etc. (In this case Termina is legitimately a neighboring kingdom/country and not limbo/purgatory ok??) And the kicker was Link was like. a hardcore atheist. but i think i remember people getting mad at me bc i made his legal name "Mahas" which I MUST IMPLORE YOU. THIS IS CANONICALLY HIS NAME AS OF SKYWARD SWORD. BELIEVE IT OR NOT THERE WAS AN ATTEMPT TO BUILD A PSEUDO LANGUAGE IN SKYWARD SWORD. WE KNOW HIS NAME IS MAHAS BECAUSE IN THE BEGINNING WHEN FI IS JUST CALLING HIM LINK AND NOT MASTER LINK HER VOICE LINES ARE EVER ONLY MAHAS. ONCE SHE BEGINS CALLING HIM MASTER LINK ANY TIME IT APPEARS ON SCREEN SHE SAYS "MAARI MAHAS." SO IM RIGHT OK FUCK OFF IM RIGHT. DIE MAD FFNET. DIE. MAD.

ahem.

im normal now.

anyways yeah i'd like to write for elder scrolls again too i think but like. something more original than the supernatural/TESIV Oblivion retelling crossover i tried once.

You can find that one on my ao3 but im not linking it.

20. in what year did you publish your first fic?

In the year of our lord 2005 (pensive emoji)(raised fist emoji) I published a... fic of some kind to FFNet.

You won't find it anymore, I deleted it a long time ago! I'm not sure if it was 'Rocket Road Trip' or 'The Rebellion,' but it was one of those. I used to write a ton of OC team rocket fics, and this was back in the day when the Rocket Executives had no name so you either thought there was 1 guy exec and 1 girl exec or you thought each exec encounter in GSC was a different person, and that was me. So I gave them all names and threw them into a truck together and i think in the very first chapter they were leaving the Team Rocket HQ and they ran over and left to die the OC who would later go on to be repurposed into Proton except his name was Steve then and he was a special classification of trainer class that I called a "Random Rocket," and the thing about Random Rockets was they all had very generic names (Steve, Bob, Juan, I think there was a Nancy once but she never got to show up in a fic or rp?) but the OTHER thing about Random Rockets was no one knew what they looked like because canonically their faces were all censored with a big ass mosaic effect (this was written, not draw.)

anyways farla cussed me out on 3 or 4 different fics back when she used to cuss out literal children so I deleted all my fics from 2005 - 2008 and then I deleted more of them when I went to college.

don't be like farla.

edit: self-plugging my old FFNet account for the lulz. yes it is i, the original author of Slowpoke Tails and Koffing Fumes.

[yuchiyo]

@ no one else can make my heart swoon like you do ! — random relationship headcanons

chars. xiao, hu tao x gn! reader (separated)

warnings. no beta we die like my old classroom’s air conditioner when it’s in the middle of fucking summer, lowercase intended, kinda angsty in xiao’s part if you squint hard enough

a/n: the title is a lyric from every time around by vansire. also new format yaya

#! xiao

now, how did you even managed to date him in the first place, i do not know. no one knows. not even him.

if i’m being honest it’s near impossible for him to ever date anyone.

due to him being afraid that his karmic debt will transfer to other people, so he stays away from them as much as possible.

so unless you’re someone who’s associated with the adepti or work at wangshu inn, you’re quite unlikely to ever meet him.

in the start of the relationship, he will be quite distant, he acts like nothing more than a friend to you, if you know what i mean. (i mean this is expected coming from a xiao)

others around you probably wouldn’t ever know that you both were dating especially if you’re not the touchy type. unless you tell them yourself about it, that is.

if you were to initiate any type of affection with him, especially by surprise, he will jump. like a cat.

he won’t reciprocate the affection, but he won’t let go or try to stop you either. he’ll just be.. very tense.

he appreciates and enjoys them. he simply isn’t used to getting and giving affections.

further into the relationship, he will be the one to initiate affections first more.

well, i mean, not really. but he will be the one (shyly) asking you for a kiss/hug etc.

he’ll still be relying on you to be the one who will initiate a kiss or hug him first.

the moments where he is the one to actually initiate them first are very very rare.

and that rare moments are always when you’re asleep (booooo)

due to xiao having a touch-starved nature, you would often find him seeking for your affections and comfort. or at least, presence.

he won’t be able to be your side much, thanks to his yaksha duties. so when he is by your side, he would bask in your presence as much as he can, even though he won’t be direct about it.

xiao is clingy, much more than what he allows others (including you) to see.

#! hu tao

would probably give you the “buy one coffin get one coffin free” coupon for your first date anniversary.

since there are no people who has taken up on that offer hu tao probably still has a lot of the coupons stored so she decided to just give one to you.

well at least you got a gift, right?

naturally, as her s/o, you would often get dragged onto.. her business.

no you’re not gonna get asked to talk with the death or something.

it’s mostly just people begging you to stop hu tao on keeping on bothering others with her coffins sale offers.

not like you’re gonna be able to anyway.

during her free time, hu tao likes to make poetries about you.

they somehow always end up with stuffs related to death, coffins, ghosts, and funerals.

not in a bad way, no. it’s like, she, for some reason, somehow, compared and related sweet and adorable things you both did with coffins and ghosts.

i can’t give you an example i’m bad at poetry.

if you’re scared of ghosts, hu tao will definitely pull pranks on you like how she likes to prank xiangling. especially if you’re easy to scare off.

this often results to you and xiangling planning revenge pranks on her together.

hu tao’s favorite pick-up lines are, as you guessed, the ones related to.. well, her job.

disagree with me if you want, but i can definitely see her doing excessive poses when saying pick-up lines.

you know the “konnichiwa beauty-chan, kimi and watashi. tonight. *wink*” meme? yeah. yeah that’s her, but make her say a death and coffins related pick-up line

the way hu tao expresses things may be a little odd, but she’s a sweet and caring girlfriend.

*all the arts used here are official arts from hoyoverse, unless stated otherwise.

[thenixkat]

(Picture in the voice of that one meme with the old man going 'Baby boy' at one pic and 'evil' at the second pic)

[ID: A screenshot of a scene from Castlevania Nocturne featuring the character Edouard in close-up in a night scene with water flying through the air. /End ID]

My guy Edouard is a mulatto from Haiti (oh hey look at that we actually know where he's from and he's not 'ambiguously brown'). Are his eyes blue? Yes, tragically. But it's at least a shade of blue that works ok with with his skin tone. Also peep the nose and lips.

[ID: A screencap from Castlevania Nocturne featuring a close-up of Olrox, a vampire, from the shoulders up nude on a bed. /End ID]

Could I tell what kind of Native Olrox was when I saw him b4 he said anything? No. But I could tell he was Native. But we *do* get to find out where he's from. Does he have pale colored eyes, yes, but again the shades picked work well with his skin tone. Also just lovely nose, lips, cheek bones. Doesn't feel like an ambiguous brown mfer.

[ID: A screenshot from the Dungeon Meshi anime featuring Kabru smiling, winking and giving a thumbs up to the viewer. /End ID]

Go girl give us nothing. Hate that shade of blue, its jarring. Granted given how the mangaka has this man's skin changing colors in the same lighting in the art books like a fucking chameleon in a rave and even making him that weird 'I don't know how to color nonpale people' grey in a few places in the artbooks also just that blue wasn't gonna work anyway.

Also the gross pixie nose. Zero lippage. What fantasy counterpart is this guy from who the fuck knows? Apparently, it wasn't important to make clear or hint at in his design or for him to bring anything that could pin him up directly. Mr. Ambigiously fucking Brown.

Also colorist tropes! Our two plot important brown people gotta have pale colored eyes can't they can't be too ethnic if we have to see them a lot more.

[ID: A crop of a page from the Dungeon Meshi Adventurers Bible showing Kiki and Kaka's heads. There are cut-off words from their page entry on the side and top of the image. /End ID]

Go girl give us nothing but even more! Dark eyes? Good. Everything else just bleh. Nothing. Hell, even the names are as 'no thoughts involved' as the rest.

[pariskim]

jay do u have ... future swiftli (is that how u spell it) hcings .. the sillies ever :3 ?

u are literally an angel for indulging me in my insanity i love u cupid. YEAS i have so many bc i am. not normal about them LMAO. shout out my bff chippy (@onesadfroggy )for getting me hooked on future au originally. SORRY THIS GOT SO LONG. MY BAD

in my mind its like 10-20ish years post where they are now so theyve already saved the world :-) its a happy future au just for me to smile about. the sky isnt red anymore and theyre old enough to understand themselves better and linc has figured out his sexuality and it makes me ouughh... linc gets top surgery and taylor starts on hormones and originally i had imagined a little sunset marriage BUT NOW THEYRE ALREADY MARRIED... i think after everything they had a little vow renewal with just the two of them not in space and its just their friend group and linc is super nervous and blushy and taylor is like its no biggie and then gets super scared like 5 minutes before because its Real now and oh my god he has a Husband and they love each other so much.... nicky comes back to help officiate and they invite their families so grant and marco can see the wedding this time. its at a smaller beach venue near san dimas and everyone gets dressed up even though theres only like 20 people coming total its really cute. norm and scary help them get ready individually i think and theyre the worst and most passionate hypemen. they get real wedding rings and taylor wears one on his horn where he used to wear his friendship bracelet from linc :-). later they get a little house together near the others so they can keep in touch with their codependent bffs but still have a space just for Them :-) they have a really cute domestic life and at first they try really hard to be romantic even when alone like tay dressing up and trying to cook a big breakfast for linc and its like that one meme who is burning down my kitchen. cooking breakfast for my beautiful wife. idk theyre very silly... i think taylor adopts a stray cat off a the street and linc is like i dont know if i want a pet right now but it immediately bonds with him and he gives in so easy. i dont have a name picked out for their kitty cat yet but shes dear to me... shaggy hair grey cat i think. older lady. taylor uses crutches as he gets older and gets more help w his disability stuff and linc relaxes a lot more as they get older. i think taylor volunteers at art studios and he and linc have cheesy mug decorating dates. linc doesnt really do a lot of soccer himself anymore but he coaches little kid soccer on the side and he likes being able to see them find joy in that :-) idk this is very rambly

[olderthannetfic]

I'm in a fandom where there's a lot of (some would say too many) minors. Which is fine in and of itself. Even though the media technically isn't for them (the movie was rated R), the stage adaptation certainly brought in a wave of new fans, and that's always a good thing. In fact, I'd say most are fans of the play and haven't even seen the movie in a while or at all. And these kids are creating things, mostly fanfic and art, and it's genuinely amazing.

The problem is most of the content (the fanfics) is crap. And I don't mean like it's not my thing or their ideas suck, no, some of the things they're writing about are about my blurbos, and their ideas are great! Every idea is or has the potential to be *chef's kiss*. Just the execution is bad. Basic SPAG is out the window, "no betas we die like men" (I know it's a meme but what they really mean is no proofreaders smdh), bare-bones dry as hell telling not showing, and there's just so much of it. And I get it, they're kids, they're trying, they're learning, they're going to suck. I was also a kid and my writing sucked complete monkey butt. But there doesn't seem to be a crumb of improvement happening anywhere. And I know change is gradual, but when you pump out 100 actual fanfics in a year or less, there should be some growth, you know what I mean? I should be able to read your first-ever fic and your most recent fic and notice, "wait, something is different here!" but that's never the case.

Most if not all is objectively garbage, and they keep eating it up like it's gold. And the objectively nicer fics, the ones with proper SPAG and clear research, that captures a character voice so clearly especially when it's not the Canon Voice, that takes so much time to craft and polish and are so rich with detail, depth, complexity, and nuance (and are, admittedly, long as hell) get barely a glance, much less a comment. It hurts. All that effort and no one cares. So many good writers aren't writing anymore and I'm tired of junky fast food. I want a quality homecooked meal by that weird aunt I never see but I know makes some good fuckin lasagna.

It's really fucking weird how that's such a thing, the crackfic you shat out in an hour gets all the kudos and comments while the AU/UA you slaved over for days, weeks, months, years even, gets maybe two comments if you're lucky, and one isn't a reply. All that effort and for what if no one cares? I'll consume it because I made it, but I want others to try too, that's why I brought it to the table. To share. And it's not even a rarepair or a "I don't like that char/pair" thing because a lot of people are multishippers. My main pairs aren't the most popular, but it's pretty up there. The cake comic only works if people actually come up to the table. If no one comes up, what happens?

I suppose it has something to do with instant gratification, doesn't it? The more content you pump out, the more there is to consume, the more they'll eat it up because cheap garbage is an endless supply while gourmet food is a luxury most can't afford. And I know there's also the whole "people don't like waiting so they won't read WIPs" (at the same time, slowburns are immensely popular?) but on the other side of the coin there's "no one is interacting with WIPs which is why they never get finished if the author hasn't moved on from the fandom because [reason]". I know that's why *I* won't post anything til it's done, or it's a oneshot. Attention spans are so short nowadays, and if details are not spoonfed to readers with airplane noises, they won't use their brains to pick up on the nuance, and it's shit. It's shit storytelling and I hate it so damn much.

I tried reading a BNF's most popular fic in spite of the fact I don't ship the ship like everyone else and their mom, and I couldn't get past the first part of the first chapter. Not because of the ship (the whole point of the fic is them getting together so they're not together at the start, obviously) but because the writing was so incredibly mid. Like, this is what everyone's creaming their panties about? This thing? Really???? And I thought, well, they put out a new oneshot recently, I'll read that and see where they're at. Their most popular fic took a long time to craft and they had to have gotten better over the years, right?

Spoiler alert: they didn't.

I don't understand.

And they've got such a wide reach, I keep seeing their very distinctive art style and people praising the fuck out of their mediocre content I just ended up blocking everything and anything having to do with them.

I know so much of this is "be the change you want to see in the world you bitter old bitch" and "if you want something done right you gotta do it yourself ya dumbfuck" but I'm really tired, burnt out, and I want to relax a bit. I read and rip into shitfics and they make my blood boil with how incredibly bad they are and I want to write just to spite them because I know I can do better, I have done better, but I can't do that right now (and that's incredibly irritating because I want to). And sure, fandom isn't serious. But it also doesn't have to suck this much ass. Really makes you appreciate the gems buried hidden under all the rock and dirt and manure.

Gaah, sorry for all this. I just have a lot of frustration and I genuinely hate the state of the fandom. Clearly creativity around these parts is named Persephone; she's gone to Hell and she ain't coming back for a long, long, painfully long time.

Thanks for listening. Again, sorry for my rambling rant. I love reading your replies so if you have anything to add, I'd love to know!

--

Heh. This is often the case in a fandom with more enthusiasm than experience.

Some people do improve over time from exposure and practice... But writing 100 fics won't do much if the writers are only reading other similar fics and nothing else. Moreover, if most of the audience is similarly inexperienced, they're not going to be able to see the lack of quality you do. They genuinely like the crappy stuff and create an echo chamber where that style is lauded.

Short attention spans matter some, but I don't think that's the primary culprit here.

[adhdslugcrimes]

dropping in birdflash for the ship ask meme

Bro the fact I was going to bed and I see this 😂 fuck my sleep birdflash comes first. What they're talking about btw (link)

1. What made you ship it.

Buckle up because it's a doozy, so I was big on reading things on DeviantArt art and I stumbled upon a birdflash from from the sonadow side by the suggestion box. I wasn't as well versed in DC at the time, I watched Batman movies, the teen titans angsty anime lol, and I had a Wally west Flash comic I stolen from my cousin... And I was a huge marvel fan at the time so I didn't know about young justice league but I knew of the justice league and I thought this was fanon team thing, anyways I knew Dick and I knew Wally, was a big Wally x jinx shipper at the time too, so I'm guessing the suggestion fics but that in consideration idk anyways... The fic is called Nothing to Be Sorry For by sixdimensionaldragon and this fic is about (⚠️ warning major death⚠️) the young justice league on a mission by Bruce to take down a drug dealer ring that is guarded by men with extra military grade machine rifles. Honestly Bruce probably something would do but also not. Anyways Robin gets poisoned and they got no antidote and kaldur doesn't know how to help not being familiar with this poison, and Megan can't stop it (mind you I only know Bruce, dick, and Wally so these characters are just voices to me at the time I didn't even give a face.) Anyways Wally pissed because Dick is dying quicker and even tells Meg off despite having trying to get her affection for awhile because everyone basically said he's dead so leave him and continue and honestly looking back yeah Wally would act like this because of trauma, so Wally picks Rob up and runs trying to get out of this ring only to alert the guards (meg is trying to stop him but not having it) well one of them got Wally in his leg and he's skidded across the hallway protecting Dick, Dick walks up and they do the "I'm sorry" "don't be sorry" "leave me and safe your self" "I'm never leaving you" thing, Dick knows he's stubborn so he ask for his mask to be taken off since they're not going to make it so Wally does and they're looking at each other knowing this is is and they smile before being killed, and the team was trying to follow Wally this whole time so they're hearing regular gunshots but stop at a series of short ones before continuing again to find out that Dick and Wally are dead hand in hand with a peace smile AND FIVE GUN SHOTS IN THE CHEST EACH BTW LIKE MA'AM THIS IS OVERKILL WITH FIVE and ends there. 13yo me ADORE it so then I went down a birdflash rabbit whole watch yjl pirated in Espanol dub eng sub, read more, and got familiar with DC. This fic started this all.

(also if I could continue that fic from where it left off, Barry and Bruce became revengeful and killed their sons murders this has stuck with me for years. I had a playlist for it and it's not my fic!? If Sixdimensionaldragon sees this know you started this beast and I was addicted to your fic for years.)

2. What are your favorite things about the ship

Their bond, their jokes, and the fact they are a package deal no matter what!

Fanon part, I love the amount of fics they're dating and we agreed that they'll forget to tell people and just get comfortable for shits and giggles.

3. Is there an unpopular opinion you have for this ship?

Not enough amvs about this ship, and Barry and iris would give out the scarier shovel talk, and that we collective don't talk about that fight scene in yjl that Wally was pissed Bec Dick was understanding he was worried about him then his souvenirs way too quickly.

(13yo me's unpopular opinion was make it canon, I thus retract that statement and will beat the living shit out of her for ever saying that. Baby DC fan or not that's stupid.)

Now I sleep.

[nachosncheezies]

I've seen a lot of posts going around lately about people liking but not sharing or otherwise interacting when people put their effort into making things. I can relate to how disappointing that can feel and I don't want to do that.

My main blog (@nachosncheeze) came into being by accident and I only started actually using it when I stumbled into the Blindspot fandom. I like the weekly re-watch structure I've got but it's been starting to feel a little too crowded for me; I've been picking and choosing other content to try not to overwhelm it, and that meant not reblogging some things I thought were pretty neat. So I learned how to make a 'side blog' and made this extra page for saving more art, memes, other interesting things I see, etc.

Anyway hi it's me nachos, and here's where I can put more neat things that aren't related to my fandom. :)

[pentacass]

Every fourth emoji, for Rey 😎

i can always count on renya to annihilate me with asks ❤️❤️ (art by fykyda)

🧑‍🦰 - Have they ever dyed their hair? Ever cut it themself?

She once cut off her long hair with a dagger on impulse, looked in the mirror, decided she liked it, then went to a salon to get it refined.

🏳️‍🌈 - What do they identify as? What are their pronouns?

Rey grew up identifying as a woman, but it never felt...completely right? She never bothered with typically ‘feminine’ things, never liked how dresses felt on her. She appreciates attractive women and men, but never felt like she wanted to be either. She is just...Rey.

It doesn’t cause distress, just stays a question in the back of her mind. Then one day it clicks. She chops off her hair on impulse, goes home to her wife. Anni takes one look at her, smiles. "You look dashing," she says. Dashing. Rey thinks it over. Yeah. Yeah, they like the sound of that.

Anyway here’s a coming out meme!!!!!

Oh and they’re bi loll

💓 - What are some signs they’ve fallen for someone? How do they show their affection?

Other than offering to kill her beloved’s enemies, she makes space for them in her home. She grew up as a street urchin, and being given a home out of genuine affection was the greatest gift she’d ever received. It taught her that love = home and the safety it provides, so she’ll give it to that special someone.

The first thing they did with Anni upon arriving in Balmora was bring her to meet mom, and get her set up in their home.

👪 - What’s their relationship with their parents like?

Rey’s very close to their mom. Adopting them basically catapulted Llethasi to the top of Rey’s ‘Very Favourite People’ list. They argue, they play at being exasperated with each other, but they love each other very much and would charge into Oblivion to keep each other safe. One of their favourite things to do together is sit by the fire and have heart-to-hearts.

🎨 - What’s their favorite color?

Blue. Not of the sky, but her wife’s eyes.

💤 - What do they absolutely need to have to fall asleep?

Wife’s tiddies as pillows. A sense of safety. She is very conscious of her surroundings, and will only sleep where no one can sneak up on her, or she can defend herself if jumped. Having someone around helps a lot.

🍪 - How well can they bake?

Average. But they’re banned from baking after those fuckin tiddy cookies.

☕ - Coffee or tea?

Coffee gives her a better kick.

🍽️ - What’s their favorite food?

Tiddies in her mouth in her mouth They like warm and hearty stews, with generous portions of meat and potatoes or ash yams. They also have a fondness for handpies - what Llethasi had given them while they were still living on the streets.

🎲 - Pick a random question to answer from this list. -> What gestures do they really appreciate? How do you get on their good side?

Just be friendly and reliable. Buy her some drinks, don’t pry into her business, watch her back. Oh, and be a decent person. She might be an assassin, but hit a beggar or abuse your kid and she’ll break your nose.

Bonus Anni pov! Take care of Rey. Stitch the tears in her clothes, keep her space in the house tidy, make coffee just the way she likes it, hold her til she falls asleep. It’s the little things that makes her feel like she’s a part of Anni’s life.

[thousandbuns]

Since you read horus heresy how much Imperium apoligism is in it. Just wondering sorry

So far I'm only at book 4 (minus "A Thousand Sons" which I've read out of order), and here are my impressions:

"Horus Rising" does a good job setting up the grounds for an extended critique of the Imperium. Lots of small "makes you think" moments culminating in the encounter with Interex - a peaceful, prosperous human-xenos alliance which is aware of Chaos being a major threat - and Horus openly asking during the war council: "perhaps the Emperor's model [of human civilization] is too stringent". Future traitors except Erebus are written with care and feel like people who'd fit in an Astartes Legion, even the more... "gun-happy" ones aren't cardboard cutouts with an angry face. Erebus has bad vibes, but isn't doing anything overtly evil (outside of secretly stealing the cursed Warp dagger from Interex and sparking a conveniently timed conflict that prevents the Imperials from learning too much about Chaos).

"False Gods" doesn't really talk about the greater Imperium outside of the subplot about the (for now secret) God-Emperor cult, because it's too busy murdering the character writing from the previous book. Everyone is an idiot, a caricature, or both. Ignace Karkassy, a poet who (after surviving a lynching by Imperial soldiers angered by his drunken nihilistic rant about the Imperium eventually having to come to an end) ends up under captain Loken's "protection", gets repurposed into a writer self-insert to creep on women and occasionally snoop around the growing anti-Imperial/Chaos-driven conspiracy - but his subplot doesn't go too far. People like to meme about Horus' complaints about Imperial taxes and bureaucracy wasting his time, but he actually rebels because of plot convenience. And also because Erebus and his pet Chaos cult show him several psychic visions, including a vision of a future Imperium's shrine world where his father and (loyalist) brothers are worshipped, yet he is forgotten, I guess. Erebus' vibes are now so rancid even Loken starts picking up on them. Overall the book still makes an "Imperium bad" statement - a very flat, weak and unconvinced one - but also deploys fascist dogwhistles (for example avantgarde/modern/abstract etc. art being seen as worthless) without a hint of irony, doesn't really follow on what "Horus Rising" set up, and makes everyone on Chaos/traitor side blatantly and downright cartoonishly evil with next to no buildup or explanation. Horus wakes up from the Chaos dagger nap and is now a total asshole. So are Abaddon and Aximand, for some reason.

"Galaxy in Flames" and "Flight of the Eisenstein" (so far) suffer from having to follow up on "False Gods" and not having 1-2 books that'd elaborate on the Legions joining Sons of Horus in Istvaan system, forcing them to either squeeze in some last minute character buildup or just not elaborate on the Legion past superficial impressions ("Galaxy..." expands a little on EC, but largely skims over WE and DG aside from bringing up Garro). They also start falling into the mold of writing heroic loyalists - Loken, Torgaddon, Saul Tarvitz and Nathaniel Garro are all brave, kind, loyal, fighting for the good of mankind - vs. nasty traitors with little to no redeeming qualities - Eidolon is an arrogant and barely competent jerk, Lucius is a jealous narcissist, Abaddon is a bloodthirsty sadist, Aximand is an obedient tool, World Eaters are only here to murder things, Typhon feels like a rehash of Erebus (bad vibes, quietly sows anti-Imperial dissent and riles up others against the pro-Imperial faction of the Legion), and Grulgor is a rude arrogant asshole and a bully. "Flight..." has me especially worried so far because it centers the conflict between "Emperor-loyal" Terrans like Garro and "Primarch-loyal" Barbarossians while making it painfully binary and lacks mortal characters who can question Garro on his belief in the Imperium being a "force for good" like "Horus Rising". "Galaxy..." isn't too far behind though because of how it frames the fast-growing Emperor Cult and its "saint" as a good, holy force standing against the "darkness" of Chaos. There could be something to be said about religion giving people hope and relief, but sadly what we end up with lines up a lot with how Imperial faith in modern 40K gets framed in marketing and codexes - as if it's a wholly separate "sacred" anti-Chaos power and not just Catholic-flavored psykery.

It's been a while since I touched "A Thousand Sons" and I'd have to read it carefully again to separate my headcanons and early impressions from the actual text of the book. Unfortunately so far my attempts were squandered by either the story beats accidentally touching some personal sore spots (Council of Nikaea), hitting me with a wave of anxiety when I was already a frayed bundle of nerves (buildup to destruction of Human Webway and Burning of Prospero), or McNeill continuing his trademark Heresy novel habit of creeping on fictional women - and in ATS it specifically sets off a major trigger for me. Anyway, from what I remember the book is kind of... mixed on that front - on one hand Thousand Sons are fighting a losing battle to appease the Imperium which despises them on principle ("the more they know about us, the more they'll hate us") and many of Magnus' flaws are also the Emperor's flaws, but on the other I got the impression that the book is a little too happy to slam TSons for "abuse of power" and arrogance in a kind of... fash-dogwhistle-y ways. Like "your reliance on your powers makes you weak and soy, you should be a strong violent macho soldier who detests convenience and only cleans his gun with his hands", or "knowing too much about psykery is bad because you may as well be dabbling with Chaos and consorting with daemons without realizing it". The same kind of narrative that people will invoke to unironically claim that human spirit is so weak and easily tempted that it needs a dystopian tyranny and aggressive propaganda to be kept "strong" against "corruption". Y'know, another fash dogwhistle.

Tl;Dr: it starts off good enough, but then "False Gods" hits the second tower and everything falls apart. It may get better later, but I'm not going to read all the Heresy books. I also hope Graham McNeill grew and changed a lot since 2006-2009 because Jesus fucking Christ.

[moonglittering]

12 & 19

✨ @seeasunset. meme. still accepting!

12. what is your muse’s love language?

i know you didnt ask for astrology, planetary ho facts but this guy is a virgo venus, 3rd house. gemini mars, 12th house. very logical and helpful in how he displays love. so his love language is basically acts of service. he’ll say ‘ i love you ’ and he loves to say it but for him it sometimes doesn’t have the same impact as say… ironing his boyfriends clothes or making him a little container of hand lotion mixed with ingredients he picked out himself.

he’s very practical about it. like… he’ll give his mans something, but its something useful. he’ll run his errands for him. run a bath for him. display his love by making life easier for the lucky fella he chooses…. cooking, closet rearranging, etc…. doin the taxes heehee he loves doing other peoples taxes that’s the business degree side of his education peekin thru. so his way of going about it is a bit mature~

vi also likes to give books and letters. <: ) the letters are never sappy, theyre usually very just. sweet and almost boring lol. he just wants to rant for 2 pages about how he was cold in the morning, his new favorite smoothie joint, and a nice park bench where yall can sit later in the evening. 

this kind of goes in how he likes to be loved, too. he doesn’t want any empty, useless gifts that he can’t use. he likes flowers ‘cause those have a billion ways to be re-purposed, books, art supplies, unique jewelry from a corner market or something. he’s not a very…. ‘ take me to an amusement park / touristy place / mass manufactured garbage location and buy me a cute lil trinket that serves no purpose or something that can’t at least be displayed in an artful fashion ’ type. that’s…

oh his dignity withers at the thought of it lol. 

really…. get him a cute, handmade bowl sold at some cute shop in town.

he’ll return the favor by making a really gorgeous salad for yall to share in said bowl.

everyone wins!

how he feels about the other love languages, officially:

- doesn't give a fuck about words of affirmation, because he doesn't like that kind of sap like just tell him his ass is phat and he's smart. - physical touch is nice. :) like super nice... he likes to hold hands while watching pretentious movies. - he likes his quality time so he doesn't like too much of it. he's busy also he likes his space... he doesn't like feeling smothered. - the only gifts he like are handmade ones or stuff he can use.

ultimately the ultimate romantic gesture is him rollin his man a joint and his man rollin him one in exchange and it's very perfect rolled! in gold foil!

19. is there someone your muse has a crush on, but who you don’t actually have a ship with?

strictly speaking to his main verse, which is the verse where all of these super duper apply? ... nope! still looking into buying a walter white body pillow.

[apples-of-eden]

Member Introduction:

Hello, nice to meet everyone and be part of this fun team! I'm @mizutsurugi-natsuxlaito-sakamaki and am bringing in my OC, Natsu! Learn a bit about her below!

My main account/where you see interactions from is @snlangford. I, the mun, enjoy art, writing, memes, too many video games, and am a practitioner in witchcraft! I've been in DL for 8 years and still love creating content for it and writing/drawing all of my OCs for this fandom today!

"Can't you just let me be? I don't like people that much..."

Natsu is a human paired with Laito Sakamaki. While still dealing with a rather serious incident, she's now having to learn to deal with the vampire and how troublesome he is.

Full Bio under the cut!

Introduction of character

First Name: Natsu | ナス or 夏

Last Name: Mizutsurugi | 水剣

Name Meaning: Natsu - Summer | Mizu - Water / Tsurugi - Sword

Age: 16

Gender: Female Sexual/Romantic Orientation: Pansexual

Nickname(s): Bitch-Chan (Little Bitch) by Laito Date of Birth: 01/19 Astrological/Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Species: Human Nationality: Japanese

Blood Type: O+

The Character’s Appearance

Hair: To waist, strawberry brunette with wavy curls. No bangs. Her hair is trained to flow to the left with the split being on the right side of her head.

Eyes: Slightly bigger than average and a grayish-green. Center of eyes have brown around the pupil. Body Shape: Lanky and boney, but she does have muscular legs Skin Tone: Very fair

Height: 5’5”

Weight: 106lbs

Clothing Style: Mainly casual t-shirts and a bit geeky, refrains from wearing skirts or dresses often. Her main leg wear is jeans. Accessories?: Sometimes wears earrings and has a steel ring on her right hand (ring finger). Birthmarks?: Beauty mark just above lip, almost touching the left tip of the curve. She has another in the middle of her right cheek and is in line with her lip corner. She also has a very small one just to the left of her lips as well.

Piercings?: In earlobes

Scent: Usually coconut or argan fruit.

About the Character

Personality: Natsu is a reserved person who usually doesn’t like to socialize with others and usually finds herself lost in her own thoughts. She is an ambitious girl who likes to reach her goals and strives to do her best. Natsu is also known for seeming rude when really she speaks the honest truth or her opinion and doesn’t really know how to make it seem nice. She’s also open minded but more conservative when it comes to relationships, but that doesn’t stop her curiosity and readings. Her temperament isn’t the best as she can snap easily and can be grumpy frequently. She is generally mentally stable, but when depressed, anxious, or in another negative mental state she becomes very unstable and not safe to herself. She also has PTSD that will sometimes make her change completely in a moment. It is common for her to be neutral and sometimes positive depending on the subject.

Weaknesses: Social obliviousness to queues, physically weak, stubbornness, anger problems, sore/unusable right arm if stressed enough. Strengths: Smart, manipulative to an extent, empathetic, artistic/creative (mentally and skillfully) Like: Spicy foods, salty foods, video games, painting, drawing, music, visual performance, outdoors, cuddling, ambiance, incense, and knitting. Dislike: Loud noises, super sweet food, commotion, large crowds, open areas, brightness, slow people.

Hobbies: Drawing/Painting, writing, and knitting. Fear(s): Trypophobia, falling, large vehicles, and drowning. Habit(s): Fidgeting with pens, playing with hair, picking at nails. Talent(s): Drawing and painting.

Favorite.. …Food: Sushi …Drink: Fruity Tea …Color: Black …Animal: Tiger …Flower: Rose …Season: Fall

The Character’s Relationship With Others

How do people view your character?: Most people would view her as antisocial and a loner due to her appearing rude when she does socialize.

Keeper: Laito Sakamaki Relationship: Natsu and Laito have an interesting relationship together. While she did select him, she didn’t expect Laito to be so different from what she expected. There are times where they don’t get along, sometimes where Natsu is in no control, and most other times being calm and relaxing. It’s common for Natsu to pick on Laito for his sexual advances as she has a little perverted nature herself.

The Character’s Familial/Biographical Information

Mother: Hiroko

Father: Jiro

Siblings?: None

Other relatives?: Natsu has a large extended family on both sides, but it’s rare for her to see them. Familial Background: Natsu’s family on both sides were in the poverty line, but when her parents met, they both were young and working hard. After a long time together, graduating school, and also getting required certificates for work, her parents built up their material status and joined the middle class. Natsu was born a few years after their marriage and lived a regular life until there was an incident in Natsu’s high school career.

What brought them to the boys?: During the break between changing years, Natsu ended up being struck by a car when she herself was in a vehicle. The impact was enough to severely wound her, but emergency vehicles arrived before she bled out completely. While Natsu barely even knows what happened, a medical official named Reinhart assumed her dead to her parents before sending her off to the Sakamaki mansion after she recovered.

[scorching-passion]

i love the way that you write roche ; i already liked him a lot from the game but i did feel like they didn't give him as much depth as i woulda liked to have seen (like all the secondary characters rip) - BUT, that's why i'm so thankful for you - because you GIVE him that depth, the explanation to his chaos & attitude. i find myself nodding along with all of your headcanons or sitting stunned at the thought behind them. & writing wise, urgh- i just love the way you write. your words flow so effortlessly and you can tell how much roche means to you by the way you write his dialogue and have him behave / act. he feels like a human, a messed-up human. but a human. i just appreciate everything you do much - especially for a lil character like roche. it's really special & i'm very thankful to see it on my dash. ( also, YOU yourself are lovely & i am FOREVER in awe of your art. you're a solid 10/10 keep being amazing~ )

Anonymously tell me what you think of my character portrayal. ACCEPTING

Oh, Han... there's just so much to unpack here I don't even know where to start tbh. ;o;

But yes, in all fairness, Roche means a great deal to me, for a variety of reasons, most of which I will spare the dashboard, but mostly because I feel like my love of this daft biker has kind of... guided me through a truly terrible time I've had lately. Life this past 13 months has certainly not been easy, and though I was gently encouraged to pick Roche up as a muse for someone else... I found myself utterly enamoured by him. Flaws and all.

Thing with Roche is that I can go in any direction I want without much risk of breaking character. Like, logical thought processes, the chaos and insanity and just his general loopiness all tied together with a strong sense of morality and honour all kind of fits into this tight little powder keg of utter nonsense, and having him flit from one demeanour into another is so much fun to write and explore. All the dynamics, I love them!

I get picked on sometimes, by people who know me IRL for my unadulterated passion for this guy, this background nonsensical meme who looks like he belongs in a different game, but I can't say I truly care that much. Not when writing for him, developing his character and drawing dumb pictures has helped me deal with the absolute DUMPSTER FIRE that has been life in general (it's getting better now, so please don't worry lol!) He's helped me make new friends and connections even outside of the RPC but within, he reignited my love for RP as a whole. So... yeah. I love Roche, I love him and his fictional ass a whole lot!

It makes me so unreasonably happy that you enjoy my writing, man. Like, you're... one of the BEST there is to offer in the FFRPC so being given the chance to write along side you is pretty stellar for a nobody like me, yeah? Just, I don't really have the words to hand right now how all of this made me feel.

But thank you, for these lovely, kind words. I just wish I could express more coherently just how happy reading this ask made me tonight, truly.

Thank you, so very much, from the very bottom of my heart <3

[jaimebluesq]

Ship Meme :) 🍃🌼🌹🎭🌙💟 for NHS/Jin Zixun :D

Thank you thank you thank you! For allowing me to indulge my cracky pairing of choice >.< Of course they're not my *healthiest* pairing, but oh well lol

🍃 What do they do when the other is stressed?

I think it all depends on the source of the stress for both of them.

When NHS is stressed: For 'regular' stressors, omfg Jin Zixun will bring out his worst side if only because he LOVES it when NHS is catty and vicious - so pretty much taking him someplace public where they can make fun of people behind their backs. And it kind of works because it gives NHS the perfect venting he usually wouldn't allow himself. But when the stressor is NMJ or family in general, JZXun knows this is a touchy subject so pure distraction is the best way to go, and the best distraction is sex for these two, and not vanilla sex either - JZXun would be goading NHS to top him, not just because of fun sexy reasons but also because there are so many ways NHS doesn't have full control in his life, *especially* in his relationship with NMJ, and when NHS Doms, it gives him a feeling of control he often lacks.

When JZXun is stressed: For most stressors, NHS will help JZXun get to someplace he can vent in a physical way, like going to a mundane tavern and letting him pick a fight with someone if the stress is really bad, but otherwise nasty talking the people around them can help reduce the stress. But JZXun's 'special' stress is the same subject as NHS, his family - particularly his relationship with his uncle - and that's when NHS will let JZXun spend some time alone in a room with breakable items until he's vented the worst of his anger and the floor is littered with debris, and then pull him into bed where they can fuck each other silly until they can barely remember their own names.

🌼 How do their personalities complement each other?

Partners in Crime is the best way to describe it. They're each others' worst influences and love to goad each other on... but they also benefit each other in unexpected ways. JZXun gives NHS the opportunity to indulge in his catty side, and NHS forces JZXun to be more subtle with his snipes and poisonous looks. And all that being said, they actually have a ton of interests in common re: the Arts.

🌹 Who is the hopeless romantic?

Without a doubt, NHS. JZXun doesn't even really believe in love or if he's even capable of it - growing up watching JGS fuck his way through almost every woman he sees has messed with his views of love, affection, and romance - plus I write him as very closeted and repressed, so very little romantic about that. NHS, however, has been fantasizing of romancing a partner ever since he picked up his first spring book.

🎭 Who is the dramatic one?

*looks at NHS, looks at JZXun*: BOTH. NHS is more about crying or fainting his way into/out of trouble, and JZXun is all about starting a fight in the middle of a fucking banquet because he just can't keep his fucking mouth shut and leave Lan fucking Xichen alone. *ahem*

🌙 How do they comfort each other when they are helpless to do anything about the situation?

The thing with both of these two is that the particular scenario wouldn't occur to them. Let me explain - either one of them would definitely have situations where *they* feel helpless over their own life, but the other one would never feel helpless because the other is suffering. Neither would comfort the other - but BOTH would fuck up whoever was making them feel helpless (if possible). They're both men of action, in their own ways, and both people who are their better selves when they're standing for someone they care about (e.g. NHS getting revenge for his brother, JZXun supporting his cousin). So if the other felt helpless, they would both take action instead of wasting words comforting because they both know words can be hollow and won't really work on either of them.

💟 What do you think makes them perfect for one another?

(Are they? I don't know! I just like them, damn it!) When they're together, they don't have to put on masks for each other. NHS knows JZXun is a royal Asshole, and JZXun knows NHS is a shit cultivator who couldn't care less about physical pursuits. But when they banter and snipe at each other, they're equals both holding their own - and on the off-chance that the other wanted to reveal anything about their relationship, they're pretty sure nobody would believe it. There's kind of a freedom in that.