#with a sprinkle of

[emilywaters]

A new strain of abyssal corruption starts a degenerative disease throughout teyvat.

A new strain of abyssal corruption has started a degenerative disease throughout teyvat, officials report within the last week.

Unexplained rashes, weakness in the limbs worsening with a few days, anxiety and sleepless are the recognised symptoms, but due to the lack of research, this is not an exhaustive list.

Patients have been noted in all seven regions with no correlation based on location.

Multiple organizations are currently working towards understanding the disease in order to find a cure.

All cases were reported within a similar period of time, based on three to four days of deteriorating symptoms, after a sudden surge of abyssal corrosion in rural areas of the nations, incidentally close to other locations of abyss activity (dragonspine in mondstat, the chasm in liyue etc [see the full list here])

It is unknown if the disease is contagious, and citizens are advised to remain indoors unless absolutely necessary, keep distance when out in public, avoid unnecessary touching of the face as well as public property.

If you notice symptoms, calmly make your way to the nearest medical facility or governing individuals where you will be taken to a containment facility and people you were in contact with in the past 24 hours will be provided with steps on how to self isolate and monitor themselves for further symptoms.

All officials ask the public to stay calm and not panic. While this is an unprecedented situation, have faith in our leaders that they will resolve this matter.

CHARLOTTE,

THE STEAMBIRD

ARCHON TAKEN ILL?!

Has the archon of eternity met her match?

List of leaders and government officials afflicted with mysterious disease

Lady ninnguang

Acting grandmaster jean

Lady keqing

Acting grand-sage Al haithem

Lady navia

The raiden shogun

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Possible connection of the 'abyssia' to mythological disease 'hanahaki'?

Hanahaki disease, widely believed to be only a folktale, might be connected to the sudden rampant abyssal disease, 'abbyssia'.

[hello-galad]

No one asked for this but here i am shoving my Cid age-related headcanons down y’all’s throat.

This all started because I saw @renegadeem ‘s comment on a post about Valenwind and Cid’s age and the Curious Case of Square Enix Not Giving Us Characters That Are Canonically Over 40 (then you take a look at some of them and you know in your heart they are 62, twice divorced and currently screaming at some kids to get off their lawn).

Alright, buckle up. I’m about to monologue, ladies, gents, non-binary peeps and everybody else in between:

Note: Have in mind I headcanon Shera to be two years younger than Cid and to have also been part of the Shinra Youth Science Program but at different years. Note note: this might change in the future because I’m like a sponge and i absorb hcs.

At 16 years-old Cid Highwind Gets into the Shinra Youth Science Program at Midgar.

I’m sure Shinra has programs like these to catch brilliant minds that help them build their empires (labor force that already know how to do the job you want them to) like most transnational companies do in our world.

There, all students must take military training, they even share some classes with the Cadets for SOLDIER.

On a side note, given his stats in the game and his weapon of choice I say he comes from a family of dragoons and Heidegger takes an interest in him but Cid is focused on becoming an engineer and that is more useful to Shinra.

There is a fic i really love that sorta touches the topic of Cid’s family as dragoons by one of my favorite authors Vinvalen right here (Valenwind: Crusader rain) .

At 20 years-old Cid graduates top of his class as Mechanical engineer. He starts working on building aircraft and flight hardware for Shinra as he starts his career to become an Aerospace Engineer.

At 24 years-old he graduates top of his class as Aerospace Engineer at Shinra.

At 26 years-old Cid gets his pilot’s license with more than 500 hours of flight. Starts the prototype for what he started calling THE SHINRA I. He would later develop the blueprints further to build what will be THE HIGHWIND.

At 28 years of age Cid and Shera present the initiative for the Space Program to Shinra with the initial project and blueprints for a rocket and satellite. The Satellite should have been deployed first and left to circle around The Planet in the upper orbit a year before the rocket launch.

Shinra approves of the project eight months later and Cid Highwind becomes Chief Engineer of it with Shera as Chief scientist and his second in command. The base is settled in a small town outside Midgard that will later be known as Rocket Town.

At 32 years old, Shera (30) and Cid get married. They never really dated, but they spent so much time together and everyone already assumed they are together and it just seemed like the next thing to do so they both decided “why not?”.

Evidently, that goes downhill from there because tHAT IS NOT HOW HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS ARE BUILT.

When Cid is 33 years old, the first satellite gets deployed earlier. The mission is a complete success and Shinra has plans to put a couple more in orbit except instead of using them for research, Scarlet and Heidegger wish to weaponize them with Mako Canons. Cid is against this at first but understands that he can’t really say no to Shinra when they are the ones funding the Space Program.

Him and Shera don’t really talk to each other outside of work, they do fuck occasionally to let out steam but that keeps happening less and less.

When Cid is 36 years old Shera almost dies and Cid stops the launch to save her.

Cid is downgraded from Chief engineer four months later, Shinra cancels the Space Program taking away every single blueprint and infrastructure project Cid ever created when working for Shinra and they basically try to alienate him when Cid tries to fight back. Shera keeps working for them in charge of space communications. Cid is devastated.

As a side project, Cid starts the blueprint and building of the BRONCO I (Later known as the Tiny Bronco. Later known as a) the plane Cloud almost stole and b) The “ARE WE SERIOUSLY USING MY FUCKIN’ PLANE AS A BOAT DAMMIT FINE WHATEVER IT TAKES TO FUCK SHINRA OVER”).

When Cid is 37 years old, him and Shera get divorced, the divorce documentation was initiated by Shera. Despite the fact that they haven’t even slept together in the same room in literal years, Cid was willing to live unhappily for her sake. She decides to stop that, but her mental health is still not the best and she has developed an attachment to him so she stays in Rocket Town “Taking care of him” as Cid goes in what Shera is afraid is a sort of self-destructive path.

Cid works on personal projects, flying people and cargo across The Planet and fixing and building things for other people. Shinra sends a Turk sometimes to spy on what he’s doing to make sure that whatever he’s building isn’t something that goes against Shinra. After all, they know he’s capable of building a ship with the right tools and Cid is quite crafty.

At 38 years old Cid is angry at Shinra, Shera, the planet, everyone really, and specially himself. He loathes Rocket Town but can’t bring himself to actually leave. He thinks he has to deal with what he thinks was the failure of his lifetime (“To atone for his sins” in a way *cough cough*). He starts flying people around and killing the Mako infected beasts that attack Rocket Town occasionally. He’s kept himself in shape all this time because habits are hard to break and he’s mildly paranoid of Turks (with good reason) and other shit he knows Shinra has been developing.

In the year he reaches 39 years of age he meets a group of eco-terrorist weirdos that seem to travel with the daughter of Ilfana, a scientist he once had the hots for back at Shinra.

Said group is made of a rogue traumatized SOLDIER, a girl who could kick his ass with her fists, Ilfana’s daughter who is actually a part of a now extinct ancient human race, what appears to be a talking lion, a robot cat that rides a mog, a teenage ninja girl that gets a kick out of calling him old, a mother hen in the shape of a very ripped man with a gun for an arm and a gunslinger vampire.

Then Cid Highwind goes to space, Vincent is next to him on the Rocket, Shera is Chief Mission Control working along with his old team who also decided to say “fuck you” to Shinra and have taken over a building. This is the start of a new chapter for him, finally.

By this point Cid had been telling himself he is not in love with Vincent for almost a year, you know, like a liar. He has never loved anyone like he loves Vincent. He used to love Shera, of course, but not like this. He still cares for her, but when he married Shera they were both 30 and it seemed like the right next thing they had to do. He never bothered to learn about Shera’s favorite books outside the ones related to their work or which desserts would make her close her eyes in delight. They would fuck when they were horny and sleep on the same bed but never did Cid whispered bad poetry against her collarbone and slept better when he could feel her hair against his shoulder.

When Sephiroth is defeated, Meteor is stopped by Holy and everyone goes home for a while to rest, him and Vincent talk and Vincent knows that he wants to stay with Cid but he is still so scared. Years of torture and trauma are slow to heal, sometimes they don’t heal ever, and Cid is okay with that. Whatever Vincent needs, Cid will give him. Vincent loves Cid so much he is willing to try.

Shera and Cid talk and she stays at the house for one more year before she finally decides to go over everything that happened and starts living her own life for herself.

When Cid is 41 years of age, him and Shera create HIGHWIND Corp as co-owners with Shera as CEO and Cid as Chief engineer. They work alongside the WRO to rebuilt the planet using sustainable energy and building sustainable hardware and software. Cid knows Shinra is involved, with Rufus re-building Shinra with an eco-perspective now. This time though, HIGHWIND Corp is negotiating through the WRO and Cid and Shera are not afraid to say “fuck you, no”.

Vincent comes and goes from Rocket Town. Cid buys some land almost in the middle of nowhere and stablishes his house, hangar and workshop there, Vincent follows. He has his own room at the house even if Cid and him sleep in the same bed most of the time and Vincent spends a lot of time perched somewhere on a crate looming over Cid at the workshop, usually reading and listening to Cid work.

Yuffie is also a common guest and she has her own room there as well.

Vincent receives a call from Reeve, there’s been a couple of disappearances and an organization that calls itself “the underground” seem to be responsible. Cid flies Vincent around on his mission to destroy the underground and happily blows some shit up.

After literal decades, Vincent finally faces the fact that he was a victim, that Lucretia was just as guilty as Hojo. He discovers what happened to Grimoire, visits his mother’s grave and is finally on the path to believing that he was not responsible for the awful things done to him.

Turns out that Vincent’s past demons are worst than his actual very real demons. He gets into common ground with them and they recognize him not only as their host but as their link to the Planet and are willing to fight for him.

Chaos decides to go against their nature as a demigod of death and destruction and they defeat Omega.

Chaos doesn’t go back to the planet, he stays with Vincent, although their relationship changes from “I was trapped inside in this vessel against my will and I’m angry” to “you are my host and we take care of the host, thank you for being our link to The Planet”.

The others agree. Vincent receives them not because he has to, but because he wants to.

[Vincent goes to Lucretia’s cave after that and he tells her about what he found in her and Hojo’s archives, tells her that he’s sorry he couldn’t protect her and that he knows and remembers what she did to him. For the first time he is not seeing her as perfect, just as she was: a scientist who wanted results, a human who was moved by the power of knowledge, imperfect, responsible for some of the scars on his body and his mind. She was not responsible for the perfect imagine of her he made up in his head. For his own unresolved trauma that lead him to believe he had to love her and she could have loved him.

Vincent tells her that Grimoire’s death was not her fault. How Vincent’s love for her sprouted out of a promise to Grimoire to keep her safe before he disappeared mixed with the guilt that he couldn’t keep his promise and her own obsession with Vincent, the last thing to remind her of Grimoire.

Then, Vincent tells Lucretia about Cid. About how he loves him and the way he loudly snores. About how Cid loves going star-watching. About how he’s been painting, The Planet and Vincent being his favorite subjects.

Vincent tells her about how he was so scared of falling in love again but then in those moments after defeating Omega and realizing he might die for real this time, he was more scared of Cid not knowing he loved him.

He tells her about how, when he fell to the ground, Chaos in distress inside of him, Vincent too tired, too many bones broken and internal bleeding to move, the realization that he was not healing settling in; he thought about his life, about his parents and Veld, about his new friends and Aerith, who he knew was watching over them from the livestream, about the letter Tifa would carry with her everywhere, the beautiful strokes of Aerith’s handwriting unmistakeable, even when a couple of years ago, tears had soaked the paper. About Cloud crying every night after he managed to remember who he was before he was experimented on by Hojo, about him carefully cradling the dog tags Tseng gave him after Meteor was gone, the same name on them that Cloud used to whisper on those long nights when he thought everyone in the party was already asleep: “Zack”.

He thought about Sephiroth believing Jenova was his mother instead of knowing of Lucretia, of having his own father treat him like an experiment. He thought of that young SOLDIER, Genesis, half broken and willing to sleep forever, just like Vincent once did.

He thought of Marlene and a distressed Barret wondering if his daughter was still alive, of Nanaki, still young and a guardian now. He thought of Shera and her husband and how their daughter liked frogs and helping Uncle Cid build rockets made of cardboard.

Thought of dumbapple pie from the dumbapple tree that randomly started growing in Cid’s land, about spring and Cid and Vincent building their garden.

He thought about home.

Finally in what would become the moment Vincent begins to let go he thanks her, forgives her, says goodbye and he means it. Then, the Planet finally lets Lucretia go, the cristal she was trapped in atoning for her own sins breaks, Jenova no longer existing, and she finally joins the Lifestream. ]

When Cid turns 45 years old, AVALANCHE celebrates at the Seventh Heaven, there are old and new faces alike, almost all of them familiar. Shera and her husband and kid are there too, with an older gentleman with a scar on his face that Vincent calls “partner”. The Turks had the nerve to turn up but Cid stops giving them the evil eye when Tseng walks straight to Vincent’s “Partner”, eyes red and upper lip trembling and hugs him. All this in seconds before the Turk is back to his serene almost stoic face.

Rufus Shinra sends a present with them, of fucking course. Reeve takes it from Cid’s hands before he rips it apart. Funnily enough, its a bottle of his favorite whiskey and an actual damn letter reading “My gift to you is not having to see my face for the whole day, you are welcome. No, the whiskey is not poisoned. Stop being so paranoid Captain Highwind” in it. “Yah, I’ll stop being paranoid of damn Shinra when that fuckin’ brat stops wearin’ suits with more belts than the ones that’re supposed to keep yer pants up and yer gun in place, dammit!”

When Cid is 55 years of age, him and Vincent attend Yuffie’s wedding (They care for her. She didnt imprint on them, they imprinted on her. Vincent still calls her to remind her to eat enough vegetables every week even when she’s over 30, Cid still calls her ‘brat’).

Vincent wears a suit, Cerberus rests in its holster on his right thigh and if he appears behind Cid with an actual shovel, eyes glowing Mako red and Chaos golden as Cid’s having a “friendly talk” with the groom…thats between him, Cid and the poor bastard. Cid wears his Captain uniform. Both look hot as hell. Both rail each other after the reception. Life is good.

(Check out @mamoru-chiba-ua ‘s art for the reference of Cid and Vincent at Yuffie’s wedding)

[princessfroslass]

I rewatched Six the Musical for the 30th time and because hyperfixation is hyperfixatin' I just was hit with a banger imaginary Animatic with All You wanna Do:

After getting free from Valentino, Angel starts making shows around- y'know just slaying and having fun. One night he starts to rant about his shitty love life in song form and it's all fun and games until he arrives in Val and everything just goes to shit and the gossiping turn onto the most cunty trauma-dumping you'll ever see in your life- then because of the deep fucking trauma he makes the (wrongly, very wrongly) connection with Husk and their developing friendship/catching feelings thing and it's just an full blow breakdown because omg the cycle is about to re-start (of you heard the song you'd know what part I am talking about).

[ofironandivory]

Who said “I love you” first?

For you and Viktor!

- 🦊 ( @afoxinlove )

I did! Though... I didn't really know what it meant back then. I hadn't been on Runeterra for very long, I was just starting my education and getting used to speaking their language.

I remember seeing the phrase used a lot, in books and by people in their day to day life! I figured it was just a way to express that I cared about someone.

When I told Jinx that I loved her she was ecstatic and super bubbly about it, but when I said it to Viktor for the first time he almost short circuited right then and there! I didn't know humans could change colors, let alone get that red in the face, it's fascinating!!

[ofallthingsnasty]

Fem crocodile with a cute fat gf 🤭

Oh my god, it's a beautiful Saturday and you are putting fem Croc thots in my head ... I'll need to derail a little, sorry 🤧💕

cut for length + nsfw

Crocodile, Crocodile... Fattest tits in the whole land. Beefy. Shoulders wider than your wardrobe. I know Oda did a really feminine design and all that jazz but I don't think so. Futchy at best - has expensive taste, yes, takes her fashion seriously as well, but everything has to be professional and practical. If you think she rolls up to some deal with her tits nearly falling out of her decolleté, wrong. That's Doflamingo's job (that one doesn't ever wear a bra. Or appropriate tops, for that matter.) Loves her suits and shirts and expensive watches.

Her and a fat femme... So cute. You're the apple of her eye and whatever it is you want, you'll get it. Likes being called daddy in that 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes' way. Very tongue-in-cheek and only in private. Handsy. Always has her fingers on your hips, adores just how round you are. Definitely buys you clothes that emphasize that. Total ass girl and it drives her up the wall when you have to squeeze by somewhere and... simply can't.

She's pretty vanilla, I think. Not the biggest fan of penetration in general. If you like it, she's willing to do that for you (be that a strap-on or toys) - but you'll have to work for it, be good for her. (Don't get any funky ideas about strapping her, though. Not happening.) Likes it when you ride her thigh until you're desperate, loves to finger you and eats pussy like a champ. Likes giving as much as receiving.

(As an aside, Doffy is going to fucking strap you to death, you'll smell like silicon, lube and pussy once you manage to crawl away from her. Big fan of you fucking her as well and she isn't shy about voicing her opinion on your skills, either. Just plops herself down on your face, who cares if your neck breaks? Doesn't give head or fingers you often but when she does you'll fucking piss yourself with the intensity of it. A fucking menace.)

[lovertm]

frog figurines by CreationsbyChrisNoel

[secondhandconverse]

the real enemy of The Doctor are these dumbass 8 episode seasons

[johamfated]

Chapter two is now up, you beautiful people. ❤️

[thunderpot]

I've been working on a long (50p+) moshang doujin for a while now, and today I finally managed to wrap it up and post it for my patrons. So as celebration, I'm finally taking out of the vault this one! It's the art that sprouted the idea for the comic and kept me going strong at it until now!

[oddarette]

Lil’ Sprinkle Ants 🩷🐜⭐️🐜🩵🐜

[laurasimonsdaughter]

Came back wrong this, came back monstrous that

What if they came back loving? What if they came back in love. What if the necromancy worked and you cheated death and it's everything you've ever wanted, but now they love you in a way they never did before and you cannot know if that is because they finally know the lengths you are willing to go for them, or because something in this deathless magic bound their soul to yours to guide them home and it left them no. choice.

[zhelin-thames]

Danny Brings the Justice League to the Ghost Zone

Clockwork: “Why did you bring them here, Daniel?”

Danny: “I didn’t bring them. They followed me through a portal like lost ducks.”

John Constantine: “In my defense, I thought you were being possessed again.”

Danny: “I was LITERALLY holding a Dunkin’ bag and floating. That’s just me. That’s Tuesday.”

Batman: “This place violates every law of physics and at least four zoning bylaws.”

Fright Knight (materializing from the floor): “You violate my patience.”

Wonder Woman: “This realm... it’s alive.”

Danny: “Yeah, her name is Realmia. She likes boba and cosmic storms.”

Realmia (the actual Realms, vaguely embodied): blows a ghostly kiss and short-circuits three Bat-gadgets

Flash: “Can we talk about how the sky just blinked at me?”

Superman: “The sky has teeth.”

Danny (casually): “Yeah, don’t worry, they only bite time travelers.”

[The sky above them yawns open like a black hole with glittery teeth.]

Flash (Barry Allen): “...Wait.”

Danny: “Yeah?”

Flash:“I am a time traveler.”

Danny: “OH. That explains why the clouds keep growling at you.”

The Clouds: growl louder

Clockwork, sipping tea with visible amusement: “They’re merely curious. You're like a chew toy made of paradoxes.”

Flash (panicking): “I CAN FIX THIS. I CAN FIX—”

Danny: “No, Barry, this is not a ‘run really fast and mess up the timeline’ moment.”

Flash: “EVERY moment is that moment!”

Batman: “Allen, do not run. You will trigger a Realm storm.”

Flash: “What’s a Realm storm?”

The sky above them screams. Loudly. In Morse code.

Danny: “...Oh. That means ‘hi’ and ‘bite.’ It’s kinda both.”

Clockwork, sipping tea with a thousand-yard stare: “It’s been a long week.”

[eggonthemoon]

Is it bad that this made me kind of excited to see?

Because I feel like this really validated what I've been thinking all along.

Mizisua is not healthy.

It's not abusive either.

The children are not okay, none of them are. Even the illusion of a happy life in Anakt Garden is not enough to cover the cracks.

People might believe Mizi had it good, that she was lucky to be able to live her life in captivity in blissful ignorance. But that's not the case at all.

(Interesting detail is that despite looking bashful and shy, his collar is red. Its a red flag for sure but its vague and could mean an array of things, so I don't blame Mizi for not noticing)

We see how her naivete puts her in danger. When the unnamed boy (who I need to see dead asap) makes an advance on Mizi, she rejects him bluntly not knowing the violence he is capable of.

I believe this was Mizi's first look into how truly horrible the reality of her life is. But she couldn't understand, she didn't know why she got hurt or what she did wrong.

AND she did nothing wrong! She called out the boy's sleazy behaviour for what it was...

Gross.

In her perfect world he would simply apologise and leave her be. But the world is not perfect and her being honest only provoked him.

Its telling that her reaction to what happened to her was to run back to Sua.

Sua is godly, Sua is pure and perfect, she would never hurt her.

And yet she parroted the boy's words back at her

"Must be nice~"

It shows as much as Sua loves and reveres Mizi, she still resents her for their different upbringings. Sua is not immune to envy or jealousy and she is deeply envious of Mizi's ability to see the world as a child would.

A good happy place where people strive to be good and kind to each other.

There is so much more in this comic that I could go into.

Mizi's survivors guilt, the way the boy's words came back to haunt her, convincing her she used the people she loved. There is so much to unpack and I'm so excited to see how it plays out in the next episode.

[mercuryflan]

“Checkmate dance”

Just them walking around after one of their adventures.

[jollymalt]

sun and moon duo