#with: gabriel

[virtueofsanityx]

[ ASK ] — in the midst of a tender moment, the two of them already close together and within distance to be kissed, sender quietly asks if they may kiss receiver Gabriel & Murphy!

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[ ASK ] — in the midst of a tender moment, the two of them already close together and within distance to be kissed, sender quietly asks if they may kiss receiver || gabe & murph

the question is one that startles him. murphy is used to people who take the things they want. they use hands, teeth, lips, everything at their disposal, and the choice and the option is never on him. for the longest time, murphy believed that was simply the thing he liked, the thing he was to get used to, the way of the world. it's a series of decisions that he has no real control over, something that simply happens to him, not something that he's allowed to decide on for himself.

their closeness had already driven murphy's brain in the direction that he's going to be kissed. he's already braced and steeled for the moment it happens, wondering if the softness of their conversation will shift and turn rough with hands and lips exploring. again, that's simply what he's used to. no reason to believe that any different will happen here. perhaps that's why, when the question is posed at all, he's confused as to why it's being asked at all.

hands, already lifting to press against gabirel's chest, hesitate and fingers curl, suddenly unsure, suddenly nervous while he breathes out a soft breath he hadn't realized he'd been holding in anticipation. everything is paused, seems frozen, he's being given a choice. he can say no, and something in his gut tells him that doing so isn't going to anger gabriel as it might have someone else.

perhaps that's why, as he leans in just the slightest bit more, murphy simply whispers out a soft "please." in response.

[thecollectibles]

Art by Gabriel Nagypal

[gimme-that-felix-content]

the family tree

[preraphaelist]

The Pre-Raphaelite Pothole, Terrace Road, St. Leonards-on-sea; part of the Great Art, Great Potholes series by SinkySnap. (x)

[mikyapixie]

DANDADAN By Gabriel Picolo

[foudreika]

F1 Rainbow Illustrations

All the rainbow illustrations I did between last year and this year! :D Always super satisfying to put them all together lol

[pppuri]

gossip in the paddock

[gerardlesudiste]

Gabrielle Drake.

[mygaythoughtsblog]

盖宝瑞 Gabriel Huang (@gabrielhuang12)

[katzebruh]

I'm just going to be uploading all my old stuff I did for MLB (and new stuff) that I forgot about on here

[virtueofsanityx]

@scftmen sent My  muse  gently  cups  your  muse’s  face,  whispering,  “Why  do  you  always  have  to  make  things  so  difficult?” || gabriel & murphy

it's been a long time, and it's been no time at all. time is the kind of illusion that passes, a tap-tap-tap of water dripping in a sink, that suddenly becomes a flood on the floor. he's spent most of it in a haze, so drunk and high that his body doesn't feel real anymore, just a shell that's used up and tossed aside to be found by the next person for the cycle to start over again.

seeing gabriel feels like a dream, a high that's finally triggered the kind of trip that he wants to have, instead of simply shoving him down into the pits and letting him rot there for a few more hours, until he becomes sober and miserable again.

it's all his fault.

he knows that.

bleary, red eyes look up at the man and he squints to try and get the image more clear. "hello, pretty boy." words slurred though a heavy tongue, head lolling slightly before he manages to sit up a little straighter, and his hands reach out to feel the illusion between them, warm and firm and solid. it's all in his head. "why do you always have to make things so difficult?"

truth is a powerful thing, but murphy is only hallucinating, one too many cocktails, one too many pills, and loose lips sinking ships. "i don't think i can ever be happy again now that you're gone. this place stinks of desperate losers who want to get in my pants and not a one of them is interesting, or funny, or pretty. s'not fair that you've still got me so stuck on you. s'not your fault, either. i know that. but you had to go and be the one or whatever and then join a cult." eyes flutter closed for a moment, stay that way, as if he's passed out, and then open again, just as red and bleary as before. "i would have let you come live with me, if you'd asked."

[whenfatecollides]

Xena Warrior Princess 3.18 Fins, Femmes And Gems

[booasaur]

Something really amazing happened in France, and I think it'd help us in the US to learn about it. Forgive the long read, but I think this is genuinely great both because of what happened and how.

So as some of you might have seen, in a decision historians will debate for years (mostly to figure out just WTF he was thinking, even though he is alive right now and can be asked), the French president, Emmanuel Macron, currently in power and THREE YEARS before the scheduled election, seeing the far right rise in popularity decided to dissolve the assembly and hold snap elections.

577 seats were up for grabs. Remember that number. Since half of that is 288.5, 289 seats are needed for a majority.

The first round happened last week and boy, was it bad. The far right made HUGE gains. It won or was in first place in so many races. And Macron's party ended up third!

Overall, this is how things ended up after the first round:

Far right bloc: 33%

Left bloc: 28%

Macron's centrist party: 20%

Conservatives: 7%

The way the French system works is that if a candidate gets over 50% of the vote, they win outright, and some of the far right did manage that. But, many races went to a runoff.

Immediate projections after were that the far right bloc might win anywhere from 240 to 310 seats, a catastrophe.

A shameful swing to the far right leading to the first time they'll be in power since the 1940s? Yes, but maybe not??

This is where things get interesting.

Unusually, a lot of these runoffs are 3-way, instead of a simpler 2-way choice. And in pretty much every case, that helps the far right.

So on June 30th, the night of the first round, this is how things went down:

Immediately, the left parties put out the call: anywhere they were third, they withdrew and their voters would go over to whoever was running against the far right candidate. Their goal: form a "republican front" to block the far right. The far right cannot get 289 seats.

Macron's bloc was not so...motivated. Different people put out different instructions: in some places, if they were third, they should drop out, but only to help the center left, not far left, in other places, see how far you are, only then drop out, that kind of thing.

The conservative party simply said they won't drop out and won't give their voters instruction either way in races they're not involved in.

Late night developments:

More people in Macron's party are now beginning to realize the situation and starting to coalesce around whichever candidate can beat the far right one. Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, from Macron's party, says clearly the priority is to block the far right. BUT, some Macron spokespeople on TV say they'll form a coalition only with the center left and conservatives, splitting the left bloc if needed. Some individual Macronists still saying they won't drop out, even if there's no hope of winning.

Lol.

So, now July 1st:

Only half so far. In one race, where the sister of Marine Le Pen (the far right leader and the face of their movement) was leading, the third place Macronist refused to bow out.

Excellent quote from another Macronist:

Perhaps realizing the same thing, that Macronist in the race against the Le Pen sister now drops out.

In some places, third place Macronists are dropping out DESPITE Macron bewilderingly telling them NOT to?

Halfway through the day:

Of the 311 3-way or 4-way runoffs, the number is down to 135 because of these candidates dropping out: 121 Left, 56 Macronists, 1 conservative.

Oh, there was this, in case people had any doubts about how terrible the far right are:

And to show the selflessness of the left:

July 2:

The deadline to decide if they want to stay in a runoff is today.

A dozen new third place Macronists who said they'd stay in have now dropped out. One got a call from both the PM Attal AND Macron to drop out, signalling the dawning understanding of the importance of this moment.

Even some conservative party members are now backing the left candidate who faces the far right.

A Macronist who had 30.55% of the vote in the first round and came in third to the far right's 33.11% and left's 32.73% and who would have been tempted to stay has dropped out.

The deadline to stay in or not has now passed.

Look at these far right shenanigans!

Macron still being a freaking loser:

July 3rd:

In the end, of the 311 3- or 4-way run offs, only 91 left. Some polls come out that have the far right getting between 190 to 220 seats.

July 4th:

New polls say the balance of the voting itself isn't transferring between the left and center and predictions have risen for the far right, now predicted to get between 210 and 250 seats.

July 5th:

New polls again, left voters now predicted to do better transferring vote to the centrists, decreasing the far right projections again.

However, scandalous reporting emerges: while Attal was trying to fend off the far right, Macron was not only NOT taking the far right seriously, he was undermining efforts to defeat them. His team shrugged off the first round results and celebrated a BIRTHDAY as the results were still coming in?

July 6th:

A few runoffs happened yesterday, nothing much unexpected, some left and center wins.

July 7th:

The day of reckoning. At this point, the expectations are that the far right won't come close to that 289 number but could still easily have the most seats.

GUYS.

It's over and the left are in the lead!

A LOT of cases where a leftist or centrist was 2nd in the first round and now won.

Amazing:

SO many lessons to take from this.

First, you have to vote! You have to. You can't do anything without voting. The freaking French, who'll protest for anything, are showing up to vote. If you're trying to achieve any kind of result and it's not going to happen by January 2025, you have to vote now.

But just as importantly, the left and center (and even conservative) parties made very key decisions. They were all lucky that Attal, who Macron chose, saw the big picture, bigger than indeed Macron could. A stupid selfish centrist leader could have still ruined everything if it were up to him.

TL;DR: After a disastrous first round in the national French elections where the far right was on the cusp of taking power, the left and center formed a strong coalition and through the power of voting and unity, overcame the far right AND their selfish centrist president to win.

[skakalka404]

I love his wings too🙌

[sketchywasteland]

ultrakill line-up with (almost) every character + some swap versions :]

i tried to keep them all proportional to each other