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First line tag game

"Rules: write down the first lines of ten of your fics or something like that.''

Crushed (Biohazard)

I lived, I died.

And then I lived again.

2. Kill the dead (Biohazard)

Pale, fragile in his hands. There is nothing about Alex that isn't destroyed - broken.

3. My violent heart (Biohazard)

There is blood on his tongue, between her legs - a whitish thread of sperm on her inner thight, where he lays a kiss, snatching a whine from her.  It drips on their skin, dirtying them with desire and hunger - red and white; blood and longing.

4. We are the broken, we are the chosen (Biohazard)

There is peace in these moments.  There is peace on her mouth, between her thights.  There is peace around them - a crumpled sheet and Alex's hand in his, soft and warm. 

5. Soulmates never die (Arcane) A paper doll; an ashtray decorated in neon pink and green.  The shell of a shark bomb, a slightly squashed cake filled with bitter cocoa stolen directly from Whoopie Cakes in Piltover. There had always been a gift for him on Valentine's Day - the innocence of a child that had then changed into the shy interest of a teenager and the most visceral desire of an almost adult.

6. Bubblegum (Arcane) There is no color in the snow as it falls on Zaun, no flavor.  Jinx watches it with a mixture of curiosity and wonder, tipping her palm upward.  It settles in her hair, along the emaciated line of her shoulders - an eight-year-old thing that looks much more little. 

7. Legacy (Assassin's Creed: Syndicate) Jacob knows that Evie hasn't quite come to terms with what they are - with what they repeat every night, shamelessly. He sees it from the way she sometimes looks at other couples on the street, when one of the Rooks discusses her authority - even in the mischievous jokes that Clara addresses to her.

8. Every night I burn (Biohazard)

It is a lazy night, sleepy. She is wet, soft: she fucks him with slothful and languid movements - her cunt pink and swollen, dripping with their previous orgasms. He brushes her hips with his hands, caressing her belly and pinching her nipples.

9. XIII (Biohazard) A Dalí painting. La Valse, by Camille Claudel. The colors of Caravaggio, the expressive strength of the Romans - Pompeii, Herculaneum. Alex sighs into his mouth, tangles her fingers in his hair. "Why?" she asks, with no response. Albert bares his teeth and bites.

10. With teeth (Biohazard) She is white, Alex: a pale profile breathing softly at his side - the sheet crumpled between her knees and a serene, quiet expression on her face. She's red, Alex; between her thighs, on her lips, where he bit her while she moaned his name, showing him the brutal truth that she hid behind her hieratic, aloof ways.

Tagged by the lovely @judasiskariot - thank you so much, darling. ❤️ I tag @shininglightofdarkness, @vesperene, @thetentaclecommander, @jvgotic, @doctor-hannibal-wesker and @ashlinnjarnheimm

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wholesome toxic tragic found family…what more could u wish for ;-;

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perfectionism is a liar and a hater. write your messy little heart out.

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Hey, I was wondering if you could give us another little glimpse of the Jilco timetravel fic you are writting? I have been rereading the little exerp you posted at least a few times a day, it has me totally hooked! Young Silco x Jinx is such a specific pairing and I am so happy you are writting for them!

All for you, nonny! <3

~~~ Between serving customers, Silco hurries back to Jinx. She’s the most beautiful mystery he could imagine and it’s impossible to stay away from her.

Feli shakes her head at him, Connol makes jokes at his expense, and Vander tries to keep him as busy as possible. They all seem to have developed an odd protectiveness of Jinx, but he can’t judge the sudden attachment. He can’t resist her either, just in a very different way.

If she was rebuffing him he could back off, but she isn’t. She might think she’s subtle, posing in ways that show off her figure, but it couldn’t be more obvious.

He’d like to get her posing naked in his bed by the end of the night.

And she stays. Vander gets her a second plate of food after another couple of hours, but Jinx outlasts even Connol and Feli, eventually pulling out a beat up sketch book and colorful bits of chalk to draw with.

It's Vander who thinks to ask after last call, because Vander isn't trying to sleep with her.

“You got a place to stay, little bit?”

Jinx shakes her head, pointedly staring at the bartop.

“There’s extra rooms here,” Vander says. “You can sleep in Silco’s room. He’s got his own place.”

Or he could sleep in his room with her.

“How does that sound?” Silco asks.

If she invites him to stay, he’ll thank the wind goddess he’s never believed in.

“Yeah, that’ll work,” Jinx mumbles.

Silco speeds through the rest of his chores, like a child hoping for an invitation to play. It's embarrassing, but at least Vander is the only one around to witness it. His friend has seen him burn out in front of women and men alike over the years, but more often than not, Silco gets what he wants in the end.

Jinx sees him, he's sure of it, and just as she wasn't subtle with her back arching and leg crossing, he knows that he's not being subtle either. But they're both adults, he thinks. There's no harm in being upfront with what you want.

Which is why it feels like a bucket of ice water when she stands up from the bar, placing a surprising stack of coins on its surface before heading straight towards the sleeping quarters, avoiding his eyes.

Vander laughs. “My condolences, mate.”

Silco flips him the bird. “I’ll survive.”

Probably. He feels a little like he might die if he doesn’t fuck her soon.

“You saw her,” Silco says. “She’s interested.”

“She’s also homeless and new to the undercity. Give her a chance to find her footing before you try to get her on her back, eh?”

Silco gestures vaguely. Vander can take it as agreement or not.

“She’s vulnerable,” Vander says, and now there’s that older brother disappointment creeping in. “You’re better than that.”

No, Silco thinks. I’m not.

“Put the kettle on,” Silco says, his eyes trailing after the path that Jinx took. “A girl should have a nice cuppa before she goes to bed.”

“Sil…” Vander warns, his voice deepening a notch. 

Silco sighs. “I'm not going to try anything. I just want to see that she settled in okay.”

When Vander hands him a mug of chamomile and mint tea a few minutes later, the look on his face does not seem to suggest that he believes him. Silco isn't sure that he believes himself, but the idea of seeing Jinx in his old bed, in his old room, is too tempting to pass up.

He knocks, and she answers quickly, peeking around the door. “Yeah?”

Silco holds up the mug. “Tea for you—herbal, so it won’t keep you up.”

Jinx ducks her head, then looks up at him through her lashes. “That’s nice.”

She steps back, opening the door for him… and he finds that she’s wearing a sheet, the fabric wrapped tight around her.

“Come in.”

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I think out of everything I've probably rewatched the scene of Silco and Jinx in his office in ep 4 the most and this moment specifically just does something to my brain.

Up until this point Silco has been.... not quite aggressive with his body language but harsh and imposing. His movements can be slow and methodical but there's always an undertone of intimidation. A minute prior he's grilling Sevika with the cold blooded, ruthless antagonism we've seen before and expect, and now he's calm, relaxed, inviting Jinx in and offering her comfort. His face and his movements are so soft.

And it doesn't start when he sees how upset she is, it starts when she's still in the rafters. They could have made him angry then force himself to calm down when he sees how vulnerable she is, but he cares enough about her and knows enough about her to know that's not what she needs. As soon as he knows they're alone his entire demeanor shifts.

How he lays into Sevika for fucking up vs how he tells Jinx to take some time after "today's screw up." The gesture and pose are similar, this is his natural body language, but his emotional state is completely different. His face is so much more relaxed he almost looks younger. His body is turned more towards her and he's not hunching his shoulders, which also closes your body to someone. There's 30 seconds between that frame of him grilling Sevika and him handing Jinx the syringe. Every character has such nuanced, realistic body language and no one's behavior is one note.

This is such a quick but excellent subversion of expectations and both the setup and execution are flawless. Sevika saved his life and lost her arm in the process, and we see him being savage to her. We expect him to grill Jinx just as hard because that's his character up until the second he asks her "what happened" all cool, calm, and collected. His patience for her is endless because his affection is, too. He's barely aware of it at this point in the story, but for us it's a slap in the face. In exactly 2 minutes 1 second they shift both these characters' stories onto a completely different set of tracks, we're in unusual territory for villain-ward relationships.

Zooming in on this because I'm normal about his hands. End post.

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artist @danaglover

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Happy(?) Valentine's Day from the cast of Silent Hill 3!

Go ahead and send these to your friends and loved ones, I'm sure they'll appreciate the kind sentiment. : )

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Please reblog and spread the word

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You are a deceiver. You deceive yourself. I was but an innocent child. And thought you I would not return? Thought you I would not?

NOSFERATU — 2024, dir. Robert Eggers

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I write a lot of DD but I'm a slut for romance at heart. And you know what always makes me sigh?

The close shot where you see the woman lean up on her toes to kiss the man.❤❤💘💘😍😍

So I had them done for some of my favorite ships from Arcane/Fallout/Spiderverse!!!!

By @P3droHB_ (GO FOLLOW THEM NOW)

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The way she takes it...

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I’ve noticed on so many platforms (youtube, twitter, reddit, etc.) that even merely noticing Jinx and Silco’s bond, whether explicitly romantic or not, gets a lot of negative reactions and instant cries of “omg that’s incest!!”, "omg the age gap", “omg that’s gross to suggest, all fathers touch their daughters that way” (that’s a real weird one for me lol). There is a lot of policing people that may come even remotely close to shipping them. Their comment on their relationship will be bombarded with replies from people being very upset. It's just always struck me as odd for some reason.

For a gritty steampunk show, with lots of violence, people being oppressed, drug addiction, etc. many viewers are really uncomfortable with this aspect. Which to each their own, and I’m not hating - you aren’t obligated to be comfortable with every topic.

But, in comparison to say, a fandom for books written for children, like Harry Potter, there are 9,000+ ff on A03 of hermione/snape, and another 17,000+ of harry/snape lmao. And there is a few hundred of fred/george weasley as well. It's weird there doesn't seem to be as much policing within those communities? Maybe I'm wrong cause I'm not in that fandom. Still, Jinx/Silco’s relationship which is literally not incest because they are not related, is so balked at? I do feel like the writers for season 2 tried to cater to the people that found their interaction too un-comfy in season 1.

And it's funny how age gap/guardian type relationships are also treated so differently in different fandoms/discussions. I'm reminded of one of my favorite books, Emma, her character and George Knightly have a 17 year age gap and in the book, and I think in all the film/tv adaptations, he mentions holding her as a baby ? lol I can’t recall seeing anyone ever mention that as being weird.

As I said earlier, of course people can have their reasons for hating it - for the incest *vibes* or the age gap, etc. Or just the general co-dependent toxicity...these are just my thoughts...

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“Antiship is punk!” has the same energy as “being conservative is the new punk!”

Proship is an inherently punk ideology. The production of transgressive and taboo art is an inherently punk thing. You cannot be against the production of weird fiction and be punk because punk is about liberation for the weird and estranged people of society and the right to freedom of expression.

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it's true and you should say it.