i know it's for babies, but i need it

I am obsessed with soulmate characters. There is no (light) without (dark) there is no (sun) without (rain) there is no (day) without (night) there is no (joy) without (anger) there is no (red) without (green) there is no (love) without (hate) there is no (defense) without (offense) there is no (tide) without (moon) and these characters can be love interests, best friends, enemies, rivals, I DON'T CARE, but they understand each other like no one else does and where one goes the other follows

And this isn't about just grumpy x sunshine this is about one existing without the other. Characters where if you take one away a part of them gets taken with the other, characters whose lives are significantly altered by the absence of the other, characters who literally already do find each other in different universes.

The wisest of the humans looked upon the water. His own reflection smiled back at him.

and he dared to imagine what such power would feel like in his own hands, should he be allowed to hold it.

Imagine, he thought, if I were more than what I am. With a trembling hand he touched the surface of the water. Ripples spread from his fingertips.

I hope the stars were watching.

I hope they saw it: the moment their perfect reflections turned warped and ruined,

churned to chaos

by the touch of a single human hand.

—TDP Reflections: Ripples / Books Sky, Star, and Dark

ALT

This quote is my Roman Empire btw

if there’s one self-care skill I really wish fans would develop – especially fans of continuing media, where you get into a thing before it’s finished – it’s the ability to say “this is no longer the story I wanted it to be” and walk away

(and I am not exempting myself from this! there are definitely periods in my past media engagement which would have been less negative for my mental health if I’d been able to do this, rather than banging my head in increasing frustration as the story veered further and further away from what I had always thought its arc was supposed to be.)

you gotta marie kondo this shit. if the story no longer sparks joy for you, then let it go. and you can grieve for that! that loss of potential, that happiness you might once have had with it. you can be frustrated and sad and bitch about it in your group chat. but you have to let it go.

because the alternative is trying to force the creator to change course to comply with your  vision and historically? the success rate of that is very, very low, and far more statistically likely to result in the destruction of the thing entirely. which might sound tempting and satisfying in those moments of frustration but in the end, honestly, is not going to make you any happier. (and is definitely  going to make other people  unhappier.)

what will make you happier is finding some other story that is more like what you wanted. because it’s a vast vast world out there, and people are creating stories and media faster than ever. yes, even queer media, yes, even PoC driven/led media. no one person will ever be able to consume them all. find something out there that brings you joy, that is the story you wanted. and the rest? let go.

Happy International Asexuality Day!

my husband and I had our first threesome today and the guy died

I stumbled across the deleted scene where Callum initiates a kiss after he returns from talking to himself, and after talking to a friend of mine for about twenty or so seconds, I convinced myself to draw it. So I spent the past couple of days working on this.

While I am a little miffed we didn’t get this kiss, I am, on the other hand, happy as it’s spurred a few people to draw it out themselves.

I almost drew them the wrong way at first and had to bring up references of them from the other side to make sure I didn’t. The number of times I was so close to erasing Callum’s hair to draw in what I saw as the correct side is shameful. I at least remembered his book was reflected (and his bag), the rest I relied on references to remind me. I also forced myself to stop at this point as I knew I’d keep messing around with the ripple effects, shading etc if I didn’t.

This was also done as part of a collaboration in a way on a discord server I’m in (my friend drew where they’re holding hands, and I drew the kiss after). So for continuity’s sake, we used the same background.

I've been rewatching tdp and with every S4 episode I like Terry more

"Dark magic leaves you with a tingling feeling, they don't tell you about it"

"Claudia really knows her shit"

"I fell from this mountain" "Only once!"

"Are we really moving forward on this shortcut?" "Probably... Oh yeah, yes, of course"

Yas my boy go on go on. At first I was mad at him being just thrown into the plot but now as I'm watching it all again it's just hell yeah Terry, innocent heart my ass

—five things you know and the one thing you don’t

THE DRAGON PRINCE
↳ 3.02 "The Crown" | 7.01 "Death Alive"

i would make such a beautiful dead bird on the sidewalk