We Started From The Bottom

in the modern au senku is only friends with all those guys cause he made friends with kohaku and everytime she came over she brought somebody with her minus Chrome who he probably met in the science lab

Ginro is big lazy energy and hes glad to have him around

i am so tired have some really lazy sketches of the kids

IF YOU KNEW ME, YOU WOULD KNOW THAT I WILL NOT SHUT UP ABOUT TOLKIEN (and about JC of course :D) AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT. Hence Beren and Luthien AU! XiCheng <3 (Beren!JC and Luthien!Xichen)  The Beren and Luthien story is very contexted and may confuse you if you haven’t read the Silmarillion (if you don’t know what that is, it is a very extensive thousand years ago prequel to Lord of the Rings.) But I’ll try to make it very simple and I’ll put in some MDZS too. Jiang Cheng, a young orphaned mortal man, suffered the destruction of the Jiang House. The Dark Lord has persecuted his house for the unwillingness to give up their territory and for their fierce opposition. The Jiang house was sieged and massacred (much like Lotus Pier) and JC was only spared because he was sent away to scout on the Enemy. He came back to a macabre. He was devastated and grief overwhelmed him. His parents and kin dead, WWX missing and JYL still at their grandparent’s territory. He swore revenge upon his mother’s bones and took her ring, Zidian, a powerful ring that controls lightning. Ok, let’s pretend that men, dwarves, and elves are all cultivators. Men, the weakest and Elves, the most powerful. 

Zidian was a powerful heirloom made by a renowned Elven craftsman and gifted to a Yu ancestor for saving the elf from an ambush. He spent four years as a solitary outlaw, hellbent on revenge but he became a friend to birds and beasts- yes like a Disney princess, AND! he became a full-blown vegetarian. Slaying orcs, he did not fear death, only captivity, but being bold and desperate, he escaped both death and bonds. His deeds became known throughout the land and there was a price on his head that could match the bounty price of an Elven King.  So all in all, he was a top-tiered vigilante, tired as fuck, grumpy as hell, thicc of thighs from all the running, and needs sleep ASAP. He stumbled upon the borders of Gusu (okay, replacing Doriath with Gusu), and went through it because he doesn’t give any flying fucks. The thing with Gusu that it is an enclosed elven kingdom with a very powerful barrier made by Madame Lan (okay, replacing Melian with Madame Lan), a Maia (equivalent to an angel). Qingheng Jun is dead here btw but Madame Lan is staying for her babies, the twin Jades, instead of going back to Valinor (heaven).

So Lan Xichen, the eldest immortal Elven prince, was the most beautiful of all Eru’s (God) children. Half-Elven and Half-Maia, he was very, very, powerful. He could very well kill you with his voice only without lifting a pinky. Ok, to establish, in Tolkien’s World, music is the very essence of power and creating, heck the whole universe is created through an opera gone wrong. So yeah, singing with power could very well kill you or heal you.   Anyways, back to JC, the barrier, called “the Girdle of Madame Lan” is very veiled and a really impossible maze. Only at the guide of the Elven sentries or the orders of Madame Lan does the barrier give in. But he surpassed that because he’s so fucking tired and doesn’t really care anymore. And Madame Lan liked him (she can read hearts and the future ok? She’s an angel) and could sense that he was LXC’s fated one. She kept silent of course.  So without any grace, he collapsed into his bedroll after finding a clearing and bandaging his wounds. The clearing also happens to be LXC’s favorite. And unlike the book, this AU will be ultra-slow burn friends to lovers, instead of love at first sight. Cos I like it that way?? And JC is blushing because of the sheer  elven prettiness and power that radiated off of LXC (yeah keep telling yourself that, JC.)  And if one knew of the story, you would have a vague idea of how this will all end. I’ll hopefully add more to this because I ADORE this AU, and yes I already thought all of it. Whoo good job, self :D

Strangers?

An au. Where Harry is the local sheriff, and Draco is a wanted criminal, who’s currently on the loose. Harry’s job is to capture him but surprise surprise it was his own heart that was captured. (Feel free to write about this if you want (this is me pleading for someone to write this)). This is like pt 1 of the illustration. I try to draw the part 2 maybe.

(This was kinda unfinished? But I lose my motivation a while ago (apparently sleep deprived can led you to that). I try to redeemed myself on the next piece instead)

sorry but if you ship lawlight but only during the yotsuba arc i’m going to assume that you’re boring and you probably think L is a much better person than he actually is

random lil sns headcanons

○When Sasuke first starts opening up to Naruto, he does it in the dead of night completely alone. Even if Naruto is on the verge of passing out, he will do his utter best to hang on and hear sasuke till he is done.

○Naruto meanwhile will sometimes just drop "oh thats trauma" trivia "Tsunade says I eat so fast cause of meal insecurity or somethin' like that" "You try teaching yourself how to read and see how fast ya are at it" "Oh yeah I forgot I can shop there now" like nbd and Sasuke just has to slightly pause from both heartbreak and anger to process that real quick(Naruto inflicts this on the other loved ones too)

○They are dragging each other into healthier eating habits, kicking and screaming. Naruto to accept healthier foods and Sasuke to actually eat his fill.

○Naruto preens like a bird whenever Sasuke gives him that intense look of want. Even after they've been together years he'll still puff up a little (Shikamaru's lungs threaten to collapse from sighing at these 2)

○Sasuke is obvi not a PDA guy* but Naruto is very tactical so he returns them in small ways like leaning into a hand or a brush of fingers

*this becomes utter bullshit after any legit serious battle/scare

○They will absolutely pine to some degree when Sasuke's mission run longer

Race - Alex G

List of Palestinian GoFundMes

Below are a list of fundraisers that I have been sent. All of these have been vetted by either @/90-ghost, @/el-shab-hussein or @/nabulsi. If you see this, please help in anyway you can and if you can't assist financially, please reblog this post.

Dated: 4th August 2024

rehamyasirr: GFM ($565 raised of $40,000)

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In Defense of Nancy Wheeler,

a short collection of thoughts concocted by someone who is very used to defending a character that is shitted on and misunderstood by half the fandom and victimized by poor writing choices.

1.) In Defense of her being a bad friend

"she abandoned barb and that's why she died"

principally... a shitty thing to do, but i'd ARGUE it was a lapse of judgement that literally triggers her entire character arc. HEAR ME..

and a weaker, but still valid argument that does not excuse her decision, but is fair nonetheless.. how was she supposed to know barb was going to get swallowed up by an inter dimensional monster in the pool???… just saying. JUST SAYING.

Like I mentioned, it triggered a huge character arc for Nancy. Nancy felt awful that Barb went missing, and she recognized her faults. This guilt and confusion toward the tragedy led her to other realizations, like the state of her relationship, who Steve is as a person, and her own identity. My girl had a lot on her plate and she paid her debts in FULL solving Hawkins mysteries to not only compensate for what happened to Barb, but protect her friends and family!!!!!!

Don’t even get me started on how she felt not being able to tell Barb’s parents once she found out what really happened. Must’ve been awful.

2.) In defense of her shitty love triangle (my biggest point arguably)

everyone who hates her because of the love triangle she's subjected to are (and i’m sorry to say it but not really,) stupid. her character is obviously trying to break out of being central to a love triangle, but the writers can not for the life of them figure out what to do with steve and jonathan past s3 developmentally, which keeps her stuck in that place.

Nancy is so badass and has so much potential.

Someone also pointed out the underlying misogynistic issue of keeping women’s development “at bay,”— whether it be intentional or not!!— by having their entire importance dependent on male characters. That’s a post for another day, though.

and i'd like to point out she's not in a place like el, who is also in a canon love triangle, but also completely able to realize and explore her independence after catalysts (being friends with max, breaking up with mike).

THIS IS BECAUSE SHE HASNT HAD THE CHANCE TO BE AUTHENTICALLY ALONE AND REALIZE THE IMPACT OF HER OWN CATALYSTS (barb incident, solving hawkins mysteries)!

nancy’s character— to me and many others feels like she is given the illusion of choice by the writers. nancy in her love triangle is more like mike in his. she is not given the same opportunity to branch out, and is instead stuck choosing between two people, like mike. el's only choice is mike or herself. despite both being female characters that discover their independence, nancy isn't far enough on the receiving end to have her own arc.

Now logically, Nancy could branch out and be alone, and so could Mike. However, just like Mike is set up to be in love with Will, Nancy is set up to be in love with her male interests. Whereas this is sets a tone of freedom and accomplishment for Mike’s character, this.. to me, sets a tone of imprisonment and stillness for Nancy’s.

Final: There is still hope for Nance in s5

i would really like to see more parallels between these two friendships in season 5. like el and max, robin and nancy didn't start off being best friends!!

nancy was standoffish toward robin like el was with max, and they both reacted that way because of a boy, but then slowly realized they valued their female friendship more than romance.

this friendship helped el escape vecna and the idea that she needs approval from the males in her life.

i think it would be cool if they didsomething like that with robin and nancy instead of keeping her at such a stand still with steve and jonathan in the final season.

FIN🤌🏾