deus

[godscends]

We will out-evolve them. We will leave them behind. This will be the first of a thousand worlds that we will give life to. For we are gods, and we are lonely, so we shall create . . .

#GODSCENDS. Private multi-muse as written by Renee, 27, she/her. Feat. muses from JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Star Wars, Transformers, and more.

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[doomedsouls]

she would like nothing more than to interrupt him midsentence with the plunge of the knife into his neck. she wants to be brutal and unrefined, sawing through muscle & bone like a botched execution. whatever pain this may subject him to is nothing compared to hers from this act of betrayal. after all her unquestioning devotion, after all her sacrifice. . . and he dares label this as an act of selfless care?

an expression of fury remains, but gradually contorts to confusion. the absurd words should be discarded entirely, the value of them akin to fool's gold. but he softens beneath her, a rare vulnerability which only she has had access to displaying itself fully. liar, the voice of justice hisses, liar. the stand remains cold and guarded, unmoved. the spirit remains incensed, a layer of thick fog blanketing the floor. the soul is rigid and urges for her to cut swift and deep, while the opportunity still exists. she has killed kings and warlords alike for less, why should there be an exception for him?

his hands rest upon her thighs, a gentle act of worship. her brows knit together, conflict becoming visible on her face. justice is biased, having already decided his fate. but she cannot follow through with it as easily now, not when he instills reason to his act.

❝  you would grant me salvation for my son? ❞ she scarcely whispers, hot tears pinpricking the corners of her eyes. her grief is raw & fresh, the ache for her son an unending kind. she'd knew that he and her lord despised one another, seemingly incapable of getting along beyond cold courteousness and business deals. ❝  you would have done this for me? ❞

she can scarcely believe it; justice continues to hiss, prickled and defensive. but she begins to exercise restraint. her anger is now being balanced by the softening of her resolve. it is a morbid act of devotion, to be told that he would kill her to save her. that if he could not have her, if the joestars and all their forces would destroy her anyway, he would have damned them all. it would have been a merciful sacrifice, a gift granted to no other.

her head is spinning. she does not know what to believe. justice screams in contrast to her beloved's words, begging her to see reason. but all reason ties back to him, does it not? for it is his will that she answers to. the conflict worsens. ( he was going to kill her. / he was going to save her. ) his touch should repulse her, his words should be blocked out entirely. but she is his most valued treasure, and suddenly all she knows is that this is akin to a love confession. a blade at his neck, threatening to sever the source of his power, and all he has done is lay devotion to her rather than fury. is it she who was wrong? is it she who was acting too rash, too cruel? her breath stutters, the tears slip past silently. he loves her, he truly loves her.

slowly, ever so slowly, she relents & the blade is lifted off his neck.

[godscends]

"YES," HE WHISPERS, AN ADORING prayer. "of course i would." hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, but the same cannot be said for protection against gullibility. there's a stirring of shame at her relenting, a loss of excitement when cold steel lifts from colder skin. but none he would lament, for now he can take matters into his own hands.

his eyes flicker to the layer of mist blanketing the ground, the scowling skull conducting it lurking in a corner, clearly not sharing the same acceptance of its owner. the world shimmers into existence just behind and places one hand gently on justice, the other holding a finger to its lips. he doubts their stands would truly come to blows, but even so he will not grant the opportunity.

with that, he smiles up at his witch again approvingly. gently slides his fingers up her thighs to her waist, holding her close, then passing up to take her hands in his. "of course i would," he repeats, his tone darkening, his glare pinning her in place, his knuckles whitening beyond their usual paleness in a threat of breaking hers. "you may have just earned yourself a place in the same hell as he."

snatching the blade from her, he slaps her across the cheek in the same motion, full-force and violently flinging her through the air off the bed. he does not call on his stand's power; if she's foolish enough to attempt overpowering him once again, he'll show how futile her efforts are himself. rising, he pushes himself off more gently, staying afloat a moment before his feet gracefully touch the floor. he pulls a robe over himself as he bears down upon her, a clawed hand clamping down on her neck before she can gather herself, the other bringing the knife up to her own flesh, held just at the juncture of her chin and throat. "you seem to have lost your mind, my dear."

his eyes burn with unsheathed fury. he's not restricting her air much, not yet. just enough pressure to make her gasp. but oh, after this? he could do so much worse. "you're well aware of the threats that remain to be dealt with, slowly making their way here. and instead of refocusing your efforts to deal with them, you do this?! a liar and traitor you seem to have made yourself. is your loyalty as fleeting as your conviction? you think i do not already have enough standing in the way of my perfect world? now i must give YOU correction?"

the knife digs in, drawing a bead of blood. a god does not suffer a heretic to live. perhaps her dying at the hands of the one she made is more apt than living a meaningless existence after ending him herself. "how does it feel, dear enya? how does it feel? tell me why i should not simply complete a failed task myself. tell me what right you have to remain at my side now."

[doomedsouls]

his words are venomous, honey - coated and sweet upon first taste, but they will sink in and be her doom if she allows them. for she has seen this before, witnessed it happen to others, a passive bystander or willing participant depending on the case. her own soul momentarily falters, almost seized by the gentle coerce of his voice. he may whisper all the cherished little pet names he can conjure, but the sweetness will not be enough to smother the flames of her anger.

❝  don't mock me with ignorance! ❞ her voice is raised slightly from the whisper of before, her anger unsheathing like a sword from the coat of sweetness it was trapped in before. the split second of lost control makes her consider pushing the blade further, testing the limits. she knows he can bleed. she has seen it, she has tasted it. ❝  it doesn't suite you, not in the slightest. don't insult me by insinuating this is some measly petty matter that can be overlooked. ❞

he is so painfully beautiful to gaze upon. if only she were to work up the courage to claw out his eyes, to bring temporary ruin. it is the least of things he deserves. if he truly is as hopelessly lost as he claims to be, perhaps a visual reminder is needed. in the dark it is difficult to make out, but in her other hand there seems to be a ribbon dangling. but it becomes clear that it is not a ribbon, but a thing of mangled roots all burnt black.

❝  you tried to bind me. despite all that i have done for you. you betrayed me. what then, my love, have i done to displease you and earn this? ❞

[godscends]

AH. SO SHE KNOWS. HIS rude awakening to her presence was already proof that steely dan had failed to take the opportunity to truly prove his usefulness. but it had first been necessary to determine whether the thrice-damned joestars and their companions had simply dispatched him before he'd had the chance to act. sadly not; clearly, he'd taken a moment to attempt executing his lord's will and failed miserably. at the very least it can be assumed that one deserving death resulted. now the only remaining question is whether hers must follow.

his smile is gone, replaced by a frown directed at the mess of charcoal-flesh vines now held aloft and dirtying his bedsheets. the woman's depravity is what makes her endearing, but really, must she be so crass? it's only the sting behind her words and the blade inexorably sinking into his neck that restrains him from commenting. her disrespect would be rectified as soon as both are removed. for now, he slowly lifts his hands up in front of her, splayed to signal no intent of harm despite being the only one here who could truly inflict any, and brings them together in a single clap.

"surely you, who has mastered untold manipulations over your long years, would not begrudge me a dabbling of subterfuge? yet it is not even that, my dearest enya. why, you hold in your hand the purest display of care i could ever show you." the smile's returned now and he's practically purring his words, whispering to her adoringly the way he knows she always craves and so is often reticent with. "i would not dare to dream such coercion would be necessary for you, nor that you could fall prey to it. not you who offers your loyalty so fervently and so freely. it was placed there not for manipulation, but for protection. you truly believe i fear you would reveal my secrets? you who has gained my trust over any other? we are beset by liars and traitors both, within and without. and though i know you would not wish to give our enemy anything, who knows to what lengths that may push their efforts to extract it? but more than that, dear, sweet, cherished enya..." now he rests his hands upon her thighs, still, not daring to wander beyond where she permit. but what illusion of comfort his cold heart may conjure is projected through them. "it is because i cannot bear the thought of you in their hands, apart from me. after all you've given and shown to me, to think of you a prisoner of the enemy...that is a fate neither of us would wish to entertain, is it? not when, if you could not be returned to me, then i could do this. this final thing to keep us both safe, and to reunite you with your beloved son." he almost doubts his ability to hold the soft beam of his eyes at the utterance of that abomination, but it remains. as does the shadow of the world stirring in the shadows, awaiting its chance.

"and another truth i know is this: that for all in this temple whom i would decide this action would be required — yes, for they all of course have their own buds, unknown or not — you are the only one whom i would know to survive. for your devotion is pure, the threat of betrayal from you non-existent. none else have proven themselves so fully. that is why i keep you by my side. my conniving, ravishing witch. you are my most valued treasure. surely you can see that? now, please, i ask again. remove the knife and we can forget this silly misunderstanding to make way for the indulgence of sweeter things, in celebration of our glory."

[doomedsouls]

torn between wanting to scoff and wanting to laugh -- what am i doing? it's quite obvious, dear. she might have just lost her mind and is trying to strike him, the least suspected among all the devoted followers. and what could have ever caused such trouble in paradise? she chokes back a laugh, her smile looks pinched. her grip on the hilt of the blade tightens further 'til her knuckles pale. her voice is lovelier than ever even as it quivers with barely restrained emotion.

❝  i'm contemplating beheading the man i love, ❞ the man, the reminder that it was she who granted him all this power and this claim to godhood. ❝  the man who has betrayed me. ❞

her whisper turns seething and painful. but if he thinks emotions will make her hesitate, the unmoving position of the blade to his neck should tell him otherwise. it would be so easy, truly, justice's presence would be unneeded. she knows where the flesh is weak. she pretends to move ever so slightly, threatening to cut. ❝  admit what you did, and why. and don't lie to me. ❞

[godscends]

'LOVE.' ALWAYS SUCH AN AMUSING notion. pledges of which always fall so easily from devout lips, sullying the storied sacredness of such a concept the more it sounds. they do not know the meaning of the word. not as he, who sees the truth for the lie, knows it to be no more than a frivolous mortal fancy to dull life's harsh realities. which is why it is so easy to wield it than succumb to it. not for the first time, DIO wonders how it is she could prove so weak in this single aspect.

never more plain to see has that been than now. he would laugh, did he not believe there to really be a chance her hand would slip even as he smiled patronizingly up at her. even that, however, could prove its own delight. he does not mishear the slight against his status, one she so pridefully boasts to have bestowed upon him. yet he has granted her a far greater magnitude of purpose in return. were he gone, what would she have? nothing but to continue stumbling listlessly through endless existence, a wish for something even just as interesting as him to make it bearable left sorely unfulfilled. that is, of course, not an outcome he intends to let pass. but the idea of her playing victim to her own foolishness is what stays his stand, even as he matches her thin veil of sweetness, fangs glinting through a beatific smile.

"my dearest enya, you have me at a disadvantage." a rare thing for him to admit. rarer still is what is about to occur. for the first time in history; a god willingly listening to his worshipper's prayer, even as she curses him in her verse. all to see how he may restore her faith, of course. a judgement is yet to be made on whether forgiveness will accompany that. "i have done many things, and much of them with your hand playing in tandem with mine. but none, as i recall, have you stated any displeasure with. if i have been ignorant of such sentiment, then allow us to rectify that. may you remove the knife? so we can speak properly. tell me what troubles you so, my precious witch."

[doomedsouls]

the cold glint of steel presses against the scarred tissue, threatening to cut. her aim is precise, for she has observed long enough to know where the wounds on his body heal slowest. if she so wanted, she could behead him right here and now ( like judith slaying holofernes, brutal and unflinching ) but a twisted desire of hers yearns to see the fear in his eyes. so she straddles him, positioning herself atop him like the vision of an angel.

❝  beloved. ❞ there is a sweet, unsettling crone to her voice. it barely conceals her anger. ❝ wake up.  ❞

┊ ˚˖↷ @godscends

[godscends]

EVEN BEFORE CONSCIOUSNESS FULLY RETURNS he knows the day to merely be on the precipice of dusk. the very air is too vibrant, like webstring carrying the sounds of the city's unwitting, foolish souls. not the stillness of small hours that fits within his power, when he may walk where he pleases and impart his will upon the world to bring it that much closer to his perfect vision. but more demanding of his attention than that is the warm familiar weight atop him. at first he thinks her overeager this night, but she should know better than to disturb his slumber before he wishes — he's righteously punished his followers for waking him up with rows started over more trivial things than her wild desire.

then, as he opens his gold-flecked eyes to behold her face as sickly sweet as poisoned honey, sensation is contrasted by a sliver of cold steel just there, where the bond between flesh and feeling is not quite right, where the sharpness may well have gone unnoticed had she not been pressing so hard. yet still not hard enough. what game is this? "enya," he drawls, feigning apathy even as the ghost of the world stirs within his empty heart. "what do you think you're doing?"

[godscends]

hey what happened to avdol

for fuck's sake jotaro read the room

[resourcesinblue]

dimension 20: neverafter.

the following prompts were taken from neverafter, the fifteenth season of dimension 20, an actual play tabletop roleplaying web series, known for its cast of professional comedians & improv artists, with most of the campaigns taking place in a new setting each time. neverafter was based on fairy tales & fables, set in the eponymous lands as the forces of shadow move across the world, & corrupt the tales within. some prompts have been lightly edited for roleplaying suitability. please note ― these prompts may include mentions of blood, cannibalism, war, death, & other things some might find upsetting, as well as indirect spoilers for the season. feel free to change pronouns & prompts as you see fit !

❛ what shadows now lurk in the lands of the neverafter ? ❜

❛ say hi, intrepid heroes ! ❜

❛ & that is the last time there will be levity. ❜

❛ this tale begins anew in the telling, & with that, there is only one way to begin. ❜

❛ any moment now, my true love will come & kiss me, & help me to escape. ❜

❛ you didn’t say there were going to be thorns, dude ! ❜

❛ please, no, don’t leave ! it’s not safe ! ❜

❛ none who have come have been allowed to pass. ❜

❛ all will be well in the land of dreams, [ name. ] ❜

❛ hello ? is anybody else awake ? hello ?! ❜

❛ once we get to the next town, someone will acknowledge our titles. ❜

❛ you ain’t a monster ? what do you look like that for ? ❜

❛ no. no, no, no, we fixed this, though ! ❜

❛ this is sort of unpleasant talk at the table, is it not ? ❜

❛ i didn’t want to say anything, but everyone’s being a bit rude. ❜

❛ you have heard of what now befalls the realms. giants striding in the land, witches, terrible storms, creatures of the sea … ❜

❛ isn’t there something horrifying about the idea that our lives ended the day we wed ? ❜

❛ what would it look like, everything being good ? ❜

❛ to those who help a transformed [ prince / princess / title ] become themselves again, there is much reward. ❜

❛ oh, fucking christ, i can’t keep this up. ❜

❛ you kind of just threw me in a river & took all my clothes ! ❜

❛ my life became incredible, but you really turned the whole kingdom upside down. ❜

❛ who truly knows the nature of such curses ? ❜

❛ i have a list of my ten best friends, & i just want you to know that you just bumped up four places. ❜

❛ we’ll rest the night, but it’s not safe to stop in the woods for long. ❜

❛ my mom says i need to make more age appropriate friends. ❜

❛ i may have made a second wish kind of quickly ... still hadn’t realized that the first wish was so consequential. ❜

❛ i’m going to find [ name ], & everything is fine, they still love me. ❜

❛ so if, momentarily, i could just stay with you at your castle maybe, for two or three years … ? ❜

❛ what’s your curse ? when did it start ? ❜

❛ my curse, well, without getting too deep into the weeds, i was sort of a spoiled brat back in the day … ❜

❛ i wouldn’t cross a witch if i were you, my friend. ❜

❛ if you could just let me in, i could explain everything. ❜

❛ i don’t have anywhere to go if not here. ❜

❛ you lured me in with your own love ? you fucking scam of a [ man / woman ] ! ❜

❛ did you all sit down to a nice dinner while you presumed i was dead ? ❜

❛ it's not a kind place, & it never has been. ❜

❛ they're very wealthy now, & so they draw many people into their fold to fleece, chew up, & spit out. ❜

❛ my entire kingdom has fallen, so i'm not really in touch with anyone. ❜

❛ you will not be able to withstand what comes for me, so you must remain out of sight. ❜

❛ great & many are the forces that conspire against [ us / me. ] ❜

❛ if it's a game you want, then a game you shall have. ❜

❛ you have been telling many lies, [ name. ] i hope you can manage them all. ❜

❛ is it strange to say, friend, that i feel as though i've met you somewhere before ? ❜

❛ did you just kill that guy ? ❜

❛ i will not stand here & hear that you're a monster. ❜

❛ please tell me how you're a monster, too, so that i don't feel so alone. ❜

❛ i'm sorry, i feel like i'm at a disadvantage. i do not have your name. ❜

❛ do you dream of power, riches, wealth ? to be the cleverest, the fairest, the wisest in the land ? ❜

❛ may i ask a favor only in exchange for what i have shown you ? ❜

❛ none who have ventured there have ever returned, not since the times of shadow came. ❜

❛ a mirror inside there wanted to talk to you. ❜

❛ i don't think we are very good at pretending to be royals. ❜

❛ it seems that it takes a great deal of strength just to hold on to what little we might have. ❜

❛ careful, there's werewolves in there. ❜

❛ there are very few & precious chances left for things to be set to right. ❜

❛ perhaps even some of those ways of setting things to right are themselves doors into traps. ❜

❛ many will offer answers. i would trust your heart, & the heart of your companions alone. ❜

❛ the castle is, i don't know if it's completely fallen, but it was certainly … ❜

❛ i bravely fled when things got dodgy. ❜

❛ my guy, i barely know you. ❜

❛ i think sometimes things that are cool & seem fun up front then get real fuckin' nasty like ten minutes in, so … ❜

❛ i am that type of guy, where, when i walk in you go, that guy's pretty handsome. ❜

❛ fairy blood stains forever. ❜

❛ feels like we’re gonna have to kill them. ❜

❛ this spell is a crass & selfish thing. ❜

❛ i told you i was a liability. ❜

❛ what’s that out in the forest ? ❜

❛ i’m fucking scared right now ! ❜

❛ wow. we’re in hell. ❜

❛ you’ve been touched by fairy magic yourself. ❜

❛ even curses are gifts in their own right. ❜

❛ what do you imagine my gift would have been if it had all not gone so wrong ? ❜

❛ stop using me to hide, they'll kill me ! ❜

❛ don't you want the kind of life i can provide ? ❜

❛ they've taken your true love from you. ❜

❛ magic was never yours, magic is ours ! ❜

❛ tell [ name ] that i did cool stuff so that they love me again. ❜

❛ something that's very important to note in this situation ― i'm little, & i'm small. ❜

❛ the old gods will fight the new. ❜

❛ my little [ name ], they have lied to you. ❜

❛ i don't know what i want. i don't want this ! ❜

❛ will you remember ? ❜

❛ we never should've gotten involved in this, [ name. ] ❜

❛ this is no place for a prince & a princess. ❜

❛ it's not too late for you. ❜

❛ you gonna kill me again ? 'cause if you're going to kill me again, i'll leave right now. ❜

❛ [ name ], it's different now. the world's different now. it's not like it was. ❜

❛ i don't understand why you would fail this egregiously. ❜

❛ you seem disappointed in my gifts. ❜

❛ you seem to think that those powers i've given you were not enough for you. ❜

❛ i don't want to do this anymore. ❜

❛ i would not consider it an unkindness for you to release me from this trap here. ❜

❛ i feel like i've been here before, haven't i ? ❜

❛ it's part of the trickster thing, really. y'know, you die a lot. ❜

❛ i think it seems fun & it seems correct to just fuck it all up. ❜

❛ no one say anything they're not going to be able to take back in the morning. ❜

❛ i'm not a hero. i'm a piece of shit, like you are. ❜

❛ i, for one, think that it is me who should go back & join this grand adventure that now unfolds. ❜

❛ farewell, friend. good hunting out there. keep sharp, keep clever. ❜

❛ everything's always good when we're on our own. ❜

❛ many of the places that are meant to keep us safe are cages. ❜

❛ [ name ], you're a story. ❜

❛ people like you & me, we're not really supposed to know about each other. we're not really supposed to find out how bad of a deal we got. ❜

❛ it's not necessarily fair, it's not necessarily right, but it is what it is. ❜

❛ i don't believe that destiny is unthinking & unfeeling. i believe that destiny is a project, & that there are entities responsible for it. ❜

❛ the times of once upon a time are vast, they are many, but they do not go on forever. ❜

❛ do not take the crimes of those who have manipulated us & put them at the feet of the world. ❜

❛ it's our time to write the story, & we're going to make the world how we want it. ❜

❛ okay, stop being coy & just make an introduction already. ❜

❛ i guess you just make me do really crazy stuff, & that i feel like i need something really noble to justify doing it. ❜

❛ your gifts are monstrous. i don't think i can look at myself in the mirror. ❜

❛ oh god. how am i going to make this right ? ❜

❛ none of this was supposed to happen. ❜

❛ we need to find what has corrupted [ name's / your ] mind, & we need to change [ them / you ] back. ❜

❛ what happened to your dick & balls ? ❜

❛ i think you look good ! … i wasn't flirting with you. ❜

❛ oh, that [ man / woman ] is bleeding. [ he / she ] probably needs my help & / or seduction. ❜

❛ you know, there's a difference between privacy & secrecy. ❜

❛ women love grand gestures, & they matter forever. ❜

❛ i feel like something was pulling me to you. does that make any sense to you ? ❜

❛ i guess all along it was really obvious that i was never royalty, huh ? ❜

❛ well, i wasn't expecting you to crawl your way out of that pit you dug for yourself. ❜

❛ am i charmed or am i frightened ? i don't know, both of them ? ❜

❛ we're all on our own in the dark, little one. ❜

❛ look, i get it. everyone raised you & told you you were gonna be beautiful, & charming, & good at singing & dancing, & now you're a fucking monster. ❜

❛ am i always supposed to be scared ? ❜

❛ it's been pretty dangerous around here. i wouldn't mind going somewhere else for a while. ❜

❛ it was a non - sexual adult sleepover. ❜

❛ they're going to know it was me, aren't they ? ❜

❛ true love isn't real ! don't worry about it ! ❜

❛ i'm going to die alone, & so is everybody else, isn't it great ? ❜

❛ are you hoping to come to my world, or are you hoping that i cross through the doorway into your world ? ❜

❛ i did not summon you to speak to me ! ❜

❛ now you have truly outlived your use. ❜

❛ where'd you go, buddy ? where did you go when i needed you most, my friend ? ❜

❛ you're the only one who lived ! we all fucking died ! ❜

❛ i got a good thing going now, okay ? things are nice. ❜

❛ i don't know if my story is about anything. it just sort of happens to me. ❜

❛ are our stories more susceptible to being corrupted ? ❜

❛ look, what would you have done, okay ? clearly things were not working out. what was i going to do ? ❜

❛ how nice ! everyone loves a fucking underdog ! ❜

❛ i saw this kind of monstrous thing with people crawling under its skin. ❜

❛ i have a very complicated relationship with wolves. ❜

❛ you're my best friend, & i lied to you, & i know how fucked up that is. ❜

❛ they're fine with all the bad things that have ever happened to us. ❜

❛ i'm worried that the reason that bad things happen to good people is because it's a good story. ❜

❛ shouldn't be leaving doors open. not while i'm around. ❜

❛ maybe you shouldn't trust in yourself so much. ❜

❛ it's like every time i fail or have a misstep, i suffer the ultimate consequences, & that doesn't happen to others, & i want to know why. ❜

❛ what was the goal ? why did i have to suffer ? ❜

❛ this is a terrible mistake you have made. i thought you had learned your lesson. ❜

❛ why are you trying to stop me ? ❜

❛ sometimes you need to lie, to save someone, or to keep someone safe. ❜

❛ i should never have made you. ❜

❛ i don't know why, but they want to keep us apart. ❜

❛ you don’t wish for me to have love or friendship or joy. ❜

❛ you always think that you know what's best. there's no room for anything else. ❜

❛ why are you taking this tone with me ? ❜

❛ you have some complaints. i assume they are complaints about things you don't like about your life. ❜

❛ i am trying as hard as i can to get us back to happily ever after. ❜

❛ i understand that there may be issues you have with your story. it does end in happily ever after. ❜

❛ when i am dead, eat of my flesh, & you will be strong enough to wander the woods on your own & return home. ❜

❛ the woodsman is not coming. ❜

❛ something's gone seriously wrong. ❜

❛ so you want us all to go back to the way things were ? ❜

❛ i met death, & death wants me to live ! ❜

❛ what is this barbarism ? ❜

❛ if that had been my childhood, i would want to be at balls every day. ❜

❛ it's insane, it's maddening. i'm going crazy here. why are you cool with this ? ❜

❛ sounds like you were starved for attention from your parents. ❜

❛ do you think that you found true love, or do you think that you just found the first person that could turn you back into what you were ? ❜

❛ it's been a long time since i've been to a ball. ❜

❛ it was never supposed to get this complicated. it was never supposed to get this strange. ❜

❛ you think it's bad now ? i'm cooking something up even worse. ❜

❛ they are not going to, if they are decent, going to allow you to live in misery. ❜

❛ i knew that you were jealous ! you're a spiteful brat ! ❜

❛ there are those who know. i will find out why this has happened. ❜

❛ if you will agree to give me one favor of yours, binding, maybe i tell you why your life is so rotten. ❜

❛ i give you something now which will break you, because you have asked for it, & let this be a lesson to be careful what you ask for. ❜

❛ you made me to be a monster, & i never had a choice. ❜

❛ every bad thing that happened to me was planned from the start. ❜

❛ i don't think i like your story. i don't think i like any stories. ❜

❛ don't fucking sing right now. ❜

❛ it is a foul thing to attempt to eat another creature ― unless, of course, they have done something warranting eating. ❜

❛ tell me, what tale of mine, what manner of my reputation reached you, that you would travel all this way to propose marriage ? ❜

❛ i will not be called brave, for i hid in my house & they in theirs, & they are dead, & i draw breath. ❜

❛ [ name ], take the heat off of me. i can't interact with this guy. ❜

❛ i'm really excited to see how your kids turn out. if it's a boy i bet he'll have his [ mother's / father's ] eyes, & his [ mother's / father's ] stick up his ass ! ❜

❛ i rather think that my soon - to - be spouse takes me for a fool. ❜

❛ you have come in here, & made an offer of love to a very lonely & dangerous person. ❜

❛ it's just, sometimes how chipper & sweet you are just doesn't feel like it's appropriate for the world as it is now. ❜

❛ that was like, exactly what i did not want to see. ❜

❛ no, no, no, no more versions of this story. not here, not this world nor any. ❜

❛ this is the biggest & baddest thing in all of fairy tale, & you want to set it free. ❜

❛ wasn't everything taken from you by this creature ? ❜

❛ you will thank me for what i have done this day. ❜

❛ not lightly do i let anyone place a spell upon me. ❜

❛ sometimes things are too late to be rewritten or undone, but there are more blank pages ahead of us, [ name. ] ❜

❛ i think no one ever asked me if i wanted these rules. ❜

❛ something about the smell of your magic lets me know that there is a beast like me that walks in your shadow. ❜

❛ wishes are dangerous things. ❜

❛ i do hate things that come in threes. ❜

❛ when your last moment comes, i will be waiting. never forget this. ❜

❛ i keep my own counsel, & my ways are my own. ❜

❛ there is no preparation you can make to anticipate what manner they will receive you in, nor what their goals or aims will be if they deign to speak with you. ❜

❛ the god of a thing, the bearer of a thing, the herald of a thing, is not the thing itself. ❜

❛ let's also not, like, sell our souls instantly. ❜

❛ this is someone else making a pact without you having any say in it. this is someone else wielding your power. ❜

❛ i am not here to prevent creatures from seeking the end of another story. ❜

❛ i don't appear in stories that are about me. i don't have stories of my own. ❜

❛ what did you devote your life to before this moment ? ❜

❛ there should be no stopping. rest will only invite the cold. ❜

❛ i am hated in these lands, as i am in most lands. ❜

❛ do we have a story of why the hell we're here ? ❜

❛ they are trying with all of their might to return the world to the path of destiny, a destiny that i, for one, do not agree with, & did not choose. ❜

❛ i had to escape an entire kingdom made of thorns. ❜

❛ we all must become cunning & wise in our time, to survive these worlds. ❜

❛ i know that there is more disagreement amongst them than there is amongst us. ❜

❛ when you don't have any choices, nothing is your fault if anything goes wrong. ❜

❛ the fear that you will make some choice that does some wrong within the world is exactly what your enemies are hoping will stop you. ❜

❛ i would not have chosen to gain this knowledge through the horrors i have endured. ❜

❛ [ name ], stop smelling it with your whole face ! ❜

❛ how did you come to awaken ? how did you come to understand the knowledge above ? ❜

❛ i panicked & offered them my hand in marriage. but don't worry ! nothing happened. ❜

❛ & you can tell, there are so many people here that think that they are the main character of a story. ❜

❛ [ name ], do you promise not to be mad at me ? ❜

❛ [ name ], you are still making a first impression. ❜

❛ what's the difference between destiny & what we think the story of our life should be ? ❜

❛ i asked you a yes or no question. you gave me a mental health assignment. ❜

❛ [ name ], can i just say, i feel like you've gotten creepier as this adventure has gone on. ❜

❛ hey, you know, i do think you're funny, just not intentionally. ❜

❛ my organs don't work anymore, & that was gut punching. ❜

❛ oh, you want a villain ? i'll show you a villain. ❜

❛ if they wanted to kill us, we'd be dead, but they want to control us. ❜

❛ work with, & take advantage of are two very different things. much to consider. ❜

❛ you don't have to carry that shame. ❜

❛ oh god, that was like the worst thing you could've said. ❜

❛ yes, my marriage is in shambles. ❜

❛ witches who moonlight as queens are not my favorite. ❜

❛ oh, [ name ], you are going to eat your fucking words about this place ! ❜

❛ you know there's nothing i love more than a good boy time. you know i used to be the king of the good boy time. ❜

❛ [ name ], we can't do this anymore, man ! ❜

❛ i've known you for two seconds, & you bit me, hard ! ❜

❛ so ideally, how this turns out is you feed me human meat ? that's the ideal scenario for you ? ❜

❛ oh, okay, now everyone wants to listen to [ name ] ! now everyone doesn't want to stab [ name ] ! ❜

❛ are you a witch ? how can you speak to me in my mind like this ? ❜

❛ something about me screaming gibberish makes people realize what matters most to them. ❜

❛ [ name ], you have debased yourself with this vile new form ! ❜

❛ this is what i'm here for, to do the little dumb things. ❜

❛ [ name ], why don't you focus on not drowning ? ❜

❛ this is a trolley problem situation. do you kill yourself or all of your friends ? ❜

❛ [ name ], it's not a time for explosives ! ❜

❛ fuck you, fuck you ! i tried to be your friend ! ❜

❛ there are hard feelings. please, allow me to make amends. ❜

❛ i was trying to angle to get [ name / title ] killed ! ❜

❛ you were in love with … they were literally about to let you die. ❜

❛ i know we're in the middle of the ocean, but even so, that's pretty thirsty. ❜

❛ i think i should've let them stab you. ❜

❛ did you want some whiskey & bubblegum ? i just had some. ❜

❛ is your life supposed to be good ? ❜

❛ it seems kind of hard to be you. ❜

❛ you know, i hear a lot about this true love, & to me, if the love's true, why are they marrying another, & not you ? ❜

❛ i thought there was a chance that things would be gruesome enough here that you would still do the deed & plunge the dagger in. ❜

❛ it's hard to know if [ they're / you're ] actually good, or if [ they're / you're ] just young & hot & look cool with weapons. ❜

❛ i might be happy to give you a word of advice or caution, but i'm not in the habit of doing anything helpful for free. ❜

❛ if it turns out i was helpful, tell them to sing songs of me. ❜

❛ i didn't put them up to this. i know it seems like the type of thing i would do, but i didn't. ❜

❛ i found your body in the other world. ❜

❛ i know that you've been dealing with all of this for much longer than i've been dealing with it, & i'm sorry that i made you do that alone. ❜

❛ i don't know that you've done anything so horrifying that it warrants forgiveness, but i accept the apology. ❜

❛ i think the way i was brought up led me to believe that at the end of extraordinary & unprecedented things, you just sort of float, like a lily pad on a pond. but it never really stops, ❜

❛ there's a whole lot left in that ever after. ❜

❛ if you had never found me, if i hadn't been able to come here, what would you be doing now ? ❜

❛ if i didn't know you were out there fighting, i wouldn't have done it. ❜

❛ i am utterly disappointed. i really thought that you would see reason before the end, & you have not. ❜

❛ you have to figure, at a certain point, even money it's cursed, & it's just not worth the effort. ❜

❛ i think as long as i'm around, the old stories of me will be around, & as long as they are around, nothing can be good. ❜

❛ i know that this is a bleak banner under which we fight. i know that. will you at least think on it ? ❜

❛ you seem to be very troubled with questions of the cosmos & great forces in the world. ❜

❛ you can kneel down on this floor & let me devour you, or i can just do it anyway. ❜

❛ i am not your keeper. you came to this castle freely. you may do as you wish, ❜

❛ everyone you ever knew who told you that they would keep you safe as long as you behaved was already hurting you. ❜

❛ no one else is looking out for anyone. they're all just keeping you in line. ❜

❛ live your life without apology, [ name. ] it is never wrong to tell the truth about what you are. ❜

❛ say it ! if you have something to say, say it ! ❜

❛ hey, i apologize, all right ? i've had a hard time, & i've come out the other side differently than you. ❜

❛ it's an insane social interaction, because you're trying to talk to someone who you're fucking scared of ! ❜

❛ i fucked up ! i told them everything ! ❜

❛ [ name ], i didn't get any information & i think i made them more suspicious ! ❜

❛ i need to eat my feelings ! ❜

❛ really quick, are we going to have to try to break back in here to save our friends ? ❜

❛ i've never hated my own voice more. ❜

❛ our social graces really backfired on us this time. ❜

❛ another world is possible, & we have a different option for moving forward. ❜

❛ i'm going to choke the life out of you, you simpering old fool. ❜

❛ it was a really weird situation, because these were, like, these really high status people, & it felt hard to disagree with them, & really confusing to navigate. ❜

❛ the winter is going to eat [ them / you / me ], so who cares ? ❜

❛ a bunch of hot bitches with cool powers squatting in a dead person's castle ? can we agree that that was weird ? ❜

❛ we have left where my horse brain can go. ❜

❛ if you wish to do it in one night, you could simply talk to the moon & ask her to tell the sun not to rise. ❜

❛ okay, so we rode the fucking wind one time. ❜

❛ lost something very precious, didn't we, [ name ] ? ❜

❛ [ name ], what the fuck ? did you even try to talk to them ? ❜

❛ i tried talking to them ! they said they wanted to eat us ! ❜

❛ excuse you ! stop casting spells on me, very rude ! ❜

❛ heartbreak only makes us better. ❜

❛ many have claimed that for the strength i wield, i must be the child of giants. ❜

❛ this is the best puppet show i've ever been to. ❜

❛ never fear, never fear ! brighter days are here ! ❜

❛ i'll have to kill you. you know that, right ? we're at a point where you just have to be brave, or i have to kill you. ❜

❛ next time i see [ them / you ], i'm going to fucking kill [ them / you. ] ❜

❛ [ name ], do you imagine that life is pleasant with you running away from me ? ❜

❛ wow, you know how to make a [ girl / boy ] feel special. ❜

❛ stop rooting for your child to hit me. ❜

❛ if you loved me, you would understand ! these people revere me ! ❜

❛ you got everything you want in this life, & you look miserable. ❜

❛ i did these things to make people happy ! i did them so they wouldn't think i was a fool ! ❜

❛ i'm a breath away from dying, & i'm running away from it constantly. ❜

❛ i did that for you because i love you. ❜

❛ [ name ], this is what rock bottom looks like ! ❜

❛ you're the last person i know from my kingdom at all. ❜

❛ make this worth it. ❜

❛ why are you just whispering piss to yourself ? ❜

❛ this is another mark against them, that they didn't take you under their wing. ❜

❛ i don't know that the being that put me here fears much at all. ❜

❛ i think that [ they / you ] responded to [ their / your ] pain by trying to destroy everything. ❜

❛ if you want me to be bad, i'll be the worst that you've ever seen. ❜

❛ the harp is a powerful enchanted object. it is capable of lulling great beings into enchanted slumber, but also potentially of awakening those who have been so cursed. ❜

❛ your third wish will kill you. ❜

❛ i'm always wary when i go to sleep that i won't wake up for another hundred years, but that's just how it goes. ❜

❛ shouldn't we just get to make our own stories ? ❜

❛ sometimes it feels like in my social interactions i set up hurdles that other people aren't willing to jump. ❜

❛ the mind loves to take hardships & turn them into puzzles, i find. ❜

❛ this has been fun. but something's going to have to change at some point. ❜

❛ you win your war, & then what ? ❜

❛ i'm going to have so much shit to talk tomorrow. ❜

❛ you can't run away, because you'll be running away your whole life. you've got to stand up for yourself. ❜

❛ what the fuck are you doing ? get out of here ! ❜

❛ to change the world is the stuff of nightmares. ❜

❛ it is a horrifying responsibility to think that because things cannot remain the same, each & every one of us must shoulder some responsibility for how they will become different. ❜

❛ oh, you seem rather upset. is now a bad time ? ❜

❛ i think that what matters now is that we make that sacrifice matter. ❜

❛ i have a feeling i can just take the lead on this one. ❜

❛ i know you choose no side, but still would ask for your help. ❜

❛ what's this you carry with you ? ❜

❛ you are something, i think, very pure. not so much a person. more like a spirit, yes ? ❜

❛ they are eternal, vast, cosmic. everything about our world, they create. do you want to know something, though ? i've watched countless of them die, & i'm still here. ❜

❛ they can take their hands to come in & change something about you. but if you are strong, you go back to the way you were. ❜

❛ a name is a powerful thing to give. how much would you give for a name ? ❜

❛ you know, with a gift, it is the thought that counts, & i like for a gift to hurt to give. ❜

❛ you guys got to get the fuck out of here. you see that thing ? i could fuck it up, but you guys are toast. ❜

❛ okay, well, there's a huge bird over there, & he's kind of freaking me out, so go fuck yourself ? ❜

❛ you're royalty. friends are probably pretty expendable, right ? ❜

❛ what would you be willing to give for what you seek, & would you give it to me ? ❜

❛ i know that you do not know them now, but they are your true love. it is written. ❜

❛ don't you think i want to fall in love ? ❜

❛ it is your duty to accept your destiny. ❜

❛ why do you feel so worthy to have your happily ever after without the sorrows of your own story ? ❜

❛ you want only those sweet things promised to those who suffer. ❜

❛ you think i don't know that you're only cruel to make them look better ? ❜

❛ how are you different from them, & how are they different from you ? ❜

❛ what if you make your own choices, & thanks to those choices, you lead a lonely, desperate, terrifying, & sorrowful life ? ❜

❛ hey, this is a really weird thing & i'm just going to go there. can i give you a hug ? ❜

❛ it is as sad to lose as it is wonderful to have. ❜

❛ you know what the reward for seizing your own destiny is ? you know what all of that freedom gives you ? fear. ❜

❛ all you had to do was tell the truth. now your reward is pain. ❜

❛ i am going to call them here, & when they come, i am going to burst from the world they made to hold me & kill them. ❜

❛ what would you give for a chance to write this story a different way ? ❜

❛ i do fear that if i don't write my own story, it will start writing itself. ❜

❛ you've stepped out to die, [ name. ] ❜

❛ what would you be willing to give to find the path through this place ? ❜

❛ you're just going to waltz into my life & turn it around ? ❜

❛ you are too late. turn from this place. i wish you no harm. ❜

❛ i have another way. all i'm asking is you hear me out. ❜

❛ i know what it means to have something taken away from you, & to feel like you'll never get it back. ❜

❛ i don't want my story to end here. ❜

❛ which side do you wanna be on right now ? ❜

❛ everybody but me is going to die here ! ❜

❛ it would be an honor to die by your hands. ❜

❛ [ name ], it's all lost. the kingdom is gone. our home is gone. ❜

❛ this is the apocalypse. this is the end of everything. ❜

❛ when you look at your destiny & you see that the most important part of your life was something that happened to you, why would you fight to save that ? ❜

❛ everything was a lie before. there is no just, happy ending. things don't just end. ❜

❛ everything, everything cycles & it just, it doesn't have to be the way that it was. ❜

❛ without that situation on top of us, would we ever have been friends ? ❜

❛ i've had just about enough of you wretched creatures ! ❜

❛ i have my mission. i know what must be done. ❜

❛ i expected no one more than you to understand. ❜

❛ i expected no one more than you to want to live. ❜

❛ there is no happy ending for you anymore. there is only what must be done. ❜

❛ you must wake up ! ❜

❛ the world you want, it's not worth fighting for anymore. ❜

❛ maybe you should be paying attention to people other than yourself ! ❜

❛ get your hands off me ! i'm fucking royalty ! ❜

❛ i don't know what you're trying to do. please let me fix this before it's too late. ❜

❛ you know, i always thought that story should've gone my way. ❜

❛ why are you even hanging with these people ? they don't like you, & they're very mean to you. ❜

❛ they don't invite [ you / me ] to anything except when they need [ you / me. ] ❜

❛ do you really want to be the bad guy forever ? do you like that ? ❜

❛ who cares what i want ? ❜

❛ you see what is here ! what is your will in the face of this ? ❜

❛ what's the point of magic if you can't rewrite destiny ? ❜

❛ things have been fucked up, & a lot of that's your fault ! ❜

❛ i die a winner ! ❜

❛ this isn't your fight. it never was your fight. ❜

❛ some things must not be allowed. ❜

❛ i did always find your rudeness somewhat charming. ❜

❛ i was going to destroy them. i was going to stop them from ever hurting us again. ❜

❛ you & me, in our story, we don't learn anything & we never change. ❜

❛ i do love you. ❜

❛ what're you going to do with your destiny ? ❜

❛ i think my first wish is that i would wish to wander with you. ❜

[dork-with-wings]

as one turns a mirror to flash the light where it isn’t

I swam in what shone at me

[edenmemes]

house of the dragon starters

ep1 - 10 .

❝ try not to look too relieved. ❞ ❝ did you sleep? how long? ❞ ❝ no king has ever lived that hasn’t had to forfeit the lives of a few to protect the many. ❞ ❝ i don’t need mothering. ❞ ❝ it is our fate, i think, to crave always what is given to another. ❞ ❝ you’re safe with me, i swear it. ❞ ❝ to elude a storm, you can either sail into it or around it. but you must never await its coming. ❞ ❝ i have only ever defended you. ❞ ❝ i’ve always thought of you and i as having been made from the same cloth. ❞ ❝ you will address me as “your grace” or i will have my guard cut out your tongue. ❞ ❝ i’d rather serve as a knight and ride to battle and glory. ❞ ❝ you’re always like this when you’re worried. disagreeable. ❞ ❝ i like this position. it’s quite comfortable. ❞ ❝ how sweetly the fox speaks when it’s been cornered by hounds. ❞ ❝ we haven’t spoke much…since… ❞ ❝ i do not wish to rule over a kingdom of ash and bone. ❞ ❝ i was never much of a dancer. ❞ ❝ do you want me to kill him? ❞ ❝ i’m asking with you to come with me…away from all of this. ❞ ❝ come, eat. fortify yourself for the journey. ❞ ❝ you swore to protect me. ❞ ❝ what will they say of me when the histories are written? ❞ ❝ it’s the only thing i have to my fucking name! ❞ ❝ look what my life became without you. a droll tragedy. ❞ ❝ strive to restore whatever scrap of honor you have left. ❞ ❝ our worth is not given. it must be made. ❞ ❝ it pleases me to hear you say this. that i am not alone in my grief. ❞ ❝ if you mean to elicit some anger from me, you should know that you’re failing. ❞ ❝ it bothers you, does it not? ❞ ❝ the realm owes you a great debt. ❞ ❝ all i wanted was for someone to say that they were sorry for what happened to me. ❞ ❝ we must all mourn in our own way. ❞ ❝ do you have a specific course of action to propose? ❞ ❝ we’re both people who have had to cut our own way through the world. ❞ ❝ were that to happen, losses would be incalculable. ❞ ❝ it was not my intent to make offense. ❞ ❝ when steel is drawn, a fair match isn’t something anyone should expect. ❞ ❝ i find i have…few friends lately. ❞ ❝ we don’t belong here. ❞ ❝ i only want to help you. ❞ ❝ you cannot believe such gossip. ❞ ❝ just get out. leave me at once. ❞ ❝ to have every young knight and lord fawning over you…what a misery. ❞ ❝ you’ve been much alone these past few years. alone and angry. ❞ ❝ the road ahead is uncertain, but the end is clear. ❞ ❝ you’re young. you will learn. ❞ ❝ this is just what i need…a little adventure. ❞ ❝ care for some company? ❞ ❝ what is this brief mortal life…if not the pursuit of legacy? ❞ ❝ the wise sailor flees the storm as it gathers. ❞ ❝ you are a plague…sent to destroy me. ❞ ❝ for one night, i wish to be free of the burdens of my inheritance. ❞ ❝ do you wish to hear my opinion on the matter? ❞ ❝ i’ve been alone. you abandoned me. ❞ ❝ i’ve decided to remain here and read instead. ❞ ❝ if there were another path…one that led to freedom…would you take it? ❞ ❝ we should be free to speak our minds to one another. ❞ ❝ everything i’ve given you, you’ve thrown back in my face. ❞ ❝ answer me. it’s important. ❞ ❝ do you never long for home? ❞ ❝ i know you’ve never seen true battle. ❞ ❝ your heart is even darker than i thought. ❞ ❝ you think yourself a cunning person. your plans are obvious. ❞ ❝ you never were one to stay idle. ❞ ❝ do not speak of this again. ❞ ❝ they whisper about me in the corridors. ❞ ❝ am i your prisoner? ❞ ❝ have the decency to look grateful. do you know what has been done to give you this day? ❞ ❝ love…is a downfall. ❞ ❝ we’re free to do as we please. ❞ ❝ you will make a fearsome knight. ❞ ❝ just take my arm, at the least. ❞ ❝ it seems the gods have been especially cruel to you. ❞ ❝ i will be a stranger when we meet again. ❞ ❝ you dare put hands on me? ❞ ❝ you look so much like your mother in certain lights. ❞ ❝ i have no shortage of allies. ❞ ❝ who gives a fuck what some lord thinks? ❞ ❝ take your fucking hands off me. ❞ ❝ a certain insolence runs in the family. ❞ ❝ meat without wine is a sin. ❞ ❝ i gave up the idea of wearing a crown generations ago. ❞ ❝ are you…are you hurt? ❞ ❝ reluctance to murder is not a weakness. ❞ ❝ exhausting, isn’t it? hiding beneath the cloak of your own righteousness. ❞ ❝ we have nothing in common. ❞ ❝ you deserve better than what i have been. ❞ ❝ you are an honorable man with a good heart. it’s a rare thing. ❞ ❝ i promise you, in time, you and i together will prevail. ❞ ❝ life has, i know, disappointed you. ❞ ❝ if a king isn’t feared, he is powerless. ❞ ❝ i’d rather ride alone. ❞ ❝ be careful. one could take your words for treason. ❞ ❝ i’ve never seen that side of you…i even doubted its existence. ❞ ❝ i will have the truth of what happened. now. ❞ ❝ do you wish to know your death? ❞ ❝ if we don’t mind our own histories, it will do the same to us. ❞ ❝ i believe you were made to wear the crown. ❞ ❝ we are turning back, all right? ❞ ❝ everyone’s staring at us. ❞ ❝ i would say it’s nice to be home, but i scarcely recognize it. ❞ ❝ most of my years have been spent living in terror. ❞ ❝ all that i have, i owe to you. ❞ ❝ i’ve wondered many an hour what your purpose was in coming here. ❞ ❝ what can either of us know of ruling a kingdom? ❞ ❝ does the promise of war excite you? ❞ ❝ none of this is a game. and yet you treat it like one. ❞ ❝ a matter has arisen that requires your attention. ❞ ❝ night time, you might not be so lucky. ❞ ❝ i have no wish to rule! no taste for duty! i am not suited. ❞ ❝ you flee what other men die seeking. ❞ ❝ i endured it for as long as i could. ❞ ❝ we don’t choose our destiny. it chooses us. ❞ ❝ it is ill luck to look upon the face of death. ❞ ❝ you’ve already found enough trouble today. ❞ ❝ who might you be running from, now? ❞ ❝ i am yours and you are mine. ❞ ❝ i will not have blood shed beneath my roof. ❞ ❝ we are closer to gods than to men. ❞ ❝ you shouldn’t do this alone. let us help you. ❞ ❝ that war is not mine to begin. ❞ ❝ it has been so long since we were granted the joy of your presence. ❞ ❝ how could you allow such a thing to happen? ❞ ❝ do not allow your temper to guide your judgement. ❞ ❝ now they see you as you are. ❞ ❝ do you want to know the truth of it? i was frightened. ❞ ❝ you desire not to be free, but to make a window in the wall of your prison. ❞ ❝ you are wiser than i believed you to be. ❞ ❝ i speak the truth. and you know it. ❞ ❝ hope is the fool’s ally. ❞ ❝ while i like your support, i do not need it. ❞ ❝ go to your chambers. you have said enough. ❞ ❝ i thought i wanted it, but the burden is a heavy one. ❞ ❝ i understand you’ve found yourself in some trouble. ❞

[godscends]

dio, let's cut the bullshit. you don't like having me here, do you.

"no, i don't. but even if i end up kicking you out that doesn't mean you can start calling me dad!"

[lovesigned]

the heavy doors furiously fly open as though they weigh like mere curtains. this same force instantly extinguishes a handful of wax candles in the otherwise dimly lit chambers. there is a frigid, sudden drop in temperature akin to the vacuum of space where all air is sucked out. a hostile environment where no mortal soul may live.

neither individual in the room, thankfully, is not mortal. this is no matter to be concerned of. there are far worse things to fear — hence why all the servants, most notably the younger d’arby brother, have all cowered to safe locations away from the inevitable storm.

❝   where are they? ❞ she inquires, her rage barely contained. the mist’s presence swarms the room, expanding and occupying space. it is a thick, dense layer covering the floor and the dead strewn about. ❝   where are my children?! ❞

┊ ˚˖↷ @godscends / 🔪  for  a  hostile  starter .

[godscends]

   HE REMAINS THE ONLY THING unmoving in the chamber, all else buffeted by the wrath made manifest in the wind. to him it is a lover’s touch; the knife-blade of coldness sharpening the air causing a shiver of anticipation rather than fear at the base of his spine. it’s daring, he’ll admit, and he’s almost tempted to indulge in such a threat. to egg her on, convince her to do her worst, all possible responses holding various degrees of amusement.

   but that would require him to answer her demand. and that’s not the sort of thing gods were in the habit of doing. why, if the almighty answered one prayer, he would have to answer them all, and the lowly dregs would think themselves mighty for the power to ask any of he whom they belong to. she had been rising too high in her own estimation. certainly she’s favoured, but there is only one throne, still. high though her own seat may be, it seems his sweet witch has forgotten the small but wide step between it and his. a reminder is long overdue. and, admittedly, her fury sets a fire in his own veins, and he’s content to know his boredom will not last much longer.

   the world stirs in answer to the challenge of her mist. he bids it still, merely smiling as he awaits for it to advance in his space, taking another sip of deep red liquid from his goblet before he finally faces the spectre of darkness and vengeance and crooked things that reach from the blackest crevices of human consciousness. oh, how fine you are. how foolish you are. “why, where they will, i imagine, such free spirits as they are.” nothing but pleasantness in his tone, the glint in his eyes that meet hers merely mischievous, flirting with but not yet showing his own respondent rage. “did you require them for something, dearest enya? is my company not sufficient enough an alm for whatever might ail you?”

[arckalia]

“Your past will always catch you unawares”

I finished re-reading TF MTMTE and Lost Light recently and it’s just such a gorgeous and amazing comic😭 so I had to draw Megs

[hegodamask]

“I’ve learned from Palpatine.”

[godscends]

Andor vol. 1 sentence meme

“is there something amusing?”

“that is a hard look for a little thing like you.”

“nobody here gives their real name.”

“i don’t need any surprises.”

“if it’s not important then why not tell me?”

“she said you were out ruining your health and reputation with friends of low character.”

“he’s lucky he wasn’t killed years ago. one of the most unpleasant people i’ve ever met.”

“stop. and i don’t mean just the talking, i mean stop.”

“i want you to conjure a suitable accident.”

“you’ve been holding out on me.”

“i wouldn’t worry, she’s tougher than both of us.”

“you’d better find yourself a less complicated woman. good luck with that.”

“i’m not one of these losers going to let you float until they forget how much you owe them.”

“they have their own way of doing things.”

“i messed up.”

“the best way to keep the blade sharp is to use it.”

“there comes a time when the risk of doing nothing becomes the greatest risk of all.”

“if you can’t find it here, it’s not worth finding.”

“i’ll be back. i’ll find a way.”

“well in that case, by all means let’s plow forward.”

“you’d better think about this.”

“you ought to be ashamed of yourself.”

“i see three choices. either you’re a spy, you’re fronting for the person i really want to speak to, or you’re the thing itself.”

“i see one choice. either you got my money or you don’t.”

“you just walk in like you belong.”

“they’re so proud of themselves they don’t even care.”

“they can’t imagine that someone like me would ever get inside their house.”

“the arrogance is remarkable, isn’t it? they don’t even think about us.”

“these days will end. the way they laugh, the way they push through a crowd. the sound of that voice telling you to stop, to go, to move. telling you to die. rings in the ear, doesn’t it?”

“i’d like you to come with me.”

“don’t you want to fight these bastards for real?”

“special people are hard to find. i didn’t want to see you tossed on the pyre.”

“you want to die being careful?”

“rule number one: never carry anything you don’t control.”

“rule number two: build your exit on your way in.”

“that’s what a reckoning sounds like.”

“it’s when it stops. that’s when you really want to start to fret.”

“you’re bleeding on my floor.”

“either i drop you somewhere and you start running, or you come with me and help with something important.”

“i imagine that no matter what you tell me or tell yourself, you’ll ultimately die fighting these bastards.”

“wouldn’t you rather give it all at once to something real than carve off useless pieces until there’s nothing left?”

“security is an illusion.”

“the longer we wait to identify a disorder the harder it is to treat the disease.”

“think of a name. think of a name for yourself.”

“i can’t believe you’re doing this.”

“you wanted to lead. this is what it comes to.”

“save your wind. this is a long walk.”

“i don’t want to spark his interest.”

“you might want to steady the ladder before you start climbing.”

“yours is a rich history.”

“if you can’t deliver i need to know.”

“i have many mouths to feed, i can only forage for so long.”

“don’t lecture me on vulnerability. no one’s more at risk than i am.”

“it’s a daring choice, but I trust you’ll have the courage to turn back should it be a bit much.”

“must everything be boring and sad?”

“there’s a high bar for your performance. unfair, perhaps, but senseless to ignore and potentially the foundation of a uniquely superior career.”

“you’re supposed to be more competent and tucked away.”

“we’re done.”

[godscends]

worldheiress​:

her  resilience  is  greater  by  tenfold  compared  to  her  brothers,  that  much  she’s  confident  in  even  as  she  hits  the  ground.  even  when  the  world  is  relentless  in  its  blows  –  which  she’d  requested  in  this  spar  –  and  her  ribs  ache,  she  has  yet  to  catch  her  breath.  attempting  the  process  of  breathing  hurts,  doubly  confirming  her  suspicions.  she  staggers  on  all  fours,  intent  on  getting  back  up  again  at  some  point.  her  claim  to  @godscends  is  so  certain;

❝  it  only  hurts  just  once,  they’re  only  broken  bones. ❞

🎤  unknown  soldier  -  breaking  benjamin  /  still  accepting !

   AH, EVER DEFIANT. IT IS heartening to see her so. but when the blood of a god burns through your veins, submission to any other is not even a fathomable concept. that such a weakness will never be found in her is now beyond certain. he is keen for her to move on to the next stage. for if one will not be subject to the will of others, it is only natural for one to craft a reality of the inverse. and how he longs to see the full potential of her birthright bloom.

   he chuckles at his sweetling’s declaration, encouraging yet patronisingly indulging in the way only a parent can be. “and yet only one of us bears them.” his stand relents, turning to seek out the bone-white ghoul of hers, the shimmering glint in the world’s eyes a mocking challenge. DIO himself idly licks a finger and turns a page of his book, leaning back on the old chair in the room’s dark corner. “this dance is becoming tried and tired, my love. i suggest you improvise some new steps quickly. if you cannot cope with my attentions, how do you expect the peoples of our kingdom to respect you?”

[godscends]

unmemoried​:

*          prompt.          /          @godscends​​​,   thanos     :

 ↳          ❛   the   choice   is   yours   if   you’re   willing   to   choose.   ❜

❝   it   isn’t   a   matter   of   my   willingness,   you   see.   ❞     xion   is   willing   to   choose.   they   are   willing   to   do   whatever   it   takes   to   remain   them,   whoever   they   are.   but   the   choice   has   never   been   given.   the   choice   remains   just   out   of   their   reach,   leaves   them   grasping   for   nothing.     ❝   i’d   love   to   make   a   choice   for   myself.   i’d   love   the   novelty   of   choice.   ❞     they’d   choose   to   run   if   they   thought   it   would   do   any   good.   run   to   somewhere    no   one   has   heard    of,   somewhere   they   have   a   place   to   rest   without   worry   for   what   comes   next   (   somewhere   where   there   is   no   in  -  between   light   &.   dark,   life   &.   death   ).

xion   falls   back   to   lay   on   the   ground,   eyes   fixed   on   the   perpetual   twilight   in   the   sky.   it’s   a   lovely   sunset.   it   always   is,   but   this   one   is   different   somehow.   maybe   it’s   a   trick   of   the   light,   their   mind   playing   a   game   with   the   idea   of   change   and   growth.   it’s   a   silly   concept.   but   then,   so   are   they:   a   silly   concept   given   life,   given  breath,   given   the   illusion   of   free   will. 

❝   i   don’t   know   what   i’d   choose   if   i  could,   though.   i’ve   never   had   much   free   time   to   give   myself   the   luxury   of   even   thinking   of   it   …   ❞     thought   trails   off,   and   xion   hums.   gaze   flits   to   their   companion,   and   they   give   him   the   hint   of   a   smile.     ❝   i   want   to   choose,  though.   i   want   to   make   decisions   for   myself   without   worrying   about   the   consequences   or   what   my   fr —   …    what   the   others   think.   i’d   like   to   leave   one   day.   to    somewhere   far   from   here.   i   suppose   that’s   a   good   place   to   start,   isn’t   it?   ❞

   “WILLINGNESS IS ALL THAT MATTERS.” the more they speak, the more he is compelled to twisted understanding. to divine what purpose he has found himself in this land for, and why a path marked by blood drenched throughout the starways has crossed with that of this fragile thing. they speak of lack of choice, of an inability to decide. debasing their personhood with each hollow syllable that passes their lips, hammering in the belief they are nothing more than a shell as empty as the platitudes they spout. yet the blades of grass fall and crumple beneath their weight as they lie back. insects skitter away from the sudden mass falling towards their natural haunt. and when their hand is in his, there is a solidness to the grip, even if his skin still fights to crawl at the touch of something which should not be. a dead thing, yet living. what deeper mastery of the great cosmic balance could they prove to yield?

   the drive, the compulsion to know it so he can regain his place in dictating the tip of the scales, is why he patiently indulges their frolicking across this quaint little town. (or perhaps it’s merely another symptom of the madness lesser beings purport him to be possessed by). their lack of equal drive to gain deeper insight of their life-unlife comes as disappointment to the titan, he who has forever enacted his will with absolute conviction. perhaps by compelling them to greater self-discovery, thanos will unearth the true intent of their meeting. “in my experience, if you so easily grant other forces sway over your choices, you will never achieve greatness, little one. leaders. creators. ideals. there comes a time when we must outgrow them all. you merely have to recognise that chance, reach out, and take it.”

   his gaze takes theirs’ place in looking to the sky and he reaches up with mighty gauntlet. his open grasp sweeps across the faraway clouds suffused by orange and a shimmering aurora of luminescent blue pierces perpetual sunset, like a suspended, benign lightning crack. his fist closes and the crack ruptures, splits and stretches; a window opening to the black vastness pierced by distant stars and novas. he still wishes to understand this world. but to tread among celestial bodies again would be welcome, and offer a fresh view of this enigma from a new perspective. if they stayed by his side. “you want to leave? then choose to. think only of yourself and what you know of your desire. decide how far you wish to go. and when you take the first step, you will find your true strength as i once did.”

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a hundred different kisses

whispering ''kiss me'' to your lover

wrapping your arms around your lover's neck

kisses traveling from your lover's nose to their lips

breaking the kiss, instantly pressing your lips back together

intertwining fingers

soft kisses that grow more passionate by each second

forehead against forehead

running fingers through your lover's hair

unbuttoning your lover's shirt, pressed against the wall

surprise kisses, your lover wasn't prepared but responds immediately

a kiss that says ''we're late for work, but let's be later''

kisses under a light waterfall

pulling your lover closer by the waistband

kissing under the stars

messy kisses, destroying furniture trying to reach the bed

a kiss that isn't meant to happen but does so anyway

sliding your hands down your lover's chest

grabbing your lover by the collar

''if we're caught kissing we're most likely dead but let's risk it''

hand kisses

exploring each other's lips

smiling in-between kisses

now-or-never kisses

caressing your lover's cheek

good night kisses

''i was supposed to take a shower, alone, but go ahead jump right in''

brushing lips together, lingering for a moment, catching your breath

an accidental kiss between two exes

kisses in which, we've already said goodbye for the day but i can't help stealing another one

this might be our last kiss so let's make it last

kitchen counter make-outs

jumping into your lover's arms

soft kisses while cuddling in bed

i missed you kisses

a kiss leaving you breathless

stopping a kiss when it gets too heated

a kiss on the cheek that turns into a kiss on the lips

trailing kisses from your lover's lips to their neck

''everything is going to be okay'' kisses

kisses that start out passionate but grows more delicate

pulling away from a kiss to look at each other, smiling as you dive in for another kiss

a kiss to celebrate an engagement

wrapping your legs around your lover's body as they lift you

a goodbye kiss expect neither can let go

''we shouldn't do this'' but they do so, anyway

a swirling reunion kiss

''i've had a terrible day at work so just kiss me''

a kiss that lasts longer than it should

tending to your lover's wound, placing a kiss on top of their head, grateful they're still alive

a goodbye kiss that says ''i don't love you the way you love me, and i'm setting you free''

spinning your lover into a kiss on the dance floor

kisses in which, ''i can't believe this is real, but i love you so much''

tucking a strand of hair behind your lover's ear

tracing your lips against the corner of your lover's mouth

light kisses scattered across your lover's face down to their collarbone

pulling your lover into your lap, them straddling your hips

bushing your lips against your lover's, wanting to savior the moment

playful kisses, such as, ‘‘i’m not going to kiss you.’‘ ‘‘why?’‘ ‘‘because if i do, i don’t think we’re getting out of bed today’‘

kissing your lover's wounds after having bandaged them up

mistletoe kisses

surprising your lover from behind, smacking a kiss on their cheek

caressing your lover's cheek

trying to concentrate on a task, but your lover kisses your neck, making your head spin

looking deep into your lover's eyes, before dropping your gaze to their lips

shushing your lover as they try to kiss you, telling them tonight is all about them, not you

a kiss only meant to last a moment, but when your lips meet, you can't pull away from each other

leaning into your lover's touch, their fingers tracing down your stomach, their body pressed against yours

a tender kiss on your lover's chest

kissing your lover so gently, worried that if you pull away for just one second, they might disappear

an accidental kiss that confuses you both, but only a moment pass before you crash your lips back against each other's

lingering forehead against forehead, consumed by each other and barely having enough strength to breathe

accidentally bumping noses

kissing your lover's forehead, then bending down to meet their lips

a kiss to forgive each other after an argument

standing on your tippy toes, frustrated you can't reach your lover's lips

unrequited love that is now requited, and a kiss that proves it

legs wrapped around your lover's body, hands tearing their shirt off

pushing your lover onto the bed, kissing down their stomach

throwing your lover over your shoulder, carrying them towards the bed

crashing your lips together during an argument

kisses in which, ''we just broke up, but let's kiss one last time''

whispering ''i love you'' in-between kisses

your lover pinning your arms above your head, telling you to stay quiet

trying to deny your feelings, but attraction gets the best of you, and you push them up against the wall

smiling in-between kisses

reunion kisses, ''i thought you were dead''

not being able to focus on anything during a conversation, you're too busy staring at your lover's lips

kisses in which ‘i’ll kiss you right now to prove i don’t feel anything for you’‘ but the kiss proves the opposite

kissing each other's pain away, your tears mixing with your lover's

your lover pulls you away from a kiss, asks you to marry them

telling your lover you want all of them tonight

grabbing hold of your lover's collar, begging them to kiss you

sliding your hands down your lover's chest, unzipping their zipper

untying your lover's tie, using it to pull your lover into a kiss

not being able to unbutton your lover's shirt, their kisses are everywhere and too distracting

kissing your lover's tears away

passionately making-out against a wall

“let’s just kiss to see what it’s like” then pulling away, lingering for a moment, then going in for the second kiss

hungry kisses and ripped apart clothes

''it's always been you'' kisses