#argyle4eva

[gingerhaole]

This is totally random, but I ordered your "You Again" and "Praise" books and loved all the art in them (so pretty!) . . . but I really squeed over your sketch of Battle Angel Aziaraphale in "You Again," because you didn't just give him a kilt and a great expression - you gave him a shield! As a total sword nerd, it was *so annoying* to see a short one-handed sword (that should be used with a shield) treated like a longer two-handed sword in the show. All my nerd love for fixing that. :D

Admittedly I don’t know much about swords, but I do know you gotta have a shield and shields are fuckin’ cool! But if Aziraphale gave away his sword, what do you think happened to his shield? I say he lost it using it to toboggan down the sand dunes outside of Eden. 😃

[double-crescent]

New world building from old tropes

I was reading a post about burial mounds and standing stones. A sentence jumped out at me "It looks a bit too much like a deadfall trap for my liking…" and my world building brain took it and ran.  What if standing stones on top of burial plots are deadfall traps?

 In a world where Necromancers may raise your corpse, or worse it could randomly be raised by errant necromantic energy, making sure the dead don’t rise would be a design goal. To prevent your corpse from rising without damaging it before burial (like cremation), a precariously 100+ ton granite slab precariously perched over your corpse, set to crush it if the earth around it is disturbed.  Some dark and stormy night the village is awoken by a loud WHUMP followed by the fading curses of a necromancer who tried to raise the corpse of a local lord.  I could imagine graveyards arranged like Rube Goldberg domino exhibition.  Precariously balanced to crush any corpse that might try to escape its tomb.

What other staples that we take for granted in out fantasy stories and settings could exist in the same form but for completely different purpose?

[lavinia-pfigg]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

woohoo, i guess? I always worry about these old archives.

[azriona]

argyle4eva replied to your photo “Starting the chocolate pie, with mostly local ingredients.”

Dang, for a moment I thought that was a jug of bleach. Interesting how culturally-specific packaging *shapes* can be.

True dat. My veggie oil is in a container that looks exactly like dish soap. And considering the color, I wasn’t all that sure when I saw it originally that it wasn’t dish soap!

[queerzaza]

home--is--where--hogwarts--is replied to your post “I'm so scared right now.”

Sending love this country needs it so badly right now

argyle4eva replied to your post “I'm so scared right now.”

*Hugs*

we need protection. i’m having trouble breathing. i’m scared for every immigrant family, for every Muslim, for every non-white, non-cishet person, for US being pushed back before civil rights. this is terrible for us and for the world.

[vulgarweed]

argyle4eva replied to your post: What’s cracking me up right now about ...

Maybe Melian? :)

I think Melian has her hands full keeping all dangers away from her borders, and that might include all her Maiar kin. She’s powerful enough to maintain her realm safely and spread her influence far beyond (no small feat in these times) but not enough to be matron/mom/matchmaker/soothsayer to anyone except her own. She’s a Maia and a Queen, she doesn’t clean or bake for ANYONE unless she really wants to, and she’ll always put her husband and daughter first. She’ll treat Sérelókë as kin and help him when she can, because’s he’s her sibling in a way, but she’ll also hold him at a distance because he’s a wild wind and she has a delicate house of cards to maintain.

Oh. Wow. Revelation: if Melian is analogous to ANY Sherlock character once Sérelókë has left Valinor and we’re operating by Middle-earth rules . . . 

she’s closest to MYCROFT. :D

[queerzaza]

thank you for these kind responses. i occasionally post about my depression cuz i want to be an open book. i want ppl to know tht even if for some of us it will never go away- it can be managed. some days are really tough, almost impossible, but they end and there will be better ones. everything is temporary. thanks again for your love and support!

tardis-11 Saw this and it made me sad...you honestly make my dash so much better! I know we've never talked, and prob aren't even mutuals, but you are wonderful, dear!!! Hang in there! We'll all get better one day!!^_^

sorry i made you sad! if you tagged we could be mutals tho

jhwyoukeepmeright Remember that those words and thoughts are the depression talking, because you in fact are NOT worthless. You are amazing and a wonderful joy to this planet. Keep strong.

thank you, i am trying

starlordthenightfury i wish you the best of luck, and i hope that you feel better in the morning as well

thanks and i do

argyle4eva Ugh, hope you get some good rest/sleep ,and that helps you feel better.

i did and it helped, so thank you

ladymacphisto You are loved by so many.

that is wonderful to hear, thanks

bakerstreetbees I'm so sorry :( I hope u feel better soon️️️ just know that you matter a lot to many ppl

i hope someday i can believe that too

londoncallingsigh **hugs** you are beyond WONDERFUL!!! Really hope you feel better tomorrow sweetie. Take good care of yourself. <3 <3 <3

thank you friend, knowing you think that matters to me

valeria2067 Lots of hugs for you!! I know that feel!

*hugs* thanks fam

jxhniarty I'm so sorry! For what it's worth, you're incredible and strong and very kind and caring!

those are some srlyly wonderful compliments, thank you <3

theglitterypotato **squishy glittery hugs** (if you do hugs) If not glitter-five. DEPRESSION LIES.

i do hugs, rly squishy ones, ask Lesley!

escapetothefandom AWE BABE I LOVE YOU IF THAT MEANS ANYTHING

it does, so thanks!

[drowninginfanfics]

Sherlock's a Vampire. John's a werewolf. Together they fight crime.