#thanks dear

[graftini]

janiil......janiil my beloved.........they are so evil and bittersweet and compelling........

i know right... i was making my header today (inspired by THIS edit and i think about it EVERY DAY not even kidding) (i want to make a proper janiil web weaving or smh #soon too) and they're so interesting to me. like, their play styles have some sort of similarity, my bambi-legged, long-ass legs faves... but their narratives are so different and yet they intertwine so much.

daniil is stuck in the middle of a generation that is after the big three, which is already insane: three people accumulating 66 slams between them, and before the whole sincaraz narrative. meanwhile he's the only from the lost-gen who got sooo close to actually making it past one gs. i mean... he did something thiem nor raonic nor zv*r*v (so far... ) could which is make it to no. 1, and he won a gs against one of those people whose shadow kind of eclipses everything that comes after them (another dynamic i find reeeally interesting is daniil/nole...) and not only that but also on ao which is nole's most won slam... but he also has so, so soooo sooo many missed opportunities.

the fact that he used to be 6-0 against jannik, from their first meeting at a 250 in 2020 (where i think daniil made qfs?) to a slam final four years later that jannik wins... i don't know, that gets me.... and i find it so good narratively that of course daniil is the one from that generation who made the most slam finals, but he only won one. which means he got there, over and over again, and then lost them. and obviously it must be incredible just to get there, but falling from that height over and over... i don't know how he does it on a psychological level...

something about losing all his finals until 2024 to the big three and then the last one to jannik (WATCH THIS EDIT.... i think about it every day...), the kid he used to have such a good h2h against??? oh god... the themes !!

but BUT we can't forget MY favourite recent moment, which i wanted to include in my header and was actually my original inspiration because they looked really nice and because it was such an amazing final: indian wells this year. beating carlos and then fighting like that in the final... daniil moves me so much. he's a sisyphean character to me. you think he can't get any lower and then he does, and then when you stop believing in him because you think "oh, he's just going to hurt me again," THEN he does something amazing and you start believing all over again. and eventually he loses, but that high when he's good is just so good.

i'm genuinely moved by him. also something about having such a terrible 2025 and then finally winning a title at the very end of it… and then starting 2026 with another one. i don't know, i'm very romantic about him... he simply does not know how to stop trying!!!!! there is something so deeply compelling to me about a player who keeps coming back not because the narrative ~ says he should, but almost in spite of it... swimming against the tide...

anyways sorry i'm missing daniil a lot so i ended up talking about him, but yeah... i feel like jannik is my beautiful horse who likes apples and will probably win a lot of matches even if he occasionally loses the ones you least expect him to, while daniil is also a beautiful horse (someone said recently what type of horse he was i really liked that post but idk where it is... ) that you keep betting on even though you know he might lose, like the mitski song, but there's always a what if, because he is basically an unstoppable force of will crashing against the immovable object that is the cyclical narrative of the universe (and also himself !!!!!!!!!).

oh wait and also... i think daniil is constantly fighting himself: his impulses, his emotions, his own brain. everything is external with him. you can watch him argue with himself in real time and you think he's crazy and he is! meanwhile jannik is fighting something completely different, i feel like he's fighting the narrative of who people think he is. i don't buy the "he's a robot" thing at all, because he's actually emotional, but unlike daniil he keeps almost all of it inside. people want him to be inevitable, a machine, the already established narrative of sincaraz, and i think sometimes he's fighting against becoming sure of himself, he's always on the verge between believing too much he's gonna win (which is important and what makes him play so fluid sometimes imo) and being afraid of losing and insecure of himself (which also makes him defend so well).

they're almost opposite poles. daniil expresses everything until his emotions become part of the match and jannik hides everything until people assume there's nothing there at all.....

anyways i love them both. jannik is my no. 1, but at the same time, if i ever want him to lose, it's either against one of my countrymen or against daniil, and that is not something i take lightly

[ufojervil51]

stabby again😇 + “is that a challenge?”

“Is that a challenge?” Stella asked with a grin.Tabitha, who was sitting cross-legged on Stella’s bed, rolled her eyes.“It’s a fucking game of truth or dare, Stella. Of course it is,” she answered, sounding more impatient than annoyed.Stella’s grin widened, and she leaned in to kiss her Tabby.

[cityandking]

alsooo 💤🎩💘👻 for minah, vesper and eniko!

thank youuuu // misc. symbol headcanons

💤 - How does your muse sleep? Are they a light sleeper, or are they out the moment their head hits the pillow? Do they nap? Do they struggle to sleep due to things like insomnia, or nightmares?

MINAH — she’s a pretty light sleeper but a decent catnapper. she tends to sleep with a knife within arm’s reach. she regularly has nightmares that she’s mostly learned to live with but there are periods where they gets more pronounced and she sleeps worse than usual. the added archdemon dreams do Not help

VESPER — vesper’s a medium sleeper—she can fall asleep pretty easily but she tends to wake up in the middle of the night and then just be up for hours (and if it’s early enough she’s just up for the day). she naps but never intentionally; sometimes the exhaustion catches up with her and she finds herself nodding off over a report or waiting for a patrol. she has nightmares sometimes, especially after a particularly bad fight or event, but mostly it’s just the insomnia

ENIKO — he’s trained himself to be a light sleeper, on account of the paranoia and other childhood horrors—he never wants to be caught sleeping. but he’s also aware he may not be lucky enough to get time to sleep if he passes up an opportunity to rest and he’s pretty good and lying down and immediately passing out; if he’s too wired to sleep he doesn’t bother trying. he’s shockingly in tune with his body for a guy who refuse to acknowledge a single emotion (something something taking care of the weapon or whatever)

🎩 - What would your muse wear to a formal event? Do they dress more modestly, or do they go all out?

MINAH — these days if there’s a formal event happening she’s on the clock so either the warden uniform (polished and cleaned) if she’s there in official warden capacity, or her reinforced finery if she’s there in a slightly less ostentatious manner. she prefers a dress she can move in that’s semi-modest; she never wants to be the most eye-catching thing in the room and the more she can blend in with the crowd the better. with the orchestra, if she was at a formal event it was as a performer so she was in costume

VESPER — she tends towards lighter dresses with long skirts. she doesn’t really have enough of a figure for anything particular revealing, and she’d lean towards modesty even if she did. she prefers slim, light bodices and long loose skirts; the most skin she shows is her bare arms

ENIKO — he’d wear something simple but super classy, the kind of thing that’s so understated you know it’s expensive. he’d augment with one or two very specific flourishes, just enough to make it clear he’s thought about it and knows how the ensemble comes together. at its core it’s the same three piece look he usually defaults to, but jazzed up in very specific ways. he's never ostentatious though, unless a job requires it

💘 - What is your muse like when they're in love? What does your muse find attractive in someone else? What are their love languages? How do they show affection? Do they show any distinct signs that they're in love?

MINAH — she was so bright and excited about being in love back in the day—teasing, giggling, genuinely just so happy. these days she refuses to let herself be in love and even if she were in love, she wouldn't show it. she finds competence and a sense of humor attractive, and also strong shoulders and good hands. her love languages are largely different forms of giving—giving gifts but also giving actions. most of the time she shows affection through small gifts that show she’s paying attention to someone, or just small gifts in general (cat energies)

VESPER — vesper in love is a tiny bit flustered but also a little happier and more relaxed than usual. some things she finds attractive include a strong sense of honor and a moral code, protectiveness, quiet humor, and a strong work ethic. also the ability to wield a sword well. her love languages are quality time, acts of service and physical touch. she shows affection by being attentive and a little more unguarded, especially privately. she’s got a bit of a glow about her when she’s in love that she can’t entirely hide but you’d have to know her pretty well to notice it

ENIKO — niko in love acts exactly like niko at any other time except that he’s permissive with the object of his affections in a way he isn’t with pretty much anyone else. he really respects tenacity and a realist’s perspective and someone who has an inner brightness or warmth, given that he lacks that himself. he’s big on acts of service and quality time, and he enjoys the ritual of performing a relationship—nice dates, gifts, etc. but yeah it’s pretty much impossible to tell if/when he’s in love

👻 - How does your muse handle feeling scared? Do they enjoy horror? Do they believe in the paranormal? What calms your muse down? Do they have any scary stories?

MINAH — minah is way more scared of real life stuff than ghost stories or horror or the paranormal. story-scared is fun—she’s definitely performed in a couple scary/horror shows with the orchestra and enjoys the safe fun of mock horror. real horror—darkspawn, the past, being hunted—is bad, and she responds with an instinct of freeze-or-flight (and mostly flight)

VESPER — vesper doesn’t particularly care for horror, but she tend to be more scared of abstract things than monsters—if it’s real and in front of her, she can do something about it. her greatest fear is losing control and/or tranquility, and knowing there are people around who will stop her from hurting anyone is sort of calming? she's not really good at calming herself down though. she could recount some of the horror stories the apprentices at the circle told—silly childish things—but they’re not really her scary stories

ENIKO — eniko handles being scared by closing up like a clam and being even more of a bastard than usual. he’s ambivalent about horror stories, though he does enjoy telling them to get a rise out of someone else. the thing that calms him down the most is a knife in his hand and a target to attack. his life is a scary story and he’s not interested in telling it.

[xwilltruman]

Babygirl🫵🏻🫶🏻

im genuinely honoured. i always wanted to be babygirl

[cali]

very proudly shouts YAY outloud when i see u post art

let me eat sugarcubes out yo hands please darling thanks dear

[psychicvoidtale]

So basically...

Okay but tbh tho, why did I made your sona so fricking hot😭 I'm scared that he might become a Tumblr sexyman-

you flatter me dear..

idk, I think it's the eyes

But thanks.

Sexyman?..

[poorlydrawnsyndicate]

[theficthatwaspromised]

pls do a part 2 for amusement, absolutely loved it

I may or may not be working on it 😇🥵