#unguarded

[terracemuse]

[crispyafterdark]

Vasquez’s abs…

Which episode is this?

…from the episode “Unguarded!” Thanks, alucard1324!

[crmsnmth]

I Hate Him

I hate him in the dull blue hours of morning when sleep won't come back and the ceiling starts to look like a confession

I hate him in the silence after songs end when the last chord fades and there's nothing left to distract me from the thought of you laughing somewhere I'm not

I hate the way I imagine him like he's taller, steadier like his hands don't shake when love gets too close like he knows exactly what to say and never says too much

I build him into something perfect just so I have something to destroy

I hate him for the way you probably look at him soft, unguarded like you used to look at me before I turned every moment into something fragile and then dropped it

I hate him for knowing the shape of your mornings for hearing your voice before the world gets loud for existing in the spaces I used to swear were mine

I think about his name sometimes roll it around in my mouth like it's something bitter I can't quite spit out

I wonder if he knows how you take your coffee if he notices the way you go quiet when something hurts if he understands the weight of loving you or if he just carries it better

I hate him because he didn't have to watch it fall apart

I hate him because he didn't hear the things we said when everything was cracking the apologies that came too late the promises we both knew we couldn't keep

I hate him because he gets a clean slate and I'm stuck rereading every mistake like it's scripture

And sometimes the hatred burns so hot it almost feels like purpose like I've found something solid to stand on again

but it never lasts

Because underneath it under all that anger all that imagined rivalry all the stories I tell myself to make it easier to breathe

there's something worse

sometime quieter

something honest

He didn't steal you in some dramatic, cinematic way there was no moment where you were ripped from my hands

There was just distance small at first almost unnoticeable

A missed call a shorter reply a look that lingered somewhere else

And then one day you were already gone long before you said it out loud

So I hate him, yeah I say it like a mantra like it'll stitch something back together

But the truth is he's just a stranger who showed up after the fire

And I'm the one still standing in the ashes holding pieces of something I helped burn down

I hate him because it's easier

Because if I don't I have to sit with the fact that you chose a life that didn't have me in it

And there's no villain in that story

Just two people who couldn't make it work and one of them who hasn't learned how to let go yet

[underscorecheapounderscore]

Working on my own bcg homescreen rn, here’s some of my progress!!!!

THIS IS HARD DUDE- like i havnt done this in ages and had to rewatch yt tuts on everything-

[zaahrawrites]

[momentsbeforemass]

What’s in your heart?

What’s in your heart?

For a lot of us, we’ve got two answers to this question. There’s the answer we think we should give. The one that’s part of our personal brand. How we want people to think about us. The answer we aspire to.

And then there’s the real answer. The one that we live. And live with.

The answer that’s revealed by our unguarded moments. Our unthinking responses.

That real answer, the lived answer? That’s the answer that will be our source of strength. Or weakness. And it colors every aspect of our lives.

It’s also our fall back, our go-to in times of trouble.

When everything is falling apart, as human beings we rely on what’s in our heart.

Which is why it’s so important that what’s in our heart is something that is completely dependable. Something we can rely on, no matter what we’re facing. Or Someone.

This is the truth about us as human beings that’s behind today’s Gospel. Where Jesus says,

“You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment.”

This is Jesus ensuring that our hearts are full of the God who is completely dependable. The God we can rely on, no matter what we’re facing.

If we actually do this, the love of God won’t just color every aspect of our lives. The love of God will be our source of strength.

Which means that the greatest and first commandment is? Nothing less than Jesus setting us up.

Setting us up to be loved. To be whole. To be happy. To be who we were made to be.

Today’s Readings

[bapydemonprincess]

Excuse me ... can we talk about this.....

Hey, can we-

CAN WE TALK PLEASE-

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[fandom-trash-xl]

Once again, Unguarded by @ladytygrycomics continues to be one of my favorite DB fanworks and Nova continues to be my favorite Frieza Mom.

I recently introduced the comic to my less familiar with Dragon Ball irl friend (hi @fireballecf !), she proceeded to binge read the whole thing in one day and got really emotionally attached to Nova as well, so I felt an excuse to draw her again (plus, it's Mother's Day, bonus there)