PRINCELING.

sweet dreams, timaeus. fuck the epilogues.

[timaeuse]

@golgathae said: “ i know i’ve kissed you before, but i didn’t do it right. “ they can have 500 dumb kiss interactions who cares

dirk knows that if he opens his mouth to protest, the moment goes away. it’s happened before and he has no doubt it’ll happen again, when he’s too starstruck to be thoughtful. now, though, he catches the thought before it flickers into malignancy and holds onto it, soothes it over with the knowledge that there’s plenty of time later, when jake isn’t holding him and he isn’t holding jake just as tightly, with just as much affection. he bumps their foreheads together, more accidentally than anything, but it means their eyes meet and the twisting nerves in his gut explode into something much scarier, much more unique to jake.

“Feel free to try again. I’m a play until you win kind of guy,” he says, but his voice is too quiet, too earnest to make the joke land right. dirk’s gaze skitters, only for a moment, accompanying the cogs between his ears as they grind slowly back to life. “I mean -- oh, fuck it.” he moves closer, just as eager to shut himself up as he is to kiss jake, let everything go quiet in his head. “You want to do the honours?”

[timaeuse]

if it is less hot tomorrow i will write i PROMISE 

[thechronicfuckingmasochist]

"is this the hill you want to die on? because I can make that happen." is a solid disagreement beginner and finisher as well as an effective threat to an enemy

[eternal-fractal]

"Is this a hill youd kill for?" Is a good comeback

[bunnieresources]

mitski lyrics sentence starters.

“ i’ve been anywhere and that’s not what i want. i want to be still with you. “

“ please don’t say you love me. “

“ i don’t know what to do without you. “

“ be mean to me. “

“ there’s no need to be brave. “

“ i always wanted to die clean and pretty. “

“ you have so much to do, and i have nothing ahead of me. “

“ don’t wait for me, i can’t come. “

“ you’re all i ever wanted. i think i’ll regret this. “

“ my body’s made of crushed little stars and i’m not doing anything. “

“ would you kill me, ____? “

“ come find me. “

“ i should tell them that i’m not afraid to die. “

“ what do you do with a loving feeling if the loving feeling makes you all alone? “

“ you only love me when we’re all alone. “

“ you don’t know what you want, but you know that you’re needing it. and you know that you need it bad. “

“ i’m tired of wanting more. “

“ i’ll love some littler things. “

“ you’re the one i want. and i’ve turned down every hand that’s beckoned me to come. “

“ it’s not real enough. “

“ i will be the one you need the way i can’t be without you. “

“ why won’t you chase after me? “

“ i’ll take anything you want to give me. “

“ i haven’t told anyone, just like we promised. have you? “

“ you’re growing tired of me. “

“ i can’t take your touch. “

“ it’s just that i fell in love with a war and nobody told me it ended. “

“ why am i lonely for lonesome love? “

“ i gave too much of my heart tonight. “

“ i need somebody to remember my name. “

“ i’ll steal a few breaths from the world for a minute, and then i’ll be nothing forever. “

“ all of my memories, all the things i’ve seen will be gone. “

“ do you wanna be my baby? “

“ would you tell me if you want me? “

“ i didn’t know i had a dream. i didn’t know until i saw you. “

“ i don’t want your pity. i just want somebody near me. “

“ give me one good honest kiss and i’ll be alright. “

“ i hear my heart breaking tonight. do you hear it too? “

“ i know i’ve kissed you before, but i didn’t do it right. “

“ i thought i’d traveled a long way, but i had circled the same old sin. “

“ i know who you pretend i am. “

“ it’s funny how you always remember. it’s funny how i still forgot. “

“ we’ve both done it all a hundred times before. “

“ it would be a hundred times easier if we were young again. “

“ to think that we could stay the same. “

“ there’s nobody better than you. “

“ you knew from the start it was us, didn’t you? “

“ bury me in your memory. “

“ there’s some kind of burning inside of me. it’s kept me from falling apart. “

“ would you just tell me what i’m meant to do? “

“ could we be what we’re meant to be? “

“ i’m sorry for taking, but i keep wanting more. “

“ there’s a lie that i told you that now i can’t tell the truth. “

“ you told me once you were happy to have me. “

“ i would give you my heart, i think. “

“ you’re coming back and it’s the end of the world. “

“ i love you, darling. and i am done, dear. “

“ i just need a quiet place where i can scream how i love you. “

“ never once did you know me. “

“ i love everybody because i love you. “

“ ____, am i still young? can i dream for a few months more? “

“ you can come closer, i’ll let you hurt me. “

“ i’m tired of not loving you. “

“ my heart wants to hold you, but i know the rules. “

“ i think my heart is ready to die. “

“ i think my fate is losing its patience. “

“ you’re home to me. “

“ if i’m not yours, what am i? “

“ i’ll live without you, though the struggle will be daily. “

“ i get mean when i’m nervous like a bad dog. “

“ i miss running fast. i was meant for running fast. “

“ i pretended you were mine, it made me calm, babe. “

“ i am cruel, i am gentle, i can make you laugh. “

“ i don’t think about the past; it’s always there anyway. “

“ i will never die. “

[voidslate]

Your Harness…I mean Hayness. Highness, I mean.

please like / reblog this post if you’re interested in interacting with a selective && independent h.oruss z.ahhak !  please mind the disclaimers on my rules page. (  you may recognize me from my kankri  –  don’t worry, i’ll be sharing plenty of thoughts about beforus here, too.  )

written by levi | he/him | law.

[viria]

Jake it’s about time to realize how precious your boyfriend is dammit>:C

someone make Dirk happy. and please not trickster happy.

[timaeuse]

@voidslate​ levi said any (:

“I think it was very generous to call it a date, even.” dirk talks around the bolt he’s holding between his teeth, which grit a little tighter as he reaches the full length of his arm towards a spanner that’s just slightly too far away. “Don’t tell me you’re asking for pointers. I already had Tuna asking this morning on behalf of who he insists is a client that would sooner remain anonymous. The poor dude has to get tired eventually. No one’s got that much stamina, stud or no stud. Hey, pass me that spanner, dude.”

[timaeuse]

more adhd dirkposting. whats MY excuse dirk cant sleep bc hes actively juggling two consciousnesses at all times one of which was SUPPOSED to be asleep until he just decided that no actually he was going to be awake now to Spy (: as soon as my man so much as zones out on actual earth his dreamself on derse is like oh FINALLY something to do i was just rotting over here ig

[timaeuse]

ANYWAY please indulge me and like this for a STARTER i might stick it in family au (thats h/umanstuck for you normal folk) bc thats where my mind is

[timaeuse]

“No, no. Rest assured, I know how to sleep. The logistics of it do not escape me. It’s the act of it that proves elusive. I lay down, I close my eyes, and then I wait there like a particularly stagnant body of water until I inevitably get bored and irritated because I’m wasting time. Besides, it’s fine. It’s only 48 hours.” his hands are shaking. dumbass.

[timaeuse]

evisceratedplayboy‌.

Their speaking was bound to occur whether either party knew or not. It’s a chance meeting at first in the hospital, where Dean lay unconscious and healing from the fire. This second chance is where all cards are laid on the table and the truth of them is discussed. James wouldn’t deny the nervous jitters in his chest as he stared down the taller Strider–the one that held more threat than his smaller relation. Blues are settled upon those dark shade, feeling the edge of a threat nipping at the air between the two of them. “And you’re Dirk.” His words don’t have that edge to it that the blond’s do, softer and more real.

Hopefully, the lashing he’d receive from the elder wouldn’t be as harsh.

It’s…an aftershock of uncertainty in the face of Dirk’s remark–in the face of that grin that suddenly spread across his lips. Cheeks bloomed with color and James can’t help the sudden bashfulness that occured. “Ah…you have, huh?” Maybe Dirk had been the one Dean texted so rapidly late at night, fingers tapping away on that little screen. He wouldn’t be mad at the man, really. Maybe it was Dean’s way of realizing what loving and being loved was. “He’s a really nice guy, honestly. I think he’s made more of an impression on me than I have him.”

There’s that tug of a smile, meeting blues hues as he looked to Dirk.

“So, why are you here? You can’t just be here to make subtle remarks like that.”

‘I wouldn’t have thought that was my most underhand remark to date, but different strokes for different folks, I guess.’ he’s not trying to dodge this one on purpose. it’s funny, really -- dirk can’t help evasion, how even now he feels as though he must keep a secret for someone else’s sake. he already knew before he set out today that he wasn’t going to attempt anything like a big brother talk -- too often he’s seen movies in which they go horribly wrong (or maybe horribly right), and the last thing he wants to do is drive them apart. he knows how important this bond will be. maybe that’s why it unnerves him. 

his mouth still twitches with the promise of a grin. “Could it not be that I just wanted to see what all the fuss was about?” dirk raises an eyebrow, but his expression stays jovial. “Maybe he has, maybe he hasn’t, but I’m the one that’s gotta hear what Dean has to say, so you’ll forgive me for comin’ at this biased.” 

[timaeuse]

ah i have unlocked what i wanted to talk about. so earth c dirk keeps himself pretty comfortably out of whatever limelight the gods are afforded for a multitude of reasons, and the one he’ll cite when asked is that it just feels weird to him. why do the public want to know what he’s doing, how about they fuck off out of his business (said mostly as a joke, you know how dirk is). this is true! the idea that people might want to know stuff about dirk makes him uneasy, to put it lightly, and he isn’t the kind of guy to give news outlets anything because he’s very good at playing the charade of ‘normal dude who went outside once this week and it was a shopping trip to get advils and energy drinks’. 

he excuses himself from the business boom that his friends begin, and rarely works with/for their companies. he has... issues with jane reopening crockercorp, let’s say that, and his relationship with her on earth c is... strained at the very least as a result. dirk pretty much just works on call for the consorts -- fixes their machinery when they need him to, builds things for them, etc. when word gets out about his repairs, he caves and opens a modest little repairs shop that people can bring things to (he does cars a lot of the time, but it genuinely doesn’t matter) and have dirk work on them. 

dirk’s also very keen on keeping himself out of what he refers to as ‘positions of influential power’. like, sure, he’s a king of the consort kingdom, but he knows intimately how a corporation can quickly and menacingly become the only thing controlling the world at large and to put it simply he does not vibe with that. not to mention that for all his faults he knows that he doesn’t handle that kind of impact well, and is taking steps to come to terms with the fact that his way is not always the best way. it’s a decision dirk makes to keep himself comfortable and ensure his own personal growth.

[timaeuse]

dirk good

[elimemes]

HEARTBREAK WEATHER (2020) STARTERS.

‘i haven’t felt this way for a while.’

‘it feels different when you’re with me.’

‘you were a vision.’

‘lately my heart’s been so empty.’

‘i promise that i’ll love you for the rest of my life.’

‘there’ll never be another.’

‘there’s a vision i’ve been holding in my mind, we’re sixty-five and you ask when did i first know.’

‘i always knew.’

‘i want the world to witness when we finally say i do.’

‘i can’t promise picket fences or sunny afternoons.’

‘i promise that i love you.’

‘can we share a drink and let go of the pressure?’

‘the last time that we talked seems like forever ago.’

‘feels like you don’t even know me.’

‘just me and the stars can get lonely.’

‘hey, can you show your face?’

‘can you see that i’m anxious?’

‘can you hear what i’m saying?’

‘i fall too fast, and i go down blazing.’

‘if i pour my heart out, can you keep a promise?’

‘the siutation is like a mountain that’s been weighing on my conscience, if i’m being honest.’

‘i hope that i find you, my dear.’

‘i just called to say that i miss you.’

‘i’m at your favourite place.’

‘i’m not saying that you’re lying, but you’re leaving out the truth.’

‘i’m not saying that you’re guilty, ‘cause i don’t have any proof.’

‘she’s been looking at me all night.’

‘tell me what you want.’

‘let’s skip all the small talk.’

‘small talk only gets in the way.’

‘i like the way you talk.’

‘i like the things you wear.’

‘when the morning comes, i know you won’t be there.’

‘i want to blow your mind.’

‘i want to take you somewhere warm.’

‘let me treat you to a drink.’

‘is it wrong that i still wonder where you are?’

‘are you all dressed up with nowhere to go?’

‘you’re the only one i need.’

‘is it wrong that i still don’t know my heart?’

‘you’re the only one i see.’

‘you know someone for a long time, but you never really know who they are.’

‘won’t you give me back what you took apart?’

‘you left me with nothing.’

‘why do i think of you?’

‘i guess i’m holding onto you still.’

‘your mother thinks i’m the best for you.’

‘my heart’s under control.’

‘why is loving you not fair?’

‘i see your face in people i don’t know.’

‘losing you is not an option.’

‘i just need a new distraction.’

‘i like the way you’re dancing.’

‘you can stay with me tonight.’

‘you don’t have to change when i’m around you.’

‘go ahead and say what’s on your mind.’

‘i hope we never change.’

‘you’re the one i want to wake up to.’

‘don’t you tell me it’s too late now.’

‘is there a way to make it up somehow?’

‘my mind is complicated.’

‘i find it hard to say i’m sorry.’

‘if honesty means telling you the truth, well, i’m still in love with you.’

‘did i miscalculate this?’

‘we’ll be alright.’

[stavroginas]

Haruki Murakami, from Norwegian Wood

[timaeuse]

ASK THE MUSE !

( reply as muse talking )

► NAME ➭    Dirk Strider. ► ARE YOU SINGLE? ➭    To be single would assume that one is already singular. Thanks to the fact that I am decidedly not that, I can safely say I’ve never been single in my life. Suck it, virgins.  ► ARE YOU HAPPY? ➭    Emotion without causation is distraction. ► ARE YOU ANGRY?  ➭    See above. ► ARE YOUR PARENTS STILL MARRIED? ➭    I don’t have parents. Seriously? Read a fucking book.

NINE FACTS !

► ‘BIRTH’ PLACE ➭    This is a hilarious question. Even were I someone who had been born in the traditional sense, were you hoping I’d be able to describe the hospital room? The city, the country, the continent? You expect a newborn to remember that shit? That’s an awful lot of pressure to put on a baby. Don’t you know the woeful tale of every kid that’s ever been labelled ‘gifted’? I say again, read a fucking book. ► HAIR COLOR ➭    Blond. ► EYE COLOR ➭    What, you thought you’d get two straight answers out of me in a row? Take a look. I’ll give you a prize if you guess. ► BIRTHDAY ➭    It’s coming up. ► MOOD ➭    Ring. Board. Tracker. -Y blues. Play a tune for me, saxophone man. ► GENDER ➭    Prettyboy ninja stud. Thanks, Caliborn. ► SUMMER OR WINTER ➭    Blistering heat or blistering heat. That’s one hell of a dichotomy.  ► MORNING OR AFTERNOON ➭   It’s always 5 o’clock somewhere.

EIGHT THINGS ABOUT YOUR LOVE LIFE !

► ARE YOU IN LOVE?➭    With what? With an idea, a place, a person, a thought? These questions are hella vague, bro. ► DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT? ➭    If I did, there’d be a pretty worried seagull flyin’ around what used to be Texas right now. ► WHO ENDED YOUR LAST RELATIONSHIP? ➭    Seriously, man, you have to start clarifying the nature of the question you’re asking. I’m not cool with assumptions. The only ass here is you. ► HAVE YOU EVER BROKEN SOMEONE’S HEART? ➭  Does the title Destroyer of Souls mean anything to you? Nah, me neither. ► ARE YOU AFRAID OF COMMITMENTS? ➭ I take my projects far too seriously. ► HAVE YOU HUGGED SOMEONE WITHIN THE LAST WEEK?➭   Aha, so I see the question asker is onto me. You’ve decided to get more specific now. Why? What drives your ultimately thankless ambition? Do you want to pry into my life to fill a gap in your own? Nice follow-up question by the way, sugarlips. ► HAVE YOU EVER HAD A SECRET ADMIRER? ➭   See above. Wonk. ► HAVE YOU EVER BROKEN YOUR OWN HEART? ➭   Physically? Don’t be a dumbass. It’s not possible. 

SIX CHOICES !

► LOVE OR LUST ➭    To imply that one is absent from the other is ignorance, is it not? Shithead. ► LEMONADE OR ICED TEA ➭   Or maybe I’m the shithead for embarking on this fruitless mission. You probably don’t care about these answers any more than I do. ► A FEW BEST FRIENDS OR MANY REGULAR FRIENDS ➭   Let me know if I got too frustrating for you up there. Not because I’ll stop, but because I want to know. Indulge me. ► WILD NIGHT OUT OR ROMANTIC NIGHT IN ➭   Are you coming onto me? I knew it. I change my secret admirer answer to ‘Yes, of course yes, a million times yes’. ► DAY OR NIGHT  ➭   With shades this dark there’s no difference.

FIVE HAVE YOU EVERS !

► BEEN CAUGHT SNEAKING OUT ➭    You totally stopped reading after I said I didn’t have parents. ► FALLEN DOWN/UP THE STAIRS ➭    Warned you about those stairs, bro. This is what the refrance. Which in and of itself is a reference, I suppose. Got me. ► WANTED SOMETHING/SOMEONE SO BADLY IT HURT? ➭    The referential nature of a reference is so interesting, don’t you think. The prefix, ‘re’ -- back, again. ‘Ferre’, to bear. Almost as if it’s some great weight. The nature of a reference is, at the root of the word itself, painful. That is to say, yes.

FIVE PREFERENCES !

► SMILE OR EYES ➭    I’d prefer a face to put them on. ► SHORTER OR TALLER ➭   Shorter than an oak tree, taller than a loaf of bread. Did a horse pop into your mind’s eye? Really? Sick freak. ► INTELLIGENCE OR ATTRACTION ➭  Again, the removal of one from the other is questionable. If they’re combined, though, I’m way too sexy, so I understand. ► HOOK-UP OR RELATIONSHIP ➭    My, my. You’re awfully forward. And people call my art borderline p.ornographic?

FAMILY !

► DO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY GET ALONG ➭    You did stop reading. Caught you. ► WOULD YOU SAY YOU HAVE A “MESSED UP LIFE” ➭    By what definition? By the standards of whom? ► HAVE YOU EVER RAN AWAY FROM HOME ➭    Sure. Did I also mention I can walk on water. ► HAVE YOU EVER GOTTEN KICKED OUT ➭    That previous answer was a lie. I felt too bad to carry on pulling the wool over your eyes, like you were some kindergartener trapped in a particularly overbearing sweater. You deserve better than that.

FRIENDS !

► DO YOU SECRETLY HATE ONE OF YOUR FRIENDS ➭   I don’t make a point of keeping secrets.  ► DO YOU CONSIDER ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS GOOD FRIENDS ➭    See how fun that last answer is? My omission leaves the interpretation up to you. I could hate all my friends openly and freely. I could hate none of them. Words are power. Remember that now. ► WHO IS YOUR BEST FRIEND ➭    I thought we were beyond dropping little hints like this, asker. Just ask me outright if it’s you. I know you want to. ► WHO KNOWS EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU ➭    You tried, didn’t you? Tried to get to me. Well, it ain’t happening, motherfucker. DiStri doesn’t let the walls down for any random shmuck with a questionnaire. Nice try. I have to applaud the attempt. Now get lost, before I change my mind. 

Just kidding. Scamper along now. 

[timaeuse]

dirk when yall mention tricksters