(I, uh... don't use AO3. I've read a handful of pals' stories there, but that's it. It's one of those things I often intend to do but never make time/have the energy to do. So this is also the first time ever that I'm actually posting a thing there. 😅)

I've deeply enjoyed seeing Verrot's various manifestations over the years, so contributing a little seemed like the least I could do. 😅 Happy nameday~ #NYCTOBER

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🎂 It's my special cake and candles day you all have to be nice to me because it's been QUITE the year 🎂

So share some of my paintings??

There was never really any tension around loneliness, so it was more of a consistent cycle of excitement around the next chance to visit.

But then you get hit with a villain and it's hard to protect someone who's so far away, so you just put a stop to the whole thing. 😓

Yes, then no. It helps when things are... pretty casual? And Darien got into the relationship in the first place because he travelled a lot? So every time his travels took him back, there they were. Also, they made plans always looking forward to seeing each other. And sent a lot of small gifts.

Happened 20 years ago, still not over it and bring it up regularly in counselling. Didn't help that I was very alone in a crowd that couldn't/wouldn't understand at the time. Glad you feel supported and hope the future holds even more love.

Amaterasu always my victim when testing new brushes

It’s simple, really. If attention is the beginning of devotion it is only because to love is to notice, and to be loved is to be remembered.
You haunt my every thought.

‘I don’t know if I should kiss you or kill you,’ you say after I push one button too many. But it’s not one or the other. A kiss from you will steal the air from my mouth, rob the breath from my lungs.
So take your time, make it a slow death. I want to enjoy it while it lasts.

One lifetime doesn’t seem like enough to love someone right. Maybe that’s why sometimes we meet people who feel like a home we’ve come back to after a long time away. Maybe souls carry love through death.
Maybe every love story is just a ghost story with a happy ending.

Darien looks a) like he's been tempered (doesn't act like it), b) significantly lightning aspected, and c) like he's eaten too many light(ning)wardens. Well, slightly less extreme because he's got a handle on it, but he definitely could use shaving off like 90% of his inner spark for his health.

Sometimes I disagree just to watch you argue your point, stubborn and flushed and so alive with the need to prove me wrong.
You look good enough to kiss, so I do. And I may lose the argument, but I win you.

Got to have a great conversation with Shannon TL Kearns about his new book: “No One Taught Me How to Be a Man: What a Trans Man’s Experience Reveals about Masculinity."

We also talked about masculinity discourse, and then of course masculinity discourse discourse, and more:

Darien only snores if he's sick or has ended up sleeping in a strange position. None of his long term partners have been real snorers, but when it has come up, it's mostly been endearing in people he hasn't had to deal with very frequently.

It's one of the reasons he keeps most people at arm's length. He's been betrayed too many times, but the less responsibility he feels for someone, the more amusing it is to toy with them. If he keeps everyone away, constantly making shit up can stay fun and games forever.

A complicated one for Darien! It depends entirely on the distance between himself and the liar. The closer they are, the worse a crime it is. Perfect stranger? Lying to him and by him is pure entertainment. Extremely close? He swears by honesty and even a small lie is explosively destructive.

Give folks their flowers

No, I mean right now. Go tell someone you loved their work right now. They're on social media just say it, it has never been easier

"They know how much people love--" no they don't go say it right now to a composer or artist or game dev or writer or anyone AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

Nnnnooo...

Let's leave it at that this time.

Darien is a melee guy through and through. Any common weapons. When he has to do magic, red magic is preferred because of the melee element. While he'd probably default to throwing knives if forced at range, what he'd actually be most competent with and doesn't want to talk about... is a handgun.

Its my BIRTHDAY!! Which means i get to shamelessy beg for love right? 🥺 any retweets and likes are welcomed but not required❣️ i do a lot of dnd and ttrpg art!!

#dndart #dnd #trrpg #dndoc #ocsky

if you see this, post a gif of your first ever anime

GenshinPosting: I find something hilarious about one of the two Fatui in Monstadt who have been gossiping about the most recent versions since 2020 saying "Oh... What happened now?" in a really tired voice. 😅

(Also taking this moment to note that while highlanders are a thing in FFXIV, my tag here actually refers to There Can Be Only One, Immortals Hunting Each Other. 😏)

WELP! September is over and I failed to finish my "highlander" story for #FFXIVFinishItFall In my defense, I got sick twice in a row and didn't get back to it until, uh... 3 days ago? But I finished Ch.2, so I'm calling that a win! And October's still fall, so I'll keep trying!