Lazy Doggo Is The Best Doggo

Tamaki is the sweetest cinnamon roll ever!

Tamaki Amajiki x Reader

Warnings: angst

I‘m here

It was happening again.

He saw you.

You were in that building saving the last person in there.

You got the kid out of there.

Then the building collapsed.

He was just able to watch.

He wanted to help you, scream at you to get out of there.

Heck, he even considered telling you to let the kid stay in there just so that you would be safe.

But he wasn’t able to do anything.

The scenery switched, you were in a hospital bed.

Badly wounded. Hurt. And not conscious.

Your heart rate was slowing down, your breathing getting more shallow.

Then it stopped.

A doctor and a few nurses were trying to save you, bring you back to him, but they weren’t able to.

You were dying and no one was able to help.

Normally he would wake up now, sitting up straight, only to have an anxiety attack and not realising that you’re next to him, peacefully sleeping.

But not this time.

This time he felt someone slightly shaking him.

When he opened his eyes he saw that you were the one shaking him, probably to wake him up.

”Tama are you okay? You are crying...“

He touched his cheek and felt that he indeed, was crying.

”were you having a nightmare again?“

You knew him too well.

He thought he wasn’t that obvious.

He didn’t tell you about his nightmare. Him seeing you die every night now.

But you were not stupid.

Of course you noticed how panicked he looked in his sleep. How relieved he looked when he saw you wake up. How he would hug you tighter and longer in the morning.

How scared he was when you guys were called to a rescue mission.

”you don’t have to tell me if you don’t want to. Just know that I’m here and am listening if you feel ready.“

You hugged him.

This small action made him realise how lucky he is to have you by his side.

He started crying. Body shaking and breathing broken.

”sshhhh... it’s okay, I’m here... let it all out...“

He felt you patting his head, playing with his hair and whispering sweet nothing in his ear.

He held you tight. Not wanting to let you go, still not having really realised that you’re fine and it was, once again, just a dream.

”y-you were-” his voice broke. He wanted to tell you what was happening in his dream but his crying got in the way.

”it’s okay... take your time...“

”you- you were-” his crying got worse.

He really wanted to tell you, he wanted to let you know what was waking him up at night and scaring him so much that he was crying like that.

You took his face in your hands and looked him in the eyes. They were red and puffy, tears still streaming down his cheeks with no end.

”it’s okay. Don‘t force yourself.“

He nodded slightly and pulled you close again.

He buried his head in the crook of your neck, tickling you slightly with his soft hair.

You pulled away again, holding his face like before but kissing him this time.

The kiss was a bit salty because of his tears, but you couldn’t care less at the moment.

The kiss actually calmed Tamaki down a bit so he tried to tell you again about his dream.

”Y-you were dying... you tried to save a child but then the building collapsed... the doctors couldn’t save you... you- you died in front of me... I-I wasn’t able to help you...“

His crying got worse again, breaking off his words and keeping him from seeing your smile.

”It’s okay...“

”No it’s not! You died and i was useless! I was just standing there! I saw the building collapse!“

He didn’t want to yell at you, but he couldn’t understand why you weren’t mad at him for letting you die.

You on the other hand couldn’t understand why he was blaming himself for that.

You flinched slightly at his loud voice, pulling him in for another hug.

”it’s not your fault Tama. I know it hurts but you can’t save everyone... please don’t blame yourself...“

”I-I just don’t want you to leave me...“

”i won’t. It was just a dream remember? I’m here. I’m save and if anything would happen to me you would save me.“

”B-but what if I can’t... what if that dream becomes reality...“

”then I will fight for my life. I won’t leave you Tamaki“

You pulled away from him again just to kiss him. His breathing was almost normal again and his crying had stopped, the tears left on his cheeks slowly drying before you wiped them off with your thumbs.

”It’s okay... see? I’m right here. You don’t have to worry.“

You pulled him into a hug again and laid down with him.

With you holding him he finally had a night without this dream again.

I wish my yard looked like this

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I’m absolutely stunned by her work

I've been told that there are rumors about me using AI for my paintings. Please use some common sense, I've been posting on DeviantART since 2003 and sharing full video recordings on Patreon since 2018. If I'm a fake, wouldn't my Patrons have noticed by now? Since AI has been turning artists against each other, accusing each other of using AI, I have no choice but to share of some the Patreon rewards as proof. Here is the 10 full video recordings of me painting A Thousand Skies from scratch

I built the 3D model base for this painting in Sketchup, which you can see here

When AI was at it's infancy, I was very excited to have a new tool to help me make comics. Long time followers will know I struggled with repetitive strain injury that forced my comic making to a crawl. A decade before AI, I was experimenting with 3D backgrounds for comics.

I still remember the hate I got for using 3D models in my comic backgrounds, even though today nobody blinks at other artists doing the same. 3D is now accepted as a tool to help artists create. I even remember hate for being digital instead of traditional.

I tested out painting over AI generated backgrounds a few times in the very early stages of AI. There are a lot of screenshots taken out of context from my Discord where I share how I paint everything with complete transparency.

The only other time I've used AI in my art is for a gag scene in my comic, the full context is my character, Vance, who is a weeb and tech nerd, was objectifying women by seeing them as anime cat girls pasted over AI flower backgrounds.

If I had downloaded a flower stamp brush from ClipStudio and made a similar flower background, nobody would care. But somehow this is not okay even though it fits the theme and joke of the comic?

It's 2AM where I am now so I won't say much else other than I wish people would stop taking my posts out of context. With everything going on in the world, artists should support each other, not make up reasons to hurt each other.

They are so intelligent!

Very useful!

Writing Tips

Punctuating Dialogue

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➸ “This is a sentence.”

➸ “This is a sentence with a dialogue tag at the end,” she said.

➸ “This,” he said, “is a sentence split by a dialogue tag.”

➸ “This is a sentence,” she said. “This is a new sentence. New sentences are capitalized.”

➸ “This is a sentence followed by an action.” He stood. “They are separate sentences because he did not speak by standing.”

➸ She said, “Use a comma to introduce dialogue. The quote is capitalized when the dialogue tag is at the beginning.”

➸ “Use a comma when a dialogue tag follows a quote,” he said.

“Unless there is a question mark?” she asked.

“Or an exclamation point!” he answered. “The dialogue tag still remains uncapitalized because it’s not truly the end of the sentence.”

➸ “Periods and commas should be inside closing quotations.”

➸ “Hey!” she shouted, “Sometimes exclamation points are inside quotations.”

However, if it’s not dialogue exclamation points can also be “outside”!

➸ “Does this apply to question marks too?” he asked.

If it’s not dialogue, can question marks be “outside”? (Yes, they can.)

➸ “This applies to dashes too. Inside quotations dashes typically express—“

“Interruption” — but there are situations dashes may be outside.

➸ “You’ll notice that exclamation marks, question marks, and dashes do not have a comma after them. Ellipses don’t have a comma after them either…” she said.

➸ “My teacher said, ‘Use single quotation marks when quoting within dialogue.’”

➸ “Use paragraph breaks to indicate a new speaker,” he said.

“The readers will know it’s someone else speaking.”

➸ “If it’s the same speaker but different paragraph, keep the closing quotation off.

“This shows it’s the same character continuing to speak.”

It’s so long since I pulled out my flute and played it….

🌸🎵🌸🎵🌸🎵🌸

Absolutely stunning!

Art by Max Hay

setup and punchline

My mom was interested in getting a purebred dog that didn’t shed. We went to the pound (we actually wanted a cat) but my mom said that she wanted to look at the dogs “just in case.” The first cage we came the dog sat for us and wasn’t barking. My mom pointed the dog and asked if we could take him out. The dog was so shy and timid. Apparently he had been abandoned and was found wandering around the streets. We were the only family to take him out in the six weeks we had been there. We couldn’t leave him there so we adopted him and named him Max!

Adopt if you can x Art by me

Source: thedodo