#I have so many thoughts on them

[st4rking]

tfw you, as a mind reader, have to team up with a man who thinks too much

Slight spoilers in tags

#wednesday spoilers #marvel spoilers #your honor they're my emotional support dysfunctional couple #as everyone should know #i love tony stark #hes baby girl (derogatory) #and I also love emma #I feel like they're great foils to each other but I dont want to talk about that #theres so much controversy around their wedding #however #people do not realize how funny their friendship could be #tony “i think a mile a minute” stark #Emma “Worst time to be a telepath” Frost #you could not tell me the shenanigans that would happen if the situation was not so dire. #if it was not life or death #emma would be flooded with Tonys nonsensical ideas against her will #she is being held hostage send help #yes i know emma wont read his mind without consent but also mindreading would be smart now #especially since they're kind of alone in this #I have so many thoughts on them #AND THEY SAID MRS. AND MR. EMMA FROST #Literally called Tony malewife #Also Feilong is terrifying as an Iron Man villain #The Invincible Iron Man (2023) #I know this isnt how Tony looked in the comic but this is how I draw my tony #tony stark #marvel 616 #diddlydoo #emma frost #irondiamond

[dazednstoned]

Huh? Molly and Abigail only had one interaction together? No no ur wrong they're best friends.

#THEY WOULDVE BEEN TOO POWERFUL #abigail marston #abigail roberts #molly o'shea #rdr2 #I have so many thoughts on them

[fvedyetor]

therapy is drawing a pretty fedya before bed (and sigma)

#i have so many thoughts on them #fyodor dostoevsky #sigma bsd #bungou stray dogs

[sarahinara]

it's like 230am and I've already taken my meds but let's see how coherent I can manage to make this.

first oof omg. okay but the like. conflating of maine and the meta (with sigma & eventually the others) and the meta (without the ais) within fandom is so?? like distressing lmao.

the fandom wiki goes on and on about he was ambitious and conniving and power hungry but I just feel like that's so unfair?

because looking at the leaderboard across seasons nine and ten, I think the main reasons for him climbing the board are due to other people's actions and then like. taking a bullet or twenty to protect the briefcase/carolina during the terrible no-good very-bad heist™, and then once sigma gets involved it sure does seem like he does a lot of whispering in maine's ear. (the whole 'sic him' moment will never not be unsettling asdfghjkl)

BUT! but sigma was supposed to be carolina's and she gives him up so that maine can still communicate with the group but like. a decent majority of them can Already make sense of what he's saying? and sigma obviously has his own agenda like friendo iunno if your interpretation of what maine Means to say is wholly accurate.

I'm gonna get to Washington in a hot minute I just have a lot of feelings ;__; because he's got creativity&ambition via carolina, and then fear and happiness from her too. and then theta was next I think?? then gamma and omega, and finally delta? the order he acquires them in aren't intentional I'm sure but it still has me feeling like the pepe silva meme.

and he has So Many all at once? I mean there's that whole 'oh he was power hungry and that's why he&sigma are scooping all of the ais and tech up' but there's also that like. is it so wrong to want them to all be together? in the scheme of things? do they talk with one another in his head? is it Almost like being part of a team again? when does the mental exertion start to melt his brain and hollow him out into the seemingly single minded Meta? what was it like to suddenly have them all gone again? alone alone alone in his head and he can't even properly use his equipment anymore. absolute bullet in the kneecap no wonder he's so petulant and sassy to wash in s8.

anyways. pfl strong silent aggro tank maine and messy rookie 5ever washington make my heart hurt. they both (wash later, mostly) have that hair trigger tip into sudden sharp violence and Yet that 'my friends are in danger gotta toss myself in front of oncoming bodily harm bc that's how I operate' aspect to them as well. how washington is the only one still sitting in the lecture room while sigma fiddles around with the concept of metastability. like what was That about. those moments in s8 where it's almost back to normal exasperated banter? you can't see it but wash is prolly making exasperated lil bitchfaces all the time?

the whole. whose idea was it to bring the meta back along on the epsilon retrieval quest. his brain is prolly fried and he can't use his armor properly and his more than a little unstable. was it the chairman? surely he must have seen some sort of flaw in sending him back out there. was it washington? insisting that the shell of one of his dear friends needed to tag along with him? was there a trade thrown in there somewhere for maine's sake? would he have wasted away in some unsc prison somewhere if not?

wash knew the meta was likely going to try some nonsense when it came to epsilon (and later beta) and yet!!! and yet they're still a team and duoship weird not quite wary friends again not quite perfectly civil work partners. breaks my HEART!

anyways ;__;

okok putting my thoughts under a read more because this got long LMAO

pre-sigma maine (+wash)

YES justice for pre-sigma maine. when it come to the freelancers and the leaderboard, the only ones who reeeeeally cared about the rankings (that we saw) were carolina, south, and ct. the others mention it at points (york and north had a short convo about it), but they have the most reactions to changes/their placements on the board.

but maine? the guy who just does his job of kicking ass when asked? he’s not the one trying to jump off buildings and compete against his fellow agents (a la carolina after tex shows up), nor does he push himself to perform in the field (a la york after his eye injury). you’re absolutely right that maine probably  climbs the leaderboard because he’s just good at what he does.

I think that’s partially why I love the maine+wash duo so much—neither of them played to the project’s machinations of the leaderboard. wash comments so. many. times. about the absurdity of what they’re doing that partnering with maine is probably a breath of fresh air. no-nonsense, you-charge-ahead-I’ll-cover-the-field, oh-right-my-trackers-thanks—they know their strengths, that they’re good, and don’t need a leaderboard to tell them that.

post-sigma maine aka the meta

sigma is absolutely the source of any ambition for power in maine. at this point, the other AIs in use were omega, gamma, delta, and theta; tex probably didn’t talk to anyone about omega, gamma was just sorta odd, delta was calm but logical, and theta was unassumingly cute. maine didn’t have any reason to be overly cautious about sigma when he first got him, and sigma probably kept up pretences during their initial days in order to gain maine’s trust.

and then he has this AI, this piece of hardware wired into his brain and every thought—maybe sigma doesn’t interpret for maine 100% correctly, but he’s able to convince maine that he does. maybe sigma oversteps his boundaries as an AI, and goes down neural pathways he shouldn’t. then, when sigma whispers to maine, how is maine supposed to know if it’s the AI’s thoughts or his own?

I like to think that maybe that’s why he was able to have multiple fragments at once and still function, unlike carolina. whereas eta and iota kept to the AI-designated areas of their freelancer, sigma had such a handle on maine that his want to become human became maine’s as well, because suddenly he realizes that he feels the fragmentation as much as his AI does.

with each fragment he collects, maybe maine feels more whole despite the strain he’s putting on his body. each new voice in his head is like him remembering how to feel—happiness, fear, trust. when they talk to each other, it’s just like any other time he’s rationalized with himself.

this is when maine becomes the meta. when “maine”—everything he was before sigma was implanted—just becomes another fragment of the alpha, desperate for the other pieces that they lost. I don’t think meta is hollow-minded necessarily, but just an amalgamation that transforms maine away from what he once was.

post-meta maine (+wash)

the EMP goes off and it is so quiet.

I think maine is left reeling, still feeling like a fragment despite all biological evidence to the contrary, and doesn’t remember how to be human anymore. his combat abilities are deeply-ingrained muscle memory, but his thoughts? his emotion? the AIs were so intertwined with his mind that every flare of feeling is new and alarming.

then he meets S8 wash, and it only makes it so much worse. because the angry, betrayed man in front of maine is so conflicting with who he remembers, and he doesn’t have the capacity to process that. wash gives him an order and it’s so familiar and maine knows that he should trust wash, that he wouldn’t have hesitated once upon a time, but his mind is broken and all he can focus on is how quiet it is why can’t I trust you why can’t you trust anyone—

why does maine go with wash to search for epsilon? I think they’re both loose ends for freelancer, but neither with any lingering love for the project. wash is tired of it all; maine is a lost man wandering through each day. wash offers his efforts in exchange for his freedom; maine is offered freedom in exchange for his efforts. the chairman pairs them together because the records are clear—they were a good team, and they won’t come anywhere near freelancer after this.

I think if their goal was anything else, if they weren’t dealing with AIs, then maybe wash and maine could’ve come out from their mission a little better for it. his friend is broken but he’s here, and wash learns how to trust again when he feels that white armor pressing against his back in a firefight; his friend is broken but he’s here, and maine finds his own voice again when they’re killing time between objectives. with time, they both feel less alone.

but they were hunting epsilon, and this is maine’s chance to feel whole again, like how he felt when he had the fragments filling his head. there is no downtime, no chance for either of them to heal with their mission looming over their heads. maine might work with wash throughout S8, but when the opportunity presents itself to collect epsilon and beta? the opportunity to be human again?

he never had a choice.

#asked #red vs blue #mainewash #god i'm so. #i have so many thoughts on them #that they could've been happy!! post-pfl!!!! #but instead it was just sad #jafglhjhdfh i am so sad over them

[sabicat]

Redemption/Replica AU Headcanons for Xemnas and Ansem

What if after their deaths, Xemnas and Ansem's hearts return to the only body left to them; Terra's. Similar to Roxas, Ventus and Xion's hearts slumbering in Sora and then getting put into replica bodies, the same happens to Ansem and Xemnas.

Neither of them quite know what to do with themselves once they're given new lives and fresh starts, and eventually end up deciding to stay in Radiant Garden to work as researchers once again.

Xemnas is extremely awkward around former members of his Organization; he feels some level of remorse for what he put them through, and doesn't know how to act around them now.

Some members like Ienzo, Aelius, Even, and Dilan forgive him relatively quickly and are able to have a somewhat friendly relationship with him, despite the awkwardness.

Others like Roxas, Lea, Isa and Xion want absolutely nothing to do with him, despite his... confused attempts at making amends.

His first time meeting Aqua face to face is 10x more awkward because he's spent years speaking to her armor and struggling to piece together memories of her from the fragments of Terra within him. Does he want to be good friends? Does he love her? Does she hate him for what he's done? It takes a long time for him to parse through these relatively new emotions.

He and Terra have a very complicated relationship; neither of them hate the other, but it's just very awkward being around each other. It's like looking into a twisted mirror. Terra's reminded of all the pain his body was used to create, while Xemnas is reminded of his origins and things that could have been.

Retains some of Terra's... 'himbo' nature. After losing some of Xehanort's influence over him/his heart, labwork becomes a bit more challenging for him. He's not stupid, it just takes him longer to figure out things that used to come easily.

Not shy, per say, but very reserved and introverted. Doesn't know how to deal with people or emotions and sometimes just runs from them. He'll get better with time, but it's all very new to him.

Ends up trying very, very hard to make amends with Roxas and Xion, in his own way. Doesn't talk to them much, but sends them gifts here and there. Initially Lea (who I like to think becomes a legal guardian to the pair) just throws them away, but after a while lets them through. Xion is more forgiving than Roxas, and is the first to send him a letter or gummi-phone text. Too nervous to see him in person for a while though.

Ansem has a very different experience. He didn't spend nearly as much time with the Organization members as Xemnas did, and feels little towards them. He doesn't dislike them, but feels no desire to get closer to them either.

He does, however, feel some remorse for what he put Riku through. Thankfully, he and Riku had somewhat of a reconciliation before his death in KH3, so Riku is a bit more open to communicating at this point. Ansem takes on an odd fatherly role to him, trying to actually support him rather than manipulate him.

Wants to do something with his new life. There is still more to seek, after all. When not working at Radiant Garden he likes to explore different worlds and take in any and all knowledge that he can. He doesn't have any grand plans to use that knowledge, but he still wants to learn.

Will absolutely infodump on anyone who will listen to him. Careful you don't get him talking for hours. He doesn't have the same 'shyness' that Xemnas does; he's very extroverted and seeks out companionship. He's tired of being alone.

Ends up developing some sass to him. Bit sarcastic, always has some quip ready with a little smirk. Likes to get reactions out of people, but it's never malicious.

Actively seeks out Aqua, Terra and Ventus rather than initially avoiding them like Xemnas did. Despite some tensions, he's able to get along with them surprisingly well. He especially enjoys deep philosophical conversations with Aqua, or sitting quietly with her while they both read. His memories of her from fragments of Terra are far more shattered than Xemnas', but they're still there and he wants to learn more.

Terra is still awkward around him, though not quite as much as he is with Xemnas since they don't have the same face (thank you Riku). Though he does have some painful memories, flashes of being trapped within the Guardian and being used as Ansem's weapon. But he wants to forgive, difficult as it may be.

Sometimes has Heartless around him as 'little helpers'. They're harmless as they're under his control, they just act as assistants; bringing him things, sending messages, acting as extra hands during experiments. It puts everyone on edge for a while, but the other researchers can't deny their usefulness.

Xemnas and Ansem's relationship with one another is almost brotherly. They came from the same people, after all.

Since Xemnas struggles with just existing a bit more than Ansem does, Ansem takes on the elder brother role. Tries to encourage Xemnas to break out of his shell and help him cope with how things are now.

One of the few things they are 100% the same on though is their relationship with Ansem the Wise; neither of them like him, yet they also feel some guilt for what they did to him. It's an uncomfortable feeling that will never go away.

Ultimately they both want to make up for their wrongdoings, just in different ways. But they both want to help find Sora and bring him back from wherever he's gone.

#xemnas #ansem sod #ansem seeker of darkness #kh #kingdom hearts #kh3 #headcanons #sabi thinks things #I love these two so much #I have so many thoughts on them #So many useless headcanons #please ask me things #too many thoughts in my head #gotta let it out gotta let it out

[sharplimeade]

I feel like the reason marichat was really popular was because both Marinette and chat noir were their best selves when they were together. Like I feel like the being ladybug puts a gigantic weight on Marinette, who is already pretty anxious and Adrien has such a constricting schedule and daily life that he only feels like himself when he's chat noir and they're also both best friends so they already feel comfortable with each other but if you add their true personalities in the mix they really just combine so well in this Ted talk I wil

#marichat #i have so many thoughts on them #marinette dupain cheng #adrien agreste #rant over lol

[mx-paint]

The thing about Riley in terms of Ellie and her own trust issues and character is that everything that Is Ellie would never have been possible without Riley.

Riley was the first person that Ellie loved, her first crush, her roommate, her best friend. She was also the first person to leave without saying anything, not even telling Ellie anything about it. Riley unintentionally gave her that bit of guilt and trauma that she was so easy to be left behind (which I think is a big reason the dlc/episode is titled in such a way, to symbolize not only Ellie's feelings and emotions, but also her first home that she can never go back to, of Many what ifs that could have happened if that night, or any other night before or after that, had went differently). Riley is also the person that matters to also (unintentionally) put it into her head that she doesn't belong anywhere, that she wouldn't know what it was like to have someone love her like Riley's parents had unconditionally loved her.

Joel is the first person to treat her in such a way without thought. Just within hours of meeting each other, he kills someone for her, someone that he knew and was friends with, because he was going to kill her, and he feels the same fear and anger he felt when Sarah had also been shot so carelessly by someone unwilling to listen. He drags her along if he has to to keep her alive, does what he can to make sure she's safe and warm and fed.

So, naturally, when the next person who she comes to trust again that isn't dead says he wants to leave her? Well, originally, she runs. But, here, she stays, but the reactions are the same; He's the first person to treat her like a kid, to protect her by practically ripping people apart for trying to hurt her, and he's the first person to not leave. That means everything to Ellie, it's everything she's ever wanted, to not be alone, or alone with someone she can't feel safe with. Of course she's going to be angry and upset!

But all of this makes Maria's talk with Ellie that much...More. The only people that can actually harm you aren't the raiders or soldiers that want to kill you (or Worse), but the people that you trust.

#tlou spoilers #tlou tag #the last of us #i love riley but i think shes really the one to give ellie the type of trauma that she has #like ellies biggest fear is being alone #and riley was the person to leave without warning #to come back and tell her that shes leaving Again but wont come back #and shes also the first person that ellie has to kill #i have So many thoughts on them #joel may not be the best to help deal with her trauma #and ellie might not be the best for dealing with His either #but its clear that they are what each other needs #also the fact while ellie and sarah are basically the protagonists #riley is the top contributer(?) to get the story where it is

[atomicnumber47]

I saw so much good art on the pokespe tag.

There was at least 5 different posts and I was like “EXACTLY! THIS PERSON GETS IT!” 

and then I realized.

basically all the posts were by YOU!! LIKE ONE SINGULAR PERSON???

HOW DO YOU DRAW SO MUCH GOOD ART??? I AM IN AWE SERIOUSLY

Thanks so much for this blog: It really brought a smile on my face :D

anon....... this is us rn.. fr

#BWGFHW BUT YES ! THANK YOUUUUU ARGHBF #you're all so very nice ! #also im just really normal about the johtrio... they r my mipys #i have so many thoughts on them #but i'm always a little too shy to ever post those kind of analysis posts ehe #always worried im just going on about themes and symbolism that isnt even there and that it isnt that deep... ah but oh well ! #thank you anon you're very kind ! sorry for the ramble in the tags! #not art #sure ill use that tag

[movedtodykedvonte]

If all ads do is advertise I wonder what their social systems actually look like?

I imagine that they never stop advertising and this includes advertising themselves to other people as a way of socializing. Pitching why they would be the best roommate with charts on their cleanliness or likelihood to provide rent on time. Upselling their social skills to potential friends on how they are 100% guaranteed not to cause drama or friendship can be terminated with no extra baggage! Just verbally sign this and you have my undying devotion and adoration with a life time warranty.

It has to seem shallow or weird to other cyber citizens. The idea that every action is a transaction and that addisons actually have a social currency of sort. 

#i personally think addisons really only have addison friends for this reason #they are so weird compared to other darkeners due to their function #like they know hwo to parse an ad and so its easier vs learning how to translate the sales men lingo #addisons dont only speak in adds but it takes a bit for them to drop the facade around no ads as to not damage business #addisons mimic people and business folk but are very clearly not #concepts and patterns they can get but they have horrible execution or whatever makes them advertise takes over #the addisons #addisons #addisons deltarune #deltarune addisons #utdr #undertale #deltarune #i have so many thoughts on them #ive seen this idea played with but im talking the extreme #like if they dont talk like this they probs arent gonna say anything and get worked up when they cant use salesmen charm in a situation

[glitter50000]

Lego Monkie Kid season 4 spoilers ahead (read at your own risk!)

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Bro it’s about how they actually became friends

#brb crying in a corner #lego monkie kid spoilers #lego monkie kid season 4 #I have so many thoughts on them #lego monkie kid

[archivalsapphic]

the realist x the idealist in media except it's jonmartin.

jon as the realist and martin as the idealist in the beginning then after everything they've been through jon ends up as the idealist and martin's the realist.

#the magnus archives #tma #jonathan sims #martin blackwood #jonmartin #jarchavist #the magnus pod #i have so many thoughts on them #definitely not incoherently posting about jonmartin to avoid having to finish s5

[victory-cookies]

pov you’ve been depressed lately and the only thing you’ve had the energy to do is rewatch media

#I have rewatched rottmnt and dhmis so many times this week #I have so many thoughts on them #but I am also just. way too tired to do anything about those thoughts #hence why I have been absent ig? idk I’ve been napping a lot #vent #ig #been in a rut again but we’re surviving

[ssalballoon]

Mystra showed him the secrets beneath the veils. The gossamer veils first, draped across the Weave. The delicate veils next, draped across her body. 'Chosen One' she whispered, as she slipped them off completely.

poor gale :'(

- the dialogue is from ea gale's explanation about his folly

- i kinda like that she ended up looking like a mother-of-pearl inlay lacquerware!

- oh this was a subconscious choice, but Gale is sitting in seiza which is a posture for showing respect especially to elders. it's also known to be a painful position to sit in for extended periods of time, which is why it was sometimes used as a method of (morally dubious) punishment. however, experienced people can maintain this posture for much longer. food for thought :-)

- (edit: deleted this point bcs it didn't really make sense + detracted from the art a little;;)

#also had other companion drawings w gale and mystra planned for this but none of them are complete... perhaps another day #mystra #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #bg3 fanart #gale of waterdeep #gale dekarios #my art #hm i dont have many opportunities to share my mystra thoughts so! #mystra is incredibly difficult to redesign and draw! I want to give her a fantastical element to her while retaining her austere aloofness #(her unassuming design is actually surprisingly effective in making her seem so effortlessly powerful) #I love spiderweb imagery and braids(weave) for her but braids make her seem so... kind? very soft? i'll try again another day... #is this seriously my last post of 2023. goddamn

[goldenpeng]

🔥 / from itto 8)

Xiao decidedly walks in another direction.

...That oni, he reminds him of Bosacius. It's...not a good thing to dwell too much on their similarities. Both are rather handsome, in a brutish way. Suited to war, perhaps, yet even more so suited for the smiles characteristic of peace. / @sagnaevi

#sagnaevi #i have so many thoughts on them #if you wanna explore more in that direction you know where to find me~

[cappycodeart]

"The dead one! Yeah I haven't thought about her in a long time!"

A little theory I've had about Winter King's original motives based on his heartless comment about Betty and Ice King's original motives for kidnapping princesses in the first place...... clearly she gave off Bad Ex Vibes…

#adventure time #fionna and cake #simon petrikov #winter king #candy queen #princess bubblegum #ice king #betty grof #fionna and cake spoilers #adventure time spoilers #at spoilers #spoilers #fan art #digital art #sketch #2023 #SORRY THIS IS SKETCHY I NEEDED TO GET IT OUT OF MY SYSTEM. I HAVE SO MANY THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS JERKWAD #SO MANY QUESTIONS SO MANY THOUGHTS AND NONE OF THEM WILL EVER BE ANSWERED LOL #I say bad-ex in quotes I feel like I hc that this Simon definitely had some ego issues to begin with... #and whether betty left him or died in the apocalypse he held that against her and became resentful instead #after he became Winter King he grew out of it and stopped caring because he's having a fantastic time now #but PB has always been a subconscious reminder of Betty. Why else would he target her specifically.

[avi-mation]

Current Hyperfixation is ~them~

Roomies time

#they are so unlikely but such a good fit #fanart #trafficblr #secret life roomies #secret life #grian #ethoslab #zombiecleo #art #life series #i have too many thoughts about them i must draw more