#and i'm not afraid to use him

[neededset]

nightmares bad

Sleepy cat good

#i have a cat #And I'm not afraid to use him #He may be a menace #But he's my menace

[abisalli]

the sorcerer's apprentice by Paul Dukas starts playing in the background 🪄

#bbc merlin #merlin #merlin fanart #my art #digital art #sketches #don't have the time to finish this one so have it as it is right now #yeah sorry you'll have to endure this Merlin phase a bit longer I'm afraid #I'm just having sm fun drawing him using his magic for silly things like doing laundry or fireworks <3

[smultronviol]

Ppl going "waaahh unpopular opinion but Alice is kind of annoying and obnoxious and I don't think I'd like be her friend irl" is so funny to me bc like.

God forbid a cast of characters be multifaceted and have actual flaws and unpleasant aspects other than "grr angsty hero" and "whoops i'm so clumsy". Sometimes character dynamics and arcs need to be prioritized above "who would i personally be niceys with irl"

2. bro just WAIT until you hear about season 1 jon lol

#the magnus protocol #tmagp #season 1 jon was obnoxious and sometimes a straight up ASSHOLE and you were supposed to find him kinda grating!!! #yes alice IS a bit annoying and too much sometimes (esp in the first episodes) and i love that <3 #like. its p obvious that she uses the over the top-thing as a shield (to push ppl away/as a defense mechanism/to avoid being vulnerable) #we see her drop the act sometimes w ppl like teddy and sam who she actually feels comfortable around (and who know and understand her) #but like. she's stuck in a job she hates and is kind of afraid of (she KNOWS smth abt the horrors and is keeping her head down to survive) #(shes obviously afraid of sam going to far bc she KNOWS its dangerous) #so yes her act gets too much sometimes and yes sometimes she crosses the line into straight up mean (esp against gwen) #(but their dynamic is a whole other can of worms) #but like. i'm pretty sure its supposed to be seen that way. the audience isnt supposed to just find her kooky funny #the facade is supposed to be dismantled by the viewer etc etc #kind of like SEASON 1 JON the obnoxious bastard!!!!!!! #like. if you ever think alice is too mean towards gwen pls listen to s1 jon again and how he speaks abt martin?? #from a position as his boss no less? ngl i wanted to throttle him sometimes #you kinda forget abt it in the later seasons and if you only engage w fandom content. but like. go back and listen to the shit #he actually says. jesus christ man. i remember kinda hating him in the beginning #and to be clear i love jon! i think hes a great character! #and like. its almost as if his early season personality and facade was an important setup for his character development #and relationships with the other characters??? #but anyway 'alice is kind of annoying' is not an unpopular opinion its literally the FUCKING POINT #and both her and jon are my sweet baby angels <3 #alice dyer #jon sims #(and obviouslyyy you're still allowed to dislike a character ppl can have their own opinions etc etc etc. i just personally find it funny)

[forcedhesitation]

astarion origin playthrough worth it just for all the extra moments where he does the "sad wet cat" face

#bg3 #bg3 spoilers #thoughts about media #astarion #*kisses his forehead* my awful little bastard man... i love you and your big sad watery eyes. #IT'S SO FUCKING QUIET THOUGH IF YOU YOURSELF ARE PLAYING HIM GOOD LORD #I'M SO USE TO HIM COMPLAINING TO MY TAV!!!! #OR BANTERING WITH HIM OR KARLACH OR WYLL!!! #I MISS HIS THEATRICS!!!!!!! #not that it's ENTIRELY quiet. until i found karlach i was travelling with shadowheart lae'zel and gale. #and let me tell you. gale and lae'zel do NOT shut the fuck up if they are together. #they were literally having an entire tinder date while we were trecking through the woods to go get karlach. #i NEVER knew they talk so much because while i've travelled with them individually in past saves... #...i've NEVER had them in my party at the same time! #gale is actually pretty nice to lae'zel! he asks a lot of questions but doesn't condescend her as he does others sometimes. #that's probably because he's afraid of her though. I would be too were I nothing more than a wizard with 8 strength. #I do like how you can look at pretty much any two companions and get a well written and generally enjoyable dynamic! #It feels like they considered that a lot of people would want to maybe pair off the companions they didn't romance with each other! #and wanted it to be easy for really any pairing to work... if a person just paid attention to their shared interactions.

[blujaymi]

i have so many (very normal) thoughts about the way this episode handled the whole joel wanting tommy to take ellie to the fireflies plot

in the game, joel's feelings and internal struggle aren't explicitly told to you, just very heavily implied through little things (i.e. joel refusing the picture of sarah in the game, him saying "and you'll be doing even better with tommy", and overall just general knowledge of his character up until that point). in fact, i'd say joel attempts to hide his feelings from the player and tommy, his argument for tommy taking ellie simply being that she could be a cure. but for the purposes of moving on with the story, the implications told you all you needed to know about what the true reason was.

its implied that the reason joel wanted tommy to complete the trip with ellie is because he's scared. we assume the fact joel can't imagine not being able to protect ellie in the same way he couldn't protect sarah.

but in the show?

we get to see joel completely and utterly vulnerable for the first time. it's beautiful, and its so incredibly heartbreaking. joel tells tommy he's afraid. joel says he's too weak to protect ellie, and he's crying. after joel tells ellie about this, we are shown that he thinks of sarah. i was absolutely NOT expecting to see joel so desperate and so detailed in explaining why he wanted tommy to take ellie to the fireflies; moreover, i did not anticipate such an exploration of joel's thoughts.

but the unexpectedness is what makes it so perfect.

the level of emotion we get from joel in this scene is a testament to just how much he's grown to truly love ellie during their time together. we never see him so emotionally vulnerable until he's accepted how much he loves her. we're aware of this when playing the game, but we don't get to delve into it in such a way; it's just something that's understood.

the show doesn't stop at making us understand it. the sheer intensity of joel's feelings in the show make us as painfully aware of how terrified he is of losing ellie as joel is himself.

safe to say, i don't think i'm emotionally prepared for what's to come.

#they really let joel say all that huh #like im supposed to be NORmAL ABOUT IT? #hearing him say 'i'm afraid' hits SO HARD #the last of us #tlou #tlou hbo #tlou spoilers #joel miller

[eskildit]

locked tomb modern au but its us politics. john is a congressman or governor or even president or smthn and the mithraeum team is his political staff. this is the worst timeline btw

#veep watching has got me politics brained but I mean this so seriously I think this would make them somehow even worse #augustine of course is chief of staff and we hate him for it #mercy would be in a some director role and I'm not afraid to admit that this is a uniquely sexy concept to me. womens wrongs etc #ianthe and harrow would be aides of some type and #hear me out I think harrow has the short tempered extremely type A and vaguely evil vibe that is needed to succeed in federal politics #eskildit posts tlt #the locked tomb #tlt us politics au

[eggplantgifs]

Yuma Kagiyama: Werther » 2023 Grand Prix de France

#yuma kagiyama #fskateedit #figure skating #gp france 2023 #program #caught up on some galas and i'm obsessed with this program #i have literally watched it so many times #it takes everything good about yuma's skating and elevates it #the gorgeous lines and long sweeping edges on the music the softness of his hands #it's a very classical program but in the best way and it suits him so well #i'm just continuously in awe of how much he's improved this season #he said he wants to use this as his olympic season sp and i can't wait #though part of me is afraid he'll have to water down the choreo to make it a competitive program #it's so perfect the way it is now #i am VERY in my feelings tonight #like wow i love fs i love that skating like this exists and we get to see it

[barghest-land]

night guards 🌟

enjoying my first rdr1 playthrough :') damn i'm gonna cry so much. i know it's gonna break my heart even more than rdr2 i'm not ready

#charlie the dog is so cute tho i love guarding the farm with him:) #i'm.. really afraid tho. i'm enjoying rdr1 a lot because i love john so much #but at the same time i'm scared because hell no i'm not ready for the angst #i got used to the rdr2 epilogue where everything is.. somewhat okay #i've spent many hours playing as john #i know all the main things that will happen in rdr1 and it hurts so fucking much i'm not ready to experience it myself #been thinking about it playing horse shoes for 2 hours #or whatever this mini game called #this game istg. rockstar pay for my therapy chellenge?? #:( #rdr1 #john marston #barghestland #art #artists on tumblr

[mayasaura]

I'm seeing a lot of people afraid that Kabru is going to make fun of Laios, bully Laios, or turn around to mock Laios behind his back, and that's understandable. Especially since he did lie to Laios by pretending to like his omlette right after the Toshiro nightmare scenario of pent-up resentment.

But guys. Kabru hasn't actually done any of that yet. The bullying or mocking? It isn't there. Kabru has done some wild stuff. He contemplated killing Laios to get out of an awkward social situation. He thinks Laios' interest in monsters might make him dangerous in the future. But at the point we're at in the anime, he has never once secretly mocked Laios, undermined Laios to someone else, or thought of Laios as a person he can't respect. If that's how Kabru is secretly thinking about Laios, he hasn't shown his hand yet.

It does seem like that's where he might be going, with his fake ass bitch encouragement about eating monsters and inscrutable motivations. I totally get feeling anxious or defensive about the potential, but if you let that anxiety fill in the gaps of what we don't yet know about Kabru's feelings and intentions, you might end up missing a lot.

Or you might be right, and I just want people to wait until he actually does the thing to condemn him for it. I'm not gonna tell you where this is going.*

*Unless you're anxious enough about it to want me to, in which case my dms are open.

#dungeon meshi #dunmeshi #dungeon meshi episode 17 #dm ep 17 #kabru dungeon meshi #kabru of utaya #like I'm seeing people acting like kabru has already started a mean girls campaign against laios when he most certainly has not #when Rin was still pissed about the theft thing Kabru (correctly) gave laios and his party the benefit of the doubt #i get being afraid of him especially if you have a history of getting burned by situations like toshiro #but I don't think a lot of people haven't noticed that their anxiety is making up feelings and intentions to assign to kabru #he hasn't told us his intentions yet

[superkirbylover]

he's my favorite girlfail. just like asoingbop fr

#sugary spire #pizzelle #rosette #sklart #unironically i think it's super fucking rad that pizzelle is any pronouns and transfem #they're just like me fr! except i'm transmasc and outwardly fluid #i admit i always feel bad when i use he/him with pizzelle despite acknowledging her transfemininity #i LIKE that pizzelle is transfem and isn't always feminine #i LIKE that he uses any pronouns #i relate to that SO hard #i guess i'm just. Afraid #this doodle post is my way of telling myself not to be afraid #apologies for the ramble in tags i am just an anxious little fella #i love how much pizzelle reminds me of spongebob with the concept doodles they post on twitter #its great i think

[atlasdoe]

"Who's afraid of little old me is about Regulus!!!!"

Have y'all ever heard of Peter Pettigrew????

#i'm sorry maybe y'all would have an argument if regulus actually did anything of use #i will never stop reminding y'all that regulus switching the pockets did nothing to the overall plot #meanwhile peter literally started the second wizarding war #it wasn't voldemort who had to be afraid it was THE MARAUDERS #who constantly overlooked him #i am begging y'all to take a step back when thinking about these characters #y'all are too close to home #the marauders #harry potter #the marauders era #marauders #regulus black #peter pettigrew #taylor swift #the tortured poets department

[ineed-to-sleep]

I'm watching Berserk and I may or may not have hyped myself up to turn my vampire ocs into dark fantasy characters. mmaybe

#sketch tag #so uh. pepper is kind of a guts basically jdjgkckkc #they're both in an army and they butt heads a lot bc pepper is big and stronk but very impulsive and reckless #but there's no griffith situation or anything like that it's just that vince worries abt her #and he's way more restrained as a fighter and a strategist. maybe a commander or second in command #and just like in vtm he's very paranoid and afraid of change. so he worries abt her and is also unhappy in the army but too scared to leave #so he broods a lot and mopes around and gets on her ass abt her recklessness #and just like in vtm pepper is impulsive and has a lot of pent up frustration and she uses the battlefield to release all of it #sometimes overexerting herself and nearly getting herself killed #she also wants to leave bc she's not sure she believes in what they're fighting for anymore. but then she loses her coping mechanism #things change when they have an argument where he reveals he cares abt her sjfjjfkf YES very cliche I am thriving #and she's dismissive at first but after being alone for a bit his words start sinking in #and when they're on a battlefield again there's a moment where they have to retreat and she's about to absolutely not listen to that #but then she has a change of heart bc she remembers what he said + she cares abt him too so she doesn't want him to be hurt by her actions #neither by him getting worried nor trying to come to her aid and putting his life at risk #so she retreats #and he's very happy abt that he thanks her later for what she did #and then she's like yeah sure I guess I didn't die but also guess what. I'm bored #everything she wanted to release back there she just didn't. so she's still frustrated and especially bc she had to admit defeat #and she's an extremely proud person. she's irritated #and he's like aight. I'm gonna fight you then #and she's like what. and he's like yeah #so he picks up a sword and throws another one to her and there's a *sexual tension play-fight* hell yeah babey #I'm having sm fun w this au can you tell jejfjckckkc #eventually they do desert the army they're in bc things get worse and pepper decides she no longer wants to be a part of it #and in a fight or flight moment she pushes vincent to make a decision and he leaves with her #and like the story is only getting started there bc then there'll be some big misteries in the story they're gonna uncover #which. I haven't figured out what they are yet #but either way akhhdskfha I'm having a lot of fun w this #sleep.txt

[kurokonobrainrot]

Remember the time we got to witness Nash's gay awakening ?

Like, there is only one way to interpret this, Nash's crush on Akashi is canon.

Translation because i couldn't find it in english :

"With the new Seijūrō it won't work"

"That's a lot of little hearts though"

#i started to ironically ship them #but i'm afraid it's not ironic anymore i genuialy ship them now #not my favorite akashi ship but still very high on the list #i used to dislike Nash but his appreciation of akashi redeemed him a little in my eyes #akashi seijuro #nash gold jr #kuroko no baskeru #knb #kuroko's basketball #kuroko no basket

[savingthegeneration]

Brother, he...He's lost his memory. It was the price he paid to save me...

#ranking of kings spoilers #ousama ranking spoilers #animedit #ranking of kings #ousama ranking #ouken #prince ouken #mygifs #I'm obsessed with him #I'm obsessed with all the brothers actually #but also this crying animation #wow #I'm afraid I colored it too dark but oh well #used the manga quote for this

[asharaxofstarfall]

One thing that I hate that the show runners did was take away Renly's complexities and make him a straight up good guy that just wants what's best for the people. In the books, hes crazy, but it makes sense!! His family left him!!! And now he's like kind of terrible and no one understands why. From the ages of three to five he's starved and watches other people starve too. His parents are killed in front of him as a baby!! I mean, he obviously doesn't remember their deaths, but it's not really a comforting thought none the less. But throughout all this extreme trauma, he has Stannis. He has his big brother who loves him and takes care of him and is like a father to him. They go through all of this together. Even when it seems hopeless, like they're going to have to resort to cannibalism (presumably Renly, being a little kid, doesn't know this) they still have each other. Then, things start to look up when Davos brings them onions or whatever. They're not going to die, their men aren't going to continue dying. Robert wins the throne. But then he decides that Stannis needs to come to King's landing with him. They just. Leave their little brother alone in Storms End with the maesters. After everything he's been through (and they've been through together) he is abandoned. Then he has to watch Robert start a family of his own, listen to all the praise for Joffrey, the Prince, and none for him. What's worse is Shireens birth. Stannis was his main father figure!! And he abandoned him and now has a kid of his own. Then Stannis wonders why Renly hates him and Robert hates Renly for wanting his approval so badly. I wonder why, Robert!!! He does everything for the attention he never got when he was little and always wanted. He can't even properly see the love that Maester Cressen has for him because he's disillusioned. The show just takes all of that away, and it could've been soooo good and so complex, but it just falls flat

#does this make sense #i feel like it doesn't and i'm just rambling #anyways that would've been so iconic #let him be a sort of villian!! #the twisted sibling relationship wasn't there in the show i'm afraid #asoiaf #a song of ice and fire #anti got #don't usually use anti tags but d and d make me sooo angry #a game of thrones #a clash of kings #renly baratheon #stannis baratheon #house baratheon

[roxyandelsewhere]

Barry (2018-2023) x Bo Burnham - That funny feeling

#has this been done. im new here idk if this has been done. but it spoke to me #barry #barryedit #mine.caro #barry hbo #barry spoilers #is that tag still used #anyways yeah i was thinking about the shot of him with the guns in the toys aisle. and it reminded me of that line from the song #and the rest came from there #i had another version in mind that was more for the show in general. in 'we were overdue' it was hank by the statue #and there was a banshe thing for the 'female colonel sanders' line. and idek what else #but i think this works better #hope i captured well the shrimp emotions fusing these two things gives me. the vibes.... #also i wanted the lyrics to be in bigger font but i'm doing this in ms paint rip and i was afraid of crowding the image too much