#and so they have this baggage

[illgiveyouahint]

Sometimes I wish I could explain to foreigners what the relationship of Czechs and Slovaks is.

'Cause we really are like sisterly nations. We used to be part of one empire for a really long time, then were one country for a quite some time and yet we were always quite separate in our identities and yet close enough that we still argue whether something is czech or slovak originally. Our languages are so similar that we can easily work in each other countries but they're still very distinct and czechs for example don't know how to speak or talk slovak.

But it goes even beyond that. Like even though it's been 30 years since we were one country we always feel this bond and so we always are aware of what's happening in each other countries and kinda idk I guess you kinda feel like it's partially still a bit your country too, you know?

Like for example: There was historically a tradition of czech president talking to the czechs on Christmas. Now Czechs have an asshole for a president. Slovaks have by some miracle chose a really lovely graceful amazing smart female president. So on Christmas the Czech TV actually played a speech from Slovak's president. And idk I feel proud that they have her.

The brutal murder of a slovak journalist and his girlfriend couple of years ago has truly shaken czech scene too and is still being felt here.

Now that one of the biggest mafia bosses and a slovak's ex-prime minister is quite possibly going to jail the Czechs are rooting for Slovaks to get it right.

Idk if I'm explaining it right. But there's just this bond. And like we can talk shit to each other and hate on each other but at the same time we instantly click in any foreign setting and there's just this like no need to explain because we are one mentality, you know what I mean?

#idk if I'm explainging it right #and I'm sure that there's other examples in other countries like this #but the ones I can think of right now #are usually countries that have been at war with each other #and so they have this baggage #while we were never at war with each other #and our separation was quite peaceful and after an agreement

[gravitysoda]

refusing an impossible wish and settling for one last game of chess.

#p5 #persona 5 #shuake #akeshu #p5r #persona 5 royal #goro akechi #akechi goro #ren amamiya #akira kurusu #joker #joker persona 5 #soda art #the artbook gave me brainrot and the strength to make a COMIC. extreme rarity for me #akechi in 3rd sem having a wish to play chess with joker in a world where theyre both happy and are able to lead normal lives is just...aug #but the fact of the matter is that he can't have that without sacrificing his free will and everything he stands for #so in this scenario i thought he could ask for a small microcosm of that wish #at least he gets another game with joker - even if he wants to play many more he'll settle for just one #they still can't play together without the baggage and without akechi feeling that he's burdening ren #but at least it's something. at least akechi gets to spend a little more time with him #and akechi makes a concerted effort to push ren away in the 3rd sem to avoid attachment #so this would be a “selfish”/vulnerable request on his part since it's something he wants but is sentimental #and will only make it harder for ren to lose him in the end #ANYWAY !!! they make me crazy <3

[aeoris4lovers]

the quiet tragedy of verin being the one who never quite made it out.

for most of their lives, essek was the one who was entrenched in expectations, in the politics of their den. while verin was stationed far from the heart of the dynasty, ostensibly free from the eyes of his elders, essek was sitting beside their mother in court and speaking before the queen. and it made sense, because essek had always been better at all of it — the posturing, the sweet-talking, the ladder-climbing. his brother the black sleep was still his brother the prodigy; his brother the heretic was still his brother the shadowhand.

but then, essek meets new people and they get through to him and change him and make him softer, make him better (and why them? what is it about them, that they could do what verin never could?) and he runs. he gives up the title and the status and the power and leaves it all (leaves verin) behind.

suddenly, verin is the lone newsoul of den thelyss, the one with all eyes on him, with the expectations meant for two brothers falling squarely on his shoulders and only his in the absence of their other target. he is still the youngest of his den, the one they all watch and wait to be disappointed by, but there is no one to share that burden with anymore and all at once it becomes painfully clear that distance never really was freedom.

essek has a family, then — not a den but a family, with love and trust and care and warmth and all the things essek once called verin childish for craving — and a welcoming home to go to with someone who loves him waiting there and a garden in the front yard, and verin is left still fighting demons under the banner of a god (of a family, of a home) he only half-believes in.

and maybe they see each other more often then. maybe bazzoxan is remote enough that it’s safe for essek to visit in disguise. maybe essek’s friends come too and are kind enough to offer a taste of what essek has now and verin can almost believe it’s his too. maybe essek doesn’t even fight it anymore when verin insists on hugging him. but how much can that really fix? how much can it really change?

an unloved man leaves no one behind when he finally makes a better life for himself, but essek was never an unloved man. not really.

#listen i have a lot of feelings about verin #hes the kindhearted himbo of the family yes but he also is A Thelyss and weve seen the baggage that comes with #i think on the surface hed be thrilled for essek and love the nein #but it definitely wouldnt be an easy thing to stomach #i imagine its like the feeling of your sibling going to college and leaving you with your shitty parents but like. times a hundred #like ‘im so happy for you but i want to be happy for myself too and you getting out mightve just locked me in so where do we go from here’ #fuck man sibling relationships are so messy im going feral #we never even get to SEE verin but he haunts the entirety of essek’s arc and im incapable of being normal about it #cr meta #verin thelyss #essek thelyss #the thelyss brothers #den thelyss #the mighty nein #c2 #critical role #critical role meta

[pollyanna-nana]

I think a lot about what exactly Thistle was doing for those 1000 years. I mean, his increased monitoring of the dungeon was explicitly caused by Delgal going “missing” and a bunch of adventurers pouring in, but Yaad says that he’s “always been like this” and “not one for reasonable conversation.” I can see that being true for the rest of the golden kingdom members since he seems to not gaf about them beyond being part of Delgal’s kingdom, but what about Delgal himself?

How often did they speak and what did they talk about? Did Delgal ever beg Thistle to release them from his spell? Did Thistle ever threaten him, or would he never dare to? Could he tell Delgal was deeply miserable, or could he just not see it at that point?

He looks incredibly unwell here. How did Thistle feel about this? Did he feel anything at all, or was that nibbled out of him, too?

#polly speaks #dungeon meshi #dunmeshi #delicious in dungeon #dungeon meshi spoilers #thistle dungeon meshi #delgal melini #dungeon meta #thistle posting #there’s so much that we don’t know and it’s. aaahuuuuuuuauauh #there’s so much to be said about how having your desires eaten is like mental illness #both in the depression aspect that Mithrun displays and in the inability to feel empathy and irrationality that Thistle develops as a result #for delgal was it like having someone you love go through a severe mental health episode? but with the added baggage of All Of That? #I dunno if I’m wording this well which is why it’s staying in the tags but. yea

[kugisakiss]

detective conan M28 (2025) character predictions

winners get bragging rights when the M28 trailers are leaked

conan movie timeline available below for anyone who wants it

#detective conan #dcmk #i put sera in as well because i guess m24 is also her movie? #i don't think she'll get a chance without the baggage that is akai but one can always dream #edit to add the year because uh i think the people who voted for kid/heiji may have misunderstood which movie i'm asking about #sorry i've been staring at the movie list page for so long i just automatically know which movie's m28 #unless everyone's just a kid/heiji fan and are hoping they get more movies

[commsroom]

the scene at the end of who's there?: eiffel is cut off mid-sentence (addressing minkowski), minkowski calls his name twice, and hera says, "commander... he's not showing up on any of my scans. he's gone." vs. brave new world: eiffel is cut off mid-sentence (addressing hera), minkowski calls his name twice, and hera says, "he's... commander, he's gone." in idle hands, eiffel regaining his autonomy ("hera, it's me. i'm me again.") is described: "there's a SOFT WOOSH, and eiffel's eyes go from spaced out to sharp focus." in brave new world, eiffel losing his memory is described: "there's a SOFT WOOSH, and his eyes go glassy." in mayday, hera's voice is the last one eiffel hears, the last voice in his head trying to keep him from giving up when he's sure he's about to die. in brave new world, eiffel loses his memory mid-thought while addressing hera, and so she was his last memory, the last thing on his mind. whatever. whatever.

#wolf 359 #w359 #doug eiffel #hera wolf 359 #eiffera #? well sort of #the cycle of hera losing him and getting him back and in some ways being the one to bring him back and then #being the one who wipes his memory. she has so much personal baggage about that. it's going to weigh on her. #and i won't get into my thoughts about eiffel regaining his memory because i've done that many other times #but i think like. if he didn't. if he doesn't. i don't know if hera will ever really believe it isn't possible. #because of all the ways she's lost him before and the ways he's come back. despite everything. well anyway. #i have more substantial things i could write but i've been having a wretched terrible month. be patient with me.

[klainegifs]

#these scene is so bittersweet #i have a lot of season 3 baggage from being super active (and annoyed at the writers) in the fandom at this time LOL #blaine anderson #kurt hummel #glee #klaine #s3 #s3e3 #klaine s3 #klaine s3e3 #~

[skrunksthatwunk]

they've been together for approximately 40 minutes (made a pt 2)

#womp womp #they'd be so annoying about it i'm so serious. INSUFFERABLE #anyway i love themmmm whateverrr #yyh #yu yu hakusho #kuwameshi #kazuma kuwabara #yusuke urameshi #urameshi yusuke #kuwabara kazuma #skrunkart #already planning a pt 2 jsldkjflsdf #OBSESSED with drawing these two so so grungly idk what it is. funny lookin dudes #made for very silly faces #they have some 'middle school boy in the early 1990s' baggage to work through fr fr. but they like each other so they figure it out

[mayvaava]

I’m going to be physically unwell he is such a good kid and he loves his grandpa so much I am going insane

#rick and morty #morty smith #rick sanchez #r&m #r&m s7 #I’m losing my mind he’s trying so hard to make him feel better I’m going insane #I’m crying screaming throwing up #it’s so sad he’s literally always taking care of the fuckin adult #this fourteen year old is one old-man-with-a-world-full-of-baggage’s one support system #and he shouldn’t have to be but he’s trying so hard and he loves him and doesn’t want him to kill himself and he wants to hang out with him #and it’s just #uagh #I love them #rick and morty spoilers #proship dni

[bklily]

He's their token sunshine!!!

(based on these tags from my Cater and Lilia post)

#light music club my beloveds #theyre the friends ever #casually ignores the fact all the baggage these three especially have #its all fine!!! dont worry!!! #anyway i dont have a lot of consistent headcannons for kalim #so drop yours in the tags if you wanna!! #twisted wonderland #twst #twst wonderland #cater diamond #lilia vanrouge #kalim al asim #twst art #twst fanart #my art #lily doodles #twst headcanons

[taikanyohou]

“Macau is no different. It’s unfortunate to be born in The Minor Family. A Minor means The Second. No matter how well we do, no one sees it. Why? Why was I born in this fucking family?” “Can we start all over again?” VEGAS + PETE + MACAU | KinnPorsche (2022).

#kinnporsche #vegaspete #vegaspetemacau #asianlgbtqdramas #* #faiza gifs #no they DESERVE this happiness so so so much. they have been through HELL and this is their time for peace at LONG LAST. #just ... knowing that finally FINALLY they've managed to break that cycle of abuse. that vegas' dad HAD TO DIE FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. #vegas HAD to break down for it had to lose IT ALL for it he CANNOT CARRY THAT BAGGAGE INTO THIS NEW FAMILY WITH HIM. #and pete HAD TO CHOOSE THIS IN HIS OWN TIME AT HIS OWN TERMS AND CONDITIONS. #and ugh the way these 3 are going to heal one another and give SO MUCH LOVE to one another. love feeding love with love.

[paunchsalazar]

Good Omens 2 rewrite comic… piece of cake!

#personally would restructure a lot of the beats in this season.. and maybe have the human story echo theirs more where they clearly have #mutual feelings but their personalities and baggage are keeping them from admitting/acting on if.. #also I think having someone ask if they’re together maybe ask for advice early so Crowley can stew on it for 5 episodes.. #go through denial and finally get to acceptance and he keeps trying to say something but keeps getting interrupted/losing his nerve.. #anyway #good omens #good omens 2 #aziraphale #crowley #crowly x aziraphale #aziraphale x crowley #my art #my comics

[lululeighsworld]

THEY DEVASTATINGLY WALLOPED ME FOR THESE BRIEF FEW SECONDS

#leigh's magneto hours #THERE'S SO MUCH TO UNPACK HERE. ESPECIALLY THE ALMOST TOUCHING FOREHEADS BIT. #magneto's 'my path is too littered with error' #;WWWWWWW; #and rogue's 'you have to earn people's trust' #LIKE!!!!! AND THEN HE DIRECTLY GOES FOR THE 'ooooo i feared you'd do your best to avoid being alone with me.' WITH THE HAND GRAB!!!! #YOU FEARED???? YOU FEARED?!?! FEARED FOR WHAT. OLD MAN WHAT ARE YOU SAYING #AND THEN HE GOES TO TRY AND TAKE OFF THE GLOVE. AS IF WE DIDN'T JUST ADDRESS TRUST #dnvjdxbvjhdbvhdx. this man. i swear. you are giving me signals that you want to be more open and then YET YOU BRING UP OLD BAGGAGE #he's like 'oh i just got rejected. well now time to deflect.' LIKE AAAAAAAAA #this moment coupled with the moment at the end is making me crazy #sorry to my followers who never expected me to be into xmen???? im here now. im so ill with it. #i can probably assure there will be more rogneto on this blog here in the future. this is your warning #i just feel like ive been fucking SPOON FED oh my god. crossing my fingers we get more messy feelings between them.

[deargravity]

imayoshi: i’m here to offer moral support

aomine: with what morals

#knb #imayoshi shouichi #aomine daiki #i think they are so funny #they shld show more examples of imayoshi plotting and scheming #i love aomine’s poor first impression of imayoshi but the respect he simultaneously has for him #love imayoshi’s understanding of aomine as someone with baggage who just needs space instead of being coddled #teiko forcing a distance between aomine and the team because they didnt trust him #imayoshi creating space between aomine and the team because they all have unwavering faith in his skills #touou as the team of individualists bonded by their desire for victory and faith in aomine is so special to me #sorry for info dumping i cant be caught thinking tenderly abt imayoshi so i put it all in the tags #touou creating space for aomine without forcing a distance #touou redefining the idea of freedom as a testament to their trust rather than an indication of distrust #somethngnslmethingnfnfffff #AAAAAAAAAARRGGHHHJJJJJCJCCJFJFFUUKKKKKKKCCCKKK #sorry

[yuridovewing]

Definitely a little controversial but tbh I'm a "Crowfeather would have been a bad dad to the three if he and Leafpool succeeded in running or if he knew about them" truther.

#even in canon hes vitriolic towards them at least when he first learns about them #sureee you can argue that him mistreating breeze was him thinking he had kits with the wrong girl #and overall just having him for the status buuuuut. i mean tbh leaf was a rebound imo. #i think he loved the idea of her being a breathing ''feathertail lived'' au and would have been pissed #seeing her longterm outside of the clans when her ''flaws'' would come out #i think he'd look at the three and feel resentful that theyre not feathertail's. or at least he'd want just leafpool #not this extra ''baggage'' #realistically if i were to tackle a ''leaf and crow succeeded in running away'' au then crow would have ditched leaf with the kids #like we know he doesnt like children and we know hes capable of being a shitty dad and being cruel to leaf #so it feels almost a bit wrong to me when people say ''he wouldve been like this if they ran away'' and hes a clingy loving dad #sorry lol i think hes gonna get pissy with jaykit the same way he was pissy with breezekit

[ohno-the-sun]

Blah more back burner stuff cause I haven’t had time to draw this week

Had an idea for a Luca type au where like they are mermaids but can look human on land and blah blah blah

Self indulgence abound

Lol supposed to go along with these

Merm designs

Baby sun

the fic (don't read the tags if you don't want spoilers)

#sundrop #moondrop #mermaid au #also don’t mind the character in one of them #hiding the plot in the tags so no one reads it #met initially when they were younger #were good friends but one day sun got too dry and became human #moon freaked out and thought the human may be the cause #went to eclipse for advice and eclipse was all “oh ye it’s defo the human that caused this #also if u continue hanging out with them more bad stuff is gonna happen to u guys trust me #eclipse just has his own baggage regarding humans #but basically that scares moon so much he decides it would be better to no longer be friends with the human #makes a kinda stupid decision to wipe the #memories of both sun and the human #he was just a kid tho so ya gotta give him a break #now tho moon is super isolated and feels bad awww #he also figures out he also gained the ability to turn human as well #while having a crisis and not knowing what to do he runs into Monty #who is just a human in this universe #and like idk they actually get along really well and Monty is a good distraction for moon and also has a good straightforward mindset #all the while Monty doesn’t know that moon is not human #moon considers telling him but chickens out #eventually Monty has to move away due to his parents getting a new job #years later both the human they befriended and Monty return to the fishing town now adults #Bright now has a fear of the ocean due to the memory wipe and decided to move back by recommendation by their therapist #exposure therapy #Monty gets caught up in a group of people who want to kill the sea monsters that have been destroying fishing boats and eating people #bright notices new developments in the town like a hotel and oil rig. also the ocean seems a lot dirtier than it used to be… #anyway I’ve reached tag limit I’ll write the rest prob never but I’ll say later to try and motivate myself #Luca au