#broken path

[the-invisible-queer]

Disclaimer: This is a loss of movies I watched or rewatched this year and loved. Not all released in 2023. This is specific to me and my blog but anyone is welcome to vote and reblog.

#polls #film of the year #end of year polls #barbie movie #barbie (2023) #top gun #top gun maverick #devotion #shanghai calling #broken path #five nights at freddy's #john wick chapter 4 #confidential assignment 2 #confidential assignment 2: international #goat #goat (2016) #oppenheimer

[artificial-radiance]

Path Through the Woods: The Lashed

The Lashed is meek, perhaps timid. He hardly wants to lay hands on you, but he insists you return to the cabin, even as he flinches under your gaze.

The Lashed represents the Voice of the Broken in Path Through the Woods. He is foiled by the Voice of the Exalted.

#art #concept art #stp au #slay the princess #slay the princess au #path through the woods au #clove's au: path through the woods #stp broken #voice of the broken #stp:pttw lashed #stp voices

[krispdreemurr]

constantly thinking abt how in Undertale the consequences for violence are immediate and lasting while in Deltarune you have to actively work to make violence "stick". like not that there's no neutral vs pacifist differences but the plot absolutely continues on as if nothing happened while Undertale a single death changes the entire ending and structure. the way a broken snowgrave run immediately reroutes everything back onto the rails. the quick dismissals and movings on. it just feels like the entire world is trying to avoid thinking about violence or assigning consequences unless forced to do so

#deltarune snowgrave #also ofc the fact that violence against darkners is treated as less real/meaningful #and all the fucked up implications of that #this is inspired by a reddit post i saw abt the childrens bead toy in the hospital #which remains the funniest source of Deeplore Info. this fuckin bead toy #but a bead only leaves the path if its broken off by force.

[birdmitosis]

Okay, I was watching someone's VOD because I can't get enough Slay the Princess content and some people have gotten variations on routes I've never even seen before!!! I have somehow never seen the variation of The Razor where you start off with Hunted and Paranoid right away in Chapter 3, and I was not prepared for how funny Paranoid's unique dialogue lines are there.

If you choose to flirt with The Razor for your first option, while Hero and Hunted are like "I'd rather not":

(Paranoid pls) And if you choose The Look option:

(PARANOID PLS) (And I've definitely seen Hunted's line before but I always kinda forget how funny that is, too, when Hero is confused:

I think it's the matter-of-fact delivery of it, LOL) Also, after she kills you, the part with the Cheated is hilarious too because, like, usually to me it looks like he's mostly really talking to Broken, but:

And his line when Cheated suggests we start stacking Voices isn't as funny per se but I do want it as personal reference because it's interesting to me:

Final note: I am actually pretty sure that outside The Adversary's route when the Narrator flat-out admits to you that if you think something it becomes real, and The Apotheosis's route where IIRC he says something similar to you about giving her power, Paranoid is the only one of the Voices who independently lands on the concept without any leading:

(I've seen this line before, too, but I do really like that little detail.)

#i actually totally forgot about that line while writing chapter 2 despite seeing it and really liking it before #i might need to add in a small line of paranoid being like “i knew it!” LOL #slay the princess #slay the princess spoilers #the princess #the razor #voice of the paranoid #voice of the hunted #voice of the cheated #voice of the broken #i love the razor everything about her entire path is so good #one of my top favorite princesses for sure

[catabasis]

“Now, look here, nothing good will come of it. You must take that emotion and you must bury it. Never let it out.”

BBC Ghosts | Good Omens

#bbc ghosts #bbcghostsedit #the captain bbc ghosts #capvers #good omens #goodomensedit #crowley #ineffable husbands #good omens spoilers #go2 spoilers #the intention behind this gifset is not to say they're the same character (they're pretty different in fact) #i just think there are some similarities between them in certain key moments #how they both have repressed and hidden some parts of themselves (their identity and their love) #how once they finally get the courage to share (or almost share) their feelings they get their heart broken for it #how they both had to let go of the person they love so that person could follow their own path #british media sure loves repressed characters and queer drama (i love them too. i love diverse and complex queer narratives and characters) #mygifs #mygifs:bbcghosts #mygifs:goodomens #mygifs:thecaptain #mygifs:crowley

[buumbaby]

folie à deux

#will graham #hannibal #hannigram #s1 will graham #broken out of jail and on the war path #i like him feral #i like him every way #i just like will #redid this colourway #will graham covered in blood

[thebad-lydrawn-sanses]

Cross's assumption is correct, that's exactly what I'm implying. So be a good boy and lay down pls :3

Cross: you-

Killer: implying what?

Cross: that they're gonna break my leg

Killer: .

↓ Damage Count ↓

999999999

999999999

999999999

999999999

#cross sans #killer sans #anon #bandages #violence #knife #murder #threats #death #the symbol on the anon shirt is supposed to be a leg with a crack running through the middle #Ink and Killer being so different yet so similar the beloved #they're both such powerhouses but Ink deals no DAMAGE ever while Killer always deals disproportionate amounts of DAMAGE #the only reason there's not so many more nines on the DAMAGE COUNTER is cuz i'm lazy tbh #found family being protective the beloved #Killer would probably find a way to stab someone even if both his arms were broken which they're not even damaged here so #plus anything Killer can get his hands on he can throw with deadly (literally and figuratively) aim #he can pluck big enough arrows straight from their path not because i think it's realistic in any sense of the word #but it's funny to imagine Dream having to downsize his arrows #so this horrible thing couldn't literally YOINK them out of the air like a baseball or whatever #queue

[swordmaid]

shri’iia mood board

#she is like if og fairy tale rapunzel was raised as an unsocialized but very loyal and rabid guard dog instead of a daughter hope that help #but so many thoughts of shri’iia and her unyielding devotion #since she /IS/ a paladin. and if oaths comes from a person’s conviction and less from a deity’s blessing #I think she can get rather intense lol. but now instead of following a chaotic evil spider goddess she’s now using that devotion #to follow her newfound broken oath (path to freedom)!!!!!! #also I think there’s something sauurr scrumptious abt her previous oath being a blessing from a goddess (which in turn she had to be devote #to 24/7 or else she won’t have access to her powers ) vs new oath stemming solely from her own will and conviction #I was reading up on the paladin lore and the idea that they just believe in themselves /so/ hard they just manifest their powers is #hilarious and frankly does not make sense but the thematic change of where shri’iia’s oath charges stems #from - from something transactional to something innate is compelling enough to me that I don’t care if it doesn’t make sense !!!! #also something about how her oaths is now innate and tied to her own conviction -> leads her to actually find her sense of self and self #worth again bc before she had NONE……. olivia wilde nod gif

[salty-an-disco]

OK, so, this post by @birdmitosis put the thought of an alternate path to The Tower route that ends with you getting Contrarian for the Fury and I just had to get it out of my head before it consumed me.

I didn’t write out this version of the Fury yet, just the choices that would lead to getting Contrarian in it, but maybe I’ll continue this as a fic. Who knows, depends on how I’m feeling about it.

[Slay Yourself]

[Resist]

[Slay the Princess]

Voice of the Broken: But we can’t. How could we possibly hope to? Please, just let me do as She says, and everything will be fine.

Voice of the Hero: No. We don’t have to listen to Her!

The Narrator: Exactly. You have to listen to me. So, pull yourself together and slay her.

[Do as She says]

[Resist]

[Do as He says]

The Narrator: Digging up every bit of defiance hidden within you, you remain still. Your hands shook around the hilt of your pristine blade, but they don’t move. Not against your own body, or the princess.

“Oh? Feeling rebellious, are we? A pitiful display, really. I’ll make sure to crush every last bit of insubordination out of you. Now move. That. Blade.”

The Narrator: Yes, you do need to move your blade if you want to slay her.

Voice of the Hero: It doesn’t feel like she wants to kill us herself—it’s beneath her divine ego, or whatever. Let’s keep just doing nothing then. We don’t have to give in to any of their demands.

The Narrator: ‘Do nothing’? Are you serious? No, for the sake of the world—and for your own sake too—turn that blade to the princess and slay her!

Voice of the Broken: I can’t take it anymore. Please, just end it already!

[End it]

[This ends when I tell it to end! (toss out the blade)]

The Narrator: ARE YOU–!

The Narrator: *deep breath*

The Narrator: OK. With a jerk of your arm, you toss the blade to the other side of the room, all hopes for the fate of the entire world going along with it. It bounces off to the floor with an unceremonious clank.

The Narrator: Congratulations. I hope you’re happy with yourself.

Voice of the Hero: It was a little cathartic, but uhm– we’re kinda defenseless now.

“You–”

The Narrator: The Princess stares at you. Surprise, and then anger, cracking the controlled impassivity she previously held on her face.

“You really think you can defy me like this?”

The Narrator: She booms. The force of her fury almost pushing you back to your knees.

“There are only two ways this ends. Either you pledge yourself to your better, or you destroy this broken shell and hope the next one will know its place. You can’t deny me like this.”

Voice of the Broken: You already tossed away the blade. Just throw everything else with it and pledge yourself to Her!

The Narrator: You can still save this. Like the heroic one said, she doesn’t want to kill you herself, so you have plenty of time to pick your pristine blade back up and end her.

Voice of the Hero: Listen, I know all these orders are making things– difficult. But it’s always your choice in the end. And whatever it is you choose, I’ll make sure we carry it through.

[Pledge yourself to her]

[Run for the blade]

[Throw yourself to the ground and close your eyes]

The Narrator: What.

“What… are you doing?”

Voice of the Broken: Uhm…

Voice of the Hero: Not what I had in mind, but–

“What. Are. You. DOING!”

The Narrator: The very earth beneath you shakes with her demand. But it wasn’t just her voice that caused the ground to shake– you can’t be certain, but it sounded like she just stomped on the floor.

Voice of the Broken: Oh no. You’re angering Her! She’s going to beat us to death again and it’ll be your doing.

Voice of the Hero: She’ll have to get to us herself for that, and I don’t think she’s very open to doing the dirty work herself.

“You think you can ignore me? My radiance shines to even the darkest pit in the furthest corner of this world! Look at me, shadow!”

[Look at her.]

[You do not.]

The Narrator: The princess’s very presence weighs down on you, only aiding in your impetuous decision to lay there, ignoring her.

“LOOK AT ME!”

The Narrator: The Princess’ cry is a shrill sound that explodes everything around you. A warm feeling on the side of your head alerting you to a bleeding ear. But you refuse to react.

“Look.”

The Narrator: The princess lets out a growling noise. Something snaps, followed by the scrape of chains. She’s loose.

The Narrator: And yet, your eyes remain closed.

“At.”

The Narrator: With each footstep, it’s like the very earth is moving to bring the princess closer and you to her reach.

The Narrator: You ignore her.

“ME.”

The Narrator: Powerful fingers coil around you, squeezing your ribs together with a painful crack as you’re lifted off the ground, the very air you breathe is pulled out of your burning lungs.

The Narrator: You don’t acknowledge her.

Voice of the Broken: She’s right in front of us. We can’t ignore her any longer, we have to look at her!

[Do not]

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!”

The Narrator: With a guttural sound that splinters every brick and every wood holding this place together, the princess squishes you.

The Narrator: A squelch sound, and the feeling of bones and flesh squeezing in on themselves, are the last things you feel before you die.

Voice of the Hero: OK. Well. That wasn’t great, but at least we went out on our terms.

EDIT: I WROTE THE FULL FIC!!! Achievement Unlocked: Anti-theist (Ao3 link)

#it’s fuckin’ 2am. and here I am writing stp alternate paths lol #Slay the Princess #The Tower #stp princess #stp protagonist #Voice of the Hero #Voice of the Broken #The Narrator #stp voices #stp narrator #stp spoilers #The Long Quiet #Sal Writes

[wrenwreakinghavoc]

@weepinglilvessel color pallet challenge! Been drawing DR a lot so this was a nice mini break :]

Just BV + the pallet below the cut

Might redraw this without the pallet at some point but I'm pretty happy with this ^^

#hollow knight #broken vessel hk #pretty happy with this #just a silly little guy in a silly little path that happens to be green #art #fanart

[marcobodtlives]

Mikasa and Annie on a Girls Trip™️ but it’s just them kicking people in the shin and shoulder throwing full-grown men.

(Reiner and Jean on Boys Trip™️ but it’s literally just them getting into a slap fight in the forest then sobbing over their murdered boyfriends)

#Bertholdt and Marco are dead so they’re on their own trip in paths rn #Connie and Sasha go on a braincell trip but they forgot the braincell and are just staring at a wall somewhere in the distance #Armin doesn’t go on trips anymore because he always ends up with broken bones #Eren is banned from trips because he won’t shut up about freedom #Levi will go on trips but only if you get him an exotic tea #hange will go anywhere and do anything no questions asked also sometimes this is very concerning how nonchalant they are #Gabi and Falco go on trips but they don’t get permission first they just rawdog life and run around without adult supervision #floch isn’t invited on trips ever #Erwin runs all these trips nobody can go on a trip without his permission #except his boyfriend. Levi can do whatever the fuck he wants #attack on titan #shingeki no kyojin #mikasa ackerman #annie leonhart #jean kirschtein #reiner braun #marco bodt #bertholdt hoover #or if you wanna be funky: #jean kirstein #marco bott #berthold hoover #jeanmarco #reibert #aot memes #aot #aot spoilers

[grain-my-beloved]

A canary in a coalmine only works if it sings. That's the whole idea; the canary sings, and when you hear it stop, you know there's danger. This season, Jimmy's decided enough is enough. "I'm not going first this time" he insisted, and with his silence, there was no warning to Lizzie when the danger approached.

#trafficblr #traffic smp #traffic series #slsmp #ldshadowlady #solidaritygaming #ALSO JIMMY RUNNING DOWN THE PATH #*SINGING* #“LIZZIE'S DEAD LIZZIE'S DEAD LIZZIE'S DEAD” #IN HIS JOY TO HAVE BROKEN THE CURSE #EVEN AT THE COST OF OTHER PLAYERS LIVES. #IM SO. NORMAL.

[artificial-radiance]

The Monster (Hero) and The Presence (Cold) have already been drawn — I might also end this poll early, depending on how I feel, since I have work after tomorrow and I won't have too much free time

#poll #my polls #slay the princess au #slay the princess #stp au #stp the long quiet #stp voices #the long quiet #voice of the cold #voice of the hero #voice of the broken #voice of the paranoid #voice of the contrarian #voice of the smitten #voice of the stubborn #voice of the cheated #voice of the opportunist #voice of the hunted #voice of the skeptic #clove's au: path through the woods #path through the woods au #stp:pttw monsters

[theotherrichardpapen]

...because any moment may be our last. everything is more beautiful because we're doomed.

#looking through my drafts and seeing this post unfinished and knowing in my core I'll probably never actually finish it . #but strangley enough i don't hate the way it looks with only those 2 panels ? beauty in simplicity or something idk #woe unfinished post be upon ye #honestly probably wouldnt even bother posting it were it not for the fact i was hit by a sudden wave of sadness #by being reminded out of the blue that alex really does just . lose nigel that night #enough deep level analysis my brain is all out i think . but just the simple fact that nigel dies that night #and alex has to go on for the rest of his life post-ending carrying that grief and loss with him #i know we talk about how nigel isn't truly 'gone' in the sense that they're one now and jack is supposed to be an amalgamation of the two #a product of their union and 'consummation' that night at the yard #but he's still gone . no matter how much alex might try and follow in nigel's footsteps #no matter how hard alex tries to tread that same path nigel did to feel close to him #he's gone . they will never have that moment beneath the house ever again . and alex has to go on living with that #anyway . normal again . imagine dropping a song rec like i used to. aha . go listen to sick like me by in this moment. #like minds #murderous intent #nigel colbie #alex forbes #nigel colbie x alex forbes #edit : THEY'LL NEVER HAVE THE MOMENT UNDER THE HOUSE AGAIN !!!!! #thinking about the moment where nigel sits across from alex after he shoots john #and the contrast to the scene in the crawlspace . nigel is trying to connect he is trying to get alex to see to understand #but now alex is closed off. something may be irreparable broken between them #do you think it was the moment where nigel starts to despair . to plead . realise that he needs to find a way to make alex truly see #i need to get some sleep

[tonberrykins]

So, having finally come to the conclusion of Astarion's questline--having romanced him, too--I think I finally understand what bothers me about the whole train of thought of "fixing him" that seems so pervasive. It's that helping him choose to be the better person, to do the objectively right thing, IS NOT the start of a redemption arc. There is no real redemption for anything he did in the past 200 years; he says this himself. There is no "fixing" anything, people's lives have been irrevocably ruined, STOLEN from them, and he may not have done it himself but he is 100% to blame for having gotten them there in the first place. HE KNOWS THIS.

There is zero redemption for Astarion, but again his story isn't about redemption. Astarion's story is that of a victim overcoming the centuries of trauma and abuse and deciding, no, I can be something BETTER than what you made me. I CAN BE BETTER THAN YOU.

Astarion, with enough care and pushing from the PC, can choose to end the cycle of hatred and abuse by cutting it off at the source. From there he can choose to cast it off and free the other victims rather than using them for his own ends. He can make the choice to BE BETTER. That does not absolve him of his guilt, which he has pointed out several, SEVERAL times previously, and he'll have to live with that. BUT he gets to live it as a free man making his own decisions and having cast off the shadows that bound him into a form he no longer recognized.

Astarion does not need to be redeemed and the writers knew this. What he needed was someone who cared enough to show him that he could be better than what some abusive cockwaffle told him he could be, that freedom did not have to come at the expense of other victims, and that not everyone in the world only wanted to use him. Astarion is as much a victim as everyone else, and you can see how Cazador's exact thought processes went if you talk to the skull of his sire. That is what Astarion can be, depending on your own choices and how you approach him, or he can be himself and take the time, once the tadpole situation is dealt with, to figure out EXACTLY who that is now.

#bg3 #astarion #bg3 spoilers #minor spoilers #this man does not need a redemption arc #and making the arguably better choice does not put him on the path to one #he is who he is for better or worse #but honestly he hasn't known who he is in two centuries #hell he was barely old enough to know who he was before he was turned #so now he's broken the cycle #given the other victims a modicum of peace #and offered safety even if it's temporary #and only surface level #and now he can look to the future and figure out who he is #and he has friends by his side who can help him #and in some cases someone who loves him truly and sincerely #anyway yeah food for thought

[kyoruchi]

Here some of my drawings of the atla AU where the water tribe take over the world.

It was really fun to draw them, but I never had the patience to redraw them digitaly, so here there are, you can feast on them

#azutara #azula #katara #zuko #Atla AU where the water tribe take over the world #In this one Zuko let his hair grow and It's not a pretty process #Soka and Katara where separated due to her ability to bend #Thanks to aang they reunite again #But they shouldn't be trusted #Katara has been broken and molden into a shape that'll efficiently serve the WT's interest #The water tribe is more or less Vikings with bending #At the end Sokka and Katara chose differents paths