#but also the constant between them

[astrhae]

...maybe it's all part of a great big ineffable plan

#a LOT happened but #its the way the timing of their wings align #(conditional on tumblr loading this gifset right for you akdskdsk) #it's also the way that it's crowley who did the wing thing first #and when he did it the universe was so full of color and stars and fire #because there weren't any sides yet #and when it was later aziraphale who did it #the color is all black and whites because there's sides now #and it was rain and water falling on them #it's just the CONTRAST between the two scenes #but also the constant between them #which is. the two of them. next to each other #anyway i'm not done processing the first scene #how to i process the rest of it #good omens #good omens 2 spoilers #good omens spoilers #good omens season 2 spoilers #crowley #aziraphale #good omens 2 #my edits #goodomensedit #tw flashing #ineffable husbands

[oifaaa]

On the topic of reverse batkids / reverse robin aus I do find it really interesting how common it is to see people minimise the age gaps between the 4 main boy robins or just have the big age gap be between Tim and Jason considering the age gap in canon is mostly between Dick and Jason (8 years between them) and Tim and Damian (7 years between them)

#dc #dc comics #batman #for once this isnt me trying to be mean #just a genuinely curious thing ive noticed #tho i do understand it to a extent with dc constant fuckery with tims age #and with damian being bruces bio son #its easier to just minimise the age gaps then try to work out the math #not everyone has the time i do to do stupid math for aus #but yeah also fun to remember theres only 3 years at most between tim and jason #and steph slots in between them

[natashadewinter]

akechis your asuka

#neon genesis evangelion #asuka langley soryu #rei ayanami #asurei #i was thinking about that one line about akechi about his personas one born of hate and one born of lies #it reminded me of asuka- obviously it’s not as extreme as akechi but #her hatred of herself and others (“i hate misato i hate shinjii…” that whole breakdown speech). lies is definitely more of a stretch but #when she speaks to her step(?) mother on the phone she acts all pleasant she also does that with kaji but that’s more of her wanting intima #cy i believe. then again she’s not afraid to be rude so maybe more like 3rd semester akechi but less aggressive idk #also the constant need to prove herself #I cant think of any parallels or similarities between rei and joker but i ship them so she's there Imao #OH also akechi's father and asuka's bio mother i feel like there's another parallel there that i'm too lazy to think about #maybe the feeling of not being wanted?? #i was thinking of tagging Persona 5 but i don’t want to clog up tags or anything

[americankimchi]

god i wish they hadn't retconned maul's death. i get wanting to explore more of his character because he was, objectively, one of the coolest star wars characters to ever hit the big screen and didn't get much screentime prior to his death, but also his role was fulfilled perfectly within those constraints so i wasn't too upset by it.

but by retconning it and making it so he never died it's like. okay. what now? the whole point (well, to me, ymmv of course) of the theed generator fight was that it was the first ever fight between the jedi and the sith in thousands of years, and that in the end even though the jedi (obi-wan) won the fight, a jedi (qui-gon) and a sith (maul) still died. a master and an apprentice dying together to herald the start of a new age/the return of the sith. perfectly paralleling the way in rotj a master (palps) and an apprentice (anakin/vader) died together to herald the return of the jedi. in both instances, a father figure (qui-gon/vader) dies in the arms of their son (obi-wan/luke) as a sith (palps/maul) is cast down into the abyss to their deaths. (palps being alive in the ST and retconning his death in rotj is also annoying for this reason)

i mean i like maul. don't get me wrong. he's an incredibly compelling character and i enjoy seeing more of him... but there's always the thought hovering in my mind like "he should be dead though. he should 100% be dead. this wouldn't be happening if he was dead, but i honestly would rather it not if it meant that maul was dead."

like the tpm fight just doesn't hit the same knowing that canonically he's just. going to become a robot octopus at some point. (shoutout to palps becoming sith glados in the ST) it cheapens the moment for me. it was supposed to be a moment of triumph marred by the deep and soul-crushing loss of a loved one and it's just... not, anymore. or at least not to the same extent. AUGH i'm just. frustrated. wish star wars as a whole wasn't constantly reframing/retconning what's been established. just puts a bad taste in my mouth.

#personal #star wars is HUGE #there's a GALAXY'S worth of stories to be told #and we're always for whatever reason focusing on this ONE PARTICULAR TIME PERIOD #it's suffocating #this is partly why i'm so excited to see the acolyte #it's a break from the skywalker saga #i love the skywalkers. i love the skywalker saga. #but that's also why i want them to STOP ADDING TO THEIR STORY #sometimes a story has a beginning middle and an end and that's okay! #that's fantastic! #we don't need to see between the lines! or behind the scenes! what if we just LEFT IT ALONE #AUGH #anyways. i don't know. i'm just frustrated with the state of star wars as a whole #it feels so claustrophobic right now. just because the space is there and undefined doesn't mean it needs to be filled #this constant push to canonize the years leading up to an event with content is so frustrating #negative space in an image isn't a bad thing it just helps guide the eye to what's most important #otherwise it gets too cluttered. too noisy. too DISTRACTING. #this was supposed to be about maul being alive but it's really about my ongoing grievances with how star wars is cannibalizing the movies #i'm tired of it........ tired i tell you #anyways that's all. real old man yells at cloud moment rn lmao

[jooyeone]

j-hope / agust d.

#bts #btsgif #jhope #hoseok #yoongi #agust d #dailybts #*gifs #*jhs #*myg #more mv #they're ex boyfriends i think. #also the way these two songs reflect on fame and artistic voice in almost fundamentally different ways #there's six years of astronomical growth between them and it shows in hobi's song turning the focus back inwards #it's almost funny bc it was really hard to isolate a few lyrics from agust d that do not reference the self #in constant competition with Others in the industry #whereas hobi is all >i< want MORE. #yoongi is self-assured and assertive but hobi feels more desperate almost bursting to let go

[kof1128]

When will I see you again?

#atoc #a tale of crowns #crown nazreen hot debut finally after 1yr+ #2yrs?? #i have officially entered my d brainrot phase #ch9-10 got me acting up like #esp that ch10 iykyk #subtle quiet talking in their own world in public but also always having that charged air around them #delal's absence a consequence of her ceaseless departure / the one who leaves #nazreen / the one who remains who waits who endures who yearns for the return of her beloved #suspended in constant worry #always trapped between two tenses (when delal is gone and when delal is presently invoked in her mind when she needs her protection/warmth) #��yearning✨ #q

[squeakadeeks]

moodboard for this past week ❤️

#they should invent a grad school thats not fucking insane #i'm hanging in there but im the most unwell i've been in AWhile #this week was just horrible #there was already the freezer food incident but it also started off with a very severe pain episode thats putting me in constant woe #even mundane motion has been agonizing which is McAwesome bc we had a lab inspection which involved moving hundreds of pounds of equipment #during which we found a blackwidow and rats which we had to deal with and was a whole thing psychologically on top of the physical toll #the new class fiasco is still popping off and i had to respond to at this point over 400 emails in the fleeting moments outside of lab #AND A STUDENT TRIED TO FINANCIALLY BRIBE THEIR WAY INTO THE CLASS ? ?? ?? ????? #then the instructor wanted to use me as a guinea pig and i had to test new circuit boards but I wasnt given any time to do so properly #i had to test them plus get them operational and deal with my incoming students all in a frantic 10 minute window #im in charge of running our meetings too but the instructor was interrupting and having side conversations that made it really hard- #to train the other people on the new equipment in a smooth manner #which meant that a bunch of people had to keep me after to ask questions which made me late for my drs appointment #where i found out i cant get the new covid vaccine bc my heart and blood levels arnt stable enough #and joanns lost an expensive+critical fabric order of mine+i had to give a big presentation this week on my research that was stressful #and my inbox is still blowing up from being needed all over the place between teaching lab and classes and yall i am. so so tired. #im in so much pain and so stressed out #debating the ethics of turning into a pile of lint to escape my responsibilities and mortal frame

[iholli]

literally I just want to give MAWS Clark a hug can we give this man a break please he's baby

#the constant dilemma between DCAU Clark and MAWS Clark but really i just want to be friends with them both #anyway i cried like half the new episode it really came for my feelings again #my adventures with superman #and then i went and watched the preview for next week. what the absolute FUCK #i like how they're handling kryptonite in this show but i also Do Not Like That At All #DCAU Clark is like. the fun uncle who seems like he has his shit together a little because he's experienced #but really his internal monologue is just shit shit shit 24/7 #meanwhile MAWS Clark is just. he's baby. that's it. he doesn't know who he is he hasn't truly experienced the worst and the best yet #he like. has to grow into DCAU Clark ??? #but his lack of experience gives him unique strengths. like he's more forgiving and trusting. DCAU Clark has spent too much time with Bruce. #anyway that's my thoughts goodnight #i have a headache fr it's been a day #i love MAWS #ratkingrambles #dc

[total-drama-brainrot]

Alenoaheather grabbed me by the throat and body slammed me through 15 consecutive buildings a week ago and it is entirely your fault/lh

But I was thinking about the incredible Fake Dating AU y’all were putting together and had a question, then realized I could just ask the question because it’s ✨Tumblr✨. But what do you think would’ve happened if Izzy wasn’t there when Noah passed out at the gym with Eva? Like, imagine Alejandro and Heather bust into the gym, but because of Eva’s awkward ass self(I love her sm) it genuinely just seems like she knocked out Noah. How would you expect the scenario to play out after that, because I do imagine that Aleheather wouldn’t be happy about seeing Noah laid out like a starfish-

My apologies 😔 (I'm not sorry 😈). /lh

The idea of Eva holding up a passed out Noah by the collar of his undershirt, all but looming over him in her desperation to get him to wake the fuck up, only to have both Heather and Alejandro burst into the room and misconstrue the situation entirely is so fucking funny to me. Thank you for the mental image, anon.

Because Eva has aggression practically woven into the threads of her character; she speaks aggressively, se thinks aggressively, and we all know she acts aggressively. Even when she's trying to be gentle she's always going to be rough around the edges, so it'd genuinely look like she's about to pummel an unconscious Noah into nerd-paste. Without Izzy there as a mitigating force, Eva wouldn't have the eloquence to properly explain the situation before AleHeather jump to conclusions and act accordingly.

Which would mostly be Heather trying to beat the shit out of Eva, physical discrepancies be damned, as Alejandro scoops up their partner bridal style and fusses over the 'damsel' in the situation.

Because, out of the two of them, Heather's always been the more physically aggressive one. She's not afraid to start throwing hands- of course, Heather's more likely to attack others with her words, but she's never shied away from a more hands-on approach to conflict. Whereas Alejandro, for all of his displays of physical prowess, doesn't ever really use his strength in a hostile way (his boxing math with José non-withstanding), and he's far too much of a gentleman to ever hit a woman.

So Eva would be staving off an irate Heather, who's trying to claw her eyes out or something, using her superior muscle mass to (as gently as she can) subdue Heather so she could explain herself. But 'fighting back' only makes Eva look worse to the pair, and any explanations she'd try to offer would be all but drowned out by Heather's enraged screaming, falling on deaf ears. Eva really doesn't want to hurt Heather, so she'd hold back the majority of her overwhelming strength, but Heather would interpret that as Eva looking down on her which would only serve to fuel her anger.

Meanwhile, Alejandro and his saviour complex would be trying to resuscitate Noah from his overexertion coma (previously established; Noah goes sicko mode on a punching bag and his noodly ferret body couldn't handle the strain of physical effort), though half of his attention would be diverted towards Heather going beast mode on Eva- either because he'd be genuinely concerned/alarmed by her ferocity, or because Alejandro seems like the type of guy who'd find Heather going feral kind of hot (whichever's funnier).

Eventually Heather would either tire herself out and Eva could attempt to blunder her way through an explanation- under the dual judgemental/seething glares of AleHeather- to mixed results, OR Noah would wake up, have a 'what the fuck is going on here' moment, and quickly clear up the confusion in his patented know-it-all way. That is to say, insulting everyone involved for their incompetency whilst ignoring his own pivotal role in the disagreement, and then explaining that he and Eva are cool now. (He'd probably be a dick about it to; "We're besties, me and Eva are having a sleepover tonight and we're going to talk about Boys and Shoes and Makeup and you're not invited." Noah can't stop being a sarcastic jester-coded prick for more than one scene or else he'll implode.)

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Of course, this is all just speculation. I expect @perpetualexistence has plenty of their own thoughts to add to this hypothetical, as the adoptive 'co-parent' of this AU!

This is mostly just me pushing my "AleNoah ask for no pickles, Heather's the one who confronts the cashier when they get pickles" Alenoaheather dynamic. Heather the girlboss and her two cringefail, pathetic-pilled boyfriends. She's the only one of the three who can be direct with her misgivings (Noah is blunt, sure, but he skirts around confrontation- see his reaction to Alejandro's comment in "I See London..."). Also a not-so-subtle nod towards Alejandro always prioritising being the 'hero who rescues the damsel' over the 'hero who confronts the villain', which is literally just canon. The guy's not confrontational despite being manipulative- the puppet master works behind the curtains, after all. (The only time I can think of him ever directly confronting someone is, again, his comment to "Noah in I See London...", which is less of an accusation and more of a pointed comment.)

#the girls are fightinggggg ✨ #if eva and heather actually had a proper fight eva would fold her ass like laundry. no contest. #not that heather isn't also a forced to be reckoned with. but it's EVA. #they'd eventually sort out the beef between them but i think eva would ask for one free shot against heather as compensation for the attack #(everyone expects eva to full-on deck her but she never does. heather lives in constant fear of eva's free shot.) #(eva's never gonna use it. she just likes watching heather sweat.) #fake dating au #alenoaheather #total drama #td eva #td heather #td alejandri #td noah #character analysis #silly ideas #replies

[stealingpotatoes]

Honestly Mace would have loved Luke and Leia with his whole heart.

yes!!! honestly he's like a grandparent (in the dynamic way, not age way) bc he was harsh on anakin but you KNOW he's much more caring for the twins, like how a grandparent is strict on their kid but gives their grandkid literally whatever. and anakin's like where was this for me

#i've never drawn anything for it but i think about AUs where anakin's caught or killed n rots is stopped a lot #and then the jedi take the twins and are Too Careful and the twins just Know theres smthn off abt them but dont know what it is #and all the difficulty padme faces bc the jedi fucked anakin up!! she doesnt want them having her kids!!!! the last she has left of Him!! #but whats she supposed to do about her illegal-kids-of-an-evil-jedi against an ancient order backed by the senate and law #and you have obi wan torn between wanting whats best for the galaxy (the twins are carefully trained) #vs wanting whats best for his friend and tbh his brotherwhatever's memory (padme keeps the twins) #very aggressive jedi vs human conflict for him #theres just SO MUCH in those kinda AUs #bit hard to draw to explain tho. like u gotta draw so much for context so ive never rlly tried #but i think abt mace and his relationship w the twins there sm bc you KNOW he wants to treat them coldly and w constant suspicion #but he Just Can't #cause ya know. their dad. went evil. and theyre also INSANELY POWERFUL force users #thanks for the ask! #wow ok went off in the tags abt an au nobody asked for <3 #gotta get it out my head somehow ig

[ladysophiebeckett]

mind you, they got back together two days ago and this is the face he's making when she starts complaining about betty getting a living wage.

#ysblf #u know in parks and rec when ben and leslie would say 'i love you and i like you?' bc there's a huge difference between them #you gotta love and like the person ur with #well we know armando doesn't love marcela and guess what? he also doenst like her #like at all #just constant evidence even before the affair that he doesnt like her as a person bc he cant even trust her #anyway i know at this meeting he was like 'ive yet again made a huge mistake bc i felt like owed her something goddamn it'

[mintcaboodle]

if you want to know what klance dynamic would be like if the voltron writers didnt just have breadcrumbs rattling around in their empty skulls go watch mike and charlie on skull island

#klance dating would be exactly like this except every few days theres an unbearably tender emotional exchange #and kissing #just in general this presence of overwhelming affection capped off by near constant arguing #and general doofery #i think k + l as individuals have a lot more confidence and recklessness than these two #but the dynamic between them is what im highlighting here #also (SPOILERS A BIT) but mike hiding a life threatening injury is so. keith.

[maddy-ferguson]

when people who like seasons 1 and 2 better explain why it was better they always lose me when they say "the characters were what mattered the most the supernatural plot was basically not that important it was ALL about the characters" like...that's just what YOU were more interested in not what was happening in the show? like wdym the supernatural plotline wasn't that important in seasons 1 and 2. saying that it was more balanced or more subtle i get but saying that the supernatural plot wasn't THAT important and that it's not what made anyone love the show is a blatant lie

#and like i say: brf slt #and i've seen people say this many times on many occasions i'm not even exaggerating. or making anything up #and i've been saying this for. a year and a half. minus two months. when volume 1 came out someone tweeted 'what the duffers fail to #understand is that no one watches st because they care about the russians or whatever. people watch st to see a ragtag group of kids be #nice to each other! to see a lesbian and a man with nice hair be friends!' and i said i agree with this at like 60% the 60% being ofc that #i hate the russia stuff we know this. but like. as much as i like the relationships between the characters if there's no life-threatening #things going on for more than a few dozen minutes...then i don't really care like that would be another show. (this has been a constant #i was not as into the show or the characters as i am now when i said that like volume 1 was my first time watching the show #since 2019. and it's a constant because it's still true) like that's literally what fanfic is for. or other shows. #and plenty of people watch stranger things for the russians or whatever i was actually surprised when people were ranking the subplots i #saw quite a lot of people put russia in their top 2 i was stunned. it was mostly older people older people meaning anyone who was 22 in #the past. i'm kidding but like idk people who were like 40+ and also guys? idk. like there's actually an audience for that my bad you guys #(not my bad i will always be a russia in st anti. because i hate it.) #my point is. no that was actually it. i just don't get it wdym people don't like the STORY plenty of people do. in the fandom especially i #totally get focusing more on the characters and being more interested in that i literally never talk about the supernatural plot and i #really like the characters yk and i understand when people say that they enjoyed the distribution between character things and supernatural #plot things in s1-2 more but saying that the supernatural stuff was like an afterthought and that no one actually cares or cared ever and #that it was never important is? like i get where they're coming from but also...no #and i get doing the 'if you don't take it as literally the monsters and supernatural plot things mean this and that for real life and for #the characters' i think it's very fun but like. if you don't like the genre and ignored it for the characters...?that's not really on them #i worded this like my joyce and bob post from july i hope you like it. the first sentence only #wait i actually didn't. just realized. false advertising sorry #saying this as someone who likes seasons 1 and 2 better too that goes without saying

[sadbeautifutragic]

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#i think several other reasons the breaks in between tour dates and albums feel dry include #constant fandom policing to the point where people avoid interesting discussions out of fear their words will be twisted #people ignoring newer content creators' work which discourages them from sharing their creations #nitpicking the content we DO end up receiving and/or begging for the next 17 things instead of appreciating it #people prioritizing stan wars instead of enjoying the music and community #and along the same vein fans acting pretentious as if they're too cool to be here 🍅 #and of course people spoiling everything for the others (misbehavior at sessions or people ruining midnights mayhem with me) #fandom is what you put into it i guess so the only way to make these breaks more bearable is to turn things around #btw i don't think there's anything inherently wrong with taylor taking breaks at the end of the day she is a human with her own life #i do expect more promo in april (i actually think there hasn't been much because A) rest and B) let other artists have their moments) #but i also understand people missing her and missing the liveliness this place has when stuff IS happening

[the-darklings]

What is he if not Lord of unanswered dreams and hopes?

Honestly, it pains me so much that Dream always fails to recognise his own value. That he knows his meaning to the Dreaming, but can’t he see his worth apart from his function. That killed me in the TV series and it kills me here. How often had somebody said something like “you have to do this” or “you don’t have a saying in this” for him to only believe himself worthy as a king for those who sleep instead for a being that deserves to love and dream as well.

I agree, and it's one of the first things I truly appreciated about his characterisation.

To be honest, it's a question that could be argued in many different ways. Past experiences are the first point that pops into my mind. The idea that all past attempts to have something more, to live for something other than his function, is beyond his grasp. Yet, more often than not, if you analyse Dream's pattern, the relationship is either doomed from the start (and he fails to see it/accept it), or he is entirely incompatible with the individual, to begin with. Dream's own inability to form meaningful change is, arguably, half the issue here, if not most of it.

It's clear that Dream is lonely. That he dearly desires something more but has been burned too many times to try and shoulder the potentially another failure. He has such responsibility placed on him that he instead chooses to - as Corinthian aptly puts it - "feel nothing". I think it's easier for him to focus on his duty because the depth of his own loneliness might undo him. Again, it's not a lack of love or even care. It's too much love. Dream is cold not because he doesn't feel but because he loves too much, too quickly, too intensely.

But he is also oh so proud. All those failed relationships and connections are felt so much deeper, even if he's not verbal about them.

#this is why with tibyim i took such slowburn/platonic focus #half the fic is arguably platonic. there are no concrete romantic feelings between them at least until 5. #that thousand years was both about them mutually having a constant but also learning to value of connection #when you really analyse dream's past relationship they were all very sudden and intense #wanderer and dream /grow/ together. they are there for each other without need for anything physical. they learn to care #about each other as people first and foremost. love grows from that care/trust/connection #that's why it simmers so deeply. because it's been nurtured. bruised. then grows stronger with each test. #dream doesn't need another lover just for the sake of having something physical. he needs someone who would love him #for him. but also not be afraid to challenge him. like wanderer says in 10 /because of respect/ not from lack of it. #when i was trying to really analyse them as individuals and potential couple it was important to me that they could stand individually #but make each other better when together. and I don't mean erases each other's flaws but inspire the other to best version #of themselves #byeee sorry about the rant sdjghsdg #asks #fic: today i bury you in me

[clonehub]

"why does the fandom complain so much!!" do you see what we've been getting

#ch posts #in a lot of ways the quality reduction of star wars shows + movies means less ppl will be satisfied on any or all fronts #and when something like andor or visions 2 comes out there's gonna be inevitable comparisons #like. idk isn't this obvious? #thats why i dont take 99.999% of the complains personally or too seriously #there's merit to them #people who can't articulate why they dont like Ahsoka or TBB or Mando just call it boring #or underbaked etc #or that they just couldn't keep up w it #also like #in the past it was one star wars project at a time tbh #and there'd be like years between projects #or at least a decent cushion space #now its back to back to back #when i was a kid we had tcw and that was the only show #the occasional game #and the ocasional book #and then some other stuff idr #but now its like. constant books shows constant talk of movies #and when i was a kid if something was mediocre you could #wait for the next thing/just let it pass #now its like. the next thing is mediocre too 😭