#but i was so ready for that storyline

[sunflowerspdf]

so sad that this is station 19's final season

#its so serious and sad and i hope it ends with some lighthearted fun #i mean i appreciated seeing symone last ep but it was hardly a lighthearted fun or really even prideful ep? imo #i miss the fun and heartfelt travic moments #also rip to jack getting to build a relationship with his sister ig #i know they had to retool for their final season and i imagine the strikes #and amelia hensley getting cast in private jones may have affected scheduling possibilities #but i was so ready for that storyline #and now jack isn't in half the eps so far #i miss travic and even the travicruiz friendship trio #ofc there is still time for any and all of these pieces but its wrapped up in the sadness of the station changing and the show ending #station 19

[paperglader]

imogen: *is known to have suicidal tendencies*

Me, as of late, whenever she shows any glimpse of those suicidal tendencies: NO BITCH YOU STOP THAT!! YOU STOP THAT RIGHT NOW!! YOU HAVE TO LIVE MF!! YOU HAVE TO LIVE FOR ME!!

(i love her with my whole entire heart)

#to the point where I’m even getting annoyed with myself #like i have to remind myself hey she’s a character let her go through her storyline this makes sense for her #and it’s like yes I know that is correct but also SHE CANNOT DIE NOT ON MY WATCH #which is a struggle when it comes to imodna cause their respect for each other’s agency truly is all encompassing #and they’re very adamant on permitting the other to die on their own terms and like yes given the context that’s so important #but also #fully not ready for that heartbreak #imodna #southern gothic #imogen temult #laura bailey #critical role #cr #c3 #bells hells

[sunnydotjpeg]

vee noceda my absolute beloved

#toh #the owl house #toh season 3 #toh spoilers #not really but jic #anyway that whole episode oh my GOD #the animation??? the storyline????? i am so ready for the next two i need them Yesterday

[mikimeiko]

Our Flag Means Death Season 2 - one gif per episode (with the first gif from their first scene and the last gif from their last scene) | Oluwande Boodhari

#our flag means death #ofmd #ofmd season 2 #ofmdedit #oluwande boodhari #i made these in order of appearance in the first episode so the order might be a little strange #i am not a fan of the zheng storyline #i mean OLU AND JIM #i was ready to commit to the throuple but instead they actually went with this #ofmd s2 one gif per episode #i made this #i just want a tag for the things i personally put out into the world

[esteemed-excellency]

The Creditor: hey you're Furnace's guardian, right?

Hiram: what.

The Creditor: I need a bride

Hiram:

#blinking guy dot gif #furnace and hiram have the most neutral relationship he's a little annoying but he's always been helpful they're just working together #but now he's ready to adopt her to back her up against the creditor #you know you fucked up if hiram “red flags” hargrave tells you to stop pursuing your marriage fantasies #i knew about the storyline but I wasn't expecting this to happen so suddenly #like there's no buildup it just happens #fallen london #hiram hargrave

[boyfridged]

in your fic “paint it over” is that how you imagine jason making it out of the explosion at the end of utrh? not exactly the events that follow, but the preferable characterization of bruce digging jay out of the rubble and carrying him to help. and how do you think jason made it out canonically (without the help of bruce) also!!! what are your thoughts on the specifics of jason’s scar and how he’d behave toward it. i liked the part of your fic where jason was temporarily unable to speak due to the trauma his neck received. i think the scar is something that rests on the junction of his shoulder/neck, and that can be hidden with whatever clothes he wears -> no one knows he has it (or how he got it) either. i like to imagine while bruce knows his batarang made contact with jason’s throat it’s never fully registered to him that it scarred until he sees it for himself (and while i believe bruce would turn the moment in head over and over again until it’s engraved in his brain, his delayed realization—to me—is due to his repression of the occurrence)

oh i adore this whole ask. some of it i explained in my notes, but this fanfic is quite dear to me, so i will elaborate.

short answer to whether this is how i imagine jay making it out of the explosion: not exactly?

the premise that i wanted to explore with paint it over is almost the opposite of a fix-it, and definitely not what i believe it should be in canon.

what i wished to explore there is, however, the part of utrh that is perhaps the most shocking to many readers: that bruce leaves jason to die.

in-universe, i think the answer why it happens is surprisingly simple enough: bruce does not come because he is just... not there. my understanding is, that in a way, the events of under the red hood did not happen. there is nothing to follow. that purple mist in the finale of the utrh, that is often read as a force resurrecting jason (not technically wrong, either)- i believe that is the timeline already rewriting itself, making the whole story into something that was not.

and the reason for the above is the infinite crisis. if i'm not wrong, it's also the inifinite crisis miniseries where bruce meets dick right after the explosions in (or of) bludhaven-- that in batman clearly happens in the background of his confrontation with jay. however, in infinite crisis (#4, just checked it now), bruce tells dick: "i wanted to make sure...you're alright... i was in new york when it hit. got here as soon as i could." which could be a lie or a matter of the editorial not being synced enough- but i'm willing to give them a benefit of the doubt given how it ties with that sudden, stunted ending of utrh.

this makes sense for canon for several reasons. in the animated movie, since it spares us the infinite crisis tie-in, bruce says of the whole incident: this changes nothing. it changes nothing because although aditf isn't, utrh is a tragedy; it changes nothing because since his death, jason is necessarily always pushed at the peripheries of the narrative, no matter how much the fate itself tries to fix it, becoming a tragic footnote. the dead have one right and it's the right to remain silent. and that is ironically ensured on a cosmic level, with his violent attempt at being seen hidden in the folds of the timeline. you can also see it clearly in canon -- i believe it was not until the infinite frontier that the events of utrh got just tangentially mentioned (before that, even lobdell barely touched upon it). other than that, they have no consequences; they are barely ever spoken of; they seem to slip out even from jay's solo comics.

this move was necessary for batman, as a character and as a title: let's say bruce does hold red hood as he does in the alt cover of annual 25 (and the cover of the deluxe edition of utrh.) that would implore a reckoning with his failure and his (suddenly non-productive) grief that would either reconstruct the whole myth or lead to some terrifying implications. these terrifying implications are, essentially, what paint it over is about. it's about the worst happening and about there being no way back from it. and jason, in receiving what he wanted (his father's love and care) wants to deny that reality. they both want to. yet even jay cannot ignore it completely -- and i chose to use the batarang injury to emphasize it.

and about the scar: i mentioned it briefly before, but in the au jason aggravates the wounds on purpose, hence it will scar worse and cause long-term issues for his voice. it's a theme i also keep in some of my other stories (to come...) and i very much think this is what would happen in canon if he had to take care of that injury. yet as it healed, i believe he'd take to hiding it, mostly. still, as it stands, my primary take might be that in canon (if it was to follow the interference into the timeline from the crisis at least) jason would simply end up with no scar at all, and only memories for evidence of what happened, which is perhaps worse for him too (but of course better for bruce. and as it happens, this is bruce wayne's story and everyone else is just living in it- or dies in it- for better or worse. and if we're ignoring that metaphysical timeline bullshit, as you said, i believe bruce would repress it all anyway.)

#this is probably a mess but it's 3am and i should go to sleep so #sorry if it does not make sense/i did not properly reply to everything. i might follow up... #and i'm very curious if you have any more thoughts on jay's scar!! #+ most importantly <3 thank you for reading my work. this makes me so happy. #outbox #yutro writes #btw. i had another post in which i said that i consider what was said in annual 25 about jay's initial resurrection being an attempt -> #of “fate” to fix things to be central to my view on canon. i guess in that case the utrh becoming half erased is another attempt at it -> #when universe loves you so much it rids of the evidence of your trauma... #also i forgot to mention. i am very much for jay's storyline challenging the status quo of batman as a title #-> but that would make him literally the main character<3 and i don't think most people are ready for it or want it

[lonestardust]

#MAN I'M SO READY FOR THISSS #and it's from that episode because here she is receiving flowers from someone (looking STUNNING AS EVER) #tk carlos and co are there too and they're at this oriental arabic restaurant #I'm so curious how they'll dive into marjan's love life as a muslim with middle eastern roots #especially because as a muslim middle eastern myself the way they zeroed in on and chose that engagement storyline for her #wasn't the best representation I was hoping for #911 lone star #911 ls #tk strand #carlos reyes #ronen rubinstein #rafael silva #natacha karam #marjan marwani

[optiwashere]

I've been jumping back and forth between my (Mostly) Good Playthru of WOTR and my Asheera replay of BG3, and it's so interesting having these games shown in stark contrast so close to one another.

I am frothing at the mouth for Anevia/Irabeth fic though. Gotta go digging...

#personal nonsense #asheera replay posts #Asheera Round Two is now basically mopping up companion quests before I just rush through the ending sequence #Now I've got saves scattered all over the place (that will inevitably break when/if a Definitive Edition comes out lmfao) #I might end up recording a bunch of the scenes for myself w/ Asheera just in case that does happen #It's been fun reaffirming her character choices/roleplay all over again and I think I'm ready to do my honor mode run #I'm also approaching The Moment of WOTR w/r/t good ole cam cam and this KC is not going to abide by Camellia #my heart breaks and my soul weeps for that moment #but at least I get to enjoy Arue's storyline this time (since I did a much worse iteration of it in my first pt...) #also Azata is pretty fun so far! Way more engaging than the Aeon -> Devil run already (hope I don't regret saying this!)

[guardian-angle22]

Paul Strickland | 911 Lone Star

↳ 3.18 A Bright and Cloudless Morning

#911 lone star #paul strickland #I need more Paul in my life and so does everyone else #<- my tag of 2023 #in case anyone missed it lol #ive lured people in with tarlos sets and now i will preach my gospel of paul strickland to my followers you're welcome #im so ready to have him back on my screen and i cant wait for him to have some cool ass storylines this season 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼 #my gifs #episode: s03e18 a bright and cloudless morning

[dodecademons]

Funny how like 90 percent of people wanting the wilds back hate to acknowledge the fact that it's partly their fault. I want the wilds to be renewed as well, however if I DARE say yall aren't ready for it and a small part of me thinks some viewers are undeserving I'm the bad guy. Right because the vast majority of you didn't openly admit to skipping over the boys parts in the show, smh. If you arent watching the whole episode why would they want to renew it? They want views, they want money. Do I want the wilds back? Of course. Do I think the gretchen clones deserve it? No. Be better.

#just say you hate men and quit pretending it's 'only because streaming sites hate women/wlw' #you guys LITERALLY THREATENED the actors who played the boys just because they took a job in a show they thought was cool #right and you think you deserve the show to be renewed #you arent ready for that conversation yet though proven time and time again #was it only because of that? absolutely not but dont be so willing to place the blame when we blatantly see where some problems come from #am i annoyed that my replies have been deleted on some the wilds post JUST because i said i didnt mind the boys storyline? #yup #live with the consequences of your actions #the wilds #i want the show back but some of you were really nasty just because a man existed and thats not cool #in the words of waverly earp 'reverse sexism is still sexism wynonna' #shoni was cute leatin had potential but you dont get to be a horrible human #there were so many reactors skipping the boys parts or just saying things just because the boys existed and i cant watch them anymore now #THATS LITERALLY WHAT THE SHOW IS ABOUT #the show is literally about the effects misogyny/the patriarchy has on women and men #if you actually watched the show for it's content you would see that #gretchen is the bad guy for going to extremes and subjecting children to trauma just because she doesn't like men so quit acting like her #I'm not sorry for saying facts #if you're offended you might be the issue so lets take a look at that #the whole the thing is boys vs girls so why in tf would you think they wouldnt at least be brought up a little like in s2 #ugh #i still hate amazon for canceling it

[teledild0nix]

ugh i had this other 8th year fic i was working on that i loved! they were doing like independent schooling out of grimmauld place bc hogwarts was still too destroyed to go back to and they wanted to get on with their lives and figured their best chance of passing their NEWTs was to study together, so they formed a little school. but it kinda turned out to be more about hermione and i couldn't figure out how to steer it back toward drarry so i stopped working on it.

#hermione's storyline is !!!!!!!!!!!!!! #she brings her parents back from australia #and while they were gone and lost their memories they had another baby #and named her hermione #so hermione has a little sister who is 19 years younger than her and has the same name as her #and i was like how can i introduce this and not foreground hermione's family and her development?? #but i have never written a hermione oriented fic before and i just wasn't ready to continue #maybe i will come back to it some day

[arabellaseraphim]

Time to forget about Pokemon Presents for the rest of today (until 9 pm in my place) so it can come faster

#manifesting some copiums #I am so not ready for Gen 10 #pls no Gen 10 #now is not the time for it #manifesting Pokemon Legends Unova edition for lore diving's sake #or any Unova related content for nostalgia's sake #Johto content is fine too cause I want to know more about it #imagine Unova related game but Blueberry Academy and its cast from Scarlet and Violet dlc is there #cause Blueberry Academy is IN UNOVA #give me more lore #N comeback when #manifesting Paldean Winds like series but for Kitakami and Blueberry Academy with Carmine and Kieran screentime #manifesting more SV characters to arrive at Pokemon Masters alongside the protags and dlc cast #imagine a new main storyline in Masters that involves the Paldea cast #what if 2nd PML arc in Masters has more characters we could get for free just like the 1st arc #and also we can have a Paldea arc too #i want Kieran and Paulo to meet if that is the case #waits faster #coping with copium #manifesting copiums

[imflyingfish]

Honestly i dont like sculk spreading/corruption storylines theyre really boring with a few exceptions

#at least make it MEANINGFUL. OR AN ALLEGORY SURE #but a lot of thr timr its just like #augh... ohnoo... thr sculkk.. its spreading and taking me ovrr.... fukkkkk..... #and then its either like poof all better now or oops fuck everythinfs dead the end #i just dont think theyre cool unless they have a specific meaning #like cub's sculk arc? that was really boring man ur not even from that server and ir didnt like do anything #i mean its funny from a 'its cub' pov but aside from that ehhh..... nah...... #The corruption from s1 esmp was cool however but more because it served an actual function it was a good mass server event not caused by a #specific player but instead a mass storylune and players got to interact with it in interesting ways #but also there was never the threat of oh.... noo.... the entire world will become corrupted it was more WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS BIGASS PLANT #DOING HERE #and it tied into very nicely xornoth and that #esmp2 ALSO kind of had a corruption line with the fae but like.... what was that even.... i literally dint remember and i was there..... #it was boring...... #oh and also owens nlsmp corruption storyline.... sigh.... #there was so much potential for Sparrow and that storyline and i wish Owen had just gone 'okay i need people to roleplay as online for this #narrative' like Oli does #like u cant really do long term storytelling on what is a short term server if you arent ready to direct people and allow yourself to #control YOUR story the whole sculk spreading thing just seemed like a copout due to the server ending #where i think owen should have put his own content above what is technically true #its roleplay #like owen does roleplay well. but the difference is on the POW servers is that theres a set time and most people are on at the same time #but that just doesnt occur so much on youtube based smps and thats why i think until owen is able to direct more (outside of shared rp with #scott specifically) he's probably better suited towards streamed roleplay later edited #idk sculk storylines are boring basically they can work but only in an active server i feel #like with owens it was like 'oh fuck the sculk is spreading i have GOT to stop this!' meanwhile everyone else on the planet is like already #dead following his videos like idk man just didnt hit #there was also no specific defeat or true responce to the sculk either like ik there was the vault but idk #like overall. it was fine and i enjoyed it but thst doesnt mean i like sculk storylines

[2nd-mushroom-circle]

i’m about to be emotionally destroyed.

#i am so not ready for sing to die #seir is who i’m really worried about #the sibling shit gets me #nobody can leave a spotify playlist public around me i Will find it #that’s how i found out my party mate had a secret girlfriend #also re:secret xainan playlists i am so excited for future xainan romance storylines #me hitting cowboy man over the head with a lute: address! your! commitment! issues! #transplanar rpg #the chaos protocol #transplanar: tcp #xainan esch

[nightswatchdisbandmentera]

He found himself thinking about Sam and Maester Aemon, about Gilly and the babe. She will curse me with her dying breath, but I saw no other way. Eastwatch reported savage storms upon the narrow sea. I meant to keep them safe. Did I feed them to the crabs instead? Last night he had dreamed of Sam drowning, of Ygritte dying with his arrow in her (it had not been his arrow, but in his dreams it always was), of Gilly weeping tears of blood.

- Jon III, ADWD

Something I’ve noticed about Jon’s (possibly prophetic) dreams is that they involve death in some way. There are feasts of the dead (in his Winterfell dreams), hordes of undead (in his ADWD dream), dead direwolves (in his wolf dreams), and sometimes he even seems to dream of his own death (both Winterfell and ADWD dreams). It seems that in his dreams, Jon turns into a prophet who can see life and death play out all over Westeros; he has one in ASOS that seems to connect to Jaime journeying into the land of the dead.

So this short passage stood out to me because it’s yet another instance of him dreaming of death (though we don’t actually see the dream on page, he’s just remembering it). It seems like nothing but given the prophetic nature of Jon’s other dreams, I wonder if there’s something to this one as well. Because we know that Sam is in Oldtwon training to be a maester and we know that Euron is on his way there (possibly to launch an attack). So I wonder if Jon may have dreamt of Sam getting caught up in Euron’s attack, though he doesn’t actually know what it means. And this may not be too far fetched because when Jojen dreamt of Theon’s attack on Winterfell, drowning men came up as a motif.

“I dreamed that the sea was lapping all around Winterfell. I saw black waves crashing against the gates and towers, and then the salt water came flowing over the walls and filled the castle. Drowned men were floating in the yard. When I first dreamed the dream, back at Greywater, I didn’t know their faces, but now I do. That Alebelly is one, the guard who called our names at the feast. Your septon’s another. Your smith as well.” “Mikken?” Bran was as confused as he was dismayed. “But the sea is hundreds and hundreds of leagues away, and Winterfell’s walls are so high the water couldn’t get in even if it did come.” “In the dark of night the salt sea will flow over these walls,” said jojen. “I saw the dead, bloated and drowned.”

Now I’m not saying that Sam will die from Euron’s attack (it’s not out of the question but I think he still had some story left), but he might be on the throes of death when it happens. So once again, we might have evidence of Jon being a little prophet without actually meaning to. Honestly, Jon’s prophetic ability is something that I’d like to see explored a bit more in Winds and Dream. Especially now that winter is here, and winter means death…

#jon snow #asoiaf #valyrianscrolls #prophecy and visions in asoiaf #jon and magic #jon and prophecy #I think the magic in Jon’s story is so severely underrated #guys he’s like a little prophet who sees death everywhere #but because jon himself tends to ignore the magic in his storyline #then he tends to ignore the greater meaning in his dreams #imo jon has the potential to be just as magical as bran but it’s a lot more subdued due to the very nature of his character #but y’all are not ready for that conversation #because Jon being a magical fantasy protagonist is somehow threatening to some folk *shrug* #my stuff

[quiltedlovers]

finally watched heartstopper because one of the part time kids from when i worked at the bakery really wanted me to for the longest time and i was feeling sentimental. i don’t think i have ever wished so strongly to have had a piece of media as a teenager + have never felt so much gratitude that kids get to have it now

#‘it’s corny’ is such a lame and wilfully obtuse criticism #charlie and nick are 14 and 15 when it starts!!!! kids that age are more than allowed to be corny!!!!! #as the actors have said it’s an optimistic and idealized in some ways version of reality #but it’s so grounded in reality!!! especially from the viewpoint of the age group of the characters #I also think even in the brief beginning of charlie’s storyline with anorexia and self harm the portrayal is already so much healthier and #safer for a show geared towards an audience who statistically has mental health struggles more often #than 13 reasons why for example #i wish to god that show had never gotten made #also YEAH DUDE it’s so normal for 15 year olds to not drink or do drugs or even know where to get drugs #and to not be ready for sex!!!!!!!!! #also A REALISTIC PORTRAL OF LESBIAN TEENAGERS !!!! THAT IS SO CUTE AND SWEET #anyway im. looking into masters of information programs #thinking about being a librarian just has me emotional about recent censorship and book bans surrounding queer literature #really and truly breaks my heart that heart stopper the graphic novels are on those lists #heartstopper