I've never met a deadline I didn't hate.
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Something I love to think about is every iteration of Leo’s relationship with Splinter and how Splinter’s interests always define how a Leo presents himself.
I used to abide by the idea that a Leo will simply emulate his Splinter directly, and to an extent I still believe that to be the case, but moreso I think Leos have a tendency to mold themselves into what they believe is their Splinter’s ideal son - someone who embodies all the traits Splinter has explicitly shown to admire or value in a person.
Most of the time, they try to be a dutiful and honorable boy abiding by the full extent of ninjitsu teachings. Then you have Rise Splinter, who very much still has undeniable prowess in the art of fighting and being a ninja, but when it comes to how he shows his interests to his boys…one thing reigns supreme.
Acting. Shows. One liners. Flamboyance in the name of gaining an audience’s attention.
He showcases Lou Jitsu movies on repeat for the boys, passing down the morals and words from those movies to them with no small amount of pride. All while fully expecting them to respect these teachings.
So, of course, Rise Leo picks up on this. He’s a Leo, after all, as much a daddy’s boy as any other variation of him, only he clocked his father’s interests to be different than most others. He picks up on the art of showmanship, of keeping things to himself so as to be a more exciting twist later, of treating the world as a set to act in.
He’s an actor, not just because Splinter himself was one, but because Splinter likes acting and showed one particular actor (unknowingly to the boys, it was himself) as the pinnacle of all his teachings. As someone to value and admire. And even more than that - Splinter focuses on the character the actor is portraying rather than just the man himself.
And I think this is all even more interesting when taking the turtle tot short into consideration, because very, very briefly, just as with many times else throughout the series, we see how easily Rise Leo aligns with his other selves, seeming to pick up the sword easier than his brothers do their own weapons - after quoting Lou Jitsu of course. After emulating his idol - the person who his father seems to admire so much.
Point being, it’s so interesting to see how Leos tend to mold themselves in one particular way throughout every variation - that being, what their father is shown to value most in people.
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Emodrien saw Spiderverse one (1) time and thought Spidergwen was cool and immediately cut his hair after
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Time travel fic, but instead of the tension being that past-Dean hates future-Dean or vice versa, they get on like beans on toast, and it's Sam that can't stand himself. Or past-Cas keeps losing patience with future-Cas (and vice versa).
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hi, can i have the link to your fic about nevy? ive seen a couple posts with her and now im really curious :)
hehe, Nevy is actually kind of cute. Like a little nickname for Neves! Unfortunately, because I draw faster than I write, I have yet to post my fic! Sob. I'll definitely make a post on here when i do post it on ao3 though. Whenever I stop being picky over my own writing. However! have a silly doodle of the Lamb and Neves teehee
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BPD culture is I can never let anyone close. BPD is not being able to trust anyone, not even yourself. It's telling yourself you can handle just sleeping with someone, but then when they coddle you after sex it's too much and makes you cry. I know it was fake. No one really loves me. No one really cares about me. Everybody just uses me. Don't give me a false sense of security. You're lying, everybody always lies. Bpd is wanting so badly to just be normal. To feel normal, to think normal. But it's actually destroying your room in rage. Throwing and breaking things. Hurting yourself. Ruining any shot you've got at having a good relationship with anyone. It's not wanting to exist anymore. It's wanting to disappear at least once a day. It's please someone kill me, please put me out this misery. Please end this. Please.
I can't take it anymore. i can't fake another smile. I can't fake it through another day. I'm tired of always wearing a mask. why is it I have to take care of myself when I've never even been shown care? I don't know how to take care of myself. My parents wired me to hate every ounce of my being. It's I just want someone to care about me. It's no one will ever care about me, not like I do them. It's I will never be loved how I love you. It's being ashamed to feel so largely. It's being ashamed to be so sensitive.
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Gabriel moments that make me ragingly feral (1)
The Noose;
I think for this to be emphasised best it’s missing a little extra context, not that it’s needed but it certainly adds to the direness of the situation and Dean’s intentions with Gabriel.
Gabriel is not their friend. Gabriel is not even their ally. Freshly freed from torture and imprisonment, Gabriel has run off to try and break the last of his chains which proves more difficult than anticipated when he’s as weak and vulnerable as he is (physically and mentally). His choice to seek out the Winchesters isn’t born of trust or love but pure desperation, and Gabriel wasn’t around to witness Dean’s temper tantrum over him exercising his freedom to go deal with his own personal dramas- because that’s what this is for the Winchesters as well, they can talk big game about Michael but things would be fine if they left it alone, they want their mom. It’s understandable, they love her. But let’s not pretend anything about wanting to break open rifts between worlds in s13 is anything but them refusing to mourn a mother that never existed. Gabriel’s motives are no more petty than Dean’s, and I stand by that. If they had righteous motives they would leave their mother and keep the wall between worlds sealed.
So Gabriel doesn’t know that he is not walking back into a tense but still there allyship, like how he left things after Sam nursed him back and to return the favour Gabriel snapped out of his stupor to fight back to save him and Castiel. Sure he ran away and this is not friendship, but it’s something. He doesn’t know things have changed personally, because of Mary, because of a woman that looks like a friend Dean used to have but isn’t.
So when Sleipnir and Narfi come kicking in their door and start attacking the Winchesters, Gabriel (after taking a brief respite to panic in the bathroom) again steps between Sam and the enemy. Could simply be that he acknowledges he needs numbers on his side and if Sam and Dean die now it’ll be 1v2, or he’s still trying to pay Sam back for his kindness. Either way, he fights alongside them again.
After a little camaraderie, Dean is quick to pull out binding cuffs he’d been stashing which could be considered pretty overkill when Gabriel is already powerless and bleeding out, and the frame centers the cuff around Gabriel’s throat like he’s caught in a noose. Along with the framing of Gabriel as captured and subdued here they’ve also set Dean alone and Sam side by side with Gabriel, since he’s going to be the one fighting for Gabriel’s autonomy and recovery in upcoming scenes against Dean’s harsh Take What We “Deserve” method.
Here he’s trading one master for another potential one if Dean were to get his way here (restraining him, beating him, taking what Dean feels he deserves from body while he’s too weak to fight back), all because he came back to ask for help.
Ironically, it’s the exact same thing he did when he ran back to another old friend and asked him for help only to wind up contained, powerless, and stripped of his grace for someone else’s personal use.
Seems Gabriel is the worst of them all at learning his lesson.
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