#death and destiny spoilers

[egophiliac]

don't think I'm not still deep in the episode 7 brainrot. because OH BOY AM I

(also one more extremely, obnoxiously self-referential thing, I'm -- I'm so sorry)

#art #twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland spoilers #twisted wonderland episode 7 spoilers #twisted wonderland episode 7 part 7 spoilers #twisted wonderland book 7 #twisted wonderland book 7 part 7 spoilers #and so ends the saga #(this time for real i promise) #malleus post-episode 7: shroud...i should have heeded your warnings...now tell me more about how i may hunt this elusive 'snipe' #alas poor puppies :( i'm glad they had a little aside about how they can fix them after this whole mess #let ortho have his dogs! #man i love that this has come down to malleus vs technology though #MY FAVORITE #ortho: you can destroy the shell that links me to this mortal world...but can you select the CORRECT DOWNLOAD LINK??? #malleus: (downloads a billion viruses and dies instantly) #also i'm probably the only one who thinks idia complaining about his own mental tartarus prison is funny #but there we go #idia has two modes and two modes only #he's either in the middle of a metaphor where he finally forgives himself for his brother's death and takes charge of his own destiny #or he's like 'fuck yeah i'm about to get isekai'd into the internet! (immediately falls over making dying whale sounds)' #wait no he has a third mode: actively suffocating because silver and sebek won't stop squishing him #look he's just delightful no matter what's going on okay

[unepersonnelouche]

Ace attorney, when will you give the kids a break ???? (Please never do, I live for the angst)

#dual destinies spoilers #ace attorney #phoenix wright #apollo justice #athena cykes #dual destinies #clay terran #metis cykes #we love tragic deaths #and trauma #dadnix #meanwhile Trucy is chilling with aura and the robots #wright anything family

[greentea-and-cookies]

If Stede doesn't send the message with a kiss how would Ed know how much he loves him??? Kissing the love letter goodbye is a must!

Besides, it adds dramatic effect (⁠~⁠‾⁠▿⁠‾⁠)⁠~

And we know how much both of them love drama

#ofmd #ofmd fanart #ofmd s2 #ofmd s2 spoilers #our flag means death #our flag means death fanart #our flag means death s2 #our flag means death s2 spoilers #stede bonnet #stede #gentleman pirate #teenie tiny stede bonnet #he's so in love its disgusting #not really #i love it #those nud- EHEM!! LoVe LeTtErS will reach Edward whether destiny likes it or not!!! #yes... #definitely NOT the spicy doodles... (⁠─⁠.⁠─⁠|⁠|) #gentlebeard #if the seagull doesn't work his plan C would probably be nail the letter to a dinghy #since those things can magically teleport to wherever #and yes #he would most definitely kiss it too before sending it off #and why isn't Stede going in said dinghy to Ed??? quite simple really #dramatic effect (⁠~⁠‾⁠▿⁠‾⁠)⁠~✨ #my art #seagull #offended seagull

[utilitycaster]

Various CR characters, the latest of which is Ashton Greymoore: I don't believe in fate

Matthew Mercer, descending directly into the narrative: the interplay of fate and free will is the most consistent culture-spanning theme in the entire universe I built and is set up as the crux of the finale of Campaign 3 so your belief does not actually matter but this is a great character trait for you to have so go off

#i just wrote the wiki article for the skein of fate and it's like #the divine and the arcane and the natural and the fey all united in this concept! #objectively tangible! arguably truer than even the gods! everything is the thread of destiny and the choices you make with it! #fundamentally tied into the cycle of life and death! you don't need to believe in it bc it exists outside of you and doesn't care! #critical role #critical role spoilers #for matt being like anyway ashton you grab the spark as was fated #(also. if you were to ask me. ashton 100% wants fate to be real and for them to be special) #(but also if fate is real what were the first 28-ish years of their life what was that bullshit; hurts less if it's not real.) #anyhow join me in eating drywall

[faarkas]

Devotion. Bravery. Sacrifice. Devotion... Bravery... Sacrifice...

#i was already tearing up when i got here but when the sun started setting and JOURNEY started playing? FUCK. Lost my shit. #anyway. this hurt. a Lot. #hil.gif #destiny 2 #destiny 2 spoilers #destiny 2 season of defiance #destiny 2 season of defiance spoilers #zavala #gamingedit #*beats my ps4 to death for showing this footage as rly good on my tv and then giving it to me in 360p quality* #anyway. time to go walk the dog again. cry some more. reflect.

[zeb-z]

There’s something so important about Gillion - who never heals himself, who rushes into danger, who hides his wounds- facing death and realizing he isn’t unafraid as he was raised to be. He uses his magic on himself to help with the exhaustion, to keep his life intact. And still he tries to comfort Jay and Chip while he’s coherent, being realistic about his chances but refusing to make it painful. Wanting their possible last moments to be light, to be about seemingly inconsequential things, small favorites that still mean the world to him purely because they’re Chip and Jay’s favorites. And then when all is said and done, he makes a raccoon for Jay. He talks about raspberries for Chip. He uses his last saved up arcane energy to try desperately to stay awake, and it works, and it saves him in the final hour.

It’s just. There’s something about how he hasn’t had a chance to rest since the Feywild, really, truly rest. How this whole time he’s been down on himself and taking extreme risks. And now, at what might be the end of it all, he realizes he doesn’t want to die. He wants to live. And not to be able to save others, not to fulfill his destiny, not out of obligation to anyone else - but purely for himself. For all the little things. And though it’s not quite healing in the literal term, his nearly final act was spent trying to save himself - and it worked.

#tw again for tags I’ll say and let me know if I gotta tag any more #but the past 30 episodes have been gillion tidestrider gets the shit beat out of him by the narrative #gillion tidestrider faces passive suicidality and faces old trauma and fresh new trauma #he goes through a shift of his foundation as a person he loses his sister the whole filipe thing and then this Curse #and he goes through with a mindset of ‘these problems exist because I do’ with some heavy implications behind that #it’s been getting easier and easier to choose his own destiny and break from expectations but it’s still not easy #but facing real death. slow and creeping and painful. he realizes he wants to live #not live because destiny demands it but because his friends do. because he does. because he wants to know more and share more of himself #I just. there’s something about all of it yknow #jrwi riptide 98 #jrwi 98 #jrwi #jrwi riptide #gillion tidestrider #z speaks #at what point should I start tagging spoilers like. 100 maybe?

[onehundredandeleventropicalfish]

do you ever also think about the fact that death is the only endless in the comics who doesn't have a speech bubble quirk?

destiny speaks only in italics

dream has his classic black/white wobbly bubble and a unique font

destruction's speech bubbles have thicker lines than everyone else

desire also has a unique font

despair gets her shaky ripped paper bubbles

and delirium of course is always psychedelically coloured

but death just talks like any other human

because she's the only one of them who's realised that the best way to thrive as an endless is not to hold yourself above mortals, or confine yourself only to your domain - you have to live, to be part of them, because you were always part of them, that's why you exist

and your job is a lot easier to do with them alongside you

#taking examples we've seen in the show where i can to hopefully avoid spoilers on this one #but i just. i love her #and also analysing everyone's speech quirks is fun #the sandman #dream of the endless #death of the endless #desire of the endless #delirium of the endless #destiny of the endless #destruction of the endless #despair of the endless #mine #meta

[shetheyshenanigans]

Dream is really pulling the whole “I’m death and destiny’s favourite little sibling so watch your mouth” card isn’t he?

#shen watches shows #the sandman spoilers #the sandman #dream of the endless #destiny of the endless #death of the endless

[coffeenonsense]

guys I'm reading season of mist for the first time and I am LOSING IT at the endless family dynamics already

First of all nobody can convince me Destiny is not the messiest bitch in this or any other plane; sure it's his function but he definitely called the family meeting in a way that would be most interesting for him specifically. He has one book, entertainment options are limited

then you have desire, whom upon experiencing a .3 second lull in conversation immediately unfurled their "dream's biggest mistakes: greatest hits" list they keep with them at all times as is their divine right as a younger sibling

which brings us to our favorite edgelord fucking drama king Dream of the endless storming off and going "everyone else is being so mean! Death, do YOU think me throwing my ex-girlfriend into hell was maybe not cool?" with the air of a teenager who's just been informed it's a dick move to break up over text message

And then death, A FULL TEN THOUSAND YEARS AFTER THE FACT: "I mean yeah we didn't want to bring it up, you seemed upset, but hurling your ex into a dimension of eternal punishment for rejecting you is shall we say not an approved Good Breakup Strategy"

This comic is incredible I love these chaotic unhinged deeply mentally unwell anthropomorphic personifications with my entire soul

#i can already tell season of mist is gonna be a favorite #i'm on chapter 3 and it's SO GOOD #the sandman #the sandman comics #spoilers #just in case #dream of the endless #morpheus #desire of the endless #death of the endless #destiny of the endless

[worst-siblings-tournament]

Round 1, Match 11

The Endless - Destiny, Death, Dream, Destruction, Desire, Despair and Delirium (The Sandman) vs Lark and Sparrow Oak-Garcia (Dungeons and Daddies)

(Lark and Sparrow art by @sapphickx)

Propaganda under break. Spoilers for Dungeons and Daddies Season 1

The Endless - Destiny, Death, Dream, Destruction, Desire, Despair and Delirium

They are petty, selfish, backstabbing, and generally awful to one another. Particularly Desire and Dream

Lark and Sparrow Oak-Garcia

They kinda sorta summoned an eldritch horror by literally stabbing their father in the back.

#worst siblings tournament #round 1 #poll #sandman #dungeons and daddies #the endless #Death of the Endless #Dream of the Endless #Delirium of the Endless #Desire of the Endless #Despair of the Endless #Destruction of the Endless #Destiny of the Endless #Lark oak #lark oak-garcia #sparrow oak #sparrow oak-garcia #sparrow oak-swallows-garcia #dungeons and daddies season 1 spoilers #poll tournament

[raayllum]

In the pit, the human charged forward, sword aloft. And in the crowd behind him, a flash of red. A scarf.

#aaravos & me @ rayla: are you Sure about that #hello yes this passage Killed me #'last time i was here i leapt to my Certain Death. but you spread your wings and You Saved Me' indeed #rayllum #tdpedit #rayllumedit #pining!rayla #book quotes #chasing shadows #arc 1 #theme: destiny #theme: freedom #my edits #graphics #multi #rayla's belief that she can never be anything more than what she is (a failure) mm yes yes #tdp spoilers #just in case

[crobones]

listen, as someone with a horribly complicated relationship with both of my parents? pinocchio's journey has got me fucked up.

to a child, an angry parent can be this terrifying entity that influences everything you do. even when they're not physically present, because you're afraid that they will find out you did something they wouldn't approve of. they always find out. and they will take it out on you and anyone they feel is also at fault. from this, you learn a deep and unsettling fear.

but the other parent? the one some would naturally assume is nurturing and a source of strength? that's all wrong. they may be nicer. they may speak to you softly because they know you are something fragile. but they don't pick up the pieces. they look at the pieces on the floor and tell you that you should have known better - that you brought this upon yourself. you know the rules, and you are not to bend or break them no matter the context. the difference is, they hold your hand or offer a warm hug as they tell you that you are the one that needs to change.

to these parents, there is only absolute right and absolute wrong. and if you are not absolutely right, by their definition you are absolutely wrong. and should be punished as they see fit.

pinocchio is being forced to learn as a child what took me over two decades to learn. both of these parents are just people. they have their own tragedies that made them this way. and they chose to become your tragedy. you can chose to love them or forgive them or leave them, but first you have to learn how to take away their power over you.

pinocchio cut his own strings.

pinocchio chose a life different than what his father wanted for him - expected of him.

and it's sad, because we all want pinocchio to have the ability to become a real boy. a part of him still wants it. but he gave it up to save his father, who will likely be disappointed (at least to start.) he gave it up to take away even a portion of his stepmother's power. he has given up his happily ever after. these are sad things.

but what really hits home is that he has now given up his mortality in a story that is teaching us endings are what give life meaning. he has given up any ending. he has given up any meaning to the lessons that he has been forced to learn. so what was all of his suffering for? he gets to save a world that has been very cruel to him, and I hope ensuring that the people he cares about get to have an ending is enough for him - at least for a little while

#pinocchio #neverafter #neverafter spoilers #d20 neverafter #lou wilson #ylfa also has become immortal but pinicchio didn't know that when he made the decision #just two immortal kids that become destiny and death #and they kinda have crushes on each other

[piratesoftheseaandsky]

I think what aggravates me about the Narrator, and choosing to side with him, is that he wants to destroy chang in its entirety to stop death. I would be no more forgiving if he only asked me to stop death, but I could go through with it. I could listen, because who doesn't fear death? An ever looming finish line that we can never predict. But...death is so much more. Death feeds life, rot gives way to growth. There is beauty in that which we find terrifying. That's why I fell in love with Slay the Princess as quickly as I did. I wouldn't enjoy it, it would hurt so much, but I could kill death. Change, though? Never. Change is so much more than death, it is life, the beat of a new heart, the growth of a sapling, the glow of the sun, and the reason we all exist. Change is terrifying in the same way death is, but its always happening, whether you're aware of it or not. Our very movement, our ability to think and feel and taste and hear and eat are change. Killing the Shifting Mound, Change itself, ends the world just as much as letting her continue on, setting her will. But killing her ends it in an instant. Setting her free makes it an eventuality.

#Slay the Princess #slay the princess spoilers #I feel like my feelings on immortality through the lens of Destiny has already shown my view on this topic #But I'm annoyed by people going #“But what if death is really bad what if it's scary” #That's the point #Our impermanence gives us value #Impermanence gives us meaning #And killing Change itself does so much more than stop death #We are nothing without change #Would not exist without it #I'm mad about this

[crow-posting]

Yes I'm fully aware that Crow might die and/or become a sacrificial lamb of sorts. No I'm not indulging the idea bc I've already lost Rasputin and Amanda, and I'm Tired™ enough to throw hands with people irl.

#destiny spoilers #season of the wish spoilers #destiny crow #uldren sov #personally I don't think it's true #there aren't as many signposts as there were with Rasputin's death #buuut everyone keeps saying ''oh it's gonna happen!!'' so here is my response #destiny the game #destiny awoken #crow-posting

[theforsakenprince]

guys I'm so insane about the new cutscene you don't UNDERSTAND. It answers so many questions about the Witness's motivation and really what it IS. The Witness, above all else, wants to find purpose and meaning in an otherwise purposeless and meaningless universe. It wants a single answer. Simplicity in a universe of complexity.

But we all know that's impossible! Throughout the entire story of destiny we've been told that nothing is ever simple. The fact that life exists means that everything will always be complex, and that's why the Witness doesn't want life to exist as it is anymore. Its species literally fused itself together into one being to achieve this goal, in the process making itself simpler.

In the end, it comes down to the conflict destiny has always been about. Sword logic vs. Bomb logic. freedom of choice vs. the lack of it. Simplicity vs. complexity.

#man the part that gets me the most is just. everything makes sense now! the witness doesn't want death for death's sake it just wants a #simple clear answer that it's never going to get because the universe isn't like that. man I love destiny #destiny 2 #destiny #destiny the game #the witness #season of the deep spoilers #season of the deep

[ibrithir-was-here]

Random AU idea that’s been percolating slowly in my head, but loose Once Upon A Time AU?

Basic idea is Lyta doesn’t give up on trying to get Daniel back at the end of Sandman, but goes even further hardcore and breaks into the garden of Destiny and straight up takes him on and thru some sort of magic + heartbroken madness+ righteous fury takes his book and rewrites her story to get Daniel back.

But beyond that Lyta wants all these beings that hold themselves so high to know the true pain their actions can inflict on mortals, and uses the books power to flips all the Endless out into the world as Humans with no memory of their past lives—and brings Morpheus back with them.

And now they’re all living miserable lives that have some sort of link to their function but in a way that makes them miserable but they can’t seem to break away from (like, Death is a doctor but always seems to lose the patients she gets close too? Desire is out there being ignored and never wanted by anyone and is separated from Despair, ect. Sorry it’s been a crappy couple weeks so my brain is shot for ideas on this exact part 😅)

There is one hiccup in this—Daniel, back to being a little boy, still has a connection to the Dreaming, and manages one night to bring the book The Sandman back with him from the Library. It’s not the full book, he doesn’t know his and Morpheus’s canon fates but between the book and his odd dreams he knows something has gone wrong with reality and the Endless and that he needs to find the Dream King and put things right with the world.

So he manages to find Morpheus and now has to convince him he’s the Dream King and his estranged siblings are the Endless and they have to find their sigils that have been scattered in the Real World to fix things.

Neither of them realize at first what putting things back to how they were will mean for them both, but eventually they do and are faced with the dilemma of fixing the world meaning Morpheus dying and Daniel losing his individuality/family (Lyta is not evil btw just really really scared to lose her kid and desperate to stop this Murphy guy who seems to be threatening her life) and trying to find a way to fix things without ending it the same way.

And Hob’s here somewhere too but I’m not sure which part I’d want him to take? Maybe he’s the Charming stand in to Dream’s combined Snow White role and he’s in a coma cuz he was dreaming of Morpheus when Lyta rewrote reality and it scrambled his brain? So he’s kicking around in the Dreaming trying to fix th8ngs from that side too/keep the kingdom from crumbling again?

(Destruction is probably also out there still as himself and can still remember the old reality)

((Tempted to have the Corinthian in a Hook-ish role and have it be a Hobrintheus AU))

Honestly this whole thing happened due to listening to this fan song while thinking about Sandman and it all scrambled in my head and poof xD

For reference to how the song AMV’d into my head: Daniel =Emma’s part, Hob and Dream = Snow and Charming’s part, Lyta= Regina’s part, Corinthian =Hook part and really don’t have a Rumplestiltskin part😅 Loki maybe? Oh! Maybe he as vengeance for Dream sending the Corinthian after him tells Lyta how to screw with Destiny’s book? With her not realizing he was the one who even stole Daniel in the first place oooh I like that it makes Corinthian as Hook work even better yeah!

(If anyone wants to do anything with this please feel free !)

#might do more art for this later but it’s late and I’ve got a busy weekend #but thanks for indulging this little thing x) #my art #the sandman #sandman comics #sandman spoilers #ouat #ouat au #dream of the endless #Daniel hall #destiny of the endless #Lyta hall #dreamling #hobrintheus #the corinthian #death of the endless #desire of the endless #destruction of the endless #sandman au #pattycake productions #hob gadling