#discipline arc

[latinokokonoi]

this is so funny because sabo's face just screams "yeah i'm not playing anymore"

#he reacts like this to his and koala's kids when he gently disciplines them #he's so cute #one piece #one piece anime #op anime #dressrosa arc #episode of sabo #revolutionary sabo #chief of staff sabo #flame emperor sabo #sabo #revolutionary koala #koala #saboala #sabo x koala #koala x sabo

[lightningidle]

Fig's line "I don't think I'm an artist, I think I'm just a good friend" has not left my head at all. Just...

You're Fig Faeth and your horns came in over the summer and you pick up the bard class as a form of adolescent rock 'n' roll rebellion, and it works! It's exactly the outlet you need! You give a guy you just met drumsticks and you start a band and it's good enough that within a year and a half you're touring. You are, in every sense, good at being a bard.

And then, finally, your junior year, you start to take it seriously. Your art goes from an outlet and a form of rebellion to a practice. A discipline. (Can rebellion exist within a discipline?) Your classmates know what they want to do with their work. They all have a thesis statement. And yeah, there's cohesion in the music you make, but you've never had to think about why you make it. You've never sat down and dissected what it is about bass that speaks to you. You've never poured over your lyrics to pick at any deeper meaning. Why should you? You don't play music for a grand design, you do it to... huh, why do you do it?

(Your art is the one form of self-expression that feels as safe as Disguise Self does, because even if you're pouring your heart onto the page and then screaming it in front of thousands of people, it's not like you're really making yourself known. You can sing I'm lonely, I'm scared, I'm furious, and your fans will sing it right back, and there will still be the distance between performer and audience to keep your heart safe.)

Now you're being asked to look inward to explain the artistic choices you're making, and you can't help but recoil at that, because you'd rather do anything than look inward. Meanwhile, your classmates have no problem with it, so you start to wonder if you're a real artist at all. Can your art be authentic if it only exists to bolster a thesis statement? Has your art been unauthentic this whole time because you've never really thought about a thesis statement before? Is that what makes it art, and not just the next track on somebody's teen angst playlist?

You can't think about yourself— acknowledging your own existence makes you want to puke. So if your music is an extension of yourself, (and it is, even if it's just because the spotlight reveals only what you want it to,) you can't think about your music. You can't. You have to. Your grade depends on it.

You're Fig Faeth, and you keep multiclassing because you'd rather be a good friend than a great artist. If introspection is what great art demands, then fuck it. You must not be a bard at all.

#Dimension 20 #fig faeth #fhjy #Idle Chatter #my last two years of college were when I started to get more and more nauseous about my own art #because I wasn't being taught how to make the art I wanted to make #the whole curriculum's focus was on gallery art #which infuriated me! I wanted to make art that didn't have to involve twelve layers of meaning and metaphor to be considered good!! #so I drove myself into the ground time and again trying to make (miserable) work that I thought would fit the criteria of a Real Artist #anyway it's been 4 years and I'm just now picking at why I don't enjoy creating anymore so Fig's whole arc has hit home in a major way #ALSO. AAAAALSO. THE ADHD STRUGGLE WE SEE WITH BOTH FIG AND KRISTEN. LOVING SOMETHING BUT STILL STRUGGLING WITH FOLLOW THROUGH #BEING TOLD YOU'RE NOT DOING ENOUGH WHEN IT'S SO FUCKING HARD JUST TO GET WHERE EVERYONE ELSE IS AND NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY IT'S HARD FOR YOU #it was easy and now that the rubber's hit the road it's hard for you but not for others so it must be YOU that's the problem #you must be lazy or stupid or just not suited to this after all even though it's part of a pattern that has been happening all your life #if you were good enough or cared enough then surely the discipline would come easily to you! the way it comes easily to all your classmates #SCREAMS I gotta stop before I write a second essay in the tags. I'm so normal you can trust me to be normal about D&D characters

[vulture115]

Jaune, cornered by Glynda and Winter, Scared shitless: I need an adult

Glynda and Winter: We are an adult~

Jaune: *Shivering slightly * M-mommy?

Glynda and Winter: Yes~?

#jaune arc #rwby #rwby shitpost #glynda goodwitch #winter schnee #knightly discipline

[onyxgabriel]

Knightly Discipline: NNN

(Changing the name arrangement to make it sound better)

Jaune was nervous. Why? Because today was No Nut November, and he knows how 'hungry' Glynda and Winter got with him. Not to mention that they're trying to keep their relationship between the two of them only. Denying them pleasure is a recipe for disaster.

He sighed. Hopefully, Beacon will still be intact...

He knocked on Glynda's door, and a 'come in!' was heard. He opened the door and was surprised to see Winter there as well, which makes things quicker to explain. They looked like they were expecting him though...

Glynda: Hello, Jaune. We've been expecting you...

Huh, it was true...

Jaune: uh, hey Glynda and Winter, I have something to tell you two...I'm participating in-

Winter: No Nut November

Jaune was surprised that they know. Glynda sighed.

Glynda: Listen Jaune, we know you're participating, and we support you for it. We know that we've been...intense for you, specifically in the bedroom.

Jaune blushed.

Winter: So we've decided that you should participate so you could have a break, from all the 'activities' we do.

Jaune was very surprised, he was expecting them to flat-out reject the idea of him participating, but he was glad they'll let him. Besides, he doubt that could be a Huntsman with a broken pelvis.

Jaune: smiles Thanks, you two. But will you two be okay? You know, having to wait an entire month and all.

Glynda: puffs out her chest We are very capable and disciplined Huntresses. We can handle an entire month of waiting.

Winter: nods Yes, besides, how bad can it be?

Day 5

Winter already regrets her words. Five days. Five days of no Jaune in her life. She felt like she was slowly going back to being Single-and-alone-Winter and not Happy-and-Satisfied-Winter.

She banged her head hard against her temporary office desk in Glynda's own office. And speaking of Glynda...

Glynda: DETENTION! ALL OF YOU!

The entire class groaned. Jaune felt like this was his fault, and it is. They said they could handle it!

Nora: This is torture! TORTUUUURE!

Glynda: ENTIRE MONTH DETENTION FOR MS. VALKYRIE!

Nora squawked in horror and started sobbing into her desk. Ren comforted her while Jaune felt even more guilty.

Day 12

Both Glynda and Winter downed tubs of ice cream while they watched cliche romance flicks on their Scrolls while they cried.

They miss their knight!

Day 27

Both women grunted as they fucked each other roughly with strapons in Glynda's office. But the plastic appendage wasn't enough to satisfy them. They need their knight's meaty, warm, thick sword to save the two damsels.

Day 30

Glynda and Winter watched the clock with intensity. It was the last day and it was 11:55PM. It was almost over, just a little more time.

The next month was December, and the next challenge was 'Destroy Dick December.'

They already made plans to stay at a hotel, which Winter bought for themselves privately for their own use.

And they were gonna use it alright!

They just need to kidnap-I mean... 'reclaim' Jaune from his dorm room...then the fun starts.

The clock struck midnight. Both women's faces looked downright sadistic and perverted.

Well, Jaune it was nice knowing you...

To be continued...

#rwby #jaune arc #glynda goodwitch #winter schnee #knightly discipline

[honeybleed]

the first thing hijikata did in gintoki’s body was pay kagura and shinpachi and the delayed rent IS KILLING MEEKDNDKSN

#THE FACT OTOSE THOUGHT THE WORLD WAS ENDING BC GINTOKI NEVER PAYS FOR ANYTHINDHSJSJ #him giving odd jobs discipline and structure #meanwhile gintoki just made the shinsengumi rowdy as hell #PLEASE #i love soul switch arc too much

[lemongogo]

i need 2 get back into painting fish

#said in the ‘gary i need’ voice #or painting in general . i want 2 get into plein air #and go to like . arizona or smth and paint the landforms . soo red and orange and rocky and dusty and ❤️🫶 #the round brushstrokes on tht 1 would be so much fun~_~ #its such a tiresome medium though.like all the set up and cleanup and stuff #i refuse to learn abt oil precautions so i just stick to acrylic but even then it dries so fast and its like.mindgame trying to decide what #to focus on in the little time u have . and god forbid u paint on a layer too soon and u lift it off the canvas #HELLLLLLL. but the end result is always so worth it . like holding a physical piece.its 3d .its REALL #fish r so much fun to paint bc 1 u get to pay attn to their morphology but 2 they jave the best textures #im not averse to painting fur but i lovee . the interplay btwn light and fish skin. its so epic and awesome #the only other artist ik of in my family is my uncle & he METALWORKS!!! FISH !!! ITS SOOO FREAKIG COOL #i want to learn from him so bad . guh.GUAHHHHH. anyways i just think its funny that the two of us r fixated on recreating fish #crosses my arms . #okhh.. i also wnt to get into mosaics . god.GOAODDD #did i talk abt this 1 alr.. reread the b1p arc w the mosaic and fresco work and it makes me so sick why couldnt i go to art college and make #frescoes and mosaics .woe is me or whagever . no but its so tempting 2 just buy some tesserae and get 2 it .. #i saw a pigeon mesh mosaic n it like lit that fire under me . what we need js like one giant art collective #that magically provides all the supplies in the world for free and we hold hands and make art in 20 different disciplines 2000 different wys

[wangxianficrecs]

Grief and Blame, Interwoven by donutsweeper

Grief and Blame, Interwoven

by donutsweeper

T, 2k, wangxian

Summary: Wangji's punishment was supposed to be severe, not fatal. But since it was, Xichen needed to find a way to change that.

Kay's comments: You know how often in time-travel stories, no matter who time-travels, suddenly they are the smartest person and manage to solve every single problem and save every single life that had been lost? Yeah, so this is the opposite of that and I absolutely love that. There's just something very satisfying in watching Lan Xichen fail every now and then. Here, Lan Wangji dies after his whipping and Lan Xichen decides to travel back to the Cloud Recesses lecture days and discourge the friendship between Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian. Unfortunately, this doesn't work out the way he had planned…

Excerpt: Xichen had realized that, in a way, it was all his fault. After all, he had been the one to foolishly encourage the friendship between Wei Wuxian and Wangji in the first place, thinking he was doing Wangji a favor by accepting Wei Wuxian and Jiang Wanyin's help and inviting them along to exterminate the water ghouls that had been infesting Biling Lake. He'd thought he could help Wangji make friends, little had he known he was pushing Wangji towards the one who would cause his downfall. So, once he and Lan Qiren had everything prepared, he activated the first array and cleared his mind, focused on that moment. That summer in the Cloud Recesses, the last one before the war.

major character death, canon-divergence, pov lan xichen, dead lan wangji, time-travel, not a fix-it, discipline whip, dark, angst, butterfly effect, cloud recesses study arc, ambiguous/open ending

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#Wangxian Fic Rec #The Untamed #wangxian #MDZS #Kay's Rec #major character death #canon-divergence #pov lan xichen #dead lan wangji #time-travel #not a fix-it #discipline whip #dark #angst #butterfly effect #cloud recesses study arc #ambiguous/open ending #short fic <15k #teen #Grief and Blame Interwoven #donutsweeper

[kazoologist]

man if i had a nickel for every time some fucking overconfident weirdo decided to position themselves as an authority on a historical topic and then proceeded to not just do bad history but then PEDDLE LITERAL FUCKING CRANK SHIT AND MISINFORMATION i would have like. a quarter.

#i realize academic education is a privilege and whatever and also history is not the most welcoming of disciplines #but have some of you considered that perhaps you should simply just Not Be Fucking Historians? #kazoo noises #this shit about the pirates has me BOILING #PIRATES WERE NOT GOOD PEOPLE!!!! YOU CAN STILL LIKE THE FUN PIRATE TV SHOW!!! THATS FUCKING FINE! PIRATES DID NOT GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNIT #god you people get on my fucking nerves. #and do not even get me fucking started on the goddamned nazi shit. oh my GOD if i hear about gay nazis one more time im going to fucking #suffer my joker arc and i will be going out for blood. #doing history is fun and more people should consider doing it! begging you dorks to at least try and do it well and give a fucking damn #about accuracy. the horrors of the conquest of mexico do not make the aztec empire a saintly and ingenue type of empire. the aztecs were #also very notably bad #like guys. a lot of shit people say no one knows about is shit we can check now. you have the ability to learn. why do you all keep fucking #doing this shit? #and while im swinging a fucking bat at the hornets nest. if i see one more fucking person peddling real ass blood libel i will also fucking #S N A P!!!!!

[styxnbones]

One of these gays is a terrifying black hand priest with a kill count in the hundreds

the other is his cringefail ventrue boyfriend

#minerva oc #(on the left) #corin oc #(on the right) #i dont have *quite* enough established abt these two to do an info post yet but i needed to get the meme out of my system #really its mostly minerva i need to work on and then fill in the gaps of corin's background (ie his corruption arc) #since he's my ventrue protag for parliament of knives and also my bloodhunt enforcer #ive got his sheet done in v5 but i think im also gonna do a v20 version since i want to do minerva in v20 #cause he's diablerized their way down to 9th gen and low gens are wimpy shit as pcs in v5 compared to v20 #and also i just like v20 dementation better than v5's *single amalgam power in place of a whole discipline*

[varuunsith]

something about my revan gradually becoming the jedi champion true heart of the Force she was supposed to be and my jedi exile gradually becoming a sith menace in exacting revenge on the jedi masters and the wound in the Force she is scratches my brain just right

#knights of the old republic #kotor #kotor 1 #kotor 2 #god i love both of them with my entire heart #exiles corruption arc was so natural to me #as was the revan redemption #so fun to corrupt discipline too

[babymagi]

Back on my OC shit this means it's time for a lore dump

Why does Amir have hair that is half short half long?

It's kind of an extremely grown out version of my hair but I digress

There's a thing in Islamic culture where men aren't supposed to have long hair (Amir was one of the only boys in his community) because they're meant to look separate from the women. For like the first couple years of his life Amir allowed his mom to cut his hair (which grew incredibly rapidly, guess who he got that from) but then as he developed, and his autism started becoming more acute, he would often use combing through his hair with his fingers as a way to calm down/stim and also got extremely fussy when he had to cut his hair as he didn't like the feeling of scissors/shears on his scalp. He got so difficult that his adoptive mother had to strike a deal with him, let him grow out half of his hair while cutting the other half.

Amir agreed to this and that's how he had it cut for both of his life, braiding it when it got too long. He wouldn't cut his hair at all after he left for Kou, the only other times he would ever cut his hair would be after his adoptive mother dies and when Alibaba cut all of it off.

#amir isn't perfect when it comes to following all muslim rules and he makes exceptions all the time because of how his brain works #but he tries his best to follow all of the most important ones and has practiced a lot of discipline to keep his autism at bay #:-) #magi #magi labyrinth of magic #magi kingdom of magic #magi ocs #magi fanart #babymagi's fanart arc

[onyxgabriel]

Knightly Discipline: DDD

[coffin dance]

Jaune, Winter, and Glynda sat patiently in a Bullhead headed to Vale. Jaune sat in between the two women with a very nervous look on his face.

Said women kept on giving him hungry glances a few times, even going far as to touch his thighs. He swore he heard them moan when they did, albeit quietly.

They have an entire hotel and a week all to themselves and these three are going to use it, even if the hotel has to be quarantined afterward...

They had to make excuses of course. For Jaune, it was a family emergency, for Winter, it was because she was being called back to Atlas by Ironwood, and for Glynda, she threatened Ozpin to get a week-worth of a vacation.

Oddly enough, all of them left at the same time on the same Bullhead headed to Vale...

When the Bullhead landed, they took a taxi to the hotel. When they got to their destination, Jaune knew his time was up, this is where he will die a death that will make every man jealous of him...

Glynda and Winter grabbed him by the arms and ran inside to get a room.

Day 1...

Glynda eagerly bounced on Jaune's dick making her entire body jiggle enticingly. She moaned happily and finally felt relief and pleasure after waiting an entire month.

Winter sat on Jaune's face grinding her clean-shaven cunt against his mouth. She gripped his hair tightly, making Jaune cringe from the pain.

Jaune thought that this was just the beginning...

Day 2...

Winter: Moo-oooo-ooo~!

Winter moo'd like a cow. She was wearing a cow-print bikini with a cow horn headband and a cow tail buttplug.

She was getting railed doggy style with her breasts flopping back and forth with milk leaking out. She took special meds, courtesy of her SDC connections to make her lactate without getting pregnant. Perfect for this roleplay.

Jaune grunted as he held onto Winter's wide hips, and gave her ass a meaty spank, leaving a red handprint on her ass. He also fiddled with buttplug.

Glynda embraced Jaune from behind, kissing his ear and neck and teasing his nipples. She was wearing a skimpy cowgirl costume, with a hat, a shirt tied across her large chest like a bra, and jean short shorts. Emphasis on 'short.'

Glynda: That's right cowboy, teach that cow her place~

And Jaune did just that. Giving a couple more thrusts, he hilts himself inside of Winter and hosed her insides with his cum.

Winter: MOOOOOOOOOOOOO-RE~!

Day 3...

Glynda and Winter gave Jaune a double paizuri, wearing skimpy maid costumes. Occasionally giving the tip a brief lick and a suck.

Jaune gripped the bedsheets tightly and let out a moan. They'd been going at for five minutes now, and he was getting close.

Feeling his dick twitch between their breasts, they moved faster.

Glynda: Go ahead master~ Paint your servants with your seed~

Winter: Cum cum cum cum~!

Jaune threw his head back and came like a geyser. Showering the two women in cum.

Winter gluttonously devoured her cum from her chest. She was the submissive and cum hungry of the two.

Glynda licked some cum off her fingers and moaned.

Glynda: Thank you for the meal master~!

She was tackled on the ground by Winter and the two made out, they moaned. Winter tried to steal some cum but Glynda wouldn't allow that.

Jaune watched the two make out hotly and soon grew hard again. HE approached the two women. Once he got their attention he stroked his shaft in front of them.

Jaune: Get on all fours. Now.

Glynda and Winter shuddered in delight. The two immediately got into position.

Glynda/Winter: Yes master~!/Yes daddy~!

Jaune and Glynda looked at Winter in confusion. Winter was equally confused.

Winter: What?

Day 4...

The three were in the hotel's sauna.

Jaune and Glynda made out lovingly while Jaune has his arm around her and groping her large breast.

They stopped when they heard someone clear their throat.

It was Winter pouting cutely, in Jaune's opinion, she was sitting on Jaune's other side.

Jaune chuckled at her and brought her in for a kiss. Winter sighed as she grew lost in the exchange. Jaune went further by slipping two fingers into her pussy, making her moan in the kiss. Her walls clamped down on his fingers.

The three of them made out as they relaxed.

Day 5...

Jaune held Glynda by her thighs and spread them apart while he sat down on a couch and hammered her from behind. Glynda reached her arms to hold his head so they could wrestle their tongues.

Winter kneeled in front of them and licked Jaune's shaft and Glynda's clit. She started touching herself as well.

Day 6...

Winter's tongue lolled out as she was getting railed by both Jaune and Glynda with a strap-on. She made out with Jaune while Glynda bit on her neck.

They went on for four more hours...

Day 7...

Jaune was tied to a chair while Winter, wearing a dominatrix outfit, rode him roughly. He also had a cock ring on him preventing his release. He was forced to motorboat Winter's chest.

Glynda: Winter, when you're done it's my turn~!

Jaune managed to get a look at Glynda. She was also wearing a dominatrix outfit. To Jaune's dread, she also has a strap-on on her.

Jaune: 'OH NOOOOOOO!'

After the week...

Jaune: looks like a dried-up raisin Hey guys...

Pyrrha: concerned What happened to you Jaune?

Jaune: Sisters were a handful. Imma go lie down now and sleep.

Pyrrha was suspicious, but she didn't press further. It was odd that he came back from his family emergency along with Professor Goodwitch AND Specialist Schnee at the same time.

Speaking of the two women, they were lounging in Glynda's office feeling much happier than before, which creeped everyone out.

Pyrrha: 'I'll get to the bottom of this!'

Uh oh, Pyrrha's getting suspicious~ Where will things go from here~?

Also Merry Christmas Everyone! Consider this my gift to you all! Also, I think I'm gonna get banned because of this...

Hehehe Yeah~!

#rwby #jaune arc #glynda goodwitch #winter schnee #knightly discipline #pyrrha nikos

[saraswritingtipps]

Here's a extensive list of character flaws/Addictions to consider for your storytelling:

1. Stubbornness

2. Impulsiveness

3. Jealousy

4. Indecisiveness

5. Arrogance

6. Insecurity

7. Impatience

8. Manipulativeness

9. Hot-tempered

10. Perfectionism

11. Distrust

12. Procrastination

13. Selfishness

14. Pessimism

15. Dishonesty

16. Greed

17. Cowardice

18. Lack of empathy

19. Overly competitive

20. Control freak

21. Lack of ambition

22. Oversensitivity

23. Laziness

24. Lack of self-discipline

25. Addiction

26. Closed-mindedness

27. Lack of assertiveness

28. Impulsivity

29. Materialistic

30. Lack of accountability

31. Inflexibility

32. Moody

33. Overly critical

34. Judgmental

35. Naivety

36. Attention-seeking

37. Suspiciousness

38. Overprotectiveness

39. Ingratitude

40. Vengefulness

41. Envy

42. Indulgence

43. Disloyalty

44. Self-centeredness

45. Negativity

46. Manipulative

47. Disorganized

48. Lack of self-awareness

49. Irresponsibility

50. Intolerance

51. Overthinking

52. Restlessness

53. Excessive need for control

54. Rigidity

55. Overly trusting

56. Recklessness

57. Narcissism

58. Escapism

59. Gullibility

60. Lack of ambition

61. Inability to forgive

62. Excessive need for validation

63. Attention-seeking behavior

64. People-pleasing

65. Overprotectiveness

66. Self-doubt

67. Passive-aggressiveness

68. Inability to handle criticism

69. Lack of boundaries

70. Superiority complex

Remember, a well-rounded character doesn't need to possess all of these flaws. Select a few that resonate with your character's personality, background, and story arc. Balancing flaws with strengths and vulnerabilities will help create multi-dimensional and relatable characters.

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[the-cat-and-the-birdie]

Friendly reminder that Gwen's father was most likely going to shoot her.

And Miguel might've legit saved Gwen's life.

Rewatching ATSV - This scene always just gets be HEATED. Everytime I catch something that makes me

'Okay. Okay yeah, yeah - AHHHHHHHHHHHH-'

And this time I realized. Oh. OH.

Gwen's dad was PLANNING to shoot her - Or.. if we consider cop training, he was mere seconds away from actually firing on her.

And he would've had Miguel not been there.

In Gwen's confrontation scene - her father WAS actively threatened and afraid of her. And from what we see, he was VERY VERY close to acting on it, more than you think.

The point in the scene begins with him pointing the gun at her, and as he speaks and Gwen begins to beg, he begins to gradually lower it.

Until she steps closer to him. And then he starts pulling it on her again.

He is literally re-raising the gun at his daughter, because she took a step towards him.

So not only is she his daughter, she's also like... 5'6 and sixteen years old.

And he's still afraid of her, enough so that when she takes even one step closer, he is ready to threaten her life again.

You can hear the fear in his voice, and I don't doubt for a second he would pull the trigger - either on a warning shot, or a 'nonlethal' blow.

We've all heard cops say it before. 'I panicked', 'it was self defense'.

And Friendly reminder-

MIGUEL saves Gwen's life here.

Now look at this first photo.

And before you keep reading, please guess what's really really REALLY bad about that photo. Just look.

Trigger Discipline.

If you don't know, trigger discipline is the concept taught to gun-owners in order to reduce accidental shootings and firings.

Trigger Discipline is the idea that your finger should NEVER be on the trigger of gun unless you plan to fire it in the next two-three seconds.

Otherwise, THIS is the proper position to hold a gun.

Gwen's father is a cop. He's 100% been trained in trigger discipline. He knows not to do this.

Which implies - George Stacy was ACTIVELY PLANNING on shooting Gwen right then and there. As in, seconds away from pulling the trigger.

Raising a gun to his daughter at close range, finger on the trigger.

I think his actions can speak for themselves. He was going to shoot her.

And the only reason he didn't, was because Miguel saw this - and forcefully took the gun from him. (Like a proper Spider-man put some respeckt on his name)

George didn't care that there were TWO adults standing there as witness. He didn't care that he's not supposed to touch the trigger. In that moment, truly all he cared about was imprisoning Gwen - by any AND ALL means necessary.

And to top this off -

Friendly reminder, he never apologized. For ANYTHING.

He doesn't apologize for pulling a gun on her. He doesn't apologize for forcing her into homelessness. He didn't apologize for accusing her of murder.

He doesn't even ADMIT that she DIDN'T KILL PETER.

All he does is quit and compliment her. No apology. No acknowledgment about how his identity as a cop turned him into a toxic horrible father. No acknowledgment that Gwen isn't a killer.

Just 'I quit'.

Had Miguel not been there - I'm very sure George would've posed a VERY real danger to Gwen's life.

He doesn't deserve to be forgiven. And really, considering his arc, glorification - and his failure to even apologize - it really goes to show that at some points ATSV really teeters on casual copaganda.

Also Miguel that was really really cool of you (you saving Gwen's life totally makes up for the whole chokeslamming Miles thing <3 /j)

#i hate George Stacy #All my Hobies hate George Stacy (not as typo) #justice for Gwendolyn #spiderman #atsv #spider man #marvel #across the spiderverse #gwen stacy #spider gwen #spider woman #spidergwen #ghost spider #ghostspider #George Stacy #miguel ohara #miguel o'hara #spider man 2099 #spiderwoman

[sky-scribbles]

You know what I really appreciate about Kaidan's character arc? He gets a story about finding self-acceptance and letting himself let go and feel things - but at the same time, he still gets to be an introvert. He still gets to be, in his words, someone who isn't 'the life of the party, who has a lot of friends'.

I mean - in ME1, Kaidan fully admits to a romanced Shepard that he doesn't feel human. When he killed Vyrnnus, he became someone Rahna was afraid of, someone she saw as dangerous... so he holds himself to nigh-impossible standards. 'You never let yourself lose control,' Shepard tells him. He's very, very indirect in a lot of his conversations with Shep, because he's trying so hard not to be too direct, too forward; he's constantly polite and disciplined and professional because he can't be a problem. He can't let anyone see him as unpredictable or dangerous because that's when they start seeing you as terrifying. That's when people you love look at you like you're not human.

But Shepard can encourage him to let himself feel, and show it - 'I might need to loosen up. A little,' he admits, sheepishly - and when you see him again on Horizon, he lets his feelings be open and messy and a Problem. By ME3, he's completely embracing his nature as a biotic, gleefully letting everyone know at the Citadel party that he can Reave now, joining in with the other biotics roasting James in the 'biotics vs strength' argument. He's accepted himself, he knows his friends accept him, and he's letting himself laugh and drink and dance like a complete dork, and he's grown so much, and yet -

And yet, he's still a fundamentally quiet, self-contained person. Maybe I'm just jaded from all the media where introverted characters get told to loosen up, and then they suddenly realise that they do want to be the life of the party now actually. But Kaidan? Kaidan hangs out in the observation deck, perhaps the quietest part of the Normandy - the same place where Samara spent her time, a place where no other characters are present. (Ashley, in comparison, spends a lot of time hanging out in the bar, where there are constantly other characters around). Kaidan's Citadel hangout with Shepard? He doesn't head out onto the Silversun Strip with you like many of the other characters; his ideal evening is cooking a meal for his friend/partner and having a chill time with the two of you. A lot of the conversations you have with him on board ship are quiet, introspective. His hangout place on the Citadel is a quiet Presidium cafe.

It's just... comforting to me. He grows, but he doesn't have to change who he fundamentally is, y'know? ME3 Kaidan is more confident and sociable and (despite everything) happy than ME1 Kaidan, but he's still a guy who's not fond of too much lights or noise or crowds, who's soft-spoken and sensitive, who gets caught up in his own thoughts sometimes. I just really appreciate that.

#this is rambly. it's just such a comforting arc to me. #mass effect #kaidan alenko #mass effect meta