hot fucking take but instead of the 'Jason settling down and agreeing that killing is bad always' give me a Jason who drastically cuts back on who he kills but STILL kills. give me a Jason after a long and messy reconciliation that is like 'listen Bruce, i get it, you're too good and too kind and too goddamn hopeful to believe that some people are just rotten to the core. that's ok, i get it now, and i'll do it for you. because i'm not good like you. i'll kill the people that won't change, i'll be what Gotham needs sometimes, the one thing you can't bring yourself to be' and he's not even mad. everyone says Robin's the brightness to Batman's darkness but Jason didn't come back as Robin, he's fine with being the knife in the dark, the real monster.
and a Bruce who is utterly gutted by this. he wants Jason to never kill because he remembers the bright little boy who would have hated what he became, wants Jason to not kill because he never wants Jason to wake up loathing himself for the blood on his hands and not just because he can't stand the philosophy that some people aren't worth saving he knows Jason doesn't think of himself as good most days and he doesn't think this philosophy is helping that any.
they're two ships always passing the night and never quite meeting but goddamn they build bridges and long as they have to be to stay in each other's lives.
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Lotus
Celebrating the 15th anniversary of Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon with other artists and writers whose hearts have been touched by this game, organized by @lunarhillfunland!!
I think this is the first time I’ve actually…drawn fanart for this game, despite playing it YEARS ago when it first came out in the US. I had always been so drawn to the creative direction of this game, so I’m glad to finally have a tribute to it.
My theme was Lotus Flower, I hope you enjoy my take on it!
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I have been plagued by playable Reader and Dottore duo unit thoughts once again...
On the topic of actual in-game cooking, your special dish would be something dessert/sweet related. I like to think cupcakes because you decorated each one with the face of a segment and Dottore himself!
"Appeasement": [Name]'s speciality. A generous amount of cupcakes sits on the platter, all having a similar color of blue. It's said they bake this dish whenever the segments are acting up. Despite its masterful decoration, the idea of eating Il Dottore, despite it only being a cupcake version, naturally has you a bit hesitant. Regardless, one bite will have your worries disappearing, the creamy frosting and soft cake melting in your mouth. However, to the side of the tray is a blue vial, which [Name] quickly swipes with a smile, saying it's a special kind of frosting only for "other purposes." You get a bad feeling from that but continue to wolf down the mini-Dottores.
When switching to Dottore however, if the player tries to cook with him, all dishes will end up as "suspicious", no matter how much one tries. If the player wants to cook something good, they have to switch back to you and then cook. Unfortunately, he can't cook anything normal or delicious. Except for one particular dish. It would be a very simple dish that you painstakingly spent months teaching and guiding him through it. He is very proud of it - nutritious and not that bland. The only one willing to try it, however, is you, because that's what good lovers do.
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Love in the Air: Sky’s Desire to be Loved
Sky is already breaking my heart. What I really picked up on in this episode is despite the pain, disappointment and trauma Sky carries with him, he still ultimately just wants to be loved.
At the race, when he first realises Prapai is staring at him, he looks slightly taken aback in a pleasantly surprised sort of way. Like ‘oh, he noticed me’. It’s evident that Sky finds Prapai very attractive, and so when Prapai takes him aside, you can tell that Sky is shy, nervous even. That’s the sort of reaction you only have in front of someone you potentially like. However, as soon as Prapai comes out with his proposition, Sky’s impression of him immediately does a 180. You can tell how hurt he is by this revelation. It’s not simply ‘oh this guy is an asshole too’, but more so, ‘why is this happening to me again?’
The fact that Sky agrees to their one night stand is more than just about repaying a favour or rising to the challenge. To me this is a sign of self-destructive behaviour. I think he resorts to his usual defence mechanism which is playing nonchalant. Maybe if he pretends to be unaffected and somehow detached from this emotionally, he won’t be hurt when it dawns on him all over again that this was purely a physical transaction. But he goes into this knowing that he’s hurt, hurting and will be hurt further by it.
I think Sky feels better when he has control and is taking the initiative. Because then something at least is on his terms, and he can convince himself he’s okay that it is just sex.
So Sky chooses to give in purely to lust, and to allow that to sweep him away. He is able to enjoy their night together simply on a physical level. However, immediately afterward you can tell Sky is unhappy, empty and regretful. He feels like nothing but an object of desire. His attempt to detach himself emotionally wasn’t successful. So he reaches for Prapai again for that momentary high. The brief comfort that comes from connecting with someone during sex is only temporary.
People who have experienced abusive or toxic relationships, desperately want the other person to love them equally, and are therefore willing to compromise their own discomfort, their own boundaries and concede to more and more to please that person.
I do also think that some people who are desperately seeking love, sometimes mistake any form of intimacy as a substitute. They’ll take what is offered to them, even if it makes them feel bad about themselves. Which is why I believe Sky continued to engage with Prapai that night, because he probably tried to convince himself that it was enough, which clearly backfired.
Then we see Sky leave the hotel, looking so dejected, small and alone. What kills me about these scenes is the quiet resignation in Sky’s acceptance of the situation. He just looks like he’s thinking ‘how could you be so stupid?’ And when he says “you’re also an asshole” - he sounds genuinely disappointed. Like he was really hoping Prapai would be different and prove him wrong.
Sky then returns home where he clearly wants to cry but holds it in. I think Sky believes that if he truly broke down in that moment, then he would have truly admitted defeat. That it would be affirmation that he has allowed this to get to him and hurt him, when he was so determined not to let that happen again.
“Shitty things always happen to me”. When bad things happen repeatedly to someone, it’s easy to internalise that as if it is somehow your fault because the common denominator is you.
Later in the episode, there are multiple scenes where Sky reiterates that he doesn’t think Prapai would ever truly be interested in him. That Prapai’s interest in pursuing him is just for sex.
When he answers Prapai’s call for the first time, he doesn’t yet know who it is, and yet Prapai crosses his mind. This shows that Prapai did leave an impression on him. Sky has not completely erased him from his mind.
The other important detail to note here is that even though Sky deems Prapai an ‘asshole’, he doesn’t at any point say he’s not attracted to him. He’s always commenting on how he feels Prapai wouldn’t be attracted to him. This demonstrates that Sky does genuinely believe (despite all his negative impressions) that Prapai is out of his league and would never take real notice of him. He would not be having these thoughts if he didn’t like Prapai on some level. And he hates himself for that, because he feels he should know better.
It’s because he’s attracted to Prapai that he can’t help feeling taken by Prapai’s advances. He even peers out of the window to see if Prapai is still there. He repeatedly tells himself to shake out of it, knowing he shouldn’t entertain these delusions.
In the last scene where Sky receives the sunflowers, he’s taken aback for a moment when Prapai tells him why he sent them. “Cause sunflowers face the sky, I can’t be the sun for you but whenever you see sunflowers, remember that this wind’s watching over the sky”.
Sky is aware that Prapai is sweet talking. But he can’t help himself from being genuinely touched for a moment, like his brain is going ‘see, someone is doing this for you, that must mean something right?’.
At this stage Prapai doesn’t fully mean it. Not really. The man has no idea what his own feelings for Sky are. But this was still surprisingly heartfelt and sweet. A passing comment which meant a whole lot to Sky in that moment because it was so nice to just hear someone try and sweet talk him for once - regardless of how genuine it was.
Sky is clearly conflicted over his feelings around Prapai. He knows he should be staying well away, but at the same time he can’t help but want to be the object of someone’s attentions. Little does he know how deeply Prapai will come to love him.
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before I log off...I thought of a very angsty/tension inducing plot bunny with gojo:
playboy gojo is your opposite in every sense of the word- extroverted, confident, loud, funny, popular. nobody really understands how the two of you get along, but you believe that you both slot together like a perfect little puzzle. you’ve been harboring the biggest crush on him since you met back in college and it’s so, so obvious that you like him, but as a serial commitment-phobe you only ever see satoru date girl after girl, and he's just...never looked at you the same way 🥺
but lately he's been prying into your personal life quite a bit by asking questions like, "why don't you ever date anybody?" or saying things like "I don't understand how a woman like you can be single. you're perfect." - he's been flirtatious, even a little touchy…and you don’t want to misread signals but you can’t help but think that maybe, just maybe…your feelings might finally be reciprocated.
and one night it happens - you allow yourself to lean into his touch, to flirt back and give off signals. it was only a kiss at first, but you find yourself tangled up in satoru's sheets soon after, and everything felt far different. you were open, vulnerable, exposed in ways that you never have been before, feeling unbearably hot with his body pressed to yours and you had strong feeling that satoru felt exactly the same. despite being drunk on pleasure, you could have sworn you heard him whisper with his heavy breath against your ear the phrase "I love you" while he was inside you. and in the end, when you fell asleep wrapped in his arms you thought that no moment would be more perfect than this.
until the next morning - when that sweet, safe space transitioned into a chilly, cold terrain. satoru was stand off-ish, behaving aloof and a little bit mean. you tried to open up a conversation to talk about what happened and he kept shutting you down until he finally said those awful words that tore you up for the inside.
"we're both adults and it's just sex, right? let's not make it a big deal..."
he even laughed it off, playing everything off like the night meant absolutely nothing to him while tears pricked your eyes as your body trembled underneath the sheets. you were so taken aback by his behavior that nothing about that conversation felt real.
you got dressed while he was in the shower, and quickly made your escape out the door. leaving your heart behind in his bedroom and never looking back.
It's been four months and eight days since you last spoke, and you've never felt more alone.
playboy gojo was your best friend. he was your person, your rock...out of all the people in this world, he was the last person you expected to break you in this way.
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