#he was destined for greatness

[mullettaegi]

incoming: another fucking voltron rant because i watched a langst edit and now i wanna cry😭😭

they did not take time. they did not slow that show down for a little bit. especially for lance. cause he did not getting a fucking moment to find himself again after he FUCKING DIED. we saw him homesick, we saw him missing his family, we saw him insecure about his position on the team, we saw him insecure about himself, but we never actually saw him go anywhere else but being sad. he really did get barely any character development.

and tbh i feel like in a way just all the characters didnt have a moment to slow down. and i know, i know, its a kids show, its about fucking robots for fucks sake, theyre in the middle of a war. which, yeah. youre right. but there couldve been so much more, for him, for all of them. what about them? as people, with feelings. where are there emotions. why is it only sadness and happiness and not the enitre confusing spectrum of emotion between. does pidge not feel lost after she finds her brother? yeah, hes back, but i bet she didnt imagine she would be fighting an intergalactic war, and now matt is too. she imagined family dinner, brother barging into her room, dad making corny jokes, house happier and full of life.

hunks family was put in a fucking work camp. he had seen this across the galaxy, zarkons army imprisoning people, making them work, killing them. did he imagine that for earth ? did he imagine that for his family? how the fuck did he cope fighting a war, anxious as he is? how did he cope at all?

shiro isnt even in his fucking original body. thats fucking weird. im not saying that in a rude way bc like yeah, organ transplants are a thing irl, and a major life saving thing they are ! but like, how odd it must be to have someone elses kidney or heart in your body. nevermind to have your entire soul and conciousness put into another body, you but not really you.

keiths life,,, dude probably just doesnt even give anything a second fucking thought anymore. but like, could they not have shown him showing some more emotion. fair enough if he doesnt always cry in the moment but rather late on, but you'd think seeing allura die, they wouldve at least put some tears in his eyes. he had fucking no one before he had voltron. only shiro, and even then he was alone for so long when shiro had been on his mission. you cant tell me he didnt want to think of voltron as his family. they bonded :(

and lance, gosh lance. i feel like, if we looks at this as it is, lance would be the character that people think back on and go "oh yeah, he helped me accept my emotions, he helped me become the best version of me and gain confidence in who i am". in the fandom hes seen as someone with big emotions that he wears on his sleeve, but also someone who will put everyone else and their needs before himself.

he's a story of self-sacrifice, quite literally. he's the story of sincere love, of casual admiration. he's the story of the most wonderful friend, of loyalty, of no, I'll step down because there's a cause bigger than me, and im not the one for the job when there's people like my friends and you on the team.

and no one wanted to explore that? no one wanted to see him do more than just, what? flirt and literally die and fall in love and barely find his place on team voltron? that was it for him. it shouldn't have been, but it was.

#just... im no professional qriter but like #there couldve been more humanity to it yknow #to all of their emotions but most importantly lance who was brushed off time and time again #he was destined for greatness #hes so much more than what he shows people but the people just cant be bothered to look past the mask #:( #vld lance #lance mcclain #voltron #vld #mullettaegi #long post #i may be talking no sense but yall will be seeing it cause i cant be keeping this shit in my brain itll eat me up #i care about this show far too much and am not gonna hide anymore it means so much to me :( #and theres so so much more that im forgetting bc its been a while since i watched the show #so alls i can say is lance deserved better he deserved more he couldve been such a character!! #but ik there is so much more to it and i have more to say about his death but i just dont have the words

[mandadlorianstuff]

This quote about Pedro Pascal lives rent-free in my head:

"He has a rather righteous sense of self. When I look back at it now, I do know there was always this voice deep down inside him that said someday he was going to do what he wanted to do, in the manner in which he wanted to do it."

-Sarah Paulson

#it's just beautiful to me #he was destined for greatness #and he both knew and did not know it #in his Talk Easy podcast he says he wishes she had told him this #they have a beautiful friendship #sarah paulson #pedro pascal

[trueishcolours]

#text post meme #the untamed #jiang cheng #wei wuxian #lan wangji #nie huaisang #we could have had it allllllllll (wangji and jiang cheng being part of a friend group for the first time in their lives) #jiang cheng's plan is the best which is why he is destined to be a great sect leader #monstrous blogs

[montydragon]

my sister got really into sidlink, wanted me to draw some. I'm practicing before doing a nice big proper gift piece. how on earth have i not seriously drawn sidon before this

#sidlink #sidon #link #no seriously how #i have a weird lil headcanon that Link is destined to fall in love with a royal zora in the BOTW time as he may have in OOT #in the timeline where mipha doesn't survive... the goddesses are like “fuck” and he and sidon fall for each other a hundred years later #anyway all of this is to say sidon and mipha are both great #as is sidon/yona/possible link #porque no los tres #breath of the wild #tears of the kingdom #myart #loz #the legend of zelda

[asweetprologue]

the crazy thing about the sages in totk and their connections to the champions in botw to me is this: if the events of totk had happened 100 years ago, the champions would have been the sages. they have the sages' powers passed down by blood, and their descendants use the same powers throughout the game. all of them are related to the sages--

except Revali.

he's just some guy!! all of the other champions have their powers because they're descendants of the sages. but Tulin is the sage of wind and to my knowledge he isn't related to Revali at all. revali is the only one that has no special powers, only his own skills. the fact that teba and tulin exist implies that the actual descendant of the sage of wind had to be present when the hylians came looking for a rito champion, and revali took that guy's job. Imagine having the power to literally control the wind but even w that you're just not fucking good enough to compete with Revali 'I have to be the best at everything or I'll go nuclear' of the Rito for the title of champion. if all of the champions had survived the calamity and were there to help Link in totk, they would all be the ones with the secret stones taking up the mantle of sage. except Revali, who would just be some guy still hanging around losing his mind bc for the second time in his life an actual child is being given a position that he thinks he's much better suited for. it's a good thing he didn't make it honestly I don't think he'd take it well.

#totk #totk spoilers #revali #botw #zelda #legend of zelda #i just think it's rly funny that everyone in this franchise #is doing what they do bc they're basically fulfilling their destiny and playing a role #zelda and link and even ganon locked in their eternal struggle #the sages bound to sacrifice themselves again and again to help the hero defeat the great evil #all stuck doing what they're destined to do #but in just this one instance #someone was stubborn enough and loud enough about being the right one for the job #about CHOOSING to fight #that he pushed destiny and bloodlines and powers out of the way and said nope!! my time to shine babey #he still beefed it obvs but I appreciate that level of fuckery #and I'm sure the real sage of wind was glad for the break

[spineless-lobster]

Alexander the great and hephaestion are so patrochilles coded it genuinely makes me sick to my stomach like how the fuck did they make the iliad in real life what the actual hell this is so fucked up

#THE WAY HEPHAESTION DIED A YEAR BEFORE ALEXANDER????? HELLO???????? #honestly mad respect to alexander tho he saw the blorbo from his book and went ‘I am going to be him’ #AND FUCKING DID IT!!!! HE IS ACHILLES IF HE WAS REAL!!!!!!!! #no one can reach the degree of ‘he’s just like me fr’ than alexander did with achilles #both their names start with A for fucks sake #and their stories have been straight washed and their partners forgotten #EVEN THEIR HORSES ARE FAMOUS!!!!!!!! THAT’S INSANE!!!!!!! #at war with a powerhouse enemy for an extended amount of time… (though he did conquer like A LOT so…) #both are young as hell and are destined for greatness #god… #it’s 12am I need to go to sleep #alexander the great #hephaestion #history #alexander x hephaestion #achilles #patroclus #the iliad #patrochilles

[avoidingdestiny]

What I love about Threshold is it’s a Tom Paris Daddy Issues episode, and at the end he isn’t even upset that his own children got left behind. Gotta love unaware men continuing the cycle.

#Tom Paris is such a loser #He’s my favorite Voyager character for that exact reason #Watched it with my friend last night and said there’s no way that for Paris’s entire life #People we’re saying he was destined to achieve great things #The dude is a goof and there’s no way anyone took him that seriously #See also: the EMH is my favorite person for Paris to share scenes with #Star Trek VOY #VOY #Threshold #Threshold Day #*were saying

[galedekarios]

if you are trying to whiteknight mystra, maybe, just maybe, don't blame the child she groomed or try to argue that grooming actually exists on a spectrum

or say that gale already had a bit of an ego before he was found by elminster and chosen by mystra, i just

like idk what to tell you, but... he was around eight years old when that happened...... that'd translate to second/third grade,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

and that might have to do something with the consequent actions he took over the years and growing up into an actual adult.............

just a thought..........................................................

#who do you think whispered in his ear that he was destined for greatness #no child thinks like that not a one #also idk how often it needs to be said: #but gale didn't know the book he opened contained a part of the karsite weave until act iii in the actual game #anyhow i'm tired of ppl trying to be like NUANCE and then they try their damnest to handwave that gale was groomed #and that that grooming influenced his actions #and no #mystra not shouting at him or making him kiss her feet or whatever in act iii #doesn't mean she's to be commended or that what gale went through is 'lesser' ughughguhghuuuuu #some ppl apparently only recognise abuse if it's loud and visible #ch: gale dekarios #vg: baldur's gate 3 #series: baldur's gate #text: personal #grooming cw #abuse cw #fandom critical #tbd

[imminent-danger-came]

I love Tang cause like, he was definitely suspicious that his name was Tang, and that he had a friend named Pigsy, who had a friend named Sandy, and then MK and Mei (who is a descendant of the dragon of the west) came along, and you know the entire time in the back of his head he was thinking "oh my god we're the pilgrims????", but at the same time, how could they be? He's just Tang, he's not comparable to the great Monk Tang Sanzang. And Pigsy isn't Zhu Bajie, he's just Pigsy. They're just them. And besides, he met Pigsy's parents. It make absolutely no sense! (Deep down he knows it's true)

#I'm trying to keep this a Tang centered post but also like. this is exactly what MK did with his monkey form #Like ''well I'm just me so I can't be anything else'' #Like MK's *just* a noodle delivery boy he can't be destined for anything. Tang is *just* Tang he can't be the great Monk. #Like it's so wild #I love 4x09 because Tang gets handed his whole entire ass man #Like. ''Yeah my problem is my self confidence'' ''Bitch no it's that you don't try'' #Truly 3x08 ''I will become someone they can depend on '' in full swing #lmk theme: identity #lmk #lego monkie kid #lmk Tang #lmk rant

[lunarheslwt]

The way Louis continues to reach new heights after new heights in his career, with his music and shows is so incredible to watch. Gets no radio support, or major promo, it's really the music and the relationship with fans that does it and he keeps growing. Stadiums in second tour. His world tours that get bigger and bigger with added shows and venues with increasing capacity. He really meant it when he said faith in the future. He genuinely can make anything that he puts his mind to come true and I'm so proud of him.

#thats a manifestation girlie determined cap if I've ever seen one #he's destined for great things trust me #esp given the way shit keeps happening to him but he never backs down #he's something else #louis tomlinson

[kibo-ichiro]

Callisto: Do you know how many bones the human body has? It’s 206. We start with 369 when we’re babies but they fuse. Wouldn’t you want to go back? Have as many bones as a baby? What if I could help you.

Penelope: Hi, yeah, what the actual, literal, GENUINE fuck does this mean.

#This is one of their first conversations ever #Callisto trying to show off how smart he is #Penelope is now disturbed #it’s great #callisto regulus #penelope eckhart #callisto x penelope #calliope #villains are destined to die #vadd #death is the only ending for the villainess #ditoeftv #incorrect quotes #source: tumblr #meme #funny

[boilingrain]

There’s something silly to me about Bluestar x Yellowfang

It’s just “yeah Firestar’s moms should date”

Old women with tragic backstories and the very orange boy they separately adopted

#it's a great ship I love it #listen you can claim Bluestar wasn't a maternal figure to Firestar & that she was just his mentor but you can't do that with Yellowfang #She canonically tells Fireheart that she wishes he was her son #That's not a thing left up to reader interpretation or anything. The direct quote (from Rising Storm) is #''I wished you'd been my son but I could not have borne a cat like you.'' #(there's more to the quote but I can't fit all of it in the character limit of the tags) #(or technically I could but it would have to be several tags and I don't feel like doing that) #she also says ''I only regret that I will miss watching you become what Starclan has destined you to be.'' to him in that same bit of dialo #that is his mom. Like you cannot reasonably deny that #I'm going to shut myself up now before I actually write an entire essay about Yellowfang in the tags of this post #because I know myself and I know I'd do it #Warrior Cats #yellowfang #bluestar #bluestar x yellowfang #blueyellow #(I think that's their ship name?) #(I'd make a joke about how we should just call it ''Green'' but I'm sure that joke has been made already) #and because I mentioned Starclan's most special little orange boy #wc firestar #firestar #honestly if I ever decide to do fun character tags that's what Firestar's will be

[drbtinglecannon]

oTL

HIMMEL AND FRIEREN WERE PERFECT FOR EACH OTHER BUT BEING DOOMED IS THE FUCKING POINT OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP.

IT BEING BEAUTIFUL AND IT BEING IMPOSSIBLE ARE INTRINSICALLY INTERTWINED. FUCKING. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

#frimmel is THE definition of bittersweet omfg #frieren is such a demiromantic AND she's a time blind elf it was always gonna take forever for her to realize any feelings he was always #destined to be dead long before she'd figure it out but over the course of her figuring it out is ALSO REALIZING HE LOVED HER TOO #HE ALWAYS KNEW THEY WERE DOOMED BUT LEFT THE EVIDENCE BEHIND FOR WHEN SHE FIGURES HER OWN SHIT OUT. FUUUUUUCK #I'm on my hands and knees himmel is the biggest romantic ever and he's so cool because of it. frieren I love you but omg his patience #they need to be tragic to be as well written as they are. it's great and it hurts #frimmel #frieren x himmel #frieren beyond journey's end #sousou no frieren #tc posts #the m/f bait of all time

[cowleyes]

e42 miles makes me hallucinate because when rio was talking to 1610 miles, she asks if he’s cosplaying one of the characters he likes which means this kid bounty hunter still enjoys art and comics the way miles does oh i’m sick…..

#e42 miles makes my heart feel so heavy #someone destined for greatness having that stolen and having to turn to crime :( #he looks up to aaron so much too and with his dad gone like this too tew much #as a poc miles means so much to me i get so emotional whenever bad things happen to him #atsv spoilers #across the spider verse spoilers #i talk

[sunshineyoujustwait]

max and charles road tripping across america?? who am I. (this idea started consuming my brain approx 24 hours ago and I haven’t been able to let it go since)

the writing process on this one is fast (right now) but it’s still gonna be a long fic so here’s a snippet in the meantime just for fun:

"It's mental," Max says, because he's never really trusted ovals. Feels unnatural, like you're trapped on a hamster wheel, no open road in front of you. "It's amazing," Charles breathes out, eyes lighting up.  Max can see it then; Charles, glorious and unburdened under the midwestern sun. He thinks it'd be something pretty special to watch. Just Charles and a car, nothing else. Nothing but raw speed and a healthy dose of insanity. "You think you'd like to do it?" "Maybe, one day," Charles grins, climbing up the banking.  "You'd win," Max says, and Charles turns to stare at him. "What?" He shrugs, it's the truth. "In a spec series, nothing to hold you back. Of course you'd win." No Ferrari to hold you back.  The comment hangs there, for a minute, itching to be heard. Max swears he can feel a prickle on the back of his neck, like any minute he'll turn around and the ghost of Enzo Ferrari will be standing there, glaring at him under the Indianapolis sunshine.  Ferrari, he thinks again. Just to taunt himself. Like Beetlejuice. He glances over his shoulder, wonders if he's going crazy.  "Maybe I would," Charles concedes, shaking Max out of his stupor. It's reassuring in a way, that Charles hasn't lost sight of his own abilities despite the clusterfuck around him.  He smirks at Max. "Since you're too scared to race ovals." It sounds, in Charles' own complicated way, like a promise. You're the only one that could ever catch me. "I'm not scared," Max protests, though he does glance at the banking under him in suspicion. "I just don't like them." Charles laughs, like he sees right through him.  "You can admit it, we're the only ones here." 

#inspired by: #1. my obsession with driving west and that robert penn warren quote #2. the laguna seca raceway as both a destination and plot point bc reasons #3. road trips as a plot device #also the song indiana by david mead #charles is going through it so he rents a ford GT and drags max along with him #(yes. a ford. I know. hes really going through it) #it sounds real weird but it makes sense in my brain so im gonna roll with it #im blaming this scene on my boyfriends offhand comment that charles would dominate a spec series bc on pure pace he's just there #and that he's the exact right level of unhinged for indycar #great hot take babe 10/10 #lestappen #snippet #my writing

[bloodbathfortwo]

This is OLDER! Nigel Colbie, admiring Alex's work: The vicious red marks littered across his chest, painting him with such vibrant hues of blackened reds and hot-ish maroons: the prominent teeth marks on his neck and the strong smell of Alex lingers on his skin, stuck to him like it's his own.

#murderous intent #like minds 2006 #alex forbes #nigel colbie #like minds #The ACTUAL ending of this movie is when Alex discarded the gun to kiss Nigel VIGOROUSLY. They then robbed Nigel's parents off their fortune #After that they packed — even if they're all like wet chicks from the midnight rain. AND RAN AWAY!! #I believe that Nigel's parents' money had managed to make it to Paris #Paris is their destination and that's where History began for the two of them. #Alex continued his studies and became a history professor with an impeccable expertise. #Nigel believes that he has all the things he needs to know: It's all in his mind. He doesn't need any prior knowledge anymore. #So he became a mortician #A great one at that. #They also adopted two kids: Helena and Susie. #((Notice anything suspicious with the names?????)) #(((You will just think))) #Also a stray cat named Knight/Midnight. #I RAMBLED AKSJWIWA