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thespoonisvictory · 11 days

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Okay, I need to know what your thoughts are on whether the Ratgrinders (and which members if it's not all of them) will be redeemed or not.

***** pre warning that brennan has bamboozled me thoroughly and I have few coherent thoughts on the mystery at hand other than looking at theories and going "well that's dumb" which I recognize is unhelpful.

I think the Ratgrinders have a large sympathetic element to them as a group that is yet to be revealed. That could be a lot of things, but starting first with the fact that we don't have a clear motivation for why exactly they were xp grinders rather than truly adventuring, what's up with that? To me, it doesn't read as a malicious act against rats, lol. To me, it reads as the 11 year olds afraid to play Minecraft off of peaceful mode, OR the people who think that highschoolers risking their lives to get grades is unfair and scary, OR maybe people who just want to game the system to prove it's unbalanced. Either way, that feels to me like a pretty big piece of the puzzle we're missing, and would give us a better idea of the group.

Additionally, I think the Rat Grinders are, or at least were, friends the way the Bad Kids are, which is another big sympathetic element. Kipperlily points out that they are a parallel to them in the way that they are/were six very different people who found their way to each other. I think their friendship is going to be revealed to be in many ways Exactly like the Bad Kids, closeness and loyalty and all. Maybe Kipperlily isn't a part of that, or she's deceiving them, but how far would the Bad Kids let Riz go down a crazy plan? How much trouble would they have put up with from Kristen if she kept going down the path she was at the start of the year? How much would they do for each other?

All this to say, I don't think we've seen a full view of what the Rat Grinders look like yet. If Lucy was friends with them for almost two years after all, surely there's something more there. That makes all of them to me, again with the arguable exception of Kipperlily, plausible to be redeemed, or revealed to have had decent intentions and turning out to be an ally.

As for more specific, kind of meta-gamey guesses (minimal evidence just vibes):

Oisin feels like a potential good guy or absolutely irredeemable, leaning towards the former. Either he's a Hans, or he doesn't know quite what's going on as exemplified by Kipperlily keeping him out of the loop on the materials smuggling w Aewlyn. I just doubt Brennan would dangle a love interest like that as a villain for Adaine, when her character has had very little romance thus far. It feels both like he knew Siobhan was too smart of a player to take that as bait, and wouldn't want to punish socially anxious Adaine opening up to someone outside of the group. OR he's evil idk this most recent ep was pretty damning.

We've barely seen any of Ivy, but she gives me big "pulling away emotionally from the disaster that is this friend group and bracing for impact" energy. wild shot is that I bet she was one of the closer people to Lucy, and is detached from everything after her death, maybe just going along with KL's plans for the hell of it. Will maybe slink away unscathed but unredeemed.

Ruben is interesting, and I think after KL one of the more involved people in the plot given his involvement in the festival. Could see him being redeemed, think it's more likely he'll go out in a Wanda Childa themed blaze of glory.

Mary Ann I think just loves her friends and is loyal to them. Whether that means she's being manipulated or doesn't even need to be, unclear.

Buddy o7

Kipperlily? No fucking clue. I think we're missing a big piece of her and doubt that Brennan would this simply villify a 16 year old girl with so many clear issues. What we're missing? Simply not a clue. She's crazy to me and I love her

#fhjy #d20 #not tagging all these freaks but enjoy

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wondertwinsenthusiast · 10 months

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Dick Grayson and Bruce Wayne are each other's reasons for white hairs and wrinkles.

When Dick Grayson swore to Bruce wayne in that cave all those years ago, they shared a knowing feeling- prehaps they were born to die. They'll go out in a blaze of glory. A good death, as Bruce calls it.

But in Dick's head, Bruce is eternal. Forever stoic, towering and serious. Jet black hair, the lines on his face are ones only brought by injury.

(Later, Dick says so himself when he loses his second father for the first time. He cries for a future that was never theirs.)

Dick heard that watching your parents age with you is devastating. You realise they're not a god, not actually eternal. You stop "believing".

He never got to have that type of pain with Mary and John Grayson, and won't with Bruce. He has known that for years. He never "believed".

There's no feeling like an eldest's urge to hold and protect their parents, switch the roles. Take care of them. Dick knows greater things await while his own father is busy pushing him away. The urge won't be fulfilled. He leaves. He's mostly happy.

What's the word when you're homesick but for people? ...Dick comes back. It's not the same, more people are involved.

After a few years, Bruce is gone.

Dick Grayson always knew one day he'll have to bury another father. One day, when Bruce's fire is extinguished and Alfred is much too old to place a strong hand on his shoulder and say wise things in his ear, he'll have four graves to visit and no one to teach him about life.

Evetually, Bruce is back. All that grief was for nothing, but Dick is still oh so "prepared" to lose him.

The years pass. The day he notices the white hairs on Bruce's head and the wrinkles across his face, he has to excuse himself from dinner. He ugly cries for an hour or so, touch starved but too overwhelmed to ask for a hug. Those are happy tears, do not be mistaken.

Watching a parent age is devastating.

Dick Grayson never thought he'd get to.

Bruce Wayne is not a fool, he knows Gotham's earth will embrace him soon. He can feel it in his bad knees and shoulder when it rains, his body is much too young but feels oh so old with this cursed soul of his possesing it. He's ready.

Bruce heared that to watch your child age is somewhat devastating. A bittersweet feeling.

Bruce has made peace with the fact he'll never get to... he thinks it's worse.

Bruce knew, he felt it in his soul; the moment he let Dick Grayson pick out a name for himself, he dommed the bright light that is his son.

Bruce yearns for his son to be safe, to age and move as far away from him as possible. He knows he won't stay under his cape for long.

When the child that swore to him all those years ago leaves the manor, Bruce knows Dick grayson was born for more than he could ever give him.

Eventualy, his eldest is back. Bruce has missed his son's smile like the waves miss the shore. He keeps promising himself that "the next time" he'll tell his son just that.

Bruce never got to hold Dick as a baby, he fears he won't get to hold him as he inevitably dies either. Will his child be in pain? He hopes not. He hopes it's peaceful.

Dick is just telling Bruce about his day when Bruce notices the a few strands of white in his son's hair and the crinckles by his eyes. He's shocked. Maybe he won't get to hold his son when he dies... atleast he got to see him age.

Maybe that's okay, maybe that's enough.

Knowing your child will age is somewhat devastating.

Bruce Wayne never thought he'd get to.

There's nothing like the relationship of a young parent and their eldest. The two grow up together. They save each other, give each other hope. The feelings between them are sometimes incomprehensible by others. They're each other's reasons for white hairs and wrinkles.

#dick grayson #bruce wayne #bruce wayne is trying #nightwing #batman #character study #fathers and sons #eldest daughter syndrome #dick grayson has eldest daughter syndrom #dick grayson angst #bruce wayne angst #dick grayson and bruce wayne #alfred pennyworth #john grayson #mary grayson

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satancopilotsmytardis · 1 month

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i haven't delved into bonded much, soulmate aus are hit or miss for me, but dabi and bakugo brought me to tears. Bakugo is so damn observant and always on edge, it's really comforting to see how dabi just gives and takes as the conversation demands. It was honestly a relief to see Baku withdrawing from the league, bc it meant he was prioritizing himself more. Letting himself have an out so he could try again when he felt like it.

oh god Bakugo hinting he wants to train to near-death against the league???? Maybe purposefully reliving trauma to make up his mind?? Fuck no

"Because I'm not going to let you hurt yourself!"

"I have been there, kid." He pulls a staple, it lets him take a breath. "I have been desperate to be better, to be seen, and to not let the things that hurt me hold me back. I damn near died trying to move past that, and when I couldn't I decided I was going to take everything out in a blaze of glory with me. It wouldn't have been worth it."

"it wouldn't have been worth it" I am SOBBING what a conversation to have first thing in the morning. Felt so cathartic tho

speaking of cathartic. Dabis meltdown. Dabs asking his dad to meet him at sekoto again is fuckin melodramatic as hell and I love it, but WOW he needs to take his own advice about reliving shit

the cuddle party got me straight in the heart. I'm so glad the kings of repression finally got blunt and vulnerable confirmation that dabs cares for him, and Baku realizes he doesn't like seeing him hurting

"Doesn't stop him from being the first one up and making a traditional Japanese breakfast for them. With fish." motherfucker LMAO

fuck when baku didn't get a mark for Shoto I felt my stomach drop. Can't imagine how poorly that would've gone without dabi

"it's not very common for people their age to get romantic soulmarks like this. Usually takes longer for people to work themselves out enough to be ready to have a bond like this." Yeah that probably explains Baku's dilemma

I can't find the direct quote but it was something about how Bakugo has a sharper edge than his classmates, and the league doesn't even flinch at it. I fuckin melt over stuff like that. He's been called villainous way too much, and even though he'll probably never forget what they've done, I hope he finds a way to be comfortable with that part of himself through being pals with them

I'm feral, Bakugo is literally my favorite part of the Bonded series, his relationship with Dabi, the League, and Toga are so near and dear to my heart! There's just so much of people trying to be better and healing and how forgiveness and understanding look when there's so much baggage on either side of a dynamic I'm just

Concluding Bakugo's story is the major thing that keeps me invested in Bonded, he deserves the world! Thank you for commenting!

#and more trauma but that's for later #tanco speaks #ask #asks

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ofallthingsnasty · 17 days

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Cowboy croco?? 👀👀

Omg imagine him trying to wife up a cute fat darling 🙏🙏 hot

The thing is, to me he's either some ultra slimy, wicked business type who exploits people ruthlessly and gets them with debts/gag contracts or he's a Dutch Van der Linde (rdr2) guy with his own little group of outlaws (and has his fingers in pots the others do not know about...) - or maybe more like Colm O'Driscoll, but I digress...

Oh, but him having a little crisis - he is cunning and strong, has money and smarts and loyal men and all that, but he also can tell that he's in his mid-40s now. People in that line of 'work' (people in general, back then) aged worse - and I don't mean aesthetically, I mean physically. For all he knows, it's entirely possible for him to be dead this time next year; and he can feel the phantom pain in his lost hand whenever the weather changes more and more with every passing winter. 20 years ago, that quick way of living, that uncertainty didn't bother him at all, no, it added to the thrill of everything. That was the spice his 20s and 30s were made of - when the world was his oyster and the next big thing right around the corner. But now? He's richer than before, more crafty; he knows people and how they work, knows so much yet feels so empty... Going out in a blaze of glory would have been appealing just ten years ago, now it feels shallow and vain. It's not that he wants to settle down either, it's just-

Something is missing. Between almost 30 years on the road, the street, in the wilderness, the reeking towns and cramped cities and him lying and cheating and gunning his way through it all, he has been nothing but made of red-hot iron and fury. Suddenly he's more mellow; his evil oozes more than it spurts and he feels himself longing for something - someone. Someone to apply his little ointments for him, someone who cooks for him, someone who is a base for him whenever he returns from his exploits and so much more. He suddenly finds himself yearning for the comforts a wife provides, those little joys and genuine warmth money can't buy. It's strange, really. Utterly strange and out of character for a man like him. But age turns the best of them into sentimental fools and he doesn't seem to be an exception. He finds himself conjuring up someone in his mind whenever he lords over his whiskey or stares at the moon with a cigarette in hand; how nice just another presence would be, how he could afford a wife, how having someone to adore him might be more tempting than cold metal and gems in his hand. He could have both, he reasons, and experience a sliver of peace his life has never given him so far. He has heard many old men lament the loss of a woman; decades shared toiling together, building together - it never bothered him one bit before; now he wants what he can't have.

So when he spots you - widowed, all out on your own and desperate for money, fat with luxuries your dead husband could provide for you but that are now sorely missing, he sees an opportunity; someone to take advantage of. You're perfect, just made for him: desperate, soft and sweet, with years of homemaking and pleasing underneath your belt. Oh, he'll blind you. Deceive you with a front of charm and expensive clothes, with the promises of a home of your own and food on the table. You'll buy his lies hook, line and sinker - won't question him when he evades your inquiries about his work, won't even have the time to think about just where his rings come from when every day on your own just gets harder and harder because your money is running out. You've got a sweet face; the body of a fat little wife and are worn down enough by misfortune that you cling to him like a drowning cat. You'll only see that you married the devil himself after it's all said and done; that you've been dragged into the life of a horrible criminal who'll leave you widowed again - and with the wolves to come once he's been shot like a fucking dog, someday soon.

#but he is so selfish... he lives in the now... and the now is you warming his bed and washing his clothes and trying to be perfect for him..#/crocodile #/one piece #he'll leave you in a sweet little cabin in a little town and comes around here and there... but as long as he lives you'll be alright #at least financially...#thinking about either hosea from rdr2 who was whipped for his wifey. or micah's old outlaw companion who settled with a wife in strawberry #that's what i'm thinking you know....

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thebooktopus · 2 years

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Broke my own heart writing this unrequited Jegulus drabble based on Radiohead's Creep this morning, so the day's off to a great start! 🖤

My eyes are glued to you. Gryffindor’s golden boy, your reckless hair and persistent smirk. You never catch mine, always peacocking for someone else's attention. But it's mine you have.

Maybe if I was shinier, like my brother or Evans, you'd notice. If I controlled a broom like you did, or if Dumbledore hadn't already given up on me by the time I sorted along party lines at eleven.

I wish I was special.

You're so fucking special.

I knew taking the Mark was wrong, but I didn't fight my parents when they told me what was expected of me. I thought maybe you'd notice then, your sneer and derision better than nothing. But it wasn't enough to turn your head.

And now I'm in too deep. I don't belong here, among our peers. I don't belong with him either, though the way his dead eyes bore into me tell me he feels differently.

I have one final act, one way to go out in a blaze of glory. I'm not naive enough to think I'll survive. You all underestimate him. He's intoxicating. He'll control more of you than your side is willing to let on. You won't know until it's too late, until you're looking the knife in your back in the eye.

But maybe this weirdo can slow him down a notch. I'll do it for you. I'd do anything for you.

Protect Sirius for me. Save yourself, you reckless angel. Maybe someday you'll know what I've done.

I'll creep, this one last night in the shadows. I'll watch you hold court, feel your ignorance pierce my heart one last time.

I don't care if it hurts. I want to have control.

#creep #Jegulus #but make it really sad #drabble #hpfc drabble challenge #unrequited #booktopus writes

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nervelow · 3 years

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DANNI SAID: don’t treat me like some situation that needs to be handled. / @nervehigh

❛ i wouldn't have to if you didn't also have a history of being a flight risk . ❜ his voice grinds against his teeth, pearly whites clenched much like the white - knuckled grip he has on his weapon. parker's footsteps echo through the chamber, gemma's adding to the chorus as she races after him, leaving only three for the time being. every bone in tom's body is begging him to rest, but the thought of taking even a second to breathe terrifies him. he wants nothing more than to keep going. doing so against joesphine ( warpath edition. ) is absolutely impossible without a plan, but anything has to be better than staying here. so many people above - ground are in trouble. and he swore a long time ago to save as many of them as possible.

since he isn't fast enough to grab gemma by the arm and yank her back to point a, tom's frustration is vented through a sharp exhale in danni's direction. imogen's doe - eyes somehow get wider as the two of them turn on each other. tearing the remaining fabric holding their scooby gang together won't do any good in the long run, but it's not like he's the one RUNNING AWAY. not even for a second had the thought ever crossed tom's mind, not for anything or anyone. to break a pact of loyalty makes you PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE in his eyes, and since he can't wring parker's neck at the moment, he settles for chewing danni out. ( imogen had also sided with the cult at one point, but in his haze of frustration and deep - seated fear, tom subconsciously can't stand to see her cry. )

everything about danni's demeanor is DARING him to take a step closer to the ledge they're dancing near. maybe this is just another test. maybe he wants to see if she's still as loyal to their crusade as she was before. he'll find it in him to do the same to imogen next, only fully - assured in himself. somewhere in the distance, there's yelling, but it's indistinguishable from the barbs he and danni are trading.

tom and danni are just too fucking similar. they are the team's everymen; no fancy birthright powers, no millions in a trust fund, and no leverage with the police. they're the type to bring brass knuckles to a gunfight and except to either win or go down in a blaze of glory. they fight all for the little guy, the people most affected by the goings - on caused by the society and the cops and the ancient magic running rampant. it only makes sense that they would butt heads. even if tom can't see it now, his immense respect for danni and how NORMAL she is will return once his rage ( the rage he wishes he could direct at parker; at the society; at every injustice surrounding them. ) cools on down to a mere simmer.

❛ — how do i know you're not gonna take off next, huh ? ❜ the cards don't have it this time around, but he's already said too much. tom throws his arms out, rune - marked wrench heavy in his hand as he gestures all around them. ❛ i swear to god, how did we NOT see this coming with officer kiss - ass ? if either of you are planning on bailing with him, now's the time to do it ! just forgive me for being a little skeptical, all things considered. huh, danni ? — ❜

gemma returns empty - handed, and uses her free grip to give him a harsh shove to the side.

#nervehigh #hi (: this was option 2 #☾ . ･ﾟ . | ANSWER. : it takes a monster to hunt monsters.#☾ . ･ﾟ . | TOM: IC. : i’d like to go on record saying i have a bad feeling about this.

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