#i know he's capable at his job

[aflamboyanceofflamingos]

Tim Drake owns dress shoes, however he make it a point to wear Vans with his suit in every meeting out of spite and hoping that it will convince Bruce to take his goddam company back from a 17 year old

#he also skateboards in the board room #i know he's capable at his job #But he's also 17 #Why the fuck is he still in charge #Tim wants to know that too #I think Bruce has been waiting for the moment to give the company away in escapes conversations about taking it back in cartoonish ways #tim drake #bruce wayne #ceo tim drake

[sheerakk]

#was looking for some fics with these two #I imagine this is one of their first interactions and Hunter is already fed up with Darius #but Darius is just trying to get to know the successor of his mentor and check if he's at least a little bit capable of doing his job #he's also a little weirded out by the similarity between these two #basically I imagine Darius gave him a couple of vibe checks that Hunter had failed #and Hunter takes it as questoning his place in the coven #god darius design is so pink and awful #it's so jover uni starts tommorow #it's like the most boring drawing ever but I'm just still in my I have to get better at backgrounds era #and also if I'll draw 100 awful things I get a decent one eventually #it's like inktober but lasts your whole life and devours your soul in the process #no caption just pure tags now I understand those few people who keep reblogging all my tags cuz I give all the fucking context there #there's probably like 10 things I would spot tommorow that would fix the drawing a whole bunch but I just ...don't want to ig #the owl house #sheerak #the golden guard #darius deamonne #hunter toh #toh hunter #hunter deamonne #toh fanart #the owl house fanart #dadrius #not yet but #you guys most fellow toh fanartists moved on and fanart fiona and cake but I keep brainrotting the same stuff over and over #good old toh trashpile

[commsroom]

i think to really understand hera (and, by extension, her relationship with eiffel) you have to recognize that she values the same things he does. hera works harder than eiffel does because she has to, because more is riding on her doing her job, because the bare minimum she's allowed to get away with and not have everyone die horribly is... still kind of a lot of work, all of the time. and even then, she does the bare minimum when she can. she cuts corners she probably shouldn't. she hates drudge work. and she really hates being told what to do.

eiffel and hera are both prisoners on the hephaestus - and that they're the only two who really know they weren't given a choice is central to their bond as well - but, at the same time. eiffel both embodies and extends to hera a kind of freedom she wants very much. no one else has ever made room for her to goof off or wanted to talk to her about nothing, just wanted to hear her voice, just wanted to make her laugh. wanted to hang out with her and talk, just for a little while, even as he's falling asleep after days without rest.

that's what draws her to eiffel. "you hate rules as much as i do, don't you, doug?" because the first time she ever speaks to him, it's while he's clamoring around in the dark, clearly no idea what he's doing, not having paid attention to anything about the station or the mission or, of course, the rules. because she tells him about the contraband cigarettes floating out of his pocket and makes a point of keeping it a shared secret. she likes those things about him.

#wolf 359 #w359 #doug eiffel #hera wolf 359 #eiffera #i don't know. sometimes people want to girlbossify hera so bad #and she is very smart. and capable of so much. #but it's like. what cutter mistakes for ambition in hera is mostly just a desire to survive and be treated with basic respect #and she has to work a lot harder for that than other people do. and she shouldn't have to #and eiffel really does. create that space. in small ways but also #because he values her as a person and wants to be around her and her productivity could not be less important to him #this is why they need minkowski btw #in spirit eiffel and hera are minkowski's slacker roommates and she is begging both of them to get real jobs #also: #i still think a lot about hera only ever calling eiffel 'doug' when he can't hear her. and how #unlike with a lot of other characters. there's never a later moment where she calls him by his first name in a Meaningful Way #i have. some thoughts about that maybe. #i just. think about this a lot. how much eiffel and hera are a refuge for each other and how lucky that is #because i'm really not sure either of them would've made it without the comfort they offer each other and the faith they have in each other #nothing new but. they love each other very much and i love them

[bumblingbabooshka]

Stonn/T'Pring

#Stonn takes long walks and has accidentally gotten to know like everyone in the area because of it #I like to think of him as a kind and uncomplicated person...breath of fresh air. Still capable and good at his job though! #I also like to think he admires T'Pring - first in a professional sense (since she seems to be very good at her job) then in a more... #...personal way. But he doesn't act on this bc she's engaged and seems content with him. BUT...if she were to be NOT content & interested #in him he might get a little courage...the lirpa might call to him... #I don't think T'Pring would be into anyone who's incompetent or dumb so I like the thought of Stonn being 'boring' or 'unassuming' but #very good at what he does in a quiet way. Since they work to restore logic in other Vulcans maybe he's especially compassionate or somethin #Anyway....Stonn/T'Pring is cute and good yes even in TOS I love T'Pring #and if SNW makes Stonn a dickhead or something then please note that THIS Stonn is NOT him <3 #bea art tag #Stonn #T'Pring #Stonn/T'Pring #SNW #SNW art #st SNW

[shima-draws]

Thinks about Perry covered in the blood of his enemies and swoons

#LOGICALLY I know that actual killing probably isn't part of OWCA's philosophy. BUT. A girl can imagine in her head #Her blorbo fixing his bloody tie as he strolls out of a darkened room full of corpses. #IT'S POETRY. RIGHT?? #Dealing with Doof is more like his dayjob. His REAL job is going out and doing crazy save the world shit #i.e. Stopping assassination plots. Doing his OWN assassination. Taking on several armed men at once. #Perry is basically Eggsy from Kingsman except mute. That's it that's the point I'm trying to make here #Or Harry. Either one works. #OR. Or. Loid Forger. DEFINITELY get Perry vibes from him. #Basically any hot secret agent who kills for a living that's what I'm. Yeah #Anyway in canon........er. In human Perry canon? He does not kill. He doesn't believe in that #Esp bc of parent trauma. AND bc if the boys ever found out Perry killed someone they'd never forgive him #He does have morals. #But in lesser canon. Non canon. AU of the AU. WHATEVER. He is capable of killing someone #Phin and Ferb would definitely be upset if they found out but they'd be slightly less upset to hear that Perry's only ever killed #truly EVIL people. Not 'evil' like Heinz. Actual scum of the earth kinds of people #Perry's like Loid and Yor combined. Clearing the earth of terrible awful people and also being a suave secret agent spy #Anyway I'm done now sorry I needed to ramble about that for a bit. LOL #PnF #Phineas and Ferb #Perry the platypus #Human Perry #Shima speaks

[ruporas]

i've been wondering- what do you think of vash and ww's relationship to pain? do u have any thoughts on it??

cuz i was just thinking like. obviously they're both extremely resilient and don't care much if they get hurt in the process of achieving whatever, but like... as for the pain specifically, i have to wonder.

cuz i'm reading trimax for the first time and toward the end of the sand steamer mess kite basically asks if vash even feels pain. and i mean... he has to, since not that long ago he just hit the floor with a dramatic blood splatter lmao. but like.

is he just suppressing visible reactions? or does he just not feel pain unless it's above a certain level?

and i wanna know about ww too if you have thoughts, i just haven't gotten that far in trimax :')

forgive me if my wording is all over the place, i havent been very elegant in my words Lately, but i am always down to talk about specific shit involving vash and wolfwood,

if we're just talking physical pain, yeah, i think they feel pain normally!

For Vash, he is the master of repression throughout Trimax, so I think naturally, he keeps a strong face no matter the level of hurt, whether on the outside or inner. It's just in his nature to not allow others to worry about him by pulling through with a fake smile or in some cases, he feels like he deserves the pain inflicted on him so even if he's getting pulverized to shit or threatened against his life, he'd default to a silence as opposed to screaming in agony that might make people think he isn't feeling anything. It's probably also second nature for him to no longer yelp or cry at pain after the amount of years he's spent getting hurt, but i think this only applies if he isn't emotionally involved in a fight (which is rare, but it happens in ch. 38).

In terms of physical pain, he seems to feel it like how regular humans do. I've thrown together some examples where he goes owchie owchie owchie that aren't too spoilery:

The Emilio scene is kind of why I don't think he's just playing up the theatrics of feeling pain, though I do think he would on some occasion, especially since he roleplays with children all the time. Verbally saying "ow ow ow" could potentially be an instinctive reaction too or maybe a source of comfort. But yeah!! I think Vash has always been able to feel pain and it's not like being a plant has lessen his ability to do so. Any resilience built is tacked on due to him being alive for 100 years and being a guy with a clear painted bullseye on his entire figure that ends up getting him shot and scarred.

In the end, the pain that gets to Vash the most will always be on an emotional level rather than physical, but Vash is such a genuine person and so present when it comes to other people that even if it's a pain he can take, it'll still hurt him terribly in more ways than one.

For Wolfwood; I think in general, those under the Eye of Michael have a strong resilience to dealing with pain due to the regen potions and the amount of training forced on them. I don't think we ever get the full description of what exactly those in EoM endured throughout their younger years, but we saw WW get shot at an early age in chapter 12 and we can assume it happened more than once. Over and over again until he won't even flinch against it just like how killing without hesitation was attempted to be drilled into him. I don't really know how it works scientifically… but I fully believe that he's mostly numbed to the physical sensation of it and it's the psychological part that gets to him more. Wolfwood himself is a naturally skilled fighter too, not that that really has anything to do with his dealing with pain, but I think his focus and attention on a battle and his stubbornness to win kicks an adrenaline that allows him to ignore the pain.

Though, his body also gets sore and tired just like any regular human does and there's this instance where he goes owie too:

(While NOT as much as Tristamp WW does where he's cracking a cold one every goddamn minute, I do think Trimax WW has gotten used to taking regen pots and thus, can afford to be careless and not give a damn.)

So, physically, technically in canon, they don't really have anything that specially makes either of them unable to feel pain, but just as you said, they're incredibly resilient. And ultimately, the both of them are affected emotionally/psychologically that hurts them more than the physical aspect of it, considering how physical pain is almost a daily chore for them to deal with (Vash being hunted for sport for majority of his life + Wolfwood being involved in experiments/killings for majority of his life.)

I think Trigun in general, while showing physical pain being a strong factor of hurt for regular people like us constantly seeing civiilians get beat up or shot, it tends to boil down to the multiple varieties of pain when it comes to those who deal with physical pain often (Gung Hos, Vash, EoM members).

I didn't know where to put these comments but here are extra thoughts:

They're both evidently really good at hiding their pains or any mark of vulnerability. They both could have a hole in their chest and go days without anyone else noticing so long it isn't killing them.

They're both pretty reckless during battle, but I think for Vash, he already tries to avoid violence at all cost and thus, do in a roundabout way lessen his own chance of getting hit in hoping to not stir that violence against another. As a result, I think Wolfwood can be way more reckless and ends up getting hurt more unnecessarily as a result of it.

They both are capable of healing at quick rates so I'm sure that allows the pain to feel more temporary, less of a risk to sustain, and to further hone in not caring too much about getting shot. That only applies for themselves individually though because every time they see each other get hurt, they're always so so worried despite knowing the other will be fine.

i'm pretty sure i repeated myself like 800 times, but i hope this Answered the question SFGMSDKGSMDKH i also tried to be vague enough in my wordings and focus only on the beginning-ish of trimax so to not spoil! i hope u enjoy ur reading of it!!

#asks #thank you for sending this and for your curiosity on my silly thoughts #honestly i dont think this is very coherent but i hope it is at least comprehensible. if im like. missing or wrong about anything #feel free to lmk..... #i do think its so crazy though that vw both understand the other is not like a regular person by any standard #and like sure vash knows sees and breathes in the fact that wolfwood /is/ human but he also can't see ww as just Another human #bc that human is entrusted with his back and does a good ass job protecting it. ww is like #super abnormal to him but in a positive human way-- #but where im going is that both of them know that about each other but still are so concerned all up with each other #Never once faltering in worrying about each other. granted theyre both so haunted by the amount of people theyv seen die and are thoroughly #afraid of that same thing happening to each other regardless of each other's monstrous capabilities of surviving but theyre just so #protective in some way as a result. #anyway i am sleepyg....

[anonyhun]

Ro would know Batman was Terry in five seconds flat if he ever encountered them outside of "Work"

#I know my ass is gonna get beat for saying this but like #Despite BB!Zeta and TZP!Zeta being entirely different beasts #He's still capable of just deadass mimicking people #She has to have picked on what he mimics and why with how much time she spends around him #Body language and stuff like that #Plus I just think it's funny conceptually #“Don't even act like you're surprised” #“You literally have the same body build and voice” #“I'm not stupid” #zeta project #zeta #rosalie rowan #the zeta project #batman beyond #terry mcginnis #Plus I mean #How else are you supposed to keep tabs on your robot if you can't tell him apart #His job is to blend in #Your job is to suss him out when you can't immediately interact without drawing attention #TZP

[ihatebnha]

I am here to drop more nudist Bakugou in your lap that somehow converts you into being a nudist yourself and then somehow has a baby w you that also never wants to wear clothes either. hm. hi caitie ily mwah

oooooh my god... (sorry to diverge immediately but) I'M ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT BAKUGO'S LITTLE NUDIST BABY!!! I think I mentioned it in the tags of one of my barbarian!Bakugo posts... how they'll always be running around, having all this fun in the nude, and when you go to try covering them up... Bakugo is literally trying to stop you LMAOOO.

Tbh, though? Yeah, he is probably like that in every universe. Gets all pouty when you even just mention a shirt or something, because "they don't need that. Lookit, they're having fun," or even, "we're at home. Stop."

...which just fuels your kid to be bare even MORE, since daddy is always on their side and supportive of it.

("But daddy says it's okay," while glaring at you smh.)

And I'm crying laughing at the thought of... having a kid who knows how to take off their own diaper, too. Like idk, maybe they spill something on themselves, or it's hot out, right? So you let them strip down to their undies... only for them to, five seconds later, rip off their diaper and try to hand it to you, too.

Big "I had an accident" vibes except... without the accident. It's just, "mommy, mommy... here. I dun need," and then they're running back off to do whatever wearing ONLY their little sandals LOL. It's the same with clothes, too... but the diaper always goes eventually.

(Thank god Kiri isn't bothered by this and his kids probably do the same LOL. Makes playdates so much less awkward, even if your kid is the bad influence in how they're always the first ones to do it adkjfaksd)

BUT LMAOOOO... gotta be like, "no, baby. Go and give that to daddy." (since he's the reason you're like this). That being said, however... Bakugo's probably all for it and doesn't even mind. Letting the cheeks get some air... "healthy," as he calls it.

Besides, what is life's purpose (not really) if not to watch your offspring run around nakey...? For Bakugo, at least: ACHIEVED. And he's so contented by it. His own lil nakey buddy.

(God... and the first time you're finally comfortable enough to walk around fully naked in front of him... boner immediately. He has to fuck you. It's honestly sorta concerning how caveman-y it makes him LMAOOOO. Love it though.)

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anyway, boo bear :((( tysm for this + i love u, too!!! how are u doing? good, i hope!💕💕💕

#sorry i went overboard lmaooooooo i just.... ugh it makes me NUTS #i don't think i did a good job expressing it all either but adsfjlkadjfjakda #YOU'RE SO RIGHT!!! #all the time it's just #'they're just a baby stop telling them what to do >:( ' #bakugo. this child is gonna be a nightmare if u keep that attitude up #LMFAO OK U KNOW WHATS BIG BRAIN #bakugo being one of those people who was raised hecka strictly but then.... isn't strict at all #lets his kids do whatever lowkey #makes gramma mitsuki insane. in-sane. #all the more reason for bakugo to keep it up actually but LMAO #tfw he's the mean one to strangers but ur the mean parent at home #he justs like his kids and supports everything they do #doesn't think he's capable of producing a bad child no matter what #questionable but for the most part he's right #theyre not bad... just. CRAZY #and he's a good pops he doesn't care what comes out ... he likes it anyway #also i wanted to talk more about u being a n*dist too ugh #or like... being one for him #but i already feel like this is jumbled #so we can save it for another time #but thank u again boo!!!! kisses forever #ask #caitie things #boo👓 #hanji is life #kids tw #queue

[plexippusangel]

I either need to accept that I am just a way stronger person than this friend and can handle way more while still being able to engage with the world as a person, or recognize excuses as excuses, accept that I am not valued and be done or. Maybe both. Idk. It might be somewhere between the two. I am just sick of regular life stuff rendering him unable to spend any time with me, and of him being unable to bear any of the details of my life, when I would move mountains to rekindle our friendship. Though I'm starting to wonder if I still would.

#faer personal files #i just. really didn't want officiating his wedding to be our last hurrah of friendship even though i did kind of feel it coming #also i'm really sick of being infantilized for my chronic fatigue i am a grown adult and i know what i'm capable of #ugh. maybe i'm just being awful and not understanding in which case i'm too much of a rancid person to be his friend i guess #but i don't think that's the case #idk i'll never forget when i couldn't see this dude for a year even masked up outside for covid but when another of our old friends came up #from her job doing COVID RELATED CROWD CONTROL FOR THE FUCKING ARMY he went on a hike with her mask off #and i think that says a lot about what our friendship's been for years honestly. if he can't bear my company idk why i try #if i'm just an interesting prop for conversations and occasions but not a friend. i can't accept that #i am an interesting prop for conversations. the disabled genderfluid bisexual genius who lost everything bc of said disability #but i didn't lose everything i just have to fucking rebuild on new ground. and i am doing that. i whine on occasion but i am so strong #and i do know how to interact with people without traumadumping i haven't on him in YEARS but his concept of me crystalized at age 21 #or something like that i guess. idk it just breaks my heart #bc for a long time he was my person. he was the only person who knew the authentic me. more even than my sisters at times. #and yeah that was a little unhealthy but at the time he craved that!!! #and then i grew up and stopped needing him like that around the same time he stopped wanting that and it should have been fucking fine #but like. even senior year of college when i was sick it was already starting to fall apart #like i remember being on a small hike once being exhausted and jokingly being like you gotta carry me back and then being like #no really i might actually need an arm to lean on by the end of this walk if i'm gonna make it back to the car i really don't know if i can #and he said no bc he didn't want to look straight. who the fuck CARES??? i could barely walk i was stumbling my way back annoying him going #too slow. fuck. and that really has been what our friendship has been for years. the minute my house wasn't the most convenient place it wa #more or less dead idk why i keep dragging this horse around #idk why i keep letting him break my heart like this it's so stupid he's never gonna care about me like he did when i was quick and brillian #but never quite as smart as him in his view. fuck him. i'm smarter. just bc i was a little gullible or paranoid at times bc of the #FUCKING CPTSD doesn't mean i was dumber than him. the fuck??? there's something wrong with me i swear idk why i hang on #anyway i'm irritated. but i'm also reluctant to throw away somebody who's seen me through key points in my life. so.

[derangedthots]

thinking abt daemon and aemond's relationship in the FMF/CTF universe makes me go feral bc it's so gd layered but i can't fully explore it yet bc certain things need to happen first

#babes i could rant abt it for hours #bc daemon treasures jace as he does with all his children but jace will be king #and he needs someone equally capable beside him #and daemon doesnt know/think aemond is up to the job #but also he trusts jace's judgement and priorities #BUT ALSO HE'S HIS KID AND DAEMON'S PROTECTIVE #there's so much THERE'S SO MUCH and i have to hold it all in😭😭 #ctf #jacemond

[quietwingsinthesky]

thinking about even and jack meeting, because i think it would be hilarious. it’s not that flirtation goes completely over their head, it’s that anything that’s even slightly more complicated than ‘you’re pretty’ misses it’s mark because there are context clues they are not picking up on (autism) and innuendo they aren’t versed in at all (spaceship). which jack could obviously adapt to very quickly, i just think it would be funny for him to throw out something charming and just get sort of. squinted at.

#i cant fucking write pick-up lines to save my life but like for example. for example. jack: you must have some capable hands if the doctor’s #trusting you to help fly the tardis. ;) || Even: (aware that their job is mostly following instructions) I am very good at listening??? #it cannot be subtle. they arent going to pick up on subtle. #cut to later when jack’s figured this out and also figured out that he can call even pretty and force reboot their brain for a solid minute #easiest work of charming someone in his life. #i dont think even has a crush on jack beyond like. the ‘i know like 4 people with more depth than passing strangers and you’re one of them #and also handsome and niceys to me.’ #but that’s a factor here. #especially since jack is like. very openly physically affectionate in ways the doctor usually isn’t without the prompting of life or death #situations or success over life or death situations. #even deserves to have their hair ruffled is what im saying. #bless them. they would die immediately if they were shunted into the torchwood universe. there is a version of them that is fucked up and #able to choose violence but that version is very contigent on a specific situation person and lack of access to any other options. #if you put them in torchwood they would not resort to that. they would have a panic attack. and die. #but its fine. theyre safe in the tardis. #what was my point here. ive forgotten. i was going somewhere with this. rose was involved. #dw oc

[barnbridges]

men be talking about the roman empire.

#......... but this to me is such a richardism #like #again #the girls that marion hangs out with are you know like herself #rich and stupid #and bunny's canonically in this period like with fucking holes in his clothes and the most greek major nerd #i doubt any woman that isnt majorly delusional actually likes him #like yeah maybe some judy-level hehe he's funny sometimes #but GOONY ADMIRATION #girl do you know what studying and working education is like #i can assure you #an education major is just as smart and capable as fucking richard papen #or any median student in the greek class #like i am very sure the Girls treated bunny much the same as the greek class did marion and ill stop at that #rika thalheim lesbian was seething john #and you're like gooney admiration #good job john

[dimehun]

Speaking of Arkhamverse im gonna yap on abt how bruce is so paranoid/afraid/ about someone he loves getting hurt because of him/being helpless to stop it he pushes them all away but that doesnt do anything but get them hurt anyway

And them getting hurt just feeds into the that fear and he blames himself -> pushes them away -> they still get hurt -> helpless to do anything the cycle goes on n on n on till it blows up (literally)

Kinda like you think the inevitable is all your relationships are taken from you out of ur control so you take control back by ending them all urself

Even more yapping in the tags that i should have just written here but its to late

#i really love cycles like this in media .. downward spiral to rock bottom fr #kinda wish we got that cancelled game bcs i rlly want to know what everyone thinks of him after all that more in depth than in the dlcs #how does he feel.. all alone.. + what dm arriving after the fact also when everones way older how does that go.. #<- insanely detailed complex au in my head thats how it goes #akvr especially insightful to his behaviour in ak because hes also scared hes going to kill r & n and that desperation to keep them as far #away and preoccupied with useless tasks is the thing that gets them hurt #in ns case its being in his eyes undermined he CAN help here hes tired of locating the trucks n having to wait on b in my eyes hes deff got #caught intentionally there #and in rs case b pushing him into a literally impossible task and then lockin him up despite him #proving hes capable is exactly what got him captured #if he let them help.. wouldnt have happened packed up n done scrw 1 2 koed job well done

[neverendingford]

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#tag talk #as much as I hate to see the social cinema grow as I get new followers. we're at a good and satisfying number. and I like that #also also also. I've introduced a friend to Hannibal (tv show) and he's loving it and I'm so happy cause none of #of my other friends have been able to stomach the body horror. so it's super cool to find someone to hype over it with #another random story that I genuinely can't remember if I said already. got told by a kid in minecraft that he's smiled a lot more around me #which. huge compliment. genuine honor to make people happy and smile and laugh #people don't laugh enough. we don't smile enough. be happy or die. and I'm too powerful to die. been there. haven't done that #cry and then laugh and then punch as hard as you can. #got to visit some of my favorite residents from the nursing home I first worked at. lotta new staff but my three favorite nurses are still #which is nice. I cried when I left that job because even though it crushed my soul I loved my coworkers and most of my residents. #I get why some healthcare workers grind themselves to the bone for the job. you're making such a huge difference in people's lives. #I tried but didn't have the fortitude for it. but it's nice to be able to go back and say hi to the friends I made and see how things are. #anyway. sorry for being weird like.. one or two weeks ago. I think things are settling out again. moving is rough but we're making it work #It's been a lot of Lear again lately. especially while being at my parents house. he doesn't mind being deadnamed as much sooo.... #idk. at least one of us is capable of surviving the dmv and the state medicaid website. heaven knows I can't manage. #trying to stop using him as a crutch for getting things done has just resulted in us not being able to get things done. #but I don't want to be someone else I want to be me. I don't want to be the armor I want to be the human inside. #I don't want to live defensively. pushing everyone away. I can't do that. #anyway. we're back home! and work is on the horizon. hopefully this job works out cause I don't want to have to apply for new jobs. #the hr rep is a man at this store and I immediately got set on edge and our voice dropped as I stepped back. #then we introduced ourselves with the wrong name and he got confused and I just felt stupid about it #but how am I supposed to know which name he's been told. he didn't even use our paperwork name. Anyway that was a disaster #but we're on track and embarrassment is not a setback but a feeling about the way things progress. and it is progress we're making

[wolves-in-the-world]

[edit: this is accidentally a net zero information post my apologies, except that the colour symbolism referenced below is still incredibly cool and possibly still fits]

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the 'bad thing on the left, good thing on the right' symbolism is such an ingrained thing in the western cultural consciousness that it's done without really thinking about it, to the point where I cannot remember a quinn-and-companion artwork that doesn't do that (with quinn as the sinister one, obviously), and yet

in the last dam job, except when they're sitting around the table planning with the team (when they meet in kyiv, when they encounter and leave dubenich, when they shake hands and walk away at the end), it's always quinn on the right and eliot on the left.

and that's interesting. because eliot is grappling with a big messy ethical quandry (do I kill this guy so my friend & leader doesn't have to, do I fall back on old awful habits so at least it's me doing it) basically the entire time. we see eliot in his don't-mess-with-me-I'm-eliot-spencer hitter getup and he never changes out of that red shirt*, he runs right at someone firing a gun at him and tells him the gun is what makes it fair-

(*it has been pointed out to me that it's a different red shirt, which is very cool on the colour symbolism front)

he is, the entire time, closer to the darker side of the eliot we know very well by the end of season four. and quinn is… quinn we met as a fast-hitting curly-haired bastard and are becoming familiar with again as someone eliot trusted enough to hire, a decent ally at least when he's paid to be. he banters. he threatens. he does the work.

he offers to kill dubenich for eliot with none of the angst eliot's dealing with, apparently none of the weight on his soul, and we all collectively went hm, amoral bastard, with less in the way of shadows in his heart than eliot has.

maybe it's a stretch to say this symbolism is partly why but I am delighted it ties in well.

#quinn is friend-coded even in the left/right symbolism in this essay I will (and apparently have-) #like I have toyed before with the idea that ethically eliot is. worse off? than quinn? because he knew what was bad and he did it anyway #whereas quinn is on some level. wrong. broken. no compass so less weight to his actions. #still capable of such terrible things but with a different purpose & experience behind it. #and I LOVE that the symbolism matches up with this. eliot sinister quinn good they just have to deal with it. <3 #(except when they're around the team because THEN eliot's a friend and teammate and quinn's a stranger on par with chaos) #HI BRAIN BUZZING ABOUT THIS VERY MUCH ACTUALLY #very normal day I rolled out of bed post-nap to do a quick post about symbolism and oops #LIKE because I genuinely just posted about this I think it still Makes Sense that quinn's often put on the left in artworks #the last dam job is a specific situation where eliot's working through a specific thing and we see him nearly kill a guy. you know? #to say he's especially morally grubby in that episode would be an understatement. and quinn really is so well-behaved. #nice besuited hitter for hire does as he's asked and doesn't have any extra fun on the job (unless you count joking with eliot) #it Makes Sense that when incorporating quinn in a more permanent fashion the rules would change.

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Something I didn’t notice about episode 18 on my first watch-through was that when Zed and Mara are confronting Beck about Cyrus the language they’re using like, sounds weirdly like friends confronting another friend about a secret boyfriend rather than like a normal friend. Like “we know where you’ve been sneaking off too~”/”so how did you two meet”/asking Cyrus to give them juicy Beck stories all sound more like things you’d say/ask two people you just learned were dating.

#Kassandra talks like someone's listening #Like do I think they were going for that? Considering it was 2012 no not really #but it's also not like played off as a joke like you'd expect from a show back then #Like I know the actual POINT of the scene is to show that Cyrus has learned who Beck's friends are #and that he's so so capable of infiltrating Beck's life and putting EVERYTHING he's been working for and fighting for on the line #and that even when they don't know about his Other Job Beck being the Renegade has the potential to put the people he loves most in danger #(and The Worst Possible Thing happens BECAUSE of that which OUCH I MISS YOU ABLE) #Anyways point is Beck is Bi hashtag confirmed (joking) #IDK the entire conversation just struck me as odd #Kassandra watches tv #Kassandra rewatches: Tron Uprising