#idek if this is coherent

[payaso-gomi]

little thing cruz liked to do with the venture babies, hank, particularly loved demon peekaboo

#venture bros #oc: dominique cruz #hank venture #wip #digital art #my art #idek if this is coherent #i hope so #whipped this up super quick #i actually do have a little timeline of cruz hairstyles i wanna show later

[omarcitoloves]

simon's arc and growth in s3 was one of my favorite storylines and is one of the main reasons i like s3 so much.

in s1 we got to see the foundations of such a beautiful complex character - a boy who loves his family and those who have earned their way into his heart almost more than himself, loyal to a fault, vibrant and not afraid to make himself more of an outsider by standing by his ethos and personality.

and simon being his truest self taught the 2 most important ppl in his life their key lessons. sara now understands the gift of giving ppl second chances and wanting to hope they wont always fuck it all up. and wille learned everything from simon. how to love unashamedly. how to believe in yourself. how to look outside of yourself. how to speak your mind. how to forgive. how to live freely

idk i think there is something so missing in ppl who cant understand his character in s3 and maybe its a lack of life experience but knowing when you need to remove yourself from a situation that is destroying you and the ppl you love is important and real. he made himself so small to try and fit for willes life and that hurt them both, wille needed shining simon as much as simon did.

love is not always enough and simon was brave for recognizing that. for continuing to stand by issues and ideals that were deeply important to him. to recognize when his own actions were causing ppl harm. to continue to forgive and give ppl more chances despite being hurt but also knowing when he needs to put himself first

on my first watch of s3ep6 it something i couldnt stop thinking abt and i stand by it on a few rewatches, for someone so integral to everyone's personal growth bc he was that catalyst or lesson for them, he felt a bit forgotten. and i get there was a lot of loose ends to be tied up but im ngl he felt a little rushed/in limbo bc of it but i still think he had a full beautiful arc in s3. and the way ppl still damn him for every move makes me wish he had even more time to develop throughout esp s2 i wish everyone could see just how beautiful and complex simon is and how he is the base of everyone around him

#simon eriksson #he is my son and i will stand by him until i die #rambles at 2 am idek if this is fully coherent but oh well #was reading the song of achilles and it reminded me a bit too much of my love for yr at the beginning #he deserves just as much empathy and grace as every other character #he is not villain #young royals #young royals s3 #young royals analysis #young royals character analysis

[lucassinclaer]

STRANGER THINGS LADIES APPRECIATION WEEK: DAY 2 FAVORITE DYNAMIC

You're a very brave girl. You know that, don't you?

#dailystrangerthings #strangerthingsedits #femalescharacters #stladiesweek #strangerthingsedit #joycebyersedit #elhopperedit #joyce byers #el hopper #again this was a horribly difficult choice #but basically i rewatched s1 and it was impossible to pass this one bc like......... #idek how to explain it coherently but it's the willel of it all #joyce as the ultimate connector in the last two episodes as the mother #plus the way joyce softens around her and the way el looks at her #and then also them tied together by water at the end of s1 and s3 #the fact that this is one of THE outliers in el's otherwise pretty classic hero's story bc this one isn't usually a dynamic included #in that story #but here it is and it adds (or could add) sm #anyway.......... yeah couldn't not do it after that #*mine #*gifs #*stladiesweek

[queerofthedagger]

Something about the scene in The Sound of Her Wings where Dream and Death are arriving at the old man's house, and they hear the violin and Dream goes, "I know this piece; I haven't heard it in 200 years" with such wonder makes me SO emotional because it's like. Later on we also see him talking to Shakespeare, intrigued by hearing him claim he wants to make people have dreams, and we know Dream is creative, has to be to create endless dreams and nightmares, and it's just - to create and to indulge in art is such a human thing to do, isn't it? That doesn't mean only humans do it, of course, but it's perhaps what links him most to humanity and I love the use of it here so so much because after Burgess and everything, his view of humanity is obviously and understandably.... soured. But the episode goes about reminding him about what being human also means in such a beautiful way, and one so important part of that is art in all its forms and it is in Schubert's unfinished piece and it is in Shakespeare's wish to write great plays to inspire men, it's in the urge to create to leave something behind but also for the simple sake and joy of it, and then it is also in Hob's utter zest for life, his want to see and experience it all and to reinvent himself over and over and god it makes me so emotional just thinking about.

anyway not to make this even longer but you can't tell me Dream doesn't keep up with the music and art and literature of humanity at least somewhat and it makes sense, doesn't it, because how much of art is dreaming? And don't even get me started on how all of this relates back to his ex wife being a muse like!!! God.

#the sandman #dream of the endless #morpheus #am i yet again rewatching? yes. yes i am #idek if this is coherent i should be sleeping but god #mona's rambling

[prettyiwa]

Every so often I see anons in mutuals’ inboxes not understanding the deal against empty blogs even if there’s an age, or about blogs that don’t reblog and it just reminds me of how quickly we forget and how quickly we cycle through toxic phases in this community. It's partially because it’s ever-growing with people from Reddit and Twitter and Wattpad writers and everyone else not listed.

It comes and goes in fucking waves so it’s easy to miss if you aren’t here for it, but every handful of months there’s some mass post going around where a writer has been informed of or found their writing (and others') stolen and reposted on another site (9 times out of 10 it’s Wattpad) with the poster taking credit. So often that account and plagiarizer is traced back to an empty blog that’s following all the blogs it stole from. Sometimes they’ll even leave a like that serves as a bookmark so they can come back and steal those words for fake internet points.

Like. For people who have been subjected to that kind of theft, there’s anxiety and distrust that remains. For people who watched it happen (especially time and again because it’s multiple times a year), there’s that voice in the back of their mind when they see someone with a blog that has a header of “Kayleigh (19) Just Reading!!” and nothing else.

And so either these anons who don’t understand why they can’t “lurk in peace” genuinely do not know about the cycle that happens here or they do not care for the people writing the stories and HCs and drabbles they passively enjoy.

Regardless, it only contributes to that growing feeling of being yet another source of quick and convenient consumption and not an actual person sharing their passion with people who might like it.

#sorry I’m salty #idek if this is halfway coherent but yeah #It’s very frustrating watching history repeat itself especially on a site like this when history is easily forgotten and the cycle is much #much shorter #almost like it’s also tied to fiscal quarters #“it's my choice to have my name/age/reblogs on my account!” that is very much true. it is your choice. i respect your choice. #now it's your turn to respect the choice of the writer for which that is a boundary. #you expect us to respect your choices that are indicative of your humanity but you won't offer the same? get the fuck out of here

[roobylavender]

hmm this may interest you, do you have thoughts on this subject matter character-wise or in a meta sense?:

https://www.tumblr.com/thecruellestmonth/740875315694501888/batman-turning-points-3-batman-under-the-red

personally i'm not a fan of bruce's disavowal of fatherhood much for the same reasons that i'm not a fan of his installing the good soldier plaque. these to me are both writing choices driven more by writers' desire to explore theoretical concepts than they are driven by a character study of bruce himself. the concept of robin as an occupation inherently equivalent to child abuse is interesting. the concept of wondering what right a father has to children he has adopted towards that end is interesting. that being said, exploring the former concept didn't necessarily demand eliminating robin altogether. exploring the latter concept didn't necessarily demand bruce completely disavowing himself of any accountability. and ultimately both writing choices ignore that a core aspect of bruce's relationships with the robins was wanting to be a good parent, or at the least a good guardian. certainly something more than a mere ally or friend. he took responsibility for these children because he wanted to help guide them towards a certain path in life where they would no longer be ruled by their trauma the way he was and is by his. allowing them to become robin to that end was obv more than questionable, but all too many writers forget and even go so far as to ignore that bruce knew that. he was well aware of his status as an enabler and he eventually hated himself for it deeply. he felt perpetually guilty and reluctant to ask dick for any support once the latter became an adult bc he didn't want to sanction and (in his mind) effectively require dick to do something that would endanger his life on his own orders. he could realistically never stop dick from pursuing vigilantism, but he could at least refuse to ask dick for that commitment any longer so that dick had complete freedom to make his own choices as to the matter. regardless, bruce had to live with the guilt of having enabled the existence of robin to begin with, and he intended to live with that guilt. it was his closest friend and his primary means of survival

if anything, that to me is precisely why his disavowal of fatherhood doesn't make sense. bruce is a poor communicator and he has a tendency to take upon all burdens at the expense of his loved ones feeling like he no longer values them or their support, but that doesn't negate the fact that he's quite hyperaware of his flaws. he's a far more relentless critic of himself than he is of others, and that stems as much from self-righteousness as it does guilt. he's supposed to be better. he's supposed to set an example. he's supposed to do the right thing. he's supposed to save the whole city even if he's only one person. and so on and so forth. bruce is possessive of highly unrealistic expectations for himself bc he's a ridiculously emotional person trying to tell himself to act like a robot. he repeatedly sets himself up for failure and then when he inevitably fails he kicks himself down like a dog. he is essentially a walking man-child simply because he cares too much and that often leads him to make stupid, emotionally driven choices: like taking random children into his home and teaching them how to channel their emotions through fighting crime, because if it worked for him it might work for them too, esp when they've got the added benefit of his supervision and well-intended (albeit awkward) companionship

all of bruce's circumstances and internalizations and traumas point to him taking what i would term excessive ownership of his crimes. he's a self-made pity puddle because he thinks everything is his fault. dick barely having a life outside of vigilantism is his fault. dick nearly falling to his death is his fault. jason failing to properly process his parental trauma is his fault. jason getting blown up by the joker is his fault. i simply cannot imagine a world where bruce isolates himself from caring or from taking the blame because doing the latter has been his modus operandi for so long. it makes more sense for bruce to disavow fatherhood in the specific context of not wanting to take the place that john and mary or willis and catherine will always occupy; it makes less sense for bruce to disavow fatherhood in the specific context of raising and loving dick and jason as if they were his own. it's very much a you don't have to call me dad but when i call you "chum" i mean "son" situation. he's never one to burden others intentionally (although we obv know this rarely plays out the way he wants it to), rather he intentionally burdens himself. that's precisely what knightfall as an arc is stellar at depicting, regardless of the fact that it coincides with the existence of the good soldier plaque. bruce in the aftermath of jason's death has to blame himself excessively because it's the only way he knows how to cope. i've never understood depictions of his grief with an emphasis on jason's share of the blame bc not only is it classist towards jason, it's also inconsistent with bruce's own character and tendency to believe that every bad thing that happens is his fault. it's why i'm not really a fan of gotham knights #43-45. a death in the family makes it clear that bruce blames himself for not allowing jason to have the space and time to process his trauma properly before throwing him into the suit. allowing him to have hope never even comes into the picture

and i'm not sure if anyone has ever considered this, but the disavowal of fatherhood really confuses me when you remember tim exists. why is bruce's disavowal with regards to jason even necessary when the crux of tim's entry into the mythos is precisely the fact that he isn't someone over whom bruce can similarly exercise responsibility and ownership.. it's far more interesting to explore the tightrope bruce walks with that partnership because he's easily in a place to deny responsibility and yet obv he ultimately can't because despite whatever reluctance he expressed initially, he eventually gave in. the tone of the grant/brefoygle run also helps with depicting that dilemma. we're not primarily privy to the bruce of old anymore, who while quiet and awkward nonetheless expressed a capacity for caretaking. there are remnants of that of course (esp after tim's mother dies). but the bruce of the 90s is more imperious and domineering because he's been hardened by trauma. he delivers grand speeches about vigilantism and justice. he sends tim across the pond because he needs proper training. the fact that they're neighbors and get burgers together sometimes doesn't detract from the physical divide present there because tim is ultimately someone else's son and possessive of a life entirely divorced of what he does in the mask. he can walk away without preamble in a way that dick (at least until adulthood) and jason never could. plenty of writers recognized that and personally i believe it's what made the 90s robin run interesting to read, but i also believe writers retroactively projected the necessity of an emotionally distant bruce to that narrative onto the bruce of old. it was progressively rewritten to be a constant rather than a development in the wake of a highly transgressive event. and unfortunately that's tainted every interaction and/or recollection that he has with/of jason afterward

#anyway. idek if this makes sense or feels coherent anymore i'm sorry :/ but the recording was definitely worse #and i also said some things on it that i don't actually think i believe. so #this was definitely a better means through which to organize my thoughts. however well i could #outbox

[i-like-gay-books]

someone tell me what the fuck to do now i just finished dark heir and i need to scream and flail around but its 1am and i have a 9am class tomorrow like bruhhhhh

#how am i meant to wait an undetermined amount of time for book 3? #im so glad ive been in a reading slump for the past three years because if i read dark rise before dark heir came out idek what i would do #i actually do think i like this series even more than capri #i cant even have coherent thoughts about this right now i am UPSET #need to maybe reread the raven boys again im in that kind of an angsty mood right now #ughghghghghghhhh #dark rise #dark heir #cs pacat #c s pacat #cloudy reads dark rise #cloudy rambles

[chaikachi]

Hey radical spicy hot take but Trapdoor is 100% a ruby song. And. Trapdoor is 100% a oscar song. They are a mirror to each other. They are put on the same pedestal. They bear the same weight. They occupy the same space, simultaneously, impossibly. Do you see my vision?

anono... how does it feel to have such a big brain. all songs are rg songs if you try hard enough. 😤

Yes, Trapdoor is first and foremost a Ruby song, but her and Oscar are 100% mirrors living such similar character arcs. I could talk about all those parallels in a post all their own (one day), but for now a really good example is actually comparing Trapdoor to Sky is Falling (thank you @greenteaandtattoos for pointing it out first).

I'm gonna ramble a bit

Trapdoor is a song about the weight Ruby has been carrying. How she has tried so hard and how it's seemingly done more harm than good. It talks about how she doesn't feel seen or heard or needed, let alone wanted. How she's losing herself. How she feels like a trapdoor, part of the floorboards being walked on and unnoticeable. How one more step is all it might take for her to break and fall further into the depths below. And simultaneously like a trap that will lead all her friends to ruin.

And Sky is Falling (in my opinion) is a song about the weight Oscar has been carrying. How he's struggling with moving forward in light of everything he's been through and everything they've lost. The song itself is cited as referencing the original Henny Penny (aka Chicken Little) fairytale since it's a story that uses the song's title as a cry wolf for fearing the end of the world. But that feels a bit like a red herring to me. Or at least not like the whole picture.

The original myth of Atlas and the weight of the world isn't actually about the god holding the world on his shoulders. It's about him holding up the sky. So whether you read it as Oscar struggling with what to do given Atlas is falling... or struggling with how to move after Ruby falls, (Ruby, who was holding Atlas on her shoulders. So when she fell, so to did the city in the sky) is up to interpretation.

Some examples of how the songs mirror each other a bit tho:

Trapdoor

Though I try to keep the hope alive

Sky is Falling

Lost all my hopes and dreams

Trapdoor

Watch it all Unfold As I Cascade below Frozen In the darkest moment I can't bear the weight I hold

Sky is Falling

Starin' at the casket, hopin' to move past it Knowin' things will never be the same, and that's it Cold soaked as I'm standin' in rain Feelin' nothin' but pain until I see you again

Both of them struggling to hold onto hope. Both of them struggling with the cold of grief. The water imagery in "cascading" and "rain". The feeling of drowning. How to keep moving in the face of it all.

Also just on the topic of them being mirrors, it's interesting how many of these songs can so easily link back together. Trust Love's "open up your eyes" to Sky is Falling's "cover up your eyes". Then Sky is Falling's direct parallel, Touch the Sky. In my opinion, this song talks about both of them. The first verse is very Oscar "Little Prince" Pine, but especially this part:

I'm soarin' like I never have before Flying self-assured and free And I somehow feel I finally feel like me I looked in the mirror and I gotta say It's been a long, long time since I felt this way Right now, I'm just a bit surprised 'Cause I feel just fine and I might just touch the sky

And then directly towards Ruby's ascension in the second verse:

Open doors and so much hope in front of me Full of confidence, every challenge crushed My heart's electric, racing endlessly Feeling like the stars have all aligned Illuminate the darkness that was blinding me Now I'm positive that it's my time to shineI will explode, you'll see me rise You may not even recognize I just can't wait for this reveal

But also... very strong argument can be made that both verses apply to both of them. Finally feeling like themselves, the people they've wanted to be, the ones they're meant to be. These kids and their identity issues... But especially cause, um, Ruby isn't the only one that explodes.

So to summarize, Oscar looked in the mirror - not the mirror that showed Oz's reflection, but the mirror he sees in Ruby - and he became more like himself. Influenced by the hope she inspires.

And Ruby, like Alice, fell through the looking glass. But in the Ever After the only Oscar that was there to stare back at her wasn't a reflection of hope, it was was one of fear.

So she had no choice but to fall further and looked inward. Until she found the hope that was always inside her. The hope Oscar always knew was there because he sees her.

And the fact that Ruby's hope, her motivation, has always been "the people she hasn't lost yet". And how Oscar is the only living companion Neo 'kills' to hurt her. I'm getting so off track here but...

The Parallels. It's CINEMA.

They make me UNWELL.

Edit: I ended up just talking a bit about how they're mirrors through song and not so much Trapdoor from an Oscar lens. It is so strongly a Ruby song to me that it's hard to apply to him, even if it does fit him in some ways as well. All alone in crowded rooms and all that.

#is this even coherent #i feel like that conspiracy meme guy #w all the red string on a board and idek where half the threads go #BUT I'M HAVING FUN SO THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS EHEHE #sorry if u wanted a different answer ldkjfkld #ask #asks #anon #anono #chainalysis

[ilynpilled]

what i find so funny about that ben shapiro clip is that there is a specific type of dudebro exactly like that that permeates this fandom. like their entire world view does not make a lick of sense as apparent by their takes on this series. they applaud the quality of being willing to use “necessary violence” in tywin & etc, and they seem to only understand the nuances of the use of necessary force when it is used for things it shouldn’t be used for (like sustaining a corrupt regime). they throw fits about dany navigating a situation where radical change is required in order to dismantle a system of slavery that perpetuates endless violence, and write a million thinkpieces about it and how it shows her madness or incompetence, but then they turn around and applaud this psuedo utilitarianism that they project onto other characters that are playing the game (especially ones with atrocious motives) because they want to live out some sort of hard and seasoned male leader competence fantasy. it is so fucking funny like:

use of “needed” force for subjugation = good

use of needed force for emancipation = bad

they would rather applaud a ruler that builds on violent subjugation than abolition & radical change. one is considered a clever and competent utilitarian, while the other too brutal, too far gone, and too idealistic

#like at least the ‘mercy’ ppl are consistent about this #reddit dudebros have not a single sensible and coherent world view #idek what shapiro’s take on dany is but ill make another educated guess like i did w tywin that ended up being right #that he thinks she is too far gone or smn #tywin isnt tho tywin is competent and the necessary violence we need #so true ben #facts dont care about my feelings 😔 #tywin lannister #daenerys targaryen #tywin using violence to sustain his putrid regime that bleeds the realm = good and smart #dany using it against slavers that perpetuated a system of suffering for ages = bad and too far gone #200 iq analysis iktr #and this isnt even considering the fact that tywin’s decisions r not rational moves they r often emotionally charged #and driven by his own fragility

[craqueluring]

Dialogue from Hannibal, Tome-wan, 2x12 / Hannibal, Relevés, 1x12 / Ko No Mono 2x11 / Mizumono, 2x13 / Secondo, 3x03

"The traumatized are unpredictable because we know we can survive"

#will and margot have matching scars from the days they lost their children #): #idek if this makes sense or is even a little coherent but whatever it makes sense to me #also ignore the gif of wills scar from secondo i know it looks bad but that episode is SO DARK and i am not that good at gifmaking yet #also the first dialogue is deleted but shhhh #mine #pluto gifs #nbc hannibal #hannibal #hannibal lecter #hannibaledit #tvedit #will graham #hannigram #margot verger #mason verger #abigail hobbs #parallels

[queerbuckleys]

Is It Gender Play?: A Case Study in Masculine Presentation in Fashion

So first off I want to start by saying that this is about the clothing and it is not about Oliver. These items were chosen by a stylist to serve the aesthetic of ABookOf. He is indirectly involved because he happens to be the one wearing them, his presence does have an effect as this takes on the perspective that he is as far as I know, a cis man. The clothes are the material and in this case he is the canvas– which still has an effect on the artwork at the end but is not manipulated. I am going to be using a feminine, center, masculine approach to this because it’s the best way I can conceptualize this clearly, not because that's how gender and presentation works. Got it? Cool! Let's go! 

ABookOf is a Arts & Culture publication that focuses on storytelling that has a bright and fun aesthetic that is not directly but in the vein of Camp. As a part of their mission statement they state that they strive to highlight “Your brand, your stories, your journey and your talent…through the artistic eyes of our team and collaborators…”  

This ensemble curated by Andrew Philip Nguyen, Fashion Editor of ABookOF, is a look that plays with pattern and masculinity. 

The bold orange shirt that has a slight pattern on it, that is indecipherable at the moment. This appears to be a traditional button up, styled with a red polka dot ribbon. This is what pulls it toward the center in terms of presentation as it evokes that of a traditionally feminine pussy bow blouse while also resembling a traditionally masculine tie. The other styling choice that adds to the mixture is that it is unbuttoned revealing the white undershirt. 

The other attention grabbing piece in this ensemble are the boots. They are a traditionally masculine combat boot style that has been adopted by various “deviant” subcultures aesthetic closet. What pulls attention and them more center is the bright color because bright yellow is not a usual color for shoes, for either end of the spectrum. The height of them is also eye-catching and pulls them into the subversive category as they are taller than the traditional boot and are aligned with subcultures. On a side note I love that they seem to be either Doc Martens or reminiscent of them in their design as a nod to Oliver’s origins, which connects their strive to highlight their interviewee’s story and attention to detail when selecting items for their photoshoots. 

The bracelet is also traditionally masculine, and while jewelry is historically present across all genders, in combination with all the other pieces in this ensemble it adds to the playing toward center and the definitions of masculine fashion that the look is making a statement on. 

The pants are deceivingly simple. Upon first glance they are the least interesting piece in the ensemble but they are one of the grounding pieces of the look. If they were plain black pants, it would all still work, but be far less intriguing. They add yet another pattern and texture to the entire ensemble that creates the Camp aesthetic that ABookOf seems to have curated. 

In a nutshell, each of these items fall into the “traditionally masculine” category when stripped to their bare bones, it is the unique way they are styled and presented that pulls them center. This ensemble is an exploration of masculine presentation that slightly challenges the greater societal expectations of masculine fashion. The boundaries of which have been softening, especially in magazine photo shoots, over the past two or three years. So to answer the simple question of is this Gender Play? No, it is masculine presentation on a masculine body that falls into the family of Camp and breaks societal norms and traditions. 

#idek what this is except the first essay adjacent thing i have written in a year #but this is what i am very passionate about outside of the the weewoo show so *shrug* #and its been a long time since i have had coherent thoughts in this way #so that feels good #come ask me shit about it if you want but if you are mean i will delete it #aj rambles #on steroids #aj talks fashion

[imsosry-sir]

are there rlly people that can like.. make a plan to do their work and then… actually do their work??

bc i would literally give anything (firstborn, kidney, soul, etc etc) to experience that just once ;-;

#like shit if i could actually just do work when i wanted to i’d be so powerful #got the drive just not the execution #i wanna do stuff (ie write a paper or do a project) SO BAD #like it’s not even that i don’t want to or am consciously putting it off #i just literally can’t start until i get a random spark of extra motivation here and there #yes yes i have adhd #i take meds but it’s prob a bit below what i need #it’s just that anything higher starts to make me jittery and worsens other problems #so then here i am at 3 in the morning trying to keep myself up for if i happen to gather up enough motivation #i’m so sleep deprived idek what i’m saying anymore #whole ass rant in the tags #adhd #procrastination #i’m tired #relateable #? maybe #less and less coherent by the second #i also didn’t sleep last night either #neurodivergent

[pwurrz]

what?? no. no he doesn’t. he knew from the outset that childe was going to be sent to liyue harbour and stir up chaos. in fact that’s exactly what zhongli wanted him to do. why tf would zhongli feel betrayed?? while childe did technically use zhongli for information on rex lapis, he was only doing what was required of him by the tsarista for the mission of retrieving rex lapis’ gnosis.

zhongli was the one who lied about his identity and strung childe along only to use him as a pawn in his retirement plan. childe didn’t make friends with zhongli to eventually betray him because he had no idea that zhongli was rex lapis. but it could be argued from childe’s perspective that zhongli befriended him for the purpose of using him. in fact, that could actually just be what happened, because zhongli did want to make sure that childe was out of the loop and there was no better way to do that other than making sure of that himself.

anyway that’s why i think childe was completely justified in how he reacted and that his reaction does not make him a hypocrite. it’s clear that childe expected betrayal from signora and therefore doesn’t care that much, but he did genuinely think he was on good terms with zhongli and did not expect to be used the way he was. that’s why he’s so angry and that’s why he specifically asks zhongli why he’s not saying anything after making a fool out of him (paraphrasing).

and i don’t think zhongli is a jerk or an asshole from an objective standpoint. i don’t think he meant to hurt childe at all. and i completely understand why he did what he did. trust me i am a big advocate for zhongli retiring and taking care of himself. it’s completely possible that zhongli didn’t think of the effect his actions would have on others. which is unfortunate yeah but it doesn’t make zhongli a bad guy.

tldr the zhongchili breakup was just a big misunderstanding on both sides and the actions of both sides are justified. zhongli was justified in using childe to stir up chaos in liyue (because he didn’t have a choice, childe was assigned to the mission) and childe was justified in using zhongli to get information (because again, he didn’t have a choice. it was for the mission). because of that initial misunderstanding, childe might feel like his friendship with zhongli was just a lie, which would suck because zhongli is like his only friend, but if they talked to each other it would become clear that zhongli never harboured any ill intentions towards childe and didn’t intend to hurt him and i think they’d be fine.

#anyways when i play this quest again on the ps5 i’ll come back to this post #but overall i think i’m right #and i think the fandom’s portrayal of zhongli as an asshole who broke childe’s heart #isn’t an unfair assessment for the specific reason of these fics being written from childe’s perspective #yeah childe probably did feel like zhongli was an asshole who used him!! #and that’s justified tbh!! #no one actually thinks zhongli is actually a bad person or anything tho #at least i hope not #idek if this is coherent i’m basically just rambling for 4 paragraphs #genshin impact #zhongli ♡ #childe ♡ #zhongchi #tartali

[maareyas]

thinking about the sonic pmd au. what if pmd Silver was actually trapped in a multiple timeline loop? wouldn't that be messed up-

ok so. previous lore recap: Silver is from a Future where the world is frozen over due to the Bittercold. All life should have been destroyed, but there was enough determination among survivors that there's still a small flame of hope alive ✨ Silver is one of them. In fact, he's incredibly determined; for better or for worse. This catches the eye of Mephiles, who then convinces Silver to go back to the past, collect the Time Gears, and then use the Gears' power to rewrite history.

Except Mephiles knows this won't actually save the world--the opposite of it, in fact. He's done this scheme a few times now.

Mephiles is a timeline-hopping entity. Not really a pokemon, but takes the form of one. I'm not sure what he is yet, exactly. Maybe a manifestation of all life's desire for oblivion, like the Bittercold, but on a multiverse level.

He causes a ruined future in one timeline, and then hops to another to do it again--usually through the use of a pawn who wants to "save" the world. In the current case, it's Silver. In the previous ones, maybe parallel versions of Silver? maybe other characters? idek.

but yeah Silver wasn't actually sent to the past of his timeline, but another one. He thinks he's saving his future when he's actually bringing forth the doom of another. Hey, very fitting/ironic for an Absol.

I think Silver's character arc would be learning to trust others/share his burdens. Something something, his goal (despite being altruistic) has made him selfish and paranoid, since he doesn't know who to trust in the strange new world of the Past.

If Mephiles' previous pawns were also parallel versions of Silver, then this Silver would be the one to break the cycle by Asking Help From His Friends. AND it gives more weight to Blaze disappearing--Mephiles knew he could be defeated by the power of friendship, so he needed to seal Silver's friend away. lmao

#sonic pmd au #rey rambles #i don't know how coherent this sounds but. yeah #silver is trapped in a time loop #idek if Silver will be able to change his future or he accepts that he can only move forward/rebuild it #silver isn't even supposed to be the main character of this au and yet #mephiles keeps hopping like a flea from one timeline so he can mess stuff up lol

[shangsclaws]

Bestie idk if you're doing requests rn but I'm dying over here for spicy Shang Tsung content 😩

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SOOOO LATE TO ANSWER BUT I FINALLY GOT THE COURAGE (and time) TO POST THIS!!! pls enjoy ;)

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Summary: Edging Shang Tsung, basically. (Shang Tsung, as in bronze skin and braids in his hair shang x oc/fem!reader)

Warnings: *very* suggestive smvt but not actual smvt smvt yknow what I mean

Notes: first time I’m posting a fic w/ my oc HOLY CRAP??? Nervous is an understatement but I rlly hope u enjoy the way I wrote her. Also here’s a link to what she looks like if ur curious hehe ;))

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The sorcerer let out a low chuckle.

“Your heart beats quickly.” He cooed into her ear, practically kissing her brain. This much was torture alone, and it thrilled her to know it was only the tip of it.

“Don’t you know? You excite me.” She replied, turning her head to the side. Both were grinning deviously to themselves.

Her thin neck exposed to him now, the dark man made a gentle attempt at rousing Pitaya further. With his lips he planted a ginger kiss on the nape of her neck, eliciting a shaky exhale of desire from his lover’s lips.

“How much longer can you handle this?” He asked amusedly, and in relation to either his growing arousal at her back, or the low rumble of his voice in her sensitive ears, her answer would be the same.

“All until you can’t take it anymore.”

“Me? Don’t get ahead of yourself, now.”

Pitaya had suddenly changed position in her response, using her magic so that it was no longer her behind that met with his sex. Rather, as she perched her knee just between his legs, the woman’s thigh rested firmly and almost flush against Shang Tsung’s crotch.

He looked up at her admiringly.

“What are you up to?” He spoke in throaty tones, her face not inches from his.

A sudden warmth, or rather a lapping heat, had overcome the sorcerer then. He sighed quietly, lean g into the throne as Pitaya looked on in silent delight.

Catching on to her attempt at climaxing him far too early, the sorcerer made an attempt in earnest to place firm hands on her hips. She was most tender there. Although the heat proved too much, and his wrist had met with some vague resistance.

Looking down at them, he was brought to a lazy grin at the sight of pink-ish restraints. He was bound to his throne by the grace of her magic. How delightful.

“Is this what you wanted?” She asked him, expecting nothing but incoherent mumbling. “I’m surprised you didn’t tie me up before it got to this.”

Shang Tsung didn’t respond. His eyes stayed trained on hers, half-lidded and elated, both out of her stimulation and at the idiocy of his own ignorance.

Pitaya grinned, her head finally meeting with the level of the old, however spry and tan, sorcerer. She contemplated a kiss, if not for the longing knot between his brow. She couldn’t look away. He was almost over, chest heaving, his uneven breaths crashing on her face a quiet promise of release. All too easy.

Placing a ghostly hand upon her lover’s clothed affection, Shang Tsung felt his heat and joy abruptly come to a halt. He groaned briefly in annoyance.

“I take it you are not used to servitude.” She spoke in throaty tones, not inches from the sorcerer’s face. Pitaya eyed his slightly parted lips.

“Although it’s odd,” she began, grinning. “Do you not spend your life in service?”

Shang Tsung clenched a tanned jaw both out of amusement and — though he’d never admit — full offence.

Pitaya jumped up from laying her chest on Shang’s, laughing when she’d intercepted his attempt to grab her and make do with what he could of her snarky remarks. She needn’t do it either way, given the rather dashing set of cuffs at his wrists, but she figured she would not give him the satisfaction of having her tender weight on him for much longer. At least not for now.

Walking slowly round the throne, allowing her robes to cascade off of her taught shoulders and generous hips, Pitaya pondered her next move. She knew little of what the sorcerer liked — it had been a hundred years since their last rendezvous — unless to make the evident assumption of dominance over his loving fool. Pitaya was no fool, no one’s idiot. And she’d make that clear.

Her robes had fallen to the ground now.

“All night long...” she murmured to herself, “...I could have you all night long.”

Her lustrous voice was hidden behind the tall and thick backrest of the throne, Shang Tsung straining his ears to hear Pitaya and her musing. He hadn’t been edged by anyone in ages, lest he forget, although it’s not as if he’d try to remember out of seething pride for his own capabilities in bed. The sorcerer did not know her enough to be content that this was only harmless play either, that Pitaya hadn’t just up and left when she’d disappeared behind him and made disaster out of his island.

The raven-locked snake, growing slightly apprehensive, raised his wrists against his restraints, or at least attempted to. His russet brown forearms hardly left the arm rests.

Pitaya had returned from behind the throne then, nothing but Shang’s gifted undergarments hiding her sex.

“I rather like you like this.” She noted fondly, her voice even, placing a hand on her hip and her weight on one leg. Her hip jut to the side, creating quite a lovely curve amidst the dimly-lit throne room.

“It’s a shame you don’t seem to share my sentiment.” She grinned.

Shang Tsung eyed her figure, relished it for all that it was worth, his eyes dragging from the floor to the last stray hair at the crown of her head. He wanted to remain vigilant, and badly so — his island and riches were at risk with her very presence. But his pride and wealth would have to wait for the sake of his island visitor, and most especially now, after centuries of her silence.

He might have even missed her.

“Don’t look so upset with me, Snake,” she muttered, sauntering towards him with light feet, “you’ll never know if you don’t try.”

“Don’t toy with me.” Shang Tsung managed from a dry, coarse throat. His length pushed obnoxiously taut against his pant, arousal suddenly returning to him in one agonizing wave — she was taking her sweet time.

“I have done this sort of thing in the past,” he strained his words this time, a moan desperate to escape from honeyed lips.

“But with a princess of a foreign realm? I’m a rarity here,” Pitaya placed a daring knee in the empty space just ahead of his groin, the warmth in his member too much to bear, “you know that well.”

“You don’t think I’ve found ways to occupy myself while you were gone?” He looked up to her, into those eyes that seemed greener now than his own well of souls.

“I don’t doubt it,” she replied in haste, breathlessly, and at last, her mouth came crashing down onto his.

The sorcerer groaned against her lips in blissful release then, his whole body tensing as his aching affection had been brought over the edge. The sheer volume of his moans, his pleasure, crashed against the walls of the throne room, returning back to Pitaya’s spine to make her shiver in an almost equal delight.

She’d have him begging for more. And with hands as gifted as hers, she figured, it will have been well worth the centuries long wait.

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[puppest]

this is kind of a crackpot theory but it seems like a pretty crackpot-positive space around here so lets go

i feel like there’s just a little too much reference to immolation in dhmis for a show that portrays many kinds of gruesome deaths but has yet to feature fire aside from small elements in the environment.

if i didn’t mishear, in the last youtube short as red approaches the big screen console the lamp sings “you can have a dream about losing your friends! you can have a dream about burning your friends!” which struck me because the first had just happened prior to the beginning of the short. and the second. has still not happened.

there is a reference to a grease fire in “jobs” when duck is watching the company video, but it’s just a mention. the twins in “family” allude to the burning of dear departed uncle terry (“Uncle Terry died!” “He went on fire!”) and yellow repeats this phraseology in the following episode “friendship” (“Freelancers deserve to die!” “And go on fire!”)

(it also occurs to me that there’s no explicit causative or sequential order established between the dying and the going on fire. dead bodies are easier to set on fire than alive ones due to the lack of moving around. maybe we’re looking at kind of a funeral pyre situation. i am now reminded of the end credits of the “love” short, where malcolm the god burns)

it’s in this same episode where grease fire comes back, in reference to a household one that duck’s meant to be keeping an eye on, as displayed on the duty chart here:

iirc, the only fires we ever see onscreen are in the fireplace in the background and on the candle duck blows out after his song in “family.” i know fire must be difficult to portray with puppetry, but i don’t feel like that’s enough of a barrier to stop the creators from actually going there.

i skipped over “death” earlier, but let’s go back to it now: duck’s cause of death is a lack of water. we assume thirst (or rabies) but then we come to the scene where red’s checking his ID card. the card says for certain that red won’t die “for ages” and that when it happens, it happens “in a lake.” but it only thinks red drowns. it assumes that’s what happens, because There’s Definitely Water.

but what i’m asking here. what i’m working up to. is what would compel red to go into the lake in the first place?

#op speaked #dhmis #related: you cant put out a grease fire with water lol #this isnt super coherent i wrote it in a rush #idek whetherim saying its red or duck burning to death #something also about hovris being denied water in that one episode duck watches in transport #anyway. i gotta go to work (boo)