#the broken children

[silvergreenseraphim]

Rage, hostility (FF7 OG)

Madness, malice (Advent Children)

Hatred, rejection (Advent Children/Crisis Core)

Pain, betrayal (FF7 Rebirth)

#what do you guys see? #i am not sure because we don’t have the full nibelheim scene but i suspect a change #we have been shown a range of all the emotions sephiroth was feeling during this classic scene #his rage and madness in the earlier versions… #there is hatred and sadism in the AC portrayals #but thus far rebirth has taken a different route #i see far more of a broken mind that radiates the sense of having been betrayed by the world #i believe this is the feeling we will get #i hope they show more of him in the next trailers!! #sephiroth #ff7 #ff7 rebirth #ff7 remake #final fantasy vii #final fantasy 7 #crisis core #advent children

[krispdreemurr]

constantly thinking abt how in Undertale the consequences for violence are immediate and lasting while in Deltarune you have to actively work to make violence "stick". like not that there's no neutral vs pacifist differences but the plot absolutely continues on as if nothing happened while Undertale a single death changes the entire ending and structure. the way a broken snowgrave run immediately reroutes everything back onto the rails. the quick dismissals and movings on. it just feels like the entire world is trying to avoid thinking about violence or assigning consequences unless forced to do so

#deltarune snowgrave #also ofc the fact that violence against darkners is treated as less real/meaningful #and all the fucked up implications of that #this is inspired by a reddit post i saw abt the childrens bead toy in the hospital #which remains the funniest source of Deeplore Info. this fuckin bead toy #but a bead only leaves the path if its broken off by force.

[an-adhd-infested-nerd]

I love you people who are unapologetically fans of niche, obscure or old things

To every artist, writer, or blogger out here making art, stories and posts about the books I loved in middle school, the shows I loved as a child, the random bands I like, obscure video games, old camp bad movies, and anything else niche, weird and obscure I love you. Wether you’re writing fanfiction, making art, headcannons, AUs, or just shitposting I’m kissing you lovingly on the forehead and listening to you intensely

#this goes out to the people on this hellsite posting about #including but not limited to #wild kratts #big nate #dork diaries #dear dumb diary #diary of a wimpy kid #they might be giants #garfield #word girl #boxer car children #encyclopedia brown #a z mysteries #Sammy Keyes #nanny piggins #the octonauts #ed edd n eddy #Agent A a puzzle in disguise #broken age #chicken run #Wallace and Gromit #aardman #in general really #dave the diver #strange horticulture #spiritfarer #rusty lake #shaun the sheep #original #psychonauts

[princeparadiso]

what could have been

#qsmp baghera #qsmp #qsmp tilín #tílin #baghera #my heart is broken ill never be the same #this was my first time ever seeing the old eggs at the same time as baghera #and baghera loved tilín so IMMEDIATELY guys #they immediately reminded her of pomme #she stayed by their side all of the side searched for them talked to them #she promised them she would take good care of their father for them #she said she didn't care she had three children now and that pomme would have loved tilín so much #im so heartwarmed yet heartbroken #how wonderful they were

[pancake-shmamcake]

Talking with @thatsafuckeduptale about a UTY au/bad ending where Ceroba succeeds in taking Clover's soul to fuse with Kanako and we get a fucked up fmab style amalgam situation

Starlo is horrified and betrayed that his best friend did such a thing to innocent children. Kanako, whom he probably viewed as a nice, and his new human friend whom he had grown close to as well. He saw the tapes in the house like in pacifist, but he was just too late to get there and stop it from happening

Martlet is furious, Ceroba is inconsolable about the fact she's caused such suffering, to her own child no less, and now there's an unstable, dripping, shambling mass that's always in pain/on the verge of death but can't really die because there's like two human souls worth of determination in there. And Flowey can't reset either because he's not the one with the most DT in the underground anymore.

This is the "everyone is unhappy and fucked up forever" ending

#undertale yellow #undertale yellow spoilers #ut yellow #there might not be any truly ''happy endings'' in uty but this is the real bad end #the rest of the fiesty five are pissed too btw they also loved clover #martlet is broken and hopeless and might actually lash out at ceroba #ceroba might just fall down herself from all this #imagine. imagine starlo walking in to the lab hoping he's not too late #and hearing a broken mix of two children's voices like ''star... lo... uncle star....'' #fucked up man.

[swordsandarms]

There's nothing more self-inserting in this fandom than the people who actually hate Rhaegar Targaryen (and sometimes by extension Lyanna and Daenerys and other Targaryens).

But with Rhaegar it's very peculiar. With either Rhaegar positive or neutral fans, you can discuss things like connections he has with characters in actual canon, by actually canon references, that give him some depth whatsoever in turn. Love RxL shippers with all the actually newer clues highlighted compared to your typical "Jon's parentage" checklists because it gives more character interiority. Love the Jon and Dany fans who've given more attention to the connections clearly drawn on purpose by the author that are also doing that.

But people who outright hate this tertiary character? The emotionally driven rants as if this man was their own boyfriend or father and wronged them specifically and that's all the focus of it? Only ever writing in "depth" about him in scenarios that are clearly made up and can only be explained as projection from some baggage none of us trying to read some book are interested in? Very odd behaviour.

#asoiaf #lyanna stark #rhaegar targaryen #jon snow #it's also how you know #people like me come and go onto the topic #write something when there's something to add to whatever actually useful discussion there is in that sense #but those people #they just keep re-popping up to screech a variation of the same enraged broken record statement #and just keep doing that over the years #never getting over it #like idk #you've clearly got something to unpack #but it's definitely not about this small fantasy character #and as I said also with Dany or Jon or Arya or Lyanna etc #there's usual the self inserting people in Sansa or Catelyn or such #with veeeeeery weird opinions about things in general (aka women or children) and an opinion about the character they self insert in #that have nothing to do with their canon depiction most of time #or only being interested in that side of it they self insert in if that makes sense #so like Sansa is somehow a representative of girl next door suddenly cause she's not relevant to magic in a magic book #or Catelyn is some ever suffering wife who needs to feel validated in taking out her frustrations as some stressed out #21st century local mother with a shitty husband and stressed by taking care of children on her own #like hm #I see you and what you're doing but also #I don't care #I'm here for a book not for your personal shit

[jasontoddenthusiastt]

Imo Jason is “irredeemable” by default because I don’t see what he needs redemption from.

#I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this before but joining this fandom made me fucking hate the word ‘redemption’ #no person I’ve seen who is in love with the concept knows the who what where when why or how it should work in a story #apparently it isn’t just themes and tropes anymore people don’t understand the proper use of the word ‘villain’ #kelseethe #also hilarious: Jason should recieve sensitivity training HR style from Bruce ‘I’m the government and children are my cronies’ wayne #if Jasons headstrong/‘answers to no one’ attitude towards vigilantism is what makes people think he's villainous #I hate to be a broken record but the baddie you’re describing is Bruce #nobody thinks he’s a villain for only trusting in his own methods/self and repeatedly isolating himself #and on top of that gaslighting and hurting people around him in attempts to do what HE **thinks** is the right thing #you people always thought *him* heroic not problematic for all these traits #the only difference is Jason isn’t psychologically abusive & controlling #yet he’s still the bad guy just cause he liberally kills folks in the crime business. #l'd argue goth ham war is the b*tman story to remind you of everything that makes Bruce authentically himself #Idk how to tell you that Bruce mentally compromising/crippling his son in a twisted attempt to ‘save him from himself’ #is perfectly in line with slitting the same son’s throat because he couldn’t stand to see him avenge his own killer #and yk what a redemption arc could be interesting for someone like Bruce #because he rarely questions or doubts his choices esp wrt Jason. no matter how morally dubious they may be #I think it would be quite fun to witness his extremely restricted worldview be challenged/shattered he deserves that humbling experience

[bonefall]

Jesus Christ. I've never read Yellowfang's Secret and it's insane to me that what we see of Lizard is supposed to be "evil woman" like from the screenshots you posted this is really and truly someone who is being forced to bear children. Forced to care for them. Lashing out that her husband can keep doing his job and she has to drop everything to care for children she didn't want. And that horrible shit from Ragged oh my God dude.

It's SO fucked up!! That exchange with Hollyflower is HORRIFYING!!!

Like, during the Brokenkit Handoff, she's shouting about not wanting to raise every unwanted kit and how badly she hates this, only for Raggedstar to start bellowing at her to shut her mouth. He's able to "convince" her based on on "ambition" they slapped onto the character in that moment, but when you really step back and look at the context, it just reads like she realizes she has no fucking choice

She's the only queen in the nursery. There was no "saying no"

Especially not to the deputy

NO ONE cares about Lizardstripe as a person, even though she's obviously really uncomfortable about being forced to birth and raise children

"I know she doesn't want this. That's too fucking bad. It's her duty as a woman" -Sagewhisker

I can't get over it. This book doesn't treat her like a person, it treats her like a bad vessel. She's a horrible mother because she DOESN'T WANT THIS, and the narrative condemns her, even partially blames her for A BABY-KILLING TYRANT, because she wasn't happy about the situation she was forced into.

Like... jesus christ!!

#Maybe if the woman forced through birth smiled and acted like a good mother then the Baby-Eating Tyrant wouldn't have ate so many babies #mind you this is in the series where they've gone to great. painful lengths to stress that adoption is Bad and inferior to bio-birth #characters like gray wng raise their children from birth with no knowledge of their bioparents and the kits STILL grow up more connected-- #--to their wifebeating bioparents. #You can be the ideal adoptive parent and they'll still grow up desperate to prove something #but it's lizardstripe's fault that Broken didn't feel loved enough??? When he still had his other parent??? fuck offffff #Can we PLEASE have sympathy for a person who's in an awful situation with no help obviously lashing out because it's the ONE thing she has #agency over?? #Like of course none of these poor kids deserve this #But lizardstripe DOESN'T EITHER

[dirtytransmasc]

I hope we get a scene of Alicent with Aegon's body. If her son is damned to die, if she is damned to spiral into insanity, if she is to lose her life too the grief, let me see her with his body.

let her hold her baby in her arms one more time. let her wipe the blood that poured from his mouth and nose as he died. let her run her fingers over the viscous burns that adorn his skin. let her fix his hair. let her bathe him with a cloth as she had when he was a babe. let her kiss his cheek, his forehead, his hair, his hands. let her lay her head against him, hugging him like she had failed to do for years.

he was her firstborn and yet, her heart was still beating and his was not, she was not yet cold in her grave, no, no her son was cold, her flesh was warm, too warm. he was her baby, her son, the boy she tried so hard to protect, who had loved even when it hurt, who she had stood in front of a dragon for. she loved him, the very bones of him, and now he was dead.

let her lose her mind right there, in that room, still clinging to her body, one that's too cold, too still, too quiet. let her scream out to the gods, damning them, cursing them for taking her eldest son, amongst everything else in her life.

I want her to drive away anyone who tries to take him from her, forcing the silent sisters or whoever would be left to deal with his body at that point. let her curse and spit and claw at anyone who comes too close.

she would stay there for hours, reflecting on her memories of him. maybe she talks to him or hums a lullaby until she finally loses her battle with what remains of her consciousness and sanity, falling still against the table.

she dreams of Aegon, she dreams of the life she wish she could have provided, the life she had tried so hard to give him. a life where he was safe, a life where she had been a better mother, a life where she didn't need to live in and impose fear up on her children. maybe if she had tried hard enough he would still be alive, she'll think as she floats in the space between consciousness and unconsciousness.

she'll wake in plain chambers she only partly recognizes, she'll learn of her sons lackluster and sparsly accompanied burning, she'll learn her son was gone and she was alone. there won't be much of her left to care. she just continues dreaming, dreaming of her dead children and spiraling to madness until her broken heart finally gives out.

[my previous post inspired this, cause all I can think about now is Alicent mourning her son and its gonna put me in an early grave]

#[I know she isn't with him in the book but shhhhhh enoughs already changed let me be delusional] #I don't want to see this happen. my girl need a goddamn break. but if its gonna happen just demolish my heart in one foul swoop #all or nothing #cause if I watch a slow decent into madness I'm going with her #let her break quick and fast for my sake #I haven't read the book (as i've said a trillion times before. I'll get to it eventually) so take this with a grain of salt #I don't think book alicent didn't love her children #I do think the love she held for them and the love show alicent held for them is very different simply due to circumstance #and I don't think show alicent is lasting very long after Aegon's death #i wouldn't be surprised if she died of a broken heart shortly after him #part of me fucking prays for it cause I don't know if I'll be able to cope with her grieving for 2 years #my heart just can't #and she doesn't deserve it #just let her reunite with her children and be at peace #don't make her suffer #let her say goodbye to her baby. give her closure. let her go #I beg #alicent hightower #pro alicent hightower #aegon ii #aegon ii targaryen #aegon targaryen #pro team green #hotd #house of the dragon #its fine. I'm fine. I totally like my emotions.

[maledistributionsystem]

Her skin is getting softer.

Your voice is getting lower.

Sex is an exploration of change.

Sex is an admiration of transformation.

She's getting colder.

You're getting warmer.

There is an intimacy in going to doctors appointments together.

There is an intimacy in discovering each others new laughs.

She reminds you about your meds.

You pick hers up from the pharmacy for her.

There is a depth of comfort here that was previously alien to you. You walk two different roads, but you are holding hands. Cheering the other on.

You admire her ability to find comfort and stability within what was previously your jail cell.

She admires your ability to find peace and rebirth within the ropes she was bound by.

You're redoing your childhoods together. Living them correctly.

You're rebuilding your wardrobes together, one guiding the other through brand new sizing systems.

You've both found a home in the fields of each others eyes and souls.

Go ahead, build a home together.

#force masc #forced masculinization #autoandrophilia #autoandrophile #black ftm #black masculinity #t4t mlw #ftm mlw #MDS Originals #dedicated to my beautiful wife #i love her so much #i wrote this poem thinking about how much time we've spent together. observing and celebrating each other. #thinking about how much we've shared the mutual fascination of the other learning how beautiful their gender really is #thinking about how we talk about our past selves. the trapped children. the lost children. the children who knew something was off but #had no words. #We aren't mirrors of each other. we're just two broken windows. #but man. the view is ethereal.

[uncanny-tranny]

A really sinister aspect into how people view children and parents is the idea of children being a replaceable commodity.

I've seen this in the way people talk about parents who have lost children but have surviving children... "Oh, at least you have other children," as though a child is just an interchangeable tool, a machine that dispenses what you want from it without it being sentient, whole, and feeling. The fact that people say that in order to comfort somebody shows, to me, how deep this mindset is engraved in people's brains: children are interchangeable items, and they do not fundamentally matter.

#youth rights #child death tw #child death mention tw #grief tw #death tw #death mention tw #ask to tag (genuine) #i won't get into specifics but it's been a huge problem and something you notice if you've gone through it/have a loved one going through i #and it's insulting to the child's memory but also to their siblings... #...because you are treating them like the back-up child. the spare tire. the third wheel. the one who is only cherished when they are Of Us #no longer are they a person. no longer are any of those children actual humans. they're just Things To Be Toyed With #how could that not make you sick to your stomach to even *think* about saying to the bereaved? #i don't think this is just a one-off statement but rather is indicative of a larger problem #because there is a Reason people think it comforting to say 'oh but you have OTHER children; chin up! 😊' #it honestly makes me sick to have even written this post because of how horrific the subject is #but it's still... we need to change this shit. this is plain cruelty. plain and simple. thoughtless and distant cruelty #and yes: people say this to be compassionate and are almost never cruel in their reasoning for saying this... #...that is the PROBLEM though. the problem is that it's seen as OKAY to say this to people whose lives have been destroyed in one fell swoop #the problem's that it's seen as OK to turn children into collectible objects that you can 'get over' like you get over losing a broken glass

[manuellarts]

Youth

Adulthood

"A Heart hardened by War,

Crushed under waves of Guilt

and Mountains of Sorrow,

Yet Always so Tender

And so quickly rebuilt,

As its essence is her."

Mini impromptu verse to accompany these, boy do I have things to say about them 😭💔 ( seriously, who allowed me to hold a pen? I broke my own heart)

And closeups because yes

#art #drawing #artist #artists on tumblr #digital drawing #manga #fanart #digital art #digital artist #that sky game #skyblr #sky children of the light #sky children fanart #sky cotl teth #sky cotl fanart #sky cotl #sky cotl tsadi #tsadi #forest elder #wasteland elder #sketch #doodling #my heart #my heart is broken actually

[pansy-picnics]

sorry it highkey annoys me when ppl CONSTANTLY talk about harvest moon characters who “look/act like children” (most of the time they Literally Dont they’re just short and/or dress in ways people consider “childish”) and immediately they say it’s a pedo thing like……Hey girl do you know who this game is marketed to

#pansy rambling again #I DONT THINK THAT WE CANT CRITICIZE THESE THINGS BTW BC THERE ARE PLENTY OF OCCASIONS WHERE ITS VALID #but the amount of times people bring it up nobodys even actually criticizing it properly they just sound like a broken record #like Yes We Get It they look young #you are Not the first person to point this out actually #but like you do realize this game is. For children right #bokumono #bokujou monogatari #harvest moon #story of seasons

[simonsapelsin]

SIMON and the PURPLE CRAYON

#young royals #young royals fanart #purple #my brain is so broken i even wilmonify children's books #harold and the purple crayon

[burquillos]

what are your overall thoughts on the fontaine arc so far? i've been dying to know!

OooHhh I LoVED IT!!

I wasn't as hyped for Fontaine as I was with Sumeru (but that's just due to aesthetic preference and because the forest region and the akademiya resonates with me) but I really enjoyed the ride including the world quests.

The storytelling was a bit different and it felt like they've learned a lot from former AQs. It was less bombastic and more subtle (at the start) and the scope of the story was a lot smaller relative to Sumeru/Inazuma. Which was PERFECT buildup for the reveal at the end.

For me it has the same sense of heartfelt fantasy of the Mondstadt AQs but also the layers and big reveals of the Sumeru AQs (both quests that I really love!!)

I knew they were cooking. I was patient and my patience was greatly rewarded. That is all I could ask for as an audience. The catharsis was delicious 👌👌👌

AND YET they are not done yet. Still so many unanswered questions. Major endgame players like Skirk and the Hexenzirkel are starting to show their hand. But Furina (or Nuevillete's??) 2nd Story Quest is still bound to happen + Interlude chapter(s) as well as our annual Dainsleif shenanigans is still something to look forward to and I am excited 😊🎉👏!!!

#asks #.txt #genshin #I ALSO LOVE HOW TIGHT KNIT THE WORLD QUESTS ARE #to each other and even to the present #the narzissenkruez institute raised a bunch of messed up children thats for sure #ALSO #furina is literally the one and only fontaine character to me followed by nuevillete and a tiny lil bit of navia #idk if its the aesthetic or the writing but i find it difficult to be insane abt fontaine characters #LIKE I AM MORE INSANE ABT NPC MELUSINES #beings birthed from the fallen remains of an abyssal dragon and the broken pieces of the machines that exploded within its body IS THAT NOT #THE SICKEST THING EVER???!?? #the poetry giving life from death and destruction mwah!

[inamindfarfaraway]

I love that we're getting focus on Chris Rodriguez early in the TV show, so that we have time to get invested in him before he a) betrays the camp and b) is driven so insane that only Dionysus can cure him. Knowing him beforehand will also make his relationship with Clarrisse, friendship and romance, feel more interesting.

What other cool, fun, not-heartbreaking characters will the show give more attention and depth? Silena Beauregarde? Charlie Beckendorf? Micheal Yew? Castor and Pollux? I can't wait!

#can you imagine the gut punch of having castor and pollux be recurring minor characters #always together #the classic either very similar or very different twins trope #with jokes about dionysus being their dad and more insight into that awkward relationship #that's their shtick like the stoll brothers except the comedy premise is 'mr d is their dad' which really does write itself #they're well-established as both part of the camp's normal and one of those 'two-in-one' side character duos #then after over three seasons of this castor dies in battle #and we don't see the death but when we next see pollux castor just. isn't there #and we Know #only one thing could have separated those two and it looks like pollux is missing at least an arm (and hurts accordingly) #and when we next see dionysus he's exactly as broken as a father who's lost a son would be #so different from how we've seen any other god emote about their children #and it sinks in that he actually was present in castor's life for years and now that's gone #it isn't 'well the view from olympus is different now and my name is stained with failure. drat' but the weight of #'he won't sit at my table tomorrow' 'he will never play pinocle with me again even though it bores him because he secretly likes me' #and so on and on and on forever #because he's never coming back. we will never see castor AND pollux again #enjoy your fantasy series kids! war is worse than hell because it hurts the undeserving! #pjo tv show #pjo tv series #pjo disney+ #percy jackon and the olympians #percy jackson #pjo