#there was no place for him to exist in the narrative

[ironunderstands]

Arlechinno’s voiceline on Childe was a pleasant surprise

What I find the most interesting about it is that it implies Childe is going to get betrayed again, that he hasn’t grown out of the personality that let that happen in the first place. Honestly I didn’t think the game viewed Childe this way, someone so tragically trusting that he’s doomed to have that used against him. But then I thought about it more and oh boy does it view him that way. We kinda got that with Pulchinella already (Scara implying Pulchinella is just using him) but it seems they are gonna go forward with that plotline. I always thought Childe was going to have to pick between one of his two main loyalties, his family and the Tsaritsa, by someone he trusts.

Someone he trusts being Pulchinella

Wanderer implying that his faith in Pulchinella is ill advised? Eh he’s just a hater and honestly that could not go anywhere. Arlechinno implying the exact same thing? Uh oh.

And considering it seems like Pulchinella is the one who sent him out on whatever mission he’s on in 4.6? Double Uh oh.

Now I don’t think Childe is gonna have to make that choice in 4.6, it’s too early for that. But do I think they are gonna foreshadow it even more? Absolutely.

Good luck Childe the narrative remembered you existed (also what the hell happened to the All Devouring Narwhal because Childe is fine, great we all cheered but Skirk threw the damn thing through the same portal as him so does he just have it as like a paperweight on his desk or something 😭). My money is on him eating it because it would be funny

#childe #genshin impact #Childe #arlecchino #tartaglia #the story is going in the direction I expected and now I’m scared

[scoonsalicious]

Bonus: Iron Man 1; 1/?

So, I decided to re-watch Iron Man tonight, and I started thinking about how Pocket would fit into existing MCU narratives. So, here's a little bonus, taking place during the first Iron Man movie. This might turn into something, it might not. For now, just a little fun thing I did, mostly so I could write more Pocket/Tony (even though she hasn't been given the nickname 'Pocket' yet). Enjoy!

“Only you would fuck a girl who called you a war profiteer,” you told Tony over the video call from your office in New York. “She still upstairs?”

“Miss Potts should be taking care of her right now,” Tony said as he fiddled with the engine of his 1932 Ford Flathead Roadster in his Malibu garage. 

“How’s that working out, anyway?” you asked, your interest piqued. “She’s lasted loads longer than any of your other personal assistants.”

“She’s good,” Tony said, taking a piece of the car’s engine out and putting it aside. “Very efficient.”

“I like her,” you told him. “I think she’s been good for you.”

“Yeah, well, I wouldn’t need her if you just moved out here permanently,” he told you. 

“And just leave the New York office to Obadiah Stane? I don’t think so,” you said. 

“I don’t know why you hate him so much, Kiddo,” Tony said, turning his focus away from the car and fully onto you.

“He’s the one who hates me,” you clarified. “I’m just matching his energy.”

“I think you’re reading too much into it. He’s a little wary of you, that’s all.”

“He hates that you nominated me for Chief Technical Officer,” you said. “He officially opposed the nomination in front of the board.”

Tony frowned. “When the fuck did that happen? Why wasn’t I informed of it?”

You rolled your eyes. “Maybe if you spent a little less time shooting craps and fucking Vanity Fair reporters, and actually attended a board meeting every once in a while,” you said. 

“I’ll talk to him,” Tony assured you.

“No, don’t,” you protested. “It’s bad enough he thinks I’m just another one of your fangirls. The last thing I need is for you to make a demand on him for my sake.”

“Well, what do you want me to do?” he asked you. “This job is yours– it should be yours. You’ve earned it.”

You sighed. “And I appreciate you saying that. Thing is, I’m not going to prove that by having you tell people. Only way it’s going to happen is if they see what I’m capable of, and if I leave New York for Malibu, they never will.”

“Did I ever tell you you’re very annoying when you make a valid point that goes against what I want?” Tony asked you.

“Frequently. All the time. Why do you think I enjoy doing it so much?”

“You know, I think I liked you better when you were just a stripper,” he said.

You stuck your tongue out at him through the video feed. “Yeah, well, whose fault is it that I’m not anymore?”

“You could always join my flight crew, if you ever wanted back on the pole,” he teased.

“Please,” you scoffed at the suggestion. “You call them dancers? They should be ashamed of themselves.”

“Hey now, what they lack in rhythm, they make up for in other… areas,” Tony smirked. 

“Do you ever get tired of being a giant slut?” you asked affectionately.

“Not yet, but if I do, you’ll be the first to know.”

“Maybe second,” you told him.

“Whaddaya mean?”

“I don’t know– maybe you should tell Miss Potts first,” you grinned. You looked behind him to see the woman in question coming down the stairs through the glass door behind him. “Speaking of which, it’s her birthday today, so be nice.”

Tony’s eyes widened. “How the hell do you know that?” he asked you.

“I pay fucking attention, dumbass,” you said.

Pepper Potts entered the basement, talking on the phone. “You are supposed to be halfway around the world right now,” she said to Tony as she tapped something on her tablet.

“Hey, Pepper,” you called.

“(Y/N), hi,” the other woman said. “How’s the nomination going?”

You shrugged. “Oh, you know, just roadblocks from the patriarchy. No big deal.”

Pepper nodded understandingly at that.

“How’d she take it?” Tony asked Pepper, interrupting your conversation.

“Like a champ,” Pepper offered. 

“Which translates to ‘like an obnoxious bitch,” you chuckled. Pepper winked at you over Tony’s shoulder. “You owe her a raise, Boss,” you told Tony.

“You give a raise,” Tony said. He directed his next words to Pepper: “Why are you trying to hustle me out of here?” 

“Your flight was scheduled to leave an hour and a half ago,” she told him.

“That’s funny,” Tony said as he continued to play with the engine of the Roadster. “I thought with it being my plane and all, that it would just wait for me to get there.”

“This is the flight to Afghanistan?” you asked, and Pepper nodded at you.

“I mean,” Tony spoke over you, “doesn’t it defeat the whole purpose of having your own plane if it departs before you arrive?”

“Ignore him, Pepper,” you said, turning to face your computer monitor. “Tony, if you don’t get your ass to the airport right now, I’m going to hack into JARVIS’s system right now and swap all your playlists from metal to nineties bubblegum pop.”

“You wouldn’t.” Tony said, standing up and wiping his hands on a towel.

“Don’t test me, Boss,” you threatened. “This is a huge-ass contract.”

Inside Tony’s garage, the opening notes of Hanson’s MMMBop began to play.

“Fine, enough! You win, you tiny monster!’ Tony grunted, throwing his towel down. 

You immediately cut the music. “Get on that plane,” you warned him. “I’ll know if you don’t.” You gave him a Look. “And Pepper, tell him to stop pulling your pigtails, okay?”

Pepper blushed, but she just nodded.

“Give Rhodey a hug for me,” you told Tony, “and let me know when you land, you absolute dipshit.” You disconnected the call.

“You know,” said Tony, turning back to Pepper, “sometimes I regret ever meeting that kid.”

Pepper smiled. “No, you don’t.”

Tony grinned at her. “No, no I don’t. Not even for a second. Now, about that Jackson Pollock painting…”

#unwanted bonus

[givemearmstopraywith]

how do i reconcile being religious (catholic specifically) while also being pro-choice? I’m sorry if this sounds like a bait question, it’s not i promise! But recently i’ve been grappling with my faith again and trying to immerse myself with god again and i feel a bit….dissonant i guess? over having strong opinions on abortion and then on the other hand being religious. i don’t feel grief about being pro-choice, it’s something i believe proudly and w integrity. but it seems like i am in between two opposing great forces which demand of me to choose one over the other? do you have any kind words on how i could possibly reconcile with these? thank you x

i just finished writing research close to this topic, specifically on the problem of mary's consent. which of course comes back to issue of bodily autonomy which is central to questions of abortion. and mary is a problem: theology can neither acknowledge the problem of rape nor accept a consenting woman. to not consent is to be raped, to have control over your body, to say "yes," to consent, is to show a yearning for sexual pleasure, for oneness, and to innate acknowledge that a woman has control over her body before Go does. women must be both and neither: that is why we have the virgin mary. according to contemporary understandings of consent, mary simply could not consent: effectively God has autonomy over her body before she does.

the historical mary is a woman: she is jewish, poor, young, unmarried, and pregnant, and is the ultimate embodiment of liberation theology’s “preferential option for the poor.” but she is absolutely absent of any sexuality. when marcella althaus-reid states that poverty is a bodily and sexual matter, mary cannot be included in this statement. mary is never indecent: her existence is pinioned on the concept of her decency. she is the “right” version of all women, the perfect mate for the god-man: she is submissive, and receives him without becoming distracted by the matter of her self-determination. mary is never overcome by a profane hunger. theology requires this ultimate model of femininity to measure against all other women.

elisabeth schussler fiorenza calls attention to the danger to ecclesiastical and political authorities if mary is rendered as a self-determining single mother: a single woman who is “god-empowered, god-protected” and “filled with the holy spirit who exalts the violated and makes the fruit of illegitimacy holy.” if mary was rendered as excitedly or joyfully consenting to the act of impregnation by god, she would not suit the dominant narrative of women’s sexuality in theology: her joy can only be vocalised after she has already submitted to the masculine-penetrative god-man.

a woman who leans into the oneness and pleasure of union with god because it is pleasurable, out of the locus of her body and her sense of self-determination rather than a sense of duty or submission, has no defined place in christian theology. she can only be appropriated and co-opted by dominant patriarchal narratives, talked over, and silenced. a mary who found pleasure and joy in her impregnation, who readily and excitedly agreed to the divine directive in full knowledge of its implications, implies a femininity which cannot be controlled.

i mention mary because mary is the nexus of most catholic arguments about abortion, whether she is specifically named or not. she is the excuse used to block anyone regarded as "receptive" to patriarchy from having control of their body. i personally read the lucan narrative as mary consenting: let what you have said be done to me. this is consent, though we may debate whether or not it was informed or coerced. but i cannot imagine that christ would have come into the world through an unwilling mother. nor does God force belief on those who do not consent to believe: only people, only dogma, forces itself on the unconsenting. so in this way i can say that God cannot exist to us without consent. violation is a human creation: it is humans who violate God at the crucifixion. as such God cannot exist to us without bodily autonymy, without allowing us choice- it is the human creation of fascism which denies choice, and i hold that dimension of denial absolutely separate from God, because it is not part of God. God may be used to excuse it, but God cannot deny the natural choice and autonomy of his creation without also violating his own existence.

as for catholicism, it is old and it loves augustine. the idea that abortion is wrong is a fairly new invention in the cahtolic church and really only comes from fears that all babies are destined to hell. medieval catholicism saw life as beginning at the "quickening," which could mean anything but was seen as the first movement of the child in the womb. quickening was seen as the moment of ensoulment, and church views of abortion dictated that after ensoulment, a baby would be condemned if not baptized. it is this bizarre and exceptionally antiquated view that is the foundation of contemporary abortion debates: but even contemporary ideas of "human at conception" are ludicrous in comparison to how medieval catholicism understood when a person became a person separate from the person of the one bearing it. christianity dispelled with the judaic idea that the mother's life was more important than the fetus: it is typical of christianity to dispel of its own humanity.

effectively what i'm saying is that things change. the church changes: we find ourselves in unfortunate epochs, but the catholic church is prone to evolution and i appreciate that. but i don't feel, in any way, that being pro-choice and being catholic are at odds with each other. your morality is simply beyond where the magisterium can currently gather itself, and that's okay. the church has always been like that and probably always will be. it is the body of believers, those in the grassroots, those out in the world, who matter the most: over and above canon law, since all law (unlike God) is subject to editing and change. maybe that's a bit controversial: i don't believe it is. jesus didn't live in the temple, he lived on the street. he loved his religion, but he also knew that certain aspects did more harm then good. and maybe he felt conflicted over his love for his faith and his conviction about humanity. you walk where he treads: be proud of that.

#replies

[comradekatara]

Would it be too broad a question to prompt for thoughts on a Yue & Azula dynamic? Idk if it’s rly that fun to ruminate on hypotheticals when Yue is the moon post s1, but I mean, we have contemplated the potential dynamics of Yue with other characters beyond s1 so I don’t see why not. Tbh I just thought it was interesting bc Yue has completely internalized her role within patriarchy as a symbol of the motherland etc etc. & Azula I think everyone esp w/in fandom tends to misconstrue as like. Autonomous & selfish & ontologically evil when her whole Deal is subservience to a “divine” patriarch & being molded into a perfect weapon. Or am I only thinking they would have an interesting dynamic bc as you’ve rightly said before, sokka & Azula as foils are already rly compelling & Yue is the female sokka?

lmfao yeah you basically said it all. yue and azula are both mirrors to sokka and also mirrors to each other. they each have “duties to their father and to their people” that they embody above all else, sublimating their personhood to perform obedience to their respective patriarchs. yue performs this role through denying her own agency and sacrificing herself, azula performs this role through dehumanizing herself and molding herself into a weapon, and sokka does all of the above. but in a more literal sense, yue and azula are both princesses (obviously sokka is also the son of the chief, but it’s a different situation because he’s also not a Girl) and so this is already a huge commonality between them, considering they’re the only two real princesses in the entire show (although you could argue that toph and mai functionally had similar upbringings). I think a lot of people envision azula and yue working together in an AU wherein the war never happened and so there was international cooperation that allowed for them to meet. that, or an AU wherein yue survives the siege and eventually meets azula. neither of these hypotheticals are particularly interesting to me, but I could see them getting along, because yue likes nerdy dorks who make bad jokes and kill people, and azula likes beautiful girls with shiny hair who are nice to her (to be honest I don’t even think they have to be beautiful, I think they just have to be nice to her, and being absolutely gorgeous is just a bonus). but it’s also kind of a pointless ship to me because there’s no real scenario wherein they’d interact, and sokka already functions as a proxy between both of them in the first place. and is he not dykey enough to satisfy your desires??? for shame.

#normally I understand ppl who want to make existing ships lesbian (im only human after all) #but with sokka ships im like . that is a lesbian you’re just looking at him from the wrong angle #sokkayue is literally a butch/femme couple…….. #and sokkazula COULD be lesbians but everyone who ships them seems intent on exaggerating their heterosexuality so I cannot actually fw them #they’re so compelling hypothetically tho…. #zukkacore #asks #analysis #yue #azula #sokka #I did write one AU a LONGASS time ago wherein azula and sokka switched places in the narrative #and in THAT scenario azula/yue could be cute #but like. get real.

[spherekuriboh]

the difference between the triumph in 'i found you!' and the shame in 'you've found me.' is proof enough!!!

#distext #i feel strongly enough abt this one to tag it #the silt verses #youve found me and the god i unwittingly fed-- it was never yours but it was mine and you stayed because you found me. #blah blah the narrative twists to incorporate the listener's hopes and desires for a happy ending blah blah #but the god is not capable of denying the rapture in the journey. it is in fact all it has to offer. #sebastian being unhappy *now* doesn't mean that the god is unfed. of course not. the journey is eternal. #but the lingering doubt would not have been centered upon his lifelong traveling companion. because that *spoils it!* #there is no journey in staying here. staying here is an ending. and the other narrative can't bloom with such a shadow hanging over it. #hope exists. of course it does. it must. but it isn't like. saccharine and revisionist. #not the decision to stay in the place of potential and never see and ending through. #dev calls him sebastian. whether it's an attention check (are you listening?) or a slipup back to formality it is a fuckup. #in much the same socially inept way that 'let's stay here' was such a desirable idea for your lover this morning you dont even consider NOW #elephant. elephant is what i meant. #anyway. meta fodder for the listener (i dont have the commentary but ive seen the phrase 'coin-flip') vs. watsonian social interactions. #........ frankly i dont think that sebastian gave enough of a fuck to pick a winner between hayward and carpenter either but that is just m #i think there's probably something smart to say about how moving forward this season involves nothing but uncertainty #where even following the cairn maiden to an assured ending leaves the pulsing question of when #but man im just upset. gay sex saved the day solved the mystery and now we're going back to get shotgun married to dodge the draft #if you dont have your own insurance plan your spouse's is fine. #sorry. what was i talking about? #right. there isn't a joy in this. there is no definite moment where the hurt- this trauma. the fog.- would pass and settle into comfort. #and among all of the promises and threats. it would only hurt for a moment. #nope! congrats. scarred for life you have to keep on living and difficult conversations you have to keep on having and continued awkwardnes #can't catch me suicide metaphor i'm gay as fuck. anyways #podcast tag #tsv spoilers

[posletsvet]

Nothing from what I've learnt this morning is true, I'm gonna cuddle up with my cats and stay in bed all day and daydream about everyone being alive and happy

#jjk #jjk leaks #jjk 236 #the most cruel thing of all is that gojo never got to claim the happiness of his youth back #all he ever knew in his life was being the strongest and fighting #gege goes around saying things like what gojo truly lacks is the sense of self #meanwhile gojo was othered throughout his entire life for what he is #he was slaughtered for what he is #he was sealed for what he is #he was left fighting alone because of what he is #gojo coveted change but he himself remains a static symbol etched into the narrative #and now he dies and his death is nothing but a symbol a cautionary tale for others to derive meaning from #at the end of the day gojo is a case study of a romantic hero archetype #he rejects established conventions because they suffocate him as much as his strength does only to be rejected by his society in return #he is the center of his own existence but still carries ideology which has others placed at its core #and he dies for his ideal forever estranged from the world he's put in #and it is all in vain #and it is the cruelest thing of all #and it can't be true it's not true it's not true it's not true it's not true #i need to go scream in the woods #me: it's devastating and terrible and makes me feel sick. i'm emotionally overwhelmed and would not be prepared to talk about it for weeks #my brain: okay but what if we analyze it– #apparently my coping machanism is compartmentalizing #the narrative never pretended to care about gojo as a person his character introduces a body of meaning and that's it #and it's how it's supposed to be honestly since he's not the main character he adds to the narrative but he isn't supposed to drive it #but it still aches so bad #he dies so that his ideal can live on he is not a person he is a narrative's symbol and this is as far as objectification can go

[everysongineverykey]

some guy commented on my narrator + toriel fic saying "well the narrator's done some questionable stuff once or twice but he's not the one who let SIX children DIE just to SPITE her ex-husband" lmaoooo bro did you even play undertale? you can just say you have no reading comprehension it's okay

#like. of all the toriel slander i've seen this is by far the most ridiculous bc like #even on the most basic of levels it is so clearly wrong. toriel did not let the children go WITH THE INTENTION OF THEM DYING lmao #like her entire thing is not wanting kids to die and being overprotective because of it. that is a basic tenet of her character #and most toriel slander i've seen at least. knows this basic fact #they say shit like 'she's controlling and domineering' or 'she should've gone with them' #but this guy? no. they seem to believe that she. wanted them to die. to 'spite asgore'? how exactly would this spite him? #if i recall correctly (sarcasm. of course i recall correctly) #asgore was the one who WANTED the fallen humans to die. #or he didn't really want them to die deep down inside #but still he saw to it that they did. they would not be dead if it were not for him #and the anti-human laws he put in place #and his attempt to raise the kingdom's spirits by declaring war on humans. #i try to be as neutral as possible on any given character but you can't deny that that's an objective fact. #if toriel let them die she would be helping asgore's purposes. #her entire goal by living in the ruins is to take in fallen humans and protect them #so asgore DOESN'T kill them. so she can thwart his plans THAT way. #also i love the wording of 'the narrator's done some questionable stuff' #he exploded stanley. he erased all of stanley's friends and coworkers. he has made stanley's existence a living hell for god knows how long #i mean yeah yeah it's not really him who's in control they're both slaves to the narrative and all that #but he holds a lot of power over stanley and he uses it. and abuses it. #to act like wilful sadistic murder is on the same level as a distraught bereaved mother #trying to save other children from the fate her own suffered and becoming overprotective in the process #is just ridiculous. lol #anyways i deleted the comment :] no toriel slander under toriel-sympathetic fics pleeeaaase

[vounoura]

durge and orin. I have feelings for them

#spoilers #major spoilers #the way festering resentment was the only way this could ever end #the way durge was created all the way down to their marrow as a long-term investment and manipulated from the very moment of their birth #so much so they've had a direct link to bhaal beside them since they were a small child so they can't even think about being anything else #the way durge's existence directly means that to bhaal orin was doomed to never be anything more than the spare. the backup to her prodigal #sibling who rakes in all the accolades and is the *truly* favoured child. the way even the narrative outright says you're his favourite and #always have been and how even her allies and the very temple of bhaal itself want *you* to be bhaal's chosen and win back your birthright #the way how even after utterly humiliating durge and taking their place bhaal (notoriously abusive father who's care for his kids extends #only as far as they're useful to him) STILL showers durge in accolades and praise through fel and gives them powerful gifts #and even takes slayer form away from orin to give to you (though tbh I think that's boring the orin 1v1 should be a slayer vs slayer fight. #no strategy. no finesse. just pure violence. the last one still twitching wins.) #its the way on a durge run all of her work and bhaal STILL snubs her bc you exist. the way she's been left behind bc YOU exist. #what other way could this have ended. you're both bhaalspawn. #I have strong feelings abt you orin ma'am I love you and your incredible violence #saint plays bg3

[kuroshirosb]

Gamers I gotta make Kawamoto family Plum Conversation art if I don’t I think I’ll explode

#running around my room #biting cardboard #bless me with that smile of yours that’s never turned my way even once #<- Lyra talking to Bill #you don’t know a thing. I’m the only one who knows <- Bill talking to Lyra #AND KRIS BEING THE GHOST THATS LIKE. HAUNTING THE NARRATIVE HERE #LYRA WANTS HER UNCLE TO LOOK HER WAY JUST ONCE. WANTS HIM TO SMILE AT HER #she doesn’t understand why he looks so sad all the time looking at her #but Bill . of course . knows why #Lyra doesn’t know what happen #why she even exists in the first place #no one knows why #only he does #and he will take the secret of his crime to his grave if he has to #ragghhhhhh #vibrating thinking about the kawamoto family drama

[terrorizings]

Anyone else thinking about the biblical references contained within Jake English and how he's narratively a loaded Chekhov's gun.

#his ultimate ascension to godtier entails becoming a beacon of hope and infinite luck that can literally create angels #as aranea states his status as the most powerful player to exist means hes the sole person capable of destroying lord english for good #and as lord English is a demon and technically a manifestation of true evil it posits that jakes creation of angels is the foil to that #alongside his infinite luck which allows him to harness the ability to defeat clover #also obvious golgotha reference in his pesterchum handle which like. final resting place tomb calvary google it #presuming hs2 tracks that lord english is technically a dirk splinter and that he thus probably consumed a fraction of him then u know #jake will defeat him completing the circle of their narrative involvement #btw thats why ult dirk is creepy to rose bc doc scratch is a dirk splinter and he absorbed him its so like perfect cell from dragon ball

[crossbackpoke-check]

Dude Mo seider was so turned on by those big dudes and loving feeling like a tiny delicate princess next to them.

🗣️🗣️🗣️

WELCOME TO MY THESIS

i like to call it fridge on (emotionally mini)fridge action wherein moritz seider, noted six four two hundred pound man, once described by roman josi as a “big guy”, frequently said to be giant and huge and etc etc etc by mickey redmond, is the Babiest Girl Alive. flirting and laughingly saying “oh nooo don’t get me ahaha stop” while being manhandled by several men!!! giggling uncontrollably comparing his legs to the size of other men’s arms!! making sure everybody knows how much bigger than him joe is!!! if the common theme of all these things just so happens to be making him feel small and delicate that’s just a coincidence he can’t be blamed for that, YOU’RE the one treating him like a perfect princess

#he’s emotionally a mini fridge bc. mini despite being a literal fridge of a man do we all understand the joke ok thank u for laughing 🫶 #anon i’m kissing u on the mouth (with consent) btw. perfect phrase. perfect sentiment. no real notes that’s it exactly #everything about this man. everything to me. #i!!! simply think!!!!! we don’t babygirlify this man enough!!!! that’s my WIFE goddamnit!!! and i need her to get fucked nasty by big men!!! #do you know. do you know the Archive i have in my screenshots of gelinas/seider. like he Fucked That Man #it is peak big vet calling a younger guy ‘kid’ to convince himself he’s too young for him before he fucks him over a table text post vibes. #so i’m just SAYING with all the content that exists & the narrative they wrote in the literal detroit free press about each other 0 WORKS?? #yes i know write the content you want to see in the world but re:every project ever. what if i can’t 🫴 #liv in the replies #it is. i have it written down in SO MANY PLACES that i love joe being shorter than mo (by like. an inch lol) but mo being like ‘😳 oh my god’ #‘joe you’re so BIG’ and yes this is because joey v comes back fucking RIPPED every summer & he’s a slutty lil italian boy who likes to show #off his tits. what are mo & i gonna do not look??? (joey v shirtless slutty cameo videos you are Everything to me. why did you film them)

[bylertruther]

(posting this from my top secret underground b0mb shelter)

#troy doesn't just look at mike whenever he's being homophobic about will #and it's kinda :/ to see certain people just.... remove will from those scenes entirely and what it means for his #character and his place in hawkins #to make it all about mike and push this interpretation of him #just to then ..... say some wild lonnie-type shit about will that isn't canon at all and erases everything that he is #and that makes him unique in this show and what IS imperative to the narrative now that we know who the big bad is #like. do i make sense do u get what i mean........... #we don't see will in s1 and we only come to know him through what everyone says about him and how they act in his absence and #everything that they do to get him back #like it's just ://///// #will exists you know...

[orcelito]

ok so like. between Sentido and In the Next Life, the kudos discrepancy is obvious (it being a tristamp vs trimax fic)

but honestly, the engagement with In the Next Life is honestly rly encouraging. a 10.8% comments to kudos percentage for Sentido vs 30.8% for ITNL

it was a lil discouraging at first how few kudos it got bc i just got off the high of super fast growing Sentido. but like, when you think about it it makes a lot of sense. the general tristamp fic with a simple setup & effective character exploration using a structure i havent seen otherwise.

vs heavy heavy HEAVY trimax spoilers fic. like this fic is made For Me to cope with reading trimax. but for ppl who dont read as fast as me or havent started it after watching tristamp. if they care about spoilers, this is not what theyre gonna be reading

so it makes sense! and im no longer disappointed, especially considering how sweet all my commenters have been.

im just gonna keep goin at it. im writing this for Me, and either it'll get more attention or it wont. it's enough for the people who are here now to continue this journey with me.

#speculation nation #itnl shit #honestly Sentido is the lowest effort 573 kudos i have ever gotten #like ok i gotta stop discounting it. it genuinely is a good piece of writing. i just know it couldve been better sldkjflskdjf #its point was to be an experimental little thing for me to get a feel for writing these characters #it was only ever meant to be a stepping stone. but ppl really liked it! #and. ngl. im kinda thinking i'll use the bits of relationship building i put into it to supplement itnl previous vashwood #im planning on making a reference in chapter 7 to wolfwood calling vash a chicken-head. or w/e. #just like in Sentido where he says vash's hair looks like a chicken's ass lsdkjflsdkjf #that kind of thing. why SHOULDN'T i use internal consistency between my fics??? #im the one who came up with these details in the first place im allowed to reuse them for my other fic. #bc yea that wolfwood is dead but he lives on in vash's heart forever. that relationship is still incredibly important to the narrative. #so like ive got two different vashwoods going on in this fic lksjdfldkj and the 2nd & main one is what we will see build #but the prior one did exist. and it's mostly based on canon. but. But. vash is so completely in love with him #and it's added to by all those little things we wouldnt have seen. like. chicken-ass hair. Yeah. #uhm. this post went in several different directions. #ultimately im inevitably comparing my two trigun fics together. but It's Okay. bc i love them both. #trigun spoilers/

[applebunch]

HA! WHO'S LAUGHING NOW, GEMMA? leon just used TIME TRAVEL to secure wonderland for the wonderland residents! IN YOUR FACE!!!!!!!

...wait. wait no. leon's useful now. without leon, there's no one to contest the narrator's manipulation. which means gemma actually DOES have to hold on to him for the foreseeable future. leon can no longer argue for his freedom. oh no.

but also like. giggle. it'll be funny as hell watching leon have to explain his new little superpower to gemma. like okay girl let me fill you in: first off, we're in a podcast,

#i yell into the abyss #greater boston #grater bluecheese #“okay so first off the universe we live in is constructed entirely within a story narrative and it doesn't exist outside of it.” #“I- WH- WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE STORY ENDS?????” #''irrelevant. focus. me and the narrator have narrative control over the story. #i discovered that no event truly takes place unless the event in question is directly revealed to the audience #therefore. i can change things that happened in the past by narrating flashbacks and altering events by putting thoughts in people's minds. #i was at the end of nica's trial. however. there was a flashback to phil's testimony. #i managed to change the events of phil's testimony by reminding him of something. securing wonderland for us. this may prove very useful.'' #“YOU CAN FUCKING TIME TRAVEL- FORGET THAT. LEON. WE'RE IN A STORY. HOW LONG DO WE HAVE BEFORE THE STORY ENDS?” #“irrelevant.” #“LEON PLEASE I'M SCARED. I'M NOT GONNA DIE AM I LEON? LEON?” #“also irrelevant.” #“OH MY FUCKING GOD YOU AND MICHAEL WERE RIGHT. I NEED TO CALL MY FUCKING WIFE. I NEED TO SEE MY SON.” #unreality

[impossible-rat-babies]

thinking in ShB about concepts of how it’s like….loving something so much, but you cannot save it. you cannot bring it back. it was doomed to end from the start. that is how this story goes

#the narrative cycle. the whole of what the ascians did to save that which they loved #amarot existing as it is now as a testament to love and care #why render out this ancient place with such care and detail if not out love of that place #why hold onto such a dream if not for the people one misses? #it’s so heartbreaking how both the hero and villains both come from places of love but the love cannot coexist #this excludes fandaniel <3 fandaniel exclusion squad #B rated villain. little tool. a lil shit I’m waiting for Zenos to beat the snot out of #oh Zenos bby you can do so much better #my dislike of asahi is bleeding through bc I hated that little shit so much #but even beyond that fandaniel is…………hmm bc i think he would take it personally #*personally I rate him as a shitty villain <3 #try harder baby girl <3 don’t be such a pawn <3 #owen ffxiv spoilers