#and it's not just physical violence

[untethereddreams]

Watching the Carnival Job and had a revelation about why I connect with Eliot so much in particular, particularly after seeing that post about Eliot and children.

It's the way he chooses violence as a way to protect the weak, about how he'll do anything to keep the people he cares about safe. It's being the hitter and taking all the hits, of being a meat shield not only because it's his job but because it HAS to be his job because nobody else can take it. It's about the physicality of it all, of breaking his own rules because he, the things he believes in, the things that make him him, all of these things are less important than the people he loves.

It's Andy choosing violence and dying over and over again but she has to do it until she can't anymore. It's Dean soaking up all of John's abuse and turning himself into a weapon because he has to protect his little brother.

It's me, standing myself between my parents and my brother because I know I can take whatever they throw at me, I have before, but by everything that matters in this world HE will not, not because he can't, but because he shouldn't. No one should.

[saints-who-never-existed]

“In the war film, a soldier can hold his buddy—as long as his buddy is dying on the battlefield. In the western, Butch Cassidy can wash the Sundance Kid’s naked flesh—as long as it is wounded. In the boxing film, a trainer can rub the well-developed torso and sinewy back of his protege—as long as it is bruised. In the crime film, a mob lieutenant can embrace his boss like a lover—as long as he is riddled with bullets. 

Violence makes the homo-eroticism of many “male” genres invisible; it is a structural mechanism of plausible deniability.”

–Tarantino’s Incarnational Theology: Reservoir Dogs, Crucifixions, and Spectacular Violence. Kent L. Brintnall.

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 352

“Mother, I crave violence,” a small child interrupts the video call, practically clambering up into Nightingale’s chair. They look around five or so, with white hair and red eyes. Albino perhaps? 

“Ah, apologies, let me take care of this real quick,” Nightingale turns the microphone off when he gets a few acknowledging noises, picking the small child up and moving them from the room. 

“Cute kid,” Barry acknowledged from behind his coworker’s head, having been helping move things. Actually, the kid looked kind of familiar, though from where, who knew. Hard to remember everything with how fast his thoughts usually went. “I didn’t know Nightingale was a father…” 

Then again the specialist was notoriously private, and set most meetings online thanks to some sort of medical conditions. So he supposed it would make it easier to be a stay at home dad if he was there already…

[morganbritton132]

Part 2 of this:

Once it becomes increasingly clear to Eddie that Steve is probably not staying with them, Wayne starves off a fit by asking, “Hey, Ed. Why don’t we go see if your caterpillars have cocooned yet?”

The impending tantrum deflates with his little shoulders, “Fine.”

Wayne leads the barefoot boy out into the dewy morning, giving Hopper a brief reprieve to figure this whole thing out.

Wayne lights a cigarette, leans back against the side of the house, and watches as Eddie kicks at the grass, “Ya done?”

“It’s not fair,” He grouses out, kicking again.

“You said your word is everything, Uncle Wayne,” Eddie accuses. “You said no take backs an’ you’re taking back! You’re takin’ back an’ you’re givin’ away, and - and you’re going back on your word!”

Eddie stomps his foot, hands working everywhere as he sputters, “You - you’re a-a-a hippo-crite!”

Wayne stubs out his cigarette, lights another one to give Eddie a second to collect hisself before he drawls out, “I think you were fixin’ to mislead me when you ask me that question last night.”

“No, I wasn’t.”

“I think that’s why you had that crawler with ya,” Wayne continues. “You wanted me to think you were askin’ if you could keep that caterpillar, not your buddy in the tent. That’s mighty deceptive, Ed. Almost lying.”

Eddie responds like he’s been shocked, “Nun-uh! I don’t lie, Uncle Wayne.”

Wayne raises an eyebrow at him and Eddie explodes in all his tiny dramatics, “You were gonna say no!”

“It’s not fair,” He laments. “I found him all by myself and I’ll take care of him! I promise. You ain’t got to do nothing.”

“Ed, that boy ain’t an uncollared dog you found,” Wayne replies. “He’s got a family.”

“Then where are they?”

Good question, Wayne thinks privately but doesn’t vocalize that. Instead he asks, “Wouldn’t you be sad if I kept you forever and you couldn’t see your daddy?”

“No.”

Well…

“I think Steve might think different,” Wayne concludes, snubbing out this cigarette too. “Why don’t we see if him and Hopper want to set up a play date sometime.”

“Wayne, I can’t date people. I’ll get cooties.”

“Oh, of course. A hangout then.”

Eddie sighs, turning around to look at their caterpillars, “No butterflies yet.”

[itsyamanjack]

GET XEM @askoverkill

[charlesemersonwinchesteriii]

Fascinating how Edward's response to distressing events is to immediately get a hand on his nearest fellow lieutenant. Almost like he's afraid they'll be taken away from him or something.

[gabelew]

some recent bazzes from twitter

i like to think that Bazz is, rather uncharacteristically for a Zora, very competent with a sword

[danadiadea]

love that argument about "well Remus says Levicorpus was popular so it was okay to use it", Mudblood word was also pretty popular, why would you ever think it wasn't normal to use it then?

[comvi]

could you draw Cobalt actually...id love to see her in your style

thing yes thing here is your creature

[seance]

INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE ❧ i bet on losing dogs.

[un-till-the-end]

The True Face Deconstruction (1/2)

I'm seeing a lot of people jump to Mizi's defense after the latest comic (good), but then continue to criticize the other characters at face value. Everyone is acting out of character, and the entire comic contradicts all the existing lore we have so far.

I'm skeptical these are actual memories. People recognize how her perception of herself is distorted but don't seem to be considering that her perception of others is distorted as well.

We're not seeing the true face of herself or any of the other characters, but rather her resentment toward everyone including herself. The comic makes sense as a mental breakdown and her warping reality to both blame and pity herself. It makes no sense to be taken as fact on any level.

Sua would not act like this. Mizi would not act like this. Till would not act like this. There's a difference between revealing a darker side to characters and completely contradicting who the characters are.

Before jumping in, I will point out there are many fascinating themes present in this: the burden of being loved because she has what others do not; the extent to which she recognizes the suffering of those around her; how everyone enabling her as their form of "love" led to this intense suffering; her feelings toward her situation and everyone retroactively; etc. I'll leave that analysis to those more versed in Mizi's character.

The comic starts where we left off: Mizi despairing at the deaths of all her friends.

The first "event" to happen is Sua leaning down next to her, asking if she finds it regrettable and describing her as "cunning." This seems to be her survivor's guilt accusing her of letting this happen and tells us right from the start that this is all happening in Mizi's mind.

The next event is an unknown boy asking her if she and Till are an item.

His uncanny resemblance to Luka could mean he's a representation of her experience in Round 5. He could be a culmination of all the men who have confessed to Mizi before (though it was Sua being confessed to, not Mizi). He could be a real person, and this is a conversation that actually happened. I have no idea. I do not think that slap actually happened though, because of everyone's underwhelming response.

The segyein teachers closely watch the children, record events happening, and report back to each child's guardian. The art book confirms the flowers have cameras in them (pg. 74), leaving the children with little to no privacy.

It doesn't show on the Field Day page available on Twitter or the Patreon, but Shine has signed every single one of Mizi's notes.

Till's entries show us that any children who act out are reprimanded and recommended regular education at home. The segyein teachers promise to do their best to prevent future incidents. In regards to Till getting into a fight with Ivan, it's written "Ivan has generously forgiven him" suggesting the segyein teachers intervene and facilitate the aftermath.

By extension, the unknown boy's tirade could not have happened without intervention either. These are Mizi's own thoughts about herself.

Now we get to Sua. Sua was possessive of Mizi in subtle and unobtrusive ways. She didn't like others being around her and would get jealous when Mizi was equally kind to everyone.

She wouldn't have just brushed over someone slapping Mizi.

She is also nothing but affectionate with Mizi in every official art we see of them together. There's too many to even list. If you're splitting hairs, this is the only image I noticed that could be construed otherwise, and here Mizi is resting on her shoulder. Sua's just not happy in whatever she's thinking about.

Sua harbored intense guilt for keeping Mizi in the dark:

In Heart, she calls the "dream [she holds ...] filthy as hell." We can infer that is most likely referring to these feelings.

Sua is described as a character who is "fragile" and "soft-hearted". She "kept her feelings tightly hidden" and only confided in her sister and Mizi. Mizi considered "her heart [...] cleaner and finer than any other friend".

Sua was always focused on Mizi who allowed her to turn a blind eye to the cruel facts of their world. It was her only way of survival (pg 41). It was her only escape (pg 44). She just wanted to stay in the happy moments with Mizi (pg 39).

Sua didn't reveal her emotions to the very end. She never would have hinted at anything.

She "doesn't even have the courage to blame others or express herself." Sua wouldn't have said "I told you so" or shown resentment toward Mizi. She didn't resent Mizi, if anything Mizi resents her.

She has every right to. Sua led Mizi to dream of and believe in a happy ending. She left Mizi completely unprepared for her death (pg 44).

Vivinos says Mizi "is still like a child. She can't control her emotions very well, and she has trouble dealing with many of the events she has to face." She was left confused and became defensive (pg 143).

A hallmark of Mizi's character is her pureness of heart. She is a character who is the same on the outside and inside (pg. 29). Her enthusiasm and naivety prior to Round 1 are both genuine. Even the segyein audience was "struck [...] with a sense of sincerity" during My Clematis.

Part 2

[voidbeau]

Puns. It's silly time with Mr. Plant + another one of my OCs, but we don't need to worry about him!

He is being pulled apart like a gooey mozzarella stick.

I completely forgot i wanted to add vines to this but its almost 5am as i type this and im too lazy. maybe i'll add later i dunno. = v=

[gabelew]

gaddison my beloved...

[queenoftheimps]

After seeing Lukas Gage playing cocky, swaggering characters like The Cat King, I was not prepared for how completely protective I am over him in Companion, where he plays the sweetest, goodest robot boy who did not deserve all of that suffering my poor boyyyy

[i-think-too-loud]

was thinking about this post again. mainly because it’s really bothering me that i didn’t include riko. he’s the center of the perfect court and not in my post about them. but that boy never really had a chance at escaping the nest. it’s literally his own personal prison. built just for him to grow up in and (presumably) take over later in his career. we talk about hating tetsuji a lot for the things he did to neil and jean in the nest, but i just want to know what he did to RIKO behind closed doors. do you think riko is also hiding scars under his jerseys? or do we think maybe it’s like kevin where most of his ouchies were just mental

[akkpipitphattana]

it's actually really funny to me that style is a pacifist. like of fucking course you are, you're the most annoying person on the planet, of course you have to be against senseless violence cause everyone wants to commit that against you all the time