#/ SHE MAKES CONCERNING DECISIONS

[jerreeeeeee]

there are always like fandom specific “subgenres” of fic where there are a few really specific questions or big events in canon that a large percentage of fics want to explore. there are a few of these for taz balance fic but one of if not the biggest is “lucretia forgiveness”—which is usually about the question of how taako specifically feels about lucretia’s decisions post canon, and especially whether he forgives her. and while that’s definitely an interesting question, it tends to dominate, and it’s unfortunate because i find barry’s, davenport’s, and especially lup’s responses to lucretia’s decisions far more interesting

[blue-slates]

I think what's getting me about the ending, more than how bittersweet they are is just that (endgame spoilers lool)

There's just no trust. Whoever the player sides with (and you HAVE to side with one of the them, no way out for you) just illustrates that Verso and Maelle don't trust that the other will follow through if they decide to listen.

Maelle can't trust Verso to not destroy the painting while she's gone to recuperate (and she's right). Verso can't trust Maelle to actually leave the painting after ostensibly fixing things up. (and how long would that even take? A day? A week? A year? Real world time or canvas time?)

And it makes me think back to their final relationship conversation, where Verso can either lie or be truthful about whether he let Gustave die. I was bothered by how subdued Maelle's reaction was, and eventually chalked it up to her putting it behind them. For context I chose to tell her the truth.

But I think whatever you chose, Maelle had already made up her mind about what Verso was capable of, and what she was planning to do with her life. She had already figured out that she can't trust him - he had already left everyone Lumiere to die instead of giving her Alicia's letter, telling her that shes' Alicia. (Maybe at first she still wanted to trust him. She understood why he did what he did, but by that point she asks about Gustave, she's made up her mind) And she'd already proven that, when push comes to shove, she's not going to listen to what Verso has to say, even about him not wanting to be alive anymore. Killing Alicia was a kindness to her, but she didn't let Verso even say goodbye. Yeah, it was her (Alicia/Maelle) decision, but to Verso it must've felt like he didn't matter.

He was just another portrait of her brother she couldn't lose.

And it kills me that they couldn't trust each other enough to reach a compromise, but they'd already made their decision long before their fight.

[thatcatangelwriter]

annabeth doesn't talk about what luke said when he came to her house asking her to run away with him and no matter how hard the others try she won't say anything.

[saedyne]

gooooooooood morning everyone!!

they announced what.

[letmetellyouaboutmyfeels]

As someone who watched last night’s episode, you had the right idea to stop.

Why’s it so bad

Because Tim Minear is a power-drunk hack.

[heireign]

WHAT ROLE ARE YOU IN THE TRAGIC PLAY ?

tortured love interest.

you're so hot. sorry about the horrors. you're the kind of person people immediately notice. whether you have a distinct style, are more outgoing, or are just plain beautiful, you make an impression. people usually feel the need to protect you, which probably frustrates you to no end. you're not weak! you're not fragile! you're not helpless! but the people in your life tend to disagree. maybe it's your lover, the protagonist, trying to keep you out of their own turmoil. maybe it's someone responsible for you in some way, keeping you away from your lover, while they head down an increasingly dark path. regardless, all you really want is a sense of autonomy! unfortunately, you're very likely to die before that happens. the audience will be so caught up in the grief your death causes the protagonist that they forget to grieve you as a person — you deserved better, but unfortunately this is not your story. maybe it should have been.

tagging: @lcerys , @sanctamater , @faychanan , @mournlamb , @ofcarmelide , @azemn , @loreforged and @wornkindness

[thousandyearphantombunker]

(ignore the fact that I drew her in similar pose to Elodie- I wasn't thinking and this is my default pose for doodling ladies okay!) swap au idea! Enid is the one to betray Elodie-

In this AU Like in canon Enid and Elodie- were friends who trained together and like in canon in order to enter P.O.I.N.T Prep had to fight each other. Here Enid's insecurities led to her using dirty tactics to win against Elodie. Enid wasn't cruel or smug after winning but she did become significantly more distant keeping contact incredibly briefly until she just completely ghosted at random when she was going to visit Elodie- and she never gave her a reason why. Enid like in canon dislikes her dorky past- she sees P.O.I.N.T Prep as a new opportunity to be cooler and 'more herself' what actually happened was she threw herself into her ninja interests a lot more heavily and ignored many of her other interests inorder to become a better ninja and on top of that while she had free time early on in P.O.I.N.T Prep becoming an honors student meant she had to push herself harder to succeed. She became distant because outside of Elodie- she felt weird about her past- she lost her connections to her ghoul school friends, her date with Rad was awful, and she betrayed Elodie- because of her own insecurities- Elodie- came from wealth and was charismatic- the girl was a shoe in for P.O.I.N.T. Enid was shy. She was a witch who wanted to be a ninja and had a lot of embarrassing moments- she justified her decision to herself saying she would see Elodie- join P.O.I.N.T eventually anyway. Enid originally ghosted her out of embarrassment- she was that shy kid whose parents didn't get hee interests and who dated jerks who humiliated her- she decided to not be that girl anymore and being reminded of her past dorkiness and being recognized as that girl who was really awkward and shy being seen fully- it made her uncomfortable- when she realized she basically just ghosted her friend after betraying her she didn't bother with trying to fix things- Elodie- would move on without her anyway- she would just be remembered as that friend she had as a kid and lost connection with- and Enid herself lost a lot of her feelings and sense of connection with Elodie- outside of some fond memories. But the shame over becoming cold sticks with hee

One day she comes across her old friend and ex working at Gar's Bodega- she didn't want to go there because when people talk she's worried about being embarrassed again and while seeing those two doesn't trigger a powerful reaction initially (she's pretty much over Rad- he's just some bum she dated once and only vaguely recognizes him after he got swol) Elodie- makes a move to reconnect with someone she can hopefully Ruby elbows with and regain some confidence by achieving her goals as a hero with a powerful ally! (well more by reconnecting with Enid and being important to her again and not feeling lonely)- Enid acts likes she barely remembers her when she tries to do so. It's a really messy reunion. Enid's guilt keeps climbing it's way through and like being a witch and all the interests/hobbies she gave us she represses that feeling to feel secure in her identity as a ninja. She's very rude and unhelpful toward most people- she is apathetic and when people reach out to her she smacks their hands away hard- she also tries to shirk responsibility where ever she can- 'thats not my problem' or 'i won't get in trouble for that' she has to work hard to stay in so she drops 'unnecessary' responsibilities (which often include her responsibility to do heroic deeds and focuses on P.O.I.N.T's main objective- crushing enemies and looking good in interviews) luckily her old friend seems to fit in nicely at P.O.I.N.T and Elodie has totally moved on and she doesn't have to apologize or confront her emotions ever by talking to her because they are just aquaintences- and they end up dormmates

Elodie- in this AU ends up working at Gar's Bodega. She is quite embarrassed by this fact but is a hard working employee. She is very arrogant and sassy and loves making condescending manipulative comments to get attention- she's not above using a person's insecurities to persuade someone into doing something for her. She was embarrassed by Enid defeating because Elodie- was the shoe in- she was rich, talented, eloquent and she lost to her friend that while she doesn't look down on her doesn't have the same privileges as her and still beat her out. Then Enid ghosted her- like she didn't matter. Like her money and talents didn't matter. It burned her. She also feels embarrassed about the fact she's viewed as a pampered princess- a sissy bratty girl who wouldn't have to work hard and was spoiled by love and got a taste of the real world when she 'fairly' lost to her friend. She sort of gets joy out of being a mean girl. She 'realized' it wasn't her powers or money or privileges that had anything wrong with them- they had significance and where a major part in her victories-It was that she wasn't good enough. She failed not because of luck- it was only partially because of Enid being better than her- something was wrong with her- and what was wrong? She wasn't ruthless enough. She wasn't actually important at all she was insignificant. She wants to make a big impact with her assets and isn't ashamed of her cash or beauty and uses them to get what she wants regardless of what people say about it but that 'your actions don't matter only your bank account does' mentality hurts her-she even believes Enid might have only befriended her to learn how her bow works or because Enid wanted gifts from her . She flaunts everything she's got because she thinks it what people see even if she isn't important herself- she's very materialistic When she meets Enid again she is genuinely a bit excited to see her friend again and would love to chat- but since that friendly longing doesn't fit her new style she tells others she's using her past connection to Enid to get into P.O.I.N.T to get a chance- playing up a nepotism angle and playing into the rich socialite dick angle. When she does eventually get into P.O.I.N.T her ruthlessness benefits her- she is determined to be seen as a very important influential person and refuses to let any opportunity pass her- she wants to matter to Enid again in a way unrelated to cash and to be popular- Enid is sort of burnt out when they meet up though and it's clear the cutthroat environment and the decisions she has to make are getting to her- So Elodie- thinking Enid would want this and that all her past failures where caused by being too generous makes ruthless choices that help them both but when pinned against each other again Enid doesn't take any shots at her either despite the fact she mentally built an image of Enid as ruthless- and she has no clue why

[zipquips]

also. i'm kind of pissed because i am the one who tries the hardest in my family and makes the greatest effort to bring us all together at holidays and keep traditions alive. like that was the role of my grandparents and i fill that void but technically the title of family patriarch/matriarch/leader falls to both my mom and aunt because they're the generation above me. i am okay with that!

and ig my brother talked to my dad about the hypothetical 'who will be leader next generation after the tragic one day our mom and aunt aren't around anymore.' and they said our eldest cousin would try to assume that role (which i agree, he already tries to and is very full of himself and wants power and recognition despite not putting much effort towards family). and then my brother said it should be him thats leader because that's who our grandfather would've picked (bold statement. our grandfather was closest to our eldest cousin). and essentially, my brother and my dad don't think my grandfather or any of my cousins would ever possibly consider me leader because i am not a man like everyone else

and i am fucking pissed. because i make the most effort to get the family together. we wouldn't see each other for holidays without my coordination and effort. i do my best to uphold traditions and it's far more effort than my cousins (who don't care) or brother (who tries to avoid these events half the time) ever put in to these things. and they think they can just be family fucking head because they're men????

i don't like. yearn for power or positions of power in any situation. but i want my efforts recognized and i don't want everyone to pick someone else over me because i'm not a man. everyone already expects my eldest cousin to be the head and lead prayers and then he can't do it because he doesn't speak greek so my aunt says the prayers instead and holds it all together for us in her parents absence and yet everyone has the fucking audacity to act like she's not the head of this family and it's my eldest cousin just because he's a man

[invinciblerodent]

sleeping with haarlep to get access to raphael's safe ❌

sleeping with haarlep to get pics of your character's tits ✔️

[skitskatdacat63]

Sometimes reading reviews of shows/movies with complicated/controversial characters makes me concerned at other people's lack of empathy. Or maybe I'm too empathetic 🤔

[aaaaanndbackstabbed]

Beakley: you’d be stupid to lay a hand on me

Goldie: oh you’d be surprised by all the stupid shit I do

[asleepinawell]

it is objectively hilarious that you can have four members of the calendar council on your railway board at the same time (five with fate) and no one notices? let's say the jovial contrarian's cover is solid, and september is overlooked because of the castellan thing, and they all use fake names. you've still got april who can't get through a meeting without suggesting we blow something up (valid) and january who doesn't have any real reason to have been considered? does the efficient commisioner really have no questions about any of this? does mr fires? can we get june in here too? she certainly knows a lot about building 'things' with questionable science. what could go wrong

[byberbunk2069]

Save me, OCs

Sitting: Ronnie, V. Yukimura, Veil, and Anna Standing: Miroslava Malakhova and Mallory Vincent

Yukimura and Anna are @gibson-girlboss's OCs (Miroslava was a result of brainstorming between the two of us)

[ohsweetflips]

something incredibly poetic and sad abt essentially rigging my worldstate to ensure that hawke survives the fade only to play veilguard and realize that it wasn’t hawke’s days that were numbered.

[electricea]

also, just here's an idea - instead of speaking for neurodivergent people, why don't we let them make their own informed decisions or listen to them on why they want to make those decisions.

[diivineray]

My eyes aren’t getting better. The steroids are useless and now their main concern is just getting me off them.

They had to give me an injection in my right eye since that’s currently the worst.

Rheumatologist is thinking vasculitis. The nucala is fine but she thinks i need something stronger to help with everything as a whole since it’s already got my lungs, my eyes, and now she’s worried about my kidneys.

So I’m not doing well right now. She thinks infusion treatments might be the best way.

I’m just tired and to come home and listen to my mom disregard everything I said again just pissed me off