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itâs been almost a year now⌠is the bg3 fandom finally ready to talk about how galeâs âhubrisâ is the sole product of actively feeding his insecurities further and straight up denying him help & guidance when he was at his lowest and needed it most. itâs not one of his core traits and never was. he isnât some closeted power hungry monster that is just waiting to be enabled. what he wants is admiration, recognition and acceptance. which is also what he sought from mystra before the orb disaster happened. he had no desire whatsoever to become a god himself or challenge her rule, he simply wanted to be seen as sufficient in her eyes (âto serve her betterâ). to be as equal as he could possibly be in a relationship with a literal deity. he has a deep passion for magic and knowledge that affects almost all areas of his life and enjoys the display thereof. he wants to be the smartest person in the room and enjoys when his work is recognized. he may be perceived as arrogant when it comes to his skill, but he IS NOT hubristic. it truly takes so little for him to be wholly content.
#this is such a fundamental misinterpretation of his character and really grinds my gears#i feel like we really gloss over the fact that he sees the crown as an alternative to NOT DYING#and not something he secretly wanted all along#an option to finally prove that he is âworthy enoughâ#either of himself or the person heâs with#whenever another post pops up talking about how astarion and gale are so similar another angel loses its wings#bg3#astarion was always corrupt long before cazador happened. and even after he seeks power for safety and control#(and partly because of the fun of it)#meanwhile gale? my guy just wants to live. read books. eat good food and be a great wizard recognized for his hard work#gale dekarios#it speaks#neme rambles#i forgot to censor my tags but iâm on mobile so oops
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shoutout to Jake Animorphs for being kinda uninteresting for like forty books and then hitting you so hard when he fully snaps and steps into his role as a hardened military leader at the age of sixteen
and then suddenly that sweet, stressed-out kid is just gone. he only exists to win wars anymore. it makes you realize too late what was lost
#animorphs#thinking about that moment he and rachel shared in one of the david books. where for a moment she sees her scared tired cousin#thinking about how he risked it all early on to send his brother a message not to give up. that they'll save him#and then he gives up on him so fully and completely#compared to marco whose mother was controlled by the actual leader of the invasion but he fought to bring her home#and then also like. when they're all going around grabbing their parents to bring them to safety#jake knowingly chooses to go to his parents last. and that's why they get taken#and i do wonder if he considered that maybe it was better this way. if his decision making wasn't influenced by thinking of them#if he treated his entire family as if they were already dead
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The Reverse Grunkles + Bill
#gravity falls#book of bill#bill cipher#ford pines#stanford pines#reverse falls#reverse falls au#stanley pines#grunkle stan#grunkle ford#Stan gleeful#Stanley gleeful#Stanford gleeful#ford gleeful#bill decipher#bill has a funky coat just because I wanted him too#idk in my mind his dimension has shape based clothing for scientists and important people#also glasses cause why not#ford and Stan used to be a sideshow attraction like mason and Mabel#no will cause I donât care for him#Stan has gold and diamond accessories#Stan cares for the twins since bud cares for Gideon but heâs more selfish when it comes to it kinda like pacificas parents#like cannon stan would joke about selling the twins for safety but stan would do it#theyâre all a little messed up#thereâs not a lot of reverse! Stan and ford surprisingly
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I feel like people sometimes have a tendency to paint Inej as a little too wide-eyed and borderline naive and I feel like that's such a misread and disservice to her character, because her faith and hope for a better future isn't some misguided assumption that everything will be okay or that the world isn't so bad. She knows exactly how bad things can be and exactly what kind of evil people are capable of, and she's saying "fuck you, you can take my autonomy and my childhood and maybe I'll never see my family or home again, but I will literally die before I let make me think that the shit I've been through is all there is. The beauty and love I experienced was real and valuable and nothing you do or say will make me let go of that or believe it's not possible for me to have again," and it is genuinely the most incredible and real thing in those books.
Inej has fought tooth and nail for every ounce of goodness she has and she'll keep wringing it out of the world because those things are real and possible no matter what, and there's nothing naive about it.
#it's crying about inej hours again#it's literally always crying about inej hours#she makes me soooooooooooo#i will literally kill for this girl#like time and time again the books prove her right and Kaz's extreme nihilism wrong and yet people will talk about it like he's the one who#'really sees the world as it is'. AND HE KNOWS SHE'S RIGHT AND SHE'S STRONGER FOR STILL HAVING FAITH. HE LITERALLY SAYS IT.#deadass wanna be like her when I grow up#not to say kaz doesn't have every reason to believe what he does about the world's cruelty but these books are literally full of these kids#creating the space of love and safety they were denied for each other even as he says it's not possible#inej ghafa#kanej#six of crows#soc#crooked kingdom#inej ghafa my beloved
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the thing about buddie that no one wants to admit is that they are exactly the kind of wholesome couple who would earnestly fill out kink negotiation worksheets together
#this is after buck did a deep dive and read 15 books on the topic#before eddie suggested that maybe they could get around to the actual kinky sex at some point#(also this is how clipboard buck can still win)#(is filling out safety worksheets while buck is an earnest control freak about it a Thing for eddie? PERHAPS)
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Book 7 Spoilers ahead!!!
hmmmmm Lilia x Reader where you're a member of the Silver Owls but you have no loyalty to them so you betray them by secretly playing spy for the fae in exchange for peace, quiet, and safety if you help them win. The fae don't really trust you, especially Lilia, but he knows opportunity when he sees one. They just have to be careful about how much they trust you.
Because of the nature of your agreement you end up meeting up and exchanging letters with the Phantom General of the Briar fae a lot to relay information. At first it's just that and your meetings are all really just pure business, but then Lilia complains about Princess Malenoa and everyone pushing jobs onto him. This spurs you on to complain about Henrik and how all he does is order people around and lounge around all day. The two of you end up bonding over your demanding and tiring jobs and gradually grow closer each letter.
Aside from exchanging information, the two of you begin to exchange stories and tales and knowledge. You begin to know each other on different facets that no one else knows and confide in each other your deepest thoughts, fears, and insecurities. The two of you have a lot in common and understand each other so well that it just makes it so easy and natural and comfortable to be open like this. No one else have ever made either of you feel safe enough to share your most deepest secrets (not even Malenoa and Revan in Lilia's case. They're his best friends but they're also his superiors. There's just some things he can't talk about with them.) so it's so nice to finally find someone that does.
The two of you fall slowly, but you fall hard.
Neither of you admit this to each other of course. A war is no time for something as silly and trivial as love and romance and you both know that neither of you have time for a relationship. So you both pine and yearn in silence, either from your fortresses miles away from each other, or several feet apart on the rare occasions you meet up in personâso close yet still so far.
In one of your letters you relay to Lilia your worry that someone might be catching on. Lilia's heart twists in fear and his mind races with paranoid thoughts and possibilities. He doesn't show any concern in his response aside from acknowledging your worry, but he does tell you to be careful. He reasons that it would be unfortunate for the fae if their most valuable informant were to be discovered. (he activated tsundere mode to cope)
He sends the letter and goes about his duties. Days pass. Weeks. He realises during some off-time that he hasn't heard from you in a while. More time passes. No sign of a response from you.
Lilia says to himself that it's fine. It's nothing. It's no big deal. You're probably just occupied, or finally realised how dangerous it was to keep associating with the enemy. It's fine. The fae forces have managed before without your assistance. It's fine it's fine it's fine
he's not fine
(Part 2)
#twisted wonderland#lilia vanrouge#book 7 spoilers#twst book 7 spoilers#lilia vanrouge x you#lilia vanrouge x reader#twisted wonderland imagines#there're so many possibilities for what happens next#you're either straight up dead (either by your own doing or execution)#lilia either never finds out about this or finds your body later on (depending on what kind of angst you prefer)#or you're still alive but in hiding because you got discovered and lilia finds you later on#OR lilia somehow hears about you being discovered and comes to your rescue in the nick of time#and we get some hurt/comfort as he takes you into the safety of fae territory and treats your injuries
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"If you're going to make a habit of abduction, Kal, we really need to invest in a jail."
Walon Vau, Republic Commando: True Colors
#star wars#walon vau#kal skirata#the most funny things is that kal in fact make a habit of abduction in order 66 XDDDD#in true colors it was just ko sai#one book later the gang (mainly because of skirata but also jusik)#abducted arla fett and urthan#but also jilka was abducted because it wasn't really her safety that anyone (beside besany) cared for but to make sure she will not tell#anything about besanny and ordo or whatever she knew or noticed that could bring palpatine's attention to them#and jilka couln't walk away from skirata clan anymore#do i joke? maybe or maybe not...
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Thinking about that scene where Sebastian was impaled by the Undertaker scythe and then collapses in the boat after fighting off strange dolls.
Imagine if (for some reason) the roles were switched and it was Claude and Alois.
Ciel was shaken but handled the whole situation pretty good for a thirteen years old.
Absolutely won't fly with Alois. He would have like three brakedowns in the span of 15 seconds.
#claude faustus#kuroshitsuji#black butler#kuroshitsuji ii#alois trancy#The only ship in this post is concordia#It's a fun scenario to think about#Mostly because I like when asshole male characters become#And I quote a modern philosopher from tiktok#Blooddy slutty and pathetic#But I actually don't think claude would be that exhausted#Cause in my head he would bring at least Hannah or triplets with him#So yeah#He would be fucked with the wound#But they could take care of dolls and getting Alois to safety#Also I'm not sure how strong Undertaker is#But the mental image of all five demons of Trancy household ganging up on him and beating him while he lays on the ground really funny#sebastian michaelis#ciel phantomhive#The book of Atlantics#kuroshitpost#ciel phamtonhive#hannah annafellows#kuroshitsuji meme#kuroshitsuji triplets#garf post#garf posts
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"but we can't free these slaves, what if they want to get revenge on us?" Will always be a racist argument, no matter what. It doesn't matter that you have robots as the slaves or orcs or literally any other allegory at all.
#The Murderbot Diaries#Rjalker reads The Murderbot Diaries#Martha Wells#Martha Wells racism#slavery apologism#Martha Wells has had 7 books to say anything about slavery besides that it's only bad when it happens to the protagonist#and in the 7th book she decided that we should all cheer when a protagonist rips an enslaved person limb from limb while they're alive#and has spent the whole 7 books telling us that the enslaved people just need to stay enslaved for the safety of everyone around them#yeah no#it can no longer be excused with ''well that's just the unreliable narrator!''#no it's not.
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"If the structure of your world ever evaporates, I will still be here."
I think The Q might contain one of the greatest declarations of friendship/love ever.
#books#the q#beth brower#this seems clunkier out of context but trust me in context it's very moving#they're discussing how quincy's entire world is wrapped up in work#so even if she likes the people there if the business somehow disappeared she probably wouldn't see them again#because they all have other family/friends to go to and she doesn't really have any#leading to this promise#and let me tell you it's just about enough to make me believe in found family#because this works as a romantic or platonic declaration#it's a promise#a commitment to provide safety and stability when there's nowhere else to go#and i love it#this book is so odd because i liked it quite a bit last year#then rereading i was at first like 'why did i like this at all?'#there's no scene-setting or character description it's just kind of stuff there#but then the relationship starts to develop and i am SO invested#under normal rules it shouldn't take 100 pages for the story to get good but in this case it's worth it#it's such an odd structure#each chapter is almost like its own little short story#or a character sketch#almost like the character have stopped to discuss their own character worksheet#but in context it somehow works#and it drives home how much traditional publishing and writing rules stifle creativity#because your average editor would look at this and try to smooth it over#make it all into one flowing narrative#and it would lose so much of what makes it unique and compelling#following the rules of 'good writing' robs you of all the stories that don't follow those rules#there is so much scope outside of the one 'best practice' that is currently in fashion#and those stories need to get told too!
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K so I just got the twst anthology manga and like:
I totally forgot THIS specific moment was in this volume.
#coffee talks about nothing.#it's so cute aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa#like my brain short circuited when I skimmed through it for that new book smell#(don't ask)#then I saw a glimpse of idia being surrounded by several caters and did a double take#also forgot how funny some of the faces in the manga are lol#oh and#idikei#<- safety tag for filtering reasons lol
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The first thing they'll tell you, when teaching you first aid, is that you always have to keep yourself safe first.
Don't jump for a drowning person, when torrent's too strong or you can't swim. Don't touch person touching live wire. When helping after car accident, make sure nothing's gonna hit you and put on reflective vest.
So yeah, giving us details about Zoya's aunt just made me less sympathetic.
âI ⌠She tried to help me when the darkness came. She pushed me out of the way so that I could run. If not for herââ ... Brave Liliyana. Of course she had run toward the docks when the screaming began, ready to help. Why couldnât you be a coward this one time?
King of Scars Chapter 25
Liliyana's basically a civilian running inside unstable, burning building, when even trained firemen with protective geat would be in great danger. That's far beyond the line of brave/stupid, pretty clearly in the stupid area.
If the author wanted me to feel for Zoya and her loss, she should've keep it vague. Or at least refrain from further deductions, because either Zoya's jumping to conclusions, or she's right and her aunt's an (brave) idiot.
#Grishaverse#grishanalyticritical#KoS Chapter 25#Liliyana Garin#Zoya Nazyalensky#V#Leigh Bardugo#books#quote#anti Leigh Bardugo#anti Liliyana Garin#Is that even a tag?#Like:#I don't really care about her#and I don't dislike her or sth#I just think giving her this kind of death made her an idiot.#Safety first etc.
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Thinking about Dexter and how his parents thought there might have been a chance of him being the Beast, and wondering what about him growing up must have made them think that it was him (opposed to Daring or any of his many cousins).
Like, I know his âIâll help anybody who needs itâ approach was presented in a âIâm not like other girlsâ kind of way to Raven, and his agreement that it is unfair that there are people like Raven who never get a happily-ever-after is also framed for Ravenâs benefit, and that both these things are there to establish him as a potential love interest. But what if that was expanded on to give him more depth, instead of just being to flag him to the readers as the male love interest?
What if Dexter was already taking this kind of approach to how he goes about solving problems as a hero at home?
For example, what if Dexterâs first reaction to seeing a mob of goblins or orcs walking up the main entrance of Charming Castle was to go out an talk to them? (Which is potentially stupid if theyâre armed, and he was almost certainly yelled at for doing it) And while heâs out there he starts thinking, âhey, maybe these people have a point their conditions arenât fairâ but heâs still got to do something about the mob to at least de-escalate the situation somewhat, and so he just... helps them unionise or form a guild? And now the group are protesting legally so youâll have to negotiate with them instead of attacking them, dad.
This will almost certainly cause friction between him and his parents because a) heâs just walking up to a potentially dangerous group of people who are armed and angry without back-up or a weapon and thatâs going to get him killed one day, theyâre allowed to be worried for his safety and sanity theyâre his parents, and b) thatâs not how youâre supposed to heroically solve this kind of thing why canât you be normal.
Headmaster Grimm will hate it even more because heâs probably not paying the goblin and fairy cleaning staff. He knows full well that one of the differences between Kingdom Management and Kingdom Mismanagement is whether or not you should support your employees unionising, or pay your employees a living wage. Something, something... Grimm doesnât want people to be too good because itâll start making him look bad.
But given Rosabella is said to be supporting a new Beast-related charity or cause every week, maybe Dexterâs destiny will be the Beast?
#ever after high#eah#dexter charming#This is also a way more interesting conflict for Dexter and his parents that whatever it was in the books or comic#you can understand where they're coming from regarding the argument for his safety but also root for him because he's right#and he's got an internal conflict about his insecurities about being a good hero and measuring up to his dad's expectations and gaining#confidence in his own ability to judge what is the right thing opposed to what he's told is the right thing and also himself as a hero#AND maybe there's some character growth for the elder charmings because your adult characters should also have character arcs#there's no way Headmaster Grimm is pro-union#Raven said she wanted to choose her own career and he devised a complicated plot to gaslight her into thinking everyone would die if she did
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it frustrates me how people are so dismissive of the mental state of people born in isolated fundamentalist communities. like the brainwashing that happens from such a young age is unreal. your media, the people you engage with, your general relationship with the "outside world" is all filtered through the beliefs of your commune and religious leader. it took years for me to deprogram myself but before that I had a lot of incredibly fucked up beliefs and thought patterns based on the people who raised me. I'm a success story only because of my accidental exposure to people who challenged those perceptions. people need to have more empathy for people who weren't so lucky
#vin.text#one of the earliest examples of this is I went to a library program and befriended a muslim girl who talked to me about how 9/11 challenged#the safety of her family and the hate crimes she was exposed to#I was 11 and it radically shifted my understanding of the world#I also nannied for a muslim family for two years and was over there almost daily seeing how they lived and engaged with each other#but besides that ! my internet and books and movies and friends were all filtered#I'm a bizarre success story only by the grace of people around me who allowed me to expand my empathy and awareness#also the fact that I was gay and couldn't escape that#cult#fundie
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okay kinda random and not really based on the books at all but quick headcanon dump about Jupiter and Lady Glen
Imagine, the new king has recently ascended to the throne. There's a good deal of unrest going on due to the wars within and around the borders. Natalia has not become a fully unified nation yet, despite all the work Walter Good did during his reign. One of the independent warrens see this as their chance to take control. Under the pretense of submitting to the Natalian monarchy, they send an assassin playing the part of ambassador to infiltrate the court, set the stage for a coup, and do away with this upstart-king. The problem is, in order for her to pull this off, she has to become a trusted member of the young king's inner circle. Despite her rigorous childhood training (or maybe because of it) Glen is not immune to the power of friendship, and eventually finds herself in a difficult situation. She can't go back to her old life without completing the mission, and at this point she doesn't want to go back. She's made a place for herself here in the Natalian court, has actually become a member of the friend group, and has fallen in love with the king (however unfortunately irrational that is đ) She doesn't want to continue living this double life, but if she told them the truth would they believe that she'd truly changed sides? Treason is... a very serious offence that Jupiter as king can't just ignore.
When the warren Glen is from realizes the single assassin is not being successful, the malcontents attempt a more direct attack, and Glen ends up revealing her cool skills to defend the king and prove her loyalty.
#this is. only loosely based on canon just because of how cool and mysterious she is in the books???#and how none of the older generation seems worried about her safety at all. they're just like:#'yeah Glen's out there somewhere running around. I'm sure she can take care of herself'#this also nests really well with the 'wilfred was jupiter's bodyguard' headcanon but anyway#tge#fanart#the green ember#rabbitswithswords#glenn#glen#jupiter#wilfred longtreader#perkin one-eye#perkin#wilfred#anthro#rabbit#pen#doodle
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âMati en sheva yelu. This action will have no echo. [...] Stop treating your pain like itâs something you imagined. If you see the wound is real, then you can heal it.â A wound? He opened his mouth to deny it, but something stopped him. For all his trouble at the tables and away from them, Jesper had always thought of himself as lucky. Happy, easygoing. The kind of guy people wanted around. But what if heâd been bluffing this whole time? Angry and frightenedâthatâs what the Fjerdan had called him. What had Matthias and Inej seen in Jesper that he didnât understand? âI⌠Iâll try.â It was the most he could offer right now. He took her hand in his, pressed a kiss to her knuckles. âIt may take me a while before I can say those words.â
CROOKED KINGDOM, CHAPTER 24 JESPER
#shadowandboneedit#sabedit#sixofcrowsedit#shadowandbonesource#shadow and bone#ghafahey#my edits#*mysoc#CAN YOU BELIEVE I CAN SHUT UP ABOUT THE GHAFAHEY HANDKISS#tho the context in the book mhhhh love the angst but i doubt they would go down that route in the show if at all#ANYWAY A PACKAGE DEAL A FAMILY EACH OTHERS SAFETY NET !!!!!!!
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