#17 facts

[orionshounds]

he cares so much about them, but he has never known how to show it

and now, it’s too late.

[rustingcat]

My yearly redraw!

Can you believe it's been two years already?

Thank you everyone who shared and interacted with my art. Your love and support inspire me to create and improve every day♥️

[shootingstarrfish]

day 18!!

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

i think that in small tightknit communities, all residents should receive a coupon book on their bday that allows them to commit [x] number of nonviolent crimes per year

[antennabot]

I'm a bit late to the party huh

[moochio7]

“Do we really gotta wear these stupid suits for this mission?”

“Stop asking that; you know we do.”

“Ugh we look like spy. I hate this. I hate him”

“…me too, now shut up and stay focused”

[nalaliv]

Eddie always shouts Buck's name now because the last time he shouted more than 8 times Buck didn't respond because he was dead so he is always extremely excited to call out to Buck because Buck will respond. Someone needs to sedate me.

[theofficialastronomy101]

Apollo 17 Landing On Dec. 11, 1972

[franzias-cave]

do you think if they knew they were going to create the ecru house they would have made the same choices

[what-am-i-doing-in-this-fandom]

I love when characters are sent away from their home at a young age and they're given false hope that they can return if they meet an impossible goal 🙏

[erinwantstowrite]

I might be wrong, but didn't Roy also first meet Jason when he was 15 and Roy was in his 20s?

I've always thought their ship was kinda weird.

my little brother is only two years younger than me, but with the way our birthdays fall, he was three years behind me in school. so when i was a senior, my brother was a freshman. (for anyone not american: when i was 17, he was 15, but the age gaps between a freshman and a senior are usually a little larger and developmentally, it's a big deal.) we were both in band together and both pretty well known pretty fast. which meant that other freshman felt comfortable to go up to me and talk despite me being a senior (which was fine, because i was a section leader and i wanted all freshman to feel comfy enough to ask me questions and talk). and sometimes, that conversation would be about my little brother, asking if he was in a relationship and blah blah blah. THAT was adorable to me (with context, my brother was a little shit in middle school but when he got to highschool he suddenly decided he wanted to be a downright gentleman and got super embarrassed by this so i often teased him LMFAOO)

however. there was ONE person in my grade (that i was close friends with!!) that said "if your brother was a senior too, I'd date him"

shit was NOT CUTE. i was flabbergasted. i was appalled, even. even as an innocent comment, it freaked me out and i went full big sibling mode. tore that person a new one because that's literally my baby brother what the hell are you talking about????

now imagine that the age gap is even larger? nah, if it was my little brother the person would be DEAD. even if we were close friends before then. which is why im confused why the Jayroy ship is as popular or accepted as it is... like i know the batman fandom are fucking weirdos (looking at batcest shippers you fucking freaks i hope you feel embarrassed and shamed) but this ship slipped through the cracks i think and not everyone is aware of that age gap or why it's weird. at most i've seen people comment about dick being like "you're dating my little brother??" but not like. in the way of "hey what the fuck that age gap is fucking weird" and instead as "you can't date my family!!" ummmmmmmmm

[disgurrr]

I can't help but think how Katniss's narration of Finnick and Annie always holding-hands had a certain longing to it, almost a painful one, even some jealousy to it, IMO. Because wherever they are, whatever they are doing, Finnick never lets go of his girl's hand. And it reminds me of all those times Peeta held Katniss's hand:

When they were walking down the train tracks coming back home from first games, when they walked through the gloomy streets of 12, when they entered the opening ceremony for the 74th/75th HG's, when they were waiting for their turn for their private sessions, etc., etc.

And just how good and warm it made her feel in all those times, how it just grounded her when everything else felt like it was about to crush her.

Katniss's constant observation of Annie and Finnick holding hands—even the simple fact she is narrating something so close and special to an element of her and Peeta's relationship—rings to me how Katniss is longing to have what Finnick got back. Because she knows if her Peeta was there, he would be holding her hand. Never letting go of it.

So, it doesn't really surprise me that on the same pages, Peeta shows up in the cafeteria, making reality wash all over her. And it also doesn't surprise me when she, once again, observes Finnick holding Annie's hand tightly as they are leaving the cafeteria, while Peeta is close to her. And everything is oh so taunting for her, for them.

[cc1010fox]

Fox: Did you know Alpha-17 was my first kiss? Thire: I thought I was? Years Earlier: Alpha-17, holding a tubie: Aren't they too little to be outside of their tubes? Kaminoan: We are conducting tests on them. Tubie, reaching up at Alpha-17's face: Ah! Alpha-17, leaning into his hands: What is it, vod'ika? The tubie pushes his face against Alpha-17's, planting a big sloppy baby kiss on him. Alpha-17, laughing: A little charmer, huh? You're going to be trouble, aren't you, 1010? Present Day: Fox: Nope. Alpha-17 told me he was.

[meidui]

they (natasha and vision)

[uhhlifeig]

First Look - Jan. 17th - word count: 292 - @wolfstarmicrofic

Remus Lupin set down his stuff in an empty compartment aboard the Hogwarts Express.

He was about to start his first year in Hogwarts. He couldn’t be more excited.

He pulled a book out of his bag- The Picture of Dorian Gray- and began reading.

He was almost finished with chapter one when three boys burst in together, laughing raucously. Upon noticing him, they quieted considerably.

“Sorry for barging in here,” one of the boys said, stepping closer. He had messy dark hair and gold wire-rimmed glasses. “Can we stay with you, though? All the other compartments are full.”

“Sure,” Remus shrugged. It didn’t matter to him as long as they let him read.

“Great!” the boy grinned. “My name’s James Potter. Who’re you?”

“Remus Lupin. Pleasure,” Remus muttered, not really meaning it at all.

“Cool name,” James said. “This here’s Peter Pettigrew,” he pointed at the boy with mousy hair and blue eyes behind him. 

“Hi,” Peter said, waving shyly.

“And this one-” James grinned, motioning at the last boy.

“-knows how to introduce himself. Sirius Orion Black, pleasure to meet you,” he said, stepping forward and offering Remus his hand. 

The first thing that Remus noticed was that Sirius had ebony hair, an upturned nose, and striking silver eyes. 

The second thing that he noticed was that Sirius looked impeccably tailored and put together. 

This was the child that his parents wished he was, not some werewolf freak who hated socializing.

So, Remus listened to his spite.

He ignored the extended hand, glared at Sirius, and spat “fuck off,” returning to his book.

To his utter shock, Sirius started laughing.

“Oh, we are so gonna be friends,” he cackled.

Three years, eight months, and fifteen days later, they were more.

[susansontag]

I’ve always shied away from discussing ikuhara’s usage of incest in utena because it’s quite a sticky topic in shoujo manga and anime but also because those uninitiated with that are likely to assume his using it is somehow perverted and will have a knee-jerk reaction. but I think he’s honestly very clever with it, using it both on a metaphorical level to elicit sympathy for the characters and their romanticised notions of these relationships but also on a literal level to show the dangers and abuse inherent in these kinds of relationships.

nanami is the most obvious example. even though we as an audience may not understand her almost romantic fixation on attracting the attentions of her older brother touga, we can still sympathise with her behaviour on a metaphorical level; she is thirteen, she is lonely, he is her entire world and the world is taking him, and thus her childhood, away from her and she is helpless to stop this. nanami is not perverse, she is trying to secure control over a situation in which she has none. a more common and relatable example is when one feel as though they, their siblings, their parents, etc, revert back to the dynamics they solidified in childhood when they spend time as a family unit. it’s a phenomenon that can be irritating (‘they’re treating me like a child’) but also comforting, familiar, and certain.

yearning to remain in a permanent state of pre-adolescence is something a lot of different characters in utena contend with, albeit in different ways, but hers is so interesting because ikuhara decides she must at one point be met with the reality of what this would mean if taken to its extreme. nanami understands akio is abusing anthy before utena does, and draws strict lines between what those ‘perverse’ siblings are doing and her pure love for touga. yes, she lacks sympathy for anthy outwardly, but her horror at confronting incestuous abuse in a real, unromanticised context, forces her to understand how her innocent outlook can be taken advantage of by people who would mean to do her harm.

and then touga assaults her, and when she rejects him, bewildered, he accuses her: isn’t this what you wanted? of course he can’t understand it’s the absolute opposite of what she wanted to preserve. one could argue here that ikuhara is blaming nanami for her naivety, even punishing her for being so short-sighted. but on the contrary I think he’s desperately seeking our empathy for her here, in showing us that a child’s romanticisation is not an excuse for her victimisation nor her offering consent. and if all we want to focus on is the fantasies of an alienated child, we fail to appropriately condemn abusers from taking advantage of children like nanami.