#24 parallels

[helena-edits-in-real-time]

Jack Bauer + Choking as a "love language" 🩵

S02 E05 12:00 P.M. - 1:00 P.M. //

S05 E15 9:00 P.M. - 10:00 P.M. //

S07 E03 10:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M.

[chronicowboy]

buck going to the filmset to tell bobby athena's not only on the plane but flying it, welcome back evan buckley who gave athena his turnouts and told her how to get through the fire to bobby after he'd been shot because he knew what it was like to stand by and do nothing for Your Person and that if there was anyone who could save them it's always going to be the person who loves them most in the world...

[daisyjohnsn]

EDDIE and BUCK in 9-1-1 (2018–) 8.06 | "Confessions"

[reunitedinterlude]

october 19, 2015 // october 25, 2024

[shiraoyagi]

hot take ??

the only reason people say that "mafuyu and tsukasa have nothing in common" when presented with mafukasa parallels is because they equate mafuyu and tsukasa being similar to "tsukasa has depression" because the fandom equates mafuyu's personality to being depressed and nothing else.

it doesn't help that people (primarily younger people in the fandom) who DO believe in mafukasa parallels end up making the mistake of portraying tsukasa as depressed because as of right now he is not (although it's possible he was in past because of his Very Unclear Middle School Backstory but that's irrelevant)

anyways, mafuyu and tsukasa are narrative foils because their core personalities are built off of the concept of wanting to make the people around them— especially their families— happy.

they both developed personalities at a young age based on someone they looked up to. for tsukasa, it was seiichi amami's performance that inspired him to be a star— a hero that could cheer anyone up. for mafuyu, it was her mother taking care of her that inspired her to be a nurse— and you can see the similarities from there.

for mafuyu, her identity would first come into conflict when her mother expressed her want for mafuyu to be a doctor— suddenly, "everyone's" happiness didn't match what she wanted to do, leaving her in a state of disorder and eventual depression.

for tsukasa, his identity was something he nearly forgot in its entirety at the start of the main story— becoming arrogant and fully absorbed in a hero persona, forgetting the kind person he truly is. furthermore, his current character arc seems to be foreshadowing that what "being a star" to him is going to be called into question— maybe it is something more than just being the main character that saves everyone.

their insecurities are incredibly similar.

in mafuyu's first mixed, mafuyu feels insecure towards ichika because unlike ichika, she feels as if her lyrics have no genuine meaning to be expressed to other people— despite them being her very real feelings. this is brought up again in her second mixed as well.

in tsukasa's third focus event, something similar happens. when watching seiichi's performance, he thinks that his acting is "real" and feels inferior towards him, which is ironic because tsukasa has been method acting this whole time. when tsukasa is acting out rio or bartlett or really anyone at this point in the story, it's not just those characters— it's a reflection of his traumas.

just like mafuyu, tsukasa undermines his passions he's poured his feelings into because someone else's work is more genuine in his eyes.

now, then, foils have many similarities and parallels (and i could honestly list a lot more), but how i define them is that they usually have some kind of major branching difference that MAKES them foils.

for mafuyu and tsukasa it's pretty straightforward.

mafuyu's people pleasing behavior comes from external expectations and pressures— her mother's demands.

tsukasa's people pleasing behavior comes internally, from himself— if he can't meet his own standards, if he can't be the perfect big brother or the perfect star, then he is nothing.

and even then, there's some overlap.

tsukasa's behavior was indirectly encouraged by his mother praising him for being a "good big brother" over the phone instead of asking him if he was okay while home alone.

mafuyu's terrified to be herself around other people because she doesn't want to worry or bother them— she doesn't want to be a burden— and projects her mother's expectations onto them, not realizing that they would prefer the real mafuyu if they knew the truth.

and the concept of mafukasa being foils is most perfectly and blatantly portrayed in these two cards.

mafuyu, the marionette, sitting limp on the floor— puppeteered by her mother's demands and donning a mask to hide her true self.

tsukasa, the jester, standing above everything else— puppeteering silenced plushies— his feelings. he's not being completely honest with himself, and he doesn't even realize it.

mafuyu has cut her strings and ripped her mask in half. she has acknowledged her true feelings and expressed them to her mother, even if she had to run away in the end.

tsukasa has not yet cut his.

[azertyrobaz]

The color red. A door closing. Behind it your worst nightmare.

[sweetlullabyebye]

So I've already made gifs of both of the hug scenes but I really do love them so here is a quick (hopefully) compare and contrast (if i don't get distracted halfway through)

First of all, there is the first shot before they hug, where we see only one face clearly, and each time the person is litteraly beaming

Then we get a shot of Charles, who definitely looks very cosy there, look at these hands (it's like that meme with 'relax bro ain't nobody takin [him] from u')

Then it's Edwin's reaction... who looks like he has never felt human touch the first time and takes 20000 years to reciprocate before settling in with a (probably happy) sigh, while the second time around he's actually hugging Charles before Charles

Charles is the one pulling away first each time but keeping his hands on Edwin

And in both cases Edwin is the one who actually steps away except he takes way longer to do it the second time (they're like magnets, hard to pull away, good on them)

Then they definitely move away

And one of them puts his hand over his heart before looking at the other

[brucewaynehater101]

I'm bad at math, but is Bruce theoretically 38 years old when he goes into the time stream?

Hear me out (and canon likes to fluncate their ages, so this is my best guess without trying to account for birthdays):

Bruce becomes the legal guardian of 9 year old Dick when he's 23. That's a 14 year difference.

Jason becomes Robin when Dick leaves at 18. Jason is 13. That's a five year difference.

Jason dies at 15, and Tim becomes Robin at 13. That's a two year difference.

The age difference between Tim and Bruce would thus be 21 years.

Tim becomes Red Robin to find Bruce at 17.

That means that Bruce had to be 38, right? Why was I imagining him closer to 50?

Adopting so many kids must have aged him

[asthevermincrawls]

MCR/Thursday, Gerard Way/Geoff Rickly

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[llovelyclouds]

live for her / die for her

(Gideon the Ninth, Harrow the Ninth, Nona the Ninth)

[sugdensdingle]

10/11/17 -> 05/11/24

[helena-edits-in-real-time]

S01 E07 6:00 A.M. - 7:00 A.M. // S07 E05 Day 7: 12:00 P.M. - 1:00 P.M.

[holylulusworld]

Parallel Worlds (1) - Kinktober 24

Summary: You end up in a different world. It’s not that bad, though.

Pairing: Negan Smith (TWD) x fem!Reader x John Winchester (SPN)

Warnings: language, threats, angry Negan, daddy kink (lightly implied)

Trope: Daddy kink

Kinktober vs Flufftober 2024

Fuck, fuck. Fuckity fuck. That’s the first thing that comes to your mind when you open your eyes. You’re not in Kansas anymore, that’s for sure.

You sit up, aiming your gun at the man towering over you. “Negan? What happened to your beard, and where’s Lucille?” You look the man up and down. He looks like Negan, but there’s something in his eyes telling you he’s not your leader.

Last night you went to sleep with a machete hidden under your backpack and your gun in your hand. Negan and you got cornered by too many walkers and had to hide in an old house. At least it was safe in the attic. Now you’re lying on a soft mattress, and a stranger stole your leader’s face.

“Whoa, calm down, doll!” His voice is different too. The man raises his hands in surrender, indicating that this is not Negan. “I found you in the woods, alone and barely conscious.”

“I went to sleep in a house, not the woods,” you growl at the man and scramble away the moment he steps closer. “Whoa, stay over there, buddy. I didn’t invite you over.”

“Lady, I’m not trying to hurt you,” the man huffs. “I’m John,” he touches his chest. “John Winchester. What’s your name?”

“Y/N?” You look around the room, frowning as it’s too clean. It even smells cleaner. “Where am I? What happened to Negan? Did you hurt him?”

“Who is Negan?” John frowns deeply. If you didn’t hit your head, he may have overlooked another person in need. “Fuck,” he curses. “Okay, what does your friend look like? Was he with you all the time?”

You snort at the thought of Negan being a friend. “Negan is not my friend. He’s…the leader.” You shrug. “If he says jump, you simply ask how high.”

“Leader?” John still doesn’t understand how you ended up in the woods surrounding the bunker or why you look at him like you saw a ghost.

“Yeah, the leader,” you huff. “It seems you got yourself a safe place too. Our safe place is called the Sanctuary. You must’ve heard of Negan and the Sanctuary. Everyone does know his name.”

“No, I haven’t heard of a guy named Negan or a place called Sanctuary.” John’s features soften at your confused look. “Okay, listen. You should stay here. I’ll get you some food and go back outside to look for your friend—I mean, leader. It’s dangerous out there.”

“You are telling me.” You roll your eyes. “Of course, it’s fucking dangerous out there with all the zombies roaming the area. We barely made it out alive this time. The walkers outnumbered us.”

“Zombies? Walkers?” John seems to be confused. That he never heard of Negan is possible if he was hiding at this safe place for a long time. But he should know what a zombie is, right? “Did you hit your head?”

“Dude, zombies are out there eating people alive!” You throw your hands up and froan. “Did you hit your head? What’s wrong with you? How did you get me out of the house without waking me? What did you do to Negan?”

“Where’s the fire, Dad?” A guy pokes his head into the room. He’s younger and a little cockier than John. He steps inside the room to look you up and down. “Oh, our sleeping beauty finally woke up?”

“Who are you? Where is Negan?" You aim your gun at the new arrival. “What did you do to him? How did you bring me here?”

“A crazy one, huh? You can pick them, sir,” the guy grins at you. “How about you calm down first, sweetheart?”

He takes a step toward you, only to freeze when you unlock your gun. “Whoa, I come in peace. I didn’t do a thing to the guy you mentioned. We found you out in the woods all by yourself.”

“I don’t believe you!”

“Hey, what’s going on?” A third guy enters the room—a freaking tall sasquatch. Great, now you are being corned by three kidnappers who want to do what God knows to you and your cute ass. “Oh, she woke.”

“I’m going to ask you one last time.” You aim your gun at the tallest of them. “Where is Negan?”

“Sweetheart, we don’t know a guy named Negan. You were alone in the woods—I already told you so.”

“This can’t be,” you snarl at the cocky one. “Negan is a bastard, but he’d never leave me behind for the walkers to chew on!”

“Walkers?” The tallest guy frowns deeply. “What are walkers? Maybe a creature we haven’t met yet?”

“Hello, wake up, dude!” You wave your gun. “Out there, a zombie apocalypse is going on. Walkers roam the world, and you waste my time here with talking. I must find NEGAN!”

“Zombies?” The cocky one’s eyes widen. He grins from ear to ear and claps his hands. “I knew it, and I’m prepared! See, Sammy.” He looks at the tallest guy. “I told you my bite-proof clothes will pay out.”

You shake your head. These guys must’ve lost their minds. How can they not know about the walkers and that the world is in ruins? “I’ll leave this place now to find Negan.”

“Wait! Wait up, sweetheart!” They watch you storm out of the room. “Let me come with you!”

“Sam, Dean,” John stops his sons from following you. “I want you to stay here. If something happened while we were on a hunt, we should be careful. Sam, search the internet. Dean, check on our armory. We need to be prepared!”

“Wait! Do you want my bite-proof jacket?” Dean grins as his father shakes his head. “You’ll regret it if you come back with only one brain cell!”

“Wait,” John sighs as you manage to slip out of the bunker. You stand outside, gasping when a car drives by. The kids in the backseat giggle, and the parents sing a song to entertain them.

“This can’t be real,” you murmur. The air is clean, and there is no sign of destruction. Not hours ago, you fought your way through the undead, and now none of them seems to be around. “Where are they? What happened?”

“I don’t know where you are from,” John says and places his hand on your shoulder. “I know you must’ve been through a lot. You’re not a hunter like us, but you’re skilled and strong. I believe that you’re not from our world.”

You snort. “That’s crazy. I mean, a few hours ago I believed the zombies wanting to eat me alive were the craziest thing I ever encountered.”

“We still must find your friend,” he says. “If you want me to, I’ll come with you. Let’s start where I found you. I was so worried about you that I possibly overlooked a trace.”

Looking around the woods, you feel tears well up in your eyes. There are birds and a rabbit hiding behind a tree. Even the atmosphere is different from your world.

Is it possible you died, and this is heaven? Maybe John is your leader’s reincarnation. A nicer version, not threatening to split your skull with a baseball if you breathe wrong.

“Hmm…not much to see,” John crouches down to look at the spot where he found you. “No footsteps, or blood.”

You step closer to look around the area. There’s no trace of Negan. “I don’t understand any of this. How did I come here?”

“I don’t know,” John says as he gets back up. He places his hand on your shoulder, squeezing it. “But I’m not sorry that you’re here, safe with me.”

“You’re definitely not Negan,” you sniffle.

“Good.” He wraps his arms around you to soothe you, and well, feel you up a little. He’s a man after all and can’t deny you woke his interest.

“What the fuck do you think are you doing there? Get your fucking hands off my piece of ass!” You freeze as a familiar voice ruins the moment of peace. “I leave you out of sight for a second, and you get all cozy with this cumball!”

John carefully lets go of you. He watches Negan storm toward you while swinging Lucille.

“Negan, I assume?” He asks, smirking as the guy in front of him looks like him. John knows now why you looked like you saw a ghost earlier.

“The one and only,” Negan snarls at John. “Now, if you’d take your dirty hands off my ass, I don’t have to split your skull. I give you five seconds to step away from her, fuckwad!”

“Daddy please don’t hurt him,” you whimper. “John saved me…”

“Daddy?” John dips his head to glance at you. “He’s your dad, doll?”

“Ewww…no!” You scrunch up your nose. “He’s my…” you don’t get to answer because Negan storms toward you and John.

“Sick fuck!” Negan swings his bat. “Get away from my girl!”

Part 2

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[zukosdualdao]

hakoda being a genuinely loving, supportive father to katara and never invalidating her feelings but still comforting her is something that can be so important <3333

especially, as many as have pointed out, as it contrasts with zuko’s hollow reunion with ozai, getting conditional and tenuous praise while still nervous, knowing he’s on thin, dangerous ice, and on his knees in a pose that more or less looks like he is awaiting judgment.

one of the ways this really gets highlighted is that katara spends the episode needling hakoda. just a little, just here and there—he just heard me call you dad didn’t he? and it’s sokka’s invasion plan both spring to mind—and i don’t think even she understands why she’s doing it. she seems sincere and surprised when aang suggests katara’s mad at her dad. but it’s definitely there, and it maybe was there for a while, because there was a weeks-long time skip we didn’t see.

but there is never, not for one moment, a point at which katara thinks needling hakoda in this way might put her in danger, or a point at which the audience is supposed to be worried for her on that level. it doesn’t even cross her mind (because hakoda is a good and non-abusive dad), and the only reason it crosses mine now is because of how it contrasts with the zuko and ozai scene.

there is tension between them, sure—we see hakoda reacting with some sad/confused expressions but still appeasing her—but even as hurt and confused and angry as she does feel, katara feels 100% safe to express it all to hakoda without any fear of retribution or danger.

contrastly, zuko is… you know, i said nervous before, but terrified would be a more apt word. everything from his expression, to the ominous music, to the staging as ozai looms over him is supposed to show us that. he’s terrified. and the audience absolutely is supposed to be worried that zuko is in danger here because we’ve seen why he’s terrified and know he has every reason to be and that the situation is inherently tenuous at best: zuko would never and could never poke at his father, the way katara does hers in this episode, because it wouldn’t be safe to do so.

zuko spends most of his interaction with ozai completely silent, in fact, and when he does speak up—what did you hear?—he’s walking on eggshells to navigate the lie azula’s told, and the danger he’s finding himself in anyway.

also, just to be clear, this is not katara hate, i literally love her. i love that katara gets to act this way because it’s such an honest portrayal of a teenage girl with complicated emotions, and i find her reconciliation scene with hakoda to be one of the most cathartic scenes in the entire show. and like, i’m glad that she never has reason to even consider that hakoda might harm her in some way, because that’s not a situation that any kid should ever be in. the point is the parallel with zuko, who very much does have reason to worry about what his father will do, is as fascinating as it is tragic.

[suntails]

surprise visitor to a gargoyle walk

[andfollowthesun]

23 is the hardest year

eastside - halsey & benny blanco

what's my age again - blink 182

my thoughts on you - the band camino

drunk walk home - mitski

21 - mitch james

take my hand - 5 seconds of summer