#90 age

[chloesimaginationthings]

Michael Afton is so fucking old in FNAF..

[snarkspawn]

in case you were wondering, mentally I am still here

[sporecringe]

[stephaniepriscillart]

Growing up 🌀🤍🌊🐚

[allwhiterain]

Dave Grohl and Kurt Cobain sharing a lighter in New York (1993) (Colorized)

[vapormaeve]

Fluid (1996) - PlayStation

[flowersforthemachines]

Thinking about Rook and Harding's relationship through the lens of Varric's death like. It's crystal clear it has a big impact on Lace - she's angry and distraught in its aftermath, has to psych herself up just to approach the ritual site ("You need to do it, Lace, it needs to be done"). When Rook suggests that she can use her powers to protect people, the first thing she thinks about is that she could've used them to protect people who mattered to her.

But she sees none of that in Rook. Rook comes across as standoffish at best. "Varric knew the danger." There's no in-game chance to reach out to Harding to share that grief, talk about how it affected them.

But it's not like Rook has to do that, right? Maybe they are not that kind of person. Maybe they grieve, but they don't show it, maybe Harding realises she and Rook just aren't as close as she thought they were, and that kind of stings, but you know. What can she do?

But then things happen in the plot. Weisshaupt happens, Shathann, Cyrian. There are so many chances for Rook to express how sorry they are about someone's passing, the loss of life (and Warden Rook especially does not just observe loss, they experience it and don't have to hide it). Harding sees that Rook can reach out to friends in difficult times. They attend the funeral with Bellara, comfort Taash when they need it. They can grieve, and they can help someone through grieving.

And there's that certain feeling of misunderstanding, maybe a hint of resentment, that Harding, a people pleaser, wouldn't dare to confront. What can she say, even? Why are you mourning all those people and not our common friend? Why not Varric? Why not Varric?

Then, she either dies, never finding out the truth, or finds out the truth so late that the rift between her and Rook has become so big they can't just fill it in. She can't undo the way she had been feeling, feeling about something Rook had no idea about. Tricked by Solas, manipulated to think that Varric was alive. Robbed of the chance to grieve a friend together, time lost forever.

[batfambyval]

*At the Watchtower for some huge meeting*

Superman: hey Red Robin! Happy belated birthday! It was last week right? How old are you now?

Red Robin: 17.

Nightwing: 20!

Everyone: *stares*

Nightwing: RR, we talked about this. You can’t just decide to stop aging. That’s not how it works. You were born 20 years ago so you are 20 years old.

Red Robin: no. I’m 17 and I really need you to stop saying I’m not.

Impulse: Yeah! We’re 17 Nightwing! We’re never gonna be older than that!

*yj core four gather round Red Robin menacingly*

Superman: what?????

Nightwing: *sighs*

Batman: *dissatisfied grunt*

Red Robin: we went through a lot of bs to become eternally 17 and I won’t let you ruin our hard work!

Wonder Woman (eternally young and suffering for it): why? Why would you do this?

Superboy: if RR is doing it we’re gonna be right there with him!

Wonder girl: *nods*

Red Robin: believe us, you don’t want to see what happens if I lose my youthful optimism.

[lucabyte]

Olive Branch

Wrong Move

[arcadebroke]

少女革命ウテナ

[housederiva]

I think we all deserved to see Spite have a little itty bitty freakout when Solas joinked Rook into the Fade as compensation for the fact we’re not told that Rook was in there for several weeks

[franollie]

some stephies i drew on my flight

[hassssliebee]

I did have someone to come back to.

[grayblebayble]

Studios are so obsessed with trying to find the next cash cow that they will kill the calf before it's weaned from its mothers milk.

[jessiesjaded]

Gillian Anderson for Melody Maker Magazine.

[bauliya]

can't believe people are complaining my adventures w superman's fresh out of college never published a single article in the daily planet and gets her bylines stolen lois lane is not as mature as the accomplished 35-45 y/o pulitzer winning chanel-suits only pre-digital media era lois lane. this is a 23 year old. this character goes home every weekend to get her laundry done. she has 50 dollars in her bank account and a quota of 10 listicles a day.