#ALA core

[bluereset]

WIP. Because I’m chaos. And I couldn’t decide to do something normal with my ribbons

[yourlittlettoy]

Something about.. how t-wording causes your body to betray you.

How no matter who you are (how dignified, tough, professional, serious, etc), getting t-worded will force you into a vulnerable and helpless state.

How embarrassing that is, to always have a weakness that makes you lose all of your dignity, reducing you to squirming and begging and makes you feel weak and out of control.

How much having this weakness you can’t get rid of means there’s always something that can be used against you, used to control you, used to humble you.

Just the inherent .. invasiveness of it all? The idea of having this weakness at all, that’s literally always gonna be so accessible to exploit if someone really wanted to. Being so afraid that someone might find out. How it always tears down every mental defence you’ve ever steeled within yourself and forces you to act in such an involuntary way which makes you burn hot with embarrassment?? How easy it is to control you with this.

Damn. I think that’s maybe a core reason this kink appeals to me 👀

[mamawasatesttube]

the whole "jason rules crime alley and none of the other bats are allowed there!!1!" thing is so funny like. tim LITERALLY lives in the theater where bruce's parents died,

[thisischeri]

Apple Power Mac G4, Mirrored Drive Doors, 2002

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[casscainmainly]

So I was reading batgirl (2000) recently, and I am baffled by Bruce going across the world to try and prove that the video of Cass literally killing someone and then being riddled with guilt at all of like 8 years old is canon? Like I feel like even without Cassandra needing to talk, it’s pretty obvious that she didn’t know what was happening, how can we confidently say oh she’s a killer.? That was a CHILD Bruce, you wouldn’t charge an 8 year old with murder for accidentally shooting someone with a gun they shouldn’t have access to? Why are we pretending like this is different? Do you have thoughts on that?

I DO have thoughts, although this moment is really ripe for interpretation so this is just my opinion!! I think the core of his reaction lies in understanding that Bruce, at this point, is projecting himself onto Cass. I don't think you can see this as analogous to any 8 year old murdering someone because for Bruce, it's not. It's Cass - it's someone he sees as "perfect," as an extension of himself. To find someone he so heavily relates to and then find out she's a murderer? It rattles him because he's based so much of his persona on not killing, only to find out that this girl who is so much like him has killed - fundamentally, it disrupts his understanding of himself.

Moreover, it's not so much that Cass killed someone as Bruce did not know that Cass killed someone. In his dialogue he emphasises his understanding of Cass (from Batgirl (2000) #4):

"It wouldn't have looked this way to anyone else, mind you." Bruce emphasises not just Cass' perfection, but that he is the sole person who sees Cass' perfection. Part of his projection onto Cass includes this belief that he and he alone knows Cass. The video is shocking to him because it's something he does not know and did not guess, and it disturbs his perception of himself as the person who Gets Cass.

Batgirl (2000) #4 // #5

"I assume that you wouldn't have thought Batgirl capable of such an act?" "I wouldn't have chosen her if I had." // "You're trying to take her away from me[...] You want me to think she's like you. A killer."

Bruce isn't focused on the fact of killing or really even blaming Cass, he's concerned the murder means a) he did not know her and b) she is not like him anymore. That's the crux of his irrational and yes, unfair, reactions to her killing. I think Bruce knows the tape isn't faked, but he can't let himself acknowledge that because he's so wrapped up in self-identification and projection that he fails to accept how Cass is different from him. That is the lesson Bruce must learn throughout Puckett and Horrocks' run, to allow Cass individuality and agency beyond him.

This incident is the first moment in that journey, which means Bruce reacts really poorly and, as you point out anon, irrationally. Although I don't think it's ever stated I do believe Bruce eventually comes around to acknowledging that this tape was real and understanding that that doesn't invalidate Cass, or his own, heroics. But again this is just my interpretation/thoughts!! Also I really hope that answers your question and I didn't misread it 😭😭

[tifa-simp]

This line always fucks me up a bit whenever I see it. Cos what does he mean by this??? What is "everything we stand for" Zack talking about here??? After getting shot by 100 bullets, I honestly think Zack would know better than anyone else, why would a SOLDIER, especially Sephiroth, will turn his back on all the "values" Shinra's fed them back then. "Everything" they stood for was a giant brainwash military propaganda by Shinra. Zack has a whole ass Crisis Core to come to term with it. Shinra harms innocent people, his mentor, his idol, his best friend, his girlfriend, THEY KILL HIM, MULTIPLE TIMES, RIGHT BEFORE THIS BATTLE! He'd been pickled in a lab for 4 years. He's ready to cut hundreds of his old colleagues. He threw a fucking stop sign at Shinra's helicopter at the very beginning of Rebirth. Why is he saying this now??? Genuinely what more does Shinra have to do to Zack for him to let go of the glorified ideal of SOLDIER? Took Cloud way less to see Shinra for what it is, including the nature of SOLDIER. What's the point of Crisis Core anymore??? He can kill anyone from Shinra that stands in his way, but letting go of SOLDIER title is where he draws the line?

What do YOU stand for, Zack? As a SOLDIER? You can't just separate SOLDIER from Shinra. That's not how it works. Everything every SOLDIER in existence has done is for Shinra and Shinra alone. There's no way Zack isn't aware of this.

Anyone well-versed in Zack's lore can give me a logical explanation of this dialogue after everything he's been through? Like I need an actual character breakdown that naturally leads to this conclusion, or else, to me, this single line sets his journey back several steps, unless there's some translation issue, and his JP line carries a different meaning. But that's a whole different problem.

[idontlikeem]

god we’re gonna get the most humorless non-sexually appealing coach of all time, i just know it. UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

[brainrotisseriechicken]

..

extra:

(it was a spring morning)

(he was a frail boy with no friends)

(he ran into you from across the wall)

(you said hello to him, and asked him to play along)

(at that very moment, he received his lifelong—)

extra 2: oscar boogaloo

yeahhhh....iykyk

[milkymars]

i'm back home from dashcon 2! i am so grateful i got the chance to volunteer and attend <3 massive shout out to the organizers who knocked it out of the park, my fellow volunteers, the amazing artists and performers, and the attendees for being such kind and warm people. i could really feel the love and excitement in the air and it was such a blast!! 🫶

[midnightkirk]

I literally JUST did this with foggy nelson dude I can’t start this again. BOBBY GET UP. PLEASE.

[journeyman-tier-fibercraft]

I'm a little late for WIP Wednesday but I haven't knit since Wednesday so it still counts right?

I have absolutely smashed this underarm portion of the back panel, on row 153/160 (95%!!!). However. My goal for the underarm length is 24 inches. And I'm currently at 22. T-T I will Increase My Total (168 will probably work but I'll report back when I have motivation)

I'm already looking ahead to the upper back portion, which will be about 64 rows based on my gauge. Plus a couple more rows for shoulder shaping.... I'm Actually on row 153 out of 238. 64% finished.

I'm usually a Process Knitter but this is very much a Product Knitter's project. I keep daydreaming about all the lace shawls I could be knitting (but never wear). But the Evil Pink Cardigan.... My precious...

[hawkeshep]

kinda sucks that I couldn’t play datv long enough to see the solavellan reunion but oh well

[akascow]

mattel give g3 frankie more side shave dolls you cowards

[day-mark]

god i fucking love competitive play, i love watching high level, skilled gameplay from passionate players, i love learning the statistics for each player and the game as a whole, i love hearing everyone and especially the casters glaze the fuck out of my favorite players. mc summit/mojang and mc.c you will be fucking dealt with .

[the-selfinsert]

Not being able to draw really fucking sucks sometimes because I'll be like

"Hm. That's a cool design concept," And then I'll remember that I'll need to spend at least like a few months working on learning to draw just to make it a thing

[xboobayaga]

my beloved @xjackiethedevilx tagged me to do this ♥

tagging my loves @casperthefuckinghost @enchantedvistas @freshpickle @thyming @feralxfawn @readingfolklore @snowdropskylark @snowandsage and everyone who wishes to do it ♥