#AS THE WAY NATURE INTENDED IT

[haliaiii]

The modern prometheus

[canisalbus]

The more I think about Machete's death the worse it sounds to me. He didn't even have time to think of anything - yk usually people talk about their life flashing before their eyes, but he didn't even get to reminisce on or remember anything, anyone. One second he was fine, an individual with memories, hopes, feelings and plans, next second his entire world narrowed down to the danger at hand, and then in another moment he was just a body. Going from a whole person to a biological ragdoll on autopilot in a matter of seconds is just a type of horror that I'll never get over

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[arealtrashact]

If it wasn't for your Tumblr, I never would've watched The 10th (Tenth?) Kingdom. I thank you. 😃

You're welcome.

Now you too can live with the knowledge that we'll never get the planned sequel and, as a result, never see the abomination that these two managed to spawn.

I am haunted by the fact Simon Moore (writer) confirmed that their offspring would be 100% wolf.

[shakingparadigm]

what is the theory that ivan manipulated the event where till and mizi met the wagyein?

It's not a theory, actually! It's confirmed that Ivan orchestrated the whole event. The true reason as to why however is still unknown. The information provides more context to this scene, though:

During the earlier times of ALNST the most rational explanation for this scene was that Till ran after a flower crown (presumably Mizi's) and Ivan followed him in out of curiosity. Now we know that Ivan was conveniently just standing there because he was waiting.

Side note, I find it heartbreaking (and maybe a little funny, sorry) that Till most likely didn't notice Ivan in this scene. That's just like him, isn't it. Always too busy running after Mizi while Ivan trails behind, an ever-present shadow.

I'm not sure how Ivan manipulated the circumstances for both of them to end up there, but it is confirmed that everything was intentional. What strikes me most is how they describe this particular scene:

I can't copy down what they said word-for-word (Patreon info), but they described Ivan watching "creepily" as Till and Mizi are faced with danger. We know that Ivan was familiar with the Cerberus wagyein beforehand, enough to touch its teeth and even to rest himself inside its maw. To Ivan, the wagyein is not dangerous, but to Till and Mizi, it could be. Ivan prepared the wagyein, led them there, and watched "creepily" from afar as Till fell on his knees, seemingly injured.

The closest I can get to making sense of Ivan's "scheme" is that he wanted to see how other children would react in a dangerous situation. Ivan's always been an observer, after all, and he's learned to survive by copying the more "normal" behaviors of his peers. This situation occured when Ivan was still young and had not yet developed his more charming mask, so perhaps he staged this encounter to study a situational response, to learn and mimic the emotion of fear. And what better subjects for the experiment than two of the most expressive and reactive humans of their batch? It helps that he was already fixated on Till beforehand, too. I think Ivan became irreversibly obssessed after this incident, especially since it's framed as a turning point in Ivan's life, comparing Till to the stars.

This is just my attempt at an interpretation, though. It could very well be for another reason. He most likely chose Till and Mizi specifically for personal reasons, not just for reaction. I'm still not sure on the purpose behind the whole thing.

The team wanted to capture Ivan's "dark emotions" through the shot of his stalking, which could relate to his more sinister intentions. His gaze can be read in a few different ways, though. Curiosity, interest, fear, etc. Maybe that's why they decided to redraw the shot in ROUND 6.

I think this better sells the feeling they were trying to convey.

[liones-s]

I've been trying to pay more attention to when things feel easy. I spent so many years forcing things - relationships, interests, routines - that it was difficult to imagine things could or should feel differently. now that I've starting experiencing things that feel natural, I'm learning that hard work and forcing things are not equivalent. Doing well in a class I enjoy takes a lot of work, but it's not miserable. Swimming makes me tired but it brings me joy. When I tell someone I like spending time with them, they suggest fun things to do and it just happens to be an activity I love. Relationships and hobbies and passions take work, but they can feel good. Noticing when it feels good can help us find the way towards what's meant for us.

[tenspontaneite]

Still figuring out how I want to draw slugcats, but I'm definitely going for Weird Mustelid vibes now. Have some Survivor 🙏

[crescentfool]

having the hc that minato is ace is incredibly funny sometimes when you think about how ryoji is oh so very bi because it's like. "ah. death stole my ability to be attracted to people," in the same way that ryoji stole minato's eye color and energy level. like wow, thanks ryoji, you just keep finding things to steal from minato!

[klanced]

hey katie … you do know that the live action voltron movie isn’t gonna have keith or lance right? like its most probably going to be an entirely new set of characters from the research i’ve done 😓 somewhat disappointing but interesting to see what they do with it at least?

i don’t like that idea so i’m electing to ignore it until proven otherwise 👍🏼

[alphagirl404]

With having a terrible relationship with her father before he died, and losing her bio mom & two people she saw as mother figures, I would not be surprised if Zelda would have insecurities with becoming a mom, to put it lightly...

[whump-n-comfort]

i've noticed a common generic idea beneath my fave stories

[syrips]

one thing i genuinely love (and understand) is during the twitter to tumblr migration when tumblr users would post like 'please newer users, dont spam tags, the purpose of tags is for organization purposes' while also simultaneously tumblr as a whole has always thrived off of tag communication, tag gushing, and essays entirely in tag format

[goldensunset]

Accurate reperesnation of navigating Sinnoh in Diamond and Pearl (the black line is post game including the near impossibwl to obtain event items that gave you Darkrai, Shaymin and the Azure Flute to catch Arceus... which was never released outside of Japan becauae it was "too complicated" for children...)

LITERALLY it's the running around in circles in the north side cave section between celestic town and eterna city. surely this is how you climb mount coronet right? right??? surely there's a path? and then some more running around at the top of the mountain once you do manage to make it. help

[lord-squiggletits]

Speaking of Tyrest. A lot of people forget that he treated Pharma with absolute disdain, not only using him as a test subject for a clearly painful mass murder machine, but talking to Pharma like he saw him as nothing but some henchman to order around that was nothing more than a 'diseased cripple' if Tyrest hadn't come to rescue him.

Like it really is an interesting background dynamic with some curious implications, but when you look at fandom posts from around that issue/the years after, for some reason people just saw "Pharma worked with Tyrest" and concluded Pharma is a card carrying bigot ksjfnskxkd. Like yeah Pharma didn't do anything to stop Tyrest but it seems his main beef with the Autobots was with Ratchet in particular and maybe a general disdain for his ex-comrades. As well as continuing to hate Decepticons which like, not even the "good Autobots" are immune to (even in Pharma's introduction, First Aid says in his journal something like "yeah we all hate Decepticons, but Pharma REALLY hates them"). And despite what fandom likes to construe there's really no evidence in IDW1 that Autobots and Decepticons are different "races" or "types" of Cybertronians, so Pharma hating Decepticons really isn't a bigotry/robot racism thing. And instead probably has something to do with, idk, the 4 million year long galaxy-spanning blood feud war, or maybe being blackmailed and tortured into insanity by the Biggest and Most Decepticon-y of Decepticons.

Tyrest treated Pharma like trash, the other Decepticons working for Tyrest (how come no one ever brings that up btw) also hated him, so if anything it seems that Pharma was more of a rogue element only staying with Tyrest bc he was his best option and probably had no way to even escape.

I'm glad that at least in recent years the fandom has acquired a keen reading eye and good taste to finally recognize Pharma as the (accidentally) complex character he is instead of making him some posh, racist Starscream clone SHSJDGSGDH

[lilacxquartz]

Thank you for answering and the clarification. Both of the characters are evil then. I wonder if he’s the type to get jealous if our darling interacts with others then. How long are you planning to make this one?

two evil people up to no good‼️💥

i think kenjaku wouldn’t actually get jealous if the reader starts getting attention from others or interacts with others. he’s a pretty self assured character (even though i got him to act out for other reasons in the other fic) and knows what he wants, so he wouldn’t worry about things like that.

maybe it would annoy him at best if the mc reacts to these sorts of things in ways that he doesn’t like though, that’s when he’d deliver a warning, like he would act colder or he might be cruel to the mc.

& genuinely no idea. when i write by the chapter, it can pretty much go on forever (depending on how much story there is to gain from it) and with it being a crime thriller, it can go on for a long time before i’m done with it. i’ll still say minimum 20 chapters as a result.

[ninadove]

I’m really curious about the beef between Chloé and Felix, because it’s clear he 100% hates her guts. But like, not in a regular “Oh-Chloé-is-so-mean-I-hate-her-so-much” way - this one seems personal.

So far, I’ve counted 3 instances of Felix purposefully targeting Chloé as part of his shenanigans:

- The personalised dig in the video message to Adrien’s friends (“Felix”)

- Going out of his way to humiliate her while on a mission to investigate his uncle (“Gabriel Agreste”)

- She’s also the first person he snaps “out of existence” using the Red Moon powers, even before his main target Gabriel (“Emotion”)

I’ve learnt not to assume Felix does anything out of pettiness, so what’s the deal? Why would he repeatedly take the risk of derailing his plans for her? Is there some kind of deep narrative reason, or is she just so annoying to him that he can’t help it?

I want to know the tea. But also, I’d find it super funny if he just… Couldn’t stand her for no reason. After all, don’t we all have that one person that makes us grind our teeth?

[weaksspot]

actually i do have a few more thoughts. i think, to me, at least by the start of the series dean doesn't really have the kind of power over sam that would facilitate a one-sided abuser/victim dynamic. he doesn't actually abduct sam from his dorm room, he doesn't put a gun to his head and force him to come look for dad - my read of that scene is dean, scared, begging sam to come help him, because he can't cope alone. and sam goes because despite everything he does care about his brother and yeah, even his dad - dean doesn't have to manipulate him into it (though that's not to say we don't see manipulative behaviour at other points). sam is given outs, opportunities to leave, multiple times; dean offers to let him leave, and i don't think it's a false offer - it would have hurt him badly if sam took it but i don't think he would have tried to stop him. and when sam does go, in 1x11, it's not like dean hunts him down and forces him to come back, outside circumstances do that. and it's clear to me, too, that sam wants to go back to him! and dean is clingy, they are codependent, dean wants sam with him more than just about anything else, but i don't think that's unrequited. they both display pretty much equivalently extreme behaviour to keep the other one alive, to keep the two of them together. and i think dean is often at sam's mercy, emotionally, possibly even more than sam is at his - their relationship is often on uneven footing, but i don't think dean has the upper hand any more than sam does.