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[shyjusticewarrior]

DC Comics Incorrect Quotes Pt 83

Conner: I've always said Tim could be a cult leader.

Renee: When my ex-boyfriend found out I was gay, he called me ninety-seven times.

Selina: I don't trust lakes. Where I come from, this is where we dump drugs or dead bodies.

Jason: Am I interrupting?

Tim: Yes.

Jason: I don't care.

[superfandomcorp]

😍

[spicyveganfun]

I’m on the last episode of glamorous on Netflix and it’s actually good. I hope it can fill the hole that dynasty has left in my heart.

[bluetrainer]

Pride Month Art Challenge Day #11: Sam and Steven from Dynasty

Can I just give major props to the creative team behind Dynasty (2017) to be like “yeah let’s gender swap one of the characters from the original” thus giving us this couple. Granted Steven then gets written off for like 90% of the show but at least they reunite in the end. Curse you great CW cancellation spree, we could’ve gotten another full season of them together again.

[iwasbored777]

Catching up on Dynasty and I'm late but anyways, they had Kirby and Amanda, who's a lesbian, become friends and in the next episode they confirm Kirby is bi. Was it painfully obvious that they will become a couple soon? Yes. Do I still ship them super hard? Yes. A genius kind-hearted lesbian and innocent childish bi is a match made in heaven. Hopefully this relationship doesn't turn toxic like most of other relationships in Dynasty, they are awesome together.

[cressida-jayoungr]

Coeli's Picks: Pink, part 1

There was a particular wealth of fantastic pink dresses for March. I feel like I could easily do another month of pink! Here are some of the costumes suggested by @coeli1000 that I didn't manage to get to.'

(Multiple movies listed left to right.)

One Dress a Day Challenge

March: Pink Redux

White Christmas (1954) / Vera-Ellen as Judy Haynes

The Princess Bride (1987) / Robin Wright as Buttercup

The Princess and the Pirate (1944) / Virginia Mayo as Princess Margaret

Death in Venice (1971)/ Silvana Mangano as Tadzio's Mother

My Fair Lady (1964)/ Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle

A League of Their Own (1992) / Geena Davis as Dottie Hinson

Elite (s4e2 "5 segundos") / Carla Diaz as Ari Blanco Commerford

"I've never heard of this Spanish Netflix series, but when I stumbled across this feather (!!) dress I had to share!"

According to ShopYourTV, the dress is by Mihano Momosa.

Legally Blonde (2001) / Reese Witherspoon as Elle Woods

I did feature a dress from this movie, but since pink is the main character's signature color, there were lots of options! Here are some of the others I could have used.

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde (2003) / Reese Witherspoon as Elle Woods

Dynasty (s3e20, "Pretty in Pink") / Maddison Brown as Kirby Anders

Killing Eve (s1e2) / Jodie Comer as Villanelle

[loveboatinsanity]

[an-ivy-covered-summer]

finally finished watching dynasty. i’ll miss this unhinged, weirdly scripted, nonsensical show so much shdgdgdbdhbd

[rigginsstreet]

I wish the people who watched dynasty paid attention to more than just Fallon/Liz cuz like…that entire cast was great. Every character was great. And they all get paid dust on here

[youraveragebookwhore]

somehow everyone loves Liam but i’m not seeing it.

Liam telling Fallon (after knowing her for a week tops) that ‘she picked the wrong guy’ when she got together with the man she’s been in love with for a good chunk of the last four years……. The white rich guy entitlement jumped out.

[shyjusticewarrior]

DC Comics Incorrect Quotes Pt 57

Edward: Is there a cactus where your heart should be?

Ivy: What's up your ass this morning?

Oswald, walking in: Hey.

Ivy: Nevermind.

Bruce: I had a crazy dream that there wouldn't be a cow's A-S-S in my face when I'm eating my breakfast.

Damian: I know what that spells.

Duke: Ass.

Damian: Ass.

Damian: Father. A-

[superfandomcorp]

🔥🔥

[cowboyshit]

[joanna-lannister]

You're bleeding.

[burningsuitfire]

Essek and religious trauma

Saw this post from @balleater here and having been meaning to write a meta on the subject, theorizing about what we know.

Essek admits to being seriously traumatized when Caleb talks to him in the Grove.

(141) Caleb: Somewhat hypocritical coming from me, but try to be kind to yourself.  Essek: You, more than anyone, showed me that trauma doesn't define you.

The simplest conclusion is religious trauma, along with neglect and abandonment.

In the wrap-up Matt puts serious emphasis on Essek's parents and family being "very deeply steeped" in the religious culture alongside how Essek has "very much eschewed" the religious culture, that no one has ever genuinely cared about Essek beyond his influence and talent, that his family didn't understand or support his focus on dunamantic research (or his career), and draws clear lines about the negative aspects of Dynasty's theocratic authoritarianism and uncompromising cultural zealotry, at points Mercer even compares it to evangelicalism and doomsday cults.

He also gives us hints that it's a bad situation for anyone who doesn't follow the official faith, like in Eiselcross when Caleb asks questions about the mandated religion and Kryn theories on the beacons:

(124) Essek: It is an interesting idea, though I would caution to keep it close to the chest. Such conversations might be considered sacrilege in some circles of the Dynasty.

Which as word of god tells us Essek had a very bad relationship with his powerful authoritarian den family that didn't understand him or his goals, and he grew up in the Bastion (which is a temple to the Luxon), when the Dynasty laws are founded on the faith and enforced by the military:

(EGtW) The laws of the dynasty, which stem from the faith of the Luxon, are enforced by a network of trusted Aurora Watch captains and soldiers

To the point where Matt emphasized how even petty criminals in the prison were systematically "beaten and emaciated", sacrilege could have ugly consequences, even growing up.

Especially considering that all we know of his father is that he seemed to have a temper to the point of extremely self-destructive tendencies, and that he was possibly military and thus law enforcement (warriors function as both in the Dynasty).

Even in the dinner conversation when he was being outstandingly open, Essek was very careful not to tell the nein anything that could allow other Kryn to question his faith:

Marisha: So his lying about it [consecution] was just about going along with the zealotry and not- Matt: Exactly, because he didn't want people to think that there was something up.

And then there's Essek's massive trust problems, which are specifically focused on the word "trust":

(131) Caleb: We feel we can trust you more than my old teacher. (You see, when you say the word "trust". It's simultaneously like seeing a small hit to the heart... and whatever icy bit that cracked melts away for a minute. There's a moment of him hearing the word and letting it wash over him.) Essek: I'm thankful for the trust you put in me. And I hope to make this up to you.

(124) Essek: I've never really been trusted and so I did not trust. When I- when you gave me trust, it gave me a perspective that was so agonizingly striking. So easy to see that I refused to acknowledge it at first, even. (135) Essek: The more I begin to see Beauregard, yourself return with these markings- I've only just recently learned to trust. It's hard to begin to mistrust so quickly.

Where there's a theory that it might stem from the Dynasty's training for echo knights and dunamancers (when we've heard Essek tell Caleb that the training is comparable to that of scourgers), and we even see the echo knight in Zadash react very strongly to the word "trust":

(13) Mollymauk: We just need to know who we can trust and who we can't.  Thuron: You cannot trust anybody in this city. You cannot trust yourselves. Anyone who has not bound themselves. They are the enemy.

Other context and info gives us that consecution and worshipping the Luxon and following the umavi-written "system of pure faith" created from their interpretation of the beacons (as EGtW dictates the Luxon is canonically silent and unconscious) is required for people to hold Dynasty political/spiritual/military office and influence, to work for the theocratic government (comprised of the 12 noble religious den families), and that dunamancy and the Dynasty's dunamis research is only accessible to those working for the government.

And it seems like Essek hints at unattractive consequences to others discovering he's been lying about his faith (and/or the dangerous nature of his career):

(131) Essek: I just know that I've also survived this long, weaving the intricacies of deceit like I have, by knowing how best to keep myself out of the complications as best as I can.

Finally, we have Essek's relationship with punishment and pain, alongside the Dynasty's systematic religious corporal punishment:

(57) In the shadows there look to be multiple figures. Some human, some ogre-ish with more reinforced bars, drow. Emaciated, beaten. Not looking happy and healthy, but then again, what good Dungeon of Penance would?

(77) ...days of chosen sunlight in which the nightfall is dispelled and the people of Rosohna and Xhorhas bask in the sun. Even those who find pain and challenge in its presence, as it is part of the worship. (EGtW) The Kryn drow who emerged from the shadowed depths of the caverns beneath Xhorhas now endure periods of sunlight as part of their worship. Periods of days, sometimes weeks, will transpire in a state of perpetual evening, enabling the darkness-bound denizens to go about their work. Such periods briefly come to an end to usher in periods of scheduled, mass worship under the sunlight.

(99) Essek: I will take my leave for the night. Thank you for not throwing me into the water. (97) Essek: The pain is somewhat comforting because I am my own punishment. (91) Essek: I have seen those far older than you that have experienced maybe half the pain I see in your eyes. Age isn't everything. Experience is what hardens you, prepares you for the worst. (138) Beau: My essence will haunt you. Essek: And I would deserve it, like I deserve all of the things that haunt me. Jester: Aw, Essek... Essek: Don't- offer me any solace. (141) Essek: Maybe it's time I just found my way. Really began my penance. I've procrastinated long enough in dealing with my sins. I convinced myself I'd be alone for so much of my life. It's hard to say goodbye when I don't feel alone anymore, but… I understand. I understand and accept what I've done.

[sforzesco]

Another of his victims was Lepidus, that lover and favourite of his, the husband of Drusilla, the man who had together with Gaius maintained improper relations with the emperor's other sisters, Agrippina and Julia, the man whom he had allowed to stand for office five years earlier than was permitted by law and whom he kept declaring he would leave as his successor to the throne.

-Cassius Dio 59.22

everyone talks about the incest allegations, but surprising no one: the brother in law allegations are more fun to me

some commentary on the death of Lepidus

The Roman Emperor Gaius 'Caligula' and his Hellenistic Aspirations, Dr. Geoff W. Adams

usually my Caligula design is a remix of my Octavian design with darker hair, but for this I decided he should be his own person

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