#Forgiveness or grudge

[wecanbeperfect]

JESUS' TRIAL BEFORE PILATE

Mark 15:9 But Pilate answered them, saying will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews?

[your-turn-to-role]

moment of appreciation again for what is possibly my favourite later game percy quote that everyone always forgets about

(said to vex, of course)

[ender1821]

im a child of divorce

[milimeters-morales]

no but fr like i just think Miles would avoid HQ as much as possible and not want to leave his dimension as much anymore after all this. like he avoids the other spideys besides the gang (unless he’s forced to interact with them), and avoids even them for a good while after all is said and done (mostly just peter gwen and peni). He gets called to HQ for a mission? Hell no, get someone else to do it he knows there’s someone else available. He gets a watch? Cool, he’s dismantling it immediately and giving the pieces either to Ganke or storing them away for when he wants to make his own. Party in another dimension he’s invited to? He’s got a super bad migraine planned that day, don’t ask again.

[factsilike]

People like to imagine WWX and JC reconciling so easily...

As if WWX would ever forgive him for leading a bloodthirsty siege against the innocent people he gave up everything, even his life, to protect.

Also, WWX and JC at the core of their personalities are just too different. Their morals don't align, so a healthy brotherly relationship between them is just not possible, it never was. All they ever do in the novel is mostly disagree and fight. There were barely any pleasant or wholesome interactions between them.

It's for the best that they go their separate ways at the end of the novel, because literally the best thing JC ever did for WWX was leave him alone to live his (second) life.

WWX himself even clearly says who he wants-

"At the end, only Lan Wangji was the one left remaining by his side. How fortunate, then that Lan Wangji was also the only one he wanted by his side."

He does not want JC in his life anymore, nor does he have any room for him.

[artiststarme]

In a surprising turn of events, it was Will that got Steve and Eddie together. He’d noticed their blushing gazes, stilted flirting, and lingering touches. He knew they must’ve been dating in secret from their friends, perhaps because they weren’t comfortable enough to tell anyone. So, he pulled them aside at one of Steve’s pool days and gave them some advice.

“Hey guys, I um. Look, I know you’re dating each other.” They looked at each other in panic but Will continued. “It’s fine, I didn’t tell anyone. But you can tell us when you’re comfortable. The whole Party will be supportive and it’s really inspiring to see the love you two have for each other. So uh, thanks. I’m happy for you guys.”

Will ignored their shocked pallor and pulled them each into a quick hug. He gave them one last smile and darted back outside to the pool party feeling good that he was able to congratulate his friends for something so important. 

Unknowingly to him, he left Steve and Eddie inside to deal with impromptu coming-outs, small crises, and plans for first dates. Because before that conversation, neither Steve nor Eddie realized the other was interested. 

So Will got them together and he was proud when he found out about it… until they did the same thing to him and Mike. Then his joy about the situation became horror (although the method did work once again).

[girlscoutbrownies]

the way i saw this and immediately thought “tyler”

[speaking-riddlish]

Why does everyone just... trust Courtly Jester all of a sudden??? Like, what is this??

[ID: A screenshot of a scene in the castleteria. On one side of the table sits Raven and Lizzie, with Duchess at the end of the table, and Courtly on the other side. Raven and Lizzie are waving at Courtly and smiling. Duchess looks bored. Courtly is talking directly into the camera and looks happy. \EndID]

Like, Raven and a Lizzie are just... having lunch with her?? Did that epic battle mean nothing to you? This lady tried to kill you??? And Lizzie, this is the lady who tried to overthrow your mother and steal your destiny?? What are you doing!?

[ID: A screenshot in the Mad Hatter's Haberdashery and Tea Shop, at a table is, from left to right, Alastair, Courtly, Maddie, and Bunny. All are seated except Maddie, who is standing and pouring tea for Courtly. \EndID]

At least Maddie had some excuse here, since she works at this tea shop and has to be nice to a paying customer, but also, what? You literally had to seek the narrators intervention to break out of the prison this lady put you in??? This is your family's tea shop??? Kick her out of the establishment!! Why hasn't Maddie's *dad* kicked Courtly out at least???

[ID: A screenshot of a scene in the Multi Hex Theater. In the middle of the frame, Sparrow, Courtly, and Kitty are walking together in a group, presumably having just seen a movie together. /EndID]

And Kitty! You went and saw a movie with her??? You actively chose to hang out with her? She put in place measures to counteract your powers, locked you in a mock turtle's dungeon, and tried to steal your best friend's destiny! You're literally so loyal to Lizzie that you'll drop Duchess as a friend for slighting her, but someone tries to usurp her mother, steal her destiny, coerce her into signing her inheritance away, ect, and you go to the movies with them???!??!

What are they doing? Why is she walking free? Why are they *okay* with her walking free? They should be fighting this??

(In case it wasn't clear, the tone of this is supposed to be light hearted. I'm jokingly mad at the characters, not genuinely mad at the writers)

[das-a-kirby-blog]

dedede being chill w the dude who dragged him around, almost got him killed and used him as a puppet vs meta knight still being petty w the girl who mechanized him

[burr-ell]

It's just fascinating to me the way Vex's trauma, first from Syldor and Syngorn and then from the poachers who kidnapped her, is so relatively mundane and yet so resonant. Her and Vax's only real recourse from the abuse and racism they suffered was to leave, but living on their own meant they were also perfect targets. Statistically it's not your average suburban kid gettin snatched in a parking lot that makes up most kidnapping or trafficking victims; it's the kids who've been tossed around the system, who have slipped through the cracks in some way, who are already vulnerable—the people who no one will miss.

And Vex freeing herself from the poachers still gave her trauma, just a different kind of trauma than she'd have had if she'd actually been trafficked. Leaving Syngorn meant freedom from its cruelty, but it also meant being at the mercy of the rest of the world, and it meant a final admission to herself that no matter how hard she worked she would never get the acceptance and the home she longed for. It's an experience that's unfortunately all-too-common among so many oppressed and marginalized peoples. She spent so much time in situations where there was no way for her to win or get out unscathed, and it's no wonder she closed herself off from the world.

[dramoor]

"Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD."

~Leviticus 19:18

[lesbiradshaw]

Jacob Elordi at the Venice Film Festival (2023)

[labelledamesansraisondetre]

I rate you very high and I give you a terrible mustache.

[eileennatural]

i am once again thinking about killua and nanika

like I can't stop thinking about how much they are the same. Like nanika really kind of mirrors killua's emotional/personal arc throughout the series. thinking about the traits they share like...

pre-canon, both killua and nanika are tools. people (their family) are cruel to them, and they are made to enact cruelty onto others. the only difference is that killua can be controlled while nanika can't be. killua 'earns' his 'freedom' by virtue of him being much easier to manage/manipulate. nanika, on the other hand, cannot be managed so she and alluka are shut away permanently.

killua and nanika are largely beholden to the will of others -- for killua, its through illumi's needle as well as years of isolation, conditioning, and abuse by his family, and for nanika its in her nature.

but when they find someone who treats them like kids, or friends rather than monsters or a means to an end, when they're not being made to hurt others, killua and nanika both give freely and ask for very little in return.

killua, over and over, makes gon's 'wishes' come true, even if its at cost to himself. gon, kurapika, and leorio all pass the hunter exam because killua breaks a rule, ensuring the victory of everyone else there. he takes gon to heavens arena so he can train to beat hisoka, he agrees to help kurapika fight the phantom troupe because gon wants to help kurapika, he helps gon win greed island, and he gives everything to help gon beat the chimera ants. and all killua asks in return is that he be allowed to stay by gon's side. gon very rarely verbally asks or demands anything of killua (which some people portray as a sign of his selfishness, or that he takes for granted that killua will do whatever he wants, but i digress) but killua gives regardless because what gon has given to killua means so much to him --freedom, his friendship, his company, his trust, and his open and verbal affection.

nanika, in turn, fulfills all of killua's wishes and asks only for his love in return -- that he hug her, pat her head, and tell her she's good. She never makes cruel demands after killua's wishes because he never makes self-interested wishes, he never makes her hurt anyone for him. even as a child, he treated nanika like just another little sister, asking her to play with him and to fulfill the kinds of wishes she likes to do, such as healing people/animals.

killua (for most of the series) and nanika don't really have concrete goals or objectives of their own beyond securing love and affection by being useful to their favorite person (codependency twins !)

of course, killua and nanika are both eventually betrayed and incredibly hurt by their person, because that's just how codependent relationships play out, especially among people as young and emotionally immature and traumatized as gon, killua, and nanika are.

all of this culminates in maybe my favorite scene of the series, where killua realizes that he's hurt nanika in a similar way that gon have very recently hurt him, and also that by shutting nanika away, he's really just repeating their parents' abuse of her. so he doesn't just apologize, but he demonstrates that he knows why what he did is wrong, and why he did it, and promises never to do it again.

i only wish we cold have seen gon's apology :/

[thatswhatsushesaid]

bird update!!

still cute!

[invisiblegarters]

WHAT.

But also, the preview told me two things:

One, either uncle is way shadier than even I suspected or someone is mucking with Home's hospital records for reasons of their own.

Two, Home was like this:

about the thing with Peach without one drop of alcohol in his blood.

I love that the second he realized probably very shady uncle was listening he just started blubbering. Excellent.