#I love the characterization of this guy

[curlytsunamiart]

a confrontation between miquella and messmer in the shadow keep throne room

[hoodzgyal]

my favorite iteration of jason todd is not the blood thirsty, violent zealot of a man who kills because he can, but instead a long-suffering, internally tortured man who was simply pushed beyond the brink.

this jason is a man who takes no pleasure in all the blood on his hands as the red hood; all the bodies on his ledger are simply a means to an end. gotham must be cleaned up, not for his sake, but for the sake of the people.

i love a jason todd that recognizes that crime cannot be stopped, but it can be controlled. a jason todd who cares deeply, so very deeply about gotham. a jason who believes he’s tethered to her, resurrected solely for the purpose of righting her wrongs. a jason who goes after the scum of gotham, the traffickers, the pimps, the controllers of the dark underbelly of the city, and slowly picks them off.

i love a jason todd who is methodical. each kill is incredibly calculated; he doesn’t believe in wasting bullets. i love a jason todd that stands directly on the line that batman cannot cross.

[breadandlottery]

bonus:

[intermundia]

i just read about the "narcissism of small differences," aka the idea that the more a community has in common, the more likely the people in it are to engage in interpersonal feuds and mutual ridicule because of hypersensitivity to minor differences perceived in each other, and i knew there was a reason my time in academia and fandom felt oddly similar lmao

[dykedvonte]

Jimmy tries so hard to not let Anya haunt his narrative but she is his narrative and he hates that.

Everything loops back to what he did to her and every hallucination, action and choice he makes or does directly goes back to her and he deserves that strife. She persisted and spoke up and he hates her for it. He can erase her but not her presence over them and that’s the best type of ghost.

[spinaart]

hey leader!!!

[sirwow]

mmmm more stick :)) tsc and green having matching glasses makes me happy

[jarinnards]

I'm so sick of seeing people act like Loghain didn't love his wife. Like, yes, this dude was fucked up and yes he's so emotionally stunted that he wound up neglecting her because - let's face it - he cannot fucking work through his feelings or problems to save his life, but... Really? The guy who neglected his Terynir due to severe depression and feeling lost and only stopped fucking around after Celia practically broke his door down and shouted at him over his mistreatment not just of his people, but also of the furniture before going "can you lock the fuck in" and promoting them to have REPEATED shouting matches, which then resulted in him asking for her hand in marriage? The guy who fucking obliterated his wifes rose bush the ONE time she asks him for help tending it and then immediately decides the only logical conclusion is repentance by trouncing down to Denerim, getting not just roses, not just seeds, but an ENTIRE GODDAMN ROSE BUSH, THORNS AND ALL, stuffing it in his pack as he gets cut all to shit and tells everyone who offers to help him with it to kill themselves because it is VITAL that he be the one to give it to his wife? The guy who, after playing the longest running game of hide and seek with his own feelings and trauma, decides "yeah, I'll live with my wife, fuck it" and actually settled down with her for the whole of three years before she FUCKING DIES and prompts him to go "yeah, I'll live with my daughter, fuck it" as Anora drags the whole court down to Gwaren to give her mother the most lavish funeral ceremony Fereldan had seen to date and was so deeply affected by Celias death that he literally NEVER goes back to his Terynir because his wife isn't there anymore? Mr "you'll have to excuse me if I close my eyes and think of my dead wife" during what is probably the first and only time he has had any kind of sex since Celia died??????? REALLY????? Get the entire FUCK out of my house. Say what you will about Loghain and his fucking AWFUL coping mechanisms, but don't you spit on my boys marriage to Celia. It's possible to avoid processing your trauma AND love your wife.

[madamemiz]

votv is really clever in how it makes you care about dr. kel as a protagonist despite that he barely has a tangible presence in the game

for the first few days, aside from a name in an email, you don't have much to go on. there are what appear to be fun/nerdy stickers on his suitcase and he brought emergency toilet paper and a plushy with him to his solitary job in the middle of nowhere. so he's maybe a bit practical, a little quirky, but those are just crumbs of information, and these sort of first person games tend to lean a little more on the self-insert side anyway. without much else to go on, the next handful of quiet days proceed with you easily slipping into his shoes, forgetting he exists as the protagonist. you're doing the job, you're cleaning your base, you're getting creeped out by every random noise. you live here now. the game is clever about making you care about the base too, but that's a post for another day

time passes, and little by little, you notice small details that add up. the strange and specific nightmares about work and drowning and mannequins. the roaches you can eat with no ill effects that give you a food boost to boot. the clumsy tendency to trip and fall over pretty much anything, the pickiness over food

you save up enough to get a kerfur, have the bright idea to check their camera while they're in the room with you, and there you see it in the camera; not you, but him. maybe he looks the way you imaged, maybe he looks completely different, but suddenly you're very aware that dr. kel exists

then you start to get a glimpse of how other people perceive him--croissants snuck on the drone for him by a friend who brags about her cooking, sushi snuck to you by another friend who calls him an asshole and says she misses him, both of whom are presumably his colleagues and both of whom seem worried for him. the smiling plushie of him the arirals gift if he gets on their good side, their note calling him cute attached to it along with an ominius offer of help in bad times. kerfur calling him a dumbass if he makes them do the reports twice, but also leaning down to his eye level to happily get pets

he's endearing in an odd sort of way, and people in-universe care about him. you start to care about him, which makes it all the more troubling when he makes pained sounds when he falls from too high, or starts coughing out of the blue. makes you wince when he falls off the radio tower or gets launched from the atv. makes it downright horrifying when he's caught by a wisp and torn apart limb by limb while you as the player can do nothing but watch

you find yourself wanting him to succeed, to be safe, to get out of the situation he's found himself in. or at least, i do. there isn't a ton to go on aside from some environmental storytelling and a breadcrumb trail of personality tidbits, but I personally find that trail to lead to an interesting and compelling character with enough wiggle room for further interpretation. i'm very excited to see what else we learn in future updates

[lorebird]

In which Ford struggles so badly to relate to other people that he wonders if he’s really human at all. The more isolated he becomes, the harder it is to reconcile with his own humanity.

[neurospiczzzziee]

what do you think of blitz being shocked when stolas kisses him before relaxing in sinsmas?

I LOVE THIS DETAIL SO MUCH!!!

(I'm going to be mainly looking at this from the Perspective of Blitzø)

The reaction of shock we first see shows that Blitzø wasn't expecting it. He didn't feel that he was owed payment like a kiss. He was just happy that he saved his favorite bird. He would have just been happy lovingly looking at Stolas with the sparkle in his eyes.

I think the sensation Blitzø is experiencing is relief.

For the longest time Blitzø and Stolas were on complete different pages. Their ideas and opinions of what one thought of each other was completely different.

When Stolas is shocked states to Blitzø

"you've just risked your life to save mine"

Blitzø doesn't respond in a Cocky way with his mask like the old him would have. He doesn't brag about himself. He doesn't berate Stolas for making him risk his life. For making a stupid choice.

Instead he just says in the most gentle way "well. . .so did you."

He is showing Stolas RECIPROCATION!

This is the first time his feelings have actually properly reached Stolas and the kiss shows it.

Since the Mastermind, heck even at the end of the apology tour Blitzø was trying to show Stolas that he actually cared about him.

Because you need to remember in during the song ALL 2 U Stolas sings the lyrics:

"I don't think you meant to hurt me

Cause I don't think it

meant a thing at all"

That line is the one that DESTROYS BLITZØ.

Cuz what's going on in his head is he realizes that Stolas thinks that he doesn't care at all. That he never cared for him.

The opposite of love is indifference and Stolas thinks he's indifferent.

Blitzø was in love with Stolas but his own armor of self loathing/doubt blinded him of reciprocating his feelings.

That's why during ghost fuckers he's so upset Because is so mad at himself for hurting Stolas and the fact he self-sabotaged himself from the possibility of being happy and having an actual loving relationship. He is wallowing in his own self pity.

(side note I think if Verosika hadn't told Blitzø to lay off that he would have kept trying to pursue Stolas. I do think it was a good thing because he needed time to evaluate himself and how he actually feels. The boy needed introspection.)

During Mastermind Blitzø assumed that Stolas had moved on and it wasn't until Stolas came in and risked his life that Blitzø realized that Stolas still cared for him. Because of what happened he was in a way given the second chance to show Stolas that he actually cared for him back. But the problem is Stolas is rightfully in shock and depressed. Blitzø understands this so he just in a way quietly loves him by caring for him. (Side note I do think if mastermind didn't happen and Stolas was in trouble or anything like that Blitzø still would have gone out of his way to help him and try to show Stolas that he cared for him)

From what I've seen I don't think Blitzø at all expects Stolas to reciprocate feelings for him. I think Blitzø in Sinsmas just wants Stolas to be happy again. He just wants to make sure Stolas doesn't feel like he's alone. Because he knows what it feels like to be alone, to feel abandoned. I think Blitzø would have been happy continuing to just admire Stolas from afar in a quiet way. So Blitzø just continues to quietly love him.

That's why I think the kiss shocked him so much because it lets him know that his feelings finally reached Stolas. Stolas realizes that Blitzø actually cares for him. For the longest time they weren't on the same page and they finally are experiencing mutual receprocation.

What we are seeing is for the first time that sensation of relief and ease on both parties!

Thank you so much for sending me this ask. I truly love this detail of the kiss and I love talking about this silly show so much 🥹💕. For my friends that read this whole thing. Thank you for reading my little rant 😊.

-✨Neuro✨

[sangthael]

I see you draw a lot of jimmy, but do you have any head cannons for the rest of the characters? (mostly Anya. Anya Anya Anya Anya thank you)

yes!! i plan on making a hc sheet at some point so i can actually write all of them down in one place but heres some anya hcs i have for you :)

cuts her own hair! has been doing it since she was a teenager

has had a passion for nursing school since she was really young — she wants to help people and loves doing whatever she can to help

NOT a people pleaser don’t get me wrong. she likes keeping the peace but she can left hook a bitch that woman can box

her trauma response is to fawn, unfortunately. she’s not fond of it either and has been trying to work it out of herself since before she ever applied to pony express

loves horror movies, specifically from the 70s-90s. ironically enough, alien is her favorite movie

needs reading glasses. she forgets them everywhere though

her favorite animal is a persian cat. she thinks their faces are really ugly in a cute way. she owned 2

gets grey streaks early in age from stress, she tries to dye it out but when the tulpar crashed she ran out of dye quickly

[aracariwren]

Supportive Guest Miis!

[graylinesspam]

Some young mando: *gets flustered around Ahsoka*

Rex and every clone nearby:

Before I even get to the other ask. Holy shit this made me cackle. I fuckin love these boys so much. And Temura's side eye is so lethal. This made my day.

[phoenixkaptain]

DC is so silly because none of them can agree on what Batman’s motivation actually is.

Like, does this guy only care about Gotham City? Is he obsessed with keeping this one specific city safe? Is obsessed to the point that he’s willing to risk other people’s lives in the pursuit of justice?

Or, does he care about other people? Alfred, Dick, Jason, Tim, Damian, even Selina. Is he obsessed with keeping his loved ones safe? Is he obsessed with keeping Gotham safe because he wants the people in Gotham to be safe?

Does he train Robin out of a desire for a soldier or a need to cling to a thread of humanity? Does he keep Alfred employed primarily because Alfred is good at keeping secrets or because he trusts Alfred to keep his secrets? Does he ever love any of the women he dates, Selina included, or does he see them as another part of his disguise?

What is Batman’s motivation? What is he feeling at any given time in a story? What keeps him going when the nights drag on endlessly? What makes him get out of bed? What makes him take care of himself so that he can take care of it? Is it Gotham, or is it the people in Gotham?

And honestly, the answer is all of the above. The writers don’t agree on the answer, so the answer is that all apply. Batman would die for Gotham, Batman would die for Robin, Batman would die for Alfred. Batman wants to protect Gotham more than anything. Batman finds that he wants to protect Robin and Alfred and those he loves even more than Gotham. Batman views Robin as a soldier to be kept at arm’s length. Batman views Robin as his son and loves him like a father would.

It affects everything that Batman touches, this inconclusive motivation. Batman views the Justice League as his friends, his family even. Batman never gets close to any members of the Justice League because he only views them as associates and nothing more.

Batman can be conceivably anything. His motivation can become anything. Because his motivation is set up and reset and reset and reset- his motivation, what he cares about, it can be basically whatever you want. Whatever the writers want.

And this is why you have people hate Batman because he’s cold and uncaring and nigh abusive. You have people who love Batman because he thaws for those he loves and is kind and caring. You have people who like Batman because he’s good with children. You have people who like Batman because he’s awkward and doesn’t even know how to hold a child.

All of these versions have been portrayed, and sometimes multiple versions are portrayed in the same comic line. Batman lets Robin tease him and misses Robin when they’re apart, but he also gets mad at Robin for something that he has to know isn’t Robin’s fault. Batman is cold and distant to Robin but also says he trusts Robin as much as he trusts himself. Batman doesn’t know what Tim’s family life is like because he doesn’t feel it’s important, as long as it doesn’t affect Tim’s work, and he also asks Tim to tell him about his family’s situation because he sees himself in Tim and wants to offer comfort.

These are all Batman, but are also not Batman. Because the writers want you to view Batman as whatever they’re portraying him as in that one specific comic. What is Batman like? Well, it depends on the comic issue, not the comic series.

I like to focus on Bruce having interests and cares outside of Gotham alone. I like writing him as having friends he trusts and kids he loves. Because this is more interesting to me than the Bruce who is cold and uncaring. But, I also understand that this isn’t the only way he’s portrayed. This is the way I perceive him, the way I read all of his comics and the reason why I can make excuses for his actions that others find objectionable or unforgivable.

My way of reading Bruce isn’t the right or wrong way to do so, because there is no wrong way to read Bruce’s character. He’s genuinely been portrayed as just about all the versions you can find. And of course people exaggerate, they worsen him or (in my case) make him better. Which isn’t wrong either.

Batman is both a loving and a distant father. Batman both cares only for Gotham and has interests beyond Gotham. Batman has no friends and a few close friends. Batman is serious and dark and brooding and Batman is silly and playful and pretending to be emotionless. The writers don’t agree, the fans don’t agree, no one agrees so Batman is a nebulous character of clear motives only when it suits the narrative he’s engaged in.

[artfulacrostic]

some people: daredevil born again doesn't include enough of matt's inherent catholic guilt and angst and how his faith drives him at the same time as it breaks him down bc he's a walking paradox

cue matt feeling literally textually unworthy to even enter the house of god, matt sitting in the courthouse on a bench like a pew praying just as hard as he ever could in a church that he will be able to save hector, matt telling fisk he believes in both mercy and wrath, matt praying the litany of st. yves and kissing foggy's funeral card like it's a saint card instead, matt redeeming himself by saving his mortal enemy at the cost of himself to a soundtrack of a remix of the florida mass choir titled "redemption", matt CONFESSING HIS SINS to karen knee to knee right after a flashback to his childhood where he was standing under a devil/angel window that shows he may be the devil of hell's kitchen but he HAS to be morally and fundamentally on the side of the angels and she tells him he's both wrath and mercy...amen