#I have a LOT of FEELINGS about them

[angelscometrue]

Edwin was sacrificed using a book about magic and rituals. So after escaping hell he became an expert in all magic elements and acquired all the books about the subject. Using his magic knowledge to help people (see Niko, or the ghost in the pilot)

Charles was beaten to death by bullies. So he became the brawn, using his cricket bat to defend people. Beating up demons and violent people (see David,).

something about Edwin and Charles taking the thing that had killed them and making It their greatest weapon to help others.

[fearthhereaper]

aemond being arrogant and smug about going to war. he is overconfident in his conviction that he will come back victorious when alicent frets over him leaving for battle.

when the day he's supposed to leave with their army comes alicent is there to say goodbye and wish him well. he sees her worried expression and takes her hands in his promising that he will return having won the battle for their family.

he squeezes her hands and says his final goodbyes. climbs on a horse at the head of the army, next to criston and aegon who will be leading it.

suddenly he's overtaken by a feeling of unease. he turns his head back and sees alicent watching the procession. his stomach drops, he feels nervous, unsettled.

before he knows it he stops, gets off the horse and hearing criston yell his name in the background walks runs back to alicent and hugs her tightly. neither of them says a word until he lets go. she touches his face, caresses the scar on his cheek and he leaves without a word.

climbs back on the horse, ignoring aegon's sour, jealous expression and criston's questions.

he feels ashamed of showing that weakness, of feeling like a young man he is, when he's the one riding the most formidable dragon alive. especially in front of the soldiers he's supposed to help lead.

an older man rides up to him, clasps his shoulder startling him out of his musings.

"young or old, all men cry out for their mothers when they're dying on the field, my prince. only a fool would fault you for embracing yours."

[shortbreadly]

well barbie and blitzo’s interactions killed me just as i expected, but i just want to talk about this:

we can see that barbie’s mad at blitzo for whatever reason, but something about this scene feels off to me. and i think i’ve pinpointed why

blitzo is no stranger to people being mad at him, in fact it happens in most episodes. of course some people‘s feelings mean more to him, such as maybe m+m, stolas or even fizzarolli, but he doesn’t shy away from defending himself and speaking his mind to even them. he always has some shit to say, and always sticks up for himself in his own blitzo way

but with barbie he doesn’t, he just stares at her with that sad little look of regret on his face. even in this scene:

blitzo recoils away from barbie. doesn’t defend himself. doesn’t argue with her. just recoils.

blitzo obviously feels shame and regret over whatever has happened between him and barbie, otherwise he would’ve stuck up for himself. however i also think he views barbie as completely innocent and out of the wrong regarding whatever happened, instead possibly blaming himself, due to one thing:

barbie was never in blitzo’s bad trip. striker, fizz, verosika, moxxie and stolas were, but not barbie. all of these people he views negatively (or has previously viewed somewhat negatively in moxxie’s and stolas’ case) but barbie is no where to be seen. obviously something has happened in the past with her as with the others, but unlike them he can’t bring himself to hate her for it

edit: just gonna throw it out there that blitzo recoils when barbie presses their mother’s choker. make of that what you will

[silversailormoan]

Yerim a couple chapters ago : wdym going abroad, it's not like Seseong guild leader would go without yoojin

Me, a jaded reader : haha that's cute Yerim ^^ but I don't think he'd say that as anything other than his usual style of flirty joking

BOY DID CHAPTER 319 PROVE ME WRONG

like wdym Yoojin fully admitted to himself that he was disappointed that Hyunjae might go abroad because it'd become hard to see him, and he has gotten attached? and Hyunjae seemed to know his worries so he tugged him closer and whispered only for Yoojin's ears that he'd stay??

And he didn't even say Korea but he'd stay as Hyunjae in this world?? THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT?

like,, these two have come so far it surprises me everytime

And then,,, and then Hyunjae really proved Yerim RIGHT by trying every way of asking Yoojin to come with him on an overseas trip

And Yoojin was really indulging him there with the "ah I'll just get kidnapped if I go to other countries, Japan is enough" and Yoohyun had to??? Step in??? To remind him that why'd he even go with Seseong when he should be going with Haeyeon?

Jinjae vacation arc when–

[ein-ungeheures-ungeziefer]

POV: You carry Malenia back home after the Radahn battle, but she wakes up and insists that she can walk by herself. She says, you're exhausted enough, ah, take a break! So you don't mention that she doesn't use your Halo Scythe as a weapon, and she doesn't mention your hand around her waist, and somehow, you make it back to the Haligtree.

[that-bitch-kat3]

they told me all of my cages were mental, so i got wasted like all my potential: dorcas meadowes

and my words shoot to kill when i’m mad. i’ve got a lot of regrets about that: marlene mckinnon

i was so ahead of the curve the curve became a sphere, fell behind all my classmates and i ended up here: lily evans

pouring out my heart to a stranger, but i didn’t pour the whiskey: mary macdonald

i just wanted you to know, that this is me trying: the marauders era girls

[poetry-protest-pornography]

Oof.

Joe still doesn't get it.

He still doesn't understand how much Ming needs him, how awful things were for him when Joe was gone. Ming has told him a little, but we haven't really seen the depths that Ming sank into when Joe disappeared. He doesn't understand that Ming had no interest in living his life -- or in other people -- until he met Joe.

And Ming... That long blink when he settles into Joe's hand, while he tries to figure out how to make Joe understand. That he wasn't living before him, and that he has no interest in going on without him.

Ming, who held onto the idea that Joe was alive so tightly, because without Joe, he had no hope, saw no future for himself. Ming who had already lived without Joe and is not going back to that, who knows that losing Joe is the worst thing that could happen to him by far.

Ming, who isn't letting Joe go again.

I really hope that we get to see Ming's struggle, see his devastation in Joe's absence. I hope Joe gets to see it, so that he can understand that the role he plays in Ming's life is the star, that he never was a stand in, not where it counted. I think we all need a little of Ming's perspective, and Joe deserves it.

Bonus; Mike, who is starting to get it:

[momsopposed2theoccult]

Thinking about how the skills that would one day make Kaz and Inej into two of the most notorious gangsters in the Barrel started out as a shared childhood curiosity and belief in magic.

Thinking about 9 year old Kaz, captivated by the magicians of East Stave. Staying up all night, tossing and turning, wondering how they did it. Begging Jordie to buy him a deck of cards, practicing sleight of hand in front of the mirror for hours, alone in the rental room while his brother searched for work. Dreaming of one day becoming a magician himself.

Thinking about 8 year old Inej, who’s mother told her that acrobats flew on invisible wings. Begging her father to teach her how to walk the tightrope, performing spins and handstands while he wasn’t looking. Climbing to the highest wire even though her father forbid it. Never using a net, because part of her would always believe she could fly.

Thinking about how the boy who dreamed of magic became the boy who could pick any lock, control any deck, steal any wallet. Thinking about how the girl who dreamed of flight became the girl who could scale any wall, make any climb, jump from any height.

[bunnieroth]

Do you think Lucrecia ever heard or saw things from Jenova too?

[forlorn-crows]

thinking about how mountain loves cumulus so much. theres times where he just needs her. needs her softness, her gentle hand between his horns. the kind way she tells him to take a break, to sit with her because she needs a few moments of calm too. the practiced way she'll guide him to curl up around her middle, draped over her lap so his head lies in the crook of her elbow.

he know what she needs. what he needs. wraps his arms around her and lets her pull her shirt up, guide his mouth to one of her tits. whines, always whines when he sucks the nipple into his mouth and lus lets out the heaviest, prettiest sigh as she sinks into the couch cushions. closes her eyes and wraps a blanket around them both so they can just be.

mountain so devoted he'll do it for as long as she wants. cumulus grateful that he will, thankful for that little bit of distraction to keep her grounded and keep her mind from wandering into territory she cant afford to go into. mountain purring low and rumbly for her to get her to smile and pet his head for him.

[superpowered-dirt]

i never post on here but i have so much in my head about twd: the ones who live i honestly feel like i might explode.

i know all anyone really wants to talk about from episode 2 is That Part of their reunion (which is fair, don't ask me how many times I rewatched it), but now, the part that keeps playing over and over again in my head is this tiny bit:

and i just need to say, danai and andy are so insanely talented bc this clip?? this clip—short as it is, with not a world of dialogue—says SO much about where our two characters are at.

first, rick. i watch this clip and i think holy shit, yeah, that is a broken man. andy does a masterful job at displaying through his eyes and the way he carries himself the extent of the psychological damage and anguish within rick, not to mention the guilt he carries. you can see the gears turning in his head as he reminds himself how he basically gave up on her. how he gave up on himself. how he told himself that he was done, he was never seeing her again, and let himself fold into the CRM. i think it's safe to say he hates himself for his choice to move on. he's utterly crushed by it. like look at him, he can't even meet her eyes!!

and michonne? she sees it. once the euphoria of I Found You has begun to wear off and she lets herself really take him in, she immediately clocks that this is not the same rick that "died" on the bridge. not the rick that led alexandria. not the rick that got them out of terminus. and definitely not the rick that stood up to the saviors. in fact, the last time she saw this version of him, it was right after the first time they ever lost to negan, and that horrifies her, because if that rick is back, then something truly terrible has happened. the look on her face in the clip says a million things, but most loudly, she's wondering, understandably and devastatingly, "my love, what have they done to you?"

the final clue for her that her rick is gone, at least for now, is their next interaction. since forever, both of their instincts anytime they've been told that something bad is coming their way have been to either hoof it for the safety of their family or stand back to back and dispatch the threat. it's the panic in his voice, the sheer desperation as he pleads with her to stand down instead and hide herself after she suggests they go that tells her she has no idea what he's been through or what she's in for now that she's in the shit with him. and even now, if the trailer for E03 has been any indication, she still fails to grasp the danger they're both in. i know what people online have been saying, but she's not being careless, this is michonne we're talking about, she just doesn't understand how careful she really has to be. and then throw jadis and her bitch ass bowl cut into the mix and suddenly a whole new threat looms over alexandria and the commonwealth that ultimately all comes back on rick too? the guilt he now has to face for not only dragging his wife into his mess, but through jadis, also his daughter and all his friends?? and if he finds out now that he has a son too, then there's even more guilt??????

i could go on for hours but i won't. all i'll say is that we're definitely in for such an emotional ride tomorrow. and really there's no one else i trust more than andy and danai to deliver that for us.

[lamentinghouses]

I'm replaying a bit of Bustafellows to fact-check for a fanfic I'm working on, and it strikes me that Limbo and Helvetica make very interesting foils for each other if you play their routes back-to-back.

Vague spoilers for both routes under the cut

Both of their routes have similar driving forces behind the conflicts; someone important to them from their past has resurfaced and begun causing problems, which they are hesitant to involve the police on because of their prior closeness. They're both deeply loyal people who still value those bonds despite the tragic incidents surrounding them.

And yet, the ways that they choose to handle their respective situations are very different. Helvetica is very open with the group about what is happening, how he feels about it, and why it is difficult for him. The moment Teuta suspects there may be a problem, he lets her into the loop and keeps her updated on how he's handling it. When it becomes clear that the issue is so overwhelming that he cannot handle it by himself, he asks the group for help. He clearly explains why it matters so much to him and why he wants to handle things this particular way, even if the group does not agree.

Meanwhile, Limbo goes the opposite direction. He chooses to bottle everything and insist on handling it himself, even when repeatedly faced with evidence that it's not the kind of problem that will go away on its own. He continues to double down, even as the situation escalates past a point that anyone else would find to be immediately alarming, and does not even begin to open up about it until it becomes SO blatant that the others hear about it on the evening news. And even after the rest of the group involves themselves, he still downplays his emotions about it, pretending that he isn't really worried about it even when he is hurting and terrified (a truth that he only shares with Teuta, and mostly while loopy.)

And you can see these differences in each others routes as well. Helvetica is furious at Limbo in his route for shutting them out and acting like it's no big deal (and yet, interestingly, cannot or will not say that it's because he's worried about him. Shu has to spell it out for both of them). He knows that Limbo won't take action, and so he steps up as the driving force for the group going behind Limbo's back to handle it themselves. He IS sympathetic, but his loyalty manifests as taking protective action.

Meanwhile, Limbo takes a backseat role in Helvetica's route, deferring to his judgement. Despite how much he clearly cares, he acts largely unfazed, providing emotional support to everyone else without really expressing his own feelings on the matter. Further than that, he puts a lot of effort into helping Helvetica maintain his dignity/handle things as he pleases. He DOES care about Helvetica's safety, but his loyalty manifests as protecting Helvetica's agency in the situation, even if that agency puts Helvetica himself in more danger.

It's just very interesting to me how similar they are and yet how different. Further, it's interesting to me that neither of them have an easier time than the other due to their approaches.

I REALLY love the character writing in this game.

[iwillpunchyouinthenose]

Famiwy,,,,

[iron-bullogna]

who do you think made the first move? gortash or durge? when? how? i'm a bit fond of the "we're alone, literally almost just died, maybe injured, definitely bloody, tensions and emotions are running wild and they have sick nasty messy desperate sex where they act all cool immediately after but then proceed to ignore one another for days" line of thinking

then when they finally talk about it they're delulu and convince each other how this is actually okay and a good thing and daddy bhaal doesn't seem mad about it and bane didn't flip out soo.....idk it's obviously safer sometimes to just meet those needs with one another (dead bodies an exception uh...probably) all while being sick to their stomachs knowing that they can't go back to how they were before sex and afraid of the implications that has on their future

[autisdicksimmons]

You ever think about the fact that grif and Simmons are both the way they are because they lacked good authority figures in their youth? The fact they were both neglected just in different ways and came to different conclusions on how to cope with that? How when Geoff said that they would have a kid and settle down together suggests a kind of cycle breaking that would require them both to talk about their feelings in ways that terrify them? When war is all you know it makes love terrifying and that’s part of why they never do discuss it, because the normalcy of their relationship, the fact they don’t talk about what it even is means that they can’t lose it. You can’t break up if you were never dating. You can never fall out of love if you were never in love. The lack of commitment is them both trying to protect themselves from that kind of loss and it’s heartbreaking— because Simmons feels like he’s always had to do every little thing right to be loved and Grif doesn’t feel like he deserves love in the first place so he gave up earning it so they both just exist like this, in limbo, permanently in a relationship and not, never putting words to what they are other than Grif and Simmons

[undeadbanjos]

How to train your red eyes black dragon.