#I will never not be in the trenches reading it

[yes-no-maybe-soo]

A couple of things that I love and admire about Sylus ♡♡♡

(This got long so decided to add a cut dhdjfj there is just too much to appreciate when it comes to this man ^^;)

For earlier parts in this "series": go here and here

How mentally and emotionally strong he is. His past never broke him or managed to twist or warp his soul. Which considering his background is incredibly impressive. This is a man that suffered severe trauma pretty much from infancy and onward for thousands of years. He is heavily implied to have been abandoned as a child due to being "weak". He self harmed at an early age. He witnessed the total slaughter of the only kin he'd known. He was nearly murdered himself for no other crime than looking different. He was tossed into the abyss to rot for over a millennia, stuck in place with a greatsword lodged through his chest. All of this happened while he was still a juvenile. He most likely hadn't experienced a single day of real happiness or care in his life up until meeting his sorceress. But even before they get properly close, he shows her kindness and compassion despite never having known any himself. We learn that he has never eaten a human soul, nor harmed anyone that didn't deserve it. When he dies, his soul is revealed to smell like flowers. He never lost his innate goodness. In the present, he also shows that same remarkable inner strength and stability, now even more noticeable with added age and further maturity.

How well he takes care of his people. All evidence points to him being an amazing boss and leader. It's especially touching to see how much the twins admire and appreciate him.

The effect he has on those that come under his wings. They all seem to flourish and come out stronger than they were before.

His aura. His scenes in LAR and his entire anecdote gives me chills to this day.

His perfect jawline. It's immaculate.

His honesty. He never lies to MC. Not even once. He doesn't ever whitewash himself and is upfront about his desires and his greed. Similarly, from what we've seen, he honors the deals he makes with anyone seeking his protection (No Way Out, Elysium).

His straightforwardness. On a personal level, as a ND individual, I appreciate this quality in others immensely since reading subtler signals more often than not isn't my forte and tends to stress me out trying to figure out what they are trying to convey to me. So it brings me comfort to see Sylus be straightforward with his feelings for MC. He may not always be direct with his words – both he and MC like to talk in riddles at times – but his actions and his demeanor always are.

His quick thinking and savvy.

Just his sharp intelligence in general. He is always eight or ten steps ahead of his opponents.

His sheer unwavering confidence and charisma. Both enough to fill the mariana trench.

How he is incredibly emotionally mature. He is calm, composed, never abuses the power he has, never lashes out, never loses control of himself. He isn't bitter, doesn't dwell on the past. He isn't brooding or hateful. And when MC tells him he sucks at something (giving a massage in the specific instance I'm thinking of) instead of getting annoyed or taking it personally, he asks her to teach him how to do it. When she says that he is pestering her, he accepts it and gives her the space she says she wants without arguing even a little. We have never once seen him fight with MC over anything. Nor can I even picture a scenaro where they would, try as I might. They're just too chill/emotionally intelligent to get heated or argumentative.

Overall his emotional strength and maturity shows itself best with MC. He definitely made major mistakes in his treatment of her at the start of LAR out of desperation and a misguided belief that the end justifies the means, but the moment he realizes that he has gone too far and that he needs to stop trying to force their past onto her, he stops. Nor does he ever try to manipulate or hold their soulbond over her head (he never even mentions it to her). Instead, he puts his all into building a relationship with the present her from scratch, on her terms, at her pace. He falls in love with and cherishes the present her, just as much as the past her. That is not to say though that all emotional scars have healed. Of course not. Whenever MC unknowingly makes those oddly specific references tied to the shared past she doesn't remember, it's bound to hurt him. But he handles it amazingly, staying composed. And he still aches for her to remember – but I suspect in large part for her sake rather than his. He wants her to know herself entirely, every single part. She deserves to know her history. But crucially, he never pushes the issue. All he does is make gentle references in the hopes that she might remember. But that's all. At the end of the day, on a personal level, if MC never recalls anything, then he'd be fine with that. He is overjoyed just to be a part of her life again, to hold her in his arms.

And imo the probably biggest instance of his maturity and strength? Being willing to let her go, if that is what she desires. Remember that MC represents everything good, beautiful, and joyous in his life. She is the best thing that happened to him. The one person to love, accept, and want him unconditionally. The sole individual to truly see the real him (the only one that dared or cared enough to try). After his resurrection he has yearned and searched the galaxies for her for an unknown but more than likely vast amount of years. And yet... he is willing to let go, for her sake. Even though it would destroy him on the inside. Because she is so much more important than his own desires.

Following on with the maturity theme, I admire the way he approaches losing. He isn't a sore loser but bears it with ease of mind, which isn't always the case with people like Sylus who are used to coming out on top. But to him, whether he wins at a competition or not doesn't affect his confidence or self worth, and he can readily acknowledge when he's been fairly beaten by an opponent. The only time he truly cares about winning is if MC wants him to. And then he'll make sure to win no matter what.

Another thing I admire is how he is so willing to adapt and adjust for MC and the love he bears her. For instance, Sylus is not by nature or temeprament a patient man. He wants to get things done and wants them done fast. A good example of this is in the most recent event, where he does not have the patience to let flowers grow naturally and so tries to force the process. However, when it comes to MC? He is willing to wait infinite lifetimes. He always walks at her pace when it comes to their relationship, and never pressures her. He gives her as much time as she needs to figure her feelings out. He is an impatient man willing and ready to be endlessly patient for his beloved

For all that he is down bad for MC, Sylus isn't a doormat nor spineless in regards to her. He won't just mindlessly agree and go along with whatever she wants but has a strong will, agenda, and boundaries of his own. He teases and bullies MC (affectionately), gives as good as he gets from her, and doesn't hesitate to call her out and/or fluster her for his own amusement. Leading to the banter we all know and love.

His ability to truly self reflect and grow. I am referencing what happens in and after LAR 1-8, where he disappears for a while after having gotten hit by a harsh but necessary reality check. My belief is that he went away initially to cry, but that he also did some major self reflecting. Afterwards, his behavior toward MC changes quite dramatically. He realized that he fucked up, and is determined to do and be better for her. And he never falters. We stan a person that recognizes they fucked up and learns from it. His character development and growth in general mean a lot to me.

How incredibly skilled he is at driving those mototcycles of his. No wonder MC feels safe riding with him no matter how fast they go or how dangerous the terrain.

That his crimes never affect innocents. Sylus has always made it a point only to harm or kill those who truly deserve it.

Despite how he claims never to have comforted anyone before, he is touchingly good at it. He is incredibly emotionally intelligent and attentive. He is always so quick to pick up on how MC is feeling, and he also knows when it's best to give advice, when it's best to act (ie send her something to comfort her, take her on a joyride etc), or when it's best to simply listen and be there for her. Most of the time he is incredibly in tune with her feelings and her needs.

And he can be so achingly tender when he comforts her. A great example of this is in Where Hearts Live, when at one point MC feels embarrassed and insecure about verbalizing how she feels. He is so patient and gentle, holding her close in his lap and rocking her, softly reassuring her that she can talk to him, that he wants to hear what she has to say. And there are other examples of his kindness, such as with animals and plants. A huge reason why this is so admirable to me is that Sylus is a man that has lived a rough life, and with few exceptions seen and dealt with the worst humanity has to offer. He has had precious few opportunities to witness or experience goodness or tenderness from others. And yet he has no trouble being either to those he cares for. It comes so naturally from him. Again, further proof that he has always at his core been compassionate and kind, and that those qualities have withstood throughout all the hardship and violence.

Lastly, I (naturally) greatly admire his hands. They are mesmerizing. Large and rough, yet elegant and beautiful. I can stare at them for hours and never get tired.

Ok I lied I also need to add his veins. Both on his hands and on his bulging arms.

[murasaki-cha]

Tcf headcanon

I believe Cale had not realised how much the entire calefam meant to him until the Top's Whip test. He truly believed he was keeping them at arms length until he finally saw the pain he would experience if he lost them.

Because here's the thing, he did say in the early chapters of the story that "His family grew bigger again", yet he still tried to keep a distance. He cared obviously and he did acknowledge them as family, but he was still afraid. He lost his family before, he lost 2 of them. First his parents and then his brothers. He couldn't handle losing another family again.

And I think after he acknowledged that "Oh, they are becoming my family", Cale got scared and tried to keep a distance. The less he cares, the less it will hurt if they leave him. He tried not to show much interest, tried not to behave too friendly and he may have thought he was doing a good job at it. That is until Top's Whip test. Until he saw a future with all of them gone.

And also, it's worth to note that Cale knew everything in Top's Whip test was an illusion. He knew it was not real, that everyone was still alive. Yet he broke. He understood his greatest fear. He understood that it was inevitable now, that he loved them and there was nothing he could do about it. They were his family, his new family and just the idea of losing them was a torture all on it's own.

He didn't just see the worst possible future there, he relived his past. He felt the pain of losing parents he couldn't remember anymore and the parents that he gained now. He relived the death of his brothers, his best friends and was faced with the death of his new siblings and his new best friends that were like brothers to him. He saw, once again, the loss of his team mates, of the shelter members and had to see his companions empty rooms with just their relics.

But now he was faced with a new horror, one he had never experienced before, one that cut too deep. Because, while he had faced every single loss once before and knew that pain already, this was one he had never imagined, one that was truly his breaking point.

His children were gone.

He had lost them too.

I believe it was at this moment, when he saw the piggy banks, that Cale truly knew he couldn't lose this family. That he could not handle this pain. He knew that there was no promises that would keep him alive anymore. His love for them was too great. He could have ignored it before but not anymore, after the piggy banks he was forced to face reality.

He, Kim Rok Soo, Cale Henituse, cares for his family more than he could have ever imagined caring for.

[whats-she-gonna-post-next]

Red vs. Blue fanfics written and released between October 13th, 2013 (The episode with the heart wrenching "Freckles, shake") and June 23rd, 2014 (the episode where Tucker, Caboose, Grif, and Simmons find the rest of the group alive and well with the Feds) are top tier angst for Tuckington fans. We were in the trenches, 7 months with no content between the two, the genuine fear that Wash (and the others) were being tortured and possibly killed, Tucker busting his ass and learning how to be a leader and feeling like he's floundering because he doesn't think he can be as good as Wash was. The fics being written during that time just hit every time. If you are looking for good Tuckington angst, go to Ao3 and set the published dates to between October 13th, 2013 and June 23rd, 2014 and you will find gold, I promise you that.

[cowboy-robooty]

im not going to lie i have an illuminati type theory that fanfiction has gotten so fucking bad recently as yet another consequence of the pandemic

[sevretalien2]

i struggle so much to come up with a reddoons design and for what?? there’s so many epic ones but all i can see when i think of him is this :

kill this man i’m going to punt him across the room

[mohgreal]

also some of you need to lay off people who write messmer x y/n shit because it's a very crucial part of a brain's development. your brain never fully develops until you write wattpad level fictional mob facist x [very obvious self insert framed as y/n]. i dont make the rules sorry

[sieglinde-freud]

HELP GRAY FULLBUSTER yknow what i see it. natsu was my fave for awhile before rogue cheney came along lol

u guys have no idea but i had the biggest fairy tail phase when i was in middle school and i was in love with gray fullbuster it was crazy. i dont know why. i really truly dont remember why but i thought he was the coolest fucking guy in the world. i hated juvia. i dont anymore, i think shes actually really cool but to this day im not entirely sure how i feel about her and gray just bc. the stalking 😭 that was kinda crazy. also i was mad cuz i wanted him with erza but also its been like so many years so if my takes suck take it up to 11 y/o me i never finished the series. anyways natsu actually based i loved that guy. i watched fairy tail in english and so when i got to awakening for the first time, i got morgan, he started talking and i was like HOLY SHIT. NATSU DRAGNEEL? like i was floored. insane. i had to look up rogue i forgot that guy but he looks like a pokemon trainer kinda

[kattricia]

woke up to singing birds, a shining sun, the universe aligning in my favor, reminding me that normalcy is a lie. a new oathbreaker chapter is out. my day is no longer my own. nothing but pure exhilaration in my heart. i have never known joy like this. what a time to be alive.

[altarfates]

[nickbutnodick]

dude im nearly two fucking grades ahead of average and my mon was so fucking disappointed and i dont know what she wants from me

[torchickentacos]

Oldrivalshipping (anime Gary x Leaf) is actually hilarious to me. I love that Leaf was just an honorary pokeani character in 2009 for literally no reason. She was like a collective fandomwide OC of sorts

[sugarsnappeases]

okay get this guys:

the victorian times. smog and industry in the big smoke and lily evans has fallen on hard times. she’s skint and alone and she isn’t quite sure what she’s meant to be doing with herself but she’s huddling up in the cemetery at night next to the fresh grave of her dead husband and son when one bartemius crouch junior appears. and barty’s a bodysnatcher, a resurrectionist if you will, sustaining himself on the shillings he makes from the corpses he steals, and now his sights are set on the newest corpses in the graveyard.

and lily’s asking him what he’s doing, watching as he starts digging up her freshly-buried husband, and barty’s laughing at her when she suggests that she should be getting the money seeing as they’re her corpses, and lily’s digging her heels in and refusing to leave him alone, either you let me have the money or i’ll go to the police! and then sure, sweetheart, why don’t you just drag the body down to the medical school and get the money from the good doctor yourself and lily doesn’t even know where the medical school is and so she’s graciously compromising w him - he’ll finish digging up the corpse, carry it to the medical school, show her the way and introduce her to the doctor, and she’ll take half the money, perfectly fair.

and they’re bickering as they sneak through the dark alleyways, kicking at each other’s ankles and accidentally dropping the poor corpse once or twice but eventually knocking on the back door of the medical school and coming face to face with the good doctor himself, evan rosier.

[onlykiwi]

Ashton posting kpop fans doing a dance cover of sticker on his insta story MY CROSSOVERRRR

[girlivealwaysbean]

lmao

[fromedennn]

guys i’m trying to read LOTR for the first time and im so sorry but im just. having a hard time rn haha. i feel like im reading a history book that’s going in one ear and out the other. please help me get into it

[astradyke]

okay hi i'm Back Here again general thoughts of my own :3

I - i think the board game is going to be a definite thing happening, possibly alongside or in lieu of a new merch drop, but i don't think it's going to be the big project. if we're going off of dan's later and a little bit after that or whatever strange thing he said, i could see this as being one of those two, alongside something bigger. i know someone said in someone's inbox (sorry horrid memory) that Relatable took on new copyrights so i think this is near definite

II - i could see how they're gearing up for a tour in the sense that we're in the d&p renaissance but i genuinely don't think they'll even start ramping up for a tour until at least next year. dan wrapped up WAD like a few months ago and we're so new into the consistent content gig that switching into the rhythm of a tour feels weird. that being said i think most likely, 2025/6 d&p tour that is (potentially) their last collab tour.

III - i think if DINOK is going to happen it's gonna be a book and i'm pretty confident on this? in which case i would actually genuinely read it; i love d&p so bear w even though this sounds like a haterism but i actually don't love their on stage scripted comedy sometimes so it would be a win for me if DINOK was a book (also think he's maybe hinted at this?)

IV - i think the odds of them doing a film/series of some kind is HIGHLY LIKELY and personally i would annihilate this i would be ripping at it with my teeth you understand me. i could see this mostly being some kind of fictional though or maybe half fictional half biopic (you know what i mean?) but i know these guys have got Creative Ideas and i think whether it's original concept they act, or them riffing off their own lives with something (kinda DINOK-esque), it'd be something they haven't really done before and would definitely qualify as like New Project

V - bonus: it takes two #2 before the end of june. i believe this. it might be the 29th it might be the 30th but i think it'll be pre-announcement, and i'm expecting announcement early july

tldr: merch + board game, then film or series; tour in 2025 or 2026

anyway! i yap more than daniel james howell sorry (i'm always saying this) but lmk thoughts if u have them!! especially about what the film/series might be because if u can't tell i'm kinda waffling lol idk what it might be