#I’m grateful for it tho

[smilesrobotlover]

Me: why on earth is chapter 5 leagues better than all the other ones. What the heck happened in between?

Me, remembering when I started posting Love at Twilight: ooooh it was Whumptober, that’s why…

[suburbansuns]

me & my dog by boygenius (2018) // letter to an old poet by boygenius (2023)

[silverhalla]

Back at it again with another theory: What if Lucanis’ betrayal wasn’t a betrayal at all?

(obviously, spoilers below the cut)

During The Wigmaker Job, we have some dialogue between Illario and Lucanis about their position within both the Crows and the Dellamorte family. Illario wants Caterina to step down so he can take the coveted First Talon spot. Lucanis reassures him that his time is coming, to which Illario makes a snide comment about whether his cousin would ever go against their grandmother’s wishes. When they continue the conversation after the job, Illario states that Lucanis is the potential heir, that he’s her favorite, and that he’s unlikely to say no to her. Lucanis doesn’t argue, only insists that he doesn’t want to be First Talon, and that he hopes she’ll see reason before that. It’s mentioned again in Eight Little Talons - Caterina favors Lucanis. It’s well-known enough among the Crows that Viago and Teia discuss it in front of her (not on purpose, but she doesn’t deny it). He’s her prodigy through and through.

In the opening scene for the Lucanis quest in Veilguard, Caterina is poised, as you’d expect of the First Talon. She’s certain that the body they buried wasn’t her grandson, that it had been altered with blood magic. She doesn’t pose it as a theory, though: she poses it as a fact. It could, of course, merely be her confidence, but there’s another very unusual aspect to the scene – everyone else discusses how Lucanis was clearly betrayed, that someone must have sold him out in order for the Venatori to capture him. Caterina is the only one in that room who never speaks on it. She doesn’t ask for justice, doesn’t mention vengeance, never acknowledges that her grandson was sold out by someone he trusted – perhaps because he wasn’t. 

What if, when Caterina comes to him with a plan, with an impossible request, he’s still her favorite prodigal grandchild, and he still does whatever she asks? She’s had him tortured before as a child, has tortured and starved and beaten him herself before, because it makes him stronger and more resistant to it in the future. He says in The Wigmaker Job that he used to hate her for it, but now he understands. He justifies it. All Crows justify it, because they have to - if they don’t, then the cruelty wasn’t for survival’s sake, and their suffering meant nothing. Perhaps he doesn’t even question it. When Caterina tells him that she has a job for him, he takes it. 

What if the contract has a caveat? Sure, Calivan must die by his hand by the end of it, a little treat for a job well done, but what if his primary mission is reconnaissance, is discovery? The Venatori are using blood magic to torture and corrupt prisoners. It would behoove the Crows to find out what it entails and how to resist it, before it’s turned back on them. It would have to be someone so deeply, unabashedly loyal to her that when she asked them to infiltrate a Venatori prison, expecting torture at best, their own death at worst, they’d take the job anyway, no questions asked - someone Caterina can trust, certainly, but also someone who has never once said no to her.

And Lucanis has always been a loyal grandson. 

[tsuchinokoroyale]

Joseph receiving a dream from God: you will be the last remaining sheaf of grain standing tall in the field, all others will bow to you

Me receiving a dream from God: yo, add that chili you made last night to that white cheddar Mac and cheese you just bought, it’ll be 🔥 I prommy

[stuckinapril]

Why is science actually so cool

[frostbeees]

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[misty-moth]

Part of me wants to believe that Jean and Joan of Arc were completely different people with a crazy amount of coincidences that convinced Comte that they were the same.

And true there’s the gender thing, but also…

Joan of Arc never killed anybody. Or fought. 👀

[makeshiftloops]

Am I going crazy or did the Loop plush get like?? A two week extension (if so, then HELL YEAH)

[lylahammar]

if it helps ease your mind at all, pugs can be bred ethically. there are healthy pugs out there! unfortunately they only come from breeders who are actually responsible & do genetic and health testing on their lines. same case as any dog breed prone to health issues (gsheps, dalmations, other brachycephalic breeds) where in the end backyard breeders are always the enemy pumping out most dogs to your average person & flooding the world with dogs w worse qualities of life :-(

Yeahhh I’m aware of this and I definitely support the efforts to breed retro pugs as well as responsible breeders of other varieties but it’s such a horrific problem that I think it’ll be a long time before it gets significantly better 😔 the same goes for all the other mutated breeds as well, which unfortunately seem to only be getting worse with time. I think the most important thing is raising awareness about it and informing people about the problems with these dog (and cat) breeds, because the problem continues to get worse as long as uninformed people continue to shop for poorly bred animals for the aesthetic.

[loosethreadsofyoursoul]

if i have to be grateful for one thing about the finale it’s that sam didn’t have kids while dean was still alive bc imagine him naming his son john instead

[prisiidon]

Even if I already peaked in earlier years I’m still doing zora shenanigans!!

[marimbles]

at the risk of sounding like really entitled….

does anyone else have a fic that is their most popular, but you don’t want it to be, because you don’t think it deserves it, and you have better stuff, and while ofc you are grateful that people like something you wrote, it’s almost annoying that for some reason That one is the most popular. lmao

[miciiq]

Happy Birthday Shinonome Ena 2024!

Reblog if use

Also here’s square jawline Ena as a bonus

[sleepytownzzz]

so weird….only 20 more followers till i hit 1k… that’s quite the audience damn 😭

[alexturner2005]

i had to put my dog down today 💔💔💔💔💔💔 worst thing i have ever experienced

[lifeonmvrs]

preparing for valentine’s day >:3 i present to you ace attorney + bad puns valentine’s day cards!!

[Image Description: a half-body digital drawing of mia fey from ace attorney. she’s crossing her arms and smiling with her head slightly tilted to the left and two little hearts by her side. her hair is wavier than canon. on the left, there’s some text reading “You’re drop-dead gorgeous! From: [colon] To: [colon]” in comic sans. the background is a solid turquoise.

the second picture is of a postcard and greeting card of the drawing as redbubble products. they are showed in a frame that resembles the structure of an instagram post with the user lifeonmvrs. it has a title reading “already available :3 [cat face emoticon]” and in smaller text one that reads “link in bio [heart emoticon]”. the third picture is the same but the products this time are a pin and a sticker. /end ID]