#I'm so tempted to make a fucking

[sylv-e-on]

I bring to you all: an entire fucking conversation between me and three others lmao

GM is me, H is my partner, GTP is one of my friends, and D is also one of my friends shsnsvsjsb-

The italicized part is the DMs btw

H: “chat is meowing furry behaviour”

GM: “Yeah kinda”

H: “your cooked”

GM: “I'm literally a furry (and worse)-”

GTP: “me too but i don't deadass meow (i would only say it if i send a funny picture of my cars)”

H: “I've been meowing for the last 10 minutes”

GTP: “😭”

GM: “I mean me and Henry are just straight up sending fucking "meow" at each other LMAO”

H: “meow bacl”

GM: “I am but I can't do so verbally because my nephew is like 10 feet from me”

H: “chat grey just hates me”

GM: “NO-”

H: “*mediummediumhardsigma.jpg*”

GM: “Yk nevermind maybe I do (/j)”

H: “fuck you taylor”

GTP: “*fortheloveofgodyoustupidassmfs.jpg*”

H: “idklooksfemaleenough.jpg*”

GM: “I'm”

GM: “I'm going to fucking scream”

H: “guys he does hate me”

H: “*gmdms.jpg*”

H: “translate pls”

GM: “What am I, a fucking translator”

H: “yes”

GM: “Okay if it was SHORTER I would but like”

GM: “No”

H: “FHRAHAHAHHHHHH”

GM: “It is INSANELY long”

GM: “I ain't typing all that”

H: “that's the equivalent of “i aint reading alla that””

GM: “Yeah pretty much”

GM: “I AM NOT TYPING OUT AN ENTIRE ESSAY WORTH OF MORSE CODE”

H: “YOU ARE”

GM: “NO”

H: “im goijg to twinkify you”

GM: “Do it coward”

H: “5'2 skinny white boy ahh”

GM: “I am fat and 5'10/5'11 idfk”

GTP (Reply to H: “idklooksfemaleenough.jpg*”): “WHAT”

H (Reply to GM: “I am fat and 5'10/5'11 idfk”): “tay tay 😵😵”

H: “bro is 5'3 now 😞”

GM (Reply to GTP: “WHAT”): “THAT'S what you're saying "WHAT" to? THAT?”

GM: “>:(“

GTP (Reply to GM: “THAT'S what you're saying "WHAT" to? THAT?”): “STFU!!!”

GM: “NO”

H: “no cause im pretty sure Keith is 5'4 since”

H: “now he said hes not shorter than taylor and he was at 5'5”

H: “if you need that dumbed down im saying 5'5 was over his hight and 5'3 is under his”

H: “cause i could barely understand tja”

H: “tjat”

GTP (Reply to GM: “I am fat and 5’10/5’11 idfk”): can i steal your height, i shall cure my height dysphoria

GM: “I KNOW THAT HENRY SHEBS”

H (Reply to GTF: “can i steal your height, i shall cure my height dysphoria”): “shut up queer”

GTF (Reply to H: “shut up queer”): “GET OUT”

H: “I LIKE WOMEN”

GM (Reply to GTF: “can i steal your height, i shall cure my height dysphoria”): “No please my only sense of euphoria is from my height”

H: “*RAHHHH.png*”

H: “bpd ahh word”

GM: “And I like”

GM: “.”

GM: “Fictional characters and exactly one (1) real life human being”

GM (Reply to GM: “Fictional characters and exactly one (1) real life human being”): And computers for some ungodly fucking reason”

GM: “Idfk anymore”

H: “chat is being a catfish a bad thing”

GTP (Reply to GM: “No please my only sense of euphoria is from my height”): “IM SICK OF MY HEIGHT DYSPHORIA GIVE ME THE GOD DAMN HEIGHT”

GM (Reply to H: “chat is being a catfish a bad thing”) “Depends on the context”

GM (Reply to GTP: “IM SICK OF MY HEIGHT DYSPHORIA GIVE ME THE GOD DAMN HEIGHT”): NO

H: “hight”

GTF (Reply to H: “I LIKE WOMEN”): “LESBIAN AHH”

H (Reply to GTF: “LESBIAN AHH”): “IM NOT A GIRL”

GTF (Reply to GM: “NO”): “YES”

GM (Reply to H: “hight”): “I mean I fucking guess”

GM: (Reply to GTP: “YES”): “NO”

GM: “MY HEIGHT”

H (Reply to GM: “I mean I fucking guess”): “i did lie sometimes guys”

GTP: “I'M GOING TO SAW OFF YOUR FUCKING LEGS GREY”

GM (Reply to H: “i did lie sometimes guys”): “Mood”

H: “HEOP”

GM (Reply to GTP: “I'M GOING TO SAW OFF YOUR FUCKING LEGS GREY”): “DO IT COWARD”

H (Reply to GTP: “I'M GOING TO SAW OFF YOUR FUCKING LEGS GREY”): “YOUR TAKING IT UP THE ASS”

GM: “LMAO?”

GM: “Chat what if I fucking

Objection . lol this LMAO”

GTP (Reply to H: “chat is being a catfish a bad thing”): “to a innocent person, yes but to a creep/PDF file? no, it's funny how they fall for it”

H: “lance i love you boo boo bear 🎀💙”

H (Reply to GTP: “to a innocent person, yes but to a creep/PDF file? no, it's funny how they fall for it”): “what”

GTP (Reply to H: “YOUR TAKING IT UP THE ASS”): “YOU'RE GONNA GET IT BY A TRAIN”

H: “im hight catfishing”

H: “wja”

H (Reply to GTP: “YOU'RE GONNA GET IT BY A TRAIN”): :(

GTP (Reply to H: “what”): for if catfishing is a bad thing

GTP (Reply to H: “im hight catfishing”): “GET OUT”

H: “HELL”

GM: “What the fuck did you just fucking say to me, you little kittypet? I'll have you know I became the best warrior out of all of my family in ThunderClan, and I have been involved in numerous secret raids on ShadowClan, and I have fought over 200 battles. I am trained extensively in all aspects of combat, and I am the top warrior in the entire forest. You are nothing to me but another rogue. I will wipe you the fuck out with precision that not even StarClan has witnessed, mark my fucking words. You think you can get away with calling me that shit in this forest? Think again, kittypet. As we stand here I am contacting my assassination patrol across the forest and your scent is being tracked right now so you better prepare for the storm, crow-food. The storm that wipes out the measly little thing you call your kittypet life. You're fucking dead, kittypet. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can kill you in over 200 different ways, and that's just with my sheathed paws. Not only am I extensive-”

GTP (Reply to H: “lance i love you boo boo bear 🎀💙”): “👅👅👅👅”

H: “im actually like 7 inches shorter than i say guys”

GTP (Reply to GM: “What the fuck did you just fucking say to me, you little kittypet?”): “GETBOU”

GM: “Vejsbsu”

H: “only reason i wear platform shoes”

GM (Reply to H: “im actually like 7 inches shorter than i say guys”): “I don't even know my height I'm just guessing lmao”

H (Reply to GM: “I don't even know my height I'm just guessing lmao”): “5'9 - 7 honey”

GM: “My dad says he's 6'1 and I'm like 2 inches shorter than him or something idfk”

GTP (Reply to H: “HELL”): “i do it when a guy tries to harass me and creeps me tf out, i do it then expose tf out of them <3 but i would never catfish an innocent person”

H (Reply to GTP: “👅👅👅👅”): “🎀🎀”

GTP (Reply to H: “5’9 - 7 honey”): “😔”

GM: (Reply to H: “5’9 - 7 honey”): “5'2 ass-”

H: “yeah”

GM: “Damn”

H: “even taylor taller tf 😭”

H: “shitting”

GTP: “😭BT”

GM: “You're almost my sister's height and she's like 4'11-”

H: “I jate you”

GM: “BT???”

GM (Reply to H: “I jate you”): “:(“

H: “SHOVE IT IP YOUR ASS”

GM: “Kinky”

H: “*RAHHHH.png*”

H: “im blocking you on Spotify”

GM: “:3”

GM (Reply to H: “im blocking you on Spotify”): “:(“

H: “and roblox”

GTP: “*fortheloveofgodyoustupidassmfs.jpg*”

H: “and messages”

GM: “:(((“

H: “and Instagram”

GM: “:((((((((((“

H (Reply to GTP: “*fortheloveofgodyoustupidassmfs.jpg*”): “don't make me pull this again”

H: “and discord”

H: “and wigit”

H: “and twt”

H: “and YouTube”

GM: “Hold on I need to do something real quick-”

H: “no”

GM: “.”

GM: “:(“

H: “its all fun in games till i make your favourite song not available in your liked songs”

GM: “NOOO”

GM: “You fool”

GM: “I have SEVENTY ALTERNATE ACCOUNTS (/ref)”

GM: “(it's actually like one)”

H: “CHAT I AM NOT THE REASON PPL LEAVE ME GREY PUT IT ON HIMSELF”

GM: “????”

H: “*redpaint.png*”

GM: “Immense confusion”

GM (Reply to H: “*redpaint.png*”): “Looks like blood :3”

H: “yeah”

GM: “Anyways”

GTP (Reply to GM: “Looks like blood :3”): “GET OUT”

H: “SHUT UP”

GM (Reply to H: “CHAT I AM NOT THE REASON PPL LEAVE ME GREY PUT IT ON HIMSELF”): “What the fuck does this mean (/gen I'm confused)”

H: “oh”

“...”

GM: “The silence after that concerns me ngl”

“...”

GM: “Henry did you fucking die-”

“...”

GM: “Damn dead chat”

D: “*deadplateredheaddude.jpg*”

D: “Henry I summon you”

GM: “*looksatyouwithmyadhdeyes.jpg*”

H (Reply to D: “*deadplateredheaddude.jpg*”): “wowie 🤤🤤”

GM: “HOLY FUCK IT WORKED LMAO”

D: “HELP THAT WORKED???”

GM: “HELLO????”

H (Reply to D: “HELP THAT WORKED???”): “ghhh i wanna talk about it so bad but im not allowed to 😞”

D: “*saddude.jpg*”

GM: “???”

D (Reply to H: “ghhh i wanna talk about it so bad but im not allowed to 😞”): “What?”

GM: “I feel like I'm missing something-”

H: “best free commission ever”

D: “Ah right”

H: “��🤤🤤🤤”

GM: “Oop-

D: “Yeah we don't speak of it”

H: “ill make it a poster”

D: “No you will not.”

H: “:(“

H: “not even for my room”

D: “No”

H: “😞”

GM: “N e ways I have the stupidest fucking idea Ever so I shall now just"

GM: "Be gone for probably 5 minutes or so”

H: “drink uranium”

GM: “Sure why not lmao”

GM: “Wasn't the idea but like"

GM: "Sounds fun :3”

[flowerakatsuka]

my shimamatsu artbook came in so i finally got to see the rest of the unreleased teacher set...

scans of gym teacher oso from this set can be found here!

choro's a math teacher, which i feel like is pretty fitting for her. they drew her very cute, peak froggy expression.

ichi's a science teacher, like in teacher matsu merch by movic. he's also setting a bad example for his students by wearing open-toed shoes which is against standard lab safety rules, for shame smh.

jyushi is an art teacher! very cute, he's definitely fitting the bill of the zany art teacher stereotype.

totty's an english teacher. he's really meant it when he said he doesn't want to work bc he's giving us NOTHING in that awakened art. his outfits are very cute, though.

" gee, mj. where's kara? wasn't he the one you were the most curious about? " wELL. i waited to share him last bc...

when i tell you that i opened to this page in art book to find this set, saw kara, and then immediately closed the book...

he's a japanese / literature teacher, which i do think fits. ( still such a missed opportunity to have him as a music teacher... ) * puts my face in my hands * he's such a dork.

[achillean-knight]

Part 2

[simptasia]

LOST: Season One

[smolmakerel]

"Do you sit down in the shower, Tara?"

Tara blinked in surprised before narrowing her eyes. "What?"

Her new therapist, Abby Turner, was staring at her with a relaxed expression of genuine curiosity. She didn't really look the part of a therapist, sitting there in a yellow cardigan that matched the socks with SpongeBob on them. If anything, she looked a lot like a teacher Tara had in second grade minus the thick rimmed glasses.

"Do you sit down whenever you take a shower?" Abby asked again, shifting to cross her legs. She drew her fingernail over the metal clip of her clipboard.

Still, Tara was taken aback by such a question. She felt oddly seen through.

"Why?" Tara shot back instead.

Abby laughed softly. "There's no need to be defensive. I was going over our notes from last time and thought about what you said."

What she said? What did Tara say, exactly?

"I don't remember saying anything bad," mumbled Tara.

"No, nothing bad. I'm sorry if I made you panic."

At that, Tara hardened her gaze and looked away. Leave it to the therapist to know when her thoughts were spiraling out of control. God, Tara only had 7 sessions with her, and Abby thought she knew everything about Tara.

"It's ok if you do," Abby went on to say. Tara's face soured, and Abby unfortunately caught that. "Can I ask you a question?"

"Another one?" Tara tried to joke, but Abby saw through her facade. "If I didn't know any better, I'd think you were trying to play 20 questions."

She chuckled awkwardly. "Why do you sit down in the shower?"

"Because... I uh..."

"Take your time."

Tara was at a loss for words. Why did she sit down in the shower? She never really noticed she did it until Abby sent her back with homework to figure out things she noticed about her dailey routine. Which included an hour long shower; Tara would be sitting in the tub allowing the hot water to hit her back. While she sat, tremors would rack her body and her irritation would rise.

"I get in the shower in the morning," Tara explained slowly, still processing her thoughts. "Before class so no one has to see me all... icky."

"And do you think there might be another reason for sitting down?" Abby inquired. "I only ask because of your water bottle comment."

Tara looked unsure at that. She brought her hands to her lap to fidget with her nails. The comfortable gray armchair she sat on never felt more uncomfortable under the watchful eye of her therapist.

"S-Sorry, but I don't remember talking about that."

"That's ok," her therapist assured her. "Last time, you talked about how you needed to clean your room. You have a lot of water bottles on your table and floor, clothes in your bed."

Recognition flashed in Tara's eyes. "Right. Sorry."

"Depression and anxiety after a traumatic event is completely normal, Tara. In fact, I would be surprised if you didn't have one of those with what you've been through."

Tara shrugged. "It's nothing. Other people have been through more than me; I'm just being selfish."

Selfish. She had always been selfish; even her own mother thought so, and she made sure to remind Tara anytime she was in town.

Abby wrote something down, nodding to herself as if all of Tara's issues were understandable now.

"I sit on the floor," Tara suddenly said in the uncomfortable silence. She didn't look at her therapist at all, ashamed. "I get so... tired sometimes. And it isn't because of the metal in my leg! It's me! I wake up tired, go through the day angry because of how tired I am, and go to sleep tired. But then I can't sleep and I just..." She huffed in frustration, nails dug into her palms. "I don't know what to do."

Abby leaned back in her chair and flipped her clipboard over on her lap. Her eyes watched Tara's face closely.

"Is there anything you have that could help you sleep?" Abby asked. "A stuffed animal, a nightlight...?"

Tara's mind immediately drifted to her older sister. Sam was strong enough to keep Tara's night terrors away, yet she's soft enough to wrap Tara in her arms and calm her down. No matter how much Tara yells and sobs in her sleep, no matter the bloody scratch marks on her arms, no matter how Tara dissociates to protect herself. Sam was always there.

"No," Tara claimed instead.

Abby cocked her head. "And your sister isn't willing to help you?"

Tara shook her head. "No, she is but... I don't want to bother her with my problems."

Abby flipped her clipboard back over and wrote something down. Tara wanted to chuck the damn thing out the window. She lowered the clipboard again.

"Based on what you've told me about your sister, she sounds like just the person you need at night," Abby pointed out with a soft smile. "I'm sure she'd be willing to help if you asked."

'But I can't!' The words burn acid on Tara's tongue.

"Ok."

Fuck.

[♡♡♡]

Tara raised her hand at Sam's door and drew it into a fist. It hovered in the air for a long few seconds.

Then she knocked.

The door opened not even a second later, and Sam was standing there rubbing her eyes.

"Tara?" Sam mumbled. She instantly woke up, eyes darting over Tara looking for some sort of injury. "Are you ok? What are you doing up right now?"

"Can... Can I sleep in here with you?" Tara asked and before Sam could respond, she was babbling. "I'm sorry if I woke you up with this. Fuck, I'm so stupid. This was a mistake, I didn't mean to wake you up with my stupid problems. I-I'll go back to my room. Sorry -"

"Tara."

Tara's breathing hitched when Sam gently cupped her face, and - Oh. That was actually kind of nice. She sank into the warmth of Sam's palms.

"Let's go to bed, ok?" Sam whispered.

Tara nodded, throat thick with emotion. "Ok."

It was about 20 minutes later when they were settled in Sam's bed. Tara was dozing off finally, face buried into Sam's chest as her arms wrapped around her.

She stirred slightly when Sam kissed the top of her head. Her fingers tucked a few strands of hair out of Tara's face.

"I love you, Tara," Sam muttered.

Tara, too exhausted to say anything, simply turned her head and kissed Sam on the palm. She settled back down and relaxed into a peaceful sleep.

[moe-broey]

I'm not making it out of this resplendent concept alive.

[mordredpendragon]

mordred = lucifer

percival = adam

in this essay i will

[poolboyservice]

our enjoyment of morally grey characters is so iconic tbh !!!! (thinking of how we've talked about monika + val velocity before) :33

morally grey characters are genuinely the light of my life, it makes you really think on what YOU would do, and look into the psychology of the characters and what makes them click

any and every time someone says characters such as Monika and Val are irredeemably evil, an angel loses its wings with a shotgun 😢

[necrotic-nephilim]

do you ship helena bertinelli with anyone? if yes, then which characters and why? what's your favorite helena ship? do you have any helena rarepairs? (i know you've talked about helena/steph and you're so right about it, it's a very interesting ship)

!!!! i have so many ships for my best girl ever yes oh my god thank you for asking.

my top pairing is probably Vic Sage/the Question. Vic is the basic answer, but man. i love them so much. no couple has matched each other's freak like that have. Justice League Unlimited is a great adaptation of Helena in general, but it also did a great adaptation of Helena and Vic's relationship. how he just dedicates himself to helping her with no expected return, but also wants to make sure she doesn't go too far in a hunt for vengeance that never ends for her. i think a lot of characters often want to change Helena or expect things out of her for their own needs, like the Batfam and the BoP. but Vic is one of the few people who just wants her to be better for her own good. when he tries to stop her from killing it's not because of his morals, it's because he doesn't want this crusade to consume her. and i just. man i think about them a lot. Helena rlly likes weird little men who give themselves wholly to her.

Zinda Blake/Lady Blackhawk is also a top ship for me. tbh i just like Zinda. but i do love how Helena and Zinda interact, being the more rough and tumble members of the BoP. they're both outsiders, in different ways. Helena is an outsider of the Batfam and Zinda is literally from a different time and an outsider to the current world. their friendship is so genuine and i think if Babs and Dinah can have. whatever homoerotic nonsense going on during BoP, then Zinda and Helena deserve some homoerotic nonsense too. as a treat.

if we're willing to count New-52 Helena, then i enjoy Helena/Dick/Tiger. i think Helena and Dick being a past relationship is really important in pre-Flashpoint for Helena's development, though i don't ship them as a serious couple beyond a fling. but in the New-52, i think this throuple be fun. Helena and Tiger respect each other as two very driven, no-nonsense agents and then well. they both clearly have some kind of thing for Dick. so it's fun finding the balance of how they could all work together romantically.

and ofc. it's a crime to mention Helena ships and not mention Renee Montoya/the Question. every time they interact it's really fucking gay. it's so gay that Kate Kane, Renee's own ex, assumed Helena and Renee were gay. i cannot be convinced against this ship. i genuinely think this ship should be canon. i mean. DC did tease us with this moment from an alternate universe and it's lived rent for me since. fucking criminal for us to only get one panel of what we could have if DC let Helena be a fruit in the main universe. being in love with Helena Bertinelli should be a right of passage for the Question mantle, i personally believe. if you asked me like. genuinely who i want to see Helena date in the current comics, Renee is my top pick. (i would say Vic but he's fucking dead and the New-52 butchered him so rip my mans-)

lois lane (2019) #10

besides those ships, just about every ship for Helena probably falls into the category of rarepair. like you said i've talked about my love for Helena/Steph before bc god. i think it should be a thing more people ship. once i finish the fic i'm writing about them i will convince others to like it.

i also think Helena/Cass could be fun. in a *lot* of ways Helena and Cass are narrative parallels to each other. Helena was a victim of her family being murdered at about the same age Cass was forced to be a murderer. Helena grows up to believe in lethal justice because of this, and Cass grows up to be staunchly against it. Cass' Batgirl suit was made *by* Helena. they both want to be protectors of the most vulnerable people. they balance each other out in a lot of ways and i think they should kiss about it.

also probably a rarepair, i think Helena/Lady Shiva is fun. their fight during Birds of Prey (2010) had... questionable moments for Helena's characterization, but i do love so much that Helena knocks Shiva off her feet and gains a deep respect from Shiva. like. Shiva gives her a nickname and shows her admiration. i would like to see fanfic where Shiva continues to be weirdly admirable of Helena and bothering her non-stop. they could be a fun fucked up toxic yuri moment. this is just. so gay to me.

birds of prey (2010) #6

my most rare Helena pair would probably be Helena Wayne, actually. but specifically Helena Wayne of JSA (2022). ever since, for some reason, it was made canon that the current Helena Wayne was named after Helena Bertinelli and took the name Huntress to honor her i *cannot* stop thinking about them meeting. because in-universe it makes *no* fucking sense for Bruce to name his kid after *Helena Bertinelli*, someone he's regularly at odds with and doesn't like. it's clearly an awkward explanation to try to make the whole two Huntress situation make sense. (it's almost as bad as Helena Wayne in the New-52 using Helena Bertinelli as an alias.) but because it's such an odd choice, i do think it could be fun for Helena Wayne, when she's back in time to see Bruce, to find Helena Bertinelli to get to know the woman she was named after and Helena Bertinelli just being. baffled by the idea of *Batman* naming his kid after her. it could be a fun fucked up moment.

my other super rarepair is Kara Zor-L/Power Girl. they had like. one meaningful interaction of JSA Classified and it's been PLAGUING me. something about when Power Girl doesn't remember her past and she's seeking a friend, she instinctively goes to find Huntress? but it's wrong bc this isn't *her* Huntress and neither of them understand why Power Girl would seek Helena out? god it's so good. i'm always a big fan of ships where one person in the ship is *so* obviously using the other person as a replacement for someone they lost and they both know it. it's such a doomed angsty thing where you could play with Helena actually really liking Kara, but knowing that she's just a replacement for Kara's Helena Wayne. good fucked up shit man.

and lastly: i really ship her with Dawn Granger/Dove. there's no canon basis for this, they didn't have a ton of interactions even when they were both on the BoP. but there's a very kind innocence to Dawn that contrasts Helena's violence really well. and i do love a ship with a corruption kink vibe to it. let Helena corrupt Dawn. i could write such fucked up porn about these two.

[beevean]

A theory I've read more than once is that this one frame of Lenore entering Hector's cell for the second time is proof that she is not actually enjoying what she has to do:

The wiki describes it as such: "Lenore has a sad expression when entering the dungeon to visit Hector the second time."

Also this, from a comment I found:

Like for example when she goes to meet Hector the second time, you can see sadness on her face when she is walking alone in the dungeon, but as soon as she approaches Hector she puts on a smile. I.e. may be she already knew she had to use the ring at that point and felt bad about it but didn't want Hector to realize that. A lot of such small animation details really provide a glimpse into what the explicit writing was lacking.

(edit: turns out that they were the same person)

Okay.

First things first: I doubt she has the ring in mind already. It's hard to tell because Lenore pulls it out of her ass with zero foreshadowing whatsoever, but with the way it was framed, the ring was likely a direct response to Striga's idea of buying mercenaries to make Hector unnecessary, which comes later into the story: Lenore even uses the information she eavesdropped from Striga as a way to lie to Hector about her loyalty to the sisters. In theory it makes sense, because Hector needs to be reliable to be allowed to live, but the ring is... a very poor solution the more you think about it, even if you ignore how S4 neutered it, because it only addresses one of the many logistic problems that come with forcing Hector to make an army of Night Creatures, and it's not the dead bodies/living livestock paradox. And going with the story, it's unlikely Lenore was already thinking of raping the ring into Hector: why would the sisters be amazed at her plan if they were the ones suggesting her to speed up things? And if Lenore came up with it, why would she be remorseful at her own idea? Sure, Hector showed defiance during their first encounter, but did she have so little faith in her own manipulating skills that she already felt that she had no choice but to use her pussy, the only good weapon in a woman's disposal "brute force", after one understandable incident? Then why even bother interrogating him to understand his motivations and needs? Just skip straight to the sexual molestation to make him believe she likes him. As I pointed out, that interrogation was not for the sake of painting herself as particularly caring: she was collecting intel, intel that she wouldn't need if her plan was already tricking Hector into slavery via a magic ring.

Second: that expression honestly doesn't look sad to me. I would be willing to give the interpretation some credit, because she's looking downwards which can be a sign of sadness, but after that one frame, she switches to this expression:

Now she looks mildly pissy, like the idea of talking to Hector is just soooooo annoying, ugh. She even has the sassy cocked eyebrow lmao.

Of course that can't be it, so I propose the most obvious interpretation: she's serious and deep in thought. That is because their first encounter ended up disastrously: Hector assaulted Lenore with the intent of threatening her, which pissed her off, and she assaulted Hector by beating him to an inch of his life, which is not the best way to win a pet's trust. So she's most likely thinking the best way to approach him again.

And I'll even praise a small detail: the first time Lenore fed Hector, she made him crawl towards her to eat from her hand. The second time, however, she tosses an apple to his feet. Both gestures are demeaning, but after that incident she seems to be more cautious towards him - shown as well by her insistence that he is so dangerous that, well, she has no choice but to put a leash on him like a dog. I'm honestly surprised that her final solution is stupid as fuck when she can be intelligent when she wants to. real reason she's hector's soulmate: both of them have braincells like christmas tree lights :V

Third: oh, do you want to talk about explicit writing?

These are not freeze frame bonuses. The scene lingers on this expression on Lenore's face as Hector is screaming in pain over the ring she put on him.

So, you're willing to believe Lenore didn't want to use the ring but felt forced to because in one frame she has an expression that mildly looks displeased... but somehow you ignore this blatantly sadistic reaction? This screams, at the very least, "haha, sucker, I've won"; but add to this that Hector is visibly and audibly in pain, shocked and scared at the curse overtaking his body during a vulnerable moment...

This ties well with how she beat Hector to a pulp not just out of self-defense, but because she wanted to feel strong and powerful when surrounded by people who underestimate her - the writing might imply that she was offended that Hector too saw her as vulnerable and stupid, but she was explicitly laughing and mocking him while showing off her strength (a strength she doesn't display when, say, Isaac enters her cage: he easily intimidates her). You might read the implication that Lenore spoke about Hector so disgustingly to the sisters to be taken seriously as a vampire mistress and didn't actually want to dehumanize him, but explicitly, even ignoring the forced pet play that showed she had fun treating him like a dog, she reduced him to a "problem to be solved" when complaining about her woes, and when she could have apologized or explained herself she minimized or doubled down on the harm she caused, never once expressing any remorse or doing anything worthwile to make up for it (like, for example, talking about the ring and how it's a shame Hector is only there because he has no choice because she feels they'd be good friends without it: that would imply guilt).

In fact, going back to the moment when Lenore decides to use the ring, it is far more likely that it was in response to this part of the conversation Lenore has eavesdropped:

Striga: We can possibly push east as far as Lake Balaton before I run out of soldiers, but that exposes our Western border. Morana: Sleep. Striga: We can't do it without Lenore turning the forgemaster, and she's just taking him out for fucking walkies. Morana: She will land him. Striga: It's going to have to be soon.

Considering that it's shown that Lenore highly resents being seen as a stupid animal lover, it's far easier to think that this is when she got pissy and decided to use a quicker method, even if it destroyed all the hard manipulation work she had done.

One frame might paint her as a reluctant villain only trying to make everyone happy and being stuck between a rock and a hard place, but multiple scenes paint her as a vile bully and abuser who enjoys feeling in power and control, whether she uses kindness or harm to achieve her goal.

I'm sorry, subtext can absolutely enrich the understanding of a story or character, but not when it actively contradicts the text.

Do you want my personal example? I'll play the same game of overanalyzing expressions. When Isaac attacks the castle, Lenore goes to rescue Hector first thing, instead of checking on Carmilla. For one moment, she even looks torn on where to go:

I will praise this moment: this shows her concern for him quite nicely and that she believes his safety is the first priority, without having to spell it out - no declataration of love, no "you're too important to me", no "Carmilla can handle herself without me", the action speaks for itself. However, there is also her reaction when Hector severs his finger to get rid of the ring, after he explains that "command and control flows through [him] to Lenore here and to her friends":

It could be simple disgust because, well, there's a severed finger and pools of blood lying near her. But I also see what the commenter saw in that frame in S3: sadness. Defeat. Lenore has lost control of the Night Creatures. She can't do anything to protect Carmilla and the castle. And she has lost control of Hector, who has gone behind her back and is protecting her at the expense of her sisters and home: he may chose to stay with her, but he also gave Isaac all the tools he needs to destroy her life. She's powerless. Everything she has worked for went up in smokes and was pointless. Which, as it was shown and told, greatly bothers her. (this is also why I believe her suicide makes sense for her state of being, an opinion apparently not shared by her fans)

I see all of this encapsulated into that expression that mixes disgust, concern and quiet, horrified realization: and it's also fully backed up by the context.

This leads to the message I keep insisting on and which is something that more people need to learn, and the reason I keep eviscerating this character because the writing and the fandom piss me off something fierce: abusers can care about you. They can care about your safety and well being, they can want what (they think) it's best for you. What makes them abusers is that they place more importance on their own need of control. Lenore wanting to save Hector because she pitied him, has grown close to him and eventually finds in him someone who listens to her doesn't at all erase in the slightest all the harm she has caused him: which, I reiterate, includes lying to him and taking advantage of his feelings and need for love to trick him into sex with the objective of placing a slave ring on him, and enjoying his suffering when she won - and when Hector called her out on this, her response was "SHUSH, YOU WERE HAVING FUN".

At the end of the day, she has never stopped behaving like a vampire, a creature whose definition of love is "acting to keep something with you for as long as you can". Even in her most wholesome scenes, like this one or the one where she pleads for more of Carmilla's patience, it's easy to see at the core of it all a need to control the situation and people involved, and reluctance to admit her needless cruelty. This is nuance, not "she's actually good deep down, pls ignore all the sexual abuse because it was for Hector's own good 🥺".

On one hand, it's true that when you do character analyses, you will always be biased, because you come in with your ideas and preconceptions. I am biased too, of course, you can tell. On the other, it's dishonest to cling only onto the most convenient hidden details to look like you have fully understood the text, when you dismiss the most obvious ones that are so obvious you have to actively try to.

[aerialflight]

i'm writing a gilmore girls fic that involves paris geller from our pandemic year 2020 going back to 2001, around the time jess first comes in to town. very slow burn between jess/paris. i have around 10k words of snippets all over my doc and an outline and i'm slowly becoming re-obsessed with gilmore girls again. what the fuck is up with this fandom that i keep going back to like an on-and-off again boyfriend??? anyway, i have no idea if i'll ever post this and i've been going back and forth on this for what feels like forever. if this sounds at all interesting, let me know.

[grox-empire]

Pro tip for people don't randomly go around making sexual remarks about people's ocs. Especially when you know nothing about the character in question. ESPECIALLY when it's someone you don't know / aren't friends with.

I have had this happen to me SO MANY TIMES and it is always, Without fail, HIGHLY UNCOMFORTABLE!

[lokiina]

Me trying to write a werewolf transformation going:

Aight fam, how graphic we wanna go? 🤔

[synthaphone]

the bad news is i'm still doing this. the good news is that playing brilliant diamond saps all desire i have to play pokemon, so i'm expecting to be back to drawing ocs again within the next few days

[the-casbah-way]

some people will look at my current wip and say that malcolm running his hands through jamie's hair as he sleeps and singing him old scottish songs is out of character but to that i say a) no it's not just hear me out and b) suck my fat cock you can't stop me from making those old men experience Real Human Emotions

[mokeonn]

So I heard that Tumblr is slowly being abandoned (they seem to be laying off a majority of their staff and keeping a skeleton crew) and we might be nearing the end of this webbed site. I don't think it's currently worth panicking over, but I'm definitely going to start making that neocities website.

I'll make a post soon about other places where you can find me. Unfortunately, I've spent quite some time these last couple years getting rid of a majority of my social media because most platforms were bad for my mental health. I do not plan on going back to these platforms, so if tumblr goes down, I'm going to be only on non social media.

Maybe if one of the new social medias being created, actually take off (like bluesky or pillowfort or whatever else these days) I might join, but if not I might be entirely on personal websites, patreon (I will start posting regularly like a blog and make more free posts), some old websites I deleted but not because I hated them (such as ko-fi, which I deleted due to inactivity) and possibly furaffinity. I'm still on the fence about furaffinity. I might also finally start using my toyhouse but that is an oc sharing website and not much of an art sharing website.

I really do hope Tumblr doesn't go down, this is my one social media and if it does go down I am going to lose nearly all of my audience. I can make do by creating a personal blog and using whatever I have left in terms of "can post my art there and people can find me", and it won't discourage me from making my personal projects. I can make do, and I will make do, but I don't really want to make do.

Anyways, that's all I have to say right now, I'll make a post later once I set up some alternative sites to find me at, but for now I want to give the heads up that if I'm gone, you're not gonna find me on twitter, Instagram, or whatever third option there is. I'm likely going to just make do, be offline more, and likely just become active on the discord servers I'm on.