#I'm sorry if this is dumb

[gravityglitch-blog]

Of all the social media platforms out there, this is the one where you can shout silly thoughts into the void, right? I hope so.

When working on my drawing of Feral N, especially on his claws, I started thinking about the movie "Edward Scissorhands", and my mind ended up adapting a few scenes.

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N levels up his art skills, graduating from crayon drawings to ice carving. Copper Nine is soon a sculpture garden, each piece a landmark in the blank frozen landscape. As a surprise for Uzi, he makes a winged sculpture of her, but he doesn't give it Solver wings. He gives it angel wings. Because that's how he sees her.

The edgy sarcasm Uzi has always relied upon as her shield lowers the moment she sees it. She laughs with real joy and dances in the snowfall made by N's artwork, because for once the snow is a beautiful thing, not a product of storms or fallout.

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After a battle where Uzi was in danger, N went into full Disassembly Drone mode to protect her. He knows she's more than capable of handling things, but he can't help it.

It's Uzi. He can't have anything hurting her. When it's all over and he starts coming back to himself, he's horrified. He promised that he would never get like this again. Seeing his anguished expression, Uzi rushes into his arms, never mind his claws. She holds him tight.

She is not afraid.

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In a different moment, a different battle further down the line, Uzi wraps him in her arms and whispers the words she's been holding back all this time.

"I love you."

Those words tear through N like a shock wave. How long he's wanted to hear them. And now all he can do is shut his eyes and hold her tighter. Their story is drawing to a close, they can both feel it. Is it foolish to still wish for a happy ending?

[captainjonnitkessler]

Sometimes I wish we would start calling out the performative radicalism on this site for the poser bullshit it is. "Remember, it's always morally correct to kill a cop!" "Don't forget to firebomb your local government office!" "Wow, it sure would be a shame if these instructions on how to make a molotov cocktail got spread around!"

Okay. But you're not killing cops or firebombing government offices. You are posting on a dying microblogging website to a carefully-curated echo chamber that has radicalized itself into thinking that taking the absolute most extreme position on any subject is praxis but that anyone discussing the most practical way to effect actual change is your sworn enemy. You do not have the street cred OR the activist cred to be talking about killing cops, babe.

[taimanzano]

One of one. One, alone, one.

[shadow-von-vamp]

meanwhile at the ultimate lifeform factory

[unsung-idiot]

way to ruin the mood

[egophiliac]

Since book 7 part 5 (the part where we meet Meleanor/Maleanor 👀) is coming to EN this month, i would love to see your take on lilia’s proposal to meleanor! i mean they were like little kids right? it couldn’t have been that serious…i think the only reason she even brought it up again is because she could tell lilia still genuinely loved her…(even if he didn’t realize it himself?) but, oh well! Let’s think about silly childhood shenanigans to numb the pain! ^_^ (orz)

oh shit?! get ready for a doozy guys, it's comiiiiiing ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

I chickened out of posting the whole thing (look, I get VERY carried away when it comes to these wacky kids and their Tragedy), but I do believe that it probably ended with Lilia getting embarrassed and just shoving the first thing he sees into his mouth to try and cover for it.

(we're just lucky it wasn't a frog this time)

[ash-elizabeth-art]

Would you still love me if I was a worm?🥺

[highcorellianwhiskeyart]

I can't get this image out of my head after reading Book of Bill.

[justaladyiguess]

Jax 001 Theory AKA An almost definitely wrong TADC theory

I thought it was weird that they gave specific attention to Jax seeing the license plate. Like, there's a whole shot dedicated it. And it doesn't serve much of a purpose. I guess it lets us know that this is Jax's car? But it's in the episode. A full shot dedicated to seeing him notice it. A full shot dedicated to the plate itself.

And there's a shot afterwards of him reacting to it. Not even a particularly comedic shot. It feels more in line with his reaction to Kaufmo's funeral in episode 2.

True, it could be him reacting to the awful adventure he just had, but we just had a scene where his smile turned into a scowl. And, you know, pretty much the rest of the episode. Or it could be him reacting to the absurdity of the license plate, but considering the day to day adventures Caine creates, this seems a bit tame to get any reaction from him.

So that gets me wondering, does the license plate have any significance? The number at the top right could be some sort of reference. But it's the 001 that intrigued me. It's typically a number given to the first of something. Maybe even the first person to come to the circus?

Instantly the idea sounded ridiculous (because it is, this theory is almost definitely wrong). I mean, Jax himself said that Kinger had been here the longest. But take a look back at what he actually said.

"Supposedly been here the longest"

At first glance, this seems to mean that Jax can't be sure who's been here the longest. Which makes sense when you consider Kinger's memory issues and all the circus members who have abstracted. And, let's be real, this is probably what the line means. But if you'll let me be delusional for a second, there's another way to read this line.

What if Jax means that everyone assumes Kinger had been there the longest? But he knows it's not true because he's been there the longest?

For most characters, it wouldn't make sense for them to be purposefully vague with their wording. But this is Jax. It's completely in character for him to keep things from the other circus members for no reason. In the first episode alone he kept his supply of keys and Kaufmo's abstraction a secret. Jax will lie about pretty much everything, and he's pretty good at it too.

Further delusions can also be found in episode one. When Pomni tries take her headset off, Jax says this.

Could it be that Jax knows the circus members all tried to take off their headsets because he was there when they did it? Again, probably not. This is the weakest piece of evidence I have, but I figured I'd include it anyway.

And that would explain a fair bit of his behavior. Jax seems more comfortable in the circus than any of them. He has access to keys. He's only momentarily surprised by Kaufmo abstracting. He's incredibly jaded. He seems bored with the adventures, deliberately causing chaos to get them off track (his hijinks on the syrup truck, sucking up the ghost in the mansion, and trying to dunk Ragatha in the oil). It almost reads like a gamer who's played the game a thousand times and is trying anything to make it interesting.

Again, I'm fully aware that this probably isn't the case. I'd say there's a 0.01% chance that this will be confirmed in any capacity whatsoever. It will almost definitely be disproved. But until then, I thought this would be a fun idea. Maybe it'd be a good fic.

But hey, that's just a theory...

A DIGITAL CIRCUS THEORY!

and cut.

[moonlightflower-queen]

The rulers of the underworld have an important message about mental health

[kuravix]

Live action Zoro's new nickname for Sanji is 'waiter.' And you know what the Sunny has?

[embrace-your-illithid]

Empy you CAN'T just keep ceremorphing the witnesses

[ryntaia]

Yes, yes, we're all very convinced, Dan.

[kittenscookie]

Dear god Epic is slowly pulling me back into Percy Jackson so it's time for a mini crossover idea. (If I get some details wrong please forgive me, it's been a hot minute and I've got the memory of a walnut). Okay, let's say they've gotta get Odysseus's Bow for whatever reason. As the group's contemplating how they're gonna find this thing the gods all just slowly turn to Poseidon.

Poseidon: ...

Athena: You gonna give them her address or should I?

Poseidon: *Groans as he pulls out a pen and post-it note* Okay boys, you're gonna go to this address in Ithaca, knock on the door, ask for [Insert Name Here]. If she's not there go to this address in New Jersey.

Tyson: Who is she?

Poseidon: Your older sister

Percy: We have a sister? Why didn't you ever tell us about her?

Poseidon: ...

Athena: 🤨

Poseidon: .....Go visit your sister

So they do their adventure, escape a couple rough situations, slay a couple monsters. They eventually get to the address, knock on the door, and a young(in terms of appearance) woman with the bluest eyes known to man opens it. She's all smiles, offers them some snacks while she gets the bow.

Nico: Okay, just wondering, why do you have this thing?

Sister: ???

Sister: It's my dad's...Why wouldn't I have it???

Tyson: Huh?

Sister: Odysseus is my other dad

Silence for about a good fifteen seconds before a sly smirk spreads across her face.

Sister: You want the tea?

Percy: Hell yeah!

She pulls out her phone, sends someone a text and not even five minutes later Athena is bursting through the door.

Annabeth: Mom?

Athena: Hi honey. *Points to [Insert Name Here]* You, put the kettle on. *Points to the group* The rest of you, sit down and listen up because I'm still pissed about this shit.

Over the course of the next hour and a half she tells them the juiciest tea they've ever heard. By the end of it they're not surprised that shit never got written down because why would Poseidon and Zeus ever allow future generations know they were fighting that hard—caused a whole second war—for a damn mortal.

[iamthejam]

easy company going on a road trip

winters and nix's car:

lip and speirs' car:

don't worry about web guys he's fine

[reverseisekai-richie]

Cover our souls with robes of black and take up the arms of night

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I wanted to design intermediary forms for the Lords in Black as sort of a Nyarlathotep/Messengers vibe.

Maybe they started out trying for intimidation when first summoned before going for whimsical terror, maybe they're forms that the LiB assume when visiting other worlds and dimensions to travel among the populace.

maybe I just really wanted to design more monster boys