#IM SO UNWELL ABOUT HIM

[alliumsduo]

sometimes i mention ctommy and people look at me weird and then i realize not everyone was obsessed with a then sixteen year old child soldier who has basically never know peace in his life and was constantly betrayed by the people he thought was close to him and-[gunshots]

[lonestarss]

on boothill's star motif + other various analyses

[ursaspecter]

X-Men Evolution isn't perfect, but there's a part that really sticks with me and I think about it a normal amount.

In the beginning of the series the existance of mutants is still pretty secret. The kids are still seen as fairly normal if just a bit weird because they live at the Xavier school/Brotherhood boarding house, but otherwise have friends who aren't mutants and no one assumes anything of them.

Hank's mutation though isn't like the others. He can't just wear special glasses like Scott or use an image inducer like Kurt or simply choose to not present his mutation like Evan can. He has to regularly take a serum he's invented to keep looking normal. Until it doesn't work anymore, that is.

At the end of the episode, he's lost his teaching job at Bayview High School and instead teaches at the Xavier school now as Beast. It's a hard adjustment to not being able to really go out and interface with the public anymore, but they make do.

In a later episode, Kitty suggests that Hank lead a field trip out in the redwoods so he can get out of the mansion without risking being seen. While the kids are at camp, he goes for a walk on his own and finds a sockeye salmon slapping around in a shallow part of the stream. He sighs and says, "You can't go back either." and helps the fish along.

But the thing is, the salmon is red with a green face meaning it's already gone through changes before spawning and dying. It has mutated and can't go back.

I don't know if the writers intended that. Maybe they just wrote the line to mean "The salmon is trying to swim upstream but got stuck and can't go back to where it spawned now" and just used the red and green color palette to make it stand out as a salmon because when it's still silvery it just looks like any other fish to kids. But I'm choosing to believe the deeper meaning is there. Hank McCoy is salmoncore.

[made-my-peace-with-all-the-bad]

“But you’re in love. That’s how you described it to me, love. You said you’re in love. And he loves you, I mean, how could he not? Look at you. We both love you.” ITS LITERALLY CHET ABOUT CHERRY

[jingooism]

me crashing out about yeo jingoo at 11pm when i have a morning shift tomorrow….more common than you think! nightly occurrence actually!

[sunflowersaturn-art]

✨The Last Domino✨

Lineart Under the Cut;

[skelebab]

It's nearly half past 3am and I am fighting the urge to get out of bed and make fanart

This new obsession really be doing numbers on me huh?

[fayzart136]

"'Evan feels, finally, like some real goddamn magic is happening."

[emmyrosee]

REVVVVVVVVVUHHHHHH

I’m thinking very hard abt kaiser getting another tattoo with your initials somewhere on his body, idk where yet but he would

and if not your initials, then some sort of symbol that reminds him of you

that’s all!!

[divorcingjimmatthews]

the inherent hilarity of the resident loner jerk being the one begging for people to cooperate and communicate

[vhstape]

this will be the last time, babe, i promise.........

[suddenly-frankenstein]

just hope it wasn't too late to say

[paarthursass]

Baldur's Gate 3 Companion!Tav Ask List

What if your Tav was a recruitable companion, instead of the main character? (contains major spoilers for the game, and for some dark urge runs as well)

General

Where can your Tav be recruited?  Are they first encountered on the Nautiloid, or in the Nautiloid crash region?  Or are they not recruitable until a later act?

Do the other companions have special comments or reactions upon recruiting your Tav?

Does your Tav have any comments or advice when you recruit other companions?

What sort of general actions raise or lower their approval?

Are there any instances where your Tav can permanently leave the party, depending on player character actions?

Do they have any secrets that can be revealed?  What are the prerequisites for this secret coming to light?

Do they have their own personal quest that spans the course of the game?  Can it take different branching paths depending on the choices the Player Character makes?

What do they say when the Player Character asks them to stay in camp?  How about when the Player Character asks them to come adventuring again?

Does your Tav have any escalating conflicts with one of the other companions, like Lae’zel and Shadowheart’s knife-fight?

Are there any unique NPCs associated with your Tav that can show up during the course of the game?

Are there any moments in the game that trigger unique dialogue for your character? (Like Gale’s anecdote about the barfight after you save the goblin prisoner) 

Story Specific

How does your Tav advise the player character when it comes to the Dream Visitor?

How do they advise the player character on Raphael?

How do they react to Astarion biting the Player Character?

How do they react to the Player Character letting Abdirak whip them?

How do they react to the Player Character taking their first tadpole power?

Will they stay with the Player Character regardless of siding with the goblins or the tieflings, or is it possible for them to leave the party permanently?

What can they be found doing at the tiefling/goblin party?

Do they have comments on who the Player Character chooses to spend the night with? 

Do they have unique dialogue if the Player Character lets them die when they steal the Blood of Lathander?

How do they react if the PC licks the dead spider in the Gauntlet of Shar?

What do they say if the PC tries to force them to go up on stage with Dribbles the Clown?

Is it possible for your Tav to be kidnapped and replaced by Orin?  How is Orin's deception revealed?  How do they react to the PC rescuing them in the Temple of Bhaal?

How do they react to the PC either allowing Astarion to ascend or convincing him to spare the 7000 spawn?

How does Tav react to the PC becoming a mind flayer?  Can they offer to become one themselves?  Does their reaction change if they’re romanced? 

How do they react when the Dark Urge first reveals their amnesia and murderous thoughts to them?

How do they react to the Dark Urge killing Alfira?

If romanced, how do they react to the Dark Urge trying to kill them in Act 2?

Romance

Is your Tav a romanceable character?  Are there any specific requirements to romancing them?

Does your Tav need to be flirted with to start the romance, or will they approach the PC themselves if approval is high enough?

Are they a polyamorous or a monogamous option?

Do they have a special romance scene at the tiefling/goblin party?

Does the romance have different branching paths, or just one route to take?

How do they react to the player character breaking up with them, or choosing another character over them?

What questions can Zethino ask the PC about Tav in the Love Test? 

If they’re poly, do they have a reaction to the PC engaging in a relationship with Halsin?

How do they react if the PC has sex with Mizora? The Emperor?  Haarlep?

Will they join in with the PC and the Drow Twins, or no?

What are Tav’s plans for the future?  Do they propose to the PC, or is marriage not something they’re interested in?

Free space! Share anything from your companion!Tav au!

[icepip]

Puppyboy Yuuji who would take literally any chance to taste you. Movie night? He's on his knees in between your legs, his tongue all over you. On a mission? As soon as it's over, he has you against the wall with your legs spread and his face is buried in you.

GOOD MORNING ANON!!! (ignore the fact that this ask is weeks old bc i got it when i was on my break rip)

i LOVEEEEEE puppyboy yuji, he's so sweet and eager. no matter what you do, he's constantly getting between your legs and you can't even push him away (not that you want to) because he's so strong... holding onto your thighs with a bruising grip because as soon as he begins nosing at your cunt, he is done for. he's not leaving until you can't cum anymore. it's exhausting sometimes but the way he looks at you with his big eyes when you try to stop him after one orgasm... you can't say no to him :(( he just wants to taste you and make you feel good :(((

ugh the adrenaline pumping through both of your veins after a mission.... he pushes you into the nearest alley and hikes your leg on his shoulders, tearing at your clothes because he needs to taste you on his tongue right now. the veil is still up so you're at least safe from civilian's eyes, but you know that could stop at any moment. he's harsher like this, faster and more desperate for you. his blood is pumping and he doesn't have the patience to take you apart slowly, making out with your clit and watching the way your mouth opens with moans and whines of his name. no, he's sucking at your swollen bud, fingers sliding into your walls to feel them tighten, making you cry and shake and cover your mouth so you're not screaming. it's not until you can't hold yourself up anymore that he'll stop. he has to basically carry you to the car that's waiting for you, telling the driver that you're exhausted from the fight. no, they don't need to see shoko, they just need some rest, i promise. i'll take good care of them. and you know yuji will, your eyes fighting to stay open as he keeps you close. he always takes such good care of you.

[treeprince]

never let it be said that shen yuan doesnt fight for his man with bloody teeth

he started off already risking being sent back to his dead body to protect baby binghe the best he could on his first meeting and then continued to do so once the ooc shackles came off, made sure he felt loved and safe and at home on cqm, gave him every advantage he could think of (and then wondered why binghe got out of the abyss 2 yrs early, honey...), but bc those scum villain blinders were on so tight, he doesnt accept that he (the man shen yuan inside the character shen qingqiu) can change his own path enough to not be killed, and plans his own death accordingly bc he wont ever fight against binghe again if he can help it, i just...

this man loves binghe so much that he couldnt even conceive of a world in which binghe loves him back - and thats not just the comphet olympics in his brain talking, sy genuinely believes he's unlovable and only maybe sort of likeable by his fellow peak lords, and part of that comes from being forced into a scum villains role and not knowing the bigger picture behind sqq's actions (not even touching on how sy barely saw the entire cast of pidw as people until binghe actually looked hurt to him), but the rest was already preprogrammed before he transmigrated, and i want to know who hurt him so bad - bc all sy could imagine is that the whole world should love binghe, bc thats howmuch sy loves him the story is supposed to go, but all he could imagine for himself was gratitude at best and his demise at worst, until the very moment that it becomes clear that lbh has done everything, fucking EVERYTHING, to get sqq to love him back and i just SCREAMS

i cant imagine that sy would just let binghe go if he should ever decide to love someone else, the possession goes both ways with these two, and sy would fight tooth and nail to keep binghe for himself

[starry-bi-sky]

mmmmmm read a disciple shen yuan/shizun luo binghe fanfic about two days ago where the first chapter was the Immortal Conference arc, and SQQ was the one who had to be pushed into the abyss (he was still the villain) except Luo Binghe was refusing and was like, lowkey losing his mind about SQQ being so close to the edge. SQQ ended up having to be the one to fall in himself because of the system's punishment system. The rest of the fic is leading up to that moment. But like, MMM i've been obsessively thinking about that first chapter for DAYS ever since.

now i've been in svsss for a grand total of *checks watch* a week. but god obsessed with that. I want to write/read a fic where disciple SQQ goes a little nuts down there. Like keep all of the things that make SQQ, SQQ, but just. Throw in a little bit more trauma in there. A little bit of a mental break. Let him go a little nuts as a treat. Just a tad unhinged. I wanna see him go, just a little, "god fuck it, i've tried so hard to change this shitty story's outcome and it feels like everything i've done has been for nothing. I'm going to die in this world no matter what I do, I've been doomed from the start, so might as well die the way I want to." and he just, breaks a little! Under all the stress.

He still retains the traits that makes shen yuan, shen yuan, like his overwhelming kindness. But he's just! yk. A little less patient. Paranoid. Jumpy. Colder. A little more aloof and closed off. A little more Shen Jiu. He's no asshole child abuser, but he was a Number One Hater in his past life and he's leaning into that old habit a little more now.

(On a totally coincidental not-at-all related note, there's not enough SJ-and-SY-are-the-same-people fics out there that i've found. This is totally unrelated...)

The Endless Abyss turns the mind into an over-sharpened blade, and SQQ is both fascinated and perhaps a little excited to explore a place that doesn't have a lot of info on it in the mortal realm, but still terrified out of his mind. And he's no Luo Binghe, he doesn't have the sheer brute strength and power to just bulldoze his way through, so he has to be a lot more sneaky and cunning if he wants to survive.

The fic itself role-swapped LBH and SQQ so that SQQ was the half-demon (which lowkey fucks) and LBH the human, but I'm equally-if-not-more obsessed with the idea that LBH remains the half-heavenly demon and SQQ the human. If only because I keep thinking about SQQ befriending some demons (particularly and specifically a group of succubi) and they grow very attached to this Human Cultivator so through magic plot stuff they create some kind of seal/illusion/talisman that makes SQQ appear as a demon because a human cultivator in the endless abyss may as well be the equivalent of putting a giant neon target on your back.

And iirc Shen Jiu was taught demonic cultivation by that one guy(?? i've only been here a week so im not caught up in ALL of the lore yet) so that could totally happen here.

(On the other end of the realms, poor Shizun Luo Binghe is just. losing his fucking mind over losing his most precious and beloved disciple. About .5 seconds from burning down the peaks himself. somebody sedate him.)

The Endless Abyss sucks and SQQ is having a really terrible time and can feel himself going lowkey mad, but also holy shit look at all this WORLD-BUILDING. look at all this flora and fauna, and oh if he had the equipment for it he'd be writing all of this down. ALL OF IT. He was kinda-sorta-already planning on never leaving the Abyss as some sort of fucked up self-exile and self-preservation thing, but now he might? actually just?? never leave if he can help it, like he lowkey likes it down here.

anyways the next time anyone ever sees SQQ again he's got hair so long its almost touching the ground and he's either in rags and half-feral or he's been completely dolled up by his adoptive succubi sisters and still about three seconds from biting anyone who tries to touch him. (he's also lowkey trying to book it back down to the abyss even if he has desperately missed all of his friends and shizun)