#MAKING ANOTHER POST ABOUT THIS SOON

[rohansoutsidemydoor]

PLEASE READ THE VAMPIRE AND THE BAT ITS LITERALLY SO FUN AND GOOD

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[ricky-mortis]

Curtwen Week Day 4: Haunted

[starlightseraph]

house is always very adamant about being the smartest person in the room, the one who can think in ways and find answers that others can’t.

people rarely dare to say, even as a joke, that they’re more intelligent than house, because he’s so obviously brilliant that it would just seem wrong. if they do, house tends to roll his eyes and ignore it.

but then, when wilson bests house in the stupidest games or prank wars, and cheekily declares that he’s the smart one, house just looks at him with the most adoring smile. like it’s such a soft and sweet look. tooth-rotting. he is so, so in love, oh my god.

[deoidesign]

Return date for my webcomic, Time and Time Again!

It's been set for a while but sometimes they change the date without warning, so I'll keep you updated if anything changes!

I'm extremely proud of the work I've been doing on it, I can't wait to share everything!

See you then!

[soraya-snape]

Just saw someone say they don't like Snape "because of how he treats children as a grown adult, his creepy behaviour growing up towards Lily, his devotion to voldermort until Lily was in danger, and his blood supremacy and prejudices (eg: how he treated Remus)."

And complain that people say they only dislike Snape because of "misogyny, or societal beauty expectations etc.".

But they still love the marauders and Regulus Black.

The marauders, who bullied Snape simply for existing, and others just for fun. OK, maybe they weren't grown adults, but they were old enough to know that bullying, sa and attempted murder are not OK.

James, who literally threatened to hex Lily for defending Snape and tried to blackmail her into dating him (extremely creepy and not romantic in my eyes).

Regulus, who had a picture wall dedicated to Voldemort as a teen and was a devoted blood supremacist. He only defected (as a death eater, not as a blood supremacist) because Voldemort hurt his property.

Both the marauders and Regulus were extremely prejudiced towards others. Regulus, obviously muggle-borns and probably Gryffindor (or anything that didn't fit with his Slytherin and death eater mentality) and the marauders towards Slytherin. Especially James, who he started bullying Snape for that exact same reason. He also said something along the lines of "Oh I thought you were alright." in a disappointed way towards Sirius when he learned his whole family was in Slytherin. (Like he knew that boy for a few minutes and was about to jump to conclusion and change his view on that 11-year-old boy because of the Hogwarts house his family was in!) and considering their main victim was Snape probably also people who were poor. (Oh, and Snape didn't treat Remus badly because he had a prejudice against werewolfs but because he was a bystander at his bullying despite being a prefect who should have stopped it and maybe even took part in it.)

So I guess people are right about this person because they like characters who did the similar, same or even worse things. The only real difference being that the marauders and Regulus are conventionally attractive/ have a hot fancast. And I'm not even going into (more detail about) how some of their points about Snape are completely out of context, or extremely exaggerated.

[dve]

the saint of duty + an iliad's hector of troy

An Iliad, Lisa Peterson & Denis O'Hare, p. 480 / Harrow the Ninth, p. 124, 133, 191, 193, 194, 204, 228, 267 292, 469 / Nona the Ninth, p. 30, 399, 402

[wondrousmay]

There’s a running theme in the series where the Forgers repeat back impactful words that was said to them to other people. So imagine post-reveal, Yor gets told about all of Twilight’s deeds: how he lied, cheated and manipulated others. But instead of getting angry, she repeats back his words from this scene:

Twilight hears this and he cries.

I’ll cry too because what he said here meant so much to Yor. For the first time, there’s someone who understands her and her sacrifices. These words made her choose him.

[chessboreds]

Shadow The Hedgehog

Sonic x Shadow Generations Dark Beginnings First Look Preview

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[yuseirra]

made a collection of my recent onk fancomics and updated it on my pixiv!! If you want to read it in bulk, it may be easier to do it there (I make these for my own convenience too..it's easier to check just how much I've drawn so far altogether!)

This one in particular has a lot of wholesome pieces in it, I feel :) I hope I can keep drawing more things like that because I feel that's what I'm really good at.

I could draw this much thanks to all the kind words and encouragement I've received!! It really helps!! Thank you very much!!

[b4kuch1n]

​​​​            saw you.

[ingravinoveritas]

How did u feel with the age gap question was it pr or do u really think he meant it and this was the truth

This is referring to the question asked on The Assembly last night. I'll post the clip here, for those who haven't seen it yet:

A lot of what I felt while watching this was touched on in this incredibly thoughtful post from @body-face-words, so I encourage folks to give that a read. But I think for me, when it comes to Michael's answer, it's not a matter of whether he lied or told the truth. It's that his response was sweet, but it was also a version of the truth that sounded convincing because it needed to, because this was not a time or place where he could say what he actually felt.

I'm really not sure what people expected him to say, in all honesty, as he was never going to say anything that would make him or Anna look bad, and especially not anything that could potentially negatively impact the kids, so he instead gave a very perfect PR answer. This again does not come as a surprise because we know Michael has scripted his answers about AL/their relationship in the past, but I noticed how careful he was in his response, which seems to contrast with how off-the-cuff he normally is when discussing every other subject. Part of what so many of us love about Michael is how unfiltered he is and always has been, with the exception of how much he filters and edits himself when talking about Anna.

It also seemed like, at least from my perspective, that Michael answered the question without answering the question. What the girl asked wasn't so much about the age gap, but about AL being five years older than Michael's daughter Lily, and it would've been a perfect opportunity for him to mention her, or how the relationship with AL affected his and Lily's relationship. He could've talked about the falling out he had with her (and Kate) in 2019 once AL's existence/pregnancy came to light, and what has happened in the years since, or how Lily now gets along with Anna/her half-sisters. But instead Michael deflected from all of that and talked about everything while saying nothing at the same time.

It was also the things Michael didn't say that stood out as much as the things he did. In the entire answer to the question, Michael never once used the word "love." Prior to the show airing, I saw a lot of people online confident that he would say that he loves Anna, but he never did. He never praised her, never talked about the things he loves about her, or how glad he is to be with her. He never once mentioned her by name. The pivot and focus was on the kids, and there was a clear distinction made between how happy he is to have the family he does, rather than to be in the relationship that he is in. Michael's use of the phrase "very happy" was also identical to the wording of a comment AL wrote on Instagram the other day, which added to the whole "reinforcing a public narrative" feeling of his response.

I think what struck me most of all, though, was how somber and heavyhearted Michael sounded while saying how happy he is. It reminded me of the song "I Am a Rock" by Simon & Garfunkel, where the upbeat and cheerful music contrasts starkly with the fraught, angry lyrics. There was no sparkle in Michael's eyes when he said it, no enthusiasm for what he was saying (which is particularly jarring when we know Michael has the capacity for incredible enthusiasm), and his face never lit up while he was talking.

There was one specific moment (which is also highlighted in the body language post) where he seemed to visibly wince and the micro-expressions were in overdrive, and it immediately made me think of a moment from Good Omens:

Time and again, I have seen fans talk about Michael's micro-expressions as an actor and how he uses them to such devastating effect (especially in the role of Aziraphale). And while these two moments are not completely identical, the idea of ignoring how Michael uses those same micro-expressions in real life makes no sense to me at all. In this instance, what we're seeing could be either because he has put so much of himself into Aziraphale that we can now recognize those "Michael" moments...or it could be because in both clips he is performing, albeit for different reasons.

The difference between Michael when he is doing this vs. when he is being genuinely himself is made even more apparent by the question immediately following this one. Unprompted, he brings up David, and the change in his expression and demeanor is swift and dramatic:

Having the mention of David happen so soon after the AL question seemed to highlight so many things. I can't help but feel that David is a security blanket for Michael, something he hides behind when he is feeling anxious or sad or overwhelmed. I wondered if perhaps he was even already thinking of David while answering the AL question, which would explain why he named him so readily--as if his mind needed to drift to someplace else just to finish answering that question.

To me, this made it abundantly clear that David is Michael's safe place. Here was where we saw Michael's eyes sparkling. Here was where we saw him light up from the inside. And it was David he kept returning to and bringing up during the rest of the show in response to other questions. So if that doesn't speak volumes about where Michael's heart seems to be, I'm not sure what does.

So yes, those are my thoughts on Michael answering the age gap question on The Assembly. As always, this is just my interpretation, but I am glad to hear from my followers with your take as well. Thanks for writing in! x

[eldintower]

something i've noticed is how when you put together the symbol of messmer's flame & the seal of melina's eye, you create something quite close to the frenzied flame symbol. messmer's flame matches very closely to the outside of it; melina's three toed fowl's foot (an in-world sign of ill omen which is very fascinating storytelling) resembles the curl of flame at the center of it, specifically in how the digits themselves curl. that leaves of course the rest of the interior design....

melina's deathly eye contains an eddy of twilight, which, given that the siblings as counterparts- death and the serpent, death in the embrace of flame, the one who walks alongside flame, etc- could fill in the sort of ragged swirl within the symbol. not literally, considering it's empty, but as a match. the sigil of blackflame fits it best (upside down, lol). now, i don't believe melina is the gloam eyed queen- the gloam eyed queen of the godskins wrought in legend (don't think she's marika either)- so keep that in mind. to me she represents & was born one half of prophetic doom- the death to messmer's flame- and the blackflame represents that, the oblivion to which the base serpent delivers. the resemblance between the blackflame symbol & metyr's fingerprint, the abyssal woods, the abyssal serpent, blackflame being heavy... Anyways I think it's interesting. mostly because it calls more into question the nature of melina's seal, aside from the in-world superstition, or rather because of it. she's quite interesting! she has a lot going on!

[mag-lore]

I don't think I ever shared my Curufin doll!! I'm insanely happy with him, his glasses give me life

His head scar was inspired by @theheirofashandfire 's Thread verse fics !!

[kacievvbbbb]

Can't believe this show just said that yeah these broken children that have finally managed to claw some semblance of family out of the train wreck their psychotic father made of them, these children now adults, don't get peace, they don't deserve it. actually the world is so much better without them in it. They are the direct reason why so many people they have met are not living happier lives and the universe would be a much happier safer place with them gone. They were pawns in their father's game and now they are victims of their "mother's" scheme. And this is all they get, there was never any happy ending for them in the cards the universe rebukes their very existence and it is constantly trying to write them out of it.

They doomed the world from the start, the blame is all at their feet and they must pay for the crime of being born "special".

The fucking implications of that my god!

That's the message you ended your show on. That is what you are leaving us with. Why?

[ahalliance]

anyone else feel like the joker

transcript [eng] below

[Video Transcript:

[First clip 18/05/2023 plays.]

Baghera: We have to teach [Pomme] to be a bit more vigorous, because she’s kinda scared of everything. We have to teach her how to live

Etoiles: Well we just need some stuff

Baghera: No but in the sense of— I get the impression that she doesn’t dare have fun because she’s scared of everything because of me. So we have to get her going

Etoiles: Uh…

Baghera: Yes, yes! I’m invested, Etoiles

Etoiles: Me, I gotta farm

[Second clip 19/12/2023 plays.]

Baghera: Well, we’re here to have fun, I thought you were talking about having fun, Etoiles!

Etoiles: The problem is if I don’t win [Purgatory 2] Pomme will be sad and I don’t want her to be sad

Baghera: But Pomme hasn’t been around for a long time!

Etoiles: Well yeah, she’s here, she’s in my heart and in everyone’s heart

end Video Transcript.]

[neil-neil-orange-peel]

I was thinking to myself recently how wild it would be if this fandom was big enough to do a kinktober. Alas...