#Microscopic Examination

[icriedforthemoon]

EXCUSE ME?!?

WHY ARE WE NOT TALKING ABOUT THIS MORE?

John: "my Cheri my pau pau... My pau Paul..."

Basically it's just John remembering the Paris trip and singing in French.

This is from his Dakota home recordings

[hydrus101]

Minor Part 42 Spoilers

I know it’s intended to be a funny little throw away line, but the “Was I this bad?” exchange is so so so so important to me.

John, less than even an hour ago, committed a horrible atrocity against Arthur. It doesn’t matter that the deal was fake, he still intended to go through with it. Fully. He threatened Arthur’s memories, threatened his autonomy, threatened his very well being in a moment of fear and rage and human helplessness and grief. For all intents and purposes, Arthur should still be livid with him, should still bear that affront like a freshly bleeding wound. He should hate John, just a little. But he doesn’t. The second John shows even the slightest hint of self consciousness, that little sliver of weakness, an awareness of his growth and where he began and how far he’s come, a tiny fracture in the armor of his newborn human ego, Arthur immediately goes to reassure him.

“No-” You weren’t that bad. You were fine. You did great. A thousand little unspoken reassurances. Platitudes, maybe, since he was being untruthful kind.

John was that bad. Yorick has no reason to lie or exaggerate, he was this bad at the beginning and Arthur would be well within his rights to affirm that. To put him down. To lash out in some petty little way and get his licks in while the wound still drips, but he doesn’t. Doesn’t even think about it. His first instinct isn’t to dig his thumb into the scar and inflict on John some tiny hurt, but to soothe him, not out of fear that he might make good on his earlier threat, but out of genuine care. Out of friendship, Out of love.

[thepinkpestilence]

they all are deranged in their own special yet similar way❤️🥰

[wyrmwright]

(deep breath) so,

[confusedmothboy]

more demon king laios + evil kabru because i can make them so awful and twisted

[yandere-daydreams]

so malleus is never beating the monster fucker bait allegations huh

[screams-in-writing]

Wip drawing for my angst snippet, but apparently fits with the new episode too.

[nautls11]

/ / spoilers for tmk ep 2

been thinking intensely about how much everett’s demeanor changed in the last bit of the episode after he administered his venom. how he finally succumbed to the monster in him but when he was brought back his humanity shined through and he was, like,, a completely different person?? the anger from before? gone! the dismissal? gone! just quiet concern. and can we talk about how EXHAUSTED he sounded. He didnt even have as much grit of his voice. and when he had to administer his venom and lucia starts freaking out he immediately tries to calm her down?? and instead of leaving lucia to lay on the ground he offers her a hand, and his voice sounds SO DIFFERENT. He sounds so at ease, and just relieved that the hunt is over.

im probably totally overanalyzing this but after he administered the venom he sounded and acted so much more HUMAN. im so curious about how much his monstrosity affects his actual demeanor, because that was a softer side of everett i didnt think he had, and if later on his demeanor will return to its original state, when his mind is once again battling between man & monster.

[as-i-watch]

They live like this 24/7 in my brain, receiving the blorbo treatment

[shellem15]

Thinking about the Dawnfather. A god of light, a god of harvest, a god of the sun itself. Good but not nice, kind but not soft. Life-giving but also scorching. Protective, warm, and kind, but also stern, harsh, and abrasive. His light can foster growth, can protect and guide, but it can also scorch and burn. The sun is warm and nurturing but don’t stare at it too long, child, it’ll blind you.

Was he always so hard? Did he always hide his face with the harsh light of the sun? Or was there a time when he smiled and laughed, let others see him as he truly was?

Thinking about the Schism. Was the Dawnfather close to the Betrayer Gods before they turned? He must have been, Asmodeus wouldn’t be so hung up on him if he wasn’t. Speaking of Asmodeus, he was once a being of light, like the Dawnfather and the Everlight are now. Were they closer than the others? When the Gods came to Exandria, did they come from the same place or were they scattered, a ragtag group of survivors fleeing from predators seeking to devour them? And if the latter is true, did these three beings of light come from the same place? Siblings, born from the same stuff, forever tied to one another?

If this was the case, then, what was their relationship before the Schism? Did they call each other “Brother” and “Sister”? Did they hold each other when they were scared, dry each other’s tears, laugh and joke and tease and fight and make up because they were siblings and they’d always be together, and they loved each other with every fiber of their being and they only had each other. When Predathos came, when it devoured two of their newfound siblings, did the Dawnfather hold them both and promise them that everything was going to be okay because he was their brother and he was going to protect them, all of them. The gods, mortals, the world itself, they would not be devoured, they would not be destroyed, because he was there and would fight until his very last breath to keep them safe.

Wondering then, was that the moment when Asmodeus truly grew to hate their creations? Seeing his brother and sister and siblings risk their lives just to protect some mewling mortal wretches when they could just leave it all behind and start somewhere new. Was that the moment when he realized that mortals had done something to them, changed them when they were not supposed to change. Why else would they risk being devoured by Predathos, why else would they suffer through war with the Primordials? Why else would they choose them over him!? Was this the moment when he decided to conspire with the Primordials and the other Betrayer Gods? To destroy this world and the mortals on it so they could finally leave. And they would leave, of course, because the Dawnfather was his brother and the Everlight was his sister and the Gods were a family, and at the end of the day, they would always be together, and once the corrupting influence of those mortals was gone, they would surely all see reason.

And when the Dawnfather discovered this betrayal, when all the Prime Deities did, he must have been furious. How could they!? His kin, his brother, who had always been by his side through everything, how could they turn around and destroy their creations, their children. And so he and the other Primes took up arms and fought against their own family to protect this world they had created, and their children who inhabited it. Those battles must have been brutal, bonds of comradery broken, kin clashing against kin, screaming curses as they tore each other apart.

During those final battles of the Schism, when the Dawnfather clashed against Asmodeus, did they scream at each other in rage? A twisted reflection of previous squabbles, different because this time it was real, this time there is no forgiveness, no making up. When the Dawnfather knocked Asmodeus down, crushed his throat under his foot and banished him to the Hells, was he yelling when he disowned him? Or was he quiet when he did it, his voice going into a low growl, deadly calm as he told him that he was not his brother anymore. And moments previously, when the Dawnfather could have easily killed him, did he look into Asmodeus’s eyes and see his brother? Scared and hurt by his hands, hands that once held him and swore to protect him. In that moment, did the Dawnfather realize he couldn’t kill him? Because that was his brother and despite everything, he still loved him, and hurting him brought him more grief and pain than he could ever imagine. So instead, he banished him, locked him and all the other Betrayers away because he and the other Primes couldn’t bring themselves to kill their family, but they also couldn’t let them free.

Was this when the Dawnfather obscured his face? Hardened his heart because otherwise he would break, and he cannot break, because the other gods need him to be strong, because Exandria needs him to be strong. And so he stayed strong, despite the grief, despite the guilt, despite the pain of heartbreak, of hurting the ones he loved to protect the ones he loved. And this hardening must have continued, running himself ragged during Calamity, beating back Tharizdun, protecting Ioun after she almost died, sheltering the Everlight after Asmodeus once again betrayed her, stabbed her in the back and left her broken and weak when all she wanted was to do was get her brother back, to save him from his own wrath. Failure after failure after failure to protect those he cared about, to protect his siblings and mortals and Exandria itself. The guilt of his failures must be overwhelming, and these are his failures: Predathos devoured his siblings under his watch, his siblings betrayed them under his watch, Calamity ravaged Exandria under his watch, and even now, the threat of Predathos has once again returned under his watch.

No wonder he is so harsh now, so controlling now: because every time he has failed in his vigilance the world has suffered for it. He can’t fail again; he can’t lose any more siblings. And so, he continues hardening his heart, continues fighting, because the sun must always rise again in the morning, no matter what.

[thatswhatsushesaid]

sigh

“we can discuss his circumstances but i draw the line at characterizing him any other way than heartless and cruel and guilty of every crime”

anon do you actually believe that jgy and his circumstances are nuanced and complicated, or do you believe he’s cruel and heartless and objectively guilty of every crime he is accused of in the text regardless of the evidence. because right now it actually sounds like you do believe one of these things. just not the thing you say you believe.

what is with this spate of sanctimonious asks lecturing jgy fans (badly tbqh) in the tags the last few days. is there discourse happening somewhere and i just haven’t seen it (probably). do i care enough to go looking for it (no).

[cosmereplay]

Ok headcanon time. In fanfic land obviously Kaladin could've seen Tarah's safehand. But in canon???

[spacedlexi]

FIRST OF ALL I LOVE YOUR STUFF AND I WAS JUST LIKE GOING THROUGH IT ALL RN BUTTTTT

So I know you don’t really like art requests and that you do commissions, but I was just wondering if you had any like draft art or concept ideas of Lee 🤔 cause of the few times you’ve done him I felt that you could do him so well!!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH 🥺🥺!!!

no i dont like requests aha but i Love getting an excuse to share wips 😏 i dont have a lot of lee ones atm tho unfortunately but i do want to get back to this one eventually

[waterimark]

thinking about them again lmao

[unhingedoceanenthusiast]

If not trans, then why does trans flag show up in multiple of his skins? Vote Jimmy Solidarity!

@mcytransswag