#Or at least that Hide does

[suuunshine-and-murder]

@ryner-lute

IT WAS PANIC-INDUCING. The vibrations around him, the randomly-peering eyes that appeared in each corner, no matter where he tried to bury himself to hide away. Being captured by the stick-legged creatures was traumatic enough, his mouth and neck shredded by the futile attempts to flop back into the ocean before he was subdued. Now he was here, in this tiniest of oceans, where suddenly small and big two-legged creatures alike swarmed the place and tapped the glass trying to get his A T T E N T I O N . Olive-colored eyes were shot wide and head turning sharply, strands of glowing gold always were an issue attracting unwanted attention.

NOW HE WAS TRAPPED, gills flaring and expanding as he spoke to the aquatic creatures passing by and appearing like they’ve accepted their fates in this cage. They all told him the same thing - they’ve been here a W H I L E , some even born there, and never seen the world outside. The stick-legged ones were everywhere, and would be coming here almost E V E R Y day for the rest of their lives.

“First day’s the hardest. But them creatures are harmless.” A shark that passed by hearing the conversation pitched in to reassure him. The merman closed an eye when the rough skin of the shark’s nose pushed against his fresh scars. “ ‘cept the ones that did this. But hey you can scare ‘em with their own actions. It’s kinda funny actually.”

“Scare them?” He asked, before getting nudged once more near his damaged gills.

“Follow me. ~” The shark replied, then swam in a direction towards the edge of the waters. He of course followed, watching the large gathering of small and tall creatures on the other side. The smaller ones appeared to be E X C I T E D at first until they saw his and his friend’s faces, most of them backing away or opening their mouth wide. Most of the taller ones, the adults, appeared to stand their ground or even get a little closer to have a better look at the new attraction, not appearing all too scared.

HE TOUCHED THE GLASS, head turning to look at the shark as he swam behind his back. It was nice to know that some of them were scared of them as much as he was scared of the two-legged creatures, but those weren’t the little ones that he was afraid of.

“What about the big ones?” He asked again.

“I could flash mah mouth at ‘em, but they seem more disturbed by you than me.” The shark nibbled on the golden merman’s scars again - which got Q U I T E the reaction from the creatures on the other side - and turned to swim away. “See? You’ve got a nice power there, use it wisely.”

[isatohlee]

He deserves to sleep comfortably in his mother’s arms after all he’s gone through

[qoldenskies]

i think its so funny when people take the way donnie acts at face value even though its a horrible lie because he's a horrible liar, while understanding leo is bullshitting very well despite him actually being GOOD at bullshitting. many such cases

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 271

“Grandmother is visiting,” Damian suddenly said with no warning and with his usual not-quite demanding tone. 

“Who?” Tim wasn’t the only one to startle, seeing as Bruce had practically froze, a downturn to his lips in a silent show of confusion. 

Damian scowled. “Are you deaf Drake? Grandmother is coming to Gotham to, quote, make sure I am being properly cared for.” None of them had known that Ras was with anyone actually. At least Tim was pretty sure that would have been in the files. 

“Oh?” Dick didn’t quite crouch to Damian’s height but it was a near thing. “She-” “He,” Damian corrected, interrupting him. They all exchanged a glance before Dick continued. 

“Is he coming to the Manor or…” 

Damian scoffed again, a tiny bit of a flush against his face. “No, Grandmother will most likely be staying with Akhi-”

Now wait one moment-

“YOU HAVE ANOTHER BROTHER?!” 

[tartppola]

very specific au thought, silver if he was the shield instead ( read the tags to see explanations )

[starburstminibot]

Transformers ARK! The Twins

Sunstreaker, the self-proclaimed "eldest" of the two is cocky and egotistical. Most bots find him hard to approach so they simply steer clear. He takes great pride in his unstable reputation, and wouldn't be caught dead doing anything to break character. The only bot who seems to be able to put up with him is his twin, Sideswipe. And even though the two are rarely apart, they sometimes seem to barely even like each other. Despite preferring isolation, Sunstreaker has always been secretly jealous of how easily Sideswipe can make friends, and how other bots like his brother over him.

Sideswipe, while just as aggressive at times, can be much more relaxed and playful than his brother. He's funny and friendly, and can quickly gain favor with others. It's unfortunate that most bots are too scared to approach him considering who he's always hanging out with. Sometimes Sideswipe is resentful of the shadow he's constantly living in, and wishes Sunstreaker wasn't setting the standards of what bots grow to expect of him.

It would probably help both of their insecurities if they weren't so codependent, but no one's had the guts to try and tell them that yet.

[deja-mew]

HOT TAKE: Even after Unicron upgraded him, Megatron had to pick barnacles off himself for a good long while. I can’t imagine all the underwater critters that probably moved into him as a corpse. Maybe he wasn’t down there quite that long, but I’m sure he didn’t get away 100% critter-free. Barnacle boy Megs. Who else is here for that

[ferryfoam]

Would you guys burn me at the stake if I say that I think Chrysalis is actually a really important insight into Julian's character and his view on his own life and the people around him at the time it takes place. It's an episode that doesn't hold up today cause of the very ableist writing and kind of shitty moral but I think it's necessary that it's there and also occurs at the time it does in the show

I'll have a more insightful analysis on it one day cause I really want to talk about it (I want to make better researched ds9 analyses with actual clips from the show and whatnot instead of just vaguely referencing events from memory that could be completely wrong but unfortunately I do not have the time to be doing all of that. I would really like to in the future though)

[batpham-kills]

The terrifying Red Hood has been temporarily captured by the Justice League

Unable to remove his helmet, he poses a danger to everyone on the Watchtower, and with his Gotham residence, they don't even have jurisdiction over him, despite him apparently knowing all the hero's identities.

J'onn J'onzz can't do much against someone with such strong mental fortitude, but he manages to fight his way to one thing: severing the connection between the heroes and their identities. They then swiftly boot him off the Watchtower and alert Batman of what they've done.

Suddenly, Jason doesn't remember why he was mad at his dad.

(AKA: Jason psychically forgets why he's mad at batman, aka Bruce Wayne, for not killing the Joker. How the hell would Brucie Wayne kill the Joker? So he does the only logical thing in this scenario: goes home.)

[ask2ps]

soo funny how my idea of 2p canada and france's relationship changed over time. in an old ask i was like "matthieu was his son 😔he loved him more than anything..."

my thoughts nowadays are more along the lines of: francois saw matthieu as some weird tumor that fell off him and gained sentience. he couldn't have cared less about canada. and he wouldn't regret feeling that way for a long, long time (way after the damage was done)

[radiance1]

A 'No one knows' Au and that one au where Danny leaves behind a corpse after death.

With a twist.

Jack and Maddie, not fearing death but fearing becoming a ghost after death have perfected what one would call functional immortality.

Clones.

Which is kind of why they're pretty careless about danger outside of combat, they just, quite literally, cannot be bothered to care less. If they die? Then their souls would just be thrusted into a clone body.

They didn't just cheat death, they walked all over it, spat on it, and continued walking over it a multitude of times.

Which accidently became a plus for Danny and his secret identity.

See, when Danny went ghost to save the day, he came back only to find his body gone. Safe to say, he panicked and looked everywhere for it, or tried to at least, because if that got out he wouldn't really know how to deal with it.

Only to then learn his parents hid and are quite literally experts at hiding bodies, his included.

Jack and Maddie are quite happy that they were the ones who stumbled upon Danny's body and not anyone else, since it would take a quite long amount of explanation as to why their son was found dead yet seemingly walked to school fine hit Monday!

Well, they weren't happy he died really, as any parent wouldn't be, but they're glad they prepared extra bodies for both him and Jazz in case the day ever came.

Danny awkwardly slid himself into said excuse while trying not to externally freak the fuck out. But hey, at least it's a plus that whenever his parents find his corpse they just, hid it no questions asked.

Good, it would be so weird if anyone managed to find either of their multiple corpses.

But hey! At least Jazz hasn't died yet!

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 171

Danny would like everyone to know it was a complete accident. Look, normally he was really good at not altering the timeline! He was! 

But the dude was definitely not in the right Time, and he had to get his trust which took so long, like damn he thought he had anxiety. Seriously though, kevlar in the 1700s? Yeah that wasn’t right, and Peepaw always complained about the messes that the speedsters caused, so he was trying to prevent a mess by tugging the dude away and helping him out. 

Falling in love maybe a little, was not in the plan. But honestly the man had a worse sense of self preservation than he did as a teen and was also straight up adorable, in a wet cat  who could kill you sort of way. 

So maybe he helped the dude grab a child that was going to be drowned. It wasn’t like anyone else saw them! Even if similar situations might’ve happened a few different times. 

Still, no one saw them! 

So why is there now a small cult who worships the Shadowed one and Radiant one, aka his companion (who would not give his name save for B, which, fair, probably didn’t want to accidentally wreck the timeline either) and well, him?! At least they worship them as guardians of children, but uh. Should he maybe, perhaps, fix this…? 

[punchouthottakes]

FLAMING HOT TAKE INCOMING, DISCLAIMER FIRST: punch out is a game with no lore and little to no characterization so it’s natural that different people have different takes on a character and I 10000% respect that and I love seeing how people interpret stuff differently from me!!!!! this is not a dig or a diss this is just personal observation!!!!!!!!!!

i don’t get why the overall fandom consensus is that don flamenco is head over heels in love with the blonde lady [that the fandom calls Carmen (this I do understand why)] in his cinematic trailer. it’s always been apparent to me that this guy is supposed to be like a casanova/serial womanizer/harem enthusiast douchebag kinda guy.

1. country of origin and profession: every enemy character in this game is supposed to be an exaggerated cultural stereotype/caricature, so it’s natural to assume that most of their character traits are not meant to subvert audience expectations, and flamenco is no exception! Spaniards are stereotyped as carelessly romantic, and toreadors seem to be associated with more socially conservative or dare I say, sexist/woman objectifying behavior. it would be logical to presume that flamenco also embodies these traits

2. contender intro slideshow: most people (and I as well) like to use the final slide of his contender intro as evidence of his romantic status. however, I fail to see how it shows him as faithful; on the contrary, the fact that the girls around “Carmen” are a. (for one of them) also wearing roses - the same color as the one he’s giving her, in fact - and b. clearly looking shocked and disgusted seems to show me that those girls were also the object of flamenco’s short-lived affection and that the blonde girl is just his next “target” so to speak.

now how to justify his in-battle voice lines referring to his affection for carmen? well look no further than Carmen, the opera by Bizet, where the titular Carmen ends up being with a toreador (like don flamenco). it could be possible that he uses “Carmen” as a pet name for all of his flings rather than the actual name of his one true love

please feel free to prove me wrong bc I see nobody else with this interpretation and I wanna know why everyone agrees that he’s a faithful boyfriend/malewife lmao

[baalzebufo]

actually, posting the little commentary clip where alex talks about gideons origins because I want it on my blog haha

[shiraishi--kanade]

I think regardless of what my opinion on Hilary Hahn as an artist is I really can't help but admire her for not being afraid of aging and actually being outspoken about not being afraid of aging in an era and culture that is absolutely horrified of it. At some point she just went "yeah I don't look like I'm 30 anymore and that's because I'm 45" and stopped shying away from the fact whatsoever. That takes some actual real bravery because how often do you actually see celebrities doing something like this? Happy late birthday queen

The cake does look absolutely terrifying though. That's not even a fire alarm trigger that's just an actual fire at this point. Why /lh