#Readiness to Sacrifice
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you'll make it back.
#WHAT WAS LOKI GOING TO SAY???????#these two will be the death of me and I can't believe that first episode gave me everything ive ever wanted#I'm back in the lokius trenches#can't stop thinking about how connected they are through their timelines#how they're each others glorious purpose#and how mobius was ready to sacrifice himself for loki#and all that in just one episode#UGH#loki#loki season 2#loki spoilers#loki s2 spoilers#lokius#lokius fanart#loki fanart#loki season 2 fanart#loki and mobius#my art#fanart
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I am sick, dizzy, and can barely think but you know what would be WILD?
If the DC universe was an echo of Danny’s world. What if the continents of their planet shifted enough where Amity is now in New Jersey and had then become Gotham.
And when Danny died underneath the portal a part of his death fractured and imprinted itself into those various worlds. One of them being Gotham, where Danny’s home ironically used to be where Wayne Manor used to be.
So just imagine it, you’re coming back from patrol, grimy, sweaty, and with questionable intentions by dressing as an overgrown bat when suddenly the lights dim. It dims and brings darkness, only enough light to catch the beady marble eyes of the bats you fear.
And then electricity jumps in the middle of the room, flinging itself around like an agitated snake in wide open circles.
Everyone is backing away, some weary, some cursing, some just half way out of their own suit.
And then a child — barely as old as your youngest now, flickers to life before you, screaming and screaming, wailing in pain as the scent of burning flesh mingles into the air. You can see the boy, black hair and blue eyes that underneath the bright light that burns them is causing black to turn white, and blue to turn green.
The electricity crackles and when the boy is about the drop, limp, certainly lifeless, he vanishes as if nothing had ever been there.
But he comes back, he always comes back, in the moment of calm and in the moment of despair, echoing that painful wailing of death.
It’s so wrong.
It’s very, very wrong.
It didn’t even matter anymore why the boy showed up, only that this moment of pain continues to haunt the cave of heroes.
Continuously haunting, even as some whispered apologizes when the boy appeared. Continuously haunting, even as some provided songs of comfort when the boy appeared. Continuously haunting, even as stories of Gotham are told and promises (though uncertain and flimsy at best) are spoken to the wailing boy who always drops fast and disappears just as quickly.
Always, it was the same.
Until one day it wasn’t.
The electricity crackled like it always did. A spark, and then a calamity of light. And the boy would be there, uncurling himself into a tense position as he would wail.
But not this time.
Instead the boy curled himself in the air, calm as can be, almost as if he were sleeping. Even the electricity that they have learned to dance away from was calm, gentle, like ocean waves.
And when the electricity vanished, the boy did not, instead dropping to the floor where Dick was quick to catch him, grunting in preparation of weight only to show alarm at how thin the boy truly was.
On that face that has haunted them all for months is just a boy, sleeping, and scarred. A boy breathing very slow, slower than what they would like, but here in the physical realm with them.
Dick brushed back bangs of black hair, and slowly, ever so slowly, glazed blue eyes stared back.
#dpxdc#dp x dc#dc x dp#dcxdp#danny phantom#danny fenton#dp x dc crossover#batman#dp x dc prompt#the sickness demands sacrifice in way of writing#Danny’s death echoed across alternative universes#no Danny doesn’t exist in those worlds but he had POTENTIAL to exist#he just doesn’t#but now Danny does#in Gotham#and the batfam are ready to coddle him to no tomorrow#is this bad reveal or just Clockwork having not realized how deeply Danny’s death could affect the multiverse and time itself?#that is up to you dear reader#just know that this Danny isn’t going to be /Danny/#he may have his memories#but it’s like a far off dream#after all#can you be the person you once were yesterday#if everything has fallen apart?
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I'm sure one of the Batkids has tried that whole "I'm locking you in this room to go sacrifice myself" schtick with Bruce and assured themselves that the plan would work because Bruce was 1) already injured and 2) down to just his armor, no utility belt or weapons/devices.
but what they didn't account for was the fact that Bruce would absolutely, 100% bust down that door with his bare hands, splitting the knuckles open and fracturing his fingers and ruining his gloves and armor if needed. he would break that door and probably the wall if it meant getting to his Robin before he did something dumb like pull a last-minute self-sacrifice plan.
#imagine being robin ready to sacrifice yourself#and then your bleeding wheezing father scoops you up by your cape like a bad cat#and somehow saves you both#and he's FURIOUS#you can tell just by how he's breathing#but also#you didn't account for him trying this hard#for wanting to save you this badly#you thought you were expendable to gotha#that was the whole point of the mission right?#bruce wayne#batman#dc#robin#dick grayson#or jason todd tbh#bats and birds#insp by the wolverine scene#you know the one#batfamily
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If I had a nickel for every time a father in genshin was (suspected to be) involved in child human experimentation
Links below cut:
Candace redesign: eternal-moss (tumblr)
Dehya redesign: ohhnorr (tumblr)
Cyno, Tighnari, and Collei: mine :)
Quest summary masterpost (needs updating)
#anyway YAY#i enjoyed it!!!#honestly I just wanted to draw dehya and candace/kandake. because I miss them T_T#and it's wild how cyno just. took the everything in stride.#every father figure/mentor he's had has just been way too ready to self-sacrifice.....#i love how extremely it was hammered home that they're a community. and they support each other T_T#genshin impact#my art#quest summary#cyno#tighnari#collei#kaveh#al-Haitham#kandake#candace#dehya#sethos#faruzan
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trying to uncurse williams
#f1#formula 1#alex albon#williams racing#I'm ready to sacrifice my firstborn#japanese gp 2024#chinese gp 2024
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I have been thinking about the blackening (as one does)…
…and it’s so interesting to me, the penalty Shen Qingqiu is faced with should he not decide to yeet his disciple into hell.
Account termination. Instant death. Sent directly home to his already-long-dead body, and that’s it for the villain of the piece who outright refuses his villainy. The protagonist needs a blackening for the story to continue, and Shen Qingqiu is going to provide it or get written out of the narrative. Either way, Luo Binghe is going to lose him. Either way, this is a turning point.
I wouldn’t claim that this is the intent of the penalty, but it fascinates me that the System has, potentially, backed the plotline into a corner - because Binghe still stands to be blackened even if Shen Qingqiu took the other choice.
Think about what that would look like, to him. He’s at the Immortal Alliance Conference, and everything is going wrong. He’s been outed as a demon, and not just a demon - the top tier of demon, as bad as it gets from the perspective of a righteous cultivator. His beloved teacher, the person who has been kindest to him and opened his home and heart to him, is standing there with his sword in hand, deciding what he’s going to do about what must look, to him, like a horrific betrayal. Binghe is apologizing. Binghe is begging for his life.
Shen Qingqiu hears him. Maybe it shows on his face, or in his voice, that he already knew; maybe there’s no hint at all, but Shen Qingqiu is suddenly talking quickly with an abrupt sense of urgency that Luo Binghe is having a hard time keeping up with. Telling him he’ll be wonderful - telling him he’s the best. Telling him the world will be his, with emotions cracking through that aloof mask that Binghe has never seen on Shizun’s face before, and it’s terrifying for reasons that Binghe cannot identify.
(He will, later. When he has time to think, he’ll realize it sounded like a goodbye.)
And then Shen Qingqiu is bleeding. And then Shen Qingqiu is on the ground. And then Shen Qingqiu is dead. There’s no countdown for Binghe - there’s no System, there’s no warning, there’s no answers.
Luo Binghe is a heavenly demon in the middle of a conference sabotaged by demons. Luo Binghe is alone. His fellow competing disciples are scattered, some dead or injured. The Peak Lord of Qing Jing Peak, the second in command of Cang Qiong Mountain Sect, maybe the only person he loved and who loved him back, is dead at his feet. No one will believe him if he says it isn’t his fault.
(He can’t believe it isn’t his fault.)
What choice does he have but to run? The last heavenly demon the cultivation world went up against has been sealed under a mountain for years, and one of the people responsible for that is probably looking for Shen Qingqiu already. They’ll be looking for him, too. There isn’t anywhere to hide; there isn’t any time to mourn.
There isn’t even enough time to ask why. Why again.
There is no closure waiting for him, because there is nothing to explain what happened. It just is.
It would be a different kind of blackening, certainly - less intense, probably, less of a warping, desperate thing. But how many times can one person have all the love and safety in their world torn out from under them before it starts to show? Before they just don’t allow things like love and safety to touch them, because that’s the better option?
Interesting to consider that, simply by offering the choices it did, the System rigged the story to guarantee that Luo Binghe would end up in hell (deliberate or not).
Interesting to consider that, even if Shen Qingqiu made what might have seemed like a kinder choice, there was every chance it wouldn’t have been.
#scum villian self saving system#svsss#shen qingqiu#luo binghe#I have been thinking about Alternative Blackening Methods#(for reasons)#(don’t worry about it)#and while I don’t think it would be on the same level as the endless abyss#I think suddenly losing his Shizun would fuck Binghe up#especially like that with no explanation right in front of him??#like#he is not gonna be okay#and then he’s stuck in a realm filled to the BRIM with cultivators after his blood#maybe it’s not THE blackening but it is A blackening#and it gives me feelings#because even if sqq was willing to make that sacrifice I’m not convinced that would have… helped Binghe#(also au where sqq somehow has the mushroom body ready to go before the conference)#(and Binghe unexpectedly encounters his Shizun in the wild)#(and they run away together in the most ill-conceived escape plan known to man)
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I haven't read the Odyssey so I'm asking you. Are you telling me besides Athena, Apollo was the god who helped Odysseus and his family the most? Indirectly at least.
If that's true it's really a missed opportunity in EPIC.
No, no, the god who assists Odysseus the most after Athena is unquestionably Zeus.
Zeus genuinely has no problems with Odysseus and makes it very clear that he finds the man brilliant and would have already had him home and safe if he had his way, but he makes it clear that he's deferring to Poseidon who actually has the problem with Odysseus because, ultimately, the sea is Poseidon's domain and kingdom and Zeus doesn't intend to step on his brother's toes.
(Od. Book 1 trans. Robert Fitzgerald)
I'd definitely give third place to Apollo however. The big bug-bear about Apollo in the Odyssey is just that he's much less tangible than Athena or even Hermes who appears to Odysseus multiple times to help guide him/give him proclamations. His presence is everywhere though; like I've previously mentioned (and like he did with Jason) it's Apollo protecting Odysseus from Poseidon as he sails the sea after Odysseus blinds Polyphemus. It's also Apollo keeping Telemachus safe. His most vital role by far is when Odysseus returns to Ithaca in time for the challenge that will determine the next king. Not only is it a shooting contest whose first hurdle is to string a bow, the challenge itself takes place on a festival day for Apollo. Athena is there with Odysseus and Telemachus physically, but Apollo is looking after them in spirit, sending signs and signals to keep Telemachus especially safe.
(Od. Book 15, Telemachus warns about the state of Odysseus' house to Theoclymenus, a son of one of Apollo's prophets.)
There's also the fact that Odysseus makes sure to pray to Apollo before he attempts to string the bow:
(Od. Book 21. Beggar-Odysseus petitions to shoot his shot)
Likewise, before he slays the first suitor, Odysseus again prays for Apollo's guidance and gaze to guide his arrows:
(Od. Book 22. Odysseus commits the first of many (divinely-sanctioned) murders)
Also, as an additional thing, have Telemachus invoking Zeus, Athena and Apollo that he could see the suitors have their asses beat:
(Od. Book 18. Telemachus excitedly gushes to him mom about his cool new friend (Odysseus. Odysseus is the friend.)
There's a lot of minimisation of Apollo's role in the Odyssey because it isn't as bright and showy as his role was in the Iliad but hey, even there people tend to minimise how truly present Apollo is for the duration of the war when they're doing adaptations. Within Epic, the stage is already more than set for both Apollo and Athena to be there at the advent of Odysseus' revenge but none of that matters if that's not the creator's intention, y'know?
#ginger rambles#ginger answers asks#the odyssey#epic the musical#epic the wisdom saga#Man shoutout to Antinous for invoking Apollo to be like#oh haha yeah we'll just postpone the challenge and offer a sacrifice to Apollo#so he won't be mad#Like Apollo didn't already have his bow cocked and ready to shoot all the suitors LMAO#Odysseus and Laertes also both thank Apollo for keeping their sons safe btw#Odysseus thanks Apollo offhandedly while speaking about Telemachus -thanking him for ensuring that Telemachus took after him in wisdom#While Laertes is restored for a brief moment after he and Odysseus reunite and he thanks Zeus Athena and Apollo for keeping him and Ody#long enough to have this reunion#Other fun things include: Penelope praying to Artemis to strike her down on the day before the challenge so she never has to be w/h another#man besides Odysseus#The suitors praying (loudly and with fervour) for Apollo to strike Telemachus down#And Odysseus praying to Zeus because the amount of times he wanted to just say “fuck it” and start slaughtering people#for defiling his house LMAO#odysseus#telemachus#apollo#athena#zeus#Thank you for the ask!
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The amount of mischaracterization that happened to both Nero AND Dante in the fandom because of one cutscene at the beginning of DMC5 needs to be studied like lmao.
#dmc#devil may cry#dante#dante devil may cry#dante sparda#dmc dante#nero#nero dmc#nero devil may cry#nero sparda#nero being reduced to guy who is useless and angry about being called deadweight and nothing else#and dante being mischaracterized as a bad manipulative toxic uncle#dante only said that btw because he was desperate for Nero to get out of there and NOT DIE not because he thinks Nero is weak#he was ready to sacrifice himself for nero and really when you’re in a situation like that you don’t have time to consider your words#he planned on dying to protect his only family left but ppl lump in saying something that sounded meaner than intended with Vergil’s crimes#sorry yap over
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I finished Trials of Apollo and I’m still not over it
#trials of Apollo#Percy Jackson and the olympians#pjo hoo toa#lester papadopoulos#Apollo pjo#the arrow of dodona#god. this scene killed me#he was READY to sacrifice himself#he didn’t know he’d pull out the arrow of dodona and that would save him#bcs If he didn’t he probably would’ve stabbed himself in the heart#the arrow made him miss#Medea wouldn’t be able to save him from that#Percy Jackson#heroes of olympus#star’s art
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soap and ghost, after months of flirting, of having each other’s backs and saving each other’s lives, of knowing the other better than they know themselves, finally getting together
ghost letting himself free fall onto the bed, soap following, always following his lead. they barely pull apart enough to get their shirts over their heads, hands running over muscles and scars and holding close
soap kisses every new scar that’s revealed to him, from the thick keloid divot over his ribs from some kind of puncture to the innumerable slashes and stitch wounds holding his torso together until he’s mouthing over his collarbones; the tips of his fingers lightly caressing the edges of his mask
ghost who’s been so quiet, so overwhelmed by soap’s touch that all he can do is sink into him, panting gasping breaths, finally pushes out, “don’t ask me. please…”
soap freezes, mouth hovering over his skin. “ghost…?”
ghost’s face is tilted away, eyes held so tightly shut they tremor while the rest of his body stays lax beneath his. desperate. resigned. “please don’t ask me, johnny.”
soap lets his hand fall from the mask, coming to run soothing circles over his clothed hip. “why?”
“because i’ll say yes,” he confesses and it’s great and terrible; a warning and a relinquishment laid at soap’s feet. “i’ll always say yes to you.”
for a long moment, there’s nothing but their shared breaths, nothing but their hearts beating for the other. until soap finally leans down to press a kiss to the corner of his hidden mouth; his lips meeting faint raised scar tissue he might never see
“i’ll never ask.”
ghost’s eyes drift open and they catch on soap’s; on a sea of promise and fierce protection
“i swear… i’ll never ask, ghost.”
#ghost who would take off his mask for johnny in a heartbeat and soap who would never let him take it off for anything but himself my belove#they proceed to have the softest most tender sex youve ever seen#im talking missionary chest to chest arms and legs wrapped so tightly all they can is rock#just god the love and the trust and the understanding#ghost knows hes not ready knows he would be violently uncomfortable the entire time#but would still put himself through it if thats what johnny wanted#and soap who would never ask him to sacrifice his comfort for something as insignificant as his own wants#like he would ever see that as a worthy reason#like he could ever find happiness in it knowing ghost was uncomfortable#he’ll spend the rest of his life showing ghost he doesnt need to compromise his comfort or his coping mechanisms for him#coming out of my cage and ive been soing just fine.txt#john soap mactavish#soap cod#simon ghost riley#ghost cod#soapghost#ghostsoap#ghoap#ghost x soap#we’re a team. ghost team#save post
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A small detail I really love is in "There Might be Blood," when Lassiter notices Ashley's gun, he immediately positions himself in front of everyone else to shield them.
#thinking about his “dying in a hailstorm of bullets” speech from the SEIZE episode too#im surprised there weren't more moments of lassie ready to sacrifice himself for people#its very on brand for his character#carlton lassiter#juliet o'hara#chief vick#barbara dunlap#psych#psych usa#psych tv#psych tv show#psych 2006
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acceptance
#hi I loved the finale so much and it hurt#i had to make something#fionna and cake#fionna campbell#cake the cat#simon petrikov#betty grof#petrigrof#golbetty#adventure time#adventure time golb#fanart#adventure time fanart#fionna and cake spoilers#the fact that the realization that their relationship wasn’t healthy because they were just so obsessed with one another#and simon didn’t realize how much betty was sacrificing for him#meanwhile he was ready to sacrifice his own sanity because he felt he had no purpose#this show rly hit home#i wish the finale wasn’t kinda rushed but that’s my only gripe with it#crismakesstuff
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honestly, it's really crazy how kara's parents (in the show) saved her only so she can watch over kal. "you'll journey to earth to look after your baby cousin, kal-el.", "my father sent me to earth to take care of my baby cousin who went before me..." don't you just want your daughter safe? don't you just want her to live? is her life not worth that much to you? her happiness? why must she be spared only to look after some boy? why must you drill into the head of this young girl her life's worth it only if she's giving it away for others? are you not ashamed? ... fucking assholes!
#supergirl#kara danvers#what was that even about???#no wonder why she was always quick to be ready to sacrifice herself#even when as the show progressed#she found it harder and harder to do so#(which is a good thing! it means she finally started valuing her life)
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I know it isn't what happend exactly in the game, but one of my "what if" scenarios. I kinda like it lol
Spoilers below
I know Sou/Shin didn't die like this. And in no way he would decide to lose his life like this as he wanted to live no matter what. And even if he was enraged, that Sara didn't choose him to die, he wouldn't die with Kanna. I don't think that would be possible for him.
But I like Kanna's death. I am sure it was painful like hell, but it is beautiful in its cruelty. It suits her so much.
#they were ready to sacrifice for each other#so they are the true sacrafice#and now the flowers will keep them together forever#your turn to die#yttd#yttd fanart#your turn to die fanart#shin tsukimi#sou hiyori#kanna kizuchi#greenblings#yttd spoilers#kanna kizuichi
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WILLOW S01E08 | Children of the Wyrm
#willow#willowedit#kit tanthalos#elora danan#kit x elora#ruby cruz#ellie bamber#userbbelcher#dailywomen#dailytvgifs#filmtv#fantasyedit#tvedit#willow disney#willow 2022#god...kit was ready to sacrifice airk for elora#they're the heart of the show#i'm in tears#!mine
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When you realize a seemingly obvious candidate for cartoon nostalgia time skip fan art from your childhood is completely untapped online...
#angelina ballerina#angelina mouseling#william longtail#Angelina goes pro but William realizes he wants a simpler life and doesn't want to make all the sacrifices to go pro after he graduates#or a little while afters#they date on and off for a while through secondary and Angelina's first year or two touring#but then william gets REAL jealous and starts pushing more for an engagement#Angelina hesitates because she isn't sure if she wants a husband who isn't pro or even a husband at all but comes around on it#realizing that the ballet couples she knows are fuckin weirdos#theyre engaged for a while because Angelina DOES like the attention she gets from male dancers and patrons#but then the pinkpaw twins start getting uppity an Angelina isn't the youngest in her troupe anymore and thus getting less attention#and sees how shallow it all is and marries William and has a huge fancy wedding#Angelinas career does come first though so it takes another couple years for William to convince her to take a year off for a baby#Really hes trying to convince her to settle down and open a studio and follow in their mentor's footprints#but Angelina isnt ready and loves the spotlight and feels like she has more to accomplish#when not working they both coach their daugher Bella in ballet their family passion
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