#Specialised

[just-french-me-up]

[srpinna]

[timethehobo]

Another what-if pair. They’d be a cute research couple discovering ancient elven artefacts and learning how they led their lives (and deaths).

[twosignificantfigures]

whenever i rewatch criminal minds episodes i'm always reminded that emily is actually crazy good at her job

today i was rewatching seven seconds (best cm episode ever btw nothing will ever top seven seconds) and if you look at emily's face when the uncle was explaining that maybe katie was just playing dress-up you can see in her eyes how she put the pieces together in her head that there was something going on and that the uncle may have done something to katie

it's even more obvious when you watch the clip like you see the moment when it clicks for her but she couldn't say anything unless she had proof of it

and i have to admire paget's acting here too because she was just so good at the subtle changes with just her eyes and body language she was just too good in this ep this was HER ep

i still get chills thinking about the scene where she was getting the aunt to confess what she did to katie and goes "you have robbed katie of her childhood, are you going to steal the rest of her life from her as well?" with so much fury and passion my god she is excellent

[theabigailthorn]

my TV series pitch just got rejected by a production company who said it's too funny and not commercial enough, which, frankly, BEST FEEDBACK EVER??!!!

[godinthebeehive]

a fine gentleman

[s0fter-sin]

soap's whole deal being sniper and demolitions gets me going bc on the surface they sound so different but when you get into it, you realise it's bc soap's smart

sniping is all math; calculating distances and wind interference and bullet drop. something i think people overlook is he was listed as a sniper first so it can be implied that he's better at it than demolitions. he does more sniping in both campaigns than demolitions work; in capture or kill, ghost specifically calls on him to take down the aq snipers

and demolitions is math with a hit of chemistry; knowing what mixes with what, knowing how much to use, recognising environmental factors and adjusting accordingly. it's not just about the boom; so much work goes into contained/ planned explosions. especially when having enough power for a breacher charge and not bringing down the whole building is the difference between mission success and failure

the chemical bombs he makes in alone can't just be any old cleaners, they have to have the correct reaction to each other; he just knew off the top of his head what would mix with what to create what reaction. he would also potentially have to recognise them by sight/smell bc they would’ve been written in spanish

soap would also have to know architecture; recognising structural integrity and weak points so he knows exactly where to plant a charge to bring it down and how it'll come down

he has an incredible soldier's mind people just forget that bc he's sociable which itself is a skill

we know he tends to buck against orders he doesn't agree with like when he pushes back against ghost in capture or kill and shepherd when he tells them to release hassan

he gets closer to people and sees if he can trust them and that's when he follows them without question. really think about how he talks to alejandro and rudy; he asks about their home and alejandro's family and rudy's relationship with him. those aren't questions you ask a stranger after a few hours of knowing them. that's not even touching on his relationship with ghost

he also deliberately brings people of higher ranks down to his level; talking informally with ghost and giving him a shoulder punch, addressing alejandro (a colonel!!) by his first name and rudy by his nickname despite literally just meeting them. he personalises all of them and it’s in direct opposition to the reason most characters do that; it’s not due to insubordination or lack of respect, the more he respects and trusts someone, the more casual he is with them

he digs into people; he wants to know what makes them tick and that determines if he can one, trust them and two, follow their orders. once he decides that, he's the ultimate soldier; he bleeds loyalty which makes him vicious when that loyalty is taken for granted

he isn't naive or bubbly or insecure; he's an incredibly smart and aware soldier. he's aggressive and bloodthirsty and loyal and intuitive and i love him so much

[zanephiri]

Karlach

AKA The Red Painting 🖌️

[dumbledorathexplora]

I want to go to IKEA so bad rn

[vigilskeep]

solas: it’s like, that kind of rift magic...

hawke: “rift magic.” she’s so pretentious. shut up, it’s fucking force magic and basic primal spells. “rift magic.”

[thetidemice]

gold star for being brave

[isbergillustration]

Mjau Mjau

[bluegiragi]

What is Horangi’s species like? Are they all kinda mean cause they’re cats or it that just him?

Horangi is a Haetae hybrid, which is an extremely rare monster that stays contained within their own family bloodline. In the Monster AU there's something like 12 families who have Haetae lineage (Horangi comes from a family of tiger variants) and that's all the Haetaes in the world.

They're not all...mean per se but I'd say most of Haetae hybrids are extremely devoted to what they see is a noble life-long cause to protecting their territory. They're very regimented families who live strict, regimented lifestyles and intentionally detach themselves from average humans and what they see as their vices like alcohol or gambling.

Horangi is an outcast from his family, and has been estranged for a long time. Years of growing up in this environment resulted in an especially explosive rebellious phase that backfired on him immensely. He's been disowned by his family, and would say he doesn't give a shit about them anymore.

so tldr; yeah they're all kinda mean lol

[cssandraa]

i specialise in baby rover no one take my place

au by @s0ckh3adstudios

[subzeroparade]

slutty waist? the clergy may be right for you.

[kivaember]

me bored and looking at the heads for the ACs and noting the design philosophy between them and the cool details this informs on the corporation:

BALAM

So, overwhelmingly, Balam (and Dafeng) seem to prefer a cyclops-style for their ACs' 'eyes', with the distinct exception of Verrill. In the head's description, it noted that Michigan insisted on the 'spider-like' eye design, which is a stark deviation from Balam's design norm. A holdover from Furlong? (we'll circle back to that in a minute)

ARQUEBUS AND SCHNEIDER

Arquebus and Schneider tend to prefer a "light-strip" style of eye, though the lamm is, again, a deviation. Considering the lamm is an experimental style AC, I'm gonna put that down as an outlier. The light-strip style eye kinda fits with Arquebus's and Schneider's "style" focus on their AC, and it comes across as very futuresque.

ELCANO

And we're circling back to my Furlong point earlier. Elcano are known to focus on artistic designs with their ACs, and while Alba has been stylised (those very important wolf ears), it was constructed in partnership with Furlong, if I remember. As Elcano preferred a kind of grid/cyclops combo with Firmeza, the multi-eye design with Alba stands out a little.

So with Verrill, which has multi-eyes on Michigan's insistence, who was once part of Furlong, and Alba, which has multi-eyes when Elcano's prior AC design had a cyclops sort of design... then Furlong ACs likely prefer a multi-eye style for their ACs!

Considering Furlong are missile-orientated... I wonder if their ACs have specialise visual feeds to aid in targeting. Hm..