#THE BIGGEST OF OOFS

[obsidian-hollow-archives]

[skindyedblue]

Who has two thumbs and gets to have an unexpected CT scan of their brain today?

Yeah, so that'll be fun.

[cuntwrap--supreme]

Ladies, tell me how this man is still single? I mean, what a fucking catch, ammirite?

[plusultraetc]

[divineandmajesticinone]

PIT BABE SEASON 2 (2025) I EP. 3

Kim & Kenta ☯︎

[your-stranger-halfblood-things]

"So, I have a feeling you're not going to like this question, but I need an answer," Edwin said, cornering Charles into the bookshelf. "I've looked everywhere but I can't find any books in our library about it."

Charles raised an eyebrow. "Shoot," he said simply, not expecting anything too bad.

Edwin bit his lip before leaning closer to Charles and lowering his voice. "What exactly is a...handjob?"

[moonsaurora]

genuinely the only way i will unlarry is if louis and harry sit down and explain every single piece of proof in a multi hour video. not one proof missing. and if everything makes sense i will admit defeat

[thestarswillguide]

This is probably a repetition of my recent posts, but I wanted to say this in a much more... deep and comprehensive way. It's going to be a bit long, so you can scroll away if you want. This is going to be about Aaravos.

I can understand that it can be easy to hate him. Do I personally? No. But I *can* understand. I can understand how it can be easy for someone to judge another solely by their actions, especially someone like Aaravos... but by doing that, we're not treating him like a person. A person that's—although exceptional in many different aspects—still imperfect. Someone that can make mistakes. Someone that can do wrong things and hurt and lie. We know that, as Terry said, Aaravos has twisted into someone very vengeful, but how exactly is this different from the other characters?

Rayla, trying to live up to her people's standards and expectations, but also struggling because of her own beliefs and feelings. Then to learn that her parents were killed by Viren, and she said it herself—that she'd been so obsessed with getting revenge that she lost sight of what's most important to her: Callum.

Runaan, (if I remember correctly) thinking that he was doing the right thing by killing the human who murdered the Dragon Prince, only for him to realize that he was just making things worse, both for himself and others. He tried to block off pain by "deadening" himself... but he no longer wants to run away from feeling: he's no longer dead.

Viren, similar to Runaan but in a different way—thinking that he had to do the right thing by sacrificing himself and others, only through immoral means, but he also realized that he was just making things worse for himself and others, pushing away his loved ones. He realized this because he learned from his mistakes, and put all that behind him, changing and sacrificing himself in the end. Sacrificing himself for everyone: for his family and the kingdom, and ultimately accepting the truth that he'd spent his life desperately trying to run away from: that he was a servant, humbling himself to the core.

Callum, spending the whole show trying to search his identity and figure out where he belonged in the world. What could he do? Could he be good at something like everyone else? Fighting with himself over using or not using dark magic, and eventually coming to the conclusion that he could write his own story, forge his own destiny and not let others (even his dark mage alter ego) decide it, and instead use dark magic to help everyone. To sacrifice himself like Viren did, for everyone.

Soren, who always felt like he wasn't enough because his dad was having his own issues, and trying to live up to his expectations, but then realizing that he could be better than that—that he could do what *he* believed was right instead. And then fight with his dad's voice still in his head, fighting to focus on himself and his own beliefs.

Ezran, who lost his dad, yet still believed in good—in doing the right thing and not letting hate be one's motivation, only for him to experience that rage himself once his kingdom was destroyed and he was stressed. He had to talk it out with others and push through it all. Remind himself of what he always believed.

Claudia, whose parents divorced and didn't want to make her own choices ever again, trying to deal with it all by simply following whatever her dad decided. But then it all broke apart, giving everything she had to keep him alive, only for him to choose a different path and then die, leaving her stranded. She's just now starting to attempt to make her own decisions as she follows Aaravos.

Janai, rising to the throne after her sister's death, but fighting between the customs and values of her kingdom vs her own beliefs. Fighting with what's left of her family and trying to better her kingdom, to change it in a way that's never been—in a way that benefits and shows care to all.

Terry, who loves Claudia so much to the degree that he went along with her, even when she used dark magic, but just starting to make hard choices himself and figure out how to deal with them emotionally. Then to take a stand for himself and leave Claudia—get away all the bad things she's doing—and do what he believes is right (like Soren).

Amaya, who was once under the misconception similar to other humans that elves were monsters, and that they were the enemy. But now she realizes that they are in fact people too, with good and a similar sense of justice in their hearts. That she could better herself and help Xadia as a whole—while helping Janai work through her own emotions and struggles.

Harrow, who made multiple mistakes—allowing his friend to change his thinking and use dark magic to aid the kingdoms and to get vengeance on Avizandum for killing his wife. These mistakes were what led to all sorts of problems. He realized this, but handled it like a true king: making up for it by accepting his death, and even giving Callum a letter to help him make good decisions.

All these characters made mistakes. All of them made bad choices, but then changed and grew, starting to become the best versions of themselves. Aaravos himself—very mature and very wise—knows more than anyone that life is all about making choices, both light and dark... but does anyone realize that he hasn't changed and grown himself? He's the only one that's still stuck in his wrong ways.

I assume that the reason why he's hated is because his actions are so much worse than everyone else's. That he's harming the characters (and ships) that we hold dear. But is that the only thing? Is there another reason? Yes. He doesn't care what happens to others. He's hurting anyone for the sake of his own plans. And that's why I say that I can understand why he's hated. But like I said before—if we don't put in the effort to understand him, flaws and all, then we ourselves won't grow as people. We won't mature in our thinking. We won't allow our hearts to open fully. So to help, I'll put it this way: look at Aaravos through the lens of his lifetime.

He was born around the time Xadia was formed. But he was always different from his people. They were cold. They didn't care. They just wanted to create something with their power and keep everything in their own twisted idea of balance—order. Aaravos was different. He wanted to feel. He wanted to experience. He wanted to learn. He wanted more. And so he did. He manifested physically and lived among mortals, spending time with them, growing, learning, expanding his knowledge as well as his emotional range, just like @humanconditionpoetry brought out in this post.

He was loved by everyone, and his daughter? She likely took after him—kind and compassionate toward all. When she died, Aaravos cried a sea. I want you to imagine that. Even though for him it may be because he experiences time differently as a Startouch Elf, imagine being in such deep despair, such deep suffering, that (if it wasn't necessary to eat/drink/etc.) you can't do anything but cry, just sit there and cry until to grow old and wrinkly?

So to think that Aaravos's love was that deep... what do you think he was like before? He could've quite possibly been the sweetest most caring person to be around other than Leola, thus why he was beloved by all.

But for his love to be that deep, we should expect for his anger and hatred to be as well. So deep that he couldn't let himself die without getting revenge. So deep that he didn't care about others' wellbeing anymore. So deep that he was willing to do anything—no matter how dangerous or vile—to get that revenge. It's basically like the depth of his emotions did a switcheroo, from incredibly kind and compassionate, to incredibly angry and indifferent. Does this make him a bad person? No. It simply makes him broken.

Broken because the one thing that became his joy was gone. Broken because he'd damned his heart to eternal night long before even making it a reality. Broken because the only comfort he had since her passing was a hand on the shoulder and a sentence that—although profound—couldn't truly help him feel better because unlike everyone else, he couldn't experience that love for only an instant and get himself killed by the council. At that point, he couldn't let himself go. Couldn't let Leola go. Couldn't let all of it go.

Broken because I know he didn't even get a hug since then. Didn't get any sort of meaningful comfort or discussion that could help him heal even a little bit. Broken because his baby's skeleton is still there at the bottom of his ocean. Broken because he was just simply using and being used century after century. He's strong emotionally, mentally, magically... but he was alone.

Alone in his prison without anyone or anything to talk to—no one but his deceased daughter to desperately miss and enemies to loathe. Once loved by the world only to be hated and erased from it for doing what he believed was right for his daughter.

Aaravos is the only one that's yet to heal or grow even a little bit for the better. He's the last one to be saved. So considering all of this, when you look at him now... do you see someone you want to heal too? Do you see someone you want to change, grow, and learn from his mistakes? Do you want him to find love again and be free from his torment? Do you want to see the same kind and compassionate person from long ago return, and perhaps even better than before? I know I definitely do. 💗

[gunpowdercarousel]

Ngl, the fact that the Daggerheart website uses AI art is a pretty big turn off.

It just looks cheap.

[iristial]

SCREAMING CRYING THROWING UP THE WORLD IS HEALING 🫂🫂

Zero One cast mini reunion and an obligatory henshin pose group shot (feat. LuPato alumni Shogo Hama and Ryo Yokoyama)!! 💛💛

[headlightsontonight]

let me think abt this for a second

while we all know samdean are soulmates, theoretically, technically, michael/dean and lucifer/sam are also "soulmates" as in being made for each other. by god. from the bible.

so imagine you just [yoinked your brother into hell/was yoinked by your brother into hell] and there's a promise from your Dad that one day, there'll be a guy for you and you can complete your destiny and fight it out idk

so you wait millenia for this one guy, your fated, your vessel, the one that was literally designed to be yours, only for him to be um in love with his brother. obsessed with him, whatever.

i would go insane like. i can't imagine what the angels are feeling because that's your little toy designed to understand the complex feelings that you've been suffering through for years and basically act as your mirror, but he isn't?? he just doesn't??? he's like "you're stupid and wrong for turning against your brother" and hes in love with your brother's vessel and you're like ?? dude wtf

[meowuff]

Playing with some ideas... Nothing permanent... Maybe... Idk yet...

This is just a thought... Pushing some buttons in my head...

[lorelune]

good afternoon… requesting … forehead kith

[starlos-soulmate]

Flops on top of him. He'd be such a cozy mattress. So freaking WARM

[ambernotember]

I’ve been thinking about it since 8x09 and honestly I’m kinda mad at Eddie for how he’s handling the whole moving thing.

Your best friend put aside his issues to help you look for a house and then you spring on him that you’ve put a down payment on a house and you’re putting in your notice at work in a couple weeks. Going from looking for a house to definitely having one and having a firm timeline for leaving without telling the bestie who was helping you house hunt - I think I’d be pretty pissed too. Buck knows why Eddie is leaving and I truly don’t think he’d ever want to prevent him from going but it goes from a nebulous idea to firm plans with seemingly no in between state.

Also - firefighting is a VERY specific job. You cannot train on the job for this. You need the training. You need to fit with the team. We, as viewers, know the logical option is Ravi. However, we haven’t seen him all season - what shift has he been on? Has he been at another station? Back at the training centre?

You know who the last new, supposed to be long term person they hired for the 118 was??

JONAH.

You’re seriously only planning on giving your boss two weeks notice to fill that spot? When you have to assume he’s going to be super careful about who is coming in because of Jonah? You’re going to possibly leave your team down a man? This doesn’t fit with the idea of the 118 as a family or really with who we’ve seen Eddie is. He’s an army guy, he’s a team guy, he’s not going to leave his team hanging when he knows he needs to make a change in his life. (Season 5 was also making a change for Chris and doing it quickly but he still at least talked to Bobby about it!)

And hey, wouldn’t have letting Bobby know sooner have helped Eddie a lot? It’s been said (I believe!) that Eddie will be trying to find a job in El Paso - don’t you think Bobby would have tried to reach out to the fire department there and see if they could hire Eddie BEFORE he moved?

I’m also frustrated with the writing for Eddie this season because we haven’t seen good dad Eddie that we’re used to! We get it with the birthday party in 8x01 but that’s kind of the end of it. We don’t see Eddie actually making an effort to improve himself - hello, Frank? Are you there?? Come help this man please. We get a brief convo with a priest who has no past connection to Eddie, and with Brad.

Where’s the man who talked to Chris about how hard therapy is but why it’s important for them? Where’s the man who took Chris to therapy after the tsunami? Where’s the guy who sat down with Chris and explained why he acted the way he did when he got mad? Yeah, okay, Chris isn’t talking to you, but again, why aren’t we seeing these things being discussed with other characters?

We get a brief convo with Hen about missed opportunities with your kids, those ‘lasts’ like Halloween.

There are no convos about what it’s like to not be with your kid. Hen, Karen, Maddie and Athena all have recent experience with this. I get not wanting to talk to Bobby about it, because, well. Major trauma. The women all have that to various degrees but their kids are still with them. Did he not talk to them because they’re women? Brad and the priest were both men and it feels like he shared more with them than he has any of his team members.

With the exception of the Kim storyline, I’ve always actually really liked Eddie. I’ve soured on him so much this season and I don’t know if it’s because the writers have given up on showing us those interpersonal conversations or what. Even last season we had the Eddie/Bobby chat about Marisol and the “her ex. The Lord.” line which was sooooo funny. Eddie has had moments previously where he’s had such good connections with his team! He really seems to have gone completely inward this season but not even in a way that’s been explored or actually done anything for his storyline.

We’ve seen the 118 support him before - when Abuela broke her hip, when Shannon died, when Eddie needed a change and went to the call centre (and then we got Eddie&Linda which was so lovely!), just for a few. I get that the idea is supposed to be that Eddie is punishing himself, but also… why aren’t the other 118 members reaching out to him? They know, at least, that Chris is gone. Even with their own things going on, we’ve seen them support each other through the tough times. 118 as family when?? give it back.

I thought that after 8x04 when he talked to the cheerleader’s dad that we would see something change for him. We haven’t seen Eddie’s dad this season and who knows, maybe talking to his own dad about his relationship with his son would be more helpful than his mom? I still can’t believe Helena let Eddie plan his call for when she knew Chris was having a party with his friend. Truly asshole behvaiour.

If Eddie/Ryan is actually leaving 9-1-1, I’ll be sad to see him go, honestly, but I hope he ends up somewhere where people actually care about his character for HIM, not for his connections to someone else.

[freakoutgirl]

Them having the biggest jump in the fandometrics