#The guy can't catch a break

[house-of-jay]

What if our muses got kidnapped?

Shima was very embarrassed as he and Sivir were bound together. His pride was hurt that he was caught off guard. He felt shame that he got her captured with him. Mostly he was upset the kidnappers had the audacity to put a gag in his mouth and a muzzle on him. Granted he did try to breath fire on them but this was truly humiliating for the half elf, half dragon. It also made trying to plan an escape with Sivir that much harder. Luckily for him they were awkward around his tail and left it slightly loose and he would use it to try and help Sivir out of any potential bindings she had as his own were out of range of his tail's reach.

[icarusredwings]

Thinking about Wade just running into a wall and Logan snapping his head around like "What the fuck are you doing !?"

Only for Wade to shake his head and hold it straight like some kind of cartoon charater. "Sorry! The player pushed the wrong button." And as he's stomping away, he's looking at the wall like "Really guys!? Infront of the Wolverine!? You're so embarrassing !!" Through grit teeth.

Logan blinks, and Al's like "Yeah he's just like that sometimes."

[poitionsprince]

*Severus looking for a father figure in Voldemort and Dumbledore just to be taken advantage of* Severus: What if this was my last straw.

[imagine-darksiders]

How would Bowser react if the reader (y/n) would often cry and get scared because the reader did not want to be kidnapped by anyone at all:p

It isn't right that you're afraid of him. Something very deep and instinctive in the King's biology tells him that your fear of him means he's not doing a very good job of being a partner. Partners aren't meant to be afraid of their partners, and if they are, then it's a clear sign that something is very wrong.

The reason for your terror being that he'd kidnapped you flies completely over the Koopa's head.

He'll try damn-near anything to get you to stop crying at the sight of him.

He gives you your own room, a large and luxurious suite opposite his, with a door that locks from your side. Though in hind-sight, he supposes the lock wouldn't ease your mind any when it's more than clear that he can simply smash through the door without any real effort to get to you.

In another effort to earn your affection, not your abhorrence, Bowser constantly tries to adorn you with an array of shiny, sparkly things that only seem to give you something else to avoid in your room. You avoid the bed he gave you, along with the silken sheets and extravagant canopy. You avoid everything in that bedroom, even the new dresses he had made especially for you. Stars-forbid he ever tries to drape a new necklace around your throat, you'll nearly cut yourself on the stone in your haste to rip it off and toss it across the room, quivering anxiously like a leaf in a hurricane.

He just can't understand. Everything he's doing is supposed to be 'the right thing.'

Gifts. Finery. Space. Copious affirmations of adoration. He writes you songs, extending a clawed hand in your direction to invite you to sit beside him at the piano as he sings, yet you only flinch from him as though you expect his fingers to snap shut around your wrist like a padlock and chain.

Nothing he does works.

The only time you ever looked at him with any semblance of positivity was when he told you he'd be leaving the castle for the day and wouldn't be back until late.

It... hurt, he supposed, to realise his absence made you happier than his presence. He only later learned why you were so excited that he was leaving. You made an escape attempt that very day - attempt being the optimum word - and ended up injuring yourself in the process.

His koopa guards locked you in your room, and when their King returned and was informed of your little escapade, he lost his temper entirely. Not with you, but with those responsible for not keeping a closer eye on you. You hid yourself away in the ensuite bathroom whilst he raged and threw his weight about through the whole castle.

It took Junior nearly three hours to coax you out of your hiding place...

After that, Bowser makes a real, conscious effort to gentle himself around you.

He's big, strong and loud. It's just his nature, he can't help that. But when he enters a room, he no longer throws the doors open to announce his presence if he knows you're in there. He's started knocking. Something utterly incomprehensible to his subjects, who have only known him to go where he pleases without a qualm.

He stops rushing over to try and dry your tears whenever he catches you letting them slip, having at last learned his rapid approach only seems to make you cry harder.

He stops trying to decorate you, realising you're happier in your own clothes and your own, modest jewellery.

He just... wants you to be happy here. This is your home now, you shouldn't be afraid in your own home.

[mrkida-art]

Memories of blood and bone

I wanted to make a more symbolic piece focusing on a young King Thrór. He lived through the war of dwarves and dragons and also likely saw his little brother and father be slain by cold drakes. He became one of the youngest known Kings of the dwarves, and he led his people away from this carnage to resettle elsewhere. His new settlement? Erebor. His story is one of the saddest of all dwarves in the legendarium, because ultimately he would lose everything to dragons once again.

[knightwhoisni]

so, like, this is specifically arthur's kinepage. if it's not just a weird copy via Void Shenanigans, we really just waltzed in and stole this man's pager with help from kalymos.

bro is gonna go nuts looking for that thing only for drifter to turn up and go "yeah hey sorry i kinda borrowed this without permission by projecting myself back in time and following the doctor's giant cat. you can have it back now."

[projecthypocrisy]

Sephiroth: *existing*

Hojo: so...

Sephiroth: *sad existing*

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

SO. TO KICK OFF THE WEEK OF SPECULATION BEFORE THE UPDATE DROPS.

last night i had a bit of a Revelation. literally. i borderline woke up in a cold sweat with this realization. the way i lunged for my laptop to scream at friends... ough. lets get into it

so. i do believe I've made a couple of theory posts about Barnaby not being quite as receptive to his and Wally's "forced" best friendship as Wally - since the show wrote them to be friends instead of it happening naturally. i thought it might be a point of tension for Barn. i thought a lot.

YES SO I'M TOSSING (almost) ALL OF THAT OUT THE WINDOW!

the bios state Barnaby as Wally's best friend multiple times over. it had to be regularly reinforced. their colors were chosen to mark them as friends.

but Barnaby - presumably - can't see the bios, he wouldn't know the scripts. the friendship would be natural from his perspective. how would he know otherwise? even if the relationship started out synthetic, i don't doubt that it became genuine. in the context of their world and perceptions, realistically speaking Barnaby probably wouldn't sense anything wrong.

the reminders to be best friends weren't for Barnaby.

they were for Wally.

i'm starting to suspect that Wally is Barnaby's best friend, but Barnaby isn't Wally's. i think that Wally's "best friend" is Home - or at least Wally has a closer connection to them / Home is more important to Wally than anyone else is.

i remember reading this livestream trivia (from theneighborhoodwatch's doc, if you haven't their resources yet what are you even doing?):

and i assumed it was for Barnaby's side of the relationship. but it's not, is it? it's Wally's? and it makes too much fucking Sense! it fits! i can see it perfectly! i can feel things slotting together in my mind due to this shift in perspective, and i'm scared

Barnaby probably thinks the relationship is natural, just like how he thinks he's a real person in a real world. Wally probably knows that the relationship is a role, just like how he knows he's a puppet in a false reality.

that leaves me wondering how much of it is genuine on Wally's side. i don't doubt that they really are friends, but how deep does that connection go? in the interview, Wally sounded excited/proud about having a best friend, but how much came from a place of feeling, and how much came from a place of Fulfilling The Role? how much of it is performative? how much of it is a mask?

i've been seeing everything differently. Barnaby poses for Wally the most because he has good balance and is good at staying still, not because of favoritism or because he's Wally's best friend. in the 14 (15 including the hidden halloween) audios, Barnaby consistently seeks out Wally and checks in on him. Wally seems more casual about their relationship than Barnaby is.

i'm worried that Wally values Home & You/Us over Barnaby. that Barnaby is second or third place in Wally's heart. that Wally means more to Barnaby than he means to Wally. after all, only one of them needed their relationship to be reinforced on a seemingly regular basis.

i'm confident that Wally cares about / loves Barnaby, but the question is how much? to what extent?

[mary-is-writing]

Me after chapter 418 of Nanbaka:

It's sooo cool we're getting answers, but holy shito W H A T

[t4tadrienette]

Be gentle with him, he's traumatised

[twinflamebreeze]

I love watching suits cause no matter what kinda day I'm having, Mike Ross is always having a worse one

[pizza-tower-fracture]

TESTING, TESTING, ONE TWO THREE!! Hey, Peppino, can ya hear us in this crappy little thing?!

Peppino: GAAHW!!

Peppino: u-uh..? You... You mean n-no harm..?

Peppino: Y-You just wanted t-to say hi..? Wait... why-a does your v-voice sound different now..?

Peppino: W-Wait... how-a do you even know my name..?

Peppino: I-I have-a no idea. It felt real... I-I heard-a a lot of whispers and there was an overwhelming feeling. Y-You know... like when you stand-a in front of someone important and you feel like your anxiety is trying to strangle you?

Peppino: D-Do you think it was his doing? Why can't I have a break-a for once...? *He sighs, clearly exhausted about all that.*

Peppino: Mio Dio! You are... probably right, voice in my head? I knew I shouldn't have-a picked that thing up.

[3lliesan]

Riddle Roseheart's custody battle... why is Yuu here?

Mrs Rosehearts: Your honor, the defendant was fo-

Yuu: Objection, lack of evidence.

...

Mrs Rosehearts: Objection, lack of bitches.

Yuu: Objection, lack of father!

Mrs Rosehearts: Objection, lack of hairline.

Yuu: Objection, stale ass w i g.

Mrs Rosehearts's face turning red: OBJECTION-

[buglaur]

[pjo-worshipper]

The gods: Heyyyyy Percy, if you want to go to college you have to prove that you’re reallyyyyy qualified for this

Percy *guy, who saved Olympus 2 times, killed and battled so many monsters you can't even count the amount*:

[crazydaymycrazyway]

Jiwoo: *Barges in through the front door*

Kartein: What happened?

Jiwoo: NOBODY DIED!

Kartein: WHAT KIND OF ANSWER IS THAT?!