#Tom Bangs

[fabuloustrash05]

Tom: Who’s Rouge?

Sonic: Knuckles’ girlfriend.

Maddie: Knuckles has a girlfriend?!

Knuckles: She’s not my girlfriend.

Tom: How long has this been going on?!

Tails: Four months.

Knuckles: She’s NOT my girlfriend.

Maddie: So let me get this straight, for the last four months Tom and I have been asking you three “what’s new” and none of you thought to tell us that Knuckles has a girlfriend?!

Knuckles: SHE’S NOT MY GIRLFRIEND!

[nerdyrevelries]

My absolute favorite thing about this is that there's a blink and you'll miss it interaction in one of the first chapters where Nan prescribes "Miss West" as a cure for Tom's affections for her, and Tom is just like, "Yeah, I have been escorting her to stuff just like you asked, but it's not going to work."

Dora's full name is Dora West. Nan knew the whole time that Dora and Tom were perfect for each other, and she's put together this complicated scheme to make sure they get together in order to get Tom out of her hair. It's such a classic case of Alcott's sense of humor, and it really only hits you on a reread.

Little Women saga - Parallelisms (Part 2): Jo-Laurie-Amy & Nan-Tom-Dora

A while ago (like months ago, sorry) I talked about how similar Jo-Laurie and Nan-Tom relationships are. I do not believe that neither Laurie nor Tom actually loved those women. And both Jo and Nan have very maternal feelings towards these men. They were fixations. Really, they were very damaging obsessions that were ruining these men’s lives. And the women, to their misfortune, had to deal with them. Plus, they both had more maternal feelings than anything else towards those men.

I made 2 posts about it (Chapter 41, Chapter 41: Laurie). It is one of my favorite chapters in the whole saga. And you can see that Laurie’s head is a mess. It’s actually very frustrating to see him going back and forth between accepting that he doesn’t love Jo and admitting his feelings for Amy. When you think he finally got it, he goes back to Jo. But in the process, it’s pretty clear he does NOT love Jo or that he ever did. Why? Well, if he really loved her as much as he claimed, then why did he fight so hard to remember her? And why did Amy get in his mind without even trying?

Louisa describes the moments when Laurie/Tom get over Jo and Nan in a pretty similar way.

The moment Laurie gets away from Jo, those feelings start to disappear. Sure, he spent months wailing and feeling sorry for himself, but that was an act. Once he starts working on his opera, he realizes Jo is no the heroine he once thought. He even claims,

That girl is a torment!

At the same time, he begins dreaming of another heroine that casually looks a lot like Amy and that is surrounded by things he experienced with her in Nice. The only reason why he kept forcing himself to think of Jo was because he thought it would be betrayal to forget her. 

But alas he lets her go:

Laurie thought that the task of forgetting his love for Jo would absorb all his powers for years, but to his great surprise he discovered it grew easier every day. He refused to believe it at first, got angry with himself, and couldn’t understand it, but these hearts of ours are curious and contrary things, and time and nature work their will in spite of us. Laurie’s heart wouldn’t ache.

Fastforward 25 years and Tom is going through basically the same.

Tom and Demi go away. At first Tom is still fixated on Nan and even tries to make her jealous through Dora. However, his plan backfires because he ended up enjoying Dora’s company quite a bit. She turned out to be a lovely girl who made him very happy.

LMA even describes Tom’s change in quite a similar way,

surprised to find that his heart did not ache a bit.

And just like Laurie, Tom is so excited to tell Jo he’s engaged. He’s delighted, that boy is on a cloud! (I’m imagining Jo listening to Tom and thinking “I’ve been here before”)

I spoke about Laurie’s proposals before. It’s so different how chaotic Laurie is with Jo. Meanwhile, his relationship with Amy runs smoothly. It brings him such peace. And the same thing happens with Tom,

‘I declare, I feel as if a weight was off me…

Can you imagine? After all those years of chasing the wrong girl, the stress, the anxiety. Then finally, they are truly in love and those girls love them back! That must feel amazing!

Jo offers her opinion (she does know a thing or two about a boy’s fancy):

It is my opinion, Tom, that you love Dora, or are on the way to it; for in all these years I’ve never seen you look or speak about Nan as you do about Dora. Opposition has made you obstinately cling to her till accident has shown you a more attractive girl. Now, I think you had better take the old love for a friend, the new one for a sweetheart, and in due time, if the sentiment is genuine, marry her.’

Here’s the thing about these fancies, it’s not only about the girl they want to marry. It is about their entire life. Tom was throwing away his future just to be near Nan. He hated medicine. Once he gets over Nan, he goes into business and loves it. This is how important it is to choose your partner wisely, because they can lift you up or drown you.

Tom is basically Laurie 2.0 in this regard. They are so similar that Laurie gives him advice later on.

and Mr Laurie gave him some wise advice upon the astonishing gymnastic feats the human heart can perform, and be all the better for it if it only held fast to the balancing-pole of truth and common sense.

(I want to write a one-shot of this conversation)

But in the meantime, here it is. Finally, I finished this post that has been on my drafts since forever.

Little Women saga- Parallelisms (Part 1): Jo-Laurie & Nan-Tom

[valveillen]

Tom with a magpie.

My 2024 submission to tomarry reverse big bang :)

[carmenell]

If I had a nickel for every time Val Kilmer played a character that "wasn't actually gay" before he got the script, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

[seilnakyle]

see i wasn’t gonna jump him bc i think his mom just died or something but he himself posted that article and LMAOOO

[thornescratch]

Brandon Duhaime, determinedly making his way through the tunnel rituals while making high-pitched purse dog yapping to deliver one (1) stick slap to his goalie's ass.

[tomicscomics]

03/14/2025

NO MEAT!

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JOKE-OGRAPHY: In this Bible story, God makes a promise to Abram (soon to be called Abraham) that, even though he and his wife are too old to have children, he'll end up being the father of a great nation that will outnumber the stars in the sky. In this cartoon, Abram gets hung up on whether the sun counts as one of the stars, and God humors him by saying, "Sure." Maybe the sun represents the Son, Who's technically gonna be one of Abram's descendants.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: 1. This is a repost to correct a typo. Apologies for the late re-upload! 2. In keeping with my Lenten pattern so far, this is another "Tomics Resurrection," where I've redrawn a cartoon from 9 years ago! It's hard to believe it's been so long. My style's changed a little along the way, but the spirit remains the same!

[topgunbigbang]

Hello everyone! We are currently in the midst of planning the Top Gun Big Bang ‘25 - and are hoping to gauge interest from people in the fandom! This fest will revolve around two ships: Icemav and Hangster. All works need to include one of these ships as the main pair, background and side relationships are welcome.

A Big Bang is a fest where an author writes a fic with a minimum word count of 20k, which is edited by a beta and then finally an artist draws a companion piece to go along with the fic. At this stage, we are wanting to see who would be interested in participating, and depending on interest, we would look at sign ups opening in February!

[frozen-seagrass]

Thinking about Mav being unsure of what Ice's eye color is

Of course he's not going to do the normal thing and ask the man, so he settles for finding ways to get up close and personal to try and see for himself without being obvious (-> he fails)

But every time he gets a close enough look they're different. One day they look blue but the next they look hazel. One moment they look brown but then he turns his head and a different light catches on them and they look almost green

It turns into one big game of "How close will he let me get? How much will he let me see?" And it's not until he's gotten to the point of being a breath away from Ice's face- close enough to brush lips- and standing under the bright white LEDs that he realizes that they're gray

[automaticheartcrusade]

I love how Nick and Matt can write the most horniest, batshit, or toxic couple ever and then you have couples like Duke and Miss Holloway.

[thatimageoftomscott]

todays tom is: our final post. and he is made out of foam clay !!

posting that image of tom scott untill jet lag the game season 13 comes out: day 45

[captmuldoon]

So can we talk about how the first time we see Magnus on Terror he's standing in a beam of sunshine, just about to meet Tom Hartnell for the first time? That the last time they meet, on sun-bleached stones, Hartnell's entire posture and expression softens as soon as he sees Magnus? That the last thing Hartnell says is his name? That Magnus watches Hartnell move towards him as if no one else exists and is immediately killed for it? That Magnus died never knowing what Hartnell wanted to say to him?

[humanityinahandbag]

Oh good morning, Fair People. How about we start this weekend bang?

Or rather; a new chapter. 

Chapter 8: In which the Wachowski Family enjoy dinner and Knuckles has a change of heart (via his stomach).

[tomarrybigbang]

And that's a wrap on 2024!

The Tomarry Reverse Big Bang has officially come to an end for this year, and it couldn’t be more exciting to see all the fantastic art and stories the participants have shared with the community this time around! Huge congrats to everyone for submitting such amazing work!

An extra special thanks goes out to @cindle-writes for being a superstar with some of the admin tasks this year—your help really made a difference. 🫶

Thanks again to everyone, and can’t wait to see what you create next time!

1 ● Art by ZaraTM

despite everything, it's still you by Sofija

2 ● Art by ZaraTM

Plague by a_sentimental_man

3 ● Art by queasy

such unholy heaving by cealesti

4 ● Art by Victor Ichor

Eye of a Snake by cyandenial the alchemy by eleven_eaves

5 ● Art by Dandelion

Consequences of Murder by PenRot demons and angels hang with us by Duender Chosen by Magic and Death by HadrianPeverellBlack

6 ● Art by Dandelion

sleeping with ghosts by TheOnceandFutureQueenofTarts nineteen (ever so priceless) by Summer Mending Broken Things by tommarvoloriddlesdiary

7 ● Art by queasy

Auror Potter by albondiguilla Happy Wife, Happy Marriage, Happy Life by angy

8 ● Art by Dandelion

Accidentally having it all fall into place by Lerya

9 ● Art by CeNedraRiva

The Sacred Art of Repression by Trixie Soil by ratzeebatz

10 ● Art by cannibalinc

Cerulean blue by albondiguilla

11 ● Art by .reredrum

Luminescent by Lilies Sunflower Serenade by dystopianRebel The last enemy to be defeated is death by tinystreetlamp

12 ● Art by Valveillen

don't wake me (i'm not dreaming) by dreaminthedark A Murder by Crows by Iselilja One for sorrow, two for mirth by easterndreamer

13 ● Art by StolenViolet

What quickens me is the violence in thee by evaleon70 Pernicious by Kazisstillawake

14 ● Art by NV

Harry's loyalty by gothamgirl Newly Forged by Obsidianpen Puppet Master by Dandelion

[callsignchicha]

I watched kiss kiss bang bang at least five times today