#a tangible proof of of love

[padfootastic]

Just got the hc that sirius built a broom for james sometime between second and fourth year.

Sort of a prelude for his own bike, but also bc he loves to built magical stuff, getting behind all the spells and how they work, and, of course, to give James the best gift ever!

OMG YES!

and i’m imagining—sirius kind of keeping it a bit of a secret? (maybe the WW looks down upon physical work like this as well? idk) and not exactly intending to give it to james because 1. he can’t compete with the top of the line models on the market and 2. it’s literally the first time he’s doing this, he’s seen how badly the earlier versions have failed and he does not want james falling to deal from like 200ft in the sky and definitely not because of him.

so yeah, he makes it and he just dithers around, not showing it to james until he’s either found out or j accidentally stumbles on it (or remus gets fed up and gives the game away) and it’s just like.

james is standing there, slack jawed, staring at this beautiful, gorgeous broom that his best friend built himself and then there’s sirius to the side, as close to shuffling his feet and wringing his hands as he can physically get.

and j just announces that this is it, this is gonna be my match broom now on.and sirius is like?? wtf?? no jaMES NO UR GONNA DIE WHAT!! but a more hardheaded potter the world has never seen and a few scuffles later, james, predictably, emerges victorious, broom in hand like excalibur.

as promised, he uses it for every match possible and the first time he flew on it, sirius watched him like. hawk (even going up on himself to follow him) as well as recruiting like. 10 people as spotters in case he fell. after the nerve wracking experience was over tho (and james was unhurt. duh. as if sirius’ magic could ever let him get hurt); that’s when it really hits sirius how much trust james puts in him bc he did that without a second thought, never even bothered to doubt him.

[swallowtail-ageha]

I love how the shattered stone talisman item description [Shattered linchpin stone. Linchpin stones are spiritual anchors said to hold the ground in place and quell the fury of earthquakes—when this one shattered, the surrounding town fell into the broken earth. One account claimed that the moon itself had come tumbling down.] implies that it was likely rellana the one who destroyed moorth. Like her signature attack is throwing two fuckass big moons at us and it causes huge earthquakes and likely the one she used on moorth caused the linchpin stone to shatter and for the city to crumble. Go war criminal girl go

[quietwingsinthesky]

people are saying he « led her on » because he did. the fact that he kissed her in the first episode set the tone for the rest of the season and if you can’t perceive the flirting I’m sorry but how?? he didn’t make anything clear he sent the craziest mixed signals in the world. there’s nothing revolutionary about claiming that Martha was being pushy toward someone who was clearly not interested it’s 1) weird to claim in what it suggests about her 2) factually not true.

I wasn’t gonna respond to this at first because the top half of this ask is pretty much just individual interpretation and I don’t really care about it. Like, no, to me, the Doctor doesn’t seem especially flirty towards Martha. He’s just sort of Like That. That’s his damage, you know, Mr. I need to traumadump on anyone who tolerates being around me for more than five minutes. Mr. If I don’t develop an intensely codependent emotional bond with the companion I have currently I’ll die. It doesn’t read to me as him trying to lead her on because that bit’s honest, and he does it with damn near every companion he’s ever had.

And if nothing else, because we do see Ten when he tries to flirt intentionally and he’s a fuckin dork about it. Kind of guy who looked up romance in the dictionary and took notes. Kinda guy who draws diagrams to maximize kissing potential. It would have been obvious even to me (<- romance-blind as all fuck) if he was flirting with Martha on purpose because he’s not smooth at all; he flirts like he’s gotten lines in a play and he’s super excited to be the main star.

But anyway, as I was saying, that’s just how I see it. And if you see it different, no skin off my back, I just disagree.

But I take umbrage with you putting words in my mouth. I never said Martha was pushy towards him. Because yeah, she’s not. If I implied that she was, then it was a result of poor phrasing on my part. Martha’s not at fault for what she feels, for wanting there to come something of it. No more at fault than the Doctor is for not returning those feelings. It’s a bit weird that you’re assuming that I think one of them has to be the bad guy here when that was the opposite of what I was saying. My point was: When it comes to their romantic subtext of their relationship, it’s weird to pretend like either of them are to blame for them not being in a relationship at the end of s3, and even weirder to assert that as part of why Martha supposedly wouldn’t like the Doctor afterwards when they’re. friends. they continue to be friends into s4.

Martha’s not pushy. She has a crush on her friend. It happens. He doesn’t return it. This also happens. Both of these facts are pushed to the extreme because he’s a time-traveling alien with poor emotional skills and she’s put herself in the position of needing to help him from minute one of meeting each other. That’s why it’s fun to watch, because the Doctor is both so open and so unavailable in turns, because Martha’s feelings for him grow and change as she knows more about her Doctor until she decides to step back.

I don’t know, man. You seem to be coming at this as if one of them has to be The Problem™️. I don’t think either of them is, not so definitively. I think boiling their relationship down to that is reductive and an insult to the way they both grow over s3, to Martha’s choice to continue to be his friend while also establishing her own boundaries, to the fact that the Doctor is able to let her go without immediately trying to kill himself afterwards when she’s not there to catch him.

[dxxtruction]

Not to psychoanalyze (Yes, to do that), but given Armand's history, his only preconception of what love is, is to view it through pure desire. Love - and more broadly accurate, his life purpose for like half a millenia - as only he's ever known it, has only been experienced through transactional wish-fulfillment fantasies, of which he was the one typically sought after to complete such an exchange. And so naturally, in his own seeking, he replicates it. Though to some degree he also replicates the fantastical existence of fictional romances to compensate.

This lack of true experience of love without desire or fantasy, making his always unfilled 'objet petit a' - his object of desire - (a partner he desires a particular love from but does not receive to his fulfillment) - the catalyst for believing there is no other form of love to be had. That he can simply love the person, and be altruistic to their personhood, without them filling a role or desire for him, just would never occur. He's egotistical and overly pragmatic towards others by the fault of formative experiences denying him his own personhood. In being groomed into the object of desire, he no longer sees anyone else but as such. It's equal parts lack of self-awareness, meaning he simply has no way to counter-reflect upon himself the way one should behave, and developed coping mechanism, either consciously or unconsciously, taking on the role of those who inflicted upon him their desires to gain a sense of control over it.

In never escaping this cycle of love as desire, he always denies himself his full person, and simultaneously denies the personhood of others.

[diamond-vic]

Sprig already was established to use telescopes from the very start of the series in the intro, and further in the season 2 outro, so it’s safe to say he likes stargazing at the very least. And there’s something so sweet about Anne getting Sprig specifically an Engraved telescope for his birthday when it’s already been shown in previous episodes how much he loves to feel the textures of things (think Hop ‘Til You Drop). It’s literally the first thing he does when he unwraps the telescope!! She got one engraved with his name for him!! Anne knew he’d love it and got something combining two things he loves for him because she knows him enough to know what he’d love. That is her little brother I love them so much

LOOK AT HOW HE HUGS IT HE’S SO HAPPY

[asurashi]

side by side by side // eternally 

[heich0e]

Is priest geto evil? Is he going to 👀👀👀 the demon but aren’t priests cellibate?

i don't know how to tell you this but the catholic church does not have a gleaming track record in terms of morality

[areyoudoingthis]

it's been almost a week and every time I think I've processed it and I'm ready to move on I see another gifset or I remember something that happened while s2 was airing and my heart breaks all over again. I should be given a free axe and permission to chop heads

[bellamyblakru]

bro the way merlin’s go-to way to show the people he loves how magic can be beautiful is with fire manipulation,,, im unwell.

[desertsportshipping]

Leon didn't used to cook. He was a chronic workaholic relying on take out and leftovers of take out.

Wes didn't used to cook either, relying on rations and questionably made pub food. Until he started literally living in the Wild Area, when he learned from the wild Pokemon the best places to forage food from. Now that he had a lot more free time on his hands, he decided that he might as well experiment with cooking.

One thing Leon learned the hard way: Wes has no taste buds. At all. Wes once started eating an onion like an apple. His favorite type of berry was Pinap because "it was spicy" (he was allergic), and there were multiple times where Wes has eaten mold and tree bark on accident.

Clearly, this cannot continue. Now Leon has more free time on his hand (due to his boyfriend telling Rose to fuck off) and has decided to put that time into learning to cook delicious food. His friends are at least glad that he has found a hobby, even if it was connected to his relationship. Sonia was his usual taste tester, sometimes with Hop and Gloria helping, and it took several months for Leon to get a handful of recipes he thinks Wes will like.

It's all worth it when he gets to see Wes's smile.

[kn11ves]

feanor quote end quote "has a gamer moment" and violently screams at his brother to kill himself, gets banished to his gay little summer home for 12 years (2 elf weeks) by half of the gods on their "faggot thrones", takes his 7 colour coded pomeranian ass sons with him

[tazaryoot]

i love you looking at buildings and going places

[tvrningout-a]

DASH GAMES | how do you best like to be loved?

write me your words of wonder

you want to be thought of with intent, for someone to sit down and want to share their thoughts with you specifically. and their thoughts about you, even more. for someone to know you, or at least desire the knowledge. for them to write it out in a way that you can read as quickly or slowly as you desire. that you can reread again and again, or lock in a box and never read after that first quick consumption. you crave that tangibility, and the small moments that lead up to the letter being in your hand. to be told, " it's in the mail, " and then to have the simple joy of checking the mailbox to see if it has come today. to hold the envelope and feel the love within. there is a purpose of intent within physically written words, and it patches the parts of you that feel like you aren't worth thinking about. my darling, know that you are. you are worth intentional thought and cursive letters and an envelope sealed with a kiss.

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[aelx-jstu-bgiinv]

tea rose and cotton candy :]

-justs

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[dirt-str1der]

I like the paranormal elements in the yakuza games so much. Throughout the series there will just be a ghost or a yokai for absolutely no reason. Kiryus “pirate ghosts huh” [y6] (and the lady in the tape [yk2]), akiyamas “i caught the prankster” “that guy died three years ago” [y5], saejimas hunt for kappa [y4] and the yeti [y5] and tendo [y5] who randomly had for real magic powers (summon avalanche, turn invisible , teleport .. levitate ? And shoot beams ..?) , majimas pale lady entity [y0]. Almost every protag had a run in with the supernatural and the inexplicable and theyre always like huh. That was weird. Anyway ...

[sercphs-a]

how do you best like to be loved?

write me your words of wonder

you want to be thought of with intent, for someone to sit down and want to share their thoughts with you specifically. and their thoughts about you, even more. for someone to Know you, or at least desire the knowledge. for them to write it out in a way that you can read as quickly or slowly as you desire. that you can reread again and again, or lock in a box and never read after that first quick consumption. you crave that tangibility. and the small moments that lead up to the letter being in your hand. to be told, 'it's in the mail' and then to have the simple joy of checking the mailbox to see if it has come today. to hold the envelope and feel the love within. there is a purpose of intent within physically written words, and it patches the parts of you that feel like you aren't worth thinking about. my darling, know that you are. you are worth intentional thought and cursive letters and an envelope sealed with a kiss.

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