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gibbearish Ā· 1 year ago
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love when ppl defend the aggressive monetization of the internet with "what, do you just expect it to be free and them not make a profit???" like. yeah that would be really nice actually i would love that:)! thanks for asking
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daisybell-on-a-carousel Ā· 20 days ago
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Being someone who read Under The Red Hood and came out with the firm belief that, for Jason, it's not about killing Joker, it's about Jason wanting proof Batman would choose him over the Joker (bc shelia chose the joker). Makes seeing any other media where it's all about just wanting the Joker dead is a teeny bit frustrating. to be honest
Jason could've killed the Joker himself, really, really easily. Jason kidnaps the Joker before the confrontation. I can't open my comic for a reference right now, but it felt like he had the Joker for quite a bit before the confrontation. He had him. He beat him up with a crowbar. He had every single opportunity to kill the Joker himself, but he didn't because that wasn't his goal. Make no mistake, he did plan for the Joker to be dead by the end of it, but do you see what im trying to say here
Edit: If I knew this post was gonna get 1000+ notes I would've tried to word it better or something, this was a rant I made on the way to the grocery store šŸ˜­
It's not about making Batman kill either. When Batman says he won't kill, Jason adjusts and goes, 'Let ME kill the Joker or kill me to stop me' instead. The test is all about Batman choosing him. The whole final confrontation is Jason's first death again. The parent, The Joker, and the explosives. It even ends with Jason unable to move as a bomb goes off right next to him again because the parent didn't choose Jason. And instead tried finding an option that'd benefit them and (consequencely) letting the Joker walk, again, lol, lmao <-in agony
#the final confrontation was basically his first death again#and YES he Does want the Joker dead#and it would've been really really nice if Batman was the one who did it#but when batman made it clear he wouldn't kill the joker. Jason easily switched to saying ā€œLET me kill the jokerā€ to accommodate#because he Wanted batman to pass his test#he gave a test to dick too. and technically tim but it wasnt the family test it was a different one so it doesnt rly count#AFTER utrh and the reveal and the batarang you can go hog wild about it. i care less about it then#granted i do believe they make jason more scared of the joker after it at some point#i guess because hes a bit too willing to kill the joker and ive heard jason wasnt meant to live after utrh#my watsonian explain for that is he was so fixated on his plan he cpuld override his fear. or maybe the pit. either work#i prefer the fixation bc i dont like the explanation that the pit was the /only/ reason he could get all plan together and done#BUT THATS UNRELATED!!!#dc stop putting the joker in jason stories im begging you please please please. lock him in a vault for the next 20 years or something#it Cpuld be good and i understand. but also. after so long of people that dont know or go for jasons need for family and parents#that love him and he can trust#the joker starts to feel like?? hm. words. a cop out? oh haha its that guy that killed him woagh hes here#i bet you dont even know that jaybin got beat until unconsciousness by an angry mob#while asking batman to save him only for batman to have to walk away#anwya. where was i going with this#i think i got off topic#jason todd#dc comics#batman#ADDED AN EDIT. SORRY. this post has been haunting me it keeps me awake. what if people misunderstand#they cant read my tags where i ramble more depth. thisbis the only option#EDIT EDIT: hiii#removed the sentence abt jason having the joker for several days bc i misremembered some things#go read its-your-mind 's addition instead also#ok no more i wont edit this post anymore i promise
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charee Ā· 2 months ago
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those two pining lesbians from that splatoon game thingy
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runraerun Ā· 2 months ago
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Steddie Amnesia Fic: 1/3
-> Part 2 | Part 3 | AO3
cw: lots of head trauma/brain injury/recovery stuff.
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Steve wakes up in the hospital with someone snoring loudly on his leg, mouth open, drool getting soaked up into the scratchy hospital blanket over him.
Steve just stares.
Itā€™sā€¦ Freddie? No, thatā€™s not right... Eddie! Eddie ā€˜the freakā€™ Munson, known delinquent and drug dealerā€¦ resting his head on Steveā€™s lap.
What the hellā€¦?
Steve reaches up with a wobbly, IV-ridden hand to clumsily pat along his head, but instead of meeting messy hair, he meets a thick wad of bandages. He flinches when he hits an especially tender spot.
Itā€™s not much but itā€™s enough to wake Eddie Munson up with a jolt, and a random jumble of words that sounded something like, ā€œthe dice have spoken!ā€, but Steve canā€™t be sure. Not with the sharp ringing still going off inside his skull.
ā€œSteve? Steve! Oh thank fuck, Jesus H. Christ, you scared the ever loving shit out of me.ā€ Eddie stood and grabbed at one of Steveā€™s shoulders, shaking him enough to elicit another wince.
ā€œOh, damn, sorry. Iā€™m like a fucking bull in a china shop here, man. Thereā€™s way too much expensive, breakable shit here. Iā€™m not used to it. I accidentally ripped your IV out the other day... Fuck. The nurses hate my guts.ā€ Eddie chuckles, eyes wide and solely on Steve, talking like they were old friends or something.
But that canā€™t be right. Steve doesnā€™t remember saying more than two words to Eddie Munson during the entire time he knew he even existed, and even then it was just to discuss weed prices.
ā€œFor real though, talk to me Harrington, how you feelinā€™, hm? Loopy? Gonna yak again? Apparently they got you on the good stuff,ā€ Eddie flicks a liquid filled bag hanging above Steve and shakes his head, ā€œbut they keep cutting you back. Dicks.ā€
Steveā€™s eyes try and follow Eddieā€™s erratic movements but his eyes ache the more he moves them. He blinks against the harsh fluorescents and tries to open his mouth. And thank God, Eddie Munson seems to take this as a sign and shut up.
ā€œWhat happened?ā€ Steve finally croaks.
One of Eddieā€™s brows jumps. ā€œYou donā€™t remember?ā€
Steve gives his head a small shake. Did Eddie hit him with his car or something? Is that why heā€™s sleeping at his bedside and talking to him like theyā€™re buddies?
ā€œYou fell, Stevie.ā€ Eddie makes a whistling noise and mimicks something falling with his hands, then makes a crashing sound when his hand lands on Steveā€™s bandaged head. ā€œLike a coconut out of a tree. Landed right on that big olā€™ melon of yours. There was blood everywhere. It scared the shit out of me and the kids. Especially when you wouldnā€™t wake up.ā€
Steveā€™s throat feels like sandpaper, but he manages to swallow, his throat clicking as he did, and gets out, ā€œThe kids?ā€
Eddie seems to notice, even before Steve can ask, and reaches for a water bottle with a straw already in it, and half chewed. Eddieā€™s own, no doubt. Against his better judgment, Steve accepts it when Eddie offers it to him. He was just so goddamn thirsty.
ā€œDonā€™t worry, theyā€™re all fine. They were just shaken up. Iā€™ll radio the little gremlins and give ā€˜em the good news in a sec.ā€ Eddieā€™s smile falters a little, seeming lost for words. Like he wants to say something, but canā€™t quite get it out.
Steve finishes swallowing his few, meager gulps of water before he asks, ā€œWhat is it?ā€
ā€œDonā€™t freak outā€”ā€œ Eddie begins.
And, okay, thatā€™s exactly the thing you tell someone before they freak the fuck out. Steveā€™s stomach is subject to a growing, sluggish panic. ā€œWhat? Dude, tell meā€”ā€œ
ā€œItā€™s your hair.ā€ Eddie seems genuinely pained at having to deliver this crushing of a blow to Steve ā€˜The Hairā€™ Harrington.
Steve can hear the beeping from the monitors heā€™s hooked up to begin to pick up speed as his heart begins racing. ā€œMy hair?ā€
ā€œItā€™s okay! Itā€™s okay, itā€™ll grow back! They just had to take a little bit off where the stitches went, you can hardest notice itā€”well, thatā€™s a fucking lie, you could spot that landing strip from spaceā€”but I think if you part it to the other side it wonā€™t look soā€¦ yā€™know.ā€
ā€œNo, dude, I donā€™t know.ā€ Steve says, eyes wide, brows pinched.
ā€œLike a drunk toddler took a pair of rusty kitchen shears to your mop.ā€ Eddie says, huffing out a nervous sort of laugh.
Steve groans, half due to the bastardization thatā€™s happened to his favorite feature, and half due to the migraine thatā€™s looming on his horizon.
ā€œYouā€™re still pretty, Stevie, donā€™t worry.ā€ Eddie grins, eyebrows raised, like heā€™s trying to be cute or something.
That weirdest part is, itā€™s kind of working.
Steve must have hit his head really, really hard.
The doctors eventually come in and perform all sorts of tests, and he tries his best to comply with them and jump through whatever hoops they make him jump through. He just wants to get the hell out of this hospital bed.
Unfortunately for him, Steve hadnā€™t exactly aced any of the tests.
In fact, he had failed most of them pretty fucking dismally. He couldnā€™t remember the date, who the president was, where he lived, couldnā€™t say the alphabet backwardsā€¦ although, who the fuck can do that? He stands by that failing grade.
A couple of CAT scans later and itā€™s clear that Steveā€™s brain got smacked around a little more than they had originally thought.
Among a pile of other stuff, the thing that sticks out the most to Steve is his diagnosis of something called short term amnesia. They explain it like the past 2 to 3 years has just been wiped from his brain. The last clear thing he really remembers is getting the shit beat out of him by Billy, and then it all sort of gets jumbled. Fragmented. The doctors explain that this is pretty typical for head trauma patients.
Heā€™s a head trauma patient, now.
Itā€™s normal for memories of trauma to link, creating spiderwebs throughout your brain.
Which, thatā€™s great. So when he gets beat up again, thereā€™s always a chance his brain will try and erase his easy, happy years and revert back to a trauma default. Really helpful brain, thank you.
And the thing that sucks the most is that his years after the Billy beat down sound pretty great. Traumatizing, sure, but great. Once the Upside Down shit was locked up, with every scary nightmare fuel monster inside of it, life in Hawkins didnā€™t sound all that terrible.
He lived with Robin, whoā€™s his best friend, (his ā€˜platonic soulmateā€™ even, as she explains it), heā€™s working a retail job, (also with Robin), and coaches the high school basketball team during the evenings. Heā€™d even been talking with Hopper about joining the force.
Well, he was. Now heā€™s more or less useless, working full time at re-learning his life, along with a couple of fine motor skills that got glitchy after the fall.
And then thereā€™s Eddie.
Eddie, whoā€™s apparently also his best friend, only their soulmate link isnā€™t platonic at all.
The strange and weirdly exciting reality was that Steve Harrington had woken up from his 3-day medically induced coma with not only a full fledged relationship, but a boyfriend.
Itā€™s a lot to digest, and part of him still doesnā€™t even know how to process it, but hearing the stories being told around him, seeing how Eddie is practically living in his and Robinā€™s two-bedroom apartment, and justā€¦ the way Eddie looks at him?
Itā€™s with loveā€”Steve can see it. Feel it. Eddieā€™s practically vibrating with it.
Whatā€™s even crazier is that when Steve looks at Eddie, he feels the exact same way.
Itā€™s like looking at the stars. Steveā€™s heart skips a beat when those dark eyes of hit him, and Steve wants nothing more than to make Eddie smileā€”no, better than that, to make him laugh, just so he can watch Eddieā€™s adamā€™s apple bob up and down and hear that manic, unhinged cackle. Itā€™s downright delightful. Steve loves being in relationships like this, where itā€™s all consuming.
Steve may not have the memories of falling in love with Eddie, but he has all the feelings.
No one talks about it with Steve, of course. Maybe they think itā€™s going to be too heavy for him to process that heā€™s into dudes now, but Steve isnā€™t a big dumb baby. Sure, heā€™s got a pretty severe brain injury, and yeah, alright, it takes him a minute to remember peopleā€™s names sometimes, and he has a harder time controlling his emotions, but he isnā€™t a complete invalid. Only a little bit of one. Heā€™s working on it, dammit.
And Eddie is so painfully, frustratingly patient with him. He never pushes. Heā€™s clearly letting Steve retrieve his memories before he makes a move, because despite his whole outward appearance, Eddie Munson is a goddamn gentleman. He never so much as reaches for Steveā€™s hands, but Steve can tell by the way their pinkies graze when they watch movies late at night that he wants to.
Steve can tell by the way Eddie teases him, the way heā€™s there with him through his recovery, that he doesnā€™t ever make Steve feel stupid when he asks the same questions over and over again, when he cries at the drop of a hat or when he gets sort of confused about the lay out of his apartmentā€”he doesnā€™t care about that of that.
Because heā€™s in love with Steve. Itā€™s so painfully romantic, it brings a painful lump to Steveā€™s throat every time he thinks too much about it.
The two of them are driving to one of Steveā€™s therapy sessions, Eddie in the driver's seat, Steve in the passengers, listening to a low racket of some kind of heavy metal music. Eddie always keeps the volume low now, for Steve.
Heā€™s just been so intensely good about everything that Steve needs to try and do something good for Eddie in return. He needs Eddie to know that thereā€™s a light at the end of this tunnel that theyā€™re both currently lost in.
ā€œIā€™m sorry about this, yā€™know.ā€ Steve says when they finally pull up the building that has ā€˜Brain Injury Recover Centerā€™ written on the front. So all the boys and girls with scrambled eggs for brains know where to converge.
ā€œDonā€™t worry about it, man. I work the evening shifts, remember? My days are free.ā€ Eddie explains, and Steve wonders if heā€™s had to be told this bit of information a couple of times now. Sometimes it takes a few times before something sticks to his brain now. His short term memory is still majorly flighty. But no, Steve remembers that Eddie bartends at a local bowling alley most evenings. Heā€™s gone a few times. Not to bowl, of courseā€”too much hand eye coordination involvedā€”but just to hang out with Eddie. Heā€™s pretty decent at Ms. Pac-Man though.
Steve shakes his head. He knows his mind must have wandered because thereā€™s been a lull where no oneā€™s spoken. Eddie never seems to care about that though. ā€œI donā€™t mean about the drive. I was talking aboutā€¦ yā€™know.ā€
ā€œWhaā€™dyā€™mean?ā€ Eddie mumbles as he backs into his parking space, hand on the back of Steveā€™s headrest.
Steve sighs and decides to just come out and say it: ā€œI mean having your boyfriend forget everything about you and your relationship. I justā€¦ that must be really tough.ā€
Everything in Eddie Munson comes to a jarring halt, hand frozen over where heā€™s turned to ignition off.
Itā€™s sort of unnervingā€”Eddie is always moving, fidgeting. Damn near bouncing off the walls. But now itā€™s like someone hit the poor guy with a freeze ray gun.
Steve chuckles softly as he reaches out and touches Eddieā€™s arm, giving him a playful jostle, to loosen him up a little, ā€œitā€™s okay, Eddie. I know. You donā€™t have to keep going easy on me. Iā€™m gay! Or, bi-sexual. Whatever.ā€ Steve shrugs, ā€œsee? Not falling apart. I can handle being in love with another dude. You donā€™t need to keep babying me.ā€
The side of Eddieā€™s mouth twitches into a downturned smile that he seems to be trying to hide.
ā€œI know, I know. Not just any dude.ā€ Steve rolls his eyes, a smile still firmly on his face. He takes Eddieā€™s hand from the steering wheel, and Eddie seems to watch it go in a detached sort of awe. Steve wonders if Eddieā€™s proud of him for being so cool with it all. ā€œIn love with you.ā€
ā€œSteve, I donā€™t thinkā€”
ā€œWait, just let me finish.ā€ Steve asks, and Eddie blinks and works on closing his mouth. Knows itā€™s important to let Steve get his thoughts out quickly, lest they be lost to the giant black hole inside of his beat-up brain now. ā€œI know that I donā€™t remember any of the important stuff with us. Our first date, or our first kiss or, yā€™know, any of our other first firsts. So maybe it feels like youā€™re cheating on the old Steve with me? Butā€¦ Eddie, I know itā€™s crazy but even though my brain forgot all of the specifics; my heart didnā€™t. I look at you, and itā€™s all there. Iā€™m still so into you, dude. I can feel it, even though I donā€™t remember how I got here. Iā€™m in lā€”ā€œ
ā€œSteve! Stevestevesteve wait, holy shitā€”!ā€ Eddieā€™s eyes snap up from his intense stare at the place where their hands are linked. ā€œSteveā€”ā€
ā€œYeah?ā€ Steve prompts when Eddie doesnā€™t seem to be able to find the words. He runs his thumb gently over Eddieā€™s knuckles. It feels so nice to finally be able to hold his hand again. They fit together so well, and Steve wonders briefly if itā€™s some kind of muscle memory.
Eddie opens his mouth a few more times before he remembers how to make the words come out.
ā€œSteve. Buddy. Weā€™reā€¦ weā€™re not dating.ā€
Steveā€™s face falls, and he can feel a lump form in his throat, but he keeps a firm hold of Eddieā€™s warm hand in his own. ā€œYeah, I know, I know. We havenā€™t had any time to be a couple. And itā€™s probably been torture for you, man. Youā€™re so busy taking care of me and making sure I donā€™t freak out over everything that youā€™ve clearly been neglecting your own hierarchy of needs.ā€
Eddie raises a brow.
Steve chuckles, ā€œShut up. Itā€™s a therapy term.ā€
Eddie laughs in his throat. ā€œSteve, you gotta slow down and listen to me.ā€
He turns his shoulders so that heā€™s fully facing Steve while he reaches his free hand over and tugs at one of his earlobes. ā€œGot your hearing ears on?ā€
Steve rolls his eyes, but he nods just the same.
ā€œWeā€¦ we werenā€™t dating before your accident,ā€ Eddie speaks slowly, his voice warm, gentle. ā€œHell, I didnā€™t even know you were, yā€™know, into dudes like that. Much less me.ā€
Something throbs dully behind Steveā€™s eyes. Itā€™s the start of a migraineā€”the one that makes it hard to process much of anything. Steve squints, trying to make sense of what Eddieā€™s saying. ā€œā€¦youā€™re not my boyfriend?ā€
Eddie shakes his head very, very slowly. ā€œNo.ā€
Steve snatches his hand back like heā€™s only just now noticed how burning hot Eddieā€™s hand is.
He settles back in his seat, staring out the front window. The sounds from the outside world are muffled, and everything feels far away and sort ofā€¦ Made up. Just like everything heā€™d imagined was going on between him and Eddie. Not real.
He feels painfully detached from reality. Unmoored. Maybe this was the disassociation thing the doctor mentioned might happenā€¦
ā€œAre you sure?ā€ Steve asks, risking another glance over to Eddie, who hasnā€™t taken his eyes off him for a second.
ā€œPretty fuckinā€™ sure.ā€ Eddie snorts.
ā€œOh, God. This isā€¦ Iā€™mā€”sorry. Iā€™m so stupid. Fuck, I gottaā€”ā€œ Steve suddenly attacks the door handle with a clumsy fury that has his hand fumbling with the handle for way too long. Fucking busted up, bruised as fuck fucking brain-!
ā€œSteve, itā€™s okay, dude,ā€ Eddie says from behind Steve, but thatā€™s easy for him to say; he didnā€™t just humiliate himself in front of his not-boyfriend, definitely-crush, possibly ex-friendā€”ā€œSteve, wait!ā€
Steve flees the van on unsteady feet, not daring to look back.
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sentient-forest Ā· 2 years ago
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#cecilsweep and Welcome to Night Vale trending #1 in 2023
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tagidearte Ā· 4 months ago
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Who?
(Can't do digital art again yet. Traditional has been fun, though. Click for not blurry quality)
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mimir-anoshe Ā· 1 month ago
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I love that ARCANE is using the MAJOR ARCANA for symbolism.
Chefs kiss.
These are Sevika's tarot cards from season 1.
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The Magician (upright) overlapping Death (upright).
Foreshadowing? Oh hell yeah. But its only now after S2 Episode 6 do I understand what they might actually be foreshadowing. People may have talked about this before, so I apologise if this is similar to anyone else's meta. These are all my own thoughts, I usually just watch arcane and don't dabble into the meta but this season has me feral and I just rewatched season 1.
SPOILERS for Arcane S1/S2 below.
I just want to prologue this post with a note about how I've noticed even from season 1 there are thematic parallels and linear symbolism being afforded between Jinx and Viktor. Others in the community have too I'm sure. Its strange. I thought it was interesting in S1 but didn't deep dive into it, but S2 has driven headfirst into it and its making me go "oh... oh ok." Even Viktor in S1 noted Jinx's genius, and in another timeline perhaps Powder would've been a student of Viktors had fate not set them on parallel paths. Two children of Zaun, both mechanical/scientific geniuses. One physically disabled whilst the other mentally disabled. One who "escaped" and was given a chance, rising to the top only to create something that would be used for harm. Fighting that fate at every step. Whilst the other trapped at the bottom of the barrel, forced to use her gifts to become a weapon herself. Such GOOD story writing.
So now let's think about the art of the cards, because in tarot, even the symbolism of the specific art is important. Its why an artists interpretation of a major/minor can be so crucial to a reading.
Here's a figure map I made earlier.
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Lets begin with Death.
Thirteenth of the Major Arcana, a "significant transformation and the end of a phase in life." There is death and rebirth symbolism all over arcane, but let's take a closer look at the symbolism mirroring the art.
Figure 7&8 - The one who has "died" a skeleton/skull laid down and being "imbued" with something as something else is taken away.
See that the imbuing focuses on the "chest" area.
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It's quick, but it flashes briefly when Viktor is being imbued with the Hexcore. He canonically dies "the skull" and is reborn with the Hexcore on an "altar"/table.
Same with Jinx. Canonically "dies" and is reborn laying on an "altar"/table using shimmer. Purple being used as the visual thread between shimmer and the arcane of the hex; a colour imagery representation of "magical" alchemical/arcane power turning them into something beyond human.
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Singed and Jayce. Two hands of death, giving and taking life as if they were a God. One using shimmer, the other Hextech thats imbued with shimmer. Messing with the balance of life and death.
With Viktor, the energy is transferred straight into his chest, just like on the card.
So now we've established the parallels to the death tarot, lets look at The Magician.
The First of the Major Arcana, "the connection between the physical and spiritual worlds, and the ability to manifest one's desires."
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Viktor is the Magician. No doubt. He connects the physical and spiritual world of the arcane, he brings people back from the brink of death, as he was. He manifests his desires through the use of the hex, the arcane. And the dude just looks like a mecha wizard.
Though if you want it to be even more obvious.
Figure 3 - The Third Arm/Third Hand.
The image below is "The Machine Herald" Hero from League of Legends. This is the hero Viktor is based upon.
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He canonically has three arms, same as the Magician in the card. The Magician is Viktor, Viktor is the Magician. The Magician is the Machine Herald.
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The Magician overtakes/overlaps death. But Viktor by episode 6 still doesn't quite resemble the machine herald from the games. There's no third arm... Yet. So the Magician in the card isn't Viktor from episodes 1-6, this is the machine herald who comes after the one killed in episode 6. Another Rebirth is set to happen for Viktor.
Figures 1 &2 - White mask. Red/pinkish eyes.
Hmmm... Red/pinkish eyes are associated with shimmer. And a white mask, of the machine herald? The mask of a messiah. That the hextech Viktor will most likely also be imbued with shimmer like Jinx, to become the true "machine herald." Messiahs of the hex, monsters of the shimmer.
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Its also worth noting that both Jinx and Viktor are framed as messianic figures of Zaun in this season. One the fighter who will rally together the undercity and free Zaun from its oppression. The other a healer and a saint like figure who will free the Zaunites of their suffering and lead them into a better future.
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Jinx wanting peace - represented by Isha - and Viktor's dream of peace and healing for Zaun - represented by a lot of things including healing Vander - are metaphorically and literally killed in episode 6. Funnily enough, one symbol of peace killing the other (Isha and Vander - Child and Father). After all, peace and violence are two sides of the same coin, as are Viktor and Jinx. Or should I say, two sides of the same cog...
Figure 4&6 - The Cog shaped Hole in the Magicians chest/The Cog Coin and Jinx's cog.
"I understand now. The message hidden within the pattern. The reason for our failures in the commune. The doctor was right. Its inescapable. Humanity. Our very essence. Our emotions... Rage. Compassion. Hate. Two sides of the same coin. Inextricably bound."
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In episode 6, whilst Viktor is explaining to Vi about what it will take to heal Vander, Jinx is sceptical. She doesn't even believe in herself as a messiah, so this "hero"? This "saviour" coming along to solve their problems? To fix things? When all she can do is break everything around her, jinx her own family, destroy? She's scoffing at Viktor sure, but she's also scoffing at herself. Mirroring. People treat her like they treat him, so to believe in him as a saviour means she would have to look into the water of that well and face her own reflection. And Viktor sees right through it, the pretence, and he sees her potential.
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Knowledge is a paradox. Jinx wants to stick with what she knows, to destroy instead of to build, to "Watch it all burn." Or ignore the plight of Zaun, so she can live peacefully with Isha. Jinx - Powder - is choosing to remain ignorant to what's right in front of her. Right up until the moment Isha dies.
In the scene earlier in the episode, Jinx accidently destroys a bit of the well, releasing a cog that falls into water. Cogs have been symbolic of Viktor healing people throughout this season, using cogs to "Build."
Powder was thrown into water just like that cog by Silco, and reborn as Jinx. But its not Silco that picks up this cog. Its Viktor. He holds the potential of his creation in his hand, and in paradox, holds Jinx's destruction. Viktor holds Jinx's potential. He's literally holding the two sides of Jinx/Powder in his hand, her - their - fate. Just like Jinx, Viktor has the equal capacity to destroy, and if he is reborn as a weapon later on, perhaps that cog represents Jinx being reborn too. As a creator. A builder.
He holds onto Jinx's cog all the way through the rest of the episode, balancing that potential, that fate, of creation and destruction in his hand. Right up until the moment he dies, and the coin/the cog falls, sealing their fate. His death causing the deaths of Isha and Vander too.
So we've established that the story is viewing cogs/coins in a similar light. We've also established the show is linking Viktor and Jinx through the symbology of the cog.
This is reiterated in the symbolism surrounding the Tarot cards. Around the cards are coins that take the shape of cogs, the currency of Zaun. Fate - coin flips - and cogs, gods and machines. Deus Ex Machina, that is what Viktor is to become, and Jinx creates destruction using machines. She's an inventor, just like Viktor and Jayce. A creator and a destroyer. A god of the machine.
So how does Figure 6 - the coin cogs - relate to Figure 4? The hole in the Magician's chest.
On the Tarot Card, the Magician has a circle in the middle of his chest. A hole. Just like the hole Jayce puts through Viktors chest at the end of Episode 6. The one that kills him.
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But if you look closely at the image above, it might be a stretch, but to me, the striations on the inner ring look very similar to those of a cog. The hole is what kills Viktor. Cogs have been given visual symbolism for healing, and are also associated with Jinx's potential for creation. Its a stretch, but it could potentially be foreshadowing Jinx using her abilities to heal Viktor; to build instead of destroy. We've already seen Jinx do it once with Sevika, by "building" her a new arm.
I also find it interesting that we're shown Jinx using her talents to build someone a new arm, and Viktor - the machine herald - still has yet to acquire his third arm. Perhaps he doesn't make it. Perhaps Jinx does?
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Maybe, just maybe, Jinx - Powder - is the one to fix Viktor, and flip the cog of fate once again.
Now in Episode 6 we already get foreshadowing that it'll be singe - not Jinx - who saves Viktor by imbuing him with the ultimate shimmer from Warwick/Vander - stabilising him. He says it in the episode, but Viktor refuses to sacrifice Vander in the name of creating the ultimate weapon of destruction.
"It would destroy him."
Viktor's potential for destruction goes hand in hand with Jinx's.
Its even foreshadowed in both the cards. The red/pink eyes of the machine herald foreshadowing shimmer. And the shadow being imbued into the chest of the dead skeleton (Viktor) looks an awful lot like Warwick; the beast that traps Vander.
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So why am I talking about Jinx saving Viktor if I'm so certain its Singe? Well I'm certain Singe will bring Viktor back to life, to be used as a weapon. That seems like the most likely outcome.
But like Viktor was saying about Vander "He's not a specimen, he's a man." Viktor was doing everything in his power to save Vander's humanity. So yes Singe will bring the machine herald back most likely - even if I think it'd be thematically cool for it to be Jinx - but I think Jinx will save Viktor. Save the man, the humanity. Be the big fat hero.
Jinx was a girl imbued with Shimmer, and despite having monstrous abilities and doing monstrous things, her humanity has still survived.
I could be wrong, I most likely am, but the the thing that's getting to me is this...
Figure 5 - The Broken Infinity.
At the centre of Viktor's chest, in the middle of Jayce's death blow and Jinx's cog of creation & destruction, is a symbol.
Now a diagonal infinity symbol is associated with the Firelights. Ekko. The boy who shattered time.
Broken Infinity? Shattered time? Seems to go hand in hand.
Though Ekko's symbol is a whole infinity, more akin to a Z than an ongoing X.
There are plenty of theories Ekko will play a role in Viktor's fate and the fate of everyone by rewinding time somehow. And the multiple shots of the coin rolling support that to an extend. Rewind time, change fate, change the flip of the cog. And I agree, I think Ekko is going to have a role to play. But there's also another character who fits with this symbol, who uses shimmer to move faster than humanly possible and defy fate time and time again. Who is the fulcrum of fate in the eyes of the story, the catalyst of everything. And only one character who has solely been associated with a broken infinity symbol before.
Jinx. That's Jinx's symbol. Her champion tag.
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Jinx's symbol, right at the centre of Viktors chest. And this line to Jinx from Viktor...
"You have much to offer this commune, Powder. Your talents could be used to build instead of destroy."
And the line from Singe, about Viktor's fate being tied to the commune. Viktor IS the commune, he's the centre of it all. The one who can make the dream of Zaun - Vander's dream - a reality. And that line foreshadowed Jinx using her talents to help the commune. To help Viktor.
Hell, she was technically the reason he "died" in the first place. She fired the rocket that nearly killed him. Wouldn't it be poetic story telling if she was the one who saved him in the end?
I can't wait for Saturday.
I believe whatever happens, Viktor and Jinx's fates are inextricably bound.
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tempo-takoyaki Ā· 1 year ago
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Heaven Official's Blessing except I haven't read the book, remember nothing of the donghua, and saw a few spoilers.
This is the first part of this relatively long project in which I attempt to retell what I remember of TGCF before I read the books. For this project, I have to do everything from memory, so I can't look at references for the characters, or see summary of any sorts. BUT! I do want to enjoy this story as much as possible when I DO read it. So please avoid spoilers as much as possible in the replies, the reblogs and the tags (I can see them all).
Hope you enjoy it !
First Part | >>Next Part>> | Final Part
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vqlentinesdqy Ā· 6 months ago
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is this meme still relevant
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explodingstarlight Ā· 2 years ago
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returning to my baby donnie roots
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lavenderspence Ā· 4 months ago
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you know, I find it extremely funny, how some of you all come on here whining about the smut to angst and fluff ratio, but don't bother to engage with the content you all demand writers write for you.
I don't know if anyone's noticed, but there's been a big ass drop in interactions for angst and fluff fics (fluff specifically, and I speak from experience).
so, before you all bash on smut writers, and make demands, how about you show some love to the already exciting fics that writers push out for you every day.
and before you all come to bash on writers for wishing people interacted more with their works, remember. fanfic is a free labor, the least you can do as a thank you, is show the writer some love. Okay?
woke up and decided to be controversial today, go me
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pettyprocrastination Ā· 2 years ago
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whoever this beloved anon was I am so touched by your kindness! You definitely didnā€™t have to do this but I am so happy you enjoy this idea and I will happily expand upon it for you!
this is just a collection of word vomit bullet points for the time being but I will happily answer any and all questions about this pair!!
warnings: violence, angst, child death (Sarah Miller), foul language, the same warnings that apply to tlou, reader is Sarah's mom and described as having similar features to her.Ā 
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So the general Idea is that you and Joel are happily married before the outbreak.Ā 
You had been Sarah's mother, his high school sweetheart he got pregnant when neither of you were old enough to have any reaction to the pregnancy test other than a fucking panic attack in one anotherā€™s arms. but you made it workĀ 
you both worked but made time for one another and your sweet girl, going to museums every other weekend and joel insisting on swooping you off for a date every now and thenĀ 
nothing special. He knows youā€™re more of a diner gal than anything too fancy that makes you both feel out of place.Ā 
On his birthday in 2003, you had planned to tell him that you were pregnant again. But the memories of your own fears of motherhood from all those years ago begin to swirl through your head again and you get cold feel. deciding to tell him the morning after
it is his birthday afterall, you want to focus on him.Ā 
but when youā€™re woken up in the middle of the night because tommy needs to get bailed out, Joel kisses you sweetly one last time before promising heā€™ll be back and you canā€™t shake the feeling that something bad is happening.Ā 
its you that shakes sarah awake that night. shouting at her to put on her shoes when sheā€™s still rubbing the sleep from her eyes because youā€™ve been listening to the radio for the past two hours, calling joel again and again and again praying for him to fucking pick up but to no avail.Ā 
Sarah, bless your little girlā€™s bleeding heart is the one who insists you check on the adlerā€™s against your better suspicions and when you find the eldest looming over her daughter, blood and sinew dripping from her mouth, you grab your daughter hand and burst into a full sprint until something slams into your back and sends you tumbling onto their front lawn
its how joel finds you, struggling to keep the once sweet old woman, whose now nothing more than dead eyes and gnashing teeth straining to snap at your pulse point as you push against her while sarah shrieks before your husband runs forward and cracks her skull with a wrench.Ā 
thereā€™s hardly a moment of pause, just enough for him to pull you up and into his arms before heā€™s ushering you both into the car with an urgency.Ā 
when the truck crashes, you get separated from them. Perhaps at Tommyā€™s side when the flames rise and create a wall, separating you from your husband, or maybe pulled into the mob of chaos when trying to escape from those already infected-
all joel knows is that you promise youā€™ll find him: just get sarah to safety and youā€™ll meet him at the river
Poor thing is already so frightened, held in her fatherā€™s arms with tears streaming down her face insisting they canā€™t leave you they just canā€™t but her father kisses her forehead and reassures her its going to be okayĀ 
ā€œwe just need to be brave, okay babygirl? Your mamaā€™s real tough, sheā€™s gonna be alright.ā€Ā 
he isnā€™t sure if heā€™s saying it to his daughter or himself.Ā 
but when he comes to the river you arenā€™t there. Only a soldier who points a gun at the scared little girl in his arms and then he loses everything
its when the light is gone from his daughterā€™s eyes that he realizes. His voice cracked and raw from sobbing that he looks around to see his brother with drawn in shoulders and tears in his eyes but his wife is nowhere to be found.Ā 
Tommy says you got lost in the chaos. Everything was so loud, so sudden that he turned around and suddenly you werenā€™t there.Ā 
Joel wants to go back but its Tommy that stops him, that dulls the red in his vision to a sad faded pink because his brother points at the orange horizon not too far from them, so much of the city is already in flames.Ā 
ā€œWeā€™re gonna find her, but not there.ā€Ā 
So Joel searches. for the first year spent in the world post-outbreak its all he did.Ā 
He became a smuggler because of it.Ā 
Information came at a price and he needed to be able to fucking pay it, whether it be in blood or ration cards. He was willing to do anything to find you or any thin thread that lead your way.Ā 
But itā€™s Tommy that asks him to give up. Not in those words of course.Ā 
The youngest Miller knows better than to say something so cruel that would make his brother, the only person he has in this world turn on him.Ā 
But his voice is worried when he asks him one night in Boston when he hasnā€™t even had the chance to wash the blood from his knucklesĀ 
ā€œYou think she would have wanted this for you?ā€Ā 
the fight that followed his words wasĀ brutal. Vicious insults and scarred fists slamming against each brother until they're both too tired and bloody to continue. Each leaning against a wall for support and Tommyā€™s wavering voice breaking the silence.Ā 
ā€œI donā€™t know where she is, Joel. But I do know you're gonna get yourself killed if you keep lookinā€™ for her.ā€Ā 
All he can do is nod.Ā 
Itā€™s a few days later when he meets Tess. Who has heard plenty of stories about the elder millerā€™s brutality and wants him to put that muscle to good use for some extra profit.Ā 
It begins his new life. One that empty and cold but one he can live.Ā 
Until of course, Ellie comes along. The sweet and incredibly opinionated girl that makes him become something akin to the man he thought died twenty years ago.Ā 
its when heā€™s traveling with Ellie, that it happens. When a warm familiarity has settled between the two because so much blood and pain has been shared he canā€™t help but see her as something close, something bright even though all he can force himself to utter in her reference isĀ ā€œcargoā€Ā 
when theyre traveling through the woods as Ellie chatters away, probing his memory about a movie that may or may not have existed thirty years ago because her descriptions of the plot are incredibly odd he hears a voice shout for them to stop and finds himself staring at a man- no, a boy- pointing a gun at them.Ā 
Ellie stills, but Joel can see enough to know that from the lanky figure and dimpled face that heā€™s young. Maybe twenty, twenty-two at the oldest, but his eyes dart from Joel to Ellie with a pinprick of fear that allows Joel the time to charge forward and slam him to the ground before wrestling the gun from his hands.Ā 
He has enough to time to tuck it under the strangerā€™s chin before he hears the sound of the safety being turned off and finds himself looking up and seeing a gun just inches from his face.Ā 
Joelā€™s head whips around when Ellieā€™s voice calls out his name in fear, he turns to see another stranger holding her a gun point, shoulders drawn back and a shadow cast over their face by the had obstructing their identity.Ā 
ā€œYou hurt one of mine, I hurt one of yours. That a fair deal?ā€Ā 
Its takes him a moment to recognize you. Itā€™s been so long since heā€™s heard your voice, the sweet tease when you would poke at him each time he woke up late despite the fact that you reminded him to set his alarm the night before, the times youā€™d chide him with a harshĀ ā€œJoel Miller!ā€ whispered in public anytime he was able to grab you a bit too passionately to be appropriate in public but the laughter in your voice let him know you were never truly mad at him. You didnā€™t know how to be.Ā 
But that sweetness is buried under a cold rasp that cuts through the air as you point a rifle at the scared little girl in front of you.
ā€œYou think I wonā€™t?ā€ Youā€™re older now, skin covered in scars from a life he didnā€™t know you got the chance to live and your eyes are cold as they regard your husband.Ā ā€œPut the gun down and get the fuck off of him, I wonā€™t repeat myself.ā€Ā 
Joel mumbles your name in awe. The woman he loved, the woman he mourned the one he fought so hard to find stands before him like some sort of hallucination and suddenly the world feels like its spinning until you bark orders at him again.Ā 
ā€œYouā€™ve got five seconds Joel, make a fucking choice before I make it for you.ā€Ā 
He looks down and realizes the boy under him, the one with the bleeding nose and snarling face has your eyes and his dimples.Ā 
ā€œOne.ā€Ā 
The one above him has Sarahā€™s hair. Soft brown curls that shine under the sun.Ā 
ā€œTwoā€
Wait. No, they both do.
ā€œThree.ā€Ā 
Twins. Jesus fucking Christ you had twins.Ā 
ā€œFour.ā€Ā 
Joel holds the rifle up above his head and the one boy standing snatches it from his grasp, tossing it to the ground and kicking it far from his reach. He slowly stands, allowing your son- dear god your son- to scramble to his feet.Ā 
Your voice softens just for a moment.Ā ā€œYou okay, Duke?ā€Ā 
Blood stains the bottom half of his face from where Joel slammed his fist into the boyā€™s nose just moments before, but he nods nonetheless.Ā 
Now, they both stand on one side of you and he can see the resemblance clear as day the same way he would whenever Sarah was by your side.
When you order him to hand over his bag, he does so without question before telling Ellie to do the same.Ā 
She watches him with wide eyes, her hands still up in the air but gaping at her companion as if he had grown a second head.Ā 
ā€œJoel!ā€Ā ā€œJust do it, alright?ā€
He doesnā€™t miss the way you watch their interaction with narrowed eyes until she tosses her bag to you and you slowly lower your gun.Ā 
ā€œNow, you want to tell me what the fuck you think youā€™re doinā€™ at my home?ā€Ā 
#joel miller x reader#joel miller x you#i had an idea of something similar for tommy but on outbreak night he uh. abandons you instead of getting separated from you#because. angst :D#people say nice things#this was incredibly generous of you anon thank you so so much!#i may get myself a little starbucks drink this week now because I havent had starbucks since like january 1st lol#joel reeling from taking in all this information and also realizing he suckerpunched HIS OWN KID#id like to apologize for all the grammatical issues with this. this is just a bulletpoint word vomit to get my thoughts on the page before-#-beginning the actual fic. also I have to do a midterm tonight and this is my treat to myself hehe#but yes. joel getting separated from his wife on outbreak night and having to accept that shes probably dead#meanwhile youve lived this entire life without him because you think HES dead ad raising your boys all on your own#which just- further digs into his insecurities about failing in his role as a protector#he couldn't save sarah. he can't save ellie and he couldn't even save you#he thinks about you pregnant and alone. fending for yourselfĀ in a world full of infected and raiders and his chest grows tight again#this is all followed by Ellie going >:O 'you KNOW THIS PSYCHO?'and then joel immediately snapping at her to WATCH HER MOUTH#because that kid has no filter and he has to explain that youre his wife#anyways joels wife is a badass mfer who also maybe has a little garden and some chickens that you and your boys take care of <3 yeah .#reunion tag#ill be using that for this specific couple because I dont have a fic title yet but if anybody has suggestions!
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beyondfatal Ā· 4 months ago
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uhhhh first time i draw crk characters despite playing since 2022 yay
this took a while.....
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valewritessss Ā· 5 months ago
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When people say Annabeth was an unreliable narrator and her stepmom was actually nice to herā€¦
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souenkun Ā· 6 months ago
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PokƩmon Masters EX spoilers ahead!
Kabu likes to play TAG with his pokemon... and he's shown to have a much softer side beneath his strictness in pokemas too... he's so grandpa-shaped to me šŸ˜­šŸ’–
#you guys have to know that today has been an eventful day for me. like... non-stop serotonin because I got one good news after another#(i celebrated my ultimate ship's day + speed-run and sacrificed sleep to post 2 fics for today's sake + successfully bought prints of said#ship with two of my bird app friends + successfully secured a birthday cafe event for a character in my city where i can meet said friends)#like. my heart was in OVERDRIVE šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­ adding kabu to the lodge has me falling off the bed from how much i giggled and rolled on it šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­#i need to replay swsh but i swear he wasn't this gentle and caring in the games šŸ˜­šŸ’— like this scary old grandpa is actually very soft šŸ„ŗšŸ«¶#my head is spinning from thinking about how good his gym trainers' morales are with him keeping it up. or how he must be well-loved in#motostoke for not just being an encouraging gym leader but also an approachable and kind citizen. no wonder nessa and milo regularly hangs#out with kabu and that he and raihan are tor-colleagues šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­ he's actually so earnest in showing that he cares for others with each line#ossan you have to tell me which of your pokemon plays tag the best!!! and is that how you wind down after training!!! šŸ˜­šŸ’—#giving pokemas writers a big smooch on their foreheads because they're so genius for this man. yes it is a cash grab but they're doing kabu#sooo much justice too with each of his appearance... like yeah take my gems for once! you actually did a splendid job for my favorite ojisa#i don't know if i'm just still a 6 y.o girlie loving kazuhiko inoue's kakashi or i'm just itching for familial tenderness but man. he's suc#a comfort character to me now... i didn't expect that in 2024 but i'm grateful i could pull him and enjoy talks with this ossan now šŸ„ŗšŸ«¶#gym leader kabu#pokemon kabu#pokemon sword and shield#pokemon swsh#pokemon masters ex#pokemas#pmex#pokemon masters ex spoilers#pmex spoilers#pokemas spoilers#swsh#galar#pasio#trainer lodge
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shouldprobablybereading Ā· 9 months ago
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Because Iā€™m tired over parenting debates where the only true answer is Straff, whoā€™s the worst sibling?
Motivations under the cut:
Reen - Was physically and psychologically abusive towards his sister.
Zane - Tried to have his brother assasinated and tried to make his sister in law fall in love with him because he was jealous and when she didn't reciprocrate tried to kill her as well. Also got multiple of his other siblings killed during the previously mentioned assassination attempt.
Gavilar - Used his brother as a weapon and then used his following ptsd and addiction as a way to manipulate him. He also persued the girl he knew his brother wanted to court.
Dalinar - Was about to kill his brother once, got drunk and didnā€™t listen during his meetings and eventually fucked his widow (which is good for her but I imagine Gavilar would take issue).
Telsin - Faked her death, killed her brother, then tried to nuke his home city.
Eventeo - Took the throne from his brother and banished him.
Kiin - Tried to take the throne back from his brother by force.
Balat - Let his sister deal with their family problems and feel responsible for him and their brothers despite being the youngest.
Helaran - Left his siblings alone with their abusive father.
Kelsier - Died? And fought over a girl.
Venli - Set off events that led to her sisters death, kinda. Idk it's not her I just wanted more women on the list.
Prime Elhokar - Had one of his sisters closest allies murdered in front of her. Basically locked her up so she couldn't tell anyone and then married her off to Sadeas/Amaram against her wishes.
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