#adore this whole set up

[emeraldxphoenix]

@lightsiided contined from here

A shrug. Joking about a pregnancy is nowhere near as beneath Loki as it seems to be beneath their sister-in-law, but then the trickster’s parameters for what is acceptable have always been skewed. Loki loves Rey’s children. Loves them more than they ever thought possible – especially with their, at times unfortunate, experience of family. Loves every smile, every hand that reaches for them, every act of minor destruction (deliberate or accidental). Still, having four is a bit much, isn’t it? Or is it perfectly normal? The god has to concede that, realistically, they don’t have a clue.

“I never said it was bad news, I just didn’t think you were serious.” Fingers reach out to their nephew, wiggling and glowing a soft green in an attempt to gain his attention. “Though I’m not sure that keeping my brother busy would be considered the ‘right’ reason to have another child. Can’t you get an animal for that?” Seeing Freyr begin to lose interest in their fingers, Loki reaches out both hands and plucks their nephew from Rey’s arms. Eyes briefly flash emerald, summoning the illusion of a small snake into the toddler’s hands, green and black body wrapping round pudgy fingers, sliding away out of his reach as the boy squeals and tries to grab at it. “On second thoughts, don’t do that; an animal would smell worse than Thor.”

It’s all front of course; anyone with eyes can see how much the God of Stories adores their nephew and nieces, and would gladly welcome another into their life. But speaking plainly of their feelings has never come easy to Loki. Even after all this time, concealment and misdirection come easier to them than honesty. Perhaps it’s just who they are. Hopefully Rey understands.

Hands busy themselves with adjusting their hold on Freyr, allowing Loki an excuse to direct his “you know I’m pleased for you, sister,” to the floor instead of the woman in front of him. They avoid eye contact until the toddler is settled against one hip, supported by the god’s right arm while he plays with the serpentine illusion, and until their right hand is halfway across the space between them, heading for Rey’s stomach. Then their gaze lifts, tongue escaping to wet dry lips before they speak. “May I?”

[gummi-ships]

Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance - The Grid

[secriden]

rewatching love sea and i've got some episode 1 mahasamut thoughts:

i'm so appreciative of how much we get to see of mahasamut being an important part of the island community in this episode. its character establishing/quick scenes but we see a consistent thread of kindness, gentle and good humoured interactions, and just overall helpfulness to others. you see him having fun with palm who is younger and clearly loves and respects mahasamut. you see how he knows and cares for different people in very personal ways.

another thing epsiode 1 does a good job of doing is establishing how intelligent mahasamut is both intellectually and emotionally.

he instantly clocks on that tongrak thinks the island/mahasamut is "beneath" him. tongrak is a jerk from the get go, acting as if because he's rich (his focus on how expensive his suitcases are) he can treat mahasamut like crap. he assumes mahasamut can't speak/understand the central dialect and openly makes disparaging comments about his intelligence.

but rather than getting annoyed/offended, he weaponises the prejudice and leans into it to annoy tongrak. he doubles down onto the Southern dialect (even after he reveals he can speak Central). when tongrak whines about not understanding him, mahasamut just repeats himself but slower (such a good allusion to when people yell at you slower and more loudly as if that will magically make you understand English better). he leans into the whole 'small town awed at the fair skin of the city boy' act (masterful depiction of someone weaponising the 'dumb country hick' stereotype).

mahasamut just has such a good handle on tongrak from the start and it really showcases how smart and intuitive he is; like he instinctively knows how to handle this feral cat of a human being that tongrak is (i say this with complete affection).

his handling of tongrak is so incredibly effective and it throws tongrak so off his game that he looses all cool and just blurts out how baffled he is by mahasamut's reactions to him. this tells us (and mahasamut) that not only is tongrak aware that he's being a jerk, he's doing it on purpose because this usually works to drive people away. but it doesn't and never will work on mahasamut and the show lays the foundations of this aspect of mahasamut's character right from the start.

but whilst mahasamut remains unfazed by tongrak's bitchiness (for lack of a better term), we also see that he is not going to be a pushover either (and i love that he never becomes that even after he falls in love; in this, mahasamut's character is wonderfully consistent). he isn't shy about calling out tongrak for his poor behaviour/rudeness. he specifically points out that tongrak's been acting like a spoiled pet (or child).

(this is an aside, but) tongrak's (peat's) fist looks so tiny in mahasamut's (fort's) palm here i giggled. it's just... so ineffective. plus the way peat played it, it looks like tongrak tried to put some force into that hit but mahsamut is completely unaffected. very stoppable force meets unmovable wall. just. hilarious.

but also!! whilst all that is going on, mahasamut is also doing a really good job of taking care of tongrak. when he enters tongrak's room, he first cleans up after the tornado of trash and beer bottles, puts away his clothes properly, then brings tongrak out to get some proper food in him (it's not his fault that tongrak only has a single lettuce leaf; he tried). mahasamut takes him out on the boat to relax him and give him inspiration for his novel. and when he realises that tongrak's genuinely scared and upset and not just being a pain, mahasamut actually treats that with sincere care and concern, apologising and comforting him (in the novel, apparently tongrak slaps him and he still responds only with care and comfort). he's so incredibly gentle with tongrak here.

later in the series we see how much of their relationship development hinges on the the juxtaposition of words vs actions because neither of them put much stock by words (tongrak, because its the tools of his trade and he knows how they can be used to deceive; mahasamut because he never cares what people say about him) but episode 1 does a great job of establish just how good mahasamut is going to be at showing his love for tongrak once he gets there.

[eveh-koko]

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[rosalie-starfall]

Chappell Roan

I Heard You Like ✨Magic✨ I Got A Wand And A Rabbit! 💋

Red Wine Supernova

[beegriffs]

These two goofs 😍

[xskyll]

Page 15, for the second time! Apologies to those that saw the version I posted last night with the typo. My days lately have been busy, so sometimes I feel a bit brain foggy. A couple of people left comments on either here or Twitter and it killed me to delete everything. ;_;

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[averlym]

some very very quick costume shorthands!

[the-jade-jester27]

I think I was in the early stages of burnout cuz I was playing Splatoon so much and I suddenly just sucked So Bad but now that Grandfest has started it has made me good again

[seaweedstarshine]

You know that time in the comics when the Doctor is so depressed, he shuts off the lights, turns on an interrogation spotlight, locks himself in the console room, and argues with a bunch of judgmental shadow-figures resembling his past incarnations?

And all the TARDIS' lights go out and her interior becomes a maze to keep his companions out of the console room, all from her psychic connection with the Doctor (“moodbleed”)?

And his companions are left wandering in circles for two days as the air goes “stale,” not knowing where he is but thinking the worst, while he hallucinates in a dark room?

...because I'm thinking again about the times this definitely happened when he was with the Ponds.

[soapcan18]

I’ve said this before but I love how Through the Deep, Dark Valley resolves it’s own narrative but also sets up and leaves loose ends for Dear Wormwood! It’s so cool, especially since Dear Wormwood is the official “sequel” to TTDDV. Seeing everything as far back as Like The Dawn finally be resolved is soo satisfying.

[squarebracketsmileyface]

Jay and Tim are being cute in chapter three of If It Ain't Broken, who gave them permission to do that? In my Jaylex angst fic as well? How dare they!

[aibafiles]

can confirm that rain code was mid! the late game had some good moments, but not enough to justify the rest of the game imo

i liked some of the ideas the game was setting up and i'm still curious to see how the game sticks the landing but yeah there's also been. some bullshit

[wmnylander]

the reaction to the NHL bringing 4 teams to sweden has been something that's been bugging me for the last few days like no, you don't need to 'grow the game' in sweden. everyone knows that there's already a steadfast loyalty and enjoyment of hockey there. but have any of the north american old men with (unfortunately) access to the internet thought about how accessible these games are to other european fans?? even some fans from non-european countries?? how it's easier for people not in canada/the us to enjoy literally 2 whole games because they're at a normal/manageable time?? that's how you grow the game. it's how you grow any sport. losers.

[fragmentedblade]

Torn between "they're woobifying Aventurine too much to appeal to people who can't stand the idea of liking villainous characters" and "they're heathclif.fying Aventurine and that's catnip to me"

[un-pearable]

this is just really really good. orz