#an absolute travesty
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This has been commented on many times in this fandom, but I'm using it as a springboard for my own brainrot Raphael really is just like his daddy. There's the obvious stuff—the narcissism, the dramatics, the convoluted plots and just the general messy bitchery—but there's also the stuff under the surface. Both have massive inferiority complexes, both are extremely envious and power-hungry (Mephistopheles in particular for the envy part, but we'll touch on that later), and both act extremely obsessive towards certain tools, goals, and—most relevant to this post—people.
Now Raphael is definitely weird towards Tav/Durge, but it's a bit more ambiguous as to whether he's obsessed with them in particular or just sees them as a means to an end. The situation with Hope, on the other hand, is quite explicit. Raphael is obsessed with her, even naming his home after her, but there's not really anything material he gets out of her. Him imprisoning and torturing her is not a means to an end, he just does it because he's a sadist. He wants her attention, he is entertained by her defiance, he wants to break her—he both loves and loathes her.
And what do you know! Raphael's thing towards Hope is kinda similar to how Mephistopheles acts with his object of obsession—Asmodeus. Now, if you need to know anything about Mephisto's character, it's that he's envious. Envious towards his peers, envious towards his betters, even envious towards his inferiors—he resents that others' have what he does not. Even Martinet, Asmodeus' unflappable constable, thinks so: "Were Mephistopheles to become the King of Hell, it would take him less than an hour to start wondering why he wasn’t also ruler of Mount Celestia." (Guide to Hell, p. 45)
The #1 target of Mephisto's envy is Asmodeus. The man is capital-o Obsessed with him, ya'll. Asmo is on his mind 24/7, haunting his every thought. He lives rent-free in Mephisto's head.
Mephisto is the silver medal to Asmo's golden 1st place. Eternally living in his shadow, the Starscream to Asmo's Megatron. He is always one step behind him—like, Mephistopheles has been trying to become a god for a while now, and just when he was about to succeed, the spellplague happened and Asmodeus ate the god Azuth like an energy bar, snatching up godhood by sheer luck. And then, of course, Mephisto's godhood plan fell through so now the power divide between them is even greater than it was before.
Bro tries so hard and it just doesn't work. Like, when Mephisto was going through his rebrand phase as the Lord of Hellfire, he changed his appearance to that of the "quintessential devil". But all that ended up doing is making mortals confused about who exactly he is—a lot of mortals straight up think he is Asmodeus. Like, to the point that Asmo just went "you're the manager of my cults now lol", so now the distinction between the two is even more blurry. Also, Mephisto's wife is straight up closer to Asmo than she is to him (see my Baalphegor post), which is just another spit in the face. Bro cannot win. (This ties into another similarity between him and his son; Raphael clearly got the loser gene from him.)
Now, obviously the situation between Raphael and Hope is very different than Mephisto's relationship towards Asmo—Hope is Raphael's captive, while Asmo is Mephisto's boss; Hope's life has been upended and tormented by Raphael, while Mephisto is at most an annoyance towards Asmo (bro has repeatedly told Asmo to his face that he would usurp him and Asmo is just like "whatever, dude")—but the level of obsession is similar. Raphael hates hope but is also desperate for her affection, Mephistopheles loathes and envies Asmodeus but is also his greatest ally. Both are desperate to fu—*ahem* both are psycho-sexually obsessed with them.
So, yeah. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
TLDR: Raphael inherited his psycho-sexually obsessive tendencies from his daddy lol. Also you should really read the lore about Asmodeus and Mephistopheles' relationship because it's actually insane y'all. Like this shit was made for the gays people.
#this post was an excuse to rant about mephisto and asmo#the relationship between them is hilarious and fucking crazy#and no one is talking about it#there is only one (1) Asmo/Mephisto fic on ao3#an absolute travesty#bg3#bg3 raphael#raphael bg3#hope hearthflame#mephistopheles dnd#mephistopheles#asmodeus dnd#asmodeus#nine hells of baator#nine hells#archdevils#dnd#shelley's overdramatic character analysis
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i can’t believe jim is missing all this PK time
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@dreamse sent 📸 for 3 - 5 pictures 𝐈𝐑𝐈𝐒 has of 𝐉𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐇 .
𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝐎𝐍𝐄 taken a couple of days after she'd settled in hollywood , the morning he said he wanted her to be his hair stylist . needless to say , she took it just so she could send it to ricci and say that she's onto to bigger and better things . also needless to say , the phone got taken off her promptly after so she didn't get herself into more trouble 😭
𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝐓𝐖𝐎 after his team brought up the idea of them starting a pr relationship , they told iris that she could do with posting some pictures of him on her social media to sell it a little more , so she took this when they went out for a little drive after she got in a Mood at that comment and took this picture out of spite .
𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐄 she was being a pain in the ass before getting out of the car to get them some water , during which time he took the opportunity to take some selfies on her phone so she would come back to a little surprise . she made sure to tell him that he needed a shave which was really just to mask the fact that she was crumbling .
𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑 in a softer moment , which was nothing to do with the pr relationship but because they were just spending time together . she took this because she was liking the way he was looking at her , and it never made it's way to any of her social media . she's keeping this one for herself .
#◜ ⁝ ⋆ 𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏 ٫ iris & jonah .#she's a headache but she's lowkey in love <3#also icb u deprived me AND her of buzzcut michael#an absolute travesty
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i really just. still cant believe they saw that wig on his head and said 'yeah good enough' then filmed 8 episodes with it
#like surely they had eyes?#im literally on episode one and already its looked like a different wig in every shot. why did no one intervene#an absolute travesty#the hair dep need to be serious for s5 like its not even a joke#mine
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Pauline? Pauliiiine?
Why does Drinian have a globe? 🌍
Isn't Narnia canonically flat? 🗺️
Isn't that definitively established in This Very Book? 🤔
(Round Narnia conspiracy theory when?)
#this is so silly#but like#cmon#this is worse than if Elrond had a globe#at least middle earth is flat Only For Elves#narnia is Equally Flat for All#narnia#pontifications and creations#silly#also Caspian should absolutely be geeking out over the globe#the fact that there's a globe and no heart-eyes caspian next to it is a travesty
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Duncan is now HEARTBROKEN from the lack of proper naked cat representation 😭
How is he supposed to see role models of naked cats in the media now that His Majesty has FUR!!
This was his expression when I broke the news to him…
his majesty has fur now
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🎃👻🔥Halloween Hot Take: 🔥👻🎃
Why does Joel Glicker, Wednesday’s nerd boyfriend from Camp Chippewa in ‘Addams Family Values,’ look like a young Egon Spengler?
#I smell a fic that absolutely no one asked for#seriously tho does anyone else see the resemblance?#he obviously collects spores mold and fungus#egon spengler#wednesday addams#Also nerd kid’s name is Joel Glicker#didn’t know that until I googled it#as many times as I’ve watched that movie#a travesty#addams family#the addams family#addams family values#ghostbusters#ghostbusters 2#ghostbusters afterlife#Egon Spengler ghostbusters#the resemblance is uncanny#halloween#Halloween hot take#spooky movies#spooky season#joel glicker#and just like that a fanfic idea is born#shit I’mma have to make a whole separate post about it
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The degree to which Davos and Brienne are going to become reluctant BFFs, because their lieges keep coming to them complaining about each other, is UNREAL
or, more from this fic that's slowly eating my life
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Their journey to the Northern army's camp had revealed a great deal about Lady Stark and her lords and petty chieftains: their patronizing generosity, their gruff suspicion of outsiders, and above all their mind-boggling obstinacy. Ned and Lyanna had been much the same, from what he remembered, and Stannis had seen shades of it in Jon Snow, though couched more gently than he'd expected from a bastard. He'd imagined — insofar as he'd imagined her at all — that Lady Stark would be gentler still, her mother's line warming that chilled Northern blood.
He had been disastrously mistaken. It was a wonder only one Stark had survived, but it was already clear that she had gathered the entire share of Stark mulishness.
"I have conditions, Your Grace," said Lady Stark. "If this alliance is to succeed in retaking Winterfell, I feel it right that you hear them." She placed the parchment in her hand carefully on his table and stepped back, hands folded primly.
She had requested, and been granted, this conference shortly after Stannis's army had made camp alongside the Northern soldiers. Stannis's tent had barely been erected when she came to him with this parchment, her wolf, and a determined expression. He had thought he'd listened to her enough on the journey as she'd prattled away with Shireen, but he was in the mood to be permissive.
Reading through her list of demands, he could feel the headache building along his jaw and up through his skull. "Have you lost your mind?" he said, for the second time in a week to an unreasonable woman.
Melisandre had brushed his question aside, but Lady Stark was not made of such supple stuff; she stiffened and glowered at him. "That is a peculiar way to agree to my terms, Your Grace."
"Your terms are rather more than peculiar, my lady," he said, tossing the parchment back on the table.
In truth, the first one was not so peculiar: it said that should they regain the Keep, he would recognize Sansa Stark as Lady of Winterfell and Warden of the North in her own right. He would not pass her over in favor of some lesser Northern male relative, nor would he obligate her to marry and rule only as companion to her husband. Considering Stannis's own intention to ensure Shireen sat on the Iron Throne after his death, he could hardly begrudge her this.
Considering the other two stipulations, however, he felt very much inclined to begrudge her everything.
"Supposing your younger brothers turn up?" he asked, thrusting his chin at the parchment. "Or Jon Snow is legitimized?"
This question didn't faze her, he suspected because it was a question of logistics and protocol rather than a personal remark. "If Jon is made legitimate, I don't believe he would want Winterfell—"
"Duty is not a question of wanting, Lady Stark," he reminded her. "And the Lord Commander is—"
"The Lord Commander, as you say, is the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch," she retorted. "His life has already been pledged to the Wall. If he didn't abandon that cause in aid of my brother Robb, he won't abandon it now."
Stannis observed her. There was bitterness there, certainly, though less than he would have thought. Lady Stark clearly understood the ties that bound men to their duty, even if she did not like them.
"However," she continued, "Should any of my brothers wish to make a claim to Winterfell in my place, I won't stand against them." She paused for a moment, and added, "I have no wish to die at their hands out of misplaced pride."
Stannis clenched his jaw but let that go for the moment — it would be addressed soon enough. "You call me 'Your Grace,'" he said, tapping at the parchment, "Yet your second stipulation says that you will not bend the knee to me, even if I regain Winterfell for you."
"No, it says that I will not bend the knee to any claimant to the throne until they hold the majority of the kingdoms," she shot back. "The Lannisters hold the Crownlands, the Westerlands and the Reach at present. The Riverlands are still in chaos, the Vale has withdrawn from all alliances to sulk in their mountains, and both Dorne and the Iron Islands have declared for themselves, more or less. You can, at best, claim that the Stormlands still support you, though I've seen no evidence for it — they didn't march under your banner at first, did they?"
That was the second time she had brought up Renly, however obliquely. If she were trying to drive him mad, she couldn't go about it any better. "When I hold the North, my lady, I will have more land—"
"Setting aside the notion that it will be you alone who holds the North, you'll have more land and fewer men than any other region. If you wish to win against the Lannisters, you'll need more than mountains and glaciers fighting your battles. And if I wish to be Warden of the North, I can't keep the respect of my lords by swearing fealty to a man who has yet to earn it."
"I could have you burned for such talk," he said, getting to his feet and pouring himself some water, hoping it would ease the throbbing in his head.
"You don't burn nobles, you behead them," she replied cooly. "I should know. I was there when the Lannisters took my own father's head for supporting your claim to the Iron Throne. I have no intention of sharing his fate." She took a deep breath, and only then did he note that her hands had been clenched together, her right covering the balled-up fist of her left. "I won't take arms against you now or in the future, on that I give my word."
"And if I do have you beheaded?" he asked, putting the tin cup down before he crumpled it in his hand.
It seemed to amuse her. "Then my words will mean even less than they do now."
"They mean nothing, because you will not give them!" He pinched his nose and attempted to regain his composure. Surprisingly difficult, with this — child.
She regarded him for a moment. "You call me Lady Stark, Your Grace," she said, "but tell me, have you heard anyone else call me that?"
Stannis, thrown by the question, was forced to consider it. In truth, he had heard only Lady Sansa, though said with more reverence by her men and lords than he could ever recall being addressed himself. "You are Lady Stark."
"Not without Winterfell," she said, shaking her head. "It's more than just the home of the Starks, it is our…place in the world. We belong nowhere else. Just as there must always be a Stark at Winterfell, so too do we need Winterfell to truly be Starks." She gave him a pointed look. "Just as Your Grace needs the Iron Throne, and the fealty of all the Seven Kingdoms, to truly be king."
She was wrong, of course, but Stannis felt the same lurch in his belly whenever his footing slipped during a bout. "Perhaps your reticence has something to do with this last stipulation," he said instead, going back to the table and jabbing his finger at the third line. "Falsely accusing a king is treason."
"Is Lady Brienne falsely accusing you, Your Grace?" she asked, smooth as ice. Her hands were still clenched, he noted.
"I was nowhere near Renly's camp when he died," Stannis said, with perfect truth, even as he felt himself balanced on a knife's edge.
He had been nowhere near. He had woken up just before dawn with the lead weight of certainty in his belly, knowing what had happened — what the Red Woman had said must happen — and lying there, staring up at the tent's canvas, he had wept. Wept for the brothers he had loved and who had never loved him back. He would never know if Renly had had a hand in Robert's death; just as he would never know if he himself had had a hand in Renly's. Had he ordered Melisandre to kill him? Had he believed her when she said she could make such a thing come to pass? Davos had begged to tell him of what had happened in the cave that night, what monstrous thing the Red Woman had done to bring Renly's death about. Stannis had refused to hear it. Perhaps there was a sort of rough justice in facing his accuser now, the only one living who knew the truth.
"Lady Brienne has served me faithfully," said Lady Stark, "and my mother before me, at great cost to herself. I believe her testimony, Your Grace."
"Her testimony that I murdered my own brother."
Lady Stark regarded him steadily. "I will not insult either of you by declaring one more honorable than the other. But when I regain Winterfell, my duty as Warden of the North will be to adjudicate all such matters, and this falls under my purview. Even if you were crowned King of the Seven Kingdoms in the Red Keep itself, the North holds all persons, regardless of title, under its laws while they reside here."
"Renly didn't die in the North," was all he could manage to say.
"He died, Your Grace." Lady Stark looked almost pitying. "And for that, I'm sorry. I know what it is to lose your brothers. But on this point I will not waver."
"Is there any point on which you have?" he asked, curious.
She continued serenely. "Lady Brienne will be permitted to make her accusation publicly; how you respond to it is your affair, but if you prevail, you must give me your word now that she will not be held guilty of treason, nor will she be killed by any member of your party by any means." She put enough emphasis on the last two words to make her meaning plain.
"And if she prevails?" Stannis asked. "Your stipulations do not mention the outcome of the trial, only that it will take place." He smiled grimly. "Your father always said that he who passes the sentence should swing the sword, my lady. Will you behead me yourself?"
"I doubt either of us would find that a pleasant exercise, Your Grace," she said, her lip curling slightly. She didn't blanch, however; young as she was, she had seen worse. Had possibly done worse, if the rumors about the Purple Wedding were true. He'd not asked. "If you are found guilty, then you will ride south. If you win the support of the other kingdoms, the North will bend the knee to you. But you'll never come north of the Neck again. Does that satisfy?"
Stannis glanced down at the parchment again. There it all was, in black and white: the price he must pay for the North. The blasted girl had even provided a space for him to sign at the bottom.
"Not remotely," he said, but reached for his pen.
#got: bitches get stuff done#game of thrones motherfuckers#the more I write these two together the more I'm mad that they never got to meet#same with Tywin and Daenerys#(although that's mostly due to watching too many Charles Dance interviews where he gushes over Clarke's performances)#(as he should!)#but some of the most interesting characters never got a chance to meet and it's a TRAVESTY#anyway#I've read a fair amount of GOT fic and none of them so far have written Stannis-Sansa interactions the way I feel that they would go#which is as you can tell: poorly#just let them be bitches!!! god!!!!!!#also don't even worry brienne is absolutely going to kick stannis's ass even if she doesn't kill him#she should get little an attempted murder as a treat
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the first time you go to bufos classroom and the second time
#there was no reason for it to go this hard can someone throw me at the wall like a wet towel#wizard city#adventure time#not art#love the vague DON'T. sign#just don't. d. 🤚 no#occult containment barrier. what is that thang. whyd they just leave it there for so long.#i love how Day One of classes they are 1. still marking out where choose goose's body was lying in the crime scene and 2. leaving these dan#dangerous things just on the floor everywhere. wizard schools must be an absolute travesty of safety violations fr.#kids with unregulated abilities just running around.
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Jiyan's most dire foe yet: A sapient bubble.
#wuthering waves#jiyan wuwa#this scene took itself so hilariously seriously I love it#I wasn't fast enough to screenshot the BEST part which was the first gulpuff ominously sinking down into the depths while making intense#eye contact with jiyan's back#(and it seems no one else was either)#but I mean this works too#jiyan's the only one who suspects the Great Gulpuff Threat#a terrible and solitary burden to bear#I have no idea what's going on I stopped the game to cackle and make this post#I know exactly what my icon would have been if I'd managed to catch that image though hahaha#I'm trying to get a youtube walkthrough or something to show it but I think if you have autoplay going you don't see it#and ALL of them have autoplay going#absolute travesty#that's the best part
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I mean . . .
#I’d say the food was too beautiful to eat#but it would’ve been a true travesty not to eat it#that salad in particular was absolute perfection#fresh and delicate#catching up on vacation posts#our Wi-Fi got weird toward the end of the trip#NFA had a lot more luck with it than I did
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mama theyre squabbling AGAIN i.e sashas bullying lundy for the nth time and lundy cant defend himself for shit and is trying to be pragmatic about it (x)(x)
#aleksander barkov#anton lundell#florida panthers#it is absolutely criminal no video was taken i need to see if sasha claims can be supported#i would not be surprised if hes right though#either way sasha leave that poor kid alone 😭😭😭#captains privilege is getting to bully the rookie you housed relentlessly till the day you die#captaisn privilege is he has to lie down and take it lest he faces the wrath of the ☺️💢#sorry bud youre gonna have to take one for the team#absolutely hysterical that anytime sasha sees lundy in his peripheral the terminator hub comes up#he must annihilate that child of 01#captain loves lundy so much its a true travesty one of his love languages is teasing the ever loving shit out of him#theres something beautiful about bullying him in a completely different sport your both fans of
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oh folie backpack promo i love you so (part 3, was that good, was that good for you man?)
#fob#fall out boy#patrick stump#pete wentz#folie backpack promo#the absolute travesty that none of these were even in the running for the moments poll
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clipped a bunch of good ducktales moments last night but i feel obligated to post my fave
#no one else has clipped this part which is an absolute travesty#moonvasion is such a good episode. god bless#ducktales#dt17#clip hall of fame
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days like these i truly regret getting into this sport
#speaking as a sort of mclaren fan#the heavy weight of knowing you've lost the race before it even started#a generational race with generational trauma packed in#writing this whole fernando talks about his back hurting#race an absolute travesty before the weekend started#don't mind my dramatics ofc
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qpr riz ppl are so funny. like riz does not want a relationship. his fear is that his friends will leave him because of partners, and he knows he doesn’t want a relationship like that. what do u think a qpr is btw.
#like whatever u want to explore in fanon is whatever. but like… canonically????????? mr all my friends r gonna pair off & leave & ill never?#like babe. it’s a relationship. it’s a ‘we sat down and defined our relationship & qpr fits us as a term’ kinda thing.#this is a shit explanation bc u can be poly or open w u relationship even in a qpr but like. it’s *exclusive*. *defined*.#it’s *different* than being friends/in a friend group. bc of the exclusivity#it’s like a ‘since we have a label for it it’s different’ kinda thing. like u can have multiple qprs/relationships/be friends/etc#but by having applying a specific label ur changing ur relationship into something different. and usually more exclusive#and that’s like. exactly what riz does not want/is afraid of bc he knows he doesn’t want that#it doesn’t make him less aro & u can do whatever u want in fanon#but like. you need to be able to recognize what is *canon* and what is fun to explore & think abt in fanon#like those ‘but what if qpr fabriz canon!!’ ppl. like girl we do not have evidence that riz wants a relationship like that#and in fact that kinda thing is exactly what he’s afraid of in his friends/afraid of bc he knows he doesn’t want it#the steady combining of fanon and canon is an absolute travesty. fanon is for doing whatever the fuck u want. *canon* is what is canon.#like ohhhh my god. is it canon or is it an idea/concept/hc u like and want to discuss/explore#like it’s not like u have to STICK to canon or anything. do whatever the fuck u find fun! but jfc at least know to urself what is canon/not#fantasy high#riz fantasy high#like tbh. to me it doesn’t matter if someone wants to put him into a qpr or even a romantic relationship in fanon.#it’s being able to recognize when u r just playing in fanon vs what is canon to me
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