#an inheritable burden

[orbitfalls]

Black family character study snippet part two - just because im a liiiiitle obsessed actually <3

In January of 1925, an astronomical discovery was published in a catalogue by Vesto Slipher, who had managed to determine the radial velocities of a number of spiral nebulae from their redshifts. It was an important day, as his hypothesis found that several spirals were moving away from the Milky Way Galaxy at speeds too grand for them to be contained within it; this discovery was the birth of what would later be known as galaxies. It was on this day that Walburga Black was born. She was a small of a child as she was an adult, born with coal-black hair and eyes that had a softer shade of blue than the silvery one that they quickly turned as she aged, shifting so rapidly that one should think you could have seen it happening in real time if you'd looked closely enough. Soon enough, they were as silvery as her mother's - and her father's. Silvery as stardust. Silvery as the galaxies that had not yet been discovered. She was the first-born daughter of Pollux and Irma Black, both of whom were simultaneously her first cousins, and both of whom were born with pitch black curls, with aquiline noses and star-like eyes and cheekbones that grew prominent once they hit puberty, hollowing out their cheeks until shadows fell from the tall chandeliers of Grimmauld Place to slither below the curves of their skulls and gutter the meat of their faces until there was nothing but arched hollows of shade contouring their cheekbones. An unmistakable lack of tone or tint in the skin of Walburga's ancestors was another distinguishable trait; they were as pale as corpses, all of them alike. Walburga had hardly even gained a flush as she gave birth to her first son. Sirius had almost died at his birth, choked on the umbilical cord that had been connecting them since the early stages of his embryological development. Walburga had cried about it until her chest ached once she'd finally been alone, which wasn't until eight days later; she had been under the unbroken surveillance of her husband, who was of the belief that she might try to take the life of the infant, had she been left alone with him.

[roomba-mangga]

Curry pt. i // Curry pt. ii

yeah alright okay. fine. cool. alright. yeah

[nicheguides]

Do you think you could make a guide on what to expect from things you inherit from your grandmother?

What to Expect to Inherit from your Grandmother

it’s good to know what you’re getting youself into. you wil recive both gifts and curses. she’s had to carry them too long, but now it’s your turn. expect to take on this sacred burden and make arrangements accordingly

[clarissaweasley-10]

This might be a controversial take, but l don't think Eve deserves or should get a redemption arc.

[welcometogrouchland]

I miss them so bad (Dick and Damian)

[mummelthecryptid]

eowyns mother falling into a deep depression after eomunds death and eowyn having to see her slowly rot away at only 7 years old -> eowyn caring for theoden while hes also essentially depressed (though granted for a wildly different reason) -> eowyn trying to get herself killed in battle

[im-not-buying-it-ether]

To @thefantasmarex and other Cap adopts Kon AU enjoyers

I just thought something, Captain Marvel isn’t an inherited title. In the OG comics and still in a lot of later ones it’s specifically a chosen one thing, we know that with Billy, but his entire family is honorary members and titles passed between close friends and family specifically to share the power. Not pass it on.

Billy has 3 potential candidates for succession depending on canons; The original being BillBat from the 30th century, Power of Shazam’s CeCe Beck from the 90th century, and Tanist of the 853rd century in the DC 1,000,000 comics.

(Pictures and more below the cut)

Only one is actually related to Billy, and that’s BillBat of earth, his distant descendant. CeCe is from Bindermann and Tanist is from Mercury, both having stumbled into the RoE some how and have no prior relation.

No one in the current Marvel family as they know it is supposed to usurp Billy or replace him, he’s supposed to take the Wizards mantle fully later on in life and wait until his successor is old enough to inherit his power. Billy has to live to see that day, weather it’s 1,000 or 7,000 or 83,000 years into the future, he has to make it to pass the torch to the next being Pure of Heart and Strong of Spirit.

There is no replacing Marvel in the modern day, no keeping his name alive till the next guy needed, Conner has no expected inheritance or standards if he’s taken in as a member of the Marvel family. He can be whatever he wants as long as he’s a good person, he could wear his symbol and call himself Junior or another Lieutenant Marvel but he doesn’t have to.

There has to be a Superman once Clark’s gone, he’s too much of a symbol to fade, he means too much. But in a way Marvel doesn’t, and it’s not something bad or sad in context.

Being Captain Marvel is always shown as a thankless and isolating job, but one that has to be done to keep ancient evils at bay and the balance of Magic in order. That’s why Billy takes the job as Wizard only when Shazam dies, magic needs a warden but he doesn’t want that job right away, when he takes it he chooses Freddy as a champion to be Captain Marvel but they aren’t Shazam, he is. That’s what separates the Wizards champion, which is what Billy is, from the gods champions that his family is.

Conner has no expectation in his family, not because he isn’t good enough or because of a flaw in his upbringing, but because of a highly selective criteria for a job no one really wants.

[howifeltabouthim]

The chain of succession must be broken, now and forever. It is the chain that binds us, and we will be free of it.

Lev Grossman, from The Bright Sword

[dam-mar]

her curse isn’t going to be undone, isn’t it? :((((

[muraenide]

For lack of a better word, Jade has a repressed depression. It's contributed by many things that were part of his life while growing up, adding to the pile of feelings that were already repressed on top of his heavy heart. One can say it's the worst combination of many little things to form something intangible, immovable, that it's become a part of Jade that can never be undone. It doesn't help that Jade was born unfeeling, he's been that way since he was a child, so it didn't help that he's never really someone who is very outspoken in the first place. About his discomfort or anything that he plays down as being simply a minor inconvenience and therefore didn't matter.

Antonio has given strong implications that he wants Jade to succeed the Leech family ever since Jade was born. While his Father didn't ask him directly to accept the offer, he's been feeding Jade the idea that he was bred to become his next successor. The Leech parents were strict with their rules, ensuring their children won't be too spoiled to handle bigger affairs. Jade always had a bit more self-discipline and self-control compared to Floyd. He sticks to their parent's rules down to the last one, becoming the child they wanted but never the child they had. Part of the reason he places himself in the situation was also due to shielding Floyd from butting heads too often with their Father. Both are equally hot-tempered, reckless, and unwilling to bend or compromise their principles, which, more often, are the exact opposites of each other.

Jade's tendency to repress unpleasant feelings didn't help. If asked whether his family was happy, instead of defining it by "What makes me happy", Jade would define it with "Nothing here makes me unhappy." and therefore tells others that he guessed his family was a happy one. But the truth is, constantly living with someone like Antonio and being a witness to many other fucked up things he saw in the sea, Jade has slowly and surely been reduced to someone who had no real ambitions, desires, or wants. He doesn't think about his past or his future. He prefers to just live in the present and enjoy whatever is in front of him, enjoy the nice little things, the small happiness. He's happy that way, and he's never felt differently.

The only person Jade ever felt the closest to love to was Floyd (and Julliet, his mother, too in earnest, but she is a more complicated character and deserves an entirely different post), but even so, very little of Jade's love for Floyd can be described to be familial or brotherly. Most of them stem from possession and don't get him wrong, he doesn't see Floyd as an item or a belonging. Floyd is his own person and Jade often leaves him to do his own thing, but Jade is absolutely territorial over any news of Floyd upset or hurt. Akin to a pack member getting bullied by an unauthorized outsider. He can't stand it. It makes him ache with fury and that's the most feeling Jade ever experienced. Outside of rp plotting.

It's common for Jade's intentions to be misunderstood. As far as canon goes he's always someone who's seen as having an ultimatum or double-sided intention when deep down Jade's someone who has trouble even thinking of something he wants to ask from a wish. One way of really tickling him the wrong way is by questioning his intentions for Floyd. Any assumptions that he'd genuinely sell Floyd out upsets him, though Jade's own behaviours and actions don't help — he would never correct any misunderstandings about himself, but the truth is Jade chose Floyd as his brother since birth, he'd die for Floyd. If Jade were to truly hate Floyd, he'd have no reason to keep him around for seventeen years. And even if things between them get a little sour sometimes, Jade was not about to discard seventeen years of companionship like it's nothing. Floyd, to him, is less like a brother and more like an intangible presence he's watched growing up since he was a fry. Always close but also out of reach, separated by something invisible. He regards Floyd as a constant in his life, and he always knew that one day they'll go to separate paths, but until that time comes you just want to enjoy what you have in the present.

These territorial feelings can be transferred to anyone he starts to care about in a plot, in a slow but sure fashion. As long as the other party knows that Jade's not really a lover by the definition of the word. That he might act and look human, but by the end of the day he's just a wild animal in human form.

As for Jade, his fate is solidified that he'll go back to the Coral Sea and succeed his Father and run the Leech family's business. While in NRC he doesn't think of anywhere else he wants to go, to him, duty comes first, and everything else is second.

[ckiramman]

haha oh boy

the berethnet line

[talentforlying]

WHO ARE YOU IN THIS HAUNTED HOUSE STORY?

THE ELDEST. knowledge is your curse. you carry a burden heavier than anyone your age should should even be able to conceptualize, let alone feel the ache and heft of. it weighs down your steps, deadens your eyes, depletes your faith. you know that the mistakes of adults are not without consequences, no matter how they pretend nothing went wrong at all. they see that you’re different now, but they don’t yet realize how much. they tell you comforting lies, not knowing that the truth is your only god now. nothing will ever be okay again and you’re so very tired of pretending otherwise.

[yardsards]

local man forced to think about their father: one dead, countless injured.

[yngai]

sad to report i've gotten to that scene in succession & thus have to induct it into the larger ada wong cinematic canon

[dracharenae]

BLESS GENETICS.

[toastybugguy]

At this point seasons 4, 5 and 6’s thesis statement can really be boiled down to How Many Creative Ways To Traumatize These Poor, Poor Teens Can We Come Up With