#and will forever cease to exist

[penofwildfire]

Skybound has so many goddamn plot holes lol like how the fuck did Nadakhan's crew survive to the present day. They're not immortal or trapped in teapots or anything how the fuck were they all just chilling in various realms did they ever explain that.

[lansangprincess]

curious question for all my payneland lovers: how do you want Charles' love awakening to go about?

in a way, there isn't anything (ex. homophobia, a current partner, etc) stopping him from falling for Edwin (that we know of) so what would it take for Charles to suddenly realize he has feelings for Edwin that makes more sense than Edwin's confession being the trigger?

[wildsaltair]

More Gladiator 4K shots from Paramount / Universal Studios!

[curetapwater]

The concept of discontinued food items pisses me off so bad. Transience my beloathed. Lost media but with an entire sensory experience life is so fucked up.

[zarovich]

does it ever get easier or am i fucked for real lol

[nowimthevillain]

Honestly I have never enjoyed a second of being alive my whole life

[yingren]

"So, since we're doing this steady... official... thing, I gotta ask."

The Memokeeper is unusually contemplative as he sits, legs crossed, and floats midair near the couch that Ren was lounging upon with a crossword in hand, a constant for the Hunter. Maybe Clear would've indulged him by snuggling up, but this felt too serious for that. Not in the sense of divorcing their premature label, but... probably the opposite. It was heavy, but not in the sense he reckoned Ren had been faced with before.

"Look... I get it. Your possessive ass would probably love the idea of forever, but I gotta ask: can you really accept the reality of it? If we suppose you want to be with me, uh... indefinitely." Clear hunched over, searching for the right words, tone dropping near a whisper. "None of that 'death do we part' shit. Off chance you die, you probably gotta soul that'll go on. Remanded to the afterlife, sucked into some virtual one, another dimension? Yeah, I can be in all of 'em. And I plan on existing until the last soul in the universe tanks. AKA, forever."

He straightened up slightly, finally meeting Ren's candlelight gaze. "Hence why I'm asking. Whether you want to die or cease existing, I want to know if you'll want out at some point. Less drama would be nice."

ren has never really given thought to the idea of a soul or spirit carrying on after his body turns to dust. the notion of disappearing entirely, physically and spiritually, had always seemed like the only fitting end. to consider any possibility of life beyond this one unsettles him, feeding that small, constant anxiety lodged in the back of his mind, reminding him just how futile his pursuit of death may be if existence simply shifts to another form. now, with clear by his side, seeking that eternal rest feels like a greater risk, carrying consequences he’d rather ignore. apparently, clear won't ignore them.

people may say whatever they like about the hunter, let rumors swirl in the wind, and cast glares sharp enough to pierce his skin. yet one thing is irrefutable: his loyalty to those he holds close is unwavering. trust alone became the true anchor in his connection with the former memokeeper; even comfort took a back seat. after all, ren has always regarded comfort as a luxury he often can’t afford. his pen pauses, a dark splotch of ink pooling on the paper as he stares at the last word he wrote, fixing his gaze anywhere but on clear in a faint hope that it might make this conversation easier. apparently, it doesn’t.

“ you’re not wrong, ” he speaks without much hesitation, though finding the right words took a moment. it’s clear that his mind had settled on the thought long before he voiced it, and now a quiet, almost careful confession spills from his lips, each word spoken with absolute sincerity. “ i might be possessive but there’s nothing appealing to me about the general idea of forever. a fate like that seems cruel, especially when it’s forced on you. i was never meant to live this way. i’m still not meant to live like this. as intriguing as the end of the world and everything leading up to it might be… i don’t belong here. ” apparently, he is never at home. 

the hunter adjusts his posture, sitting up straight before leaning forward, his arms resting firmly on his thighs to steady himself. his body feels unusually heavy, as though weariness itself is trying to pull him down. ren has become familiar with clear’s peculiar sense of comfort, whether floating somewhere nearby or keeping a bit of distance, he always seems to be hovering just close enough to reach. but apparently never quite close enough.

“ have you ever thought that there’s no ranking to my desires ? not when it comes to you. there’s no reason to weigh you against my wish for rest. if i die one day, and let’s face it, that’s likely, something you’re well aware of—i know exactly what i’ll be leaving behind, and i’m willing to let it all go. none of it truly belongs to me anyway. it never did. the one thing i don’t want to lose is the only thing i could actually take with me. you. ”

“ there is a lot i would very much like to leave behind, but you’re not part of that. whatever kind of spirit or entity i might turn into when all this is over, my soul is still yours. i’m still yours. i may not be a fond of making promises about forever, but if there’s one kind i’d agree to, it would be this. to answer your question... no, i don't want out, and with the possibility of being with you even after i die, i believe there is no need for us to worry about upholding the promise of forever should i one day cease to exist like this. so apparently, you're stuck with me. forever. ”

[thalassic-p4rk]

the spoonie experience is driving somewhere and then having a random flare up and suddenly realizing you don’t have enough spoons to drive home and now ur sitting on the floor of a store getting weird looks while you wait to miraculously gain enough energy to make it back to ur car and then not crash and die

[willesworld]

i tried to do twitter for two seconds bc it seemed like people were more active there but i got scared within three days and now i'm back

[rainingmbappe]

GUYS I WAS TALKING TO A GUY WHO'S A RONALDO SUPPORTER AND I CANT WLSMWLKSLSMS

When he said L to ageros heart problems, I knew what I was dealing with 💀💀

Could see the header thing coming from literally 50 miles away

THE WAY I WAS CACKLING WHEN HE SAID THIS you best believe the conversation ended there 💀💀💀💀

[saint-augustines-pears]

If I was in a horror movie I would use my patented Die On The Spot method to avoid getting killed by the monster

[ethan-elliott]

fun fact about me: I have a paralysing fear of dying not so much because of the potential pain of the process but entirely because of the uncertainty. because I am an active mind in a flesh and if the flesh is gone then what happens. because I am a neuroscientist who knows we’re all just chemical reactions and electrical signals that will cease to happen but I’m also a person who believes in souls because neuroscience has never fully explained consciousness to me. this is part of why I have such a problem with getting older. genuinely cannot think about it without giving myself major anxiety. yes I use fiction and music as escapism from the reality of this.

also if you've had a near death experience, feel free to add to this post about how that changed or reaffirmed your relationship with death!

[themonkey2025]

this too shall pass! this too shall pass. this too shall pass. this, too, shall fucking pass.

[steveyockey]

To be aware you might be trans but unwilling to do anything about it is to create endlessly bigger boxes within which to contain yourself. When you are a child, that box might encompass only yourself and your parents. By the time you are a gainfully employed adult, that box will contain multitudes, and the thought of disrupting it will grow ever more unthinkable. So you cease to think of yourself as a person on some level; you think not of what you want but what everybody expects from you. You do your best not to make waves, and you apologize, if only implicitly, for existing. You stop being real and start being a construct, and eventually, you decide the construct is just who you are, and you swaddle yourself up in it, and maybe you die there. There is still time until there isn’t.

This reading of TV Glow’s deliberately anticlimactic, noncathartic ending cuts against the transition narrative you typically see in movies and TV, in which a trans person self-accepts, transitions, and lives a happier life. Owen gets trapped in a space where he knows what he must do to live an authentic life but simply refuses to take those steps because, well, burying yourself alive is a terrifying thing to do. The transition narrative posits a trans existence as, effectively, a binary switch between “man” and “woman” that gets flipped one way or another, but to make our lives so binary is to miss how trans existences possess an inherent liminality.

Humans’ lives unfold in a constant state of becoming until death, but trans people are uniquely keyed in to what this means thanks to the simple fact of our identities. You can get lost in that liminality, too, forever trapped in a midnight realm of your own making, stuck between what you believe is true (I am a nice man with a good family and a good job, and I love my life) and what you know, deep in your most terrified heart of hearts, is real (I am a girl suffocating in a box).

And yet if you want to read the film as being about the dangerous allure of nostalgia, you’re not wrong. I Saw the TV Glow totally supports that interpretation, too! But in tempting you with that reading, the film creates a trap for cis viewers that will be all too familiar to trans viewers. Somewhere in the middle of Maddy’s story about The Pink Opaque being real, you will make a choice between “This kid has lost it!” and “No. Go with her, Owen,” and in asking you to make that choice, TV Glow is simulating the act of self-accepting a trans identity.

See, the grimmer read of the film’s ending truly is a nihilistic one. It leaves no hope, no potential for growth, no exit. Yet you must actively choose to read that ending as nihilistic. If you are cis and the end of I Saw the TV Glow left you with a gnawing sense of dissatisfaction, a weird but hard-to-pin-down feeling that something had broken, and a melancholy bordering on horror — congratulations, this movie gave you contact-high gender dysphoria.

In an infinite number of possible universes, there is at least one where I am still living “as a man,” embracing my fictionality, avoiding looking at how much more raw and real I feel when I “pretend” to be a woman. I think about that guy sometimes. I hope he’s okay.

Consider, then, my cis reader, that TV Glow is for both you and me, but it is maybe most of all for him. I hope he sees it. I hope he breaks down crying in the bathroom afterward. I hope he, after so many years locked inside himself, hears the promise of more life through the hiss of TV static.

Emily St. James, “I Saw the TV Glow’s Ending Is Full of Hope, If You Want It to Be,” Vulture. June 4, 2024.

[puppybeetle]

crying while reading the bible again </3

[glow-in-the-dark-death]

The Daycare

Danny moves to Gotham after Lady Gotham themselves asks for his help.

Gotham's natural ecto has been deteriorating, and considering ecto was what held everything in existence together safely this was a major problem for Lady Gotham.

If Gotham got too bad it would spread to the rest of the world, and could cause it to cease to exist entirely.

So Danny came, as the Ghost King he had the power to filter in great amounts of the corrupt ecto just by being in the city.

But part of his obsession was protection & helping, Gotham already had a lot of help (Batfam). So he decided to focus on helping not with the problem at the top (villains), but with the problems at the bottom.

The problems at the bottom that would be the root cause in breeding more problems.

After all, many didn't start evil, but need and desperation pushed them towards that path.

So Danny moved to the worst part of Gotham, The Bowery.

What did he do there?

Why open a Daycare of course!

Many parents could not get a good or stable job simply because they needed to look after their kids and could not afford to pay the daycare fee.

Danny wasn't worried about money after all the coffers that he inherited as king would take forever to even make a dent in it, and that's only if he was living a very lavish lifestyle everyday for several human generations.

With this in mind his Daycare fee was pretty much nothing.

He would take care of the children of a very wide age group, while the adults could focus on getting a decent job or even returning to school for a higher education for better opportunities.

How does he care for so many children?

He duplicates himself of course!

At least in the very beginning, after a while he begins expanding his Daycare offering classes and tutoring to the children as well as free food at all times.

Who's helping him ?

His ex-rouges and other ghosts who volunteered.

Lunch Lady absolutely adores having so many people and kids to make food for, and Box Lunch can socialize and play with the other kids while she works.

Ember even volunteers to be the music teacher!

Danny has the help of many ghosts who once they heard his plans were very excited to help, many having the obsession with teaching children or in general. Other ghosts helped with building, expanding, and just generally helping maintain the building in great shape. Even building a very diverse and fun playground.

Of course all this catches the attention of Red Hood. Danny just appears one day on his territory with many others and practically having a building appear out of nowhere with how fast it was built, asking literal pennies to take care of the children, and free food for anyone who asks.

All that gains a lot of attention and is rather suspicious.

But the crime rate has been going down since he opened, which is a good thing.

But many people don't want good things and decide messing with Danny and his Daycare.

Unfortunately for them cuz Danny is absolutely down for violence if he's protecting what's his.

~

Villain: "What a lovely place you have here would be a shame if something were to happen"

Danny who has the audacity to fight Gods and win: "Someone call an ambulance! But not for me!

Also Danny: "These hands are rated E for everyone"

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Other people:"Should we call someone for help?"

The ghosts:" Nah, let him have his fun he needs his enrichment"

~

Red Hood: "He's very suspicious"

Danny is absolutely covered in paint and singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star with the young kids: "Ah yes I'm totally doing normal Gothamite behavior"

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Lady Gotham is having some self care spa time she's having a grand time: "Should I warn the young king of the other halfa (Jason)? Hmm best not, it'll be more entertaining if it happens naturally"

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