#and a swagger away

[rosesncarnations]

I haven’t added his slut jewelry yet

[elventhespian]

So like... it's a Thing in all fandoms where fans sort of latch onto fanon versions of characters and their dynamics with each other that are actually completely off-base, right? I don't know if this phenomenon has an official name, but I've seen it so many times and it's fascinated me every time. Especially when a character's popular fanon selves don't end up just diluted from their source material, but straight up OPPOSITE their canon portrayal.

So one of my "favorite" variations on this was how the early PotC fandom used to get Will EXTREMELY wrong, especially in comparison to Jack, and it made finding in-character fics SO. DAMN. DIFFICULT.

I've talked about this MULTIPLE times before, as have several other fans. It's a dead horse being beaten. But basically certain prevalent takes on fanon!Will have in the past leaned towards a personality that was very patient and grounded and even demure to contrast against Jack's off-beat personality and Elizabeth's fiery rebelliousness. Because Elizabeth has the drive to push back against social norms, Will became the foil who fell back to his pre-pirate version, reluctant to break rules unless she pulled him into it, even in post-CotBP timelines. Likewise, Jack was the one with the WTF decision making, while Will was more rooted in reasonable decisions.

And by their appearances, archetypes, and certain elements of their world views, you'd THINK that's how it works. When we meet Will in the governor's foyer, Will is so lovestruck and doe-eyed and subservient to the governor, I think that people thought that's just Who He Is. Especially because he often acts as Jack's straight-man foil in the comedic elements. Straight-laced. Rigid. Even boring or timid.

But if you actually pay attention to the movies, it's very much the opposite. In canon, Jack's USUALLY the level-headed one who just happens to have chaos follow him, because of the way he can wield it. He thinks in long run, tries to solve problems with words and as little fighting as possible as often as he can. Ideal situations for Jack are more like a thief--he wants to be in and out of the job as silently and slick as possible. The scenarios he's in are insane, because the way he throws other people around with those scenarios is kind of insane, but he himself remains largely cool and collected.

That's Jack.

THIS is Will:

Canon!Will starts out literally so impulsive and rash, Jack has to physically manhandle him at certain points to keep him from blowing up his plans--and then still gets taken out because he underestimates his listening skills and impatience. Will corners Jack into what is functionally a cage match to the death by sanely locking the door with his sword and very nearly wins. He is constantly at 11, constantly demanding things be done faster, more directly, and at the same time quietly scheming behind Jack's back almost from the get-go. He does flashy jumps and flips off of things because using the stairs is too slow or whatever. He shows up in DMC yelling at Jack to give him his compass at the point of the sword, and insisting he'll get Davy Jones' key by just "cutting down everyone in his path."

Even when Will mellows out significantly in AWE, there are remnants of this contrast still there. Jack's plan for leading Beckett to Shipwreck Cove seems to have been a very reasonable and underhanded effort to deliberately make sure Elizabeth is inside the Cove while Will is on Beckett's ship, in command of the Compass. Meanwhile Will's plan was to leave a breadcrumb trail of vulture-sea gulls feasting on dead soldiers' corpses.

What I'm getting at is, yeah, Jack's a charismatic "rogue" and Will's a "romantic hero" TECHNICALLY. Jack makes quippy jokes, and Will glares and scowls and WTFs back. But not only are they are both more alike than people give them credit for, they are also totally opposite their roles' traditional personalities in ways that the fandom tends to overlook.

TLDR; Jack's crazy, Will's a sweetheart. But Will is also a manic gremlin, and Jack doesn't always know what to do with him about it, so they often end up something like this:

And more fans need to play with this fact, the end.

[beastlyidiocy]

[gildui]

JONATHAN PRICE » BRAVO SIX cr: John Price

GAZ ✖︎ GHOST ✖︎ SOAP ✖︎ BRAVO SIX

[hugsandchaos]

I just wanna say that I think DC x DP combined with Swagger Bishie would be pretty funny. Especially if Damian was Danny’s friend and took one look at his crush, then goes “Seriously??”

The blond jock’s fairly strong, sure, but how well can he fight? And is he smart? How does he do under stress? Is he worthy of being his friend’s significant other?

[malistaires]

a new pyromancer to get back into the swing of things

obligatory "of course you have blue hair and pronouns" (they/he/she/any it dont matter)

[gelatinorifice]

The closet is glass

[deathianartworks]

Hey, watch Ten Tapes. Please.

[completeoveranalysis]

[4]

I mean of course Evil Wolverine would say that. He’s the one stabbing people and then blaming children for it. It’s his THING. 

It just goes to show how much you internalise the blame other people put on you, especially when you feel like you actually made a decision that caused it. (It’s the same thing he did to Fai!)

Of course if this were a very different manga there might have been an opening for Fai and Kurogane to outright attack Lava Lamp here, BUT I KNOW THESE GAYS. I KNOW THEM TOO WELL FOR THAT. 

They are going to pat him on the head or the shoulder and make a joking remark that makes their feelings clear without directly admitting to having a feeling. I KNOW IT ALREADY. 

YEAH SEE THERE WE GO.

Bonus points for Lava Lamp just CLOSING HIS EYES and OPENLY ACCEPTING ANYTHING THEY CHOOSE TO DO TO HIM. Because HE THINKS HE DESERVES IT.

He is NOT prepared for the open love and affection they give him instead.

[hannahmanderr]

33 swagger bishie

~ 33. kissing it better

"you don't have to pretend to be invincible with me. you're allowed to be yourself."

[andy-clutterbuck]

8x08 | How It's Gotta Be

[juanabaloo]

i know BTVS 3x14 Bad Girls is one of THE Fuffy episodes but i forgot until just now that that is also the ep with the infamous Faith escorting Buffy off to patrol with a side of dejected left behind Willow on Buffy's bed.

it's post breaking out of the cop car and Joyce's unfortunate diet talk and pre "the longbow's gonna be my thing let's get some ribs after" oops alley murder.

SUCH AN EPISODE!

(photo credit: ElizaDushku.org)

[trollwizard]

wheres the DYKES AT

here's caurra shes a dyke. who else

[dullahanblorboposting]

[living-dead-guyy]

Khonshu after he dupped Marc and got Jake Lockley instead

[lionydoorin]

Do you think Tara eventually starts forgetting Amber's details? The sound of her voice, the color of her eyes, her favorite song.

Obviously you don't just forget someone you loved that much, but it's been a year since Tara has seen or heard Amber, plus all the traumatic memories she has attached to her.

Could you imagine if Tara's brain started blocking Amber out as a trauma response?

WEEPS.

eough. totally. tara's brain altering some memories or blocking them as a trauma response. EOUGH.

it starts with simple things, the kind of simple that tara wouldn't worry about at first. a song that would always make her think about amber suddenly not making her want to cry as much. that story she told her once during a sleepover suddenly fading away from her mind. amber was allergic to something in this meal, what was it?

forgetting these things gave her a certain relief, somehow. amber was a complicated subject. she didn’t know how she was supposed to feel, and the thought of her was always too painful, too scary. so, maybe these small details weren’t meant to be stored in her mind, the ghost of her best friend (the person who tried to kill her) finally deciding to rest and let her be.

so, if tara couldn't remember the name of amber's childhood pet, she wouldn't bat an eye. if her tumblr username didn't cross her mind, it would be fine, because it meant she wouldn't wanna check it out once more, like it's amber's own personal diary.

even if it the idea of forgetting it made her anxious. even if not thinking about her hurt as much as thinking about her.

her dreams became more and more jumbled after that, psychedelic counterparts to the very real memories her brain decides to play on repeat as soon as she closes her eyes.

amber seemed more strange with every night: hands a little rougher than what she remembers when her mind replays her choking her neck, face more, and more, and more distorted as she burns alive. sometimes she was taller than she actually was, other times, she seemed shorter than tara. she never used these rings, and what was that pendant on her necklace? her eyes didn’t seem her own, her hair was somehow not right. didn’t she have a beauty mark somewhere on her face? i could swear her smile was different. why does everything seem so wrong?

i’ll make it quick, the person in her dreams would say as it places tara in the closet, voice just not quite right, tying her body instead of just her hands. wasn’t it different? is this what actually happened? i promise, tara. i'll end her and come back for you. i'll take care of you.

(she never said that.

did she say that?

what did she say, anyway?)