#and if it wasnt a great decision

[icarus-died-laughing]

id like to share some ye olde raft guide wisdome my father passed down to me a few years back.

if you make a bad decision, you can always make another one until you either 1) fix the problem or 2) die.

[saturnniidae]

"I should've seen the signs" I feel like Stoick was basically reliving the way he lost Valka.

To him, after a lifetime of wanting nothing but to kill a dragon, Hiccup's suddenly and inexplicably changed his mind. To him, Hiccup saying he can't kill them is just like when Valka refused to and tried convincing others as well, then as a result was 'killed' by one herself.

To him, way Hiccup tossed his weapon and shield to the side then approached Hookfang while speaking about how dragons aren't what people think they are probably bares an uncomfortable resemblance to the way Valka put down her weapon and stared a dragon in the eyes and as a result was taken.

To him, attempting to do anything but preemptively defend yourself against a dragon will only end in tragedy, so he has to do anything he can to stop Hiccup before it's too late.

(And just like with Valka, he unintentionally escalated the situation by trying to protect Hiccup but only agitated the dragon, causing it to panic and react, inadvertently putting someone he loves in danger. again)

Stoick of course, wasn't acting rationally, but it makes sense when you think about how traumatizing Valka's 'death' must've been for him (and how much Hiccup reminss him of her); he watched her get taken, presumably killed, and couldn't do anything about it.

[queenerdloser]

everyone wish me luck my dumb ass decided i could handle two double shifts back to back which means today i'm going to be at work for 16hrs, go home and sleep for like 5hrs and then be back at work for 16hrs. i'm in hour 2.5 of 16 so i need all the help i can get.

[gutsfics]

Simon's parents have a really strong relationship. they were together for five years before getting married, and Simon was born a little over a year after. theres a lot of love and trust between them and theyre really good at communicating with each other. and like their son, neither of them are quick to temper. thats not to say theyve never fought before- a 23 year relationship is prone to see a little friction occasionally- but never anything.... relationship shaking.

Simon's mom is the principal of Berry High. she is, at least some degree, aware of things that get put up around the school, especially things that get put up in public areas. she's not fully In Charge of things going up on like, say, bulletin boards, but typically to put something up on one you have to get faculty permission to make sure its school appropriate, and as faculty sometimes students go to her to put things up.

including the New Start posters.

she wants to say no, they feel like a mean spirited smear campaign borderlining on bullying. but the Council seat is chosen by the students. Simon was elected because his classmates thought he was the best choice, so if some of his classmates are unhappy, its only fair to let their voices be heard. even if their way of going about it seems a bit excessive. if she denies these posters than the students who are calling for Simon to be removed from the Council will just have more ammunition to use against him: his mother's special treatment.

she doesnt like it, but she allows the posters to be put up.

Simon's dad also works at Berry High; he's the librarian.

the day is winding down when he sees a student putting up some new posters on the bulletin board right outside the library. he startles them when he approaches and calmly- eerily calm- asks who signed off on these posters. the student tells him, then scurries off with the rest of the posters they were supposed to put in the library itself.

he isnt gentle taking the poster down, and it crumples in his grip as he makes his way to his wife's office and slams it onto her desk.

he doesn't say anything.

he doesn't have to.

[stellar-jay]

i think the real victim of the ending of fool's fate is molly, who is inevitably going to have her husband of however many years, stepfather to her 8 children, break it to her that he needs to leave for an indeterminate amount of time to go save the world with his best friend that she has never met and doesnt know that much about who it turns out is his literal soulmate

[ohshy]

Catch up punchtober day 16 - Great Tiger

Bear hugger: Easy ‘ere, girls… we’re all friends outside the ring, aren’t we? Great Tiger, internally: hehehe the girls r FIGHTING

Hear me out u all… what if ms bear n ms tiger knew eachother outside the ring… and were RIVALS!?!?!?!?

[pinkpogiclub]

very interesting choice to have primoz ride both the TT and road race in this year's worlds. i wonder what the plan is

[epiphainie]

ex-crush (probably the loml) lost weight... it's canceled. like everything's canceled.

[lemongogo]

vash w this hairstyle is literally so cute.. .. wolfwood matchies or smt T__T

[syn4k]

i fucking hate it when i agree to go out to do one thing and One Thing Specifically and then suddenly on the way home its announced that we're doing another thing now that i did not ask for and did not agree to. i did not sign up to go to the library i signed up to go for a walk and then go back home

[rohirric-hunter]

I miss that LotR hero collector game, that was a fun game

[themyscirah]

This is technically a Diana's age poll but I framed it partially around Julia's rescue because that's the event I need to contextualize and whether or not Diana is a thing yet is p important for my purposes. I would keep the Pérez run and postcrisis continuity in mind when answering this bc that's when this is relevant but I'd keep in mind that even though Diana is very young there (like early 20s) we don't know I don't think if she ages differently as a child (esp as a themysciran AND being made from clay) and in some versions she is older than she looks and was made earlier

Edit: I accidentally logic-ed this out in the tags lol 🤦‍♀️but feel free to still vote however you want. Going to publish this anyway bc I think I made some good points later in my tags

[doggolol]

the timing of them casting ethan slater in spamalot is insane

[boy-armageddon]

autism has you scouring the internet for a video of a guy you like making fucking tofurkey for an internet show at like 3 in the morning

[metatemu]

I don't know who needs to hear this but an antagonist can have a completely justified backstory and be sympathetic and even right and be completely tragic for it

But still be an antagonist because of being a tragic character.

[lunarflare64]

We never fucking have bandages when we need them. Not bandaids, we always have those, but actual fucking bandages, yknow, gauze and shit, both as padding and wrapping, because usually when we need bandages the wrapping aint gonna cut it

In definitely unrelated news, guess who's cat once again thought an ordinary object was a snake, and guess who the landing pad for the following (and following following) extended claw jump/s was