#and it's highly impressive

[demigods-posts]

percy is an incredibly skilled sword fighter. and it's safe to say that he doesn't just train with riptide. because only training with his god-given weapon would be incredibly irresponsible (and annabeth would never let him develop that crutch). so i have to assume he proficient enough to hold his own with any elongated tool he can get his hands on. and it has to come in handy in the funniest way. like imagine percy and annabeth playing tag. and he just grabs the nearest paper towel roll and 🤺🤺 her hands to she can't lay a finger on him.

[anghraine]

The other thing about the Kirk-Uhura brotp that I have many feelings about:

Of all the ~430 positions filled by people on the Enterprise, I'd argue that there are none for which outwards composure is more important than for the communications officer and the commanding officer. Above all others on the ship, those two have to stay cool under pressure and retain the ability to keep talking (often to large numbers of people), while projecting unfaltering assurance and resolve.

As individuals, Kirk and Uhura have obviously put a lot of effort into developing that bedrock of composure, while also being pleasant or assertive as needed. Throughout TOS, they both come across as confident, charismatic, very skilled, eloquent professionals. Both of them can be lightly charming and easy to underestimate, or sharp-tongued and forceful, and both of them are clever and good liars.

But tbh, I think that TOS also gradually reveals both Kirk and Uhura to be incredibly high-strung people who are just really good at their jobs.

It's not that either is naturally easy-going and chill! As people, Kirk and Uhura have zero chill. They're just very controlled and very deliberate about projecting what's needed.

Neither are perfect at this by any means. Kirk lashes out now and then, and visibly fights off tension headaches or anxiously fiddles with his own hands. Uhura gets intensely nervous or upset every once in awhile. There are points in the show where one of them will just start losing their shit. But that's unusual, and mainly used to flag the circumstances as exceptional. And even in those cases, we repeatedly see them swapping the role of being a calm and reliable rock for the other one as he/she is about to snap. When Kirk's composure starts to crumble, we'll often see Uhura as this steadying, quietly supportive, or challenging presence as needed; when Uhura starts falling apart, we repeatedly see Kirk flip into a calm, affirming figure taking pains to remind her of her importance and capabilities.

I think this is a bit different from the way that, say, Spock works to keep an iron grip on his vulnerabilities and adheres to cool reason while doing Science, or McCoy might get snappish or plainly desperate but always has a clear enough head for Medicine. Kirk's and Uhura's roles, at least as they choose to approach them, require these constant performances of a sort of lightly emotive, personable steadiness that keeps the whole ship smoothly running even as they're doing the intellectual/practical work of their jobs.

Also, in addition to the explicit dialogue around their professional synergy and rapport, quite a bit is carried by physical acting from Nichols and Shatner as well. For instance, we'll see Uhura's expression shift without a word to dawning realization around some Scheme or Shenanigans that Kirk is carrying out while people around her are still visibly ?????????? Or you'll see these moments of solidarity or trust in how Kirk physically carries himself towards Uhura. It's also made really clear that there is zero sexual attraction or romantic interest between them—they're both charming, attractive, intelligent, and even close in age but it's just not there at all, even repressed or stifled.

In any case, Uhura is the only person other than Spock whom Kirk feels the need to name both times that he records potentially-posthumous special commendations in TOS.

Kind of-neurotic-but-hypercompetent platonic duo of my heart <3

[kerink]

god i love ford theraprism stuff. whether its him visiting bill or in couples therapy or there as a patient. theres something so delicious about bill and ford both being defanged and made to interact in a controlled environment. no they dont get healthier no they dont heal their trauma yes theyre both still violent, angry, control freaks.

but they're in a position where they have to communicate because they lack the resources/contexts necessary for them to have their intricate rituals.

them in group therapy fighting but the group lead doesnt break it up because this is the most either of them have ever shared while inpatient. bill saying something that makes ford snort and he latches on and digs in just trying to get ford to laugh. ford and bill exchanging snarky judgmental comments about staff and other patients. them sitting in the corner of the common room talking in code and double speak and inside jokes and references in order to figure out how to get out of here. bill thinks its all so romantic and that he and ford are going to run off together once they get out. ford trying to convince himself that he wont.

how easily they slot back into their dynamic and how bill salivates over ford in his "bad guy" role. ford on his high horse and justifying his actions and thoughts and always painting himself in the right, as the hero, for the greater good and bill has never been more in love.

the therapists realizing too late that putting bill and ford together may have helped them both make progress at first, but now theyre both regressing, readopting unhelpful and unhealthy behavioral and communication patterns, breathing life back into their codependency. their souls are hopelessly tangled and all this has done is made it worse. but now if they try to separate them itll be too dangerous for everyone in the facility. they just have to keep working at it until something gives. even the other patients know bill and ford together are a ticking time bomb.

[ataraxetta]

Dick being an Entire Pillar Of Salt when Nightwing 1996 begins (about Bruce choosing JPV to be Batman when he was out of commission) adds a fun, extra unhinged flavor to his big fat Bruce issues that I live for in these early arcs. In 12/13 Bruce shows up (uninvited) because he I mean Alfred misses Dick and wants to make sure he's okay and to help with a case that started in Gotham and is what brought Dick to Bludhaven in the first place. Dick proceeds to have a lot of great big feelings.

Nightwing Vol 2 #13

Nightwing Vol 2 #14

Our boy's mental landscape is shards of funhouse mirror glass. Bruce doesn't trust him. He's letting Bruce down. Bruce is a controlling fuckhead here to humiliate him and say I told you so. He's never going to be good enough Bruce is right. Bruce is wrong damn it he's doing just fine out here! He is always going to be a sidekick. Gotham belongs to Bruce. Bludhaven isn't Gotham!

Bruce, who really is here to see Dick with no ulterior motive, has been super chill the whole time, has no idea Dick is shitting bricks of hurt and resentment and insecurity right next to him, and is naturally baffled and hurt when Dick -- whose turmoil has been entirely internal -- suddenly goes off on him. I am paraphrasing but it basically boils down to Dick, out of nowhere: 'I know you're here because you think I'm too incompetent and you just want to protect Gotham from the overflow when i fail to handle this bad situation but Bludhaven is mine and I've been doing just fine. PS Gotham (you, Bruce hears) isn't my home and never has been and I don't need it (you, Bruce hears).' Bruce says: 'I didn't know you felt that way about Gotham (me). I didn't mean to intrude. Fine. Later gator, I guess. Batman out.'

Beautiful work, boys. Messy as hell and no one is happy, 15/10 no notes.

Dick follows this up by diving headfirst into a guilt spiral while gazing sadly at his old Robin getup (I love this bit, because it's important that one of the main reasons Dick gave up Robin is because he knew he could never be seen as an equal since Robin had become synonymous with sidekick instead of partner).

Nightwing Vol 2 #14

He calls home, says everything he wants to say to Bruce to Alfred, and Bruce shows up as Matches at Dick's bar job the next day to Dick's great pleasure and relief. They wrap up the case together. They Do Not talk about it.

Anyway I don't know what the point of this post is except something something yearning and resentment for a person who is fundamental to your world, and false perceptions of what that person thinks of you, and longing for something that was there before but needing something that is different and fighting tooth and nail for equal footing every step of the way and never knowing if you've achieved it. What does respect matter if you don't believe it? What does respect from this particular pillar of your universe look like to you anyway? Do you even know? Missing someone who is right in front of you all the time, etc etc etc.

[turtleblogatlast]

Imo the most impressive thing Leo’s done is hold this pose for as long as he did while covered head to toe in gold paint:

[loosescrewslefty]

Penmanship in a five year old;

Vs penmenship in a six year old;

[gunsatthaphan]

once again flabbergasted by the staggering difference between leap day and the other gmm series like wdym you somehow made this such a phenomenal production but you can't properly record + edit a conversation in your bls lmao!? 💀

[good-to-drive]

I was not very good at standing up for myself because I was a solo writer in that group. I think that's why I got on with George, because he was a solo between two forces of Lennon and McCartney. I was between Mike and Terry, and John and Graham. And I remember when George came out to the filming of Life and Brian and said ‘How's it going?’ and I said ‘It's alright, but it's hard to get on screen with Michael Palin and John Cleese.’ And he said, ‘Imagine how it was trying to get in the studio with Lennon and McCartney.’

Eric Idle

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

“Poorly-Drawn” Poorly-Drawn-MDZS by my friend who has no context for what MDZS is, but has read every comic of mine in support.

[boysbeloving]

this...this moment right here when willy touches his forehead against charlie's...uuuuffffff this was such a bitchy move

like.....he's after babe, but will not leave a chance to literally take in charlie's breath

and yes, it could be his way to '"''check'"'' charlie's powers but omg dude is there not a less gay way to do that?? no actually there isn't this is THE vroom vroom omegaverse show afterall what am i even saying

anyway willy continues to be fucking menace that i want to punch...what a wonderfully consistent character although why do i feel that he might just pull a kenta by the end of the series???!!!!

[otiksimr]

:)

[vettelsvee]

backwards cap seb in 2025 ‼️🫡

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[a-lesbianshadowinthenight]

this scene is comedic gold but also so indicative of all their dynamics. esti’s exaggerated cartoon-like legs flailing about as she gets up to run away is so funny but she clearly wants nothing to do with lupe at this point, lupe obviously caring about esti being missing but insisting she doesn’t and then putting on an angry front, esti telling her that she’s not her mother hitting a nerve, lupe acting both like a scolding mother and an immature squabbling sibling, jess trying to talk some sense into lu, who still stubbornly refuses to listen and tries to push past jess, jess being so exasperated by lupe’s behaviour to the point where they think it’s a little funny.

[artemispanthar]

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This is dope and also a good reminder that opinions from folks on the internet, however loud, are generally not reflective of how the general audience is receiving a show/movie (so showrunners should stop focusing so much on trying to impress Reddit specifically!)

[thescreaminghat]

going back to this post but hot rod's experience in g1 is kind of a snapshot of what we skipped over for "orion pax becomes optimus prime" and "ariel becomes elita one". imagine that you're a young, fresh-faced, optimistic, and clever risk-taker with a heart of gold, you have a tight-knit group of friends and want to spend your days helping your city. suddenly the only real home you've known is burned to the ground. you then watch your father figure get murdered in front of you, after failing to protect him from his attacker. the same lunatic tries (and luckily fails) to kill you, and you ultimately end up with a holy relic inside of your chest. the relic gives you strange visions and you cannot disconnect it without going into a coma. you get older and larger and stronger in the span of mere minutes, but mentally you are still the same traumatized youth. despite preserving your sense of self and your friendships you cannot truly express your feelings--you are a leader now, and though you become tougher and wiser, you have to live with that unshakeable fear and guilt, the guilt of being alive, of having outlived the optimus prime. is it any wonder that rodimus was more sarcastic and grounded than his predecessor? we see him as someone undergoing the growing pains that we didn't get to see for optimus, so of course he's less of an "ideal" than op. but rodimus has that same compassion and strength, even if he's more "flawed" (just look at him ｡°(°.◜ᯅ◝°)°｡he's such a sweet big brother figure to daniel, i think that says enough)

[raiiny-bay]

meet my couple - dhes & kel vs. red & teeth

ty for the tags @hell-dusk, @salemssimblr, & @lynzishell <3

i felt compelled to do both.

tagging: @vicciouxs, @teddybearsims, @mattodore, @gashface, & @lilamausmaus (no pressure ofc)