#and now that’s happened! to Oswald!

[markerofthemidnight]

so tell me about this hatchetfield oc you have

Ok so I’ve had him for literally not even two hours at this point so it’s subject to change, but his name is Oswald.

His main inspiration was Mortimer Grey from Dreams of an Insomniac (or the fanon version of him, at least), though he also pulls from similar characters such as Alastor from Hazbin Hotel.

His story (so far- again, subject to change) is that he used to be a member of the Church of the Starry Children back in the Waylon era. A literal Starry Child, that is, as he was just a kid back then.

I haven’t decided yet if he’s actually a Waylon or just the son of one of their followers, but regardless, he was a member of that devoted little family just like anyone else.

Or at least he was, until the Hatchetmen came for them, and one by one massacred his family, and all he could do was run and hide.

(note: I’m pretty sure it was never stated when exactly that took place but if anyone has a specific date please tell me in case I need to change this)

As the Hatchetmen searched the house, the poor young Oswald, who was probably around 10 or 11 at that time, could only cower and pray that the gods he had worshipped his whole life would save him.

And, in a rare moment of mercy for the Lords in Black, they intervened.

One member of the Starry Children was never found during the attack on Waylon Hall. Just disappeared into thin air… or perhaps, into the Black.

Decades later, in the modern day, a strange man- looking to be no older than about his mid-20s yet dressed like some sort of stereotypical, monochrome magician, and with a speech pattern even more outdated than his outfit- appeared in Hatchetfield.

A man going by a name that hadn’t been heard in years.

The main concept behind Oswald was basically just “what if Miss Holloway, but reminiscent of the 1920s-40s instead”. He’s very rubberhose-cartoony.

There’s a lot of parallels between the two, as well: Holloway is associated with music, and Oswald is associated with art. Holloway has plenty of identities, whereas Oswald has none.

Holloway’s relationship with the Lords in Black is very parasitic since she’s basically just using their powers for her own needs and they get nothing (but entertainment, that is).

Oswald’s relationship with his ‘uncles’, as he calls them, is far more symbiotic. Wherever he goes, they follow, in a way. Though I should stress that he’s not a bad person by nature: rather, he was made a bad person by his upbringing.

Yes, he does their bidding and also finds murder funny, but that’s because he was conditioned to. And he also doesn’t understand why anyone would hate his uncles, but like… of course he doesn’t! They literally saved his life!

Anyways, that’s Oswald. Any further questions or corrections about lore inconsistencies or such… well, my ask box is always open!

[vexahlla]

yet another cartoonishly evil thing i can explain I CAN SHUT UP!!!

first of all, this show is an exaggeration of itself at this point. we should just acknowledge that before anything else. but i do have actual things to say about this lol

let's be clear here, this is an absolute batshit decision from the writers. the song is pure camp. but the rest of it has some actual grounding.

penguin wants power, respect, and adoration. all things lacking from all the times he's been underestimated. he saw an opportunity to take gotham (fortune favors the bold!) and he took it. he grabbed power. he can force respect. he can be the sole provider of ammunition in his now ruined city.

now adoration on the other hand... he cannot grab or force that.

he's not talking about love here. he's talking about adoration. he may NEED love, but he's acting on his WANT.

ed's right here (i mean he shouldn't have said it about HIMSELF on the penguin-suffers-but-ultimately-gets-whatever-he-wants show) and it's a DIRECT result of his mother spoiling him.

oswald craves love but doesn't know how to give it. this was at the core of his and edward's initial conflict, this is something ed saw in him. he puts himself first. he grew last season in terms of martin, in terms of edward, but they are the exceptions to the rule. he valued his own revenge over his friendship with butch.

and so he starts season 5 with no friends, by his own hands. and it's different from all the way back in season one. he only had himself before. now he has less than nothing. he only wanted power then. now it's all he has. and it's corrupting. "i was not a good friend, to you or to anyone, it's why i'm alone." he's spiraling and everyone in gotham is collateral.

...speaking of adoration, let's talk about ed.

the reason oswald "fell for" ed was because he saw someone who would give himself entirely to him. ed is always desperate for the approval of authority figures. it's why he prioritizes finding "an enemy or a teacher" when he's trying to claim his identity. it's why he attaches himself to both oswald and lee.

if ed hadn't caught onto the cruelty and betrayal of trust with isabella, penguin would've used him the same way.

ed craves love but doesn't know how to recieve it. this was also present in their initial conflict. the reason ed shot os is because he couldn't face the truth of being in love with him. of being just like the man who took his girlfriend's life (how many partner's love interests has he himself tried to kill again?) the most repressed man in gotham city 💚

[r0setyler]

thinking about the roses on this makes me -

[incorrect-fnaf-quotes]

Another thing Oswald figured... he just thought that the whole “Animatronic being romantic with his mom” deal would stop—especially once everything seemed to be better.

But then Pittrap returns.

The romance does not stop.

He’s got his dad back, but now Pittrap is still acting as a father—and all three of them seem pretty chill with each-other.

[mysecretwindowuniverse]

1x10 | Lovecraft

'I'll find your mole for you. Trust me - he'll belong to Fish'

[aerithisms]

i think the weirdest 2013 discourse brained doctor who take i've seen is people who came back to watch capaldi era, realised it's good and that they really like the twelveclara dynamic, identify all the things that are compelling about it but then say "moffat doesn't know he did this though." bc they can't budge from the position that he's a hack so they have to convince themselves it's, like, only accidentally good

[mimiscappinisideblog]

Imagine: Oswald (Alfred Molina fancast, hehe) in a serious meeting.

Everyone in the meeting is terrified of him, his mere presence makes them all weak at the knees. Too scare of even looking at his direction afraid they'll catch his gaze.

They were too scared in fact that not one said anything or even told him about the kiss mark on his cheek.

[ossydrawsthingz335]

i find it funny that so many adults talk about how bad the internet is for teens but like ive made so many more friends because of the internet and like the internet made me so much more confident in my art and myself

like of course theres bad ppl on the internet. theres bad ppl irl. bad ppl exist. its crazy i know.

the only age group that shouldnt be on the internet is little kids. like 8-7-etc years old.

[meep-meep-richie]

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[infernothechaosgod]

You know since I've seen people talk abt how they see oswald diffrently depicted any time he shows up and share some headcanons and takes on him I thought id share mine too

I like to imagine oswald's voice wasnt this close to normal and a raspy even, he wanted to be taken more seriously when angry + stand out more from others so he purposfuly made his voice like that

At this point its his defult voice, kinda how an actor sometimes does the gag/a part of an act out of play bc he's so used to it after practicing or playing out a role for a huge amount of time

His oryginal voice was (unlike mickey's) very gentle and soft, if he were to sing or humm any kind of song it would almost always sound like a lullaby but also it would be easy to miss him saying something if he didnt rise his voice

Accualy his first voice was pretty gentle too (well for the time being, comparing to mickeys "hot dog" at least)

Oswald is Just a cool character to think about

I honestly dont know when I came up with that or how But I like it, its one of those things you like, you forget you made it up and then feel a little happier when you remember it was you who came up with it

Unless there is someone else who said that But If there was I missed them

[theizzizzy]

We’ve fucking won

[thefiresofpompeii]

continuing yesterday’s discussion, the only card-carrying hypocrite in this house is, apparently, me. why do i resent how river (and to a lesser extent amy) are written to have their whole lives revolve around the doctor, but it’s completely fine by me when clara’s whole life does too? no idea. drawing from my own previous opinions i should hate the impossible girl arc. however, for some inexplicable reason, it fascinates me in a way the others didn’t. after all, consistency doesn’t really matter when discussing a show that doesn’t value it

but i do have an answer of sorts. the fact remains that clara’s s7b arc is not gender specific. she could have, in a hypothetical gender-neutral world, been the impossible boy, and nothing would have changed plotwise (the touches of sexist attitude towards her bear no relevance on the narrative). amy, on the other hand, with her schroedinger’s pregnancy, marriage dilemma (‘should i take my husband’s name?’) and ‘love triangle’, as well as river’s highly sexualised ‘wife’ role, are gender-specific and therefore misogynistic. yes, you could say that being the impossible girl makes clara a “manic pixie dream girl”, unrelatable to the average viewer and a Walking Plot Device, predestined by fate itself to meet the doctor, etc etc, but that doesn’t fall under sexism, and it’s not out of place in a series in which moving the story forward takes priority over anything else. nobody says this stuff about rose, despite her bad wolf impossible goddess of time arc being in fact quite similar! tl;dr obviously i haven’t gotten to later seasons yet, and my thoughts on her might change, but for now i stand by clara oswald. her arc coheres. her unreality makes her real

[catboytwelve]

Someone has to ask Steven Moffat if he chose 4 and a half billion years for heaven sent by randomly picking a big ass number or by googling the earth's age bc the more I think about the possibility of the latter being the case the more I want to scream into the void.

[eclipsecrowned]

if i had a nickel for every time i was encouraged to roleplay a canon guy i actively crave to ship with my oc, i'd have so many nickels. it keeps happening. i have so many nickels and so few ships.

[incorrect-fnaf-quotes]

At some point, Oswald encounters the other person who was in the Pittrap situation—who just ran off, told some people, and then the ITP book was made.

Oswald’s just speaking to them, and from a distance, they can see Pittrap watching, and then there’s just a whole conversation like:

?: ...Did the rabbit thing start pretending to be your real dad?

Oswald: Yeah :(

?: Did it start flirting with your other parent?

Oswald: ...Yeah :(

?: How long has it been doing this?

Oswald: ...Four years.

?: Yikes-

[divinekangaroo]

just enough to let me drown - pettiot - Peaky Blinders (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

Ch 1 | Ch 2 | Ch 3 | Ch 4 | (Ch 5)

During S6-E5, starting with Tommy meeting Diana at the narrowboat, how he gets back to Arrow, that particular Dinner, through to Tommy returning home after dropping Jack Nelson off at the train.

Tommy was running out of women who didn’t look like other women. If Lizzie found out, he’d have only redheads left to fuck in his old age.

No. No old age. Only this.

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Diana Mitford/Tommy Shelby, Diana Mitford/Oswald Mosley, Past Oswald Mosley/Tommy Shelby, Tommy Shelby/Lizzie Stark, Past Oswald Mosley/Lizzie Stark, Jack Nelson, Charles Strong, Small Heath Sex Worker, David the Butler, Frances | Reference to Incest, Dehumanisation, Cigarette Burns, Disassociation, Racism, Class Issues, Intrusive Thoughts, Extremely Dubious Consent, Post Rationalisation, Flashbacks, Dyfunctional Relationship, Self Harm, Oral Trauma, Trauma, Plausible Deniability, Close POV/Unreliable Narration, Horrible Dinner Parties, Prostitution, Shame, Hurt/Comfort, Eating Inedible Objects, Vomiting, Pre-Seizure Markers, Where Fascism becomes a Personally Targetted Sexual Nightmare, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Falling Off the Wagon, Unreliable Memory, Hoarding, Orgasm Control, Innuendo, Ethnic Slurs, Trying (so fucking hard!) to Communicate (emotion is the enemy of oratory!), Spiralling, Purposeful Ambiguity, Failed Love Confession/s, Bullying, Verbal Humiliation, Mixing Medication and Alcohol, Alcoholism, 1930s Pop Culture References

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