#and the dynamic is working

[heretherebedork]

I just have to gush to someone about Phuwin's performance in We Are. Past characters he's played kind of prickly and angsty (and done it really well) and it would've been easy to make this character a bit more like that given all the aggravation Phum is causing him... but he's playing Peem so soft and sweet (other than kicking Phum in the balls that one time ha). I'm loving seeing his acting range and just swooning over this adorable character, like no wonder Phum is having trouble keeping up the bullying and is falling in love instead...

I do love Peem. I am so happy he gets to play prickly but heartfelt and also, very importantly, someone with an entire friend group on his side.

That's what makes Peem such a great character compared to some of his others. Because Peem has friends supporting him and on his side and there for him. He has a bunch of people who care about him and that makes him more fun and more approachable and more able to bounce back from Phum's bullying.

I love Peem because he has his own opinions and his own stances and he gets to be frustrated and annoyed and tell Phum he is and stand by it and push back and make his own space while still caring about Phum.

Most of his other characters were not given that space or that ability and it shows. They were more isolated and thus less able to have those fun moments because they had no one to turn to in order to have them.

... It's what lets me enjoy their relationship. Peem isn't alone, he isn't buying Phum's lies, he's able to be an entire person while also caring! It's so great. So much better than the last time they did enemies to lovers.

[ferretteeth]

Pigeon attempts to court falcon

[that1notetaker]

Getting out of the comfort zone can be uncomfortable.

[batbabydamian]

an attempt at brotherly bonding

[katsinspats]

I think my copy of the game is broken they've been doing this for 30 minutes

Crop of the Biolizard edit I did bc it makes me laugh:

[mipexch]

dinner (?) plans

[chamerionwrites]

Also, there is so much hand-wringing over the ethics of BDSM and while obviously it is worth taking care about ...sensation seeking is a thing. Many, many people enjoy eating habanero peppers and/or watching movies that make them cry. The conceptual leap from there to the idea that it's possible for sex to hurt good is a very short one, and sometimes it REALLY is as simple as that.

[invasive]

[chelstory]

I really like them a lot🔥💧

[lunarcrown]

When grian wants to be carried around like a Princess by skizz but he has the attitude of a ornery cat SMH

[stormboundstars]

idk man.......something about Percy feeling more proud of his similarities with his mother than his similarities with his father, who is a literal Olympian god....... young Percy boldly declaring that Sally Jackson is better, more important than the will of the gods, and that she should be seen and remembered....... Percy praying to his human mother because she is the only one he truly believes in even after realizing great forces exist in the world....... something about Sally Jackson representing humanity, and Percy, despite being offered greatness and divinity and having all the cool powers and glory to his name, choosing to stay mortal– not only that, he takes pride in his humanness, in the fact that he is his mother's son....... yeah.

[tiger-grace]

Damian standing outside of the police precinct because Jason (notorious crime lord) got caught for busting an illegal poaching and harvesting scheme

Damian: free my man he ain’t do anything wrong

Commissioner Gordon: he cut off their hands-

Damian, slowly pulling a batarang out of his pocket: I said, free my man. He ain’t do anything wrong.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

I'm not going back to Gusu with you.

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[catsharky]

Yeah I was right and there was no way I was getting the rest of this done without making you all wait another month or two, so I just went to the next good break point. We're officially past the halfway point with Astarion though, so not too much longer before you actually get to see Rolan again!

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[dryya-doesnt]

Father-daughter dance ‼️‼️

[mint-fixates]

There's this weird take I've seen floating around on TikTok that Bill doesn't actually care about his family/dimension or Stanford at all; that we're supposed to take everything in TBOB as non-canon basically because he's lying to garner sympathy from reader to make a deal with them. I'm all for having your own interpretations of media, but I just don't think this idea that Bill is a completely heartless unfeeling creature is supported by canon at all. In fact, it kind of feels like the opposite of the point of the book.

Like, yeah, most things Bill says should be taken with a grain of salt because he lies a lot, but he's not actually a very good liar? It's usually pretty easy to clock when he's full of it. But okay, even if we assume every word Bill says while trying to recruit the reader is a lie, there are three major things that this doesn't account for.

Bill is not the only source in the book. The lost Journal 3 pages were written by Stanford, we only know about the interdimensional Taco Bell incident because of an included police transcript, etc.

Even once he's lost any chance of making a deal with the reader to escape, Bill is having a complete breakdown and mentions all the people he so totally doesn't miss for real you guys. Why bother with reverse psychology double-lying for sympathy once his shot at getting the reader on his side is already gone?

Trying to garner the reader's sympathy makes sense to a certain extent, but why go out of his way to make himself look pathetic? Does revealing that he got drunk and cried over his ex in a fast-food drive-through really help his cause if that cause is to convince the reader he's still a powerful being capable of starting the apocalypse again so they can rule with him?

And that's all without even mentioning that, as previously stated, I think the entire point of the book is missed if we're interpreting Bill as having no genuine feelings or attachments. The book ends with Stanford healing from his past by being open about what he went through with his family and accepting their help, while Bill insists he doesn't need anyone and refuses to heal, actively making himself worse in the process. The clear theme imo is that accepting your past and accepting help from people who love you is essential to healing, while denying those things just makes everything worse. If Bill doesn't actually care about his family, his dimension, Stanford, or anything/anyone else, he has no trauma to heal from or regrets to learn from that he's refusing to accept and deal with, and the entire meaning of the book is made moot.