#and they're the only people who's opinions I care about

[theskeleton117]

Aw shit, here we go again

1. He was pretty young when he got the crown since he just kinda found it unlike the rest that had to wait until a certain age for it

2. His recklessness was what made the crown stick with him for the time that it did. Lamb actually was able to keep the crown because Narinder cooled down and Lamb didn't

3. He was pretty much the favorite child, but the bishops weren't really all that dysfunctional

4. Revival. He's the only one who knows how to do that in this AU

5. Dislikes a lot of their battle tactics, but he generally had a high opinion of them, even if he often rebelled against their decisions

6. So, immediately after the imprisonment, Narinder hates them, but with some hindsight, Narinder just misses them

7. Favorite was Heket since she'd occaisonally help him get away with things Shamura normally wouldn't allow. He doesn't have a least favorite exactly

8. A katana, a wakazashi (fancy word for shorter katana) and a scythe. The swords were just because Shamura used those and taught Narinder them. The katana was actually a gift from Shamura while the wakazashi was just something Narinder made. He lost the wakazashi upon being imprisoned, keeping the katana. Shamura later gave it back to him. The scythe on the other hand is a purely ceremonial weapon that he doesn't use

9. He created the 4 witnesses that the bishops use through constant revival, so those. To sum it up, those witnesses are mindless murder machines that just do what they're told without any thought

10. Yep. Lamb. I discussed this in my Lamb post somewhere

11. He cares about them a lot. That's just kinda it

12. I would assume so ig?

13. Lil scratch scar on him right eye

14. Nope. Just general cat. If I could draw him instead of just doing gatch tho I'd probably choose a specific cat type for him

15. I'd say it's kinda short but also kinda messy

16. Honestly I've decided upon reading this that it is now. Must alter his design now

17. I'd say like 7.5. Very ears

18. Had it from birth. Assigned 3 eyes at birth. He's A3eab

19. You know I actually never gave him the ones on his wrists. Never thought about that. Anyways, nothing notable from that wasn't already there or wasn't already expected

20. Nope

21. Maybe, but I don't know any that would make sense to develop after the imprisonment, but I might look into that

22. Weirdly. Normally slower but generally inconsistently

23. No blood relation, but Narinder was good friends with Forneus

24. I'd say he's caring towards them. He kinda acts similar to them as Shamura did to him when he was young

25. Rarely wears it. It's also ceremonial and usually used in tandem with the scythe. Not his style

26. It wasn't a prophecy, rather his own actions. The prophecy was only about the lambs and only showed up after he was imprisoned, had nothing about him

27. Since it wasn't a prophecy, I'm gonna talk about how others viewed it afterwards. To start, almost everyone knew that Narinder fucked up, even his supporters knew that. The real debate was in whether his punishment was too much

28. Question doesn't apply, see question 26

29. Here's something I've thought out quite a bit. So basically, he was practicing revival. I've seen a lot of people decide the reason thay was 'bad' is some arbitrary tradition from the bishops but in my case it's more serious. Revival directly damages the souls of those revived until they end up as husks of what they once were, at most only abel to follow orders. That's actually what happened to the witnesses. Narinder was doing this to try and find a way to stop Lamb's possible death as they had been hit with some sort of venom that would kill them slowly over time, and all that experimentation was thought to be too inhumane by the bishops, and even by Lamb themself

30. Mostly shame. Shame for the harm that he caused to get there. This shame often causes anger for him and that causes him to make more shit decisions

31. Yep

32. He certainly does, as he never wanted to in the first place. It shows in him occasionally helping them with things related to their injuries

33. Oh he fucking does. He's had a lot of experience with lamb culture from Lamb, and generally he liked their culture. That was one of his biggest regrets

34. Lamb was first introduced as his apprentice that he was forced to have, so obviously he was originally annoyed by them, but they were generally quite polite, if a bit timid. Narinder began to grow fond of them not long after, though

35. Narinder held out hope that this regeneration of Lamb would still somehow love him the way the other original did, so he, for the most part, never truly expected it. When Lamb decided he was done with Narinder's deals and chances, Narinder was crushed, even if he only outwardly displayed anger

36. Before imprisonment, yes. However this is clearly asking about after, and after imprisonment, it was always bittersweet. On one hand, it's still Lamb, sorta, and he still enjoys Lamb's company because even with the change in personality between regenerations, he enjoys Lamb's dumb ass. But on the other hand, Lamb reminds him of the version of Lamb that he knew and misses

37. Well, he has a lot of disagreements with them, but deep down he lives for the stuff that he gets to do with Lamb. Most fun he had in years

38. He doesn't understand why anyone would do it if there's other food around simply because "With most of them, there's no way to cook them that makes them taste edible"

39. Yeah so NariLamb actually ends after Lamb's regeneration for a while. Narinder takes on only two lovers, and both of them can barely be considered such. He had a slight thing going on with Goat, even if they were never really officially lovers per se. And then other than Goat, NariLamb started back up for a small bit but ended

40. It changes depending on when it was. When he furst joined, it was figuring out what he was gonna do with himself. Was he going to stay, leave, maybe rebel? By the end of that era, he had tried doing the last two before settling on the first. After that, it was struggling with his feelings towards Lamb and the lack of reciprocation of those feelings

41. He just uses he/him

42. He's just cis male for now (cuz he's boring /j) although I have considered maybe changing that for him but for now he's just cis

43. Similar case to Lamb where while I never included it in his design, I imagine he has a red moon necklace. In Narinder’s case, it's more of a way to memorialize the lambs that he was responsible for the deaths of

44. Oh definitely. I doubt all those meetings with Ratau and Forneus didn't have any drugs involved. I didn’t have anything prewritten but some crazy shit prolly

45. Sorta yes sorta no. He's doesn't tell anyone who he is, but Lamb occasionally does. It's not a secret, just not outwardly told. Regardless, plenty of people recognize him, even if it's not really a majority

46. Not great at that, but I can give examples of similar personalities sometimes. Before his banishment he was kinda like Anakin Skywalker from Star Wars (who he kinda shares a lot of other similarities to in my fic), and afterwards he's more like a lot more hardened and less cocky than he used to be

47. Definitely shy about talking about Lamb before their execution. In fact the topic is off limits to talk about to Lamb if they ever are able to bring it up. He enjoys talking about lamb culture and mythology even after their fall, because that was basically his special interest for a bit

48. He only really told Lamb to do that to free him. He doesn't consider sacrifice a good idea normally, but his desperation to get out of that hellhole was rampant enough to tell Lamb what amounted to "Just look out for yourself, fuck your followers"

49. You know on the Lamb when when this question was asked I answered French fries based on a random gut feeling based on the type of person Lamb is but I'm getting none of that for Narinder. I don't imagine Narinder’s favorite is fish, but he does like fish. No clue exactly what his favorite would be tho

50. I imagine Narinder’s general role in my fic, relative to Lamb, since a lot of side characters have something to offer to Lamb's character, is kinda the reverse of Ruri. The cat devil on Lamb's shoulder as opposed to the cat angel of Ruri. Narinder, while preferring Lamb doesn't *kill* followers, does support a level of manipulation. For example, I imagine Narinder heavily criticizes Lamb's choice on the level of transparency he has with his followers. Ruri and Narinder sorta balance each other for Lamb here and allow him to not skew to much in one direction of influence here for how he runs his cult

50 narinder questions

1. When did your Narinder aquire the Red Crown? Was he born into the role or did the crown choose him for a particular reason?

2. Why does the red crown find him worthy as a bearer?

3. What did his childhood look like? Did he live with the other crown bearers?

4. Does the Red Crown give him any unique powers such as the power of rot (a la TROD AU)?

5. How did he feel about Shamura pre-exile?

6. How about post exile?

7. Which sibiling was his favorite? Least favorite?

8. What weapon did he use prior to exile?

9. Do you have headcanons about who his witnesses or ‘bosses’ would be pre-exile? If so, who are they?

10. Did Narinder take any lovers before his exile?

11. How did Narinder feel about his priests, witnesses, and followers?

12. Does he have a dedicated meow button?

13. Does your Narinder have any unique features?

14. Is he based on any particular breed of cat such as a puma or a British shorthair?

15. Describe his fur. Is it unkempt? Well-groomed? Curly? Kept short?

16. Is, and I cannot stress this enough, his tail so, so fluffy?

17. How ears is he on a scale of 1-10? (This is not a typo)

18. Was he born with his third eye or did he gain it later from the crown?

19. Any notable scars post-exile other than around his wrists?

20. Did your Narinder have any disabilities prior to his exile?

21. Does he have any new disabilities upon being spared?

22. How does he pass the time in exile?

23. Are the kits, Aym and Baal, really his children?

24. How does he feel towards Aym and Baal? Ambivalent? Caring? Annoyed?

25. Why does he wear the veil? Or does he forgo it entirely?

26. How and when was the prophecy that he would rebel against the others revealed?

27. How did the others react to this prophecy before it happened?

28. Did he feel doomed by the prophecy? Relieved? Offended? Vindicated?

29. What exact rebellious act got him chained in the first place?

30. What are some of the biggest emotions he feels about being chained?

31. Deep down.. does he agree that it was necessary?

32. Does he have any remorse for harming his sibilings? If so, does he ever show it?

33. Does he care that an entire species and culture was ended because of him?

34. What was his first impression of the lamb?

35. When did he realize the lamb might turn against him? Was he blind to it until it happened or did he have a gut feeling long before then?

36. Does/Did he enjoy the lamb’s visits?

37. How does he feel about the lamb after being spared?

38. Does he support or partake in cannibalism?

39. Does he take a lover other than the lamb after being spared? If so, describe them!

40. What is his biggest struggle after being spared? Fitting in with the cult? Seeing the lamb’s face daily? Chronic pain?

41. Does your Nari use any pronouns besides he/him? If so, what ones?

42. Was he born male, female, intersex, or do you have no opinion on his sex?

43. Does he ever wear jewelry or makeup?

44. Has he ever used catnip? If so, what happened?

45. Is identity kept a secret from the cult? If so, do any of the followers recognize who he really is?

46. Describe his personality.

47. Is he shy about any topics? Does he enjoy talking about anything in particular?

48. Does he ever rethink the concept of sacrificing followers now that he is one?

49. Is his favorite food anything other than fish? If so, what is it?

50. Free headcanon space!

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[vividdreamer]

For a character with so much depth, Lae'zel sure is criminally underrated both in fandom spaces and in-game. I feel like if bg3 had to have one playable character only, Lae'zel would be GROUNDBREAKING — and I know that's an unpopular opinion. But her story could end in so many ways, each challenging your beliefs and leaving you with profound questions about yourself and the world.

Lae'zel wants to care about people but her compassion was beat out of her as a part of her training. Her life was all "kill or be killed" and despite talking about her "kin" with respect and idolation, they're the same people who would have killed her as a child — if she couldn't get to them first. She doesn't have a real family; she never speaks of any best friends, siblings or parental figures. But despite the fact that her life is so void of any warmth, safety, or comfort, she believes it'll be worth it in the end when Vlakith ascends her. That shit feels oddly relatable to me, someone who was raised in an abusive religious environment.

She could continue her death march on the path she was born into, ending her story as a complete tragedy and a gut-twisting lesson: No, actually, there is no point to sufferring. There is no promised good to come after it. No reward for having a "heart of stone," as she puts it. You only lose. Because the thing about powerful beings like Vlakith is that... why would they care about you? How do you think they came to be so powerful in the first place? By being charitable? Ha. You can't have power over people, and remain benevolent and honest at the same time. People won't immediately bend over backwards for you if you aren't at least lying, manipulating, or cheating them in the bargains that you make.

In this case, Vlakith is a lich. She's not interested in giving. She can't become a god without taking her power from somewhere or something. That's the paradox of gods. They have to take, not give, to sustain themselves. Even when they do offer "blessings," it comes in exchange for something that benefits them as a net gain. In the long run, you will lose far more than you gain.

However, Lae'zel's story can also be one of hope — when it doesn't end with her soul consumed. Through small, consistent choices, she can break down the walls obstructing her from vulnerability, compassion, and self-identity. She can choose courage over faith, and question the ways and behaviors she had to take up in order to survive. It's so depressing trying to come to terms with the idea that you might have been cheated your whole life. I wish this theme was explored more in the game. Lae'zel retreating into her tent, withering away in spirit and health as she wonders what her childhood could have been if the circumstances of her birth were any different. Until, one morning, she walks out and goes back to sharpening her sword.

It would be beautiful, moving, and tearful to see it in action! But even with what we've got in the game as it is, you see her gradually start to sympathize for her camp companions as they challenge their own ordeals. She says it pains her to see Shadowheart suffer Shar's wrath after refusing to kill Aylin. She is proud of Astarion for killing Cazador.

And there are so many other moments like that where her inner compassion slips through the cracks, and I think in those moments you see the real Lae'zel. The Lae'zel when she's choosing her own path, taking back her agency, and molding her own identity. A story that could end with her rejecting both Vlakith and Orpheus, because (and she says it herself) her destiny is hers to decide. It's a bittersweet beginning to the rest of her days.

[firestorm09890]

The problem with Meursault is I feel like you either have a sympathetic reading or you have him firmly in "terrible person" territory and it's hard to see him as what he really is, which is somewhere in the middle. I say this as someone who is overly sympathetic of him (I saw autistic traits in him from the very start and could not stop it). It's an interesting element of his character (that being the part about how people tend to either love or hate him rather than just thinking of him neutrally, not the autism part) I've kind of talked about before in regards to his Limbus Company counterpart but it also means discussions of him can be excruciating.

tl;dr of this post is that Meursault is very apathetic, does not understand his own feelings or care, and for the most part lets things happen around him that he reacts to, and that the replies pictured do some really nasty cherrypicking

This is one of the things that makes me read it as "unable to say no". Meursault doesn't say anything when Raymond wants advice (man-to-man and then we can be friends). It's either an overly literal reading on Meursault's part (Raymond didn't actually ask anything yet, he just stated something, why should Meursault answer) or it's because he doesn't actually want to. Meursault doesn't tell us. Really, it's not this one instance, but the fact that it constantly happens with Raymond makes me think Meursault isn't actually enjoying himself very much, except for rare instances.

He's not "quite literally just a bad person", he's amoral, which you might think is the same thing but it's not. His moral compass might as well not exist- he judges information on a case-by-case basis instead of having any consistent code, and why shouldn't the people he's talking to give him the story as objectively as possible? It's what he would do. This is what he says after Raymond infodumps his entire girlfriend situation

He doesn't think much of it at all. Based on Raymond's account, the girlfriend was probably cheating. "You can't ever be sure, but I get why you'd want to" is not "Yes I think your wife should be punished". It does still beget harm either way because Raymond takes it as an enthusiastic yes (and all Raymond needs is a single person to say "yes" for him to do what he wants) but he only gives his opinion ("opinion") when Raymond asks him to. He is a yes man. This is what I meant when I said

He'll give everything he has to people who aren't worth it- because he doesn't care? Or because he doesn't recognize they're not worth it?

He also happened to be drunk in this instance- probably, I assume a liter of wine and a headache means he's drunk but I don't know. There's probably something to be said about how he's drunk here and overwhelmed by the sun when he commits murder...

actually I want to talk about that too

Meursault doesn't tell us why he wants to go out with Raymond. You could say it's because he assumed Raymond was going back out for revenge and he wanted to be in on it. However, you could also say that he wanted to be there to make Raymond keep his cool.

I think he was. At the time he says this, I think his intention for taking the gun was to stop Raymond from shooting.

when he goes back out on the beach, he didn't expect anyone to be there at all. rereading, it truly was an instantaneous and senseless decision to pull the trigger.

astonishingly, rereading this chapter gave Meursault an extra point in favor of having some goodness inside of him- enough to know that killing is bad, or at least has consequences. anyway back to his forming "friendship" with Raymond

The scene continues

Meursault doesn't give Raymond the idea, Raymond tells him, and there's another case of "Raymond doesn't explicitly ask Meursault a question so Meursault ignores it until Raymond asks again".

Here's where "why should he?" comes in. He doesn't refuse because he sees no reason not to.

You can read whatever you want out of this and one of those ways to read it is as Meursault deciding it's a waste of his energy to disagree.

This is where his night with Raymond ends. In true Meursault fashion he leaves it up to us to interpret how he feels about it. Maybe what he feels is the warmth of a new bond. Maybe what he feels is disgusted and sick. Or maybe all he feels is a headache and nothing about Raymond at all.

Addressing the other mentioned scenes...

We don't know if Meursault wanted to stop Raymond or not, he said he didn't get the cops because he didn't like cops, and, in this day and age and on this website, I don't think "I don't like cops" can be used as a good judge of anyone's morals.

Here's what happens immediately after the police arrive when Raymond beats his wife: an indication that Meursault straight up does not care. He is hungry, he will make lunch and eat lunch and forget about it.

More Meursault having opinionless opinions. Why shouldn't he act as a witness for Raymond? He did see it. And Raymond told him that the girl cheated. That's all he needs to say.

Turns out Meursault does have a boundary. It's this.

haha meursault noooo

The part in the reply about the dog is pretty accurate, but still cherrypicking. Celeste calls Salamano and his dog's routine pitiful (dog pulls Salamano too far, Salamano beats dog, dog gets scared, Salamano doesn't give dog enough time to pee, dog pees on floor, Salamano beats dog) and Meursault's opinion on it is "who's to say?" but here's the whole page where Meursault tells him how to get his dog back because I think it really captures that there's something else wrong with Meursault than just being a bad person

Not that he has any idea what he's really feeling. He does care, in a way- he thinks of his late mother and loses his appetite- but he doesn't know how or why and we won't know either. Which adds the dimension that even though Meursault is very explicit and objective about what he is physically observing, emotionally he is such an incredibly unreliable narrator. Here's what the translator has to say about him though

So maybe Meursault sees the man and his dog as inseparable as a married couple. You don't separate even when bad things happen; that's how people used to see it. I don't know what he's really thinking, but sometimes the option humanizing him is equally as likely as the option seeing him as a terrible person.

There is nothing saying you can't both be a bad person and have traits that make you easier to abuse at the same time. You can do bad things without comprehending why it's bad. I never said any of this made him a good person, but he's not "quite literally just" a bad person either. It's kind of fascinating that so many people take that away from the book that has the court say Meursault is ontologically evil and wants you to think that was unreasonable.

That's the thing about humans, y'see, they have multiple dimensions and aaaaall this just makes me think LCB Meursault's going to have that discussion of what it means to be human even more.

I hoped it was obvious that him being unable to say no doesn't have to do with anxiety or anything, but a combination of apathy and a lack of understanding, but I guess I should have said so more explicitly.

I think about Rosespanner Meursault a lot

He isn't overworked because this is a workshop that overworks its employees, he's overworked because other employees are pushing their own jobs onto him, and he doesn't know how to say no.

That's perhaps his biggest problem in The Stranger. He can't say no to anyone- why should he? It's why unsavory types are drawn to him. He sits and listens to the old man who abuses his dog and so the old man likes him, and then he lets Raymond (the wooooorst) draw him into his bullshit and that's the only reason he has a gun on the beach at all. Limbus Meursault might be better at it at this point in the story (or maybe he isn't, and it's just that the contract with LCB is keeping us from seeing it) but he'll give everything he has to people who aren't worth it- because he doesn't care? Or because he doesn't recognize they're not worth it?

And I also think about Electric Screaming in conjunction with this, specifically the Awakening line.

Is he only able to set a boundary when resonating with the sheep that screams and tries to gore you when you take its power? Did he metaphorically let them plug those wires in to siphon the electricity, and only changed his mind when he realized nothing would be left of him? Does he even know who he is outside of what he can offer to others?

[theconstitutionisgayculture]

This whole thing with Austin Metcalf really solidified a potentially controversial opinion of mine:

If a minor commits a capital crime - first or second degree, I don't care - then they should be tried as an adult, and therefore eligible for capital punishment.

I've seen quite a few cases of minors as young as thirteen commit second degree murder, and because they're underage, they don't have to worry about real justice. Look at the situation where two scumbugs filmed themselves running over Mr Andreas Probst - they LAUGHED in court. On camera.

Don't get me wrong, I love seeing stories of criminals who turn their lives around, but murder is a completely different scale. You can't make restitution for intentionally ending someone's mortal existence. I suppose you could argue the death penalty won't fix it, either, but at least the world doesn't have to worry about that person doing it again. In any case, the justice system should focus on JUSTICE, not "rehabilitation".

Maybe it's harsh, but I want to see consequences again.

The only concern I have is that the left would absolutely twist this is get people who killed in self-defense murdered.

Emotionally I agree with you, but there are sometimes good reasons for not trying a minor as an adult, even for murder. Depending on the age and the circumstances, there can be a very real case for mental incompetence when it comes to minors. We already legally and morally recognize that minors aren't mentally mature enough to consent to many adult decisions, and by that logic, it's also reasonable that some minors also can't fully understand what it means to commit murder. In those situations, I think it's better to try a minor as a minor and get a conviction that it is to try them as an adult and possibly have them get off on a mental incompetency to stand trial, or the jury sympathizing with the minor so much they don't want to see them in jail for life, or executed.

[dirtytransmasc]

I've been thinking about what it might have been like if blond Peter Parker didn't die, like, if he got to mentor Miles, cause screw canon, I do what I want. (context; everything else happens, Peter B, Gwen, Noir, Penni, Spider Ham still show up. Goober still breaks. Rush to shut down the collider, etc. all that still happens, Blond Peters still there though)

the thought first and foremost in my mind, is that while in a playful manner, he is very protective and almost possessive of miles, in the "this is my kid from my dimension, I'm his mentor, he's my responsibility, I've had him for five minutes, but so help me god, anything happens to him I'm killing everyone here and than myself, look at him wrong, I will fight you" type of way, all the while keeping a friendly smile on his face, even if its slightly unnerving.

teases Miles about Gwen and his little crush on her, while also not exactly playing match maker cause he knows they're gonna be separated shortly. its a bittersweet thing for him.

he praises Miles so so so often, like, whenever he does anything, cause he knows Miles is scared and a kid and he needs to know he's doing a good job.

tries to protect his childhood and innocence, not wanting him to feel like he has to take up the mantle of spiderman just yet. always telling Miles that he "always gets up" cause he doesn't want Miles to feel like he has the responsibility of replacing him on his shoulders. this comes up more and more as they set out to destroy the collider.

always has a hand on Miles, mostly on his shoulder, so he knows his kid's fine and his kid knows he's not alone. he also does the forehead stroke, where he rests his hand on Miles's head and strokes his thumb over the center of his forehead. also also, he rests his elbow on the kids head, I don't know why, I just know he's that type of guy.

they hug a lot, mostly in the moment, when neither of them are really thinking. he just pulls miles into his side and squeezes him, which Miles ends up turning into real hugs after a while.

does the worried dad "check over" every time they escape a conflict. always asking if he's ok or just staring at him, trying to make sure he's ok. basically, he's a big worry wart.

"kid/kiddo" and "punk" are go-to's

when Miles is anxious, he stands closer to him, only touching when Miles leans into him.

held Miles when his uncle died, not letting him go through it alone.

gives him the "leap of faith" talk, alongside many other pep talks, cause the guy is good at those, before the collider, and gets to watch from a distance as Miles comes into himself as a spider man.

tries to keep Miles from the collider anyway, cause the stakes are too high, and he wouldn't be able to live with himself if anything happened to Miles.

isn't surprised when Miles shows up anyway.

still has a near-death experience, leaving Miles to be the one to take down Kingpin, send everyone home, and shut down the collider. He wants to give up, badly, he's tired, but Miles needs him, is begging him to get up, just this one last time, and then Miles would be spiderman. Miles has to half drag him out to the streets.

he'd bring him to his dad, cause he's a kid, and the one person he's been able to lean on in this shitshow is half dead, and he's scared, so he finds his dad and comes clean out of desperation, begging him for help.

is one of the only people Peter actually wants to see while recovering, he stays at the hospital night after night just so he can be there for Peter, like Peter had been there for him, not letting anyone drag him out until after he's woken up, and even then, it's like pulling teeth to get him to so much as go to the caf to eat.

he spends whole days with Miles teaching him to cope with his spidey sense, use his webs, etc.

keeps him away from the big things, but lets him help out on patrol to give him a taste of the action.

takes hits for him, even if Miles tells him not to, cause that's his kid, and that's just what "dads" do.

when Miguel tries to recruit Peter, Peter is extremely protective of Miles, especially when he finds out he's technically an anomaly, making sure no one hurts him or undo any of the work he's done in terms of making Miles confident in himself and his abilities.

is in support of trying to save everyone, no matter what canon says, as he's literally the parental/mentor of a whole-ass anomaly and knows Miguel's theory is crap or at least mostly crap.

once everything sorted out, Spot and Miguel and Earth 42 wise, he ends up taking Miles 42 in as his own as well, and sticks around with Miles as (at least in my head, cause I say so) he stays with Miguel and HQ to be recruited.

Miles tells Miguel that Peter will ignore his own well being and pushed himself past his limits to protect Miles, because he thinks if he shows Miles weakness, the kid will feel like he has to replace him and will get stressed out/abandon what remains of his youth. he makes Miguel bench the two of them when Peter's not doing so hot so he can recover physically and emotionally.

Peter eats over at the Morales household once a week, assuring Miles's parents that he's safe with him every time.

insists on making Miles a suit for the colder months that's a little more cold resistant and when they're not in the suit, he's literally throwing coats at him.

kinda takes up the place in Miles's life that his uncle once held, being his safes pace, the person he turns to when it all goes to shit.

goes to Miles's school events.

if Miles falls asleep somewhere, like at HQ, Peter goes on guard like any dad, putting himself between Miles and the people around them so his sleep goes undisturbed.

do y'all want more of this, I might go somewhere with it if it does well.

[vroomvroomwee]

You know, I was thinking about putting down my own controversial opinion when writing the initial post but ultimately decided against it because I wanted to hear what you guys have to say. But, if I had? It would have been this one:

I fucking hate Lucifer.

I completely agree with what you said, and I genuinely mean that not in a "This is a safe space so I'm obligated to listen to your opinions" I mean it in a "I fucking want to grab you by the shoulders and shake you so we're both screaming this opinion in the void". I hate Lucifer so much and here's the thing. I don't think I would hate him so much if the fandom actually acknowledges that he's not a good person, but for some inexplicable, aggravating reason everyone treats him like some poor wounded baby who never did anything wrong and loves his wife and daughter so so much 🙄

No.

That man is selfish. He is literally described as a troublemaker even before the apple, so who knows what type of clownery and mayhem he was up to as an angel (his whole theme is LITERALLY a circus, eg. him flying with Charlie, him dressed as a ringmaster, the entire city having hints of a circus, all the sins taking up a role as one of the circus people (eg. Asmodeus a fire breather, Beelzebub an animal tamer, Belphegor a psychic etc.), and how the hotel and his palace are all circus themed too). He was probably someone who thought heaven's plans were shit and everyone should do things his way because it's so much better. And maybe it is, maybe it's not we have no way of knowing so I'll leave this open until we get to season two because I don't think what happened in Eden is as straightforward as what Charlie read from her CHILDREN'S book.

Even before we meet Lucifer the only thing Charlie has to say about him is that he calls but only when he's bored or needs something from her which WE ACTUALLY SEE WHEN THE GUY ASKS HIS DAUGHTER TO GO TO A MEETING INSTEAD OF HIM WITH HER MOTHER'S EX WHO HE KNOWS IS A COMPLETE ASSHOLE. Then we get a glimpse of his life, of how unkept his palace is, of how he stays cooped up in his room and makes ducks which directly ties to the first episode when Charlie mentions how Lilith took control over the kingdom. That leaves us to believe that Lucifer doesn't really do jack shit and drops all the work to his wife. We know he made Lulu Land, but we also know that he made it so expensive that the majority of imps and even some goetia can't enter (in which case what the actual fuck?? He's literally the king, doesn't he have enough money already??) Then he tells Charlie he has no idea where she is these days. She reminds him of the hotel and how he wasn't listening, and then he CONFIRMS it. Dude doesn't give a crap about his daughter's struggles and dreams, and the exasperated way Charlie asks tells us that this isn't a one time thing but more of a continuous behaviour that Lucifer doesn't care to rectify

Then, we see him arrive at the hotel. And what's the first thing he does? He hugs Charlie and then proceeds to completely diss all of her friends. They're nice and welcoming to him, but he brushes them off as if they're dirt. He doesn't have any friends not because he's awkward or weird, but because he's a pompous dick. He mocks the bar Charlie/Alastor put up. Then he picks a fight with Alastor even though Alastor wasn't initially hostile ("just some of the decorations we made. Adds a bit of colour, don't you think?" "And you are? 😤") after that it's only natural that Alastor begins to lose his composure.

In the song the only thing Lucifer has going for him is how rich he is, how influental he is, how powerful he is (all indicators of his pride I know) and of course Alastor takes advantage of that and gives Charlie the validation she craves. The girl is so emotionally neglected that she's reduced to receiving praise from a sadistic abusive serial killer who she knows is manipulating her but in her eyes it's better than whatever Lucifer has to offer. Which... wow.

Lucifer then goes on a rant about how sinners are vile psychopaths and don't deserve help and how Charlie's project is doomed to fail. Great job, Lucifer, dad of the year. And that's fine if he wants to protect her from failure and death at the hands of heaven (aka more than anything - which I still think Charlie forgave him way too quickly)

And that brings us to another topic, and that's Lucifer's deplore for his own people. He hates sinners even though hell is HIS fault, therefore they are HIS responsibility, but he does nothing. No, not only does he do nothing, he actively agreed to anual exterminations where thousands of people die. And I guess it could be argued that he's valid for feeling this way since sinners are downright awful, but then we would COMPLETELY BE MISSING THE POINT. The entire plot of Hazbin is how sinners are capable of redemption, how they can be good and how even good people wind up down there for some poor choices in life. Lucifer finally realizes that after subjecting his people for thousands of years to torture, misery, pain and death. It was about time

(Also, even if he doesn't care about sinners but then claims he still cares for the hellborn then he's a big fat hypocrite. The Lulu Land example is one of the instances, another is the ENTIRE COURT SCENE IN HELLUVA BOSS. In one of the news headlines it's said that blitz is the FIRST imp since the existence of imps to NOT be executed after being convicted and THAT FLIES OVER SO MANY HEADS. We see Lucifer's seat has cobwebs and dust (and a duck) on it, so he's knowingly let millions and millions of imps be unjustly sentenced to death even though he has the power to stop it and/or change the legal system entirely)

I also want to mention how fucking LATE Lucifer was to the fight in the finale. People are arguing that Lucifer was forbidden from interfering with the exterminations because of the contract with Adam (even though that hasn't been confirmed yet in the show) but the guy literally has the ability to teleport in a matter of seconds. He should have been at the hotel THE MOMENT Dazzle was killed, or the moment Adam rammed Charlie into the hotel's sign. No, actually. If he cared enough he should have been there from the fucking start. Not fighting, but watching and waiting for the moment when Adam breaks the deal. He should have been by Charlie's side the moment that portal opened. Which tells us that for an entire month after Charlie came back from the meeting in heaven, Lucifer didn't bother to even CALL ONCE and check if she's okay, or ask what happened, or give a fuck that an ENTIRE ARMY of exorcists is going to come crashing down on the hotel with the intention to kill every single resident there

And I know people headcanon him as autistic, and that most of his behaviour can be explained by that but most of the time I see that headcanon is when people are talking about Lucifer's duck obsession or when they point out how socially isolated he is. And I think many of them forget that autistic people aren't excempt from being bad people!!! You can be autistic and still be a douche and many fans can't differentiate Lucifer's autistic traits from him just being genuinely rude to the people around him

There's also the excuse that he's suffering from depression and trauma from heaven. And of course, depression is a monster to contest with, but in these discussions people forget to mention that Lucifer is still king and even though the pressure is immense, he still has an obligation to his people. He MADE them. They are in hell BECAUSE of him. So, if he's still suffering from something that happened TEN THOUSAND years ago then it's either time to get over it, or got to fucking therapy!! Because his negligence isn't just destructive to him, but it's actively harming his daughter and millions of sinners too. And what's weirder is how he plasters apples all throughout the city. Like... huh? If you're so traumatised by what happened why are you broadcasting your guilt on every piece of clothing, window and fucking floorboard???

AAAND I also want to point out some parallels between Lucifer and Stolas that personally irk me. They both started out as emotionless, downright evil lords of hell. Stolas in the pilot genuinely had no qualms about his and blitz's agreement and seemed happy to promote global warming so that more people die. Lucifer was written as the literal devil, he was cruel and a bad parent to Charlie and he didn't care that he was. Then, Stolas became a wimp, no literally, his main personality traits became being wronged about his arranged marriage and having Stella as his wife (those are both awful things, I'm talking about how vivienne chose to give him that trauma instead of keeping him as a villainous figure), and being a lovestruck bottom in love with an imp aww. Same with Lucifer, she excused him being a bad dad (which he WAS) due to his trauma with heaven and him suffering from depression. She turned him from a ruthless ruler who thought sinners deserved to be tortured and who reveled in it, to a quirky duck man who has it so difficult that he's king to such horrible people 🙄. They are both dads estranged from their daughters and somehow it's the daughter's fault for being mad because they never ever ever ever did anything wrong and they were absent in their daughter's lives because they CARED about them aww how sweet. Also, Stolas beating up Andrealphus is practically frame by frame the same scene as Lucifer beating up Adam. And the way Viv drastically changed both characters for the show adaptations is making me crazy!

I think I would have absolutely LOVED Lucifer if they didn't pull the "aww poor man he's traumatised therefore his behaviour is okay and we should forgive him for everything". If the show actually said "Hey look, here's the literal devil, he has flaws duh." then I would have digested him so much more easily because it's FINE if a character has flaws and is imperfect, good even, and it would have made his journey into becoming a better person so much more interesting. But, it's not fine to sweep them under a rug and pretend they don't exist and he's actually great because he's "short and funny and hot and loves his daughter therefore he's never done anything wrong :)" I wish the fandom treated him as the morally complex character he is, I would have loved him more if it did

(Also, I'm a firm believer that if Lucifer was a woman, the fandom would tear her to shreds. Like they do with Lilith 🤔)

I'm gonna use this post to ask you all for your most controversial Hellaverse opinions.

I know people often do these, but I don't want to hear any "staticmoth is better than radiostatic" mundane, palatable opinions. I want to hear your most contentious, your most divisive, your most polemic, your nastiest, deepest hidden opinions that on any other app would get you beleaguered. I want to hear the opinions that you're afraid of voicing because other fans will flip out. Run wild and don't worry about consequences, the comment section is a safe space, and I will delete any offensive comments or people trying to argue "no, you're wrong" because I want to hear OPINIONS

(A healthy, nonjudgemental discussion is, of course, welcome 🥰)

[gnomewithalaptop]

Rereading the Our Worlds at War tie-in again and God I miss their friendship every day

[yeonjune]

Yeonjun about the strain he felt while preparing for his debut solo project ✙ "GGUM" MAKING FILM

[gingerswagfreckles]

Well they caught him. If he wasn't the exact kind of person tumblr loves, the conspiracy theories about this being a random person being framed would have continued to spread. But he's an attractive 26 year old white man who was caught carrying a manifesto about corporate America and has an internet history that matches up with tumblr's general politics. So everyone is going to get excited about how he's a martyr and go back to acknowledging reality in that there isn't a conspiracy to frame the wrong guy.

The discussions over whether or not this man should be lionized as a hero are honestly not as relevant as the comfort with which people are going to drop the conspiracy theory they would have been fully committed to if this man's politics turned out to be nuts. The ease with which the userbase of this website switches between realities based on whether or not they confirm their biases is really alarming. I just hope people understand how weird it is to claim a random person is 100% going to be framed by the FBI on one day, and then drop that by the next day when it becomes clear that the person being "framed" is the exact kind of communist you had hoped.

[airenyah]

Hey so do you know where I could find this acting manifesto of yours?

I usually try and avoid publicly expressing my opinion on things like this but I recently saw some people commenting negatively on his acting again and I’m starting to doubt my own judgement.

I’ve truly never had a huge problem with his acting but I keep seeing people using really harsh words to describe his prior and current work. I genuinely think he’s doing a good job in THK but these comments sometimes make me think I’m missing something.

That conflicts with the fact I know at least three people he worked with on THK specifically had positive things to say about his acting too and I trust people who do this for a living to know what they’re talking about for the most part.

I guess I’m just looking for your post to have a more detailed perspective of the opposite viewpoint to “he’s a terrible actor” to help affirm some of my thinking so I’m more confident in my positive opinion of his acting.

Overall though I’m enjoying everyone in this show but for me I’m specifically enjoying the four mains the most. Kudos to them honestly.

(Disclaimer: Obviously everyone is entitled to their opinion but the harshness of some of the opinions took me off guard a little.)

fuck these people. they don't know shit.

(mind you. this manifesto was written based on his performance in just star in my mind and hidden agenda. his 2024 shows weren't even out at that point. in fact, thk hadn't even been publicly announced yet. you can see from the start there is talent in this boy if you actually know what to look out for)

bonus: i rant some more in the last reblog

[immortalsins]

was in a bioethics lecture today discussing a proposed plan to reduce prison sentences in exchange for donated organs/bone marrow ... insane. anyway. the number of opinions from my peers that went along the lines of 'this is wrong because criminals shouldn't be offered the opportunity of a shorter sentence' or 'this is a good idea so they can pay their debt to society' or 'they're criminals, what does it matter?' made me want to bash my head in

[my-thoughts-and-junk]

No actually the band assuming chive and glam are fucking and never outright stating it (beyond the drummer's fucking bizarre convo with glam about condoms) is hilarious because it implies the band lives on with this misconception. To this day the rest of the band believes they lost their lead guitarist because he refused to move on after they fired his boyfriend & lead singer

[disneynerdpumpkin]

⚠️ Wish Defense Rant Warning ⚠️

ASHA DIDN'T WANT ALL THE WISHES TO BE GRANTED. I can't stress that enough.

Everyone is all like "Asha wanted all the wishes to be granted not all wishes can be granted that's so unrealistic you can't grant everyone's wishes and Magnifico isn't the villain"

Asha didn't want all the wishes to be granted. She VERY CLEARLY stated that she wanted to give the wishes BACK to the people (because Magnifico literally ripped the lives out of them by taking their wishes!). She even SAID that the dangerous wishes could be stopped!

ALL ASHA WANTED WAS TO GIVE THE WISHES BACK TO THE PEOPLE, NOT TO GRANT ALL OF THEM. She wanted all the wishes to have a chance at being granted, not to be granted. And through giving them back, the wishes could then be pursued themselves through their own determination; not relying on Magnifico to grant them.

"Giving the wishes back" and "granting the wishes" are two completely different things!

And not everyone's wishes were even granted at the end of the movie! They were left to pursue them themselves if they chose to do so. It's exactly like what Sabino said; "I may not pursue my wish but it's nice to know that I can."

The plot was not about Asha wanting to grant everyone's wishes. It was about giving them back (because you literally lose a piece of yourself when you give up your wish to Magnifico!!!) and restoring the lives of the people of Rosas.

People are acting like the wishes are like "oh, I wish I can have a ham sandwich for lunch tomorrow" Like no! The plot clearly states that the wishes aren't just any wishes. They're the ones that drive your heart, the one that makes you who you are. How would you feel if you gave your wish to Magnifico and you got your memory erased, and you don't even remember the most important part of yourself?!?!

People are even complaining about the concept of the wishes being in magic spheres. They're even complaining that "you can literally see the wishes in the spheres!" Like...obviously! How else is Magnifico supposed to see what the wishes are?!?!?!

I even heard someone say like "You can't grant all the wishes, like you can't grant a 5-year-old's wish to become a monkey" Did you even pay attention?! The plot clearly states, MANY times, that you have to be 18 or older to give up your wish to Magnifico! By then, the wish that drives your heart will probably be connected to your passion (like singing or music or baking, etc.).

Magnifico "decides to grant the wishes that are good for Rosas" because the wishes power his sorcery and magic when destroyed. And Magnifico literally makes his people forget the wishes they made, that's basically ripping out their personality from them! Giving their wishes to Magnifico literally rips the life out of them and physically drains them, and it pains them when their wishes are destroyed entirely. And then he's driven LITERALLY INSANE AND COMPLETELY UNHINGED with his sorcery. He literally keeps the wishes for himself. He literally ONLY GRANTS THE WISHES THAT BENEFIT HIMSELF AND HIS POWER. He's literally so manipulative and LIES about the wishes being dangerous! (He OUTRIGHT LIED about Sabino's wish. Inspiring the next generation is not a dangerous wish!) He's literally a narcissist.

HE IS THE VILLAIN.

Asha was actually a great protagonist. She does have some of that "adorkable" Disney heroine feel, but that doesn't make her a bad character. She was an amazing, very well developed character and her personality was great. Edit: she was NOT adorkable. She was such a well developed character and she was amazing.

I loved that she sketches and even does flipbook animation! SHE WAS NOT SELFISH. She didn't want all the wishes to be granted, she wanted to give the wishes back.

And apparently "This Wish" is getting hate just because there wasn't a big belt in the song. It's not that kind of song. Disney movies use songs to push the plot along. The overall tone and dynamics of the songs are what help the story along. "This Wish" is not one of those songs that has a loud belt in it. It's supposed to be quieter. Disney songs sound like they do for a reason. "This Wish" was beautifully performed by Ariana DeBose and didn't need a big belt.

Disney, David Metzger, Benjamin Rice, and Julia Michaels used a fresh approach on the songs and the animation; and because it's different than the most recent Disney animated movies, everyone goes lashing out on it just because it's fresh and new.

Clearly, people didn't pay attention when they were watching it.

Did they even watch Wish? I'm halfway convinced that secretly there's some sort of doppelganger bad version of Wish they watched, because we definitely did not watch the same movie.

The animation was absolutely gorgeous, the music was so fresh (and I may or may not listen to the soundtrack on repeat), the characters were awesome, the animation was absolutely stunning, the humor actually cracked me up, and this movie made me CRY and it gave me so many feels. Everything about this movie makes me so happy, it's such a fresh approach for Disney and it's a perfect love letter to Disney animation.

Disney genuinely worked so hard on Wish and it makes me so upset to see all the hate that it's getting.

Like Disney actually makes a really good movie for once and everybody's hating on it.

I understand the reasons that people didn't like Wish, and some of them I agree with, but that doesn't mean that I don't like it. I loved it and I thought it was great! I agree, there could've been some things better about it (they could've made it longer, that one lyrics "shareholders", etc.) but you don't have to go all out on hating this movie.

Could it have been better? Totally! Was it a horrible movie? Absolutely not.

All these "critics" and "movie reviewers" are just so nitpickity. They see a few TINY things wrong with the movie and then go "this is the worst Disney movie ever" and "this sucks so bad" and "Magnifico is the good guy" And they keep saying "this is an insult to Disney fans". How would you know? You're not a Disney fan, so how would you know? (Most) Disney fans, including me, actually loved the movie!

I'm literally crying because all the "reviews" are so negative and they're completely ruining this amazing movie for me. I just feel so shut down because (I'm sorry, I have to say it) all the negative reviews are wrong. And some of these "critics" are making these reviews without even having seen the movie!!! Wish was so magical and breathtaking, and it's been Disney's best movie in a very, very, very, very long time.

People keep bringing out all the negatives of Wish and never the positives. If they keep bringing up the negatives, people will only ever see Wish as a bad movie. Yes, there were some flaws (no movie is perfect!), but that doesn't mean that there's nothing good about it.

Disney was truly trying their hardest and yet Wish is getting hate after hate after hate. THEY GAVE THE FANS WHAT THEY WANTED. Incorporated 2D animation ✓ Fresh music ✓ Fairytale ✓ Original story ✓ Stunning animation ✓ Truckload of references ✓ Great characters ✓ Good protagonist ✓ Amazing songs ✓ An actual classic Disney villain with a great upbeat villain song (not to mention a DILF) ✓ Breathtaking design ✓ Detailed plot ✓

And yet people are STILL complaining!!! (I mean most of them aren't Disney fans so how would they know if a Disney movie's good or not)

I'm starting to think that this was a movie specifically aimed at fans; and it's getting so much hate because these "critics"/"reviewers" and these people watching the movie aren't Disney fans and they don't understand the magic and how hard Disney really worked on it.

They're like "oh the plot is so unoriginal". Since when has Disney ever made a movie specifically focusing on wishing, with tons of references, blending 2D style with 3D animation, and satisfying various fan demands? Like what Disney movie has ever had a plot so similar to this one? That's what I thought. NONE. It was literally made in honor of Disney 100. YES, there ARE callbacks to previous Disney movies (such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Sleeping Beauty, etc.). But these people are looking at all these similarities, then IMMEDIATELY jumping to "oh the plot is so unoriginal because they're combining previous Disney films to make this one".

And they're all like "oh the concept art was better". If you liked the concept art, that's great! I LOVE IT TOO! But every final design is carefully chosen for a reason.

They're all complaining about "Star could've been a shapeshifter and Asha and star boy could've had a romance". (but ngl I LOVEEEEE all the fanart and the concept art) and "we were robbed" and "it would've made the movie better" You're missing the point! Star carried the movie with Asha just fine as just a cute, magical, nonverbal star. STAR IS ADORABLE AND IS BY FAR ONE OF MY FAVORITE CHARACTERS FROM THE MOVIE. Wish was not a movie that needed romance. It would've been nice, sure, but the plot works without it.

Edit: STARBOY WASN'T EVEN SUPPOSED TO BE A LOVE INTEREST FOR ASHA. (Just found that out)

Also, people complaining about "we need romance" and "Disney hasn't given us romance in so long" Elemental. Did you watch Elemental?!?! That had romance!!!

Just because Asha's friends are based off the seven dwarfs doesn't mean that they're not great characters! Sure, I wish that they were a bit more original, but that doesn't mean they're bad characters! They might be based off of the seven dwarfs, but it WORKS. I loved all of Asha's friends.

Honestly, all of the hate for Wish is just plain hilarious now because none of it is even accurate.

As a Disney fan who actually loved it, I'm so so so scared of the hate I'm gonna get. Because the people who hated it are basically saying "either you hate it or you're wrong". And I shouldn't have to worry about that. Like what have I ever done to you? I'm not hating on the things you like, am I? Like I feel so bad about myself now because it seems like the only right thing to do is hate Wish, and that I'm not allowed to like it because a majority of people don't and that I'm a horrible person for liking it. I feel so terrible about liking Wish now because a majority of people are saying it's so bad and that if you don't despise it, you're wrong. And I don't think I should be feeling this way.

Edit: I can't even bring myself to even listen to the soundtrack anymore. As if someone is watching over my shoulder and will find out that I'm listening to it, and then they'll attack me for it.

I just wanna cry tbh like this is just so hard for me to deal with. I'm literally not allowed to like anything anymore. It's "it has to be 100% perfect with no flaws whatsoever or it's horrible".

Seriously?!?! Like that's so unrealistic no movie will ever be absolutely perfect all movies have flaws!!!

I WENT TO SEE WISH AND EXPECTED BETTER. I didn't get what I was expecting (and actually was a bit disappointed) but I STILL LOVED IT. You can like movies that have flaws. Sure, Wish wasn't perfect and yes, THERE WERE FLAWS. But that doesn't mean that there weren't good things about it either!!!

Most people who watched it I don't think payed attention to the movie (because what they're saying about it doesn't even line up with the plot!). So if you're hating on Wish, please keep your opinions to yourself and don't lash out on the people who liked it. You're perfectly entitled to your own opinion, it's just that some opinions are very hurtful to others and some aren't true.

Wish was a masterpiece (in my opinion), I enjoyed it a lot.

EDIT: I just found out that Wish won awards for "Best Animated Feature", "Best Songs", and "Best Original Score". If this doesn't tell you that this is a good movie, I don't know what will.

[reinemichele]

I swear I'm trying to type out the thing about my brain but I'm really not sure how much detail I feel comfortable going into... I used to be so open on here, but then uh, I had several big falling outs with friends and a couple of them started stalking me, so I left my blog on queue since 2014 and then stopped posting from 2016 to 2020. The only place I felt comfortable making posts relating to my personal life or mildly dissenting fandom-related posts was on a locked twt account with only 20-40 people on it.

Anyway, I'm Trying