#and/or delude himself

[liadhan]

"I'm not into men, I'm an ally" - Buck, resident bisexual

"Eddie I don't even care if you move, I don't need you" - Buck, dying inside at the prospect of Eddie moving

"I'm fine" - Buck, whenever he's not fine

"I'm still with Abby" - Buck, months after Abby left

"I'm done with casual fast hookups, I'm gonna take it slow and do it right" - Buck, 2 minutes before his next casual fast hookup

"I feel like she really sees me" - Buck, about a woman who was only interested in him because he died once

"Eddie would never do anything illegal" - Buck, talking about the time Eddie broke the law

"I'm not hopelessly pining for my straight best friend" - Buck, resident reliable narrator, definitely telling the objective truth and not pining at all thank you very much

[captain-astors]

"For You." (redraw of that one manga panel from chapter 29)

[hey-hey-j]

The romantic part of Floyd wants to believe that Hickory is on his way right now, journeying valiantly through scorching winds and blistering desert to find his beloved and carry him away from this cold crystal prison. But no. Floyd is, at heart, a realist. There is no way Hickory is coming to save him. Or, as it turns out—them.

thinking about early timeline Floyd angst

(★ my Kofi)

[eloquentsisyphianturmoil]

Maedhros on Thangorodrim trying to put strain on the manacle because dammit it’s just metal, it can break, it can break, it can all be over he can break it, it will break it will break it will how the fuck is he weaker than a stupid fucking manacle it’s metal it’s just fucking metal—feanor shaped metal like it was clay—and dammit he is feanor’s son—so why won’t it fucking break oh god oh god

[sparvverius]

actually it's crazy that vander relies so much on the spectre of past violence in order to lead the lanes in a "pacifist" way. he's like down here we all take care of each other :) #community #mutual aid but as soon as there's real danger he's like remember i can beat people up so good i used to do it all the time and i can do it again. to you. wnd whoever it is is like oh right and they fall back in line. like he commands such respect and fear as the "hound of the underground" that he doesnt even need to be that anymore and seemingly forgets how he won that respect and fear in the first place. and that if people realize he isn't that man anymore he can and will and does lose it all

[nerdy-hyperfixations]

Listen, I love Fiddlestan as much as the next guy, but where did we start getting the idea Ford was cold and dismissive towards Fidds during their time working on the portal???

I could totally be wrong because I haven't read every single GF related thing (hell, my journals aren't decoded because I'm a slacker), but like??? The first time he saw him, he bought him his favorite snacks *and* a whole ass banjo and said he'd make it his mission that Fiddleford would be comfortable in his home.

They go adventuring together and talk about things like fashion trends and the future and go stargazing.

Ford is *so* happy when Fiddleford returns that he hugs him immediately. Abd then he feels bad that Fiddleford feels bad about his failing marriage that he throws him a holiday party even though he doesn't celebrate and hates the holidays honestly. And he put on Fiddlefords favorite song (which he despises and honestly? ME TOO FORD. I HAVE BEEF WITH THAT SONG) and drank seemingly spiked eggnog with him despite not usually liking to drink. So that he could make Fiddleford feel better.

He also just openly adores everything Fiddleford does. Maybe it's only in his journals. You could argue he doesn't say it out loud but, like, he exclusively describes him as impressive all of the time-

And I get where it's coming from in like a "oh he's a workaholic who has the pressure of Bill breathing down his neck that he has to be working on the portal 24/7." And like yeah, but in the pages he's a workaholic he's a workaholic practically begging Fiddleford to stay up with him because he loves working along side him. Fiddleford and him work *together.*

Like the page where they're sorta fighting with each other because Ford wants to work more its not "leave me alone Fiddleford, I have to do this" it's "hey! How come you won't stay up with me! Ugh this is so unfair that you're going to bed even though you know I plan to continue working for another hour."

I'm just saying if Fiddleford wanted to cuddle, I imagine Ford's response would be "Oh! Awesome, I love spending time with him 🥰🥰🥰" but he'd just end up using Fidds' back as a table for his studies. Or they'd do that thing where one of them is working on a desk and they sit on one chair in each other's arms.

And, while we're here, realistically? Emotionally stunted, slapped by more women than He's dated, "I can't cry in front of people, and the only thing I'm good for is my fists." Stanley Pines??? He's not cuddling shit. He's got that toxic masculinity ingrained into him. It doesn't matter how incredibly touch starved he is, cuddling is too emotionally intimate and "girly" for him. Honestly if Fiddleford tried to cuddle him he'd probably throw him in a headlock because he's also been on the streets for years now with people constantly trying to attack him.

And I'm not saying this to diss on Fiddlestan. Again, I *like* Fiddlestan! But when I read "Ford could never appreciate him like Stan could" I don't understand it.

They so clearly bonded well together, and if Ford truly was being an asshole (or not an asshole, but just generally unpleasant even when he wasn't possessed) the whole time, I doubt Fiddleford would've stayed. Nostalgia and physical attraction can only get you so far, and Fidds is already facing the horrors in Gravity Falls, Stanford has to be a hell of an amazing person to make someone want to stay. Like, he's a grown adult. Sure he really wanted to impress Ford and allotted himself to be "the tech guy to Ford's smarts" but if he wanted to leave, he could've. And there didn't seem to much keeping him there. Especially when he was having doubts on the portal.

[pontmercysamis]

while i think we SHOULD blame marius, i think pushing valjean away makes sense from him as an emotional response. marius has an expectation and anxiety of rejection, and he deals with his problems by running and fixating on something that will ‘fix’ him. jean valjean is the first character marius can emotionally view as a father— except for maybe mabeuf, who’s now dead. his apprehension no longer has a place in him— of being a good enough son for guillenormand, who now accepts him (though i don’t think marius is over this) or being righteous for his father, after the barricade. he can just be. jvj, as cosettes father, and therefore trustworthy, is the first father figure he can believe in, despite marius’ mistrust of adults. then, jvj says he’s a criminal, and unfortunately his self-esteem making him seem worse than he is… and also, marius believes he kills javert. while marius SHOULD have tried to get more information, his response is to do what he has always done— take action through himself, not authority. when his father(s) could not protect marius, he walked out on his own. if jvj cannot/should not protect cosette, marius will. jean valjean being a criminal is more than him being a bad person— it’s him being a bad father, like guillenormand and theoretically, georges. pushing valjean away is a horrible way to “protect cosette” because unconsciously, it’s to protect himself.

[goopsorceress]

hey, so is anyone else thinking about that ringtone… from the bathroom phone…

[golden-coven]

Wittober - Day 15 - Regret

P.s. I love you if you noticed the shape of the blood splatters on Philip mirror his mutualization.

Sorry for the edgy post lmao, there the unbloodied, undarked version down below

[mmelolabelle]

Dreamstat referring to Claudia as “our daughter”rather than “sister” doesn’t just reveal that whatever he tells Claudia (and himself), Louis still ultimately thinks of Claudia as his daughter and knows on some level that he’s failing her, but also tells us about the real Lestat’s view of her, because apparently even the most fucked up parts of Louis’ mind cannot conjure up a version of Lestat that doesn’t treat Claudia as his fledgling/child before everything else ->

“It's not as simple as choosing a new family configuration. 'Now I'm your cousin.' 'Now I'm your aunt.' I am your maker!’” (Lestat, 1x06) ->

“Claudia was my dark child, my love, evil of my evil. Claudia broke my heart.” (The Vampire Lestat)

[twentyfivemiceinatrenchcoat]

one thing i really wish people wouldn’t forget when it comes to suguru’s character is that his core desire is just to have a family. not in a nuclear family way, but in a “i want a place where i belong / i want to protect the ones i love” way…… literally everything else is just an extension of that desire. a means to meet that end. he broke down after being forced to realize that staying with his family meant having to watch them die, so he left and made a new one. and he got stronger. and his core wish was always, always always to create a world where he’d finally be able to protect them :(((((((((

[tswwwit]

I love when you wrote someone elses POV instead of Dipper and Bill because it is SO funny to compare events and see how wildly unreliable Dipper and Bill are as narrators

I'm glad! Unreliable narration is one of my favorite things to do, and you just know everyone outside their little bubble is staring at their bizarre trainwreck/carnival of a relasionship. Either bizarrely combative or way too lovey-dovey, depending on whether the viewpoint is human or demonic. But both can agree that their communication is subpar, and by god these two idiots are insufferable.

[miyuskye]

MAG 67 after statement scene (and really the aftermath of every time Elias praises Jon)

[oyasleepy]

chuuni angel who wants to be a demon sooo bad

[sticcmann]

I personally think it’s Warwick or Ambessa. They gotta let Vander die already he ain’t gonna live as that monster thing and well no one is gonna like Ambessa by the end anyway. I do see her getting captured by her other noxians with a Swain cameo as a post credits scene. Still, unlikely.

Sevika (maybe even Isha I’m sorry) is a strong contender because she’s not a champion but I will be sad plus Jinx needs to not jinx a family member again so she’ll finally realize her own worth please. Her and sevika and isha are so adorable and they’re healing and they’re so good for each other I CANT STAND FOR THIS

And then ofc there’s Singed. I will be devastated I’m not even thinking about that possibility. But since the invasion of Ionia probably already happened, he’s ancient now, and he has no more lore to fulfill I can imagine him dying in the third act by Ambessa’s or some other’s hand or something :( which is a shame because THATS MY WIFE

[merakiui]

hmmmmmmmmm :)