#ask pitch

[darkest-chasm]

But...what about if emotions don't exist, not even happiness or fear, and humans are able to live their lives without suffering, if the world was in another way, like more secure, and perfect, sir?

I mean, would they even be Human anymore at that point? Feeling is kind of the Homo Sapiens whole gig. To be Human is to Live, and to Live is to Feel. Take that away and all you have is a poorly designed, fleshy, leaky Automaton. There's a reason us Spirits have to start off as something at least Human-adjacent.

[datcravat]

Ace Attorney Investigations Collection X Among Us Collaboration promotional artwork by Datcravat (me haha)

[kidovna]

thinking about him again

[vaguely-concerned]

thinking about not only the specific people lucanis pulls in to represent the 'locks' in his psyche, but the storytelling that happens in the structure/order of them. the underlying ideas are presented something like:

the lucanis who went into the ossuary never came back out again; he died down there (the boy caterina raised is gone forever) -> you're putting yourself in danger doing this (by being close to me), you should leave because I can't bear it if you get hurt because of me -> it doesn't matter even if we do try this, it won't work anyway (again because of me) ('you know what he's like, you can open the door but he won't walk through it' :'( oofie doofie) -> what if the real secret is that there was never anything but the monster in here from the beginning. you should leave, there was never anything here worth saving in the first place. (implicitly: what if I deserved what happened, all along.)

it runs pretty cleanly from outward-oriented attachment anxiety ('caterina won't even want me back like this, she won't recognize me (the same way I no longer recognize myself)) and gradually deeper inwards until we reach self-image and self worth. or you know, the harrowing basic lack of it lol.

"careful -- they'll know we're not right," spite says in one of their first scenes... but clearly, some very deep part of lucanis has feared or suspected for much longer than that that there's something inherently not right at the core of him, way before any demon entered the picture. and the voice he gives those lines to is the person who should know him better than anyone in the world, who he has loved more than anyone in the world -- and who deliberately chose to hurt him so horrifically anyway. 'It's better if I'm just a monster and deserved what happened than it is to allow for the idea that the brother I love doesn't really exist and maybe never did'. it's better if he's fundamentally flawed in some way that needed fixing to help him survive, and that's why caterina chose to hurt him again and again -- out of love. (this one I think he might have a very sad wakeup call on one day if he ever ends up with the responsibility and care of a child of his own in some way and realizes just how alien the idea of ever intentionally hurting them for any reason is to him. oh buddy. also interesting that he keeps caterina as the outermost lock -- there IS a distance he keeps there that he hasn't with illario. he doesn't resent her 'anymore' he says, but he also keeps her carefully further away from his deepest self.)

as far as I could tell the only note in the mind prison that's fully hidden and needs to be uncovered is the sad painful helpless stupid little truth that even after all this, even knowing what happened... he still loves his brother. is there anything illario could ever do that would make lucanis completely stop loving him, do you think? sometimes the trouble with unconditional love is that it is, well. unconditional, even when some terms and conditions probably would have been in order haha.

that's the pattern you see there again and again; he would rather destroy and abandon and imprison himself at every turn than let go of love, even when it's just scraps, even when there's only ever enough of it to hurt him. it's only when rook shows up and as it were takes his hand and walks along with him that he can entertain the idea of changing the story of what walking out the door might mean in the end.

[pulgarcito-perro]

HI!! do you think the Anti-Tulpar guys have a better relationship in private? Like Curly being more soft and apologizing to Jimmy

😭😭love your art btw!!!

No.🥰 No I don't think so. Also, thank you!

Smiling friends reference

[backpackevil]

These fucking guys

They're still rotting my brain

[fantastic-nonsense]

it's always crazy reading any description of how to get hired by the Big Two as a writer nowadays knowing that Jim Shooter was a whole 14 years old when he sent in a Legion of Superheroes pitch he wrote during recess and became the book's main writer

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

hope you feel better soon!

I am riddled with ailments, but I stay silly!

[cubbihue]

Does Mr. Turner like rubbing his “son’s” successful career in Dinkleberg’s face??

He does! He brags about Timmy's success to every person within the neighborhood's vicinity. Mr. Turner loves how successful his son is! It really secures his reputation at the neighborhood HOA meetings they host at their house.

Timmy's worked very hard to gain more successes than failures. The more successful he is, the greater his family's social standing!! And the less he gets to overhear his dad ranting to the neighborhood about his failures.

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[achromatophoric]

Wednesday and Enid watch X

Bianca: So what was your favorite part of the movie?

Enid: *blushes and looks askance*

Bianca: Well?

Enid: Um.

Bianca: *rolls her eyes* Was it J—

Enid: *blurts out* JENNA ORTEGA! My favorite part was Jenna Ortega.

Wednesday: *arches an eyebrow at Enid*

Enid: *might have a type* 🤗

Bianca: *amused sarcasm* Big surprise. How about you, Addams?

Wednesday: Unlike my brighter half, I preferred the film’s haunting cinematography and the dark absurdity that permeated it like a good blood stain.

Bianca: *unconvinced* Uh huh. You sure you weren’t distracted by the, let’s say, breathtaking snow?

Wednesday: *brief hesitation* Snow? I don’t know what you’re—

Bianca: *suddenly turns to Enid* You’re right, Ortega is MUCH hotter than that ragged old ginger—

Wednesday: How DARE you disparage Chloe Beale. She is a goddess, and while no equal to my beloved, she is still quite exqui—

Enid: *stifles a sudden giggle*

Bianca: *barks a laugh*

Wednesday: —site by any… *confusion*

Wednesday: What is it?

Bianca: *sly grin* Don’t you mean Brittany Snow?

Wednesday: *straightens with a hint of alarm* That’s what I— Didn’t I say—

Enid: *rounds on Wednesday* Aw, babe! I knew you liked Pitch Perfect! Do you stan Chloe because she’s all sunshine like me? And—whoa, hold the phone…

Enid: 🫢

Bianca: *under breath* Three, two, one…

Enid: *delighted squeal* DOES THIS MAKE YOU MY BECCA!?

Wednesday: *flinches back with a grimace*

Enid: OH-EM-GEE! We’re totes like Bechloe! *grabs Wednesday in an enthusiastic hug*

Wednesday: *glares daggers at Bianca while struggling to breathe* I… despise you.

Bianca: 🫰😏

[darkest-chasm]

Woaoh...so that's how it works...There is no light without darkness, and there is no darkness without light...So it could be true, after all, the fact that you could be even Krampus helping Santa Claus to make children behave and be good children if they want their gifts, or else they'll have to face and fear you, right? Like...good police/bad police?

Something like that. I embody all the Terror and Loneliness; the Dark and Sinister; the Confusion and Anxiety, that comes with adulthood. Children need to have experiences in order to learn, and they can't learn if they're not allowed to have experiences. Sure, it may seem like a good idea to keep your child in a bubble where nothing can ever happen to them, but... Nothing will ever happen to them.

The reality is, you don't stay a child forever, and it is crucial for humans to learn how to navigate all aspects of life while they still have the excuse of childhood as a sort of get out of jail free card. Expecting the wide, cold, cruel world to cater to your comforts your entire life is a recipe for disaster; it simply isn't how the world works. Bad things happen. Bad things are supposed to happen. That's part of growing up.

[wistfulwatcher]

in a n o t h e r life

[frownyalfred]

all these love interests and not one canon superbat. not even in a little offshoot universe or somthing. smh

I’m handing superbat proposals to DC like that one friend who really wants you to try smoking weed with them. “Oh you don’t like that? But have you tried THIS version?” “What about just a little?” “You haven’t tried it with me” “What’s the harm in experimenting a little?” etc etc

[i3utterflyeffect]

also. unfortunately alan immediately discovers that yellow is blind

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[lottieshauna]

COUNTDOWN TO YELLOWJACKETS S3 EPISODE 10 -> SIC TRANSIT GLORIA MUNDI

Versez le sang, mes beaux amis.

[insufferablemod]

what if u drew pitch vriskan what then?

take this away from me before I spend any more time on it