#bitter sweet ending

[quercusfloreal]

On this July 14th, let's never forget that Pierre-François Palloy was a fat capitalist.

[starsha-k-luna]

I 1st saw this on MandJTV Pokémon Meme Review on YouTube!

no. 189 the cottonweed pokémon

[cursoulla]

The World-Ender; Alternate Lad

🩸 bloodied version 👇

[kinaesthetiqueer]

"Spread across the comforter are their film strips from the photo corner at the dance... A full size picture of the four of them signing their team letter to the camera with huge smiles on their faces."

On the Run from Tomorrow, ch. 17

Last chap's up. I am getting so horribly emotional trying to write a note here, so just...

JNPR 💛🧡❤️💚 Forever

[helielune]

and stalling only goes so far when you've got a head start

[stop-breaking-my-heart-dragonage]

You ever think about how in spite of knowing their exact locations, the game never gives any indication that templar Carver has reported his mage sibling, Merril (a blood mage) or Anders (an abomination) to his superiors?

I do think about that a lot, even though I tend to ignore the Templar Carver route because I know Warden Carver to be true in my heart and soul... but I totally get the appeal of Templar Carver within DA2's narrative, y'know?

It's so fascinating, really. I've never played a run with Templar Carver, I just can't bring myself to do it, so I know I'm missing out on smaller details of it. From what I do know, this drives me crazy in the best way possible.

Deciding whether to bring him or not to the Deep Roads is such an important choice, not only because it affects his fate, but how it affects his relationship to Hawke. He tells you that he wants to go, he makes it very clear that it's important to him that he goes, too... and Hawke can just leave him behind and it hurts him. I don't think that registers enough with some people just because of how Carver is, like it doesn't matter what Hawke's motivations are [staying behind for his safety, not wanting to bring him, thinking someone should stay with Leandra, etc] it still hurts him because it tells him that Hawke doesn't need him, and Carver wants to be needed.

And yes, there are other contributing factors to why he joins the templars, but it doesn't matter what your relationship is to him, it doesn't change the fact that he doesn't turn Hawke or his companions in.

Sure, the meta reason is it's a video game and you're playing the main character. You're never in any actual danger of being captured by templars, and you're not going to lose your companions to them that easy.

But if we look at it through the narrative and Carver's character, that's when it gets interesting. You can max out his rivalry and be an utter asshole to him [there's a point where you can call him a brat and mock him for being stuck in your shadow, like Hawke can be real cruel about it] but it doesn't matter, you're still his sibling. He even makes a remark about how you might not know what that means [referring to leaving him behind] but he does. He refuses to kill Hawke in the end when Meredith makes the order, too.

Which can I just point out that Hawke has the option to let Bethany die in the end if she's with the circle and they side with the templars? Just saying, Carver NEVER does that no matter what, but Hawke has the option to betray Bethany like that and it's fucked and interesting and it makes me want to eat my chair-

As for Merrill and Anders, I think he knows that if he turns either of them in, then the chances of Hawke being brought in as well skyrocket. They're all friends, they're in the same group... bring one in, and you'll probably get the other two.

I also think Carver just genuinely likes Merrill. Yes, I'm a Carver/Merrill shipper, so I have a bias, but even if you remove anything romantic from their dynamic I believe that's true. Of all the companions, Merrill is the only one who doesn't make fun of him, or find him annoying, in party banters. He never snaps back at her, like he's never defensive with her, he's just a little awkward and nice.

Like, HE'S SO NICE TO HER! He tries to find common ground with her! She asks him about "swording" and he's taken aback by her saying he's good at it, but you KNOW that if someone like Anders asked him the same question, he's be all, "shut up, you're stupid, stop talking to me >:["

Think back to that banter Carver can have with Aveline post-act 1 where they're talking about how the guard wasn't the right place for him [hard disagree with you there, Aveline] and Carver says he was a bit of a tit, wasn't he.... and every companion will agree except Merrill. She doesn't say anything, whereas other companions like Anders will be like "ugh maker YES" and if you have a purple Hawke, they'll go on to other ways Carver was a tit like?? I think Carver and Merrill got along and he doesn't want to turn her in because she was nice to him! And she's a blood mage! He knows what will happen to her if the templars get ahold of her! He doesn't want to see her made tranquil or killed!

At that point, he's witnessed what bad blood mages can do, assuming you've brought him along for those quests, but even so. He knows Merrill isn't like that and he likes her, so of course he's not going to turn her in despite that being his literal duty.

Then there's Anders who Carver doesn't like. If you're in a romance with him, Carver will tell him that's why he doesn't turn him in but c'mon Carver, you know that's not the only reason. My theory is Carver may not like Anders and he knows the man's got a spirit of justice inside of him... but Anders also runs a free clinic. If he's ever taken in by templars, then so many people [including a LOT of Fereldan refugees] will be without free health care and will suffer for it. I think in Carver's eyes, Anders might be irritating but he doesn't more good than harm. Carver knows first hand how shitty refugees and poorer people are treated in Kirkwall. Anders' clinic is the one place they can go for help and actually get it, and he's not going to be the one to take that away because the templars say "magic bad."

So yeah, I'm not as informed about the Templar Carver route, but I do think about how if I did do that route, he wouldn't betray Hawke or their companions no matter what and what that says about him.

[ravelights]

I think one of the reasons I don't like the idea of Izuku ending the series quirkless is because he gave the quirk up to save Tomura. Izuku could have gone with the brute force method and purposely killed Tomura but he didn't because that wouldn't have save him. But because Tomura died, and he died in such a way that it feels bitter and unresolved, Izuku ending up quirkless feels more like a gut punch then a noble sacrifice. Although Tomura died quote unquote "with a saved soul" his death has shaken Izuku in ways that will change him forever and it just so bitter that it doesn't warrant Izuku losing his power over it. If Tomura had physically survived I could see Izuku losing OFA for good, but Tomura dying AND Izuku becoming quirkless again just feels like such a middle finger to Izuku whole sacrifice and journey.

[satirn]

these freaks make me SICK

[jbeanthequeen]

He's the funniest person I know

[unkat]

thinking about the ending of dungeon meshi and laios' fate. spoilers ahead.

i think laios got the happy ending here, no matter the sacrifices that came with it. its impossible not to feel nostalgic for the past, but if he were offered the chance to magically go back to being an adventurer, with a no strings attached, no apocalyptic danger, none of your party feeling slighted, i think he would still choose not to return. when he was in the golden kingdom, with everyone telling him he shouldnt agree to become king, he didnt want to give it up.

being king is something he wanted and enjoys, even with all the challenges that came along with it. he has always wanted to belong somewhere and be accepted by people, and being king has given him that. he's making a world where his own actions are creating a more tolerant and accepting society. even though he lost things that were important to him (monsters and adventuring with his sister), what he gained is something far more meaningful and fulfilling in the long run.

what the monsters and the dungeon represented for laios imo is more important than just being a hyperfixation-- they represented freedom, control, and an existence where he can be himself without the cruelty of people. sure, the winged lion talks about what the monsters mean to laios and what his desires are, but the winged lion twists the truth to get what he needs from laios.

the whole story revolves around the bonds between people, and the impact that connection has on everyone. when making laios a monster, the winged lion needs to convince himself and laios that those bonds don't really matter, that kindness doesn't really matter, that all laios really cares about is the dungeon and monsters. he tells us, the audience, that thats what laios is really about. but that is not true. laios' love, his desire to do the right thing, even when he had been hurt before, means he intentionally threw away a world where he could live his fantasies for one that brings true contentment. he's always going to miss what he lost, but the lion was wrong about the curse keeping monsters away making him miserable. what was the most important to him always was the people.

[stump-not-found]

hi hi hi! eruhm, question, will ur fic have a happy ending or like (i am so sorry for asking, i js need to emotionally prepare myself 😭)

aaaaa im not sure how to answer, the fic is a comedy and is an excuse for me to type whatever stupid shit that makes me laugh . but it also deals a lot with childhood trauma and how that informs future relationships . i think there's a lot of tragedy in it but it's also really focused on healing, and how you can heal

so i'd say the ending is sad, but hopeful, if that helps lol

[opens-up-4-nobody]

The thing about me is that I want to be absolutely haunted by the media I consume.

[lethalcontracts]

The thought of a crew dedicated to killing masked and bringing home their tags/I.D is aAAAAjfjdncnd. 😭 Even though it doesnt seem like the company cares, it keeps tabs on employees that went M.I.A.

(Headcanon stuff! Yaaaay)

[neo-zone]

I did joke about the custody battle back before the release, but after watching how it actually went down, I can't help but feel really really bad for Yi-kyung. Even after her sacrifice, Yi-su couldn't even safely escape and away from her piece of shit deadbeat dad

And do I need to tell about how much they did her dirty since season 2 and even worse now in season 3? Not even mention of her in the epilogue? Did they just let her corpse rotting to bones in the sewer tunnel? She died while some of those annoying selfish nameless survivors could live for the next day?

#SeoYikyungDeservedBetter

[askblueandviolet]

The time has come, the world is ending- yall ever think about going vacationing?

Like.. out of the country?? Wink wink

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[vaguely-concerned]

hiii!! I love your meta and your writing overall 🥳🤩‼️ if you’re still doing the ‘share snippets from wips’ game, can I ask for the Teia and Viago bit from Dragon Age 2024? 👀 Or your choicest morsel from Rye x Lucanis, your Rook has so much depth and vibes, I adore 🥰💯 thank you!!!

Hfkjshskad thank you so much, that is incredibly kind and means a lot to me!! 😭😭😭❤️❤️ I think I’ll go with the Teia and Viago one here, though I may post a Rye/Lucanis wip snippet as its own thing at some other time! 

Necessary Context: After the dragon attack on Treviso barely being fended off, when Viago and Teia meet up again they just stare at each other vaguely mutually shellshocked for a few minutes and then have some really intense sex about it for the first time in a while. This is right after that.  

She kissed the tears from his cheeks, stroked his hair as he blindly turned his face towards her, as if searching for her in the dark. When he opened his eyes and looked at her, her heart broke all anew, all over again. You would think it would run out of new ways of doing that, eventually. It hadn’t yet. 

“Oh, mi amor,” she sighed on a soft broken laugh, cradling him closer to her with an artless helpless sort of greed, “what have you and I done to each other?” 

“Nothing I would ever let anyone take away from me,” he said, voice cracked open but steadier than she’d ever heard it. 

. . . 

“I’ve missed you so much,” she said. 

“You see me every day, now,” he said, with that characteristic unerring instinct for pedantry. She wanted to laugh almost as much as she wanted to cry. The world was ending and Caterina was gone and everything was coming apart at the seams faster than she could stitch reality or the city itself back together towards wholeness, but Viago de Riva remained perfectly, inalienably himself. 

“I do,” she said quietly, stroking his dark wavy hair away from his forehead. “It makes it worse.”

His bare hand found hers. Their fingers interlaced, tight. 

 “Yes,” he said. “I know the feeling.”