#but I’m still not a big fan

[rainbowfish3iswriting]

I’m not a big fan of Dick X Barbara ship, but I do like the concept of them being former high school sweethearts.

Like them being a couple in their early years as vigilantes, but they realize their better off as friends and still care about one another as adults.

[xxivletxx]

rain world (f)art dump

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[formulanni]

Daniel Ricciardo as Judgement:

The Judgement tarot card symbolizes the arrival of absolution and the culmination of a significant undertaking, often related to past and life lessons.

Judgement indicates the cusp of rebirth.

In order to achieve that, you must look back upon your deeds and come to an honest evaluation of yourself. This leads to the awakening that signals a new way of life.

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[gatoburr0]

Oh no he’s fuzzy

[royaltea000]

this was actually for @doomspiral ‘s mini ruspru week but I’m. very.. slow… o)-(

[rumble-bee-art]

Work-life balance definitely doesn’t exist in this time-binding job

[oakt733]

me, infodumping about the magnus protocol : 😛🥳💃 the horrors!! 😁🎉🙌

my mother : .. the horrors … ☹️😰

[crystalliumdaisy]

something about that desert

[ashipikaur]

GRADATION OF BLUE WHEN I GET YOU

[throwawayasoiafaccount]

Why do you think the tides have slightly turned from "Elia deserves better than Rhaegar" to shipping her and Rhaegar together? Like what is the psychology behind these people because I've seen some of them like/reblog anti Rhaegar posts while also shipping Rhaegar x Elia at the same time.

hey anon! my thoughts are a bit messy, but i’ve done my best to explain them coherently :)

so, rhaegar was the best man anyone could have when elia was alive, and most people want the best for their favs. he was considered the most handsome, didn’t have a bad personality, and he was crown prince—meaning elia was almost queen, which is often seen as the greatest role a woman can have. the narrative also treats rhaegar as a beautiful, tragic, haunting figure, and elia actually had this very aesthetically pleasing man all to herself at one point! she was married to him, had children with him, and her life was so close to perfect! but rhaegar just had to go and ruin it. 😠

for many elia stans, if rhaegar hadn’t fallen in love with another woman (they want him to have been a completely different character), then everything would’ve been perfect, and elia would’ve had the best, most desirable life. however, that’s not what happened—elia met a very tragic end, and as a result, these stans feel double the bitterness. because of this bitterness, they blame rhaegar for everything (even though it’s not logical to do so), but he’s just too ‘perfect’ to let go of. so, for years these stans have made rhaegar revolve around elia, filling his tag with posts about her out of bitterness. so, i do believe that this obsession with rhaegar x elia has always been there, but i think it’s become a more favorable stance on the elia stan side of the fandom because of a mix of reasons.

plus, rhaegar is one of the few canon relationships we know elia had, since she’s not much of a character. because of this, and the fact that most people don’t like to stray too far from canon, most elia stans are forced to focus on rhaegar, which has created an echo chamber. basically, if a sentiment about elia and rhaegar’s relationship becomes popular, then the whole elia stan side of the fandom will likely regurgitate the sentiment. (also, this desire to stick close to canon is likely why the elia x arthur ship was so popular. while it’s a total crack ship, it had good aesthetics, and since elia and arthur at least knew each other, it allowed the stans to create their perfect fanfiction whilst sticking it to rhaegar. but remember, elia was actually married to rhaegar and had children with him, so while arthur is cool, rhaegar was always ‘top dog,’ meaning arthur would never be able to match up to rhaegar to most elia stans. also, the arthur x elia crack ship is likely her second most popular ship, which just shows how little elia stans have to work with, so they’re always forced to eventually return back to rhaegar for a lot of things.)

however, even if the elia x rhaegar ship gains more popularity, these stans will never stop hating rhaegar because he wasn’t ‘perfect’—and he wasn’t perfect because he didn’t love elia. plus, rhaegar loving another woman and supposedly kidnapping her is what began the war that led to elia’s tragic death. that’s bitterness times 1000. and while i don’t actually blame rhaegar for the war, i do think that this is how an elia stan sees it. i also don’t view rhaegar’s complex relationship with elia as a bad thing—it’s actually a very realistic take on an arranged marriage between two decent people. but most elia stans will never be able to get over the fact that they almost had everything, which is why many have it out for lyanna, as they consider her a thief who ruined their ‘perfection.’

tbh, that might be why so many elia stans are so obsessed with the idea that rhaegar only got with lyanna because of the prophecy—they don’t want to believe that rhaegar actually loved a different woman and not their perfect self insert elia. that’s a bit mean of me… but i don’t know what else one would call the ‘elia’ elia stans have created.

now that i’ve laid all those thoughts out, i’ll try to explain why the tides seem to be turning… i think it may have something to do with the ‘targaryens are all evil and bad’ sentiment losing popularity. i think this shift has occurred due to a mix of factors, such as years of fandom fights and fandom cycles leading to the targs being more liked now than before. it helps that canon doesn’t actually condemn the targs/favors them quite a bit, and the influx of new targ fans from HOTD has also contributed. this combination of reasons seems to have shifted the way the mainstream fandom discusses all the targaryen characters, including rhaegar. so, with this shift, it’s only natural that some elia stans/elia x rhaegar shippers—who’ve always been there—are using this opportunity to push their agenda. while these stans still hate rhaegar and see him as the bad guy, they just can’t let go of him. and as the mainstream fandom moves away from the anti targaryen sentiment, these smaller corners of the fandom, which tend to be echo chambers, are also affected, which has therefore led to a rise in rhaegar x elia shippers and the ‘shifting tide’ that you’ve also noticed.

[sweetest-honeybee]

Drew my friend’s mc skin too, I think it’s so cool :)

[daydream-draws]

some of my faves,,,,,

(click for better quality)

[exyconfessions]

Not to start drama because I know everyone thinks she's the "good one" out of the foxes, but I swear "Renee" is from my hometown and she was kind of known for hanging around with the wrongs types of people if you catch my drift. Renee isn't her real name and it's a widely known rumor that she actually killed a guy a long time ago. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but I've never seen anyone talking about it soo.....

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[clownsuu]

Holy cow there’re a lot and I really do mean A LOT of Welcome Home AUs, and more coming too. Not saying it’s a bad thing, but it makes sense considering WH doesn’t have a lot to work with so it leaves tons of room for fans to play around with. I just hope it doesn’t get outta hand like what happened to Undertale with its AUs.

People are free to have creative liberty on what aus they wanna make- like you said there is very little canon content to munch on so people will pull a “fine I’ll do it myself” JCHFHDHU-

I personally don’t mind it as well, but I do enjoy the aus where they purposely change Wally’s height just to make him more simp-able LMAOO

[maeo-png]

saint peter is the apostle who holds the key to heaven, letting people in. Peter Lukas’ connection to the Lonely is in the way that he acts as a gate, and holds a boatswains whistle to summon the Lonely.

he can send people in however when he dies it doesn’t collapse or stop existing, it’s not exclusively his.

The Lonely isn’t antagonistic. It’s outright soft. Even if Peter is casting people in here they’re dying peaceful deaths. it’s the closest thing they’d see to an afterlife.

Out of context this bit from Boatswains Call is just an offhand mention about how Carlita Sloane was feeling

You’d think it’s just a weird offhand thing to add to make the atmosphere spookier (and it is, somewhat. especially the mention of the tomb) but it’s early confirmation that Yes. Peter Lukas is slightly inspired by Saint Peter (even ignoring the fact that the guy was a fisherman and Peter/the Lonely is often connected with the ocean and the sea)

which leads me to how this is also connected to Simon Fairchild

Saint Peter was actually born with the name Simeon (later greekified into Simon) (and later sometimes called the compound name Simeon Peter) and given that both Simon Fairchild and Peter Lukas can directly send victims into the “realms” of their respective entities, jonny clearly just took one look at Saint Peter and split the guy in half (with the actual item resembling a key remaining with Peter)

[hijinks-n-lowjinks]

Ngl I didn’t hate the chapter. I wish this is what we got for the 269, it definitely shows more of the aftermath of shinjuku which is something I was hoping for.

270 spoilers and basic discussion/feelings under the cut

The biggest thing I wasn’t expecting was Takaba and Kenjaku. I couldn’t tell if it was meant to be that in the afterlife they’re together or if Takaba used his technique to keep them both alive?

Also Megumi at Tsumiki’s grave!!! Finally! Some slight bit of emotional weight! Insane that my fic predicted that Shoko took care of Tsumiki’s body, but I guess that’s not really a shock lol.

I AM relieved that Megumi told Hana “not in that way”. I don’t particularly like Hana in any way (basically her only character trait is that she likes Megumi, if she had anything other than that I’d like her more) so I’m relieved that it seems like it might be nothing?????? We’ll see when the official translation comes out I guess, but I REALLY don’t want any canon relationships honestly.

I think the “final mission” could be a lead in to a sequel series, especially with how gege will apparently be making a huge announcement next week. I for one hope for a sequel series. Gege has had way more successes in this series than failures imo so seeing him potentially address the weak links in how jjk is ending would be wonderful.