#but it's fine because brothers!!!

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Lan Wangji Goes To Lotus Pier AU: Part 3: Enveloping Feelings.

(Part 1, Part 2, Part 4)

[0vergrowngraveyard]

PART 1 (you’re here) | PART 2

finally getting this going 😭 this is my entry for @donelywell’s multiverse event!!! idk if i’m going to keep it as a comic as i’m not very skilled at making those yet so idk if id finish it by august. i sure can try tho ahshdjshsh

anyway hope everyone enjoys nine dealing with the “unbreakable bond but at what cost” brothers 🩵

[significant-narratives]

and who would i be, without my brother? (insp) (insp)

jonas sigel, the making of william nylander / pontus höök, instagram / michael nylander, wikipedia / jonas sigel, the making of william nylander / maurice sendak, transcript of npr interview / jonas sigel, the making of william nylander / billie eilish, birds of a feather / post media network, 'he’s always there for us': sports a family affair for michael nylander and his hockey- and tennis-playing children / toronto star via getty images / original edit / mark masters, nylander brothers primed to push each other in toronto / ajr, turning out / lance hornby, alex nylander joins brother william in toronto - with the marlies / ritika jyala, from the world is a sphere of ice and our hands are made of fire / brett slawson, alex nylander a bust? / unverified source / david alter, the hockey news / unverified source / william nylander, twitter / dustin pearson, the world at its beginning / william nylander, wikipedia / kodaline, brother / alex nylander, wikipedia / original edit based off this tiktok comment / toronto maple leafs, twitter / mark blinch, instagram

[thethoriumreactor]

so like….. chaggie college au anyone

I’m thinking designs based on their demon forms instead of like human before dying give me ur thoughts yeah

Charlie fell first vaggie fell harder it’s canon

[fantasticgothicpeachsludge]

“he's like a brother to me”...”he's my best friend”....

[ilk-insolence]

Raph Is A Great Strategist

Numerous times in the show Raph has shown to have a preference for straightforwardly punching his problems away rather than think up a more complex solution. Like how his immediate fix to getting Mayhem out of the mirror in Mystic Library was to punch everything in the bathroom but the mirror. However, when Raph understands the situation requires more in depth strategy, he’s shown to be an incredibly capable tactician.

(long post ahead!)

In nearly all the plot heavy episodes like Shadow of Evil, Many Unhappy Returns, and the season finales, Raph gets moments where he’s highlighted for his strategic thinking. In Insane in the Mama Train, he’s the one who figures out which eyeball-button goes to the front car with the dark armor, because “‘it was the only button [the Foot Clan] didn’t want me to press!’” [21:05]. He’s also the one who came up with the scheme to defeat all the (known) combatants in the train, with Leo specifically attributing Raph as the deviser during their mind meld [19:46]. In Many Unhappy Returns, after spending a single night waylaying the Shredder, Raph formulated a plan using all the tricks the team learned, seamlessly transitioning the mystic collar Leo acquired into it [19:53], to defeating the Shredder. Additionally, he’s repeatedly called for a retreat during fights, like in Shadow of Evil, Shreddy or Not (Finale pt 2), and the movie, when he can tactically recognize that a battle couldn’t be won. Each time, the show/movie implied that that was the right call, for the family to lose the fight but win the war.

And it’s not just that Raph is good at strategy when he’s pushed to be more serious; the show characterizes him as passionate about creating plans, he enjoys doing it. Literally in the first episode, Mystic Mayhem, after the turtles’ initial plan failed of getting Splinter out of the living room to touch his Do-Not-Touch Cabinet, Raph immediately started devising a new plan that involved “ten chickens [and] a gallon of rubber cement” [9:35]. It was convoluted, sure, and they didn’t end up using it, but it was inventive and the opposite of reluctant. This is also shown in Bug Busters, where Raph planned out dousing Mikey in honey to attract the oozequitoes [2:52]; Snow Day, with the idea to freeze Ghost Bear like in Jupiter Jim Pluto Vacation 4; and Raph’s Ride-Along (and also Bad Hair Day), where Mind Raph created multiple schemes to get the criminals arrested. The show wouldn’t have made Raph be so creative with his plans if they were trying to characterize him as someone who didn’t like strategizing.

So does why Raph do stupid shit sometimes where he doesn’t think things through at all? Well, even though Raph is good at strategy and enjoys doing it, it’s clear his immediate impulse is still “punch the problem in the face”. In fact, all the turtle boys contain the fascinating dichotomy of being incredibly smart in some areas, and the dumbest teenagers alive in others. Just look at Donnie. It’s also how Raph is a loving protective older brother, and the guy who shoved Leo into a wall so hard he disappeared in one frame for shits and giggles (The Mutant Menace x). None of this means that Raph is bad at strategy though.

tldr: Yeah, Raph has a lot of dumb and, frankly, insane moments in the show, but he’s still an incredible tactician who’s plans consistently saved his family and sometimes the world. He's a great strategist.

[cowardlykrow]

"That is where you are wrong, my boy!"

@ratb4stard3 and I deliver another Cowardlyghostbro's(™) collab ✨💛

[ascesabo]

sometimes i want to reach through the screen and shake sabo by the shoulders because. god. there's just so much going on with him.

he's first introduced through the veil of luffy's memories- here he's just another feral jungle kid, sticking it out with ace and luffy, the 'nicer' brother in young luffy's eyes. and then boom. you find out he's a runaway noble trying to escape his abusive, neglectful family- and this changes nothing, they still get to become sworn brothers, but just as quickly as this is resolved, his asshole of a dad takes the three of them hostage. and what does sabo do? he gives up the little sliver of freedom he'd fought for, is willing to become miserable and lonely again if it means ace and luffy are spared. and then he comes home to find that in his absence, his parents have already found a replacement! great!

and he doesn't even get to address how fucked up that is, because stelly runs his mouth and now sabo's too busy trying to figure out how to stop his brothers and their home from getting burnt to the ground. he never gets to give them a proper goodbye- he exhausts himself trying to reach them, but he can't because. you know. he's ten. so where does this leave sabo? ten years old, with nowhere to go- he sets out to sea to try and start over, and for the crime of wanting to escape a terrible life, he's punished with an explosion to the face. he loses his memories, his brothers lose him- and so the cycle continues.

then the army saves him, takes him in; he's essentially a child soldier, with how prodigious of a fighter he is from the get-go. but hey, he thinks he's finally found his footing, even if his past's a blur to him- then it all comes flooding back. in the worst way possible. he sees his brother's corpse and he remembers, but it doesn't matter, does it? he's too late, ace is gone, and sabo's lost ten years of a life he could have shared with his brothers. we don't even know how (if, even) he recovers from this- except for a single passing statement from koala, asking him if he's 'had that dream again' because he'd been crying in his sleep. this is never brought up or addressed again. great!plus, we never do find out if getting blown up at the ripe old age of ten could have left any lasting fire-related trauma; and if it does, what does that mean for sabo, who's pretty much made of it, now?

both of these questions are answered at once- sabo treats the fire as if it's ace. it's ace's legacy he's carrying on, and it's ace he seeks freedom for. he copes by making sure ace lives on in his flames, and how can he ever hate the fire living in him if that fire is all he has left of the brother he never got to see again?

i just have to wonder about him, because he's got so many Issues that just. don't ever get addressed? every time we see him deal with his grief (episode of sabo, his own retelling of events in dressrosa) we never really discover anything about him. i wonder how it felt to finally remember the childhood that eluded him, just to find out he was an unwanted, replacable child. how he feels, living with the knowledge that he could have done something to save ace, that he'd failed to remember the two people he loved the most? i wonder just how terribly that guilt must weigh down on him- because where luffy's already begun to heal, sabo still sees ace in everything he does. his title of flame emperor is a direct callback to ace's final attack in his fight against blackbeard. he talks to his goddamn fire like his brother is still in front of him, which is sweet and heartbreaking and, considering his backlog of unaddressed trauma... incredibly unhealthy. i know these will probably be left unresolved for the sake of moving the story forward- but god, sabo, are you okay?

[arttsuka]

Stan tried to play the Fiddle banjo but failed miserably

He broke it :'(

[azelmaandeponine]

Ford overestimated his brother's social skills and charisma, thinking that this alone would allow Stan to survive on his own out there. Also, Stan screamed that he didn't need Ford or anyone when he was driving away from home and Ford probably believed that Stan was cutting him from his life by saying that. And the fact that, from Ford's perspective, Stan never tried to contact him again (we know that this is not true but Ford don't) just made this seem true.

Also, if someone didn't desevered Stan was Filbrick. Stan spent over ten years homeless, in poverty, going in and out of prison and getting into trouble with bad groups of people because of Filbrick's decision of kicking him out of home. Stan could have easily died or been seriously hurt in that span of time, under those conditions and that would be Filbrick's fault not Ford's fault.

Yes, tbh. On both accounts.

Ford probably did think Stan'd be fine because of his social skills and charisma. And with caller ID not being a thing, Ford would have no idea Stan did call him during that time, but hung up without saying anything.

And yes, Ford is not the villain here. Filbrick is.

[undertheredhood]

AU in which when han yoojin time travels five years into the past, all of his scars and injuries transfer onto his younger body. now han yoohyun is on a warpath trying to find out what happened to his big brother, who when he last checked was completely fine.

[l33n1s]

Yes the Shen siblings have a Type. But it is also Crutial to both characters that they absolutely hate their brother's version of said type.

Give me Shen Yuan ripping Yue Qingyuan a new asshole after he confesses why he wasn't able to come back for them to Shen Yuan but still refuses to tell Shen Jiu. Let Shen Yuan tear into him about how his actions are selfish and do not in any way benefit Shen Jiu because he cares more about his guilt that actually moving forward together with Shen Jiu. Give me Shen Yuan telling Yue Qingyuan that he "doesn't deserve Shen Jiu, but not for the reasons that he thinks" before laying out all the real reasons.

Give me Shen Jiu who notices Binghe's fixation of his brother increadibly early on and can't help but stay suspicious of this kid with obviously incredible potential and possibly dubious intentions. Who pushes Binghe into the abyss, not out of jealously, but in an attempt to permanently separate his brother from the -as he Just learned- demon that is obsessed with Shen Yuan.

[bietrofastimoff23]

for me, there is no point in Aemond trying to kill Aegon for many reasons. and one of the most important reasons is his brother is his main support and partner in crime. others were horrified by Aemond's words that he had killed the bastard, but Aegon is the only one who not only did not reproach him for his deed, but also glorified him by holding a feast (don't make me rant about the golden statue).

in the past, they may not have had the best relationship (but also not as terrible as fandom imagines), but even then Aegon proved to Aemond that he could be relied on.

sooo... no one will ever make me believe that Aemond's ambitions are stronger than his love and devotion to his brother. don't even try, hbo.

[seriema]

what wonderful sons you've got there, mr. geppetto!

[buthappysoverrated]

[eelclaw]

stupid fucking bastard. i am not coping with the leaks