#but the ending really broke my heart

[alucardstears]

finished mark's book and this sadness took over me and now i'm crying

[5ftboy]

"...I appreciate that you're trying to be on my side." "I am on your side."

BONUS REACTIONS:

[laniidae-passerine]

I made my post about Dean Highbottom and then as I was writing my tags realised that his Hunger Games counterpart is Haymitch. and now my head is in my hands and I don’t think I’ll ever recover

[bird-inacage]

Arcane S2 Act 1: Caitlyn's Arc (The Call of Revenge)

This is not my usual corner of tumblr, but I adore Arcane and I wanted to air out my thoughts on Act 1. There's understandably a lot of contentious commentary surrounding Caitlyn's 'villain uprising'.

As Mel points out, "she hides it admirably, but the poor girl's in so much pain". Caitlyn is by all definitions a loose cannon right now. She's clearly not in a sound nor stable state of mind. She's plagued by immense levels of grief, anger and hatred, that have her possessed and consumed. She's tried to put on a brave face but she's lashing out. She's raw. She fantasises about killing Jinx. Revenge is rarely ever rational or fair. It's emotionally charged and can often veer into madness.

During their fight with Jinx, all that comes to a head. In the heat of the moment, Caitlyn completely loses all her rationale, any dregs of compassion we knew from S1 swiftly go out the window. She must kill Jinx, no matter what. When people lose something dear, revenge can become their sole motivation, the only thing giving them purpose and a reason to keep going or to even stay alive. When a war suddenly takes away one of your loved ones, it becomes personal and very real. Up until that point, you can take a more diplomatic approach. A more idealistic stance. That is, until you've become a direct victim of the situation.

There was always a degree of sheltered naivete we saw with Caitlyn in S1, which clashed with Vi's more jaded (or grounded) sense of reality. And now Caitlyn's experiencing that for herself. Those feelings are currently at their most heightened, most potent and therefore; most dangerous. Luckily Vi had Vander to guide her when she tragically lost her parents, but there's no one to steer and influence Caitlyn when she's now at her most vulnerable and volatile.

Vi is wrapped up in the centre of said conflict and is still processing a lifetime of grief herself. Jayce is pre-occupied with Viktor. Mel has disappeared. Her mother is dead. Her father is paralysed by grief. There is no Grayson or equivalent to lead the enforcers. She doesn't have a mentor figure to consult or look to for guidance, who has her best interests at hand. "I don't know how, okay?!"

Ambessa seeks to exploit Caitlyn as a figurehead to aid her own objectives, precisely because she's in the perfect position to be easily manipulated and weaponised. "Come child", is a stark reminder that essentially Caitlyn is still a child. A child whose lost their mother and lost their way and now stands in the middle of a political hailstorm. So when Ambessa offers out her hand, it's no surprise Caitlyn takes it.

In my opinion, attempting to distill Caitlyn's actions as categorically right or wrong is a huge disservice to the complexities of the situation and the story. No one sets out to be the villain of their own narrative. We feel justified in what we do, because of who we are and what we've gone through. In our own minds, our actions make sense to us. And quite frankly, no one is immune to that.

[yuridovewing]

its still batshit insane to me how winter was made out to be super irrational and cruel to the point he is deserving of being sent back to his abusive family that tried to systemically murder him as part of a throwaway “lmao fuck that guy!” joke because. he was rightfully pissed off that darkstalker mind controlled him. and he lashed out at moon because she was like “i mean, he meant well!”

all for the sake of love triangle bullshit. my wof url at one point was of those three fuckers in a polycule ship name and thats probably one of the most poorly aged things because i think everyone shouldve gone to hell for how they treated winter in that book

[familiarfeywildfables]

I love where Laudna's arc is at and where it's going. Of all the lines that hit me right in the chest in episode 95, "It's just Delilah" was just... That one hit less like a punch to the sternum and more like having the air sucked out of my lungs.

Much like she did to Orym.

[starsxinxthexbluexsky]

Wei Wuxian + Crying

"Can someone tell me... what I'm supposed to do now?"

[acourtofquestions]

Chapter 89

I just finished Chapter 89

[ratatatastic]

theres something inherently cruel about asking a man about "pieces that get left behind by vets" when said vet has already moved onto another team

"he was an unreal add for our team he was just the right piece we needed and for me to be able to sit next to him in the locker room and play with him... hes thinking all the time how to be better he wants to help teammates, help linemates... just works so hard"

Training Camp 24 | 9.24.24 (x)

Miami Herald | 6.1.24 (x)

"it was just so much fun to hear stories" lol were these the stories you were talking about lundy

[antinatura23]

Practice, i guess, im so rusty with everything. I already hate it. Maybe someday i'll do properly anatomy and painting...for now, i'll be stuck with this.

[invisiblegarabgetruck]

thinking about jerry in Bethic Twinstinct before giggling and twirling my hair

[lyriumsings]

baldurs gate is so funny it’s just

laezel &shadowheart: let’s break you outta this religious cult!

wyll & gale: let’s break you outta this unhealthy relationship!

astarion & karlach: let’s break the people who broke you!

that’s it that’s the game

[triviakisserparty]

i love bill so so so so so so so much.

[doll-elvis]

RED WEST: His mother always told me to protect him, don’t let him get hurt. The last thing she ever said to me was, ‘you take care of Elvis’, and I took that seriously the rest of my life. He was my best friend and I’ll always remember him as that. I loved the man very much

BILLY SMITH: Aunt Gladys always liked Red and Gene especially. She thought Red could protect Elvis

MARTY LACKER: Red loved Elvis so much that for a little while, he thought maybe (killing Mike Stone) was right, and that it would bring Elvis out of his depression

JOE ESPOSITO: Even the Memphis Mafia tried to intercept drug shipments from various doctors. One night Red West accidentally broke a delivery boy’s foot. He threatened to break the kid’s body if he didn’t quit delivering to Elvis

LAMAR FIKE: Elvis loved him (Red West) like a brother

BILLY STANLEY: I knew Elvis didn’t like Sonny’s loud and demanding presence but the decision on (firing) Red was hard for him. Elvis loved Red.

GEORGE KLEIN: I noticed that Red, a tough guy who hadn’t ever run from a fight in his life, had tears in his eyes. He said he wanted to apologize to me and to all the other guys, and said that he hated “the damned book” and wished that he’d never had anything to do with it. We accepted Red back as a friend, as we all believe Elvis would have

(photo on the right: Red West visiting the Humes highschool bathroom where he first protected Elvis)

[pentaghast]

hey you just spent 60 to 70 hours getting to know these characters and possibly romancing them? well lets throw in a suicide mission for them where at LEAST one of them dies! teehee this is goooood gaming folks love a shock value death

[inmontana]

was last night real ? jeeeeeesus.