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So I only JUST caught that Silco said “Her name is Jinx” muffled with the mask on as well in s1e9. I always thought it was not actually able to be heard, but listening to the episode with my headphones on I caught it. It was quick, not as aggressive, more matter of fact and bossy. Idk. It doesn’t really change much, but an interesting thing nonetheless
#arcane#silco#jinx#bro really did Freak The Fuck Out after he realized that Jinx was not fully by his side#I think his reaction#which lead to her panicking and killing him of course#very much leads back to his trauma with Vander#I also think it’s quite interesting how shocked Vi was at Silco’s determination to ‘win’ Jinx back#I bet she didn’t realize how much he actually cared about her#which is totally understandable#I need to go back but apparently in s2 Act I she officially called Silco Jinx’s dad#which is VERY interesting to me#for various reasons#I honestly didn’t think that Vi would believe Sevika when she said ‘she’s like his daughter’#she probably didn’t at first#but seeing his reaction towards her and her reaction after killing him#I bet that is what ultimately changed Vi’s mindset on the Bring Powder Back theory#it wasn’t just her bombing the council#but the moment leading up to it#and the look in her eye when she decided to do so
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if you think I'm getting over the irony of jason waking up with amnesia and his last single word ended up being "REMEMBER" then you're fucking wrong :)
#as much as I hate to say it. jason as a character was always born to die :(#there are too many significant moments and irony leading up to his death#pjo#pjo fandom#percy jackson#pjo series#jason grace#pjo hoo#pjo hoo toa#trials of apollo#toa#hoo toa#pjo toa#the trials of apollo#the burning maze
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yeah so this was insane
#i feel like too many people reduce this interaction to jason being like ‘lol same’#but idk :/#this chapter is from jason’s pov#and leading up to it he’s like ‘people keep walking on eggshells around me bc of the the michael varus stab wound’#and he hates it so when he goes on deck to help out with the storm#everyone’s like wtf except for percy#and jason states how much he appreciated percy not treating him like a sick kid#and i feel like it’s echoed in this sentiment where jason could say so many things like#‘you should never feel that way’ ‘im here if you need anything’#but he doesn’t make percy feel alone in his desire to just…. end it all#which ik for some people that doesn’t work but you’re not a character in hoo and percy is dealing with so much guilt#and he can’t tell annabeth bc she’s a main aspect of that guilt#and he doesn’t wanna guilt her more and he feels ashamed and when he describes this he feels weird for feeling it#so having jason this tough guy be like ‘yo i understand it bc i felt the same way#that’s gotta mean a lot to percy#also insane how jason who also struggles to display vulnerability#allows it in one of few times in this moment just so percy this guy he’s supposed to be jealous about#feels comforted and not alone in his guilt and shame#and also it’s just insane how jason’s wanting to kay em ess does not get talked about AT ALL#and just seeing his mom and the pressure of new rome getting to him#like this scene is insane and i’ll never shut up about it#also ignore me i’m just finishing my reread of hoo that took all summer#jason grace#percy jackson#pjo#ashla.txt
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one detail I really liked that I haven’t seen anyone touch on is how death only ever showed up when puss was close to potentially dying, which lead me to realize puss was probably going to drink himself to death at their first meeting
#fighting for my life to word the ‘drink himself to death’ bit but I’m sure you get it#(you can tell I revised it by how my tags are close to word for word lol)#fun detail I rlly liked it#like if death could’ve shown up at any moment I think he would’ve#which makes it seem obvious when he didn’t#he only showed up when puss was close to potentially dying#which leads me to think puss probably would’ve drank himself to death#if he hadn’t shown up ironically#puss in boots#puss in boots the last wish#shut up evan
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LUFFY’S DREAM
Huh? Have I never mentioned this to any of you before...? I guess I only told Shanks, Ace and Sabo then.
#One Piece#opgraphics#Monkey D. Luffy#*mine#NOT ME CRYING THE MOMENT THEY STARTED PLAYING THE WE ARE SOUNDTRACK TO THIS SCENE 😭#ok i'm sure many of us already suspect this more or less#that Luffy's aforementioned dream here is to hold a party of the biggest scale after finding the One Piece and becoming the Pirate King#especially with how almost every arc ends with a banquet/party#and everyone in the entire world is welcome#but i really do hope Oda has something less predictable up his sleeve#although i get that this is very in line with Luffy's character#and the party would hold more meaning to it than it simply being a party#but idk for all this suspense and build up to just lead to one gigantic party seems rather anticlimactic :/
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Sevika definitely called Isha "Squeaker" and I will die on the hill.
#she squeaks#and you think Sevika isn't going to call her Squeaker?#it starts as teasing. but it very quickly becomes just a petname.#it does lead to her getting called Stinker when she's upset#Sevika was soft for her and Jinx. she def called her something soft like that.#totally not imagining her murmering “its gonna be alright Squeaker” as she ran with her through the prison#totally not imagining her losing Isha's name for a moment and just calling out the petname instead#especially silly if she's in a more serious situation#(and totally not imagining her saying it in the saddest voice when Jinx brings her home after.... y'know.... 😃)#(may or may not have rewatched all dogs go to heaven recently and gotten this idea from it)#anywho#its silly#Sevika is a mom who didn't sign up for this but cannot deny it#sevika#sevika arcane#sevika and isha#Isha#isha arcane#arcane#arcane season 2#arcane spoilers
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well now that danyul has free time I hope he meets jimmy and sassy max needs to introduce his kids to him :)
anon i think you will be pleased to know that max has introduced the cats to daniel and daniel felt the need to flex this fact to checo kinda unprompted while checo sat there with a live slug react like that man could not care less and daniel was there like "oh did you know max lost one of his cats last week? 🥺🥺🥺for two days? oh you don't know? 🧐🧐🧐he didn't tell you? well he tells me!!! because EYE am so SPECIAL!!! 🤭😁🤭😁😁😁 anyways!!” and then remembers he’s been publicly talking about max too long and has to pull back like he wasn’t just talking about Max Verstappen’s cats to God and the Red Bull content team
#daniel ricciardo#max verstappen#maxiel#f1#i had to redownload tiktok for this but hope this is a good treat!!!#2023 was truly a year leading up to the most insane maxiel moments#i feel like they kissed at some point#it feels real to me
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BSS: *being BSS* Mingyu: they ask you how you are, and you just have to say that you're fine, when you're not really fine, but you just can't get into it, because they would never understand
#mingyu#hoshi#dk#seungkwan#bei-b gifs#seventeen#svtsource#svtcreators#svtgifs#17net#heysol#chwedoutbox#annietrack#nanablr#cheytermelon#userhornet#heymax#uservince#usertheos#userzaynab#svt#his facial expressions#he is suffering#regretting all his life choices leading up to this moment#lol
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they never fucking explained why he changed his name did they
#like why is he vyncent and not virion#my leading theory is that virion sol is in police records as someone who got arrested for stabbing#and vyncent sol has a clean state and he can be a hero no problem#aka WATCH did some funny legal papers cover-up to get vyncent scot free#but yeah imagine we got the reveal moment#also yes vyncent is a bit homesick in that one panel i have to put a bit angst okay#jrwi vyncent#vyncent sol#jrwi prime defenders#jrwi fanart#jrwi pd#jrwi william#jrwi#william wisp#loofsart#prime defenders fanart#prime defenders
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Two guys walk into a bar and (seb and sam also make a really fun rival pairing)
#stardew valley#stardew fanart#sdv sam#sdv sebastian#aashi doodles#i mainly didn't like the idea of penny getting stuck having to take care of sam since they felt like the implied pairing in vanilla game#abigail and seb are pretty cool but i like abigail being a free spirit who doesn't particularly end up with anyone in the cast#so yeah#thoughts haha#these 2 together makes for fun goofy and probably dramatic shenanigans that could also lead to some tender romantic moments perhaps
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BALAK, PANGAGAD
uhhh conspiracy. can be a courtship dance. ritual. so to speak. & hosting one in your house is an act of service
#(vague hand waving) gender or something as well. the romans sure do love discourses on identity. moving along!#i'm working on something that leads to a scene where Trebonius says that in a different life Cassius would've#made an ideal wife for someone. and Cassius is like. lmao. sure whatever. and it'll spiral out into bickering or whatever and Trebonius#would say something about how Cassius could've been a modern Lucretia. or something.#Cassius would of course return fire with Portia being their modern Lucretia for having to put up with Brutus during All Of That#EH. we're work shopping it. the more immediate one is when Cassius says that his name can handle the weight of a shared#conspiracy (incorrect it requires a sacrifice of Brutus but for a moment they can all indulge in a fantasy)#ANYWAY. back to courtship rituals. the conspiracy can also function as a barkada and serve as the go between#drawing tag#komiks tag#roman republic tag
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Hot take, anyone who thinks Dick Grayson has a persistent case of anger issues just doesn't know what anger issues are.
Does he get angry? Yes (I sure would hope so since he's a human being). Would I call it anger issues? No, not really.
#if you disagree please show me your evidence#because I keep seeing examples of 'anger issues' from Dick that are literally a common emotional response to a very damaging event#or straight up mental control#'anger issues' is not even a medical term#is just an underlying symptom to many different disorders#do we really think someone who has trouble managing their anger could ever become a trusted leader to multiple teams?#someone who people know they can rely on?#everyone has moments in which they find harder controlling their emotions because they're going through immense stress or anxiety#but that doesn't define you nor does it always mean it's part of a disorder#and I'm not saying dick grayson doesn't have any issues#nobody could lead his life and be completely mentally stable#but out of all the things I would think he has#an anger management disorder wouldn't be my first guess#dick grayson#nightwing#robin#dc comics#dc#dick grayson “anger issues”
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I love. LOVE. Get In the Water
It's one of the objectively best songs in the musical; I will die on this hill.
Poseidon was always, despite being pretty much the main antagonist of EPIC, a really underdeveloped character in my opinion. He just needed a little more nuance, and the fact that one (+ kind of one more) song managed to add so much to his characterization pretty much exclusively through subtext and implications is incredibly impressive writing. Because it did!
At the start, he's yet again playing games with Odysseus, the way he did in Ruthlessness. In both songs, he could kill him easily at any point, yet he chooses not to for the sake of playing games. In Ruthlessness, this becomes his own hubris as it leads to Odysseus escaping.
If you listen closely, at the start of GITW he already sounds slightly different. He's still trying to keep up this "God of Ruthlessness" front that he's so proud of, but he's no longer more or less carefree the way he was in Ruthlessness. He's been obsessing over this feud for ten years, and even if he would never admit it, it's actually clear just from his voice that he really is tired of it too. Not in the sense of it emotionally draining him the way it probably does Odysseus, but in the sense that it's a bother, a loose end in his life, a book that he finally wants to slam shut.
But he still has a reputation to uphold, and he still cannot close this book until Odysseus is dead, so he keeps up the game. Instead of just killing him, he's taunting him to kill himself. He might associate the idea of just striking him down with a sort of loss, like then he'd have to get his hands dirty. Then he's rambling about killing his people, his family. He's provoking Odysseus on purpose, likely trying to get him to snap back, to hate and fear him the way that Poseidon would think any mortal who has consumed this much of his time should. In his eyes, Odysseus deserves nothing less than to curse him with his last breath as his "darkest moment," the god who became the bane of his life.
And Odysseus replies, of all things, with ... sympathy.
Honestly, I don't blame Poseidon for being speechless for three full seconds. He literally just threatened to gauge Telemachus' eyes out the way Odysseus did with Polyphemus, and this absolute madlad of a man replies with an acknowledgment that he (might have) caused Poseidon pain too.
Now, I don't really think Poseidon was particularly hurt over Polyphemus' loss, or hurting in any way in that moment (if he were, I highly doubt he'd still be playing games, and he would've mentioned his son as opposed to speaking about his reputation.) But just the fact that Odysseus acknowledges that he might be hurting too is probably something Poseidon hasn't heard in ... who knows how long? His family is the Olympians. I don't think I have to say more.
It's actually more of a genuine apology than Odysseus' explanation in Ruthlessness ... (even though that was also a perfectly fine apology by Greek standards, as far as I'm aware.) Now he doesn't say "sorry" because he's still not sorry for hurting Polyphemus, since he still needed to do that in order to escape. But he expresses regret over the pain he caused in a more genuine way than ever.
I am convinced that Poseidon is utterly unfamiliar with sympathy or mercy. He's lived by his "Ruthlessness is mercy" motto for centuries, and he doesn't know anything else. No one would try to teach him something different. The other gods all live by this logic, even if he's the most vocal about it considering he seems to have made it his whole personality. Mortals wouldn't dare to question Poseidon in the first place. And barely anyone would be willing to treat someone with kindness who is in turn treating everyone around them with ruthlessness.
It's very likely that Poseidon hasn't encountered anyone like this until Odysseus. Ruthlessness is simply how he treats people and also how he expects to be treated back. The fact that Odysseus doesn't, the fact that instead of hating, fearing, or cursing him, he acknowledges that they have both hurt each other and that it doesn't lead anywhere to still pursue vengeance, must have triggered Poseidon in an unprecedented way.
To him, this was probably the most outrageous thing Odysseus could have said in that moment. And it throws him off so much that he is genuinely speechless, and then simply replies, "I can't." ... his most genuine-sounding line in the whole musical.
I cannot stress enough how much it threw me off to hear this line; in the best way imaginable, it doesn't sound like Poseidon. It sounds almost vulnerable. Almost human. Because he is genuinely at a loss so much that he forgets to put up his "wrathful god" facade for just one second. Standing ovation to Steven Rodriguez for his whole performance, but especially this part.
And then Odysseus goes all out to say something even more outrageous: "Maybe you could learn to forgive?"
... Which is when Poseidon snaps.
Kind of understandable, honestly. There's this mortal whom he has likely fantasized about seeing pleading, hate-filled, and terrified, cowering before him for ten years now ... telling him that he ought to learn something. Even hijacking his own motif and his instrument in order to turn it on its head, "defile" it if you will.
This f*cking mortal pr*ck took his own "Ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves" catchphrase and turned it into forgiveness ... Of course, Poseidon is no longer hesitating; of course, he is no longer concerned with getting his hands dirty or not. He yells "DIE!" and unleashes his ultimate move (which is really overkill for simply killing a mortal if you think about it) ... But he does it anyway because this time he genuinely means it.
... That, and I am also convinced he jumps to that in order to simply shut Odysseus up, fearing what he might do or think if he lets him go on. Because you cannot tell me that Odysseus didn't actually reach him for just one moment. He was far too thrown off guard, far too vulnerable in that one second. That moment of kindness did something to him, and he hated it. He also probably didn't trust himself to be able to keep listening to Odysseus speak like that. So, he abandons his (still very technically feasible!) blackmail/intimidation and just straight-up kills him.
This simple exchange (my favorite moment in the whole musical, actually) tells us so much about both of these characters that it makes me want to skitter and squeal in excitement.
Here is Odysseus—the very same one whom Poseidon specifically tried to teach ruthlessness—becoming the first person in a long time to offer him sympathy despite how Poseidon himself showed him nothing but ruthlessness. And then one song later, here is Odysseus showing him the consequences of not accepting said sympathy.
Six Hundred Strike and what Odysseus does to Poseidon would've not hit the same, in my opinion, if he hadn't made this offer, if he hadn't given Poseidon this way out, even if no one watching genuinely expected it to work (probably not even Odysseus himself.)
Six Hundred Strike is not Odysseus exacting vengeance If GITW proved anything about Odysseus, it's that he does not want vengeance. He wants all of the hatred and pain to be over, to the point where he is willing to let go of, and I am inclined to say forgive Poseidon for what he's done to him. Six Hundred Strike is simply Odysseus teaching him this lesson that Poseidon couldn't have learned in any other way, because he has proven in GITW that he genuinely does not speak any language besides that of ruthlessness (more on that in this essay!)
It's just the perfect representation of how Odysseus has now finally learned the balance between mercy and ruthlessness, which seems to be the core theme of the musical: Both have their time and place; one simply has to be willing to act in both ways and know when to use either. No one extreme is the solution. I am genuinely exhilarated that Odysseus finally seemed to have figured out that it's been both all along.
#this is easily one of the objectively best songs in the musical#god games is similarly great in subtle characterization#and thunder bringer is a lyrical masterpiece#those are definitely the top 3 if we go by objective quality alone#no i will not shut up about this moment ever#i love it so dearly#the CHARACTERIZATION man#i went from being annoyed by poseidon to dearly loving him as a character#is he my second favorite god now? maybe#inhales IT DOESNT MATTER HOW GOOD THE CHANCES OF IT WORKING WERE#ODYSSEUS GETS ALL THE CREDIT FOR TRYING TO LEAD FROM THE HEART#i will die on this hill#epic musical#epic the musical#epic the vengeance saga#get in the water#epic odysseus#epic poseidon#jorge rivera herrans#you mastermind#I'm gonna make a tag for these my epic essays#If you want more search on my profile for >#epicssay
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Solas addressing current day Thedas about his plans to bring down the Veil:
#the egg was going to save the elves and lead a rebellion and instead you made it all about mythal and only mythal#by all means have mythal and solas's relationship be fucked#but why minimize Solas's entire past as a freedom fighter for this?? his motivations were lessened so much from what trespasser set up#the game made him so unlikable to me#joplin cut save me </3#that version actually had him helping the elves like he said he was going to do in trespasser -> instead he started two world wars in datv#he absolutely only made life worse for the elves and everyone else on thedas since the moment he woke from his beauty sleep & that's fucked#led to thousands and thousands more dying and the entire south being blighted to hell#make the man whose flaw is that he cares too much cause the most harm to everyone on thedas in its TOTALITY from the titans to this point#they did you dirty solas >:(#people won't remember him in thedas as a freedom fighter post datv -> there will be no songs or legends about the true fen'harel#remembered as he should be as the man who stood up to gods for the slaves -> who risked all he had in the name of freedom against tyrants#instead he set in motion the greatest conflict of the age as well as corypheous -> people will curse his name just like the dalish once did#they will look around at the blighted remains of their lands and the bodies of those they loved and they will blame him and be 100% correct#god it just makes me feel depressed what they did to him#the elves would absolutely be fucked all over again because of this - their gods returning and blighting the world#while another was responsible for it happening in the first place????#then to hint that the forbidden/forgotten ones are still out there as an antagonist too?! stoppppp#datv critical#datv spoilers#bioware critical#dragon age the veilguard
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Buck sitting there listening to that call between bathena is very very interesting!!
Choices have been made and prices are shifting into place and I am seated and ready!
#I have a lot of thoughts about buck witnessing the depth of bathenas relationship and love and the way they are unequivocally there for each#other - they way they will fight to have each others back in a moment of peril#it feels very much like it’s being set up for something to happen that leads buck to realise the way Eddie and he have each others back#is the same as bathenas#especially with Oliver talking about buck needing to figure out if his relationship with Tommy is worth fighting for#it all feels very loaded for him to finally finally realise how he feels about Eddie#and that he doesn’t feel that way or the beginnings of feeling that way for Tommy#I am very excited#911 spoilers#eddie diaz#evan buckley#911 abc#buddie#bathena#anti bucktommy#anti tommy kinard
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Okay some of these I had written down before chapter 43 but I finally found the time to sit down and make a bingo sheet for the last few episodes. Ranging from Legitimate Predictions to Things I Want to Happen to You Know What? Sure 🤠
Template if anyone wants to make one of their own:
#the silt verses#the silt verses spoilers#had chekhov's withermark written before episoe 43 so I'm giving that to myself#though I wish I had phrased it as chekhov's crab nuke#intentionally writing final word for val instead of last word btw#listen midnight burger had a three hour season finale ALL I'M SAYING IS JON WARE MUNA HUSSEN YOU CAN DO ONE TOO!!#also i think the finale will end in silence BUT we'll get some sort of skippocalyptic song before that perhaps#ngl i'm actually hesitant in saying that the last two eps will lead up to a dramatic this is the place moment#mostly because that was what s2 led up to by the end#with the homesick corpse#listen most of these won't happen but for some I can dream#edit: in case this isn't obvious the bottom right one is my marco polo square#We End Where We Began...wading through the water...marco...polo..
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