#but this thought hit me out of nowhere

[theunholystromboli]

I think baby catfish should be called kittenfish

[cheruib]

um. how are we 8 days into september already

[fatalwhims]

[ID: A Trigun Maximum panel of Vash with a troubled expression looking at Wolfwood. Wolfwood is forcing Vash to point a gun at his head. Vash says “I see a man forcing himself to play the devil while his heart cries out.” END ID]

No analysis or anything - I just wanted to share that this line still floors me, even on my second read through. I remember he first time I read Trimax, THIS was the panel that stood out to me the most from the whole “SHOOT” scene. This was my first “holy shit” moment in the manga tbh. I couldn’t handle how Vash was able to completely see through Wolfwood, how honest he was, and how the truth is so fucking painful. Every time I read this line I imagine Wolfwood crying out silently with tears streaming down his face. Trying to make a sound,  but unable to. Begging for anybody to hear him, help him, and free him from his burden. We’ve seen some of Wolfwood’s hesitations already at the end of Trigun, when he gathers with the Gung-Ho Guns prior to the Fifth Moon Incident. We, as the readers, know that he’s struggling with what he’s done as a killer and what he believes he must continue to do. But to have to have it acknowledged here by someone other than himself... idk LOL I just love this line. It made me feel for Nicholas so much.

[timespacegirls]

the bit in the pilot when bill asks the doctor to imagine it was him getting his memory wiped and clara's theme plays is FOUL. for a show full of twists that is one unexpected gut punch i will never get over

[awakentrashpanda]

Do you guys remember this show?

Do you ever think about how the lore of that show was basically that there was a huge war and the winning side killed everybody on the losing side and then stuffed their corpses into a glorified lava lamp??

[imonlyhereforcrem]

What if the Unmade are pieces of the Heralds? This thought is just forming in my mind, so maybe I’ll return later to flesh it out. But 9 Heralds have “broken” over the millennia, and there are 9 Unmade. The Heralds are also not quite right anymore, being almost like perversions of what they once stood for. What if the Unmade are “lost” fragments of the Heralds?

Something like Ba-Ado-Mishram is a piece of Ishar because of the Connection connection and Sja-Anat is a piece of Shalash because of struggles with identity?

[harbingerofwhump]

Listening to Compound Fracture and I was prepared for the [insert spiderman-pointing meme] at autism traits and the gut wrenching, painfully relatable depictions of transness and being raised/perceived as a woman

But I was NOT prepared to be smacked right in the face by that Autism Feeling around typical mundane adult responsibilities

[elftwink]

one thing thats so interesting about being a vegetarian is you get to hear all about everyones hypothetical activism that they care about very deeply when talking specifically about your diet and why it's stupid, but literally will never bring up ever again in any other context

[ludoka]

I'm one of those people who doesn't like Jackson being called a "normie" or "human" just because of how he looks. The boy is a monster. Not considering it that way is like saying that Mike Wazowski is not a monster because he fails to scare.

[meraki-yao]

It's missing rwrb + mourning rwrb promo hours 😢

[the-priestess-of-dawn]

Been thinking about a postgame scenario that goes in a direction I don't think canon would ever take in a million years, but like... I think it could be really compelling...

And that's the idea of Chrom becoming Plegia's king after Grima's defeat. And specifically giving up his claim to Ylisse's throne to do it (leaving it to Lucina when she's old enough).

Because here's the thing... The game ends with Grima's defeat/Robin's return in the sacrifice ending. It doesn't address what happens to Plegia at all, and while I personally maintain that Aversa is the most qualified candidate to rule, her canon ending provides that she goes back to the village she was born in. So, fine. Let's give her that.

But SOMEONE has to do SOMETHING because realistically, Plegia is in dire straits. Validar, the king and the leader of the Grimleal, is dead. He gave, like, ALL of Plegia's resources to the Ylissean League (well, okay, we don't know how much, if any, he left in reserve, but... He really needed Walhart gone and it's not like he had any reason to think that anyone would need resources once Grima was running around, so... chances are good there's little to nothing left in the wake of the averted apocalypse). And the population has been utterly devastated, because not only did people (exactly how many is unclear, but presumably it took more than just a couple) have to sacrifice themselves to renew the fell dragon's power, but Grima was also spawning Grimleal onto their back at the final battle. Their losses are so immense...

So first of all, Chrom is definitely responsible for taking all their resources and setting half of them on fire (Now to be fair, Flavia and Basilio are also responsible, but... Idk, I kinda feel like they'd bicker with each other over who has to do the crappy parts of the job and then agree that they should just ask Chrom if he can do it. Like "Haha, if you didn't want to deal with thieves ambushing the Longfort to steal construction supplies, you shouldn't have gone and beaten me at the last tournament!" "Oh, shut up. Let's see if Chrom can send his thief friend over to talk these guys down. Or kill them, whichever." I mean, Chrom is always going to be their guy who knows a guy.) There's just no way Chrom would abandon the surviving Plegians who need help anyway, but especially not when he knows the war with Valm would've ended before it could begin without them.

Of course, there's the historical hostility between Ylisse and Plegia to consider, but... If anyone's protesting, it's probably the Ylisseans. Because the survivng Plegians, uh... probably were never Grima's most devoted followers in the first place (if you really wanted to give Grima your life, you'd rush to the front of the line at the Dragon's Table, right?) and even if they used to consider themselves true Grimleal, the religion's leadership is destroyed, and—for the purpose of this scenario, I'm considering it post-sacrifice ending—the fell dragon is gone and not coming back. These people narrowly avoided becoming Grima's breakfast or Grima's meat shields. They all almost certainly know someone who wasn't as lucky. And the one who saved them... Well, it was Chrom, wasn't it? Because he believed in humanity enough to challenge the concept of fate, a fate that the people of Plegia were surely taught was inescapable. Despite their history with Ylisse, it's hardly unreasonable for them to see Chrom as a savior to them specifically. The second coming of the Hero-King who ought for the lives of all humans, really.

And yeah, I'm going here... Chrom is Marth's descendant. Marth was Altean. Former Altea is is modern Plegia, so technically, the people can argue that he's actually theirs.

Doesn't it sort of make sense, even? Plegia is ruined, the god to whom the theocracy was devoted killed. "What we need is to restore the glory of ancient Altea!" And who better to help them than Chrom, Marth's successor in blood and in spirit?

But Chrom would frown and say no. Of course he's going to help them restore their country to prosperity—or at least to independent, peaceful functioning. But king? Sheesh, that's going too far. Come on guys, you don't really want that. Besides, he's already ruling Ylisse...

Except, he's not ruling it as Exalt. At least, not at first he's not. He forswore the title when he started his rule and in canon he is only official welcomed as Exalt after Grima's defeat. But what if he just... continued to not accept it. It's not like he ever wanted to be Exalt. He only has the right to rule because Emmeryn died—because he failed to protect her. It has nothing to do with any of his successes.

But if the Plegians made him their king, then it would be because of his own accomplishments.

And in a way I also can't help but find it heartwarming, because it was the Plegian people who got him to truly understand Emmeryn's ideals. He wanted peace, he wanted to follow her path, but it wasn't until the Plegians took her sacrifice for the peace offer it was and refused to continue fighting Ylisse that Chrom was finally able to comprehend what it meant that Emmeryn believed that all people wanted the same thing, that peace is something for everyone and not just purehearted saints like her who would never hurt a fly. So wouldn't it be sweet to expand on that existing connection? For the people who once bore a grudge against him and his nation to say, actually, our home is your home and you belong with us... For Chrom to reach back and decide that these are his people and that he will protect them...

Especially because that's what he's always done for Robin. Your father doesn't get to determine your path for you, your past doesn't dictate your future, you always have a place beside me because we are two halves of a greater whole. This AU is definitely a chrobin AU, because when Robin gets back I want them to rule at his side (after all, I do have feelings about Grima's loyalty to a people who have been praying to them to end their suffering for a thousand years).

Now, I do think that Chrom would never leave Ylisse while little Lucina was still growing up, but... Honestly it would probably take quite some time to establish a castle for Plegia's new ruler anyway (especially if they go super hard on the Altean revival theme and want it to be IN former Altean territory, which has become the "border wastes" and undoubtedly needs some help... But EVERYWHERE in Plegia needs help, so what better time to give the land some attention?) So when Lucina is an adult she can take over as Ylisse's true Exalt, and Chrom can focus his efforts on the other side of the border. I think he'd still be awkward about the whole thing, approaching it like "Well, I guess I'm here if you all still want me..." but Robin's there to give him confidence and the people there are SO excited for their hero to come and live with them and together they all usher in a new era of peace and prosperity as Ylisse and Plegia themselves become like two halves of a greater whole.

[bleedingcoffee42]

Speirton montage set to "You're the one that I want" from Grease.

[sunshiinnne]

The sky is pink and it's drizzling rain, but I'm not walking hand-in-hand with him 🫠

[20001541]

back then I used to think the worst thing that could've happened to afo was coming across yoichi's broken dead body, but it turned out yoichi didn't even die in one piece. yoichi fell apart right in front of him and it was his fault!

back then people had speculated that yoichi might've accidentally gotten caught in the crossfire when afo attacked kudou and his people, but no yoichi was running away from him and because yoichi wouldn't look back at afo he in turn killed him on accident because of how overwhelmingly upset he was to see yoichi leave him. canon turned out to be far more devastating than fanon.

this isn't me calling it bad though, I like it this way makes it far more interesting and adds another layer to their complicated relationship.

[erumai-maadu]

*person who just found out what’s going on in boruto voice* hey guys maybe naruto is a literary masterpiece after all

[krenenbaker]

A thing about Vil I wrote late at night that I'll probably never do anything more with:

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I wish to make you feel safe. Become a person you can trust to care for you in every way.

I wish to be there for you. Feel your heartbeat, knowing that you and your whole being is here with me.

And I wish to treat you with all the love you deserve. Not in the way your fans may, as the celebrity persona "Vil Schoenheit", but as you. Vil, the boy who loves those around him, who guides, and who nurtures. Who is strict, but so, so kind. Who works hard to allow everyone to become their best self.

I wish to show you that love.