#but yeah

[haveihitanerve]

Bruce gets the message a day after it happened.

"B. Wally's... gone."

Bruce doesn't pause to ask his oldest son what "gone" means. He slips on the last piece of his suit and is gone. He knows, in the back of his mind, that he should be there for his son. And he will be. Soon. But first...

He knows, firsthand, the pain of losing a child. Children*. He can't... he won't let Barry go through it alone. The way he did.

Its easy to find his address, not just because Bruce has known it since before he joined the Justice League.

The house is dark, quiet. Bruce slips in with ease, making his way to the living room.

Barry is sitting on the couch, head in his hands, empty bottles littering the floor. Bruce sinks down on the couch next to him, slowly, under no illusions that Barry doesn't know he's there.

"I'm sorry." He breathes. Barry huffs a laugh, wiping at his eyes.

"You'd know all about it wouldn't you?" He mutters, but Bruce doesn't let the insult land.

"Yes." he agrees simply, extending a hand to gently rest on his team members shoulder. "I know the pain. And the guilt. And I am here for you Barry. If you need it. If you want it."

Barry raises his head, glances over. Bruce has slipped his cowl off, his gloves, and sits there, unwilling, or unable to put on a brave face for his friend. Because it hurts. And there are no words, no comfort he can give him. The grief... it is gravity. Bound to pull even the strongest men down.

Barry dips his head in a gentle nod. "Yes." He whispers, and slumps back into the couch, further into Bruce's touch. "I want it. Please stay. Don't- don't go." Bruce nods, scooting closer on the couch to wrap an arm around the speedsters shoulders.

"I won't." He promises. "I won't."

Bruce becomes the touchpoint for grieving superhero parents. When Barry loses Wally, or when Oliver loses Roy, or whenever it happens to whomever, Bruce is there. Not as a leader, not to give them any advice. Just as himself, cowl off, sitting with them for as long as they need a friend

[eldest-of-katts]

joelbrina carpenter

[smthnsmthn-whumpblog]

you know what i love? prison whump. and i barely get to see any :(

but seriously, the prison system is so incredibly fucked up, the opportunities for whump are endless. beatings from the prison guards, beatings from the other prisoners, forced labour, all kinds of neglect (emotional, physical, medical, hygiene, etc.) and just so much misery. being forced to live in crumbling cells, full of rat shit and bird droppings, not to mention their own filth. being sentenced to solitary confinement for a minor indiscretion, maybe the whumpee criticises the treatment they’re getting, and is forced to sit in a cold small cell by themself for two days or more, the only social interaction they get is an apathetic guard giving them a measly meal twice a day. all of it just adding to the intense isolation and loneliness.

and that’s just modern prisons; are you doing historical whump? oh boy, that shit was utterly awful. corporal punishment galore - getting flogged, whipped and birched, leaving scars (both mental and physical) that will last a lifetime. public humiliation, being strung up in stress positions and displayed for all passers-by to point, laugh and scorn. worked to the bone, doing menial, pointed tasks for inhuman hours, getting beaten when they collapse of exhaustion. going to the toilet in a bowl they have to sleep next to, having to clean it out themselves every day. being locked up in minuscule cells, too small for whumpee to move, their muscles atrophying. chain gangs. and that’s just a few examples off the top of my head.

oh, and if you’re doing fantasy whump? you can do literally whatever you want. you can make up the rules, decide how severely whumpee gets punished for something small. the world is your bloody oyster.

and the fact that it’s a prison, and they’re a criminal - maybe the whumpee didn’t do anything wrong, maybe they got framed or falsely imprisoned. maybe they did do something ‘wrong’, something deemed a crime by their society but something that isn’t entirely their fault and requires help not punishment (like drug abuse or stealing to keep themself/their loved ones fed). or maybe they did do something wrong, a sort of whumper-turned-whumpee vibe, but the punishment goes way too far.

anyway, fuck the penal system.

[pianokantzart]

One thing i noticed. When mario has a concerned look, luigi has more of a determined look. Maybe just how its animated?

I noticed that too. My theory is that Mario, despite being generally less anxious than Luigi, cares more about how he's perceived and takes his friends being mad at him way harder than Luigi does. So while Luigi's dealing with regret in kind of a quiet, analytical way, Mario's doing all he can to not go into crisis mode.

[debian-official]

it's not open source

Technically true but that's the least of my concerns.

Brave

wasn't that the one with the CEO who was forced out of Mozilla for being a bigot?

i know you nerds have lots of opinions on this

what software do you use ask game

base distro

browsing on desktop

listening to music

watching video files (or streaming video ig)

text editing

code editing

mobile OS

mobile browser

chatting on desktop

chatting on mobile

custom system font

IRL navigation

notes and/or to-do

ebook/pdf reading

bonus option for hobbies

image editing

email

rss

file sync/sharing

terminal muxer

home automation

git hosting (or svc if ur a boomer lol)

any miscellaneous tool you can't live without

unrelated to the other questions what's the name of the plushie that's nearest to you rn

screenshots

[historyartthings]

‘Wash your eyes clean Cromwell. Do you think the king ever loved you? No. To him, you were an instrument, a device. We are no more to him than an engine of war or a dog. A dog that has served him through the hunting season. And what do you do with a dog at the end of the season?… you hang it’.

Norfolk, in saying this, is completely right about the fates of everyone in that room, apart from Riche.

Of course, none of them - including he himself - truly heed that warning. As Thomas did not in his own time.

They all, to use a Tudor phrase, look through their fingers at the truth it holds for themselves

[luna-the-cretar]

It’s 3am and I’m trying (and failing) to sleep, but I just remembered this

So, yknow on how in episode 15 of Witchlight, and Gideon and Kremy dance together, how Mace and Richie have their arms in formation for a basic waltz, but don’t actually touch each other (despite sitting right next to each other)?

Well, in EoM, during cotillion, when Marius and Briggsy were paired together to dance for the first time, Andy and Richie absolutely did not hesitate before grabbing onto each other. And it’s hard to see from Rich’s end, since all you can really see is Andy’s arm, but that motherfucker had a GRIP. Like, you could see the fucking veins. Like, when I first watched that episode, I had glanced up to the top half of the screen, with Lethica explaining to Jericho how to hold her, and I just glance down and see Andy and Rich already in formation, and just the absolute confusion that must’ve been on my face when seeing Andy’s arm fucking tensing. Like bro. Why are you gripping so hard the fuck

[soulwhisp]

The trapwires aren't MEANT for the expendable tho, they were for urbanshade employees

"You're scum and you deserved every single piece of this, but that trap wasnt meant for YOU,so dont get in the way" <- something sebastian says if you die to the trapwire

Other than that i fully agree with you.

No Sebastian setting up trip wires isn't out of character he always wanted The Expendables dead he's only being polite to you to get data and he did instruct painter to kill he's now just getting his hands dirty

Maybe this is pessimistic of me to expect discourse but I know this community

[nogenderonlychair]

Is anyone going to talk about how this is probably the first time in years Logan hasn’t worn his suit underneath his clothes

[ryuzumisama]

Chilchuck Timbs 👞

[ochiody]

what if penelope was in love in paradise

[bastart13]

I remember starting these in 2022, but what better time than the present to finish the wedding set

The charms really were beautiful

[yaoirotic]

Prince of Heat Damage

[vickozone]

Look at the sky, Martin. 👁️

k I’m gonna go eep now

[metamatar]

the biggest barrier to democratising medical access is the patent regime. intellectual property kills.