#can you tell how much i love these two

[shippwreck]

Have some lumity on this... ehhh Monday morning ~

Anyways have a good day/night

[omeloerii]

This. This basically sums up the emotional wave I went through as i watch the episode. Especially through the flashback sequence, because everyone, every companion and friend was there to cheer for pikachu and seeing all of the pokemon friends that they've met throughout regions together like this. Then ash appearing and Pikachu taking that one last strength home to stand. To move.

And then they won.

After Pikachu, who snapped first out of their trance looks back and went to Ash and you can /see/ the relief on his smile, the tired, soft call of "Pikapi--" as he trudges to Ash and almost fainting to the ground. But not before Ash, immediately ran towards Pikachu because nothing else absolutely matter at the moment besides his buddy! Whom he picked up and Ash was overjoyed, pikachu was overjoyed and-- (sobs) and this was, all in Pikachu's perspective and they did an amazing job with that.

Watching Ash’s World Champions match and OH my god. That breathless moment of anticipation where everyone’s waiting to see if Pikachu will push through. All of Ash’s companions either there in person or watching the feed through television or their phones. Pikachu fighting SO hard to stay conscious and eventually falling flat, only to look up and see all of the faces of the Pokemon friends he’s made throughout his journey with Ash. All of Ash’s Pokemon surrounding Pikachu and giving him encouragement. And Ash himself joining the fray, giving Pikachu the ultimate power to keep going, showing the true bond they have, the trust they have in each other, the most raw and unfiltered belief and courage Ash has in Pikachu to fight until the very end…and Pikachu standing up. All of that power surging through his veins and Ash cheering him on and the two of them gearing up to launch one final attack, their last gambit, and the original Pokemon opening theme playing, and Ash and Leon shouting, and then blackness. And we see Pikachu’s POV waking up in the Pokemon Center afterward, and you think OH MAN I guess this means he lost, but then we find out NO HE WON THEY WON!! Pikachu won with Ash by his side and Ash won with Pikachu by his side and of course that’s important but the most important thing to Ash has always, ALWAYS been Pikachu, so of course he’ll dash out of there to make sure his buddy is okay after that helluva fight, and then they’ll celebrate their victory together, look at how far they’ve come, look at how much they’ve GROWN, all of their training and adventures and battles have lead them to this victory, to this point, and it feels amazing, especially since they did it together. Pikachu watched Ash achieve his dream of becoming a Pokemon Master and they did it TOGETHER and what more could you ever ask for, really

[karistiltskin]

i’ve honestly never seen a duo quite like merlin and arthur they’re just so extremely special and it doesn’t even matter if you view them as platonic, romantic, both, neither, who cares!! either way you can’t deny they’re soulmates. that bond is canonically unbreakable.

[moeblob]

A lil guy !

[evelynpr]

You ever think about how All Might has two male exes that both have a child with blonde hair, blue eyes, and a big heart?

[forcedhesitation]

astarion origin playthrough worth it just for all the extra moments where he does the "sad wet cat" face

[bread-is-my-life]

A lot of random stainmight sketches/doodles/ideas yada yada Posting those because idk if I can cook today and I just want to post at least smth ദ്ദി ༎ຶ‿༎ຶ )

[strechanadi]

Leonore Baulac, Mathieu Ganio

Mayerling

photo Helena Maria Buckley

[svtskneecaps]

lukewarm take of the evening: y'all care too much about being ""outdated"". fellas this smp moves inhumanly fast. it is ok to CHILL holy shit CHILL. y'all are like "(posts BANGER ART) super late guys sorry" friend i am hitting you with a blanket i am snapping you with my metaphorical towel WHAT DO YOU MEAN SORRY. "(posts BANGER FIC) rip this is outdated now" WHO CARES???? I LOVE YOU, OK. ohhhh woe is us as the fandom at large for having MORE HAPPY PILLS ARC CONTENT oh no how outdated!! how could you be writing speculative fiction about how forever felt during happy pills :( slash SARCASM!! WHAT DO YOU MEAN!!!! THERE ARE SO MANY BANGER ARCS, WHAT, YOU THINK WE'RE COMPLAINING????? FOR GETTING MORE OF THE CONTENT WE LOVED????? oh no we're past the period where everyone thought green gay ninjas were like Dead Dead, my work is now outdated and noncanon :( WDYM. GIMME. A BANGER IS A BANGER IDC IF IT TAKES THREE MONTHS. you think rome was built in a day?? fuck you, baltimore, GIMME. my ass has been cooking a goddamn backflipo family fic since july when it was ALREADY outdated do you think i fear god??? "oh no, you're making an edit of slime's (attempted) egg murdering spree?? how could you, that was months ago it's irrelevant" SAID NO ONE EVER.

save your wrists kidlings ok carpal tunnel is no joke. CHILL!!!!! CHILL!!!!!!!! TAKE YOUR TIME SHEEEEEESH OK LOVE YOU <3

[asmodeauxx]

Late night doodles of two trans icons🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

[souenkun]

Pokémon Masters EX spoilers ahead!

Kabu likes to play TAG with his pokemon... and he's shown to have a much softer side beneath his strictness in pokemas too... he's so grandpa-shaped to me 😭💖

[whos-hotter-jjba]

The Results are In: The Top 10 Hottest JoJo Characters

As chosen by you! (characters in places 5-10 ordered by the amount of votes they got in their last rounds)

Number 10: Hot Pants (Steel Ball Run)

Number 9: Caesar Zeppeli (Battle Tendency)

Number 8: Leone Abbacchio (Vento Aureo)

Number 7: Dio Brando (Phantom Blood, Stardust Crusaders, Stone Ocean)

Number 6: Ermes Costello (Stone Ocean)

Number 5: Joseph Joestar (Battle Tendency, Stardust Crusaders)

Number 4: Bruno Bucciarati (Vento Aureo)

Number 3: Kars (Battle Tendency)

Number 2: Gyro Zeppeli (Steel Ball Run)

And officially the Hottest JoJo Character:

Jolyne Cujoh (Stone Ocean)!

Congratulations to all the characters, and thank you for voting, everyone!! Hope you enjoyed this bracket as much as I did <3

[ziggydabiggy]

love how for this one cutscene in the entirety of the peter pan section in disney's villains revenge they give hook a glove. he literally doesn't have one on in any moment leading to this scene. the glove doesn't even do anything like i'm pretty sure you don't even put the glove on but for whatever reason they decided to let hook wear one for this cutscene in particular

(i am looking far too hard into this but whatever)

[khuuxu]

ODYSSEUS OF ITHACA 🗣🗣

... do you know who I am?

[stop-breaking-my-heart-dragonage]

You ever think about how in spite of knowing their exact locations, the game never gives any indication that templar Carver has reported his mage sibling, Merril (a blood mage) or Anders (an abomination) to his superiors?

I do think about that a lot, even though I tend to ignore the Templar Carver route because I know Warden Carver to be true in my heart and soul... but I totally get the appeal of Templar Carver within DA2's narrative, y'know?

It's so fascinating, really. I've never played a run with Templar Carver, I just can't bring myself to do it, so I know I'm missing out on smaller details of it. From what I do know, this drives me crazy in the best way possible.

Deciding whether to bring him or not to the Deep Roads is such an important choice, not only because it affects his fate, but how it affects his relationship to Hawke. He tells you that he wants to go, he makes it very clear that it's important to him that he goes, too... and Hawke can just leave him behind and it hurts him. I don't think that registers enough with some people just because of how Carver is, like it doesn't matter what Hawke's motivations are [staying behind for his safety, not wanting to bring him, thinking someone should stay with Leandra, etc] it still hurts him because it tells him that Hawke doesn't need him, and Carver wants to be needed.

And yes, there are other contributing factors to why he joins the templars, but it doesn't matter what your relationship is to him, it doesn't change the fact that he doesn't turn Hawke or his companions in.

Sure, the meta reason is it's a video game and you're playing the main character. You're never in any actual danger of being captured by templars, and you're not going to lose your companions to them that easy.

But if we look at it through the narrative and Carver's character, that's when it gets interesting. You can max out his rivalry and be an utter asshole to him [there's a point where you can call him a brat and mock him for being stuck in your shadow, like Hawke can be real cruel about it] but it doesn't matter, you're still his sibling. He even makes a remark about how you might not know what that means [referring to leaving him behind] but he does. He refuses to kill Hawke in the end when Meredith makes the order, too.

Which can I just point out that Hawke has the option to let Bethany die in the end if she's with the circle and they side with the templars? Just saying, Carver NEVER does that no matter what, but Hawke has the option to betray Bethany like that and it's fucked and interesting and it makes me want to eat my chair-

As for Merrill and Anders, I think he knows that if he turns either of them in, then the chances of Hawke being brought in as well skyrocket. They're all friends, they're in the same group... bring one in, and you'll probably get the other two.

I also think Carver just genuinely likes Merrill. Yes, I'm a Carver/Merrill shipper, so I have a bias, but even if you remove anything romantic from their dynamic I believe that's true. Of all the companions, Merrill is the only one who doesn't make fun of him, or find him annoying, in party banters. He never snaps back at her, like he's never defensive with her, he's just a little awkward and nice.

Like, HE'S SO NICE TO HER! He tries to find common ground with her! She asks him about "swording" and he's taken aback by her saying he's good at it, but you KNOW that if someone like Anders asked him the same question, he's be all, "shut up, you're stupid, stop talking to me >:["

Think back to that banter Carver can have with Aveline post-act 1 where they're talking about how the guard wasn't the right place for him [hard disagree with you there, Aveline] and Carver says he was a bit of a tit, wasn't he.... and every companion will agree except Merrill. She doesn't say anything, whereas other companions like Anders will be like "ugh maker YES" and if you have a purple Hawke, they'll go on to other ways Carver was a tit like?? I think Carver and Merrill got along and he doesn't want to turn her in because she was nice to him! And she's a blood mage! He knows what will happen to her if the templars get ahold of her! He doesn't want to see her made tranquil or killed!

At that point, he's witnessed what bad blood mages can do, assuming you've brought him along for those quests, but even so. He knows Merrill isn't like that and he likes her, so of course he's not going to turn her in despite that being his literal duty.

Then there's Anders who Carver doesn't like. If you're in a romance with him, Carver will tell him that's why he doesn't turn him in but c'mon Carver, you know that's not the only reason. My theory is Carver may not like Anders and he knows the man's got a spirit of justice inside of him... but Anders also runs a free clinic. If he's ever taken in by templars, then so many people [including a LOT of Fereldan refugees] will be without free health care and will suffer for it. I think in Carver's eyes, Anders might be irritating but he doesn't more good than harm. Carver knows first hand how shitty refugees and poorer people are treated in Kirkwall. Anders' clinic is the one place they can go for help and actually get it, and he's not going to be the one to take that away because the templars say "magic bad."

So yeah, I'm not as informed about the Templar Carver route, but I do think about how if I did do that route, he wouldn't betray Hawke or their companions no matter what and what that says about him.

[mintjeru]

it probably wasn't the smartest decision to start an ongoing 1000+ chapter webnovel when i know it'll consume my every waking thought but here we are

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