#civilization is coming

[eydilily]

would you bite the hand that feeds you?

[yourangle-yuordevil]

[Birds of a feather AU] Absolutely incapable of asking each-other out normally in every single universe <.<

[rambyol]

For me it was the montage of Zaunites joining the war to fight for Piltover.

You just KNOW Silco’s corpse was spinning in the water

[fishiefeverz]

my very normal creature

[dukeofthomas]

I find the fact that the confrontation at the end of UTRH is often summarized as Jason asking Bruce to kill the Joker for him fascinating.

Because that's not what happened.

Jason holds a gun up to Joker's head, gives Bruce another, and tells him that if Bruce doesn't do something (shoot Jason), he will kill Joker.

Jason doesn't give the gun to Bruce so that he would shoot Joker. He isn't expecting Bruce to pull the trigger on the clown. He's asking Bruce to do nothing. To be inactive. Because that will still be a choice, and despite having done nothing, everybody clearly agrees that Bruce would still, at least in part, be responsible for Joker's death.

...And to me, this moment is a kind of- microcosm, of the rest of Jason's point. Because after being captured and carted off to Arkham, the villain will escape again, and will kill more people. The only way to truly prevent that from happening would be to kill them; Bruce refuses to do so, and I respect his right to choose such a thing for himself, but it is still a choice, and if we agree that Bruce's inaction during the confrontation would leave him at least partly responsible for the Joker's death, then we must also agree that his inaction in permanently preventing the Rogues from killing more people means he is also, partly, responsible for all of those deaths.

[welcomebacktohoimicraf]

pvp evbo is THE SWEETEST BABY BOY who did absolutely nothing wrong except yearn for an emotional connection with someone that isn't rooted in physical violence and exploitation, and all he got out of it was repeated torture and emotional manipulation by the ones close to him. I feel sick. SICK!! NOTHING CAN MAKE ME HATE YOU PVP!EVBO YOU DESERVE SO MUCH BETTER

[theballaqueer]

Me when I've already redesigned him like 4 times now (I'm full of anger and distress)

Catwatt for the soul?

[sbgyri]

some more crossover doodles

[neo--queen--serenity]

The Black Butler revival will, of course, in this day and age, be the complete embodiment of pro-ship vs. anti-ship discourse, given the subject matter.

But for those of you who are watching this for the first time in 2024 (which includes myself!), there are certain things about the show you simply must understand, for the sake of media literacy.

The first is that Black Butler is supernatural gothic romanticism at its core. This genre alone should tell you that the relationships integral to the plot will be complex, messy, and toxic, by default. That is not only a huge part of this genre’s appeal, but very much the point of the story.

The themes are dark, the terrible things that happen to the main characters are dark, and therefore the relationships at the forefront (and in the background) will reflect that.

The gothic genre has been alluringly popular for over a century (longer, if you know your history) because audiences are entranced by the macabre, the tainted antiheroes, the monsters who live inside us all. It’s popular for a reason.

That being said, understand that whether you, the viewer, ship Sebastian and Ciel or not is irrelevant. Their bond doesn’t need to be understood as romantic or sexual, but it sure as hell isn’t normal. It isn’t healthy. And the audience knows that. That’s the draw. It’s what makes them compelling to watch.

Ciel and Sebastian’s relationship mirrors many gothic novels, poems, and penny dreadfuls written in the Victorian Era (the very same time period in which Kuroshitsuji takes place). The Victorian folks who read these tales for the first time ate that shit up, because it was tantalizing. It was shocking. It was inappropriate, and monstrous, and violent, and erotic, and went against societal norms. But that was the point.

A huge part of gothic romanticism is the blatant sexualization of the relationship between the “monstrous” characters and their human counterparts in the story. Sex itself doesn’t need to take place for their bond to be sexually charged. The forbidden nature of their relationship—which typically involves layers of social taboos, moral ambiguity, or simple infatuation—is what makes their interactions erotic. Sexual contact rarely ever actually happens in these stories. It’s the taboo nature of their bond that creates the tension.

One of the many reasons audiences love this genre is the constant question of morality in its themes. Who, between them, is the real monster? Could the human character have ever been saved? This genre is often associated with tragedy, because the bond forged between the characters in these stories are destined to end in death and destruction. The reader knows it can’t end any other way. How can it?

But an integral element of these gothic tales is the catharsis that comes with this tragedy. The corrupted human often gets what they want in the end, even if it’s at the cost of their own life. Whether they regret their choice to foster this monstrous relationship varies on the story, but it doesn’t change the trajectory of their descent.

Sebastian and Ciel’s relationship is the whole plot of Black Butler. Their closeness bears a grotesque ick factor, but it is deliberate. It is a constant reminder of how unnatrual their bond truly is. Rationalizing or watering down how abnormal they are about each other misses the point entirely. They will never have a normal, healthy relationship, and that’s what moves the plot forward.

That’s why you’re watching it.

[potato-lord-but-not]

drew this little holy ghosts smooch and it reminded me of you

so i though to give out a small (late) christmas gift

hope you like them 🫶🏻

(CHARLIE DOWD COME BACK TO ME I MISS YOU SO MUCH IT HURTS huh who said that)

OIUGFFGGGH NY GHODDDDDDDD OH MY GOD IM ILL IM ILL IM ILL THANK YOU

[oh-snapperss]

ummmumumummm. um. yeah.

Pairing: Evbo/EMF (Evbo's Master Friend)

Words: 1590

Warnings: None!

Summary:

“You trust me?” Evbo asks, his eyes full of light and laughter and everything M’s come to love in several months. He’s floating just a few inches above the void, his new netherite boots glowing faintly with the runes etched into them. Around his head, a faint, dark purple halo glows around his head, power radiating from it. It suits him in a way that M doesn’t think could ever have suited the previous parkour god, which makes him wonder if that’s some sort of heresy. Probably is. But hey, if it’s heresy to feel a certain– --- a champion and his god, trust, and learning to create together.

yeah so i got into parkour civilization and it went really normally for me ahahhahhhahahahahhahahahha

[3liza]

brianna boston charges dropped!!! i fuckin called it they KNEW that was a bullshit charge

[in-parkour-civilization]

thanks to that one person who put that fic link under one of my posts

this is the funniest shit i've ever read holy fuck mate

[mysunfreckle]

I was rereading the correspondence included in Pride and Prejudice, and I'm always amused by the "Yours, etc." used at the end of several of the letters simply because it was too much work to write it out the sign off in full. But what really gets me is that Mr. Collins letter to Mr. Bennet at Lydia's elopement is the only one to end with:

"I am, dear sir," etc., etc.

Like Austen is physically tapping you on the shoulder, going: "look, I'm not going to write out any of these commonplace civilities, but I do need you to know that Mr. Collins uses much much more of them"

[krastbannert]

About two months ago, I commissioned the wonderful @bearsandbeansart to draw a couple things, the first of which was a scene from my Azula-redemption fic Brave Soldier Girl, specifically the end of Chapter Two, "when you look at me (i'm pieces of what i used to be)". And then about a month later, right after she gave me the initial sketch, I disappeared from the Internet. And I came back five(ish) weeks to find she'd sent me this.

Perhaps needless to say, I was stunned. It is absolutely gorgeous in every possible way and it is so much better than I could have ever dreamed. 100/10 stars; she absolutely blew it out of the water. I cannot think of words to say, this piece is so absolutely amazing.

[foolsocracy]

oh death of a prince