#companion dont look

[ultimatestellar]

my thoughts on the current kazui theories!!!

i am unfortunately not a believer in the gay kazui theory but i have NO IDEA what it could be instead. he directly said its not cheating??? after reading his voice drama i doubt he’s a con artist either.

like, the first few lines of cat are about wanting to touch and be touched while in the car with Mrs Wife, with the camera panning to her and kazui turning to look at her. at the end of the song, even while he seems to be confessing his lies to his wife, he says that “being caressed by [her] would be perfection.” he stares at another woman at the bar in half. there is no way he isn’t into women at all.

we haven’t seen bartender dude enough for him to be significant. we’ve barely even seen his face. but we HAVE seen him in both videos, even though the only other reoccurring character from half is his wife!! alcohol has consistently been a theme, especially related to whatever feelings he has that are “wrong.” based on kazui’s ring turning into a dove and then being Literally Eaten, and on what he says in the audio drama, its clear that he sees his marriage as an elaborate illusion. covering up something else that he was “born with”? the act of revealing that thing was seen as a violent one, and is the thing that killed her.

kazui says in his interrogation that he hasn’t stopped lying since he was little. he admits that he hates himself for this and wishes he could be honest. that makes it unlikely that he’s a conman in terms of profession!! the armbands he and his wife wear in cat imply that they both work for the police. specifically the criminal investigation’s bureau, according to a youtube comment. they reveal criminals As A Job. Together. kazui obviously sees himself as a conman though, with all the magician and theatre imagery. he calls himself a perpetrator and her the victim, but thats immediately after calling their relationship a “two-way deceit.”

maybe he just likes card tricks and watched phantom of the opera once. i dont know. something is very wrong with him and i’d love to know what.

[scaradeus]

dad with a dog that he didn't want after a week.

[arinmoss]

i painted Astarion hehe :3c prints here

[mohntilyet]

continued rook-lucanis sketches from the last week or so <3

[aq2003]

he is so full of love i hate him

[puppyeared]

Remember how they pointed out that Palistrom wood was becoming rarer? Because Belos kept over harvesting it and not giving it time to grow back?

The University’s tree is blue. Its a big ass Palistrom tree

[denebrye]

*confused in wild magic*

[dykedvonte]

idk if you've written any head cannons about this before but i'm curious what your thoughts are on arcades previous relationships

I think this is a very interesting question because we can even know if he had previous relationships? I don't know if you want platonic or romantic, so I will answer vague enough to fit both.

Arcade is a man that wants to be reserved and self-assured. When he first vaguely tells you about his past you can 100% tell he is very mournful of something and I really think its partly him not knowing his place in the world and being incredibly lonely. One of the ways you can recruit him is literally just by being gay and showing interest. That's not someone who is used to having deep, long lasting relationships of any kind. He never mentions friends his age growing up or otherwise and he is honest (once he opens up) about how he is considred too young to be taken seriously by the older remanents when enlisting their help (Imagine like trying to be friends with your much older aunts and uncles who like wiped your ass).

He is desperately trying to find a place and I feel like that applies to being among people as well, I mean he does hide himself in a tent with the followers. When I think of his past relationships I think of fleeting hook-ups or abrupt endings with him often being the one to do the skedaddling or walk of shame to wherever he was residing at the time. I say shame becasue I know he'd want to stay and get close but he's just too scared. It's understandable when 75% of the factions would want you dead due to your family lineage... even if you had no part of their actions. He has so much baggage and hang-ups I don't think he thinks it'd be worth it to unpack that with a friend or lover.

But since your asking what I personally think his fleeting, wasteland relationships were like here's my thoughts:

Most of his relationships (friendships and otherwise) started occurring later in his like, likely his early to mid-twenties. He had seen Enclave remnants be hunted and those who survived did so by staying alone...

His first friend was a wasteland girl who liked how well-read he was. It wasn't so much a traditional friendship but like two people who frequent the same places a lot. He provided the closest thing she was getting to an education and she provided pleasant conversation.

They barely knew anything deeper than each other's names or the topics they discussed but Arcade had never had a non-enclave friend before so it meant everything to him.

She was inspired to get a formal education and do something with her life and thanked Arcade before leaving to go do that. Arcade liked the feeling of helping and sought out ways to do that.

His first kiss is actually how he got into the followers in my head. It was the first chance he took to form a relationship outside the remnants and he wanted to follow him (him as in his lover). He wanted to join a diplomatic Follower group in the NCR and Arcade was terrified of being that close.

Following the last point it was a big blowout fight because Arcade refused to explain why he didn't beyond "Aren't we fine here?" and received a very harsh reading about his inability to open up.

His first actual boyfriend was a king gang member that liked to brag about how he was dating the smartest follower on this side of the wasteland. Arcade felt bad cause he knew he was only dating the guy cause he was crushing on The King at the time and the guy made him feel good with all the praise.

He broke it off under the guise that his work made him feel like he was being neglectful to their relationship and due to the kings' strong sense of duty/principles he understood

Gave Arcade his fav hair comb as a token of no hard feelings and Arcade felt extra bad cause it was like the one real and safe feeling relationship he had and he hated it was built on lies and half-truths.

Hence why he only tells the Courier half-truths, both is too much

After that he made a rule to only have FWBs and casual friends.

This worked as well as you think it did for a man like Arcade.

Most of the people he "dated" (weird coy flirting until he shut them out when they asked something deeper) were all people who wanted to go somewhere with him. He has a deep desire to live, experience and find himself but never has the courage to commit

This explains why you can so easily recruit him with flirting and promising to whisk him away into adventure. (Daddy issues much?)

All his "friends" were either the socially weird Followers who never asked much or people who were passing through and wouldn't question the random guy they hung out with for a bit knows too much about energy weapons or power armor or that old defunct faction that almost killed everyone with evil water... twice.

Silly Headcanons is he loves to rag and joke and is a little shit. He has a chip on his shoulder about how smart he is but he's never a direct jerk about

Not a touchy friend but he clings and hovers around partners and people he has a romantic interest in. Hand brushes, pats, standing close, and wanting to be very involved. Sad but he really wants a connection and even a small sign is enough to make him lose his sensibilities.

He hates it but he knows he's touch and emotionally starved so sometimes he allows himself to get a little lost in the love sauce.

Prefers friends and partners that are a little dumber than him. This has nothing to do with anything, dude is just attracted to idiots platonically or romantically.

This post is long just because I need to explain just how I think these characters think. Arcade is a guy who wants to be gay and own a garden and drink a glass of non-irrated wine with his friends while snarking to his partner. But he's also affliated with violent war crimminals and genocidal factins and settles for just trying to give that life to someone else.

[kaeyachi]

Kaeya runs after Klee across the vast and open grasslands of Mondstadt. Their giggles are scattered by the winds, sounding much like a duet between wind chimes and piano keys.

Diluc stares in wonder from a distance.

He swears he could see his father chasing both him and Kaeya across the very same fields. He could hear their giggles- like a symphony, being scattered by the same winds. His father scoops down and reaches for the red and blue blurs. He manages to capture the both of them, eliciting loud laughter and protests.

Then Diluc blinks.

The illusion falls. It was Kaeya, not their father, who managed to capture the giggling little girl instead of two young boys, spinning her around as he hugged her tightly.

Diluc may have his father's hair.

His father's nose.

His father's mind.

He still isn't like his father at all. In his opinion, his similarities with the man are all superficial.

Diluc feels an ache in his chest as he continues to observe the duo dance together, as if they were in their own little world.

Diluc turns around and walks back home alone with one thought in mind.

Kaeya is like their father in the ways that mattered the most.

- a companion piece to this post-

[cactiaintracist]

Meanwhile Martha Jones;

Why Martha Jones was perfect for him

Space Babies (2024) // Smith and Jones (2007)

[freshbaked-bread]

west end girls 🌟

[ultimatestellar]

mikoto is like The Worst Ever when it comes to his portrayal of systems, but i’m curious to see just how bad it gets in the next few trials. not the “RAAAGH GROWL MURDER” part obviously because that can’t get worse than it already is.

more like, is milgram’s plan to show us the trauma that caused him to have DID? will the “normal” mikoto stay in denial even when he inevitably gets more guilty verdicts? do they have any intention of giving the “evil” mikoto redeeming qualities?

they have to answer at least one of those questions. both his T1 and T2 songs appear to be either primarily from the “evil” mikoto’s perspective, or split half-and-half like in MeMe. theres no way in hell milgram won’t fuck up whatever answers they give.

i’ll be waiting with popcorn. 😀🍿

[redrobin-detective]

I think an underappreciated aspect of s1 of Elementary is Joan being like “ugh grisly murders? dangerous crimes? other bizarre problems and antics my client is getting up to? Can’t wait to be done with all this” and turning around and getting so invested in solving the case. Like no wonder Sherlock was offering her an apprenticeship by the end of the season, despite what she said Joan was not only highly skilled but also very interested in Sherlock’s work.

[redeemed-wren]

I'm hoping episode 3 let's Ruby see the dark side of the Doctor. I feel that adds a very important dynamic to a Doctor-companion relationship, when they see how dark he can be and still choose to travel with him early on.

Rose watching Nine drag Cassandra back to die. Eleven yelling at Amy "Nobody human has anything to say to me today!" Donna begging Ten to stop drowning the spider babies, and then again to go back and save someone in Pompeii.

Fifteen has been FUN and I know he can do emotional range, I've seen his fear and his tears already. But I want to see him dark, and I want to see Ruby respond to that. I think it would add a LOT of depth to their relationship and is something missing.

Plus showcasing the Doctor's flaws (selfishness) will make him a much more interesting character. I want to see some conflict between the Doctor and Ruby.

[foxx-queen]

the my minthara is living in my head rent free

[brain-rot-hour]

"I'm so sorry. Were you waiting for me?"