#did she have a surname??

[mydarlingdearestdead]

Let's all remember that crows are the smartest birds, that they mimic human activity, remember both those who have wronged them and those who have been kind to them and that they treat such people accordingly.

So, whenever Monty helped Charles and Edwin against Esther, despite them objectivity betraying them, he overcame his nature as a crow.

So, to summarise, queerness overcomes all.

[many-gay-magpies]

i have seen lots and lots of posts about what people want out of payneland in season 2 and that is all good. so there's no use restating any of that because i agree with quite a bit of it and theres like a dozen or more posts about it. but here's something i want out of season 2:

to see crystal dealing with the remains of her life before she lost her memories. specifically, i want to see how she handles the relationships with her friends from before... do they become deeper now that she's had time to learn and grow? or does she, in trying to repair her old relationships, realize that all her friendships were just as shallow and empty as she was before losing her memories? does she make new human friends over the course of whatever season 2's plot will be? have her old friends even cared that she was gone? did she leave behind other ghost friends, like emma?

there is SO MUCH POTENTIAL for crystal's story now that she has her memories back and is back in london and i want to see it ALL.

[pandorem]

Okay so I don’t feel the most qualified to talk about this, especially to make any value judgements on how any of this was handled, so I would love other people to add in if they feel like it, but this is eating my brain actually so.

Esther Finch is a funny villain. She’s a joy to watch on screen, even if part of that joy is in hating her. But there’s something that feels very deliberate in the fact that the only two girls (barring in the animated flashback) we see her target are black girls. Becky Aspen and Crystal. I don’t think we’re supposed to infer from this that she only ever targets black girls, but the casting of Becky feels deliberate. While there’s plenty of in universe explanation for why she wants to use Crystal to feed to her snake afterwards and doesn’t ever say, specifically target Niko, it’s still there. And though Niko was just hurt because she got in the way, she’s also another woman of colour we see Esther hurt.

And then at the end Crystal, who many have pointed out has been a voice for women throughout the whole season, stands in front of Lilith, the goddess of wronged women, and screams to her about who gets justice for all the little girls Esther hurt. And then Lilith, played by a black woman, is the one to drag Esther away.

Crystal says to Esther that she knows how anger can poison you. Esther says she learned to be predator instead of prey a long time ago. Do I think that the show literally wants us to think that Esther is a racist who deliberately targets black girls? No. Do I think the casting choices that they made bring up themes of the kind of people who, because they have been hurt or marginalized, want to push others down to have others that they can have power over instead? Whose problems with societal oppression is not that it exists, but that they aren’t the ones who get to benefit from it? I think so.

[wolfsong-the-bloody-beast]

Speaking of names, it's kind of amazing to me that the Inquisitor, despite dating Blackwall, or anybody else really, never thought to ask whether "Blackwall" was his only name. Like, imagine, they're sleeping together, but they're not on a first name basis. Is it awkward in the bedroom? (Considering it's not even his real surname.) What happens if you ask Blackwall's girlfriend what his name is? Would she be like, "Uhh, Warden?" "What do you mean he could have whole another name???"

[morrigan-sims]

Pirate Outfts

I was bored, so I started trying some different outfits on Zara... The last one might be my favorite, if only because I already used another swatch of the first one for Wolf, and I can't have them wearing the same thing... But I also love being able to see all her freckles in the 2nd one...

[aeb-art]

my birthday is also my genshin anniversary, so i doodled myself with some favs 💕 happy four years, my beloveds

also looking at the cake lineup in my inventory makes me so happy ehehehe (also the xiao lanterns)

[thereallycoolmonsterithoughtup]

THISTLE LET YOUR DRAGON EAT ‼️‼️

[add1ctedt0you]

The Untamed - Episode 15

Her sword having fallen, Madam Yu held Zidian across her cheek, "Core-Melting Hand?"

Wen Zhuliu's voice was cold, "Violet Spider?"

One of Wang Lingjiao's hands was still under her foot. She felt so much pain that her features looked twisted, tears smeared all over, "Wen Zhuliu! Wen Zhuliu! Help me, help me now!"

Madam Yu snorted, "Wen Zhuliu? Core-Melting Hand, isn't your original name Zhao Zhuliu? Your surname clearly wasn't Wen, but you wanted to change your surname no matter what. Everyone's rushing like ducklings. Is the surname of those Wen-dogs really that precious? Turning back on your ancestors - how laughable!"

Wen Zhuliu remained unswayed, seemingly indifferent, "Each serves their own master."

[...]

Wen Zhuliu, "Excuse me."

Zidian flew out. Madam Yu shouted, "How pretentious!"

Wen Zhuliu's large hand waved. He grabbed Zidian without concern!

The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation - Chapter 58- Poisons - Part 3

[holly-natnicole]

Zoë Nightshade: "An animal sanctuary is under threat from deforestation. Hunters of Artemis, assemble!!"

Reyna de la Fuerza: "I'm in."

Celyn Glynn: "Me as well."

Thalia Chase: "Thank God!! I was standing still for, like, 5 minutes and it was awful. Lets do this."

Reyna de la Fuerza: "Already working on a plan."

Josephine-x-Hemithea Sanders (it's Jo's surname which Emmie took upon them getting married to each other): "I changed my mind. I'm out."

Rosebay Fytó (a dryáda whose plant form is Nerium oleander): "What?"

Hemithea-x-Josephine Sanders: *hugging Georgina and each other* "Sorry..."

Edessa Waterfalls (a naïáda whose water form is the Edessa Waterfalls): "Do I have to go?"

Bianca di Angelo: "Yes!!"

Phoebe Iliofáneia: "Who do I get to fight?"

Zoë Nightshade: "Wait, why do you get to be the leader?"

Thalia Chase: "Because I am the leader."

Phoebe Iliofáneia: "Can I fight you?"

Thalia Chase: "We're on the same team. Where's Hippolytus?"

Hippolytus Toxótis: "I got lost. Are everyone else there?"

Naomi Levi: "I work alone."

Bianca di Angelo: "Have you ever tried talking to the mortal humans? You know, maybe they just need to feel heard."

Rosebay Fytó: "So, after this fight, does anyone want to go to Taco Bell?"

Hunter Kowalski: "Ooh, that sounds great!!"

Hemithea Sanders: "That's not gonna be necessary, because I already made sandwiches."

Bianca di Angelo: "I forgot to ask. Are we getting paid for this?"

Phoebe Iliofáneia: "You all couldn't handle me."

Zoë Nightshade: "I should be the leader."

Thalia Chase: "Well, you're not. What's the plan?"

Reyna de la Fuerza: "I worked out a 14-page branching decision tree for our offensive strategy."

Thalia Chase: "That's... a lot."

Josephine Sanders: "How's my suit look?"

Hemithea Sanders: "Looking good from here." *clicks mouth flirtatiously*

Thalia Chase: "All right, lets go!!"

Reyna de la Fuerza: "I got the culprit."

Zoë Nightshade & Thalia Chase: "What??!!"

Reyna de la Fuerza: "Yeah, you were taking too long and I wanted to fight. You wanna fight about it?"

Bianca di Angelo: "...So, Taco Bell?"

Beatrice Hortensius (biological daughter of a demigod and a dryáda): "Yes!!"

Hemithea Sanders: "I made sandwiches!!"

[julietasgf]

inspired by @sadalmostlesbian and her amazing designs for some tbosas characters (and also by @mr-nauseam who started the plinth fam designs), I thought it would be fun to do my top 3 fav tributes

(in order: marcus, lucy gray, lamina)

[jils-things]

eeeekk hi again everyoneee!!! i'm gonna allow myself today to post one art because i miss sharing my stuff on my blog :]]

red sprites: (x)

[russell-crowe]

me realizing halfway through my lecture that my current professor is called hilson

[ghostinghome]

Byakuya reboot spoilers !!!!

rei :3333 the silly :3333 what. do you mean shes not canon.

[accio-sabrina]

Johanna: I dare you-

Peeta: Katniss isn't allowed to take dares.

Johanna: Why not?

Katniss, head bowed: I have no regards for my personal safety.

[nadia-el-mansours]

But did Sergei think Margo is just prone to crushes and then witness her year after year icing out anyone who dares get close to her and isn't him? I can't get rid of the idea of him thinking "maybe this is the year SHE shows up with a ring on her finger" and it just... never happens.

[whenthegoldrays]

Ryeoun (my favorite k-actor this year) and Shin Hyun Been (favorite k-actress) both playing a character that uses sign language to connect with a deaf artist (Ha Eun Gyeol, Jung Mo-eun) and also a dad / mom friend who is literally just trying really hard to accomplish 1 (one) goal and could really use A Break ™ (Ha Eun Gyeol, Ha Yunseo)