#escape your destiny

[prideprejudce]

also the fact that criston cole made such a HUGE deal about how he ~broke his oath~ by sleeping with rhaenyra to where he almost deleted himself rather than be a "whore" to the queen *gasp*. and flash forward years later to becoming exactly that - an oathbraker and the whore to the queen once again, is actually comedy gold

[miyuskye]

I found this scene in particular so odd and out of place in the new episode. Apart from the fact that Stolas has no right to be angry at Blitz for "not saving him" when Striker kidnapped him nor to be upset that he didn't tell him about Striker's attempt at shooting him. In Loo Loo Land he's perfectly capable of defending himself (even when he hired Blitz for protection!), why is he complaining that an imp, the lowest class on the hierarchy isn't protecting one of the highest?

In that scene Stolas accuses Blitz of not understanding "how much he cared about him", but has he forgotten that he was the one who couldn't stand up not to Asmodeous nor to the accusations of him "sleeping with an imp"?

This reaction shows the actual opposite of what he's telling Blitz he did.

I read that Stolas is supposedly also not aware of ~things~ but why is the narrative conveniently forgetting about his faults as well?

Onto the "apology tour" subject: I fail to understand why Blitz owes Stolas an apology. The only time he was shitty to him was actually in Ozzie's when he asked him on a (fake) date without telling him all the story. But they didn't talk about that not during that episode neither during Apology Tour. Is it because doing this would have forced the narrative to acknowledge that also Stolas was at fault during that episode?

All the other times they interacted (on and off screen, their chats don't really mean anything since it seems that's the way Blitz writes in general), Blitz was being good to him (not that he had any other choice, due to their society ranks and their deal).

To me, this looks like bad writing. But if someone has a different take, I'm happy to hear their interpretation.

[stardotnet]

i've been reading the song of achilles and playing hades and listening to mcr. anyway who else is doomed by the narrative

[shivunin]

the fact that you start the Tabris origin by literally stepping into your mother's shoes. the fact that what you get is a wedding outfit and your mother's worn boots, kept carefully intact for years, tucked away for this exact moment. the fact that you then immediately take the path she never could, leaving behind the alienage and the wedding and following Duncan (who would have recruited Adaia first, if not for baby!Tabris) to what ought to have been death.

And Then!! instead of fighting and falling as she did, cheating death and becoming the fighter she always intended you to be instead??? Reliving and simultaneously subverting the story of her life??

[wastedpotentialsblog]

Elenaks, the Scarab

I was going to color it before sharing but it's been hours already and I'm tired :(

Elenaks was a Devil Baron during the Dark Ages and earned his moniker for his habit of dropping the beetle-like Walker Tanks smack in the middle of human settlements during his raids. I even made his cape reminiscent to a beetle's elytra. He's a part of my personal project to flesh out the Salvation Elites.

I've fleshed out like 4 of them and now I'm just moving to designing. I love them all so so much. I've gaslit myself into believing they're canon and no one can stop me.

[sarsaparilla-star]

playing fallout 3 for the first time means oscillating between "this is a really fun game and is reminding me why i love fallout" and "this is the worst thing anybody has ever written"

[howifeltabouthim]

Saint knew that for some it was written in the stars that no matter how hard they fought their road did not lead somewhere good.

Chris Whitaker, from All the Colors of the Dark

[patheticblorbloscholar]

[letoscrawls]

I know you're tired of me talking nonstop and i know i've stated before that Coldplay isn't my cup of tea (which is true) BUT that obviously doesn't include Viva la Vida aka humanity's anthem the only song ever emotions in the form of a song

anyways

Viva la Vida is literally Paul's song... i never paid much attention to the lyrics but the way it fits stupid Paul's life.... oh my god. I could make a playlist with all the (often questionable) songs i've associated with Paul and Alia just this year. i don't know why but as time passes i'm more and more obsessed with these characters, i've been into Dune for three years now and i feel like the fixation is getting stronger each day instead of fading away

[thatgirlonstage]

Deep breath. Steeples fingers. It’s the way Arthur never needed to know Merlin was part of his destiny to be on his side over and OVER again

[normalbrothershow]

sams first arc and basically everything that happened to s3 being about azazel wanting him as a Leader vs sam in s14-15 forced to be a Leader (also people both telling him hes bad for the job AND that hes made for this) and all of his people then dying. no point to this except that i think its interesting

[zacksfairest]

playing as Ayala's sister Saya in Destiny was a galaxy brained idea

i've decided that she would repaint her armor to be Black and Gold and Red (Justice and Vengeance and Honoring a Parent) while still keeping a hint of blue to honor Ayala and her armor color :)

[ask-hector-and-isaac]

What if you two were brothers-in-law? What do you think about that?

Hector: Well, that's impossible on my part. I am an only child.

Isaac, narrowing his eyes: Mh? Hector marrying in my family...? *grin* And why would he, when I am right here?

Hector, with a smirk: Are you saying you're planning on getting married?

Isaac: Sure! And perhaps Lord Dracula can officiate the wedding! Hahahahaha!

[jen-angst]

Is that you doing FOREST MAGICKS!? Are you GLEEFULLY DANCING!? Are you TITTERING WITH WOODLAND CREATURES!?

YES! YES!~ YES!~~

GNOME! GNOME!~ GNOME!~~ I ASSIGN YOU GNOME

[adhd-merlin]

ok but the disir is such a good episode though....

[the-busy-ghost]

Warning- this is a very petty post, but I think I'm entitled to at least one petty, pissed-off reaction every time I finish a classic novel that hit harder than I expected so take this as my quota for the year.

Also spoiler warning for a book that came out over a century ago but still, I didn't know the plot going in so don't want to ruin it for anyone else, if you haven't read it shut your eyes. (Also Local Tumblr User Going Wild Over Book Published a Hundred Years Ago That Everybody Else Already Read should probably be categorised as akey part of indigenous tumblr culture at this point).

Anyway I just finished the War of the Worlds and in between studying I've thinking about Themes and Motifs as you do, and idly looking for further analysis. I then accidentally ran into an article called 'A Quiet Place II Succeeds Where the War of the Worlds Failed' and:

Now I haven't seen any of the Quiet Place films, this is not a rant against them and of course everyone is entitled to their own opinions. But re: the ending of The War of the Worlds, I have to ask, did this guy somehow miss, uh, the entire point of the book or am I just utterly insane?