#especially shepherd

[aesdi]

the tragedy of James and Mary Sunderland is one of the most heartbreaking and (most importantly) human stories I’ve ever had the joy in witnessing

[alphasrainbow]

The Shepherd King dedications slap

One Dark Window

Two Twisted Crowns

[plutonicbees]

no but it's actually insane that tommy shepherd was introduced with the lore that he accidentally blew up his high school, and his first public action as Speed™️ is blowing up the UN building, and then marvel proceeded to go "so his power is just being fast, and his twin gets to fuck around with the fabric of reality, and he gets... nothing!"

[laureala]

AMELIA & ARIZONA in Grey's Anatomy 20.04

AR: Dr Shepherd you need to- AS: Move fast.

[jadecantcreate]

a little late night shepnax sketch based on my most recent fic <3

[kissingarthurclaus]

Well I've finally gone insane enough to draw a (dreamworks) trollsona!

She's an alt/indie rock troll who plays the bass guitar, inspired by the musical stylings of Mitski whom I adore 🫶 somewhat sadgirl, occasionally angry, but always with very very big emotions aaaand she has no name at the moment.

(And ofc she's got the fattest crush on Queen Barb and a lot of her songs are secretly about her sssh~)

Taglist♡: @me-myself-and-my-fos @tiny-cloud-of-flowers @sunstar-of-the-north @dearly-beeloved @sosoftandsweet @changeling-selfship @drjohndisco @bob-in-tekken-8

[twelvetapsleft]

[luna-the-cretar]

Someone (I don’t remember who, probably Victoria): do you have any friends?

Sarnax: no???? What are those????

*later*

Sarnax: *keeps referring to Shepherd as his friend*

Also???? Sarnax immediately going to check on Shepherd after the encounter with the lady trying to trade her kid away for pastries (which are basically drugs)???? Love that????

Like, in the prologue there was a little bit of pushback from both ends, then in chapter 1 Shepherd started getting all buddy-buddy with Sarnax (who imo seemed to be mostly neutral towards Shepherd), and now in chapter 2 Sarnax seems to show some sort of caring for Shepherd. Love that.

Absolutely adore it when a character who starts off not giving a shit about anyone starts to actually care about someone in some way (platonic or romantic, it doesn’t matter, i eat that shit up either way). ‘Course, it could be bc of the shit they encountered in Death House (no better way to become bffs than ✨Trauma✨), and also because they both clearly have some repressed trauma of their own that they seem to see and understand in each other, but still. Fucking love it. Adore their dynamic already.

[shepherds-of-haven]

Every time you post about the gossipy recruits, I so badly want to play as one of them. Born to be a baby brat, forced to be co-commander </3333

Those recruits would fold like wet paper bags under the pressure MC is under 😭 They're barely holding on with their normal responsibilities as it is...

[loudmound]

i think where people are losing the plot in terms of making james and jim characters that have suffered more than what is initially apparent in the narrative of sh2 is that it tends to absolutely consume how they see those respective characters and takes that shit to the absolute extremes. james and mary having a tumultuous relationship when she was sick turns into "mary was james' abuser when she was sick." conversely, for jim, it's entirely possible that she was institutionalized and sa'd while she was there, then that somehow turns into "none of what she experienced in silent hill was real and she's been locked in that mental hospital for 20 years, actually." it's deeply unserious.

[little-pup-pip]

HAAAII!!1!1! could i mayb perhaps mayhaps req a german sheperd ouppy moodboard,d,,d gender neutral!!1!!1 also no paci. STUFF LIKE BRIGHT FLASHY COLORS [except 4 blue n pink] N KIDCORE STUFFS N MAYB MAYB MAYB CHECKERED PATTENRNENS INCORPORATED SOMEHEOW,,,, also as for the age range of the ouppy. like eerrmmm um. 9-11 weekz!1!!1 TYSM HAV A GREAT DAY STAY SILLIOUS

Yes!!

[horsetailcurlers2]

the more i think about how desperate and lonely addison must’ve had to be to do what she did to derek, the more i feel like he didn’t take nearly enough responsibility for the end of their marriage. like, i’m absolutely not trying to excuse what addison and mark did. it was fucked up and cruel. but, especially after we get to know them both as characters (and realize that although they have their moments they aren’t exactly cruel callous people by nature), i’m like, how bleak did the state of that marriage have to be for them to both even consider it? especially factoring in the depth of marks history with derek. idk i think in some twisted way derek was relieved to have an out and not be the bad guy. and he had like one episode where he acknowledged his absence in new york but then five seconds later he had meredith’s panties in his pocket (barely apologized for that either)

[abrahamvanhelsings]

for the ship asks: joplittle? i know i'm opening pandora's box with this

if someone already asked, then going for any other ned ship you might also like? choose freely my friend

AUGH my beloveds!! ill try not to make this a whole essay so ill point out a couple of things that i love about them at random

the way they interact with each other on screen has me obsessed. i wrote a post a bit ago about how we don't see them talk much together but they have a lot of potential anyway, and then @cinematicnomad made a great point about the fact that they DO interact but a lot it is nonverbal. honestly that opened my eyes to so much little things i hadn't noticed before. that they communicate through glances and gestures and that they understand each other, know each other well enough to have that kind of interaction... they may be background characters and we may not see the progression of their relationship much, but we can tell that it happens, and that they become close. you can tell that being in that precarious situation together, where crozier's alcoholism is affecting the entire expedition but it also has to be kept a secret, and they're the two people who know, and who are responsible for crozier/everything else, that really created a very tight bond between them.

speaking of tight friendships! we can tell that it happens bc edward, famously, is SO happy when jopson is made lieutenant. everyone at that table thinks it's deserved, and is happy for jopson, but edward is a beam of sunlight in that tent. genuinely can't stop smiling. it's so so lovely to me that he can't contain his own glee bc he's so glad and proud. get you a man who applauds your successes like edward little

there are so many ways their personalities fit together so well!! they're both extremely diligent in their duties, but it plays out differently in them both, and they both have different weaknesses. they're the type of people who are generally quiet and unobtrusive but steadfast and loyal, but where jopson tends to go sharp as a knife under pressure, edward always worries that he is doing the right thing (that's also bc for a large part of the expedition they have very different responsibilites and cares, but nevertheless). they're both guarded where it comes to showing their inner feelings, but it feels to me that jopson can provide a firmness, the assurance that edward needs to remain confident in who he is and what he does, whereas edward (once you've cracked him like an egg) has a warmth to him that can fold around jopson like a blanket, to let go of that tightly-controlled professionalism. each other's safety blankets, people who can mitigate the other's shortcomings, and provide space for their better qualities and their feelings to come to full bloom.

lower class/higher class dynamic is a weakness of mine. any fic that has thomas being a steward/valet to edward in any capacity with the victorian slow burn mutual pining/mutual 'he is to good for me' has me on my knees

[orcinus-veterinarius]

Wait, what’s the deal with seashepard? I grew up w a family that supported them and literally bought their merch and stuff

I was the same way! I thought they were so cool after watching Whale Wars. But unfortuantely, despite agreeing with their mission to end commercial whaling, I think their dangerous methods (not to mention their extreme anti-zoo and anti-Indigenous rhetoric) ultimately cause a lot more harm than good. Assaulting and harrassing whalers and sealers, many of whom rely on hunting to feed their families, isn't going to inspire any change. I've been told by folks that have had interactions with Sea Shepherd members that they have a reputation for alienating the communities they enter and being rude and aggressive to both locals and other anti-whaling organizations.

Captain Paul Watson founded Sea Shepherd in 1977 after leaving Greenpeace for disapproving of his "direct action" approaches. In 1986, Watson lead an attack on unoccupied whaling vessels in Iceland that got his group branded as terrorists. The act ultimately had a counterintuative effect, "turn[ing] Icelandic public opinion against the cause of saving whales" (x). In 2013, they were even labeled as "pirates" by a U.S. court for their aggressive actions toward occupied Japanese whaling ships: "When you ram ships; hurl containers of acid; drag metal-reinforced ropes in the water to damage propellers and rudders; launch smoke bombs and flares with hooks; and point high-powered lasers at other ships, you are, without a doubt, a pirate, no matter how high-minded you believe your purpose to be" (x). Sea Shepherd actually removed Watson in 2022 in an attempt to separate itself from his more radical tactics (and outstanding arrest warrants) and go legitmate. PETA denounced this as a betrayal to the animal rights movement.

Watson started his own organization (yet again), and Sea Shepherd is now lead by real estate mogul Pritam Singh. But I still hesitate to support them. In their bid to gain custody of Wikie and Keijo, they make several alarming statements, claiming that Nova Scotia is too cold for them since all they know is warm Mediterranean water (neglecting the fact that their habitat is chilled, something that can't be done in a pen) and that relocating to a sea pen in France will somehow be less stressful than moving to another pool. Wikie and Keijo were both born in the Marineland tanks. Even if we believe that a pen will be more beneficial to their welfare in the long run, it's downright foolish to claim that a pen is the "least stressful option." No one on their team has remotely any experience in captive cetacean husbandry, so they plan to continue employing Marineland trainers. Maybe don't accuse a group of animal abuse and then ask them to come work for you?

[yuechicake]

in order to raise funds for the shepherds, it looks like some enterprising person has suggested they sell a pin-up calendar of all of the captains, which then sold out within the first few hours of being on the market.

(commissioned from 00V2)

[teeth-draws]

“What do you mean he’s scary!! Look at him!”

— taking artistic liberties to scrunkle the face of @shepherds-of-haven’s Blade Bronwyn - a man with 0.6% body fat lol