#everyone else gets a win

[vi-is-badass]

I acknowledge I am incredibly emotionally biased here but I think if the writers were trying to subvert the cliche of the big damn hero the problem is that Vi very literally is never the big damn hero. She’s actually constantly fails to be the big damn hero.

She is stopped from giving herself up to the enforcers by Vander in episode 2. In episode 3 she fails to save Vander and Mylo, Claggor, and Vander die in her rescue mission. She then lashes out at Powder in a moment of anger and is stopped from running back to rescue Powder and fix things between them by Marcus.

Then in act 2 when she finally reunited with Jinx everything goes wrong. In act 3 she fails to get her sister back or stop Silco and can’t stop Jinx from shooting the rocket at the council.

In season 2 Vi makes multiple mistakes that culminates in her stopping Caitlyn from killing her sister which isn’t framed as a narrative win because she is left abandoned while Caitlyn becomes a dictator and the undercity is subjected to martial law. In act 2 her plan to save Vander fails again, Vander and Isha die, and while she does save Jinx’s life Jinx still ends up in jail. In the finale she fails to save Gert, fails to save Vander, fails to save Jinx, and fails to have any role at all in resolving the plot.

She never gets a win to the point it’s a bit ridiculous.

And I think if you want to have a subversion of this idea you have to be a bit more pointed in the resolution like having Caitlyn tell Vi that it doesn’t matter to her what she can do but rather who she is or something along those lines.

This isn’t meant to sound harsh I really hope it doesn’t come across this way I just think if it was meant to be a subversion it wasn’t executed very well.

Thinking again about how the last we see of Isha it’s from Vi’s perspective, not Jinx’s, and what an interesting, and seemingly odd choice that is given how much closer Isha was to Jinx.

And after mulling it over for awhile I kind of feel that Isha is actually the linchpin of Vi’s whole arc in season 2, perhaps even more so than she is for Jinx.

I saw someone awhile back point out that Isha appears in Jinx’s life right after Vi officially joins the enforcers and makes the commitment to hunt her sister down (the sister who she in fact disowns). Isha basically takes up the loving, protective sister role with Jinx that Vi chooses to abdicate at the beginning of the season. Jinx even states (or at least suggests) that her relationship with Isha is what she wishes her relationship with Vi could have been.

When Vi crashes out between acts 1 and 2 she completely loses that protector aspect that’s been so central to her character. She basically becomes just a mindlessly violent brute that fights because she has nothing else left to do. Isha is the vehicle through which Vi regains that protector role. Not only does Vi directly protect Isha in eps 3 and 5, but Isha indirectly reconciles the sisters by allowing Vi to see Jinx’s humanity and (indirectly) reminding her that Jinx is still her sister.

And then at the end of ep6 one of the last things Isha sees is Vi holding Jinx back, Vi *protecting* Jinx again. It’s as if Isha took on the responsibility that Vi had forgotten about or tried to get rid of until Vi was ready to pick it back up again.

Then, in ep8, after Vi’s striking dream-vision of Isha, the first thing Vi does when she wakes up is go defend Jinx to Caitlyn.

[enigmaris]

If Lois Lane had a nickle for every time she had to help an overpowered boy from the midwest with the power of journalism, she'd have two nickles. Which isn't a lot but its weird that its happened twice.

Danny watched as Lois pulled out her phone and pulled up a recording app.

“What are you doing?”

“You came to a journalist and are surprised to get an interview?” She asked him, her tone clearly joking. “What you’ve given me here is great kid, but newspaper clippings and copies of federal laws don’t get the public’s attention. I need a story, Phantom’s the story.”

“I’m not Phantom.”

Lois looked at him, less than impressed. Slowly, she turned the screen of her computer until it was visible to both of them. There, in full clarity, was a front-page story from his hometown newspaper. ‘Danny Phantom saves Bus Full of Children!’ and there was a picture of him in his ghost form, his face crystal clear on her screen.

"Phantom’s a ghost. I’m just a dumb kid.” Danny tried again.

Lois pinched the bridge of her nose with her right hand and muttered to herself.

“Why do all you midwestern boys have the same schtick?”

“I’m sorry?” Danny said, unsure if he should be apologizing or not.

“Changing your last name from Fenton to Phantom does not a secret identity make kid. It might work for most civilians, but anyone familiar with the hero game will clock you from a mile away.”

“I’m not Phantom.”

“Sure, kid. But I’m sure you have a way for me to interview him, right? Because I want to talk to him before I do anything else about your town.”

Danny hugged himself and looked down at his knees.

“Is it really that bad?”

“Not the worst I’ve seen. Wonder Woman’s is paper thin. I'm pretty sure most people in DC know who she is outside of the cape and just don’t say anything because she scares them.”

Danny snorted involuntarily at that, looking back up at the woman.

“What’s going on in your town, Phantom? Why come to a journalist and not the Justice League?”

“The Anti-Ecto Acts got passed like a year ago. They state that only being that produces or contains ectoplasm above a certain amount is considered non-sapient and is to be turned over to the government for disposal.” Danny said. “I put the whole thing in there for you to read, but it's long. Amity Park has a lot of ectoplasm in it. It's seeped into the air and water. Normal human people have it in them now. At first, those agents were just firing at me whenever I finished a ghost fight. I could deal with that. Their aim is terrible anyway. But then they figured out that humans can become contaminated with ectoplasm. They decided that meant the entire town was under their jurisdiction. They've decided that means that no one in town counts as human anymore, that we don’t have rights, that they’re doing us a favor by not just exterminating the entire town like the law says.”

Danny leaned forward, putting his hands on the desk in front of Lois Lane. He looked right into her bright eyes and spoke seriously.

“When it was just ghosts under attack, I didn’t think anyone would care. I’ve tried calling the Justice League for help, but they’ve brushed me off. People need to know what’s happening. Anyone can become ecto-contaminated. You just have to be in the right place at the wrong time. It’s not right what’s happening to Amity, Miss Lane. I came to you because if anyone could get the world to listen, to believe, then it's got to be you.”

And Lois Lane smiled. It was a proud, eager smile. The kind of smile Danny had seen on Sam right after she convinced the school to serve a vegan lunch. He barely held back from shivering.

“Well then, Mr. Phantom.” Lois said, before tapping onto the recording app on her phone and starting a recording. “Let’s begin.”

[skateboardtotheheart]

there is just something about the difference between edwin's love interests and having the cat king's reaction to edwin in hell being "i'll be waiting when he gets back" vs charles "no version of this where i don't come get you" rowland convincing a powerful trans-dimensional being to open a door to hell just so he could get him back

i am insane

[glow-in-the-dark-death]

Hunger

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Okay hear me out!

We have all talked about how Jason gets pit rage because of the Lazarus waters being gross ecto, or how his obssession is the Joker and needing to kill him and a bunch of other things,

Yes?

With me so far?

Okay!

Let me give that a twist,

That Pit Rage Jason feels is hunger, specifically a ghosts hunger.

Jason came back from the dead not fully, he's a starving ghost with a malnourished proto-core, until he properly eats it will stay weak and hungry.

How does the Joker fit in all this?

Easy, With the lack of good ecto for Jason to feed and stabilize from the next best option is his murderer.

Consuming that who killed you is very nourishing for a new ghost.

So Jason getting angry with the bats and others when they tell him not to kill the Joker or actively prevent him from even getting near him is like putting all his favourite foods right in front of him and then taking it away from him,

Each time getting worse for Jason, only getting hungrier and hungrier each time it happens.

How would you feel if you were starving and people kept offering you food and then pulling it away before you could eat it?

Confused?

Desperate?

Anger?

It doesn't count as cannibalism if you're not the same

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Jason biting the bars of his holding cell like a dog

Dick: "Is it just me or where his teeth always that sharp?"

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Oracle: "I lost sight of the Joker!"

Jason hunched over with glowing green eyes while drooling: "No worries he's nearby I can smell him."

Other Bats listening on the comms: " ...What the hell do you mean smell ! Are you drooling ?!"

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Bats: "Wow Jason sure is getting creative trying to get the Joker!"

Jason:

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Check tags for some funny extras

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Just an Idea

[hauntingsunshine14]

so like kevin day right?

I need kevin to be like the green brothers of the exy-verse. Like people know him either from the prolific history yt channel he runs (he saves people taking any hist class, is worshipped by apush students during exam szn) OR from being the best exy striker to ever play the game.

then I need all the tweets going 'wtf is kevin day doing teaching on yt in my apush class?? I thought he was an exy player??'

or

' why does my cousin have a poster of kevin day in exy gear? I see that guy every time my hist prof has a hangover and puts on youtube??'

anyways,

kevin day wins a kids choice award or a streamy or something and he receives some very confused calls from the foxes.

[insomnya777]

goodtimeswithscar reputation board? *takes a drag of cigarette 🚬* heh... haven't heard that name in a while

[aardvaark]

the leverage team would have had a games night… once. everyone cheated so much and in such increasingly extreme ways that all mentions of monopoly are banned in their headquarters (this makes talking about marks who monopolize the market very confusing)

[bixels]

The more I think about it, the more I question Arcane S2's politics and themes, which were so foundational to S1. Like, a tiny example [SPOILERS AHEAD]:

Singed wins. He gets exactly what he wants in the end. All his "efforts" are rewarded. What does that say about people who share his ideology of eugenics? He is the source of nearly every horrible thing and conflict that happened (Shimmer, the factory deaths, Jinx, Vander as Warwick, the corruption of Viktor), and he gets a happier ending than any other character. Not even a 'he got what he wanted but he has become completely unrecognizable/monstrous to his daughter' tag at the end. You can say they're setting him up and need to open his daughter to future shows, but the way you end a character's story says something about what you think about that character. What does it say when the eugenicist war criminal gets the happy ending he doesn't deserve?

[small-spark-of-light]

so i came up with a wekiddy au recently!!! Wekiddy Slasher Au!!! perfect for october too :DD

the premise is that: El cool p gets extremely jealous of the rest of the cast because of the attention they get. He starts murdering them so he can have it all to himself

[flambo19]

Stellaron Hunter Game Night 🎮

[cementcornfield]

What it's like to see [Ja'Marr] be on the cusp of potential history if he gets that triple crown?

I'll make sure he gets it.

[snekdood]

"if we make america worse and more of a dictatorship that will be even harder to unravel and make it the way we want the country to be, maybe then everyone will join our Glorious Revolution!" bb girl you cant even be in the same room with someone who thinks you should vote, how in tf do you think you're gonna unite people to fight in The Revolution with you? it's gonna be you and your 5 friends, i hate to break it to you.

[cupid-tune]

Some Earth C kids featuring Kankri...

[cobra-creampuff]

the fact that they made it illegal to make ads louder than programs on tv in 2010 but haven't updated it to apply the same regulation to streaming. who do i have to call.

[dennydreadful]

[respectthepetty]

This is not a 4 Minutes analysis post. This is an appreciation post for Tonkla's dick game!

BECAUSE IT'S STRONG!

Like I knew he was good in bed when HE said his mouth wasn't just good for talking and poked Korn's dick.

But the way he flexed on Win needs to be studied, so here I am!

First off, Win fucked up when he asked if Tonkla lived alone since he specifically asked if Tonkla had a partner. Win made it seem like he was worried about Tonkla being alone in his state and partly that he didn't want someone to overhear their conversation but . . . Tonkla KNEW why he asked.

He immediately asked Win what he was really doing there and didn't even let Win answer before he was up and in motion.

Win was still stunned from the question and Tonkla was already pressing his lips to him, but it was quick! So quick that Win ended up chasing the kiss.

Every step of this exchange shows Tonkla has the power because Win stands there until Tonkla goes in for another kiss.

And even when Win breaks the second kiss to tell Tonkla he shouldn't do this, we don't see Win's full face. He could be anyone as far as Tonkla is concerned because Tonkla already knows he can and WILL get this man. All he needs is a warm body and Win just happens to be one.

Everything about the sex that follows with Win is exactly the same as it was with Korn yet the complete opposite:

The smoking - Tonkla hid his cigarettes from Korn since Korn doesn't like smoking, but Tonkla aired all his dirty laundry (and drug habits) for Win.

The place - Both are in Tonkla's house but sex with Korn on the couch is more intimate than sex with Win in the bedroom.

The lighting - Sam positions, same moves, but sex with Korn was warm and engaging and sex with Win is cold and distant.

The condom - Tonkla wanted to be fucked condom-less both time, yet both men denied him. However, Korn didn't even answer him and grabbed the condom and lube. Win did answer him, so Tonkla threw the condom and lube on the bed.

The moves - Licking nipples and sucking dick were still on the menu, but those were things Tonkla did for Korn yet demanded Win do for him.

The sex - With Korn, Tonkla has time. He waits for Korn and Korn is on his body with no space. With Win, Tonkla is in a rush. While Win is sucking him, Tonkla puts lube on Win's dick, and keeps Win at a distance.

The aftermath - Korn came first then jerked off Tonkla. Then, Tonkla continued to suck Korn's nipples while they laid together. With Win, only Tonkla came and he immediately pushed Win away, then cleaned up and stayed away.

Tonkla is using Win as a stand-in for a man who doesn't return his calls and can't stay in bed with him.

And these sex scenes have shown Tonkla can be warm

Or he could be cold.

So these men better start answering his calls and hold him tight.

Or else.