#give others a chance to shine

[panakina]

Finally finished watching Batman: Caped Crusader, and you know what, it grew on me. I liked 99% of the Character designs, even if some of the narrative choices seemed like deviations from the comics just for the sake of it.

The detective stuff was fun and the 40s noir aesthetic is so my cup of tea. It’s a bit grim dark at times but that’s noir for you.

Bruce’s Character arc was so slow to start i wasn’t sure if he was getting one at all, but I liked it when it started picking up momentum. This is the only time i will give Bruce Timm a pass for his weird Babs/Bruce thing but he’s on thin fucking ice. She had a strong character and relationships all her own, and is in fact an adult, So, hmm. I will reserve judgement for when it escalates.

The ‘here are all the robins, they’re tonally incongruous orphans so don’t even bother asking’ got me to roll my eyes so hard its a wonder i survived the ep. A suspicious absence of Tim Drake given almost everyone else got a namedrop, so there’s hope for his fans at least. I was just glad to see jason outside of an urn. Justice for steph, who i don’t think even got dialogue.

Favourite character redesign: Harley Quinn. I love to see mad psychologists putting their degrees to use, and good justification for the clown theming sans joker.

Least favourite: cat woman. Costumes fine but the spoiled socialite who ran out of money backstory does nothing for me.

[sysig]

Growing closer than expected (Patreon)

[domokunrainbowkinz]

shipping yhk not in a romantic or platonic way but a secret third way (⬛️⬛️)

[kismetconstellations]

☆.☆.☆

[knockknockitsnickels]

I'm hoping the next Fields of Mistria update gives the other characters a chance to shine more. I feel like March is in almost every event - Hayden's 2 heart event felt like it was more about him then it was about Hayden.

[mc-critical]

Gosh, this Daye/Nigar scene is just so great. Daye knows about Nigar having kissed Ibrahim for quite some time now, but she doesn't berate her for it. She waits until after the wedding to talk to her and comfort her, attempting to convince her in this strict yet nurturing manner that she'll be better off with Matrakci; that she'll be better off married and with the new family she'd create (even if that means being with someone she doesn't love). She'd be better off taking care of someone, being surrounded by people she's fond of (like the future children in her arms) or might grow fond of sooner or later (like Matrakci) in her own home instead of withering alone in the ruthless cold harem that she and Daye might be too used to but it still isn't fully theirs, it can't be. Daye may have Valide but she's still alone. Nigar may be sought by many but she's still alone. Nigar and Daye's entire fates hinge on these people and it's uncertain what other cruel order, what other unbearable appointment in which palace will they issue next. Marriage seems like the one way for Nigar to get out of this unending circle to Daye as she at least can still do that. And the love and sadness and pain possibly residing in her heart? They may hurt but even they can be forgotten "with time" (oh look at that, yet another character having the "moving on with time" coping mechanism!), they have to be for her own good. This is what has apparently helped Daye to cope with any pain, so it should help Nigar as well. This is how Daye has forgotten, moved forward and latched onto what's left to her with knowing resignation, so Nigar should do so as well. And here is Nigar who still tries her all to keep it together in these last few days, weeks, months, but barely manages it. She can't let anyone else find out about the full extent of what concerns her, as she may really be done for then; she's burdened with that secret forever, with her feelings that won't have a response, as this is what Ibrahim had repeatedly demonstrated to her up until then (little did she know, though...). She can't even end it all, having to keep on in an uncertain, forced upon her marriage which seems like the only thing that can make her forget, but it isn't, she never thought it was. It just adds more salt to her wound, it only brings her more pain. Yet the one person she breaks in front of is Daye. In this moment, she's the one who she trusts the most and the one who provides at least a little understanding, at least a little guidance despite of it all. So she leans on Daye while she reveals her own turmoil, unaware that Daye also knows more about Nigar's turmoil than Nigar realizes and that might be also why she's saying all of those things. They both empathize with each other's turmoils. They both are moved, letting themselves go to an embrace. It lasts only for a short while but that's precisely where its power lies: there can be one short moment before they have to assume their roles again, before everything is to proceed as planned.

[see-arcane]

Every Dracula sequel book that has no Dracula returning should start like this: Count Dracula has been dead for X slutty, slutty years.

An excellent idea that I fear will never happen. Any Dracula'verse sequel with a dead*** Dracula will, inevitably, resurrect Dracula. So really it would be more like

[lowkeyclueless5137]

welp... I am having doubtssssssss

So... regarding this poll, I figured that some of you wanted to vote for something else by the time you already chose.

And also I got a block regarding how I'm gonna handle that au in a series.

Ultimately, I decided on this next course: Re-do the poll for a week and IF there's a different winner, the om x twst au will join the NRSSAB in the permanent ask event category.(I guess i should also count the ben 10 au????)

it's the exact same poll, with a minor chage to the mlb option, bcs now there are 2 variants of it :'3

[starswallowingsea]

Unfollowing a tournament blog because it's incredibly unfairly seeded right from the get go

[slightlycomicobsessed]

okay like. this is (definitely) a privileged take but like. one of the worst things i find about racism, especially in fandom/media, is that a lot of the time it just makes stories worse. for example, the new mutants. specifically dani moonstar. It's been explicitly stated, repeatedly that she is their leader, and that she is "on par with cyclops". it geniunely is written like she is meant to be scott's successor as x-men leader. and she has all the qualifications for it. she's smart, resourceful, strong, keeps her head cool in a fight. like she is the character you look for when you're looking for a new leader for the x-men.

except... this is never followed through on. it's even been acknowledged that she has a lot of "unused potential" (paraphrasing from Heir of Apocalypse).

in Simone's current Uncanny X-Men run, there are four new mutant characters. Skitter, Calico, Deathdream, and Ransom. And the current "leader"? Rogue. Who immediately fights these kids who literally are just asking for help. I know the editorial reason is so that the readers can see their powers, but I feel like Dani would've been such a good fit for these kids. I've stated this before, but it's clear that Deathdream's powers unnerve most of the other characters, but it wouldn't unnerve Dani, who has experience with Death, being a Valkyrie and having that "death sense" of hers. Calico and her have similar empathetic animal powers. Dani also lived in the mountains on her own for what was implied to be years, and so she would understand Ransom, too, to an extent. Skitter was ostracized for her stutter, and Dani was ostracized for her powers (at first). I just feel like editorial was throwing together popular household x-men names just because they could, and not heavily considering who would be the best for the role. (even if they wanted to keep Rogue, I think then it should've been Dani and not Jubilee who broke up the fighting. It feels like something she'd do.) and that's just one example. and like, it's so fucked, because you can tell all these incredible stories with poc characters, but people won't for some bullshit reason, and instead put the same 5-10 "popular" characters as the head of each run instead of giving lesser known characters a chance to shine.

[lullybaju]

bernardinho i'm pleading you brazil are begging you don't put bruninho and thales as starters again pls pls PLLLLLSSSSSS

[darabeatha]

@ardenssolis said ; "So, Jason, was the voyage worth it in the end?" [hi smol] / 𝐔𝐍𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐃

❝ Was that voyage worth it? Let me put it this way; would you give everything in your life for one second of glory ? for not even a tangible future, just for one beautiful dream ? everything you have ? I did. That voyage... See it under any lens, you don't need to be a genius to come to the conclusion that it was not worth it. Did it make me learn anything? Hell, did that even matter ? To who was I even supposed to show my change of heart ? Was I even conscious of that ? Did I return as the same man I was when I left or was I so blind that I could not even tell any difference ? Before I could mourn this wreckage of a dream and gulp down my own despair, I was crushed by the very same ship that allowed this feverish dream to sail. The dead can't learn from their mistakes, I can only say I would do it again differently now because I now have a second chance to make things different. ❞

[m1d-45]

i’m having shining nikki sagau thoughts everybody beware. so first of all like i remembered that elves canonically exist in miraland (idk if we ever mentioned this before) and there’s elves or at least elf-like creatures in teyvat…… i’m connecting the dots (<- they’re not connecting shit)

second of all. the new skins. “sailwind shadow” and “blossoming starlight” are SUCH designer’s reflection names like if i opened up shining nikki and saw those there they wouldn’t even be out of place. idk about everyone else but i think it would be cute if sailwind shadow was bandit. i have more to say but i need time to put my thoughts in Order - teddy anon

shining nikki!!

honestly despite red being in my head on and off, i didn’t even CONSIDER sailwind shadow and that is a tragedy. i have his skin but didn’t do the quest relating to it yet (it’s a costume he wears for a play right?) but the entire thing with this event. god he’s so perfect.

blossoming starlight is probably just klee but higher energy and less fear, and while i don’t doubt the power of klee dps i do doubt your conscience allowing you to bring a child into battle, double so after red split. she’s just. a little girl. so we move on.

sailwind shadow. i’ll choose to interpret him as a mix of the dagger bandit and kaeya himself, which makes for a fun little guy in my opinion. always trying to sneak you off to somewhere “more interesting than sitting around all day, no?” and thinks that the others are being far too uptight. does he understand the gravity of the hunt? absolutely. but whereas red (and the two archons) want to keep you safe in the cave you’ve made home, he’d much rather whisk you away down a path in the forest.

less for combat, i’d imagine, leaving that to nikki and the others. has quite a few stories to tell, most made up but some gathered from his weak memory. dislikes kaeya, but less so than red, surprisingly. he seems to view him as having no other choice, that he’s “already conflicted enough without that fake touting him about as their sword.” he views kaeya with more pity than anything else.

he and red have a.. strange relationship. at their cores, they are diluc and kaeya, but that affection is hidden beneath the several layers of trauma painted over. they both worry for the other in their own ways—he checks red for injuries from afar when you all regroup after a fight, and red makes sure to make chicken mushroom skewers when he’s having a bad day—but it’s still a tough trial. it’ll probably go quicker than diluc and kaeya, but you’ll have to wait a while before they connect properly.

in his early stages, he’s not all that dissimilar from red. clingy and always hesitant to leave, but does do more to try and keep your attention on him. he’s kaeya at his core and the costume is from a play, so he’s got quite a few tricks up his sleeve to prolong his stay.

(these tricks commonly include starting to tell you a story only to reveal that the ‘ancient artifact’ is one of fischl’s arrows, or red’s rings. your laughter is enough to keep him stealing them back—anything to be the source of that shine in your eyes.)

less prone to violence than red, and definitely safer to take out in public after everything’s over. at worst, he’ll make a passing comment, but is too worried about his image. what if you see him sneer, or if the other person sees and tells you? no no no, it’s far safer to just pull you away again, even if he has to lie as to why. you’ll understand if the crowds are getting to him, or if he feels trapped indoors, right? you were meant to be amongst nature anyway, so if anything he’s just doing you a favor, surely.

(he doesn’t often leave your side as you sleep, but he did see red in the middle of.. taking care of some things once. while he prefers to keep his hands clean—it’s awfully hard to lie to you, and he doesn’t think he could stay quiet if you asked—he doesn’t look down on red’s choice of problem solving. he recognizes the person beneath his boot anyway, hands slightly twitching at the memory from earlier today. when the two of them return to camp by morning, he lets red do most of the talking, only adding in the small half truth of “just having some fun” when prompted. he did his best to wipe his sword clean of any unsavory stains, but does keep it safely in it’s sheath whenever you’re around.)

however, just because he’s less violent than red doesn’t mean the source of said violence went away. he still gets jealous, and if he finds his theatrics don’t make you laugh as much as they used to, he‘ll begin to panic. are you growing bored with him? are his stories getting predictable? do you look down on him for running away with hunters with you instead of staying like the others do? he promises he’s not just dead weight! please, what does he have to do? do you want him to be more like barbatos? he can’t quite help you fly like he can, but he can try to pick up a bow! do you like red more? he’d really rather not get blood on his outfit, but anything for you. anything, anything at all… just keep your attention on him for a little longer. please?

[moonsidesong]

family went to see live action little mermaid and i ended up tagging along out of curiosity. better than i expected honestly! a far cry from perfect, but, yknow, i didn't leave angry, and that's more than i expected. halle bailey honestly totally knocked it out of the park as ariel (and also out of the three new songs hers was the only one i liked...)

[gibbearish]

speaking of terraria ive spent the last few days grinding my way through it for the first time in i think like over two years and i forgot. so much but also im doing SO much better than before