#gv kids

[dcvina-claires]

my roman empire is knowing that they wrote an episode surrounding a wytthias friendship and we’ll never get to see it

[pinkmandias]

walt’s contempt for jesse & his addiction is soo wild to me given that this is the same man who gets extremely drunk & takes more than his prescribed dosage of pills to cope when his life is at its worst (his own doing) on multiple occasions… like he has absolutely zero empathy whenever jesse relapses & makes absolutely sure to throw it in his face as much as possible that he doesn’t think that jesse will ever be anything but an addict & that he’s weak willed & stupid for something that he literally cannot help.

the shit he says when he’s trying to convince jesse to stay and work with him in s5 is all pretty vile (even though he tries like. three different methods of manipulation. none of which work bc jesse is all too familiar with walt’s bs at this point) but when he goes from telling jesse he has no one in his life (his doing, again) & nothing but video games & go karts to saying that jesse will relapse again because he’ll be too bored & lonely?? when he says that jesse won’t believe he’s upset about drew sharp unless he curls up in a ball and cries and gets high? like jesse does? like walt does not also abuse substances to cope??? ohh that man is burning in hell fr

[blueoctobass]

Lemon kids shenanigans ! Very normal shenanigans with no organ trafficking

[papier-ciseaux]

Hello everyone, I made a new animation for a server artfight and it is very silly. Please enjoy the very crude sound effects.

Fair warning: A Lemon Kid dies in this

[rivalkieran]

blueoak cheren hop kieran group therapy

[finaldisorder]

🐍————— for da papa jones @fxntasmagoria

It's definitely not 4am, and she was definitely not at a rave all night long. Nope, not JB! She was an adult now anyway, so what did that matter? Well... sort of an adult. She hasn't really found her sense of freedom yet that comes with adulthood, still living under a parent's roof could do that to someone. Not that she had ever really had present parents. Mom had always been busy, cooking up cons, dragging JB into them - she had tried the long con with her father too, cozying up, wrapping him around her little pinky finger, but it hadn't felt right.

As much as she had been angry with her father for not being present before, not being around, he was now - and that was more than she could say for her mother. Times like tonight, she felt like a possession. Something to get pawned off when the other parent got bored. JB had always been an unreliable narrator for herself, however. Logically she could see her father was trying, but that distrust lingered.

Speak of the Devil, and he shall come; JB was trying to be quiet coming back, creaking the front door open slowly and even pulling her earbuds out to listen for a presence - it's 4am, why could he be awake anyway? - but before she can make it too far, closing the door behind her, that familiar hulking frame is waiting for her. JB opts for being casual about things, straightening her posture and playing sober. She was far from, evident from the slight stumble into the door behind her as she toed off her Doc Martens and shrugged out of her leather jacket.

"It's 4 in the morning, Dad." Thank you, Captain Obvious. "Shouldn't you be in bed?"

[prompt-verse]

And the winners of this year's edition of gloomadness are..... the lemon kids!!

After many twists and turns, they managed to barely win the title of most chaotic in Inverse!

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Please consider filling it so the event can improve!

[felikatze]

nothing worse than finally being satisfied with your s-rank score before finding out s+ rank exists

[karinyosa]

found in an obituary of john knowles in the la times although mind you the article misdates asp’s publication as 1960 instead of 58 so unless i’m missing something its info might not be 100% accurate. they also spell finny as “phinny” even in excerpts of the novel? the article with op's quote spells it as "finney" though so idk maybe there were some weird prints of his nickname. anyway i think this is very funny and i’m hoping my inability to source it is just down to my lack of tech savviness and/or patience because i would be so sad if i couldn’t unearth the rest of the context. current theory is that it's from palimpsest, his first memoir, bc wikipedia cites that as the place gore confirmed brinker was based on him.

pdf of op's article

nyt digitized version

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an excerpt of an article by elaine woo from the la times entitled “john knowles, 75; wrote 'a separate peace'". the excerpt says the following:

"i have no memory of him when we were in school together," vidal said thursday from his home in italy. "the next thing i know is he has published 'a separate peace', in which i play a cameo part as sort of a snoop... then i got to know him, because i thought 'a separate peace' was a marvelous book. it was beyond anything he ever did later and anyone else had done of that sort, with the possible exception of [j.d. salinger's] 'catcher in the rye'."

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Gore Vidal, the model for Brinker, in the 1942 Phillips Exeter Academy Yearbook

“As a model for Brinker Hadley I used Gore Vidal.  I never knew him while I was [at] Exeter; he was two years older than I and an upperclassman so I had no contact with him.  But when I came to write the book, I tried to think if there was any politician in the class of ‘45 and I couldn’t think of any.  Then I thought of this super-politician in the class of ‘43.  I remember Gore at Exeter, a pale, handsome, very determined purposeful person.  Gore made a tremendous impression on me and everyone at Exeter at that time.  He was a brilliant debater.” - John Knowles

[16ruedelaverrerie]

Over on Twitter, texs_sins called GV900 a leash kid and I couldn't stop thinking about it......................... WHY IS THIS MY BRAND. WHY IS THIS THE CONTENT THAT I PUT OUT INTO THE WORLD

[Belated edit] I have, in fact, forgotten to draw GV's LED. STELLAR WORK FROM ME AS USUAL

[blueoctobass]

Human soul trafficking with candy shaped demons! aren't they cute

[mtkay13]

Lord Zhou and the Ghost Valley Master Cross-posting because i'm just that wild, hah! /jk More about the art below! --and a little talk about WenZhou and their relationship to power (+ some meta).

So hum, it is no secret that I enjoy a bit of "spice" in WenZhou's dynamic and at times am very prolific on my nsfw twitter account.

Collars and leash stuff have been on and off, and I was recently enabled for more of that by friends going wild about ZZS on a leash, etc, etc. LBR: I don't think you need any reason to go feral about that kind of stuff--but seeing how I myself seemed to regress to the state of a wild horny beast while making this painting, I felt like I may need to adress it a little. Here are some of my thoughts about WenZhou & power:

WKX and ZZS are both men who are/were in a position of extreme power. Both rose to that position of extreme power, but from very different starting points and motivations.

ZZS was, from what we know from how he describes himself in TYK and from how he behaves in QY, a very smart, cocky, ambitious kid, who probably deliberately sold his services to HLY to keep rising. There were probably ideals mixed in that, but point is, ZZS desired that power, that influence, and was encouraged to reach it. Becoming a sect leader so young was probably a shock, but nothing indicates that this position wasn't wanted. ZZS also mentioned not having a physique as advantageous as ZCL's when he was a child; so he probably had to work hard to reach his goals. Point is: the power was desired and strived for.

WKX has, without a doubt, needed the power, without ever really showing any pleasure nor satisfaction in having it. Surviving in the GV =/= reaching the top; if anything, becoming the GVM put the largest target on his head--but it is likely that reaching the position of GVM was necessary for him to execute his plan (find the key, pull the right strings, obtain his revenge). WKX was a little genius who didn't want to study, and probably wasn't dreaming/aiming for power. Conclusion: the power was a necessity and a tool. Many various characterisation points/analysis/dynamics can be pulled from this, and it is quite interesting to explore how, later, their relationship to power can evolve, both re:the rest of the world and each other. For the following personal analysis, I also worked with the following points from the book:

ZZS admires WKX's strength and power

WKX seems to have multiple fantasies of control and domination

ZZS seems receptive to many of them (including the biting, the somno stuff, and the cnc suggestions)

WKX admires/envies/resents ZZS' freedom

ZZS has fun becoming a subversion of his past self (swearing, being gross, being ridiculous, being openly cocky)

WKX is a control-freak and is very patient

ZZS is a bit conservative

WKX quite the opposite

Now how does that bring me to ZZS on a leash for the GVM?

(note that this is my current conclusion, not the conclusion)

I like to think that on the one hand, ZZS is that man who sees himself as a man and enjoys a lot of things about masculinity. The power that he likes for himself, he also enjoys seeing it in someone else's hands--he likes fighting for it, but (and this is a very personal interpretation) I like to believe he gets the most thrills from being overpowered; because it shows how strong the other is, bc it subverts whom he is himself. The power he's fought to get, has had all his life, but ended up leaving him alone at the top, feels good when taken from him--or when there's someone strong enough that he isn't alone up there anymore. On the other hand, I feel like although WKX would benefit from relinquishing some control and power, he does enjoy using it in a personal, pleasurable way, rather than by necessity. While he probably likes toying with presentations, with appearances, and doesn't mind being perceived as the wife, as the more submissive one in their fake-traditional relationship play of husband and wife, having the power, holding the leash---simply out of pleasure and mutual satisfaction is, I think very cathartic and arousing for him.

But then, why precanon? For the aesthetic bc I'm a simp for TC!era ZZS. And because showing him so strong, so powerful, yet leashed, is kind of a reminder that... It's not about real power. It's not about who, between them, is the strongest, the most powerful, the winner or whatever. It adds that thrill, the aknowledgement that this is out of freewill and choice and pleasure, I guess.

On top of that, man, I'm sorry, but peak TC!ZZS right post-QY canon after he's become the most powerful man in the country but is completely jaded by what happened in the end? On a leash? For a man he respects?? ugh

Anyway TLDR; I think it's hot and all of that gibberish barely has anything to do with my actual motivations to draw this.

[rivalkieran]

do you think the pokeverse has stan culture

[staticstardust]

Continuation of this post-

So, Hellish Syringeon lives up to the forms namesake in every sense of the word. The guy is pretty much just as dangerous as Dadadoo's hellish form, and Syringeon's whole being becomes a weapon, his eight arms having deadly claws coated in tetrodotoxin, and his head and tail able to act like pendulum blades, his head split open into a gaping maw of teeth, and his agility increased by tenfold. He tears through the site personnel's armed forced both figuratively and literally, carving a swath of wreckage in his wake. The surviving guards and scientists try to evacuate, but Hellish Syrin is just as much of a persistent dickhead as his normal form and he gives chase for as long as he can, picking off more humans along the way. Like, I imagine at one point Uthman and the others managing to get into a room, closing and locking down a door behind them, thinking that they're safe, before Syrin's head just crashes through the wall and door like an ax blade cutting through a tree, the chase once more back on. And most horrifying for Uthman and the humans, I imagine too at some point they manage to deal a fatal blow to Syrin by just completely decapitating him (somehow, not sure how) only for his head to just reattach and heal within moments. Hammerhead Flatworms are nicknamed "Immortal Worms" for a reason, and that regenerative healing amped up to 110% power due to Givanium makes Syrin essentially unkillable. For the first time since starting all this research into GV, Uthman feels true fear and abject horror at what he's created and the danger it poses. Eventually Uthman and the few remaining surviving personnel manage to make it to an elevator and escape, Hellish Syrin unable to follow despite all his attempts and screeching and clawing. Hellish Syrin then slinks back the way he came, lost in the haze of rage and bloodlust that is the Hellish form. Dadoo approaches him before he can reach the kingdom, having been watching Syrin's hellish rampage from a distance in both lovestruck awe and horror, though Syrin being lost in the haze just screeches and attacks him too. Dadoo is able to dodge and hold him off somewhat, trying to snap his platonic husband friend out of it. Though hellish Syrin just continues his attack and tries rushing for the kingdom gates and the others cowering behind it, Dadoo lunging into his way to stop him. Though what ultimately stop him is his eldest son Liam (I headcanon Liam was his first kid) rushing to put himself between his father and Dadoo, begging his dad to calm down and come back to them. The sight of his eldest child managing to pull a small part of Syrin's psyche out of the hellish haze, ceasing his rampage, and after a few moments starting to rasp out a single word over and over "...Hurts...hurts..." (another headcanon of mine, if the mutants are in constant pain on a regular basis due to the GV giving them life, then an overdose of GV probably leaves them in agony) His friends manage to coax him into some dark and secluded area in the kingdom for him to rest and recover while the hellish form wears off, Syrin repeatedly puking up GV as his body works to rid itself of the excess of it. Dadoo sits with his platonic husband friend the whole time until he's recovered. Bouncelia looks after Syrin's kids for him in his absence. Toadster guards and patrols the entrance to the area so no one can bother the guy while he recovers. And Bittergiggle and Syrin's kids repeatedly visit to check in on him. And within a few days, Syrin is back to his normal size and form. As for Uthman and the others meanwhile, this incident ends up being one of the main reasons they end up giving the mutants that ultimatum of "Stop the revolution or we eradicate you all." Uthman, who had been very adamant about not wanting a single one of the cases killed. now left in abject horror of the destructive capabilities of his creations. Realizing the consequences of him having played god with GV, and feeling like Icarus with wax melting down his back.

[prompt-verse]

Take some time to think about it! Don't just vote for your fav, but vote for the most societally disruptive person!