#handsome ramblings

[magknightidv]

GUYS GUYS GUYS, WHY IS BORDERLANDS TRENDING ON HERE??? I LOVE BORDERLANDS SO MUCH PLEASE CAN PEOPLE SEND ME BORDERLANDS STUFF I LOVE IT SM

(I'm continuing working on my Handsome Jack fic, it's coming along well. I also am hyperfixated on Jujutsu Kaisen)

[deathsmallcaps]

I love how Dev Patel’s Character (I’m going to call him Hanuman) was told by his mother that his future can be found in the roots (lines) of his hands.

And how he tried to save his mother from the fire, grabbing with child’s hands, but instead burned his future away.

And how our first real view of them is when he bargains his way into a job that will lead him to the men that took his future away. Scarred, pale, blank and ruined.

Just like the monkey, Hanuman reached out to the burning desired life, and was supposedly stripped of his potential and power as punishment by the powers that be.

But then, with love and care from others battered, he was guided to his heart, and found it still beating and unfettered. A warrior’s heart.

And so drumbeat by drumbeat, he shaped himself, his hands, into a weapon of justice. To save the future. To remain nameless but to return vengeance upon those who would do others harm with no thought.

His hands, created by the past, shaped and balanced the future.

[everwalldigan]

Once the idea of Damian becoming a doctor was planted in my head I CANNOT let go of it like it’s all I’ve been thinking about.

All I can see is Damian all grown up into his 6 foot something height standing there in a white coat awkwardly while being fussed over by the mother of one of his patients☹️. Paediatrics would be such an amazing branch for him too like (just like his father) he’s trying to make sure no child has to grow up the way he did and he’s so sweet and gentle with the kids, constantly looking for any signs of abuse or unhappiness.

He has a whole drawer of candy with vegan, sugar free, halal and all kinds of options. Kids, parents, coworkers, the media, the nurses, legitimately EVERYONE absolutely adores him and he deserves that and so much more. We’ve got enough vigilantes in Gotham and the world let ONE of them be happy just ONCE don’t you think he’s suffered enough? Plus he’s already preconditioned to withstand and excel under the gruelling working environment of medicine. After being a literal assassin and vigilante his entire life, working triple shifts at the hospital would be a walk in the park.

I really hope dc goes with that route cause there’s something so satisfying about a child that’s been trained his whole life to hurt and kill choosing to help people instead. I KNOW Leslie Thompkins is somewhere in her clinic with a big ass smile about to give Bruce so much shit about there finally being a university graduate in the family (she has to be double annoying about it to make up for Alfred being unable to cause I know he would be so happy that Damian is going into that direction. Karma for Bruce dropping out of med school).

[mblue-art]

sans au sexyman polls doooodle

congrats to the kings<3 🫶🫶🫶

[phoenixkaptain]

A story like Thousand Autumns is very subtle in its romance.

Shen Qiao has only ever known his sect. He knows it very well, because of this fact. He knows the people, he knows the rules, he knows the daily doings and who is doing them. He knows every blade of grass and every stone. He’s like a lonely mountain flower, on the highest peak, unseen by any but a few birds and unknowing that there’s more it might never know.

When he finds himself away from his sect for the first time, he’s confused. At most, he’s gone to the base of the mountain, maybe the fields surrounding that, but no further. The flower was plucked and tossed aside.

For a man stumbling blindly in the world, literally and figuratively, there really isn’t a better guide than one that knows just about everything. And that’s, without a doubt, Yan Wushi.

Yan Wushi has lived longer than Shen Qiao, has been more places than Shen Qiao, and has fought more battles than Shen Qiao. Yan Wushi is the perfect example of something out of reach even for someone out of reach. He’s the only one who could answer any questions asked of him, but especially the questions that Shen Qiao would want to ask him.

And there’s no question in my mind that Yan Wushi doesn’t fall for Shen Qiao at first sight, but he’s certainly attracted to him. Not in an overtly sexual or emotional way, but Yan Wushi, the way his character is set up? It’s impossible for him not to be fascinated by Shen Qiao.

He knows Shen Qiao is the very picture of a peerless immortal. He’s well aware that Shen Qiao is considered untouchable by even the people closest to Shen Qiao. He’s most aware that Shen Qiao is Qi Fengge’s (coughhndisputedcough) favourite disciple, and honestly that’s enough for him to overwhemingly want to mess with Shen Qiao.

There are a lot of reasons for Yan Wushi to fall for Shen Qiao. Most of the people in the novel fall for Shen Qiao, after all, there is a precedent.

But the one I’ve seen questioned is Shen Qiao’s affection for Yan Wushi. Where does it come from? When did it start? Does Shen Qiao even fucking like that asshole?

The easy answer is: yes, he does. The novel tells us that. Shen Qiao, despite everything, does fall for Yan Wushi’s, um, “charms” in the end. This is made clear.

But why? A thousand voices cry out. Why the fuck would any reasonable person like Yan goddamn Wushi in any capacity?

Well, there’s your first mistake. Shen Qiao is not a reasonable person.

Shen Qiao as a character is absolutely terrifying. He could absolutely destroy the world given half the inclination, but he just doesn’t want to. He’s already considered unmatched before he’s pushed unceremoniously off of a mountain, and his journey only increases his strength. He isn’t quite equal to Yan Wushi, but he’s the only person Yan Wushi ever sees as equal to himself.

Shen Qiao’s best and worst trait is his patience. He’s unwavering. He really just embodies taoism, especially as it’s presented in the novels. He is the picture of a river that doesn’t stray from its path.

Which is why it’s hard for him to reconcile his own attraction to Yan Wushi, but let’s all be clear here. Yan Wushi absolutely starts seducing Shen Qiao on day fucking one. If he could’ve (if Qi Fengge hadn’t been there) he would’ve tried to eat that cabbage when it was just a little sprout. Shen Qiao is unpracticed in most social interactions, to be frank, but he’s especially unused to romance and Yan Wushi really is his first introduction to being hit on.

Yan Wushi is far from good, at really any point, to anybody but especially to Shen Qiao. But that doesn’t particularly matter because Shen Qiao chooses to forgive him, again and again. And I really think, after giving Shen Qiao to a confirmed terrible, awful person who has already promised to do terrible thing to Shen Qiao, that Shen Qiao himself wouldn’t forgive literally anyone else for doing that. And he shouldn’t, because it was really fucked up, but that still doesn’t matter because Shen Qiao ultimately DOES forgive Yan Wushi.

What am I saying? I’m saying that Shen Qiao fell for Yan Wushi first. It is the only way the story makes any sense. Shen Qiao is annoyed at him, he’s furious at him, he’s so fucking pissed he could kill that man, but he likes him. He likes Yan Wushi’s company. He likes that Yan Wushi gives him a challenge. He’s exasperated, but he likes it.

Shen Qiao forgives Yan Wushi SO MANY TIMES. Yan Wushi humiliates him and mocks him and is the absolute worst, but Shen Qiao forgives him and more than that, Shen Qiao always is waiting for Yan Wushi to come back to bother him more.

Is there more to Shen Qiao’s attraction? Probably. Is it a daddy kink? It could be. But I honestly can’t help but read it as Shen Qiao falling for the absolute pits of a man that is Yan Wushi. Shen Qiao likes that old bastard and decides to spend the rest of his life with the fucker and he is just too much of a block of ice to show it.

[peachducy]

professor layton azran legacy spoilers

ready for reincarnation

[nikoisme]

oh my god obsessed with these parallels

This is from book 11 of the iliad when Odysseus is fending off the Trojans by himself:

boar. Boar.

And this moment from the foot-race during patroclus' funeral games:

A woman weaving?? Penelope. How did odysseus win her hand?? In a foot race.

Homer can i speak to you rq

[missholloween]

Every time I see Joey with a turtleneck after SAD LA my brain screams "OWEN?" and it takes some seconds to recognize that no, that's the real person Joey Richter.

But like

Tell me this is not giving Owen

Tell me you can't see Owen wearing this in a modern au

[magknightidv]

Just wanna brag real quick about a genshin thing..

I lost the 50/50 at the start of Wriothesley's banner, to Jean, and I was super sad. But at only 12 pity I got Wriothesley! And then at another 12-13 pity I got my SECOND WRIOTHESLEY!!

As a f2p player I'm super happy about that, I plan to one day get him to C6

-I'll get back to writing in a bit, getting my quests done 💀-

[fangswbenefits]

This line is often used as a gotcha moment or weaponised by those erasing Astarion's pansexuality:

As a non native English speaker, I initially thought he was exclusively referring to men since 'handsome' is an adjective that I would solely use for men.

However, one of my lovely mods on the Astarion discord server pointed out that it was used for women as well back in the day.

And then I remembered this line from Pride and Prejudice:

I wanted to clear this out in case other non native speakers were unaware of it 😅

[hakusins]

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[starsinmylatte]

Everyone is entitled to their own feelings about the newest Ahsoka ep, but what we aren’t going to do is body-shame Lars Mikkelsen

[ruinix]

Another happy quinn to bless us this christmas 🥰. I just feel so light and happy when I see a smiley quinn.

Look at him go. The way the smile just light up his face. The way his hairwings showed movement from skating. The way his beard frame his face. He looks so fresh and not miserable at all. Like he's actually happy to be there. God, he's so cute.

(Merry Christmas, everyone! Have a good holiday. Take a good rest and stare at lil quinn.)

From getty (Jeff Vinnick) (Warmups. San Jose Sharks @ Vancouver Canucks, December 23, 2024)

[vosquez]

hi guys im still alive here’s an old doodle from when the grimace shake memes were going about and I thought wow that’s so handsome jack core after not thinking about him for 10 years

[nightsong-rain]

So I'm...uh getting into Borderlands...and I've acquired a new blorbo, babygirl, princess, whatever you wanna call that morally questionable grown man you hold dear to you.

[yeukio]

uue i did it again,, SORRY GUYS my mental health has been declining and every drawing i try to make turns out horribly, im trying to get better and hopefully i do it quick bc i really wanna post more art again!! have this stupid lukas doodle i made a whiiile ago, love you guys !!